Litchfield enquirer., 1867-12-05
LITCHFTET,D

The Superior Court commenced upon the Court docket on Tuesday. Many cases have been postponed, some settled
 Capt. Salmon Buel spent his one hun dred and first Thanksgiving with his grand children in Morris. He seemed to enjoy the reunion exceedingly, and comported himself like young man of eighty, rather than the centennarian he really is.
 We clip the following from paper usu- ally very we'll informed regarding affairs at l Washington:
 Washington dispatches announce that Gideon H. Hollister will be again presented to the Senate for confirmation as Consul General to Havana. If so, we sincerely hope and believe that he will be confirmed.-Nortealk Gazette.
 The following account from the Fri 6ane of Thanksgiving day at the Howard Union, will, we think, interest many of our readers:
 THE DAY AT THE HOWARD MIssIoN.-At the How ard Mission and Home for Little Wanderers the day was most appropriately and successfully ob- hundreds of the friends of the institution visited it during the day, and made glad the hearts of the children and the managers by their kindly sympa- thy and serviceable gifts. Addresses were made during the day, by number of the visitors, and by the officers of tho Mission. Songs, hymns and glees were sung by the children, and the day was thoroughly enjoyed by all. At o'clock in the af- ternoon, an ample, dinner, provided by the gene the children, and afterward, by invitation of the managers, the parents of these children to the number of several hundred, sat down to gene rous repast.. An incident which occurred during 1 the day IS worth noting. During the morning ey- ercises after an eloquent appeal from Mir. Van Me- | ter to the audience to do what might be in their power to assist in the good work in which they
 were engaged, poor widow rose and said ssI
 wish to do something to aid the Howard Mission,
 but have only this to give. It is a widows mite,
 but pray that Gods blessing may go with it.
 The ''mite' was skein of woolen yarn. h the
 afternoon. Mir. Hoxie, President of the Board of
 Trustees, told the story, and propos-
 ed to sell that shein of yarn a3 a memento of the Mission, to the highest bidder. A gentleman bid 5, which followed by s10, s15, and $20 until
 the skein was finally knocked down for $50, amid
 that 15O dollars would provide shelter for child as long that building should stand and he wish ed that the yarn might be made to do that. The ] gentleman who had purchased the skein immedi- atey presented it to Mir. Hoxe, to be sold again. to see whether that amount could be raised It started again at Sl5, and run up by s to $50 then s75 was bid, then sl0), and at last S20O for the skein of yarn. A little white chicken, the pet of little girl of Communipaw, who had given it, being all she had to give to the children of the Howard Mission, was put up and sold to lady for 9 dollars. Yesterday services were held in the new chapel, the first ever held in that place. It had been the intention of the trustees to dedicate the building yesterday, but with all their exertion it was not quite completed, and the trustees have proclaimed from the first that none of the new buildings should be consecrated to their purpose until thoroughly finished and paid for. So the dedication of the chapel may be expected to take place about Christmas.