Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-08
Coral ano Gountp Nfms.

8 :. I,rcHF1EIp.-Ou Our summer residents are be la ,;nn;nc to appear Among them we notice Is hs arrival of the family of the late Wm. Cartisa Joves. Miss Lucretia Deming and Theodore I D Ralaw;u. The hotels and boarding houses i IT.. a,so fast filling up, and a week or two el r garm weather will fiII our village to over s Rowing: Every person who onee makes r, ,nmmer visit to oar quiet fowe, repeats 't' ,,oss;ble The beautiful drives, the opportn- .;t;es for bealthful and romantic pastimes, the unpretending thrift and hospitality of our neople the exhierating mountain air that sweeps our hills, are attractions in which no sister towns snrpass us. ' ~
 = Capt. Frank Wells, Assistant Aajutant- General on General Birge's staff. is in town.
 = The ladies of St. Michael's Church pro uose having Strawberry Festival on Friday | evening of this week. at the Court House Doors will be open at six o'clock in the eve- n;no Admission fifteen cents. Strawberries, Ice Cream, and other refreshments will be served in abundance. The object is an increase of the fund for a new church organ. It will of course be an occasion of n good deal of social interest and being the first entertain
 mept of the kind this serson, will be largely at tended. There is no doubt that 1t will be worth the fee of admittance;; so that no one
 who attends will be heard to sing" Oh give
 me back my fifleen cents "
 At the Town Meeting, Monday afternoon .he report of the Selectmen, laying ont road in Nortb6eld, near the house of Mir. Curtis, was laid on the table. as it was suggested thai there was a highway already existing over nearly the same route
 The report laying the road across from ih' Waterbury turnpike 10 the Litehheid req"
 .outh of inc house of Charles Church, was re f jected. .......- A.. The meeting adjourned till Saturday to cen slider the manner of disposing of the lots m tn
 West burying ground.
 r -Messrs Bolton of Stafford. osgood e pomfret. and Mason of westport, of the Leg = ;s,.,ive committee to investigate the manage 7 mept of jails, were in town on Thursday "'g" E of last week Friday morning they vlsite # inc iail, were introduced to the prisoners a looked into the dark places. and 'nveshga''; e thoroughly. In the afternoon 'a'ior feck pr ,e cnred A carriage and took the committee on .s .;ao ooinu down to the lake and 10 all the nlt
 places around town-doing the handson d th;no generally. We confidently expect th' er inc management of the Liich6eld Comfy Ja of ia al, that an enlightened Legislative committ' y can desire. . in -Mr w Wilder will drive his celebr
 tsa stallion. Tom Thumb, which is said to y the hest trained horse in the world, f"fions ie ,brouph inc streets of Litchfeld, attached 10 'r wagon, without harness or reins' on friday' 'd one o'clock in the afternoon. He will also ''' liver a Free Lecture immediately after driVif ny his horse Subject" Reering. Feeding al CT General Mana cement of the Horse Farmer '' by giving this man hearing will now ha 'se an opportunity of gathering many useful bln ed relative to this important subject, at co
 only of a few hours time. MT Wilder ," =. cOIivIns au me same nour above, on Si '' urday. .t.. .4a e-..
 We had not heard of any instance :; special religious interest in our communi
 till last week, when our attention was called =: the case of hen belonging to one of our cle ., gymen, that has adopted the habit of laying ;s. egg (only one egg, we believe,) every day .:.. the week except Sunday. We hope
 egg sample (example) will be followed by ' rieht-minded hens There is danger of th, ns carrying the thing too far, however, liAe A'u natical fowl belonging to us, who, lest >a I'll, may commit an indiscretien and break ' Sabbath, refuses to lay any eggs at all. ra. Mir. Virgil Buell. has opened photogra Gallery over Wheeler Brothers Confsction' Store, where he will be glad to receive gc no. looking visitors. -.. ing =.
 ,n- KENT.-Ihis is the jolliest place you can . agine for elderly unmarried ladies and oth
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