Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-02

ir +I -t-4S .,~..f .~..c BLOOMFIELD. Nov. 29th, 1869.
 Ms. EDITOR Thanksgiving passed of with great eclat in this quiet locality Old and young, and modern; all gaveleose reins to their gastro- homie powers and distended themselves to such wonderful proportions, that the highways and by ways exhibit unmistakable evidence of violent shower of buttons, hooks and eyes, &c. But the crisis has past the storm has spent it's fury, the damage after more than week of incessant labor has been nearly repaired, and everything except the feathered tribe is fast assuming it's normal eondatlon.5 1ea s5.gayoI5 5,es4g ...e4 s..sp
 Your correspondent, being involved in the above catastrophe, and coming out in somewhat dilap-
 dated condition, has been unable, from lack of sufficient vitality, to obtain any very startling news for this weeks issue, but promises to gratfy your readers with something astounding very soon, providing it happens. ,as a,a,, .5,a.
 1.-The Episcopalians of this place have been making extensive repalrs on their church during shs sss lhashto6 at If s1 pending about Sa, ,0o0 dollars in ike undertaking
 they soon found that the amount would be much too small to carry out the design of their enterpri
 sing committee. They therefore wisely resolved to go ahead regardless of expense, and make it ssa thing of beauty and a joy forever" in which they have been eminently successful The whole inte
 rior was torn..out and modled in the Gothic style of architecture. The roof is supported by a tres. tie work handsomely ornamented, and the ceiling painted in deep blue in squares, each square bor. dered with gold A recess about twenty feet deeI has been added to the end and divided into three compartments, connected by two arched ways
 The center one is the chance the half of an elipse in form, the ceiling painted an ultra-marine be- spangled with golden stars. the rear adorned with three windows of stained glass bearing upon them various symbols of the church. To the right oi the chaneel is the choir, and to the left the bap
 tistEy, each suitably arranged and handsomely decorated. The whole opens into the main body of the church by three arched ways Beautifully or
 namented, the apex of the center one being about twenty feet from the floor, and those of the other two somewhat lesso The side walls of the whole church are painted in rich cream color, and the windows, ten in number, are all stained glass crowned with appropriate devices. Two memo rial windows of rare beauty were presented one by Mrs. Boream of this village and the other by Mir. Sherman of New York City A porch, tel. feet square, has been added to the front mounted with
 St. Andrews cross. The pews are grained in imitation of black walnut. The upholstery is all
 new. the chiefcolor being red, which makes a very happy contrast. On the whole the parish may well De proud of ita achievment in transforming snug ly and dilapidated church ediice into one whose interior beauty and convenienseo is excelled by leomparatiHsiy few in the State And now with a new clergyman, the Rev. l.. B: stimson, who has already endeared himself to the whole communi- ty by his genial nature, good humor and christian fike department, there seems to Do nothing want ing to enable it to carry ou9 a more successful warfare against stsatan and his hosts. More anon.
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