Litchfield enquirer., 1865-12-28
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 ' fdhaeslliLD. I've had some vsry < ; D sppaassaBle a .sleighing Inst week, hnt a very aavera rain that visited us on Sunday, and spother on Tuesday night and Wed1ssday, swept away every trace .Sf ss1.azz.as-sss.as.
 If Ns. heassstapa that Bsfss snish has made an exchange with Hiram Merrinaan of his farm kaswn ss the. Arptz place for Mr.
 Aeriman'a residence in this village sad after l, ward sold that property te eC-S Buell.
 The annual Communication Festival
 d Sk FznlsiLodge, No. II. Fand Al M look place last "Wednesday evening. We will pub-I lishsn aeceant of 1t next week. Iar4sa
 ias-- Ifany pesson has sodnd purple left hand glove. yith ibuttE c fingers. and will bring or send 1t to this office they will receive the thanks
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 sass Christmas vas :. nice, soft day,. the
 warm. genial sun looked eloriously down upon
 us, aud melted what little snow was left after Sunday rain .upon our strestss ,intoa beanti- fal consistency. The festival of course began ons Sunday sevenings Al St 1MichaePs, the
 Ghurcbs was opened at 7.sO oclockS and the
 isuai ceremonies for ChristmAs Eve were cele- bratedat Oua account of the very unpleasant
 xeathef,p sbs sattenaanee wassnota large. The church was very tsssefoily decorated for tEe7oc- edsion. A gothic arch of evergfeens was ar- ranged over the pulpit. crowned with cross.
 Elegant fessooas swreasbs, notices and ndsymbols tasteiuIly arranged about the walls and furni. ture, completed the decorations. On Monday;
 tho sTegulas Christmas services were attended, the bad travelling, however, making tae attend- apcs small. V EI9tese1 si5t 2 xfia0a s,ssa.1 rA The Congregational Church is being beau tifully dressed for New Years evening, when it $ arranged te hold [ Sunday School festival.
 -t We learn that thse. installation of Rev. MT.
 Richards, at Bridgeport, is appointed for Wednesday, January sd. the examination by the counsel ii the afternoon. and the public service in the evening. Sermon by Prof. Jas M Hoppin of Yale College. Next Sabbath, Dec 3lst, is MT. Richards closing Sabbath here; hs is expected to preach morning and evening, and to administer the Lords Supper in the ai- ternoon. iae 7 s'se sssa 5 ssf's.s3s lass
 We have seen 2 very fine specimen of lead ore taken fromsa mouptain in Kent. It seems that the Indiar tha. town have been in the habit of proc large quantities of this ore in the mountains md using 1t as au article of traffic, but have kept the, situation of the mine . profound secret. We understand that l61s. Of our enterprisipes litch6eld geologists
 snu ma U, a1rr, s4= s- ss ranging to lease 2 tract of land covering nearly the whele mountain. ss5..s sss', s,a ea, ,s ss.=- a1corrsspondent who was puzzled at our account of | venerable oudbrella. published asfswiwseks ago, wsgvill say that the history of that relic can bsfound iinsansM MINIS s StS. dated B. C. lbefore tcreatiop) N c XI, and that the editor of the Sentinel was born with this irsmarkablesv svolumebetwseu his teeth.
 The young people, who have been dscora. ting the CongrsgasioIala Church, have used a room in the residenceof Mrs. Belts to prepare the evergreens, The ladies who were >onnsct- cd with the enterprise purchased and presented to her. to repay her for the accommodation, an elegant set of silver knives. After this, the gentlemea, who always think they must do eve rything the ladies do,e presented her with an other set of silver knives, with knife case, and . set of spoons. This made the gentlemen equal to the ladies. and few spoons over. te
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 e-1 The National Bank has sdeciared diyi- dend of four per cent. .a payable on the 2d of Januafy.st ?, yi4diI gig9 ?; dsi6g ,lse3sa4a 2oi
 4 Every oue about here, knows that Mil PHndle'ofthe East Mill is good deal of wap and hsl played . bit ofo joke i few weeks aso that is quite worth tellisg.i He found, some ~hsesou his premises. an elaes smut 'millIor z scourer' that was wDra out and worthless.-lI tAs soms of onr ssadtrs, who have never been 'ttrough The min,a may not know what .scoursl er7iss weswin explain :aIt is a.shees iron cylin- der, about three feet. an nslength and eighseen| iaches in diameter, with the snds open, and ! rssanbliogia msmmsth nutmeg grater, being perforated sirh holes. Nssr one end sis souare ori6ess likss danpsv; and satashs other d hole with ssims ike sthssplaes Tor stove pipe osti a conmon stoye.l Hsssood thsscourer ou ona end outside the mill door, and attached to iis the following placard '. ,z1s STOVE FOR .rr PR.cr 20 CENfz The stove attracted a good deal l of attention fun people vhou passed by, and Ar. Prindless time vss aempioTed prettylj much all dagia explaining its principles to hisl not one half of thimdiscossfing gthe trick, and the rest epjoying it too well to- put asdanpers spon the joks by yrsyealing il. At that time the Chestnut Hillspsople were talk. ins of purchasing asnew stovs for their school house, and several ofsthe members of the dis tfiet called to sss thisons, two orsthree of Mhon would have been strongly in favor of ahnyingi but tIunfortnnately the schoolhouse pipe would not At An Hr. sPrindls has1now sold the re- usrlahle sstoyes for g cents,s we, suppose lie has no objections to ourts stslling on him,