Litchfield enquirer., 1867-07-04
LITCHFIELD.

The ''heated term is now fairly upor us. The Thermometer does not indicate perhaps, any extraordinary heat, this week but the weather, nevertheless, is altogether too warm for comfort
 On Tuesday the funeral of MT Steph en Deming one of our oldest inhabitants took place at the Congregational Church MT. Deming was man of sound sense and his remarks at public meetings in which he was generally called out, were often very pitly and effective He was confined tc his bed for long time before his death and his faculties had been very much i'm paired.
 - Mir. Green, the man accused of pois- oning his wife in Cornwall is now in jail awaiting the preliminary investigation be fore {. magistrate
 At the Annual Meeting of the stockhold- CTS of the Litchfeld Mutual Fire Insurance Company held on Monday, Messrs. Charles Adams, Jason Whiting, Sheldon Osborne
 
 George C. Woodruff, Edward w. Seymour Frederick D. McNeil, were elected Direct ors, and at the Directors Meeting the fol lowing officers were elected: President Charles Adams; Traas"ror, 4. $. Lewis Secretary, Jason Whiting; General Agent, SLel1on Osborne. Voted to discount thirty three and tIIir,. per cent on all renewals.
 - The village is rapidly filling up with summer visitors, who, in spite of the gen. eral anticipation ot @ considerable decrease, are coming in numbers that bid fair. to fill every vacant place.
 Sr.' 1LIcIIAELs 5 CHURCH -The Rev. Mr. Perry will begin course of Sunday Even. jn@ Lectures, particularly addressed to the Young, on Sunday next, July 7; services beginning tt 6 D. NJ. Tie subjects of the lectures will be as follows, viz.:
 July [. ], The Book and it's Author; or, Pro verbs 0f Experience.
 Jay Ii. Il. The Principal Thing or. Proverbs Of W lSjtoin.
 Ju.y'2l. III. The Foe and the Fight; Or, Pro verbs of Counsel.
 July g. ". The Shining Path or Proverbs O Holiness.
 Aug. 4. y: The Irrepressible Desire or Pro Aug. 11 VI i Good Name rather than Riches or, Proverbs of Integrity.
 Aug. 1s VII. Words fitly Spoken; or Proverbs Of COnv rsaton.
 Aug. 25 VIII Wine q Mocker; or Proverbs O. Temperance.
 Sept; l. K. The Reward of the Diligent; or Proverbs of Industry.
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 Sept. l5. NI. The Ornament of Grace; or, Pro verbs of Home Life.
 Sept. 22. XII. Hope in Death or Proverbs O the Last Conflict
 Sept. g. XIII. ONE greater than Solomon.
 At 6 meeting of St. Paul's Lodge, No Il, r. & A. M., held on Tuesday, July 2d the following resolutions were passed: WHEREAS, It has pleased the Supreme Ruler o
 the World to cali our lamented brother, Stephel
 Demmg, from the trials of this mortal life, t' join the circle of his family in higher sphere therefore,
 Resolred-That we bow with submission to tn mandate of the Great Master, while we mourn no as those without hope.
 ResoLved-That in chershing the memory of ou rcvere brother, we will hold sacred the ennobine counsels, and emulate the manly, Masonic an( Christian virtues of his life
 Reso!ced-That we hereby tender our condolenc' U the remaining relatives of the departed, ant present them copies of these resolutions.
 A Strawberry Festival will be given by the Dutton Base Ball Club. on Tuesday afternoon and evening next, at the Cour House, the proceeds to be devoted to the purchase ot uniforms for the members The doors will be open at five o'clock A 1mitance fifteen cents.
 - Prof. B. P. Worcester will exhibit his S5ereopantascope in this place on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of next week. The scenes seem to be well selected and we hea7 the exhibition highly commended.
 - We see that many cities have taker warning from the fate of Portland and pro hbited the use of fre-crackers on ths Fourth We presume no such precautio1 Is necessary here; even if fire should bt started in the Mansion House corner the engines would soon extinguish it.