Litchfield enquirer., 1867-06-27
COUNTY ITEMS.

WATERTowN-The festival and fair held in Cit izens Hall for the benefit of the Town Library, was 8 decided pecuniary success. The net receipts Of both evenings must be in the nelghborh0od or $4G0. The announcement of tableaux on Friday evening drew out a crowded house, and the hall was never so packed before on any occasion. Even the aisles and every available inch of stand ing room were occupied, and numbers went away unable to get so much as look inside. In glan- cing over the audience, we counted over nifty from Waterbury, who attracted by the lovellness Of the evening and the nature of the entertainment drove out to see their Watertown friends. Interspersed between the tableaux were some lively songs, quar- tettes, &c., by choir of ladies and gentlemen. The music which could hear was very good. and the tableaux which we could not see, we pre- sume, were good also. The people had very un- pleasant habit whenever tableaux amour ced, of standing up on the seats, and being, un- fortunately for us, opaque bodies, very materially interfered with our line of vision. Had all kept their seats, all could have seen as it was, only few in the front part of the hall enjoyed that priv ilege.
 After the tableaux came the distribution of arti- cles sold by ticket on the previous evening. The most valuable-a silver tea set-was drawn by Lieut.. John A. Woodward, well known to the Wa terbury boys former member of Co. A, 23d c. V. MT. Charles Warren drew handsome afg- han and MT. A Hamilton similar one.- A beauti- full silk sofa cushion fell to Mrs. Merit Heminwav.
 The receipts for admission at the door on Friday evening were over $50, and altogether, a hand some sum must have been realized with which to
 
 books We congratulate them on so successful termination of their enterprise.
 The thunder shower was much heavier in Wa tertown Sunday afternoon than in this city. Dur ing the shower the barn of Col. w. B. Hotchkiss was struck by lightning. but was not set fire or any serious damage done. Some splnters were torn of from different parts of the barn, and the handle of manure fork which was hanging up inside, was shvered into fragments. A bottle which stood on shelf was broken into two parts one of the pieces being thrown to the floor and the other into the yard
 The heavy fall of rain caused the dam of Messrs Davis & Woolson, just above the center, to give way, and the torrent rushed down the valley sweeping over meadows and carrying away fences, &o. The freshet thus caused, did considerable damage to the stone bridge on the turnpike above Oakville and near Captain David Weltons, known as Cowes Bridge. One of the arches was cOnsid eraby injured some of the stones being dislodged, but the damage not SC serious as to render the bridge mpassable.-Co'reS. Waterbury Amer.
 The following notice s-posted in two places in New Hartford :-"I hereby depose and sdy that l. Judge Lyman of Lawful age did hear Martin Will COX tell his Boys to Stone my Rooster of his GROUNDS and they stoned the Noble Bird like Ste phen of olden time, Even unto Death and he lies in my Compost heap Somebody must pay for the damage"
 The Pioneer of West Winsted beat the Union of Rverton on the 18th, Al to 20, at base ball.
 The Winsted Herald tells of an old landlord at Woodbury, who very sanctlmonious, and would sit, of calm summer evening, on the bench in front of his tavern and sing Slnners whose love can ne'er forget the wormwood and the gall" in Coronation" with touchingly sweet voice, and then step into his den and take the last sixpence from some poverty stricken wretch for rum.
 Winsted proposes to celebrate the Fourth by parade of fremen and trot.
 Sixty-tive young men of Winsted have petltioned to Gov. English to be organized as a military com pany.
 young man named Myron s. Benson was arcs ted in Norfolk on the 18th, for stealing some s250 worth of jewelry from 8 peddler's wagon, and brought before Justice Bell, found guilty and rior Court