Litchfield enquirer., 1865-05-18
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fofal aao Gct1,tp Nelos. LIrcHFELD. The sun has once more deiens Eed to shine, but we have lost all confidence in ] it's consistency, it has played on" us so many times of late. The foliage is out the cherry and apple trees are in bloom, and altogether LitcA6eld seems to be getting on her summer clothes. We propose to buy nev straw hat in 2 few days. s 'gs E = \
 The pews of the Episcopal and Gongrega- tional churches were sold on Monday. At the former church, the amount was about $I 100 at the latter about $l,700. This is a large advance over last years income in botl, cases. One of the proprietors of the Enquirer, of Pnritanic instincts. went over to invest his z little pile" in respectable pew in the Con. grsgational church. but found his money would hardly take him inside of the vrstry. He will probably join the crowd that usually stands ont on the front steps A member of tue legal profession thinks of employing a spiritual ad- wiser to attend him at his rooms in the Mansion Honse. s& *sAf
 -Chas. s, Bnel, Esq. lost valuable COW un Saturday morning, of mysterious disease.-- She seemed well in the morning when he milk ed, and died abont o'clock. ,.s. .sis
 --Georgs Adams proposes to run his dog team on his mail route to Constantinople, in opp, sitioH to the Hamburg Steamship line. ! The Will of the late William D.,ning was admitted to probate last week It makes no mention of the wife and daughters of the tes' tator. With an estate estimated to te above ssO. 900, this is evidently an idiosyncrasy'
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 HARwISToN.- At special meeting of the 1 Congregational Society in this town, n rate was passed. extending to the Rev. Ira Petit bone of Winchester, call to labor in the gos. pei ministry for aB indefinite length of time said relation to expire by either party giving six months notice at a salary of $500, the use of the. parsonage, and leave of absence four sabbaths a year.
 -5 >~~------------.s F sF KENT.-About thirty men enlisted from this town. have been killed or hays died in the war The citizens propose to erect suitable monu ment to their memory. A subscription is being circulated, and meets with very general favor. ] Wednesday evening, the 10th inst. the lyoung folks of the place gave an exhibition O tableaux in aid of the monument fund. whi, ! proved eminently profitable. Nearly $l0O wal raised. Messrs. Colt and HolIister were un ltiring in their efforts, aud added materially te the success of the occasion.
 I Mi. H. O. Nash, who has been practicing law here for two years, left town last week to iseek richer piekings where folks .aint so horrid peaceable' as in Kent. Several of his friends bade him very .teeling adien. .H sS' a , NEW PRRsrox.-Ce Certain members of the New Preston Village Cong1 Society have or- ganized under the Statute. for providing place of residence for their clergyman, and have bought the Mansion ofthe late EliphaIet Tom l linson, for Parsonage. It makes one of The most commodions and desirable residences for fa eleraynan ln the county s s3ss
 - The prosecution against Geo. G. Hitch, cock. for harboring deserter, has been by the prosecuting attorney withdrawn without costs. .s-5'-, 5z.t.~.Y
 = Capt. John E. Whittlesey, is now station ed at Mobile, Ala, as post commissary. ta l The Norwalk and Danbury R. R. Co. have sent Q corps of engineers to take the dis. tance and elevations from New Milford to New Preston village. with view to connect their route with the Boston and Erie, at this place.
 Capt. Walter Burnham has gone to Rich mond for the remains of the late George W. Potter. .-l.eag e.. s.} f g... r,assa 2
 = Messrs. Smith < Burnham are getting up Q Hay Tedder for the coming having. Itlooks as though it nigh. do good work. 3at,
 = The Tobacco growers have this season to g considerable extent sowed their fields with Onions. ss.e.5 9 ttase 5a,. .la
 SHARoN.-The obituary column of this paper, this week, indicates the decease of E. s. Stod- dard, Jr. Esq, of this town. He died of con- sumption. having been, for five years wasting away under the influence of that insidious dis order. He was of honorable ancestry, being a direct lineal descendant of the Rev. Solomon Stoddard of Northampton, Mass, through the, Rev. Anthony Stoddard who was minister of Woodbury for more than half century. With. out much previous educational preparation, he entered, in ls44, the law office of the Hon. John H. Hubbard. then of Salisbury. and there soon exhibited those traits of patient industry