Litchfield enquirer., 1866-01-04

One of our citizens had offered to sell a man U 8 Treasury note. with the coupons attached, and the man waited upon him one day last week with the money to purchase it.- It ssems he had never seen any of Uncle Sam's certificates, and when the note was shown him he asked. with the greatest simplicity: Where are the cspolas that you said was on it.
 N -sAt the annual conyocation of Darius Chapter.. No. l6, held at Masonic Hall Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 27th, the follow ing officers were chosen for the ensuing year. <. DE .Bostwick, Fl E; samuel c gramap, K Gay 2 Ford, s; Riysrius Marsh, Treasureri aWm. H Braman, Secretary D c Bulkley, Tyler. a ' 4Atths annual communieationo of St Pauls Lodge No. Il of Free and Accepted Masona on " ednssday, night Dec. 27.s the following officers were chosen :TAy asss .s-1s E D. E. Bostwiek, W. M. Eli D. Weeks, s. W. 4. B. shumway, J w sWms H. Braman Treas. D. c. Kilbourn Sect Wm. s Burgess s. D Chas. MoNeil J.sD, Chas, s. Buel, and shelder Munger, Stewards, D. c Buckley Tyler.
 They then proceeded to tho Mansion House | where they Celebrated the Festival of St John by one of Hale's best suppsrs. Toasts were responded to Bros. H. B. Graves, Rev. M, Potter, Stephen Dsming. DC Kilbourn and others Music was furnished by an improm Flu gles club under directions of Bro. H. A. Hull.
 After the supper many repaired to the dan cling hall andttrippsd the light fantastic toe their hearts content. This hall had been neatly trimmed with svsrgreens and excited universal admiration. Around the sides hung various handsome paintings, on the south end in the arch, snstional lag was festooned, enclo sirg asquare and compass, 2 trowel and gavel while in gilt letters Faith, Hope and Charity shcns forth. M E Nearly an hundred masons were prescnl and every one enjoyed himself
 -ss-- The Cong egational Church in this vii lage, at their annual meeting on the 29.h ult, having received communication from Rev Geo. Richards, announcing his decision to ae- cept call to another church, adopted the fol. lowing resolutions :: m s9s}s
 Rsselved. That this Church has received with sincere and painful regret the foregoing com. munication from our beloved pastor. that we had fondly hoped that hisconnection with this Church as Its pastor, 90 acceptable and so use ful. would have been prolonged manY years,
 and that We yield to the separation now oaly because he is of opinion, in view of all the cir family requires his leaving us for another field of labor.
 Resolped, That MT. Richards has, during the past five years, very ably and faithfully dis charged the duties of the pastoral relations, and we unanimously and most heartily commend him to bis new charge as worthy of their biob est esteem andsconidence.
 = The distribution of the articles on the Christmas tree to the children of the Episcopa Sunday School On last Thursday night, in ths Court House, waa an occasion long to be re. membered by all the juveniles. The Courl Room vas crowded with young and old, and much amusement wns created by some Of the Fgits. The pastor, Rev MT. Perry received | new hat, and was 'he said grateful for such an hat-tractiye gift.
 -. -- At the annual meeting of the Civil sAu |thority of this town, on the lat inst, the fol loving parsons were appointsd Jurymen for th. ensuing year David C Bulkley, Jacob Morse. Thomas I Saltonstall, Geo. H Baldwin. F NJ Hale, W Bissell, Everett H Wright, Anson c Smith, E Leander Jennings, Albert Hallock. Daniel Stoddard, Chester 2 Goslee, E1astus P Meal throp, Enas r Gilbert Garner B Cnrtiss, Geo Chass D Wheeler, Joseph A sNewberry, Squire Scoville. KY. X ,ss, ssss .s. All democrats E asual, We believe Litch. field is the only town in the County in which adherancs to the dominant party is nscessa laYsqualifsatioa for . jawmansss
 The sgsntior Sherman and his Campaigns Is in town sl csslvassiug: For Gen. Sherman opinions sf thiS work, see Miscellaneous col. umn.
 Some contsmptible sceandrel has cnt oil ihe topss q ssvsral heantifal young trees grow. ins ;ip n yar6 T. .G H Hollister Esq Sucl ! nsernsss esght tp bs ssysrely punished.
 Ess Al Ssssk of lApssa hes bought u, hoase and let nsxt e Geer's ststs: s:insthAts I'll. lsss q \, Bisssll Esa