Litchfield enquirer., 1867-11-14
WASHINGTON


 that of Death
 WASHINGTON. Simeon H. Mitchell, Esq, has sold his place to Henry ". Woodruff. of the firm Hickox $ Woodruff, for 8. 900 and purchas- ed the Leayitt Stand, comprising dwelling house, store, and land, for S, ,O00 of Vim. 1 Leayitt, who goes to New Milford to live live with his son Rufus. Thus place pas ses out of the name of family which stood for long time among the finest Of the yil- lage. Samuel Leavitt, senior, came into the town from Bethlehem some seventy i've years ago, and by steady perseverance, in trade acquired a large property, and raised four boys and one girl. John and Rufus went from here to New York and were quite successful in business Wm. l.. is the only one living. Thus two of the old places which divided the trade and renown of Old Judea have past into the hands of strangers. The Gen. Brinsmade house, to l George l.. Brown, and the Leavits place to MT. Mitchell. The friends of tue latter congratulate him on his acquisition, and the room he now possesses for conveniently carrying into effect the divine law of mul tiplication given to the Jews, which may prevent the dire calamity bsfalling this place, of it's running wild to white birches. Canada Thistles, and Paddles. w. The Concert ca Thursday was q decided success. There were rehearsals of clloruses on Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Thursday afternoon was taken up with the practice of solos and quartetts &c. On Thursday evening chorussof be- tween sixty and seventy Were present, most of them effective singers. Thayeame for the most part from Washington, New Preston and Roxbury. There was also, some assistence from Warren, Gashen. Norfolk, New Milford, Litchfeld, and we believe, Woodbury. The church was well filled, the audience attentive, and applaud ing with unusual good judgment The performance. as the leader stated at its commencement, was rather rehearsal than Q concert. The programme was as follows: Organ Voluntary.
 Anshem-"Make a joyful noise.7
 Swiss Song.
 Easter Anthem-'From Heaven the loud angel. ic song.
 Duett-"O Liberty" ! Quartette--"IOrd Have Mercy,''
 Double Chorus.-"Hail America" Asnadelssohn
 Hymn.--'Hark! what mean those holy yoices' Soio.-The Happy Farmer.
 Chorus-"Awake, put on strength" Neukonan
 PART SECOND
 ! Chorus-'Praise ye the Lord" Ne,cko7aa Solo and Chorus-"God of the Fatherloss." Ht. i Der.
 <. Cantats--The Morning. Ries
 l Song-"Invitation to Fora.' .. 1 Chorus-'How lovely are tho Messenger" Men, de'sshon
 D9ettT"All T'a n things arc bright and beautiful
 Chorus--z.":Glory be to God on High" Mozart.
 solo.-"The Trumpet shall sound" Handel.
 Chorus.-Grand Hallolujah. Handel 1 Without attempting any extended criti- cism we would say that tho choruses, the performances of which was the chief obi ect of the meeting, were sung with force, ani- nation and in the main correctly. That portion of Newkomn's fine Chorus-"Awake put on Strength, sung by the tenors and passes in unison, was really magnificent. Ries' beautiful Cantata, The Morning, was the most difficult thing attempted, and there had hardly been time to bring it's practice to the perfection such music re- quires; the accompaniment, on the organ too, wanting something of the fexibility it's constantly varying character demands The Hallelujah, the grandest sacred chorus ever written was very effectively sung, and appropriately closed the evenings entertain ment. The singers seemed to enjoy them selves hugely, especially those formerly be- longing to the county musical society. They took double delight-in another performance of the stirring choruses the old society used to sing, and in the renew al of old acquaintance
 This concert was an experiment. design ed. If successful, to lead to an organization similar to the old Cnnntu- nr--'--"+- ''ociesy | for the practice of first class sacred music. That the result was encouraging will ap- pear from the following resolution unani- mously adopted by the singers at the close of the concert:-
 1 RosoLued: That the following named persons be, and are hereby appointed to act as Committee in their respective towns for the purpose Of forming Musical Association in Ltchield County. Said Committee are requested to meet at the Mansion House in Litchfeld on Wednesday, Nov. 2Oth, at one o'clock F. M for the purpose of perfecting the i organization. .- 1 Robbins Battell, Norfolk; Geo. A. Hickox, Litch- field; Henry L. Wooster, Goshen; il. Milton Hart, Cornwall; Closson H. Stone, Warren; Augustus Smith, Washington; Wm. H. Harrison, Bethlehem; Wm. Gordon, 'Woodbury; Charles Sanford, Roxbu- ry; Wm. Corning. New Milford; Horace Sanford Bridgewater; Truman Baldwin, Watertown; Henry l NJ. Knight, Salisbury.
 l NEW PRESTON.
 The lecture of Col. Sprague on Friday evening, was full of interest, instruction, and entertainment, which was listened to