Litchfield enquirer., 1870-09-29
COUNTY ITEMS.

WoODBURY. ID. s. Lennon, Esq, Pres ident of the Woodbury Agr1cultural Socie- ty, gayea supper to the officers of the so. ciety at Travers' Hotel on Monday eye ming. 18th. The tables were loaded with turkeys, game and all the luxuries of the season. t,.
 Prof. Somers of Iberia, H., is deliver ing course of Chronological lectures to full houses here this week, examining the bumps of the curious, &c.
 The ''Juniors," debating society, have reorganized and commenced business; they have already decided the Woman s Rights" question, in favor of said rights.
 The Naugatuck base ball club defeated the Strangers club of Woodbury, Sept. 15, 42 to 22.-Anserican.
 TERRYv11LE.-A Terry < Company of the Malleablc Iron Works are putting in a new steam engine as the water power is failing and business crowding.
 A telegraph office is being put in the Terryville depot which will be great con venience to the community, as Bristol or Thomaston were heretofore our nearest offices, some four miles distant.
 Many farmers are finding that the time of digging their potatoes is at hand, as they have commenced sprouting. Every farmer will do well to look out for his po- tato crop and save what few he has, as the yield is said to be very light. Post . .s..
 WEST GOSHEN. N.-Mr. Noah Hart's family have left town. MT. Hart has removed to Patterson, New Jersey where he is now en- gagged in the grocery and provision. ,busi- ness. Sentinel -
 MARBLEDA1E.-Mr.D David Cole has just completed painting his residence beauti- full white The brilliant green of the shut ters vies with the rapidly fading and mea- ger green of the surrounding grass and trees.
 MT. John M. Ford has put the finish ing touch to his tobacco house, in the shape of nice coat of paint.
 On Monday, the 18th, we had our first frost. It superinduced very preceptible increase on the part of tobacconists, who flew around lively to secure what remained unhoused. .-Herdh
 EAST LrTCHF1E1D.-The Rev. Mr. Smith, of the Shire town, preached here last Sun- day. If he don't stop preaching that way he will have many admirers here.
 Our Base Ball club have played twice ce with Harwinton and made How both times. As A. Ward said of the hand organ grinder, they play. we'll for one 50 young. (And as Mrs. Burlington said of the hand organ monkey, how handsome they are.)
 The report that D. o. Kilbourn is go. ing to write pottery for the New York Ledg- CT grows out of the fact that he writes 8 good deal in his own ledger. .-Herdld.
 LAKEv1rLE.-Our Conn. Western is fast approaching completion in this section. The sluice near Tupper and Woods corner is being repaired and put in the tallest kind of good shape, and when we add the R. R. bridge across the corner, we expect it will be the grandest thing that has ever happen ed to our village.
 Rev MT. Wainright has left town on 8 vacation of several weeks. ta@ The Mechanics Base Ball Club went to Great Harrington recently to play the Hope club of that place. The Hopes fnd- ing that the Mechanics were in a fair way way of coming off victorious (having won the three first innings), began pelting us with apples and hard names which attracted attention from the playing. Result: Me- chanics defeated, 43 to 45. The Hopes have refused to accept the chalange sent them few days ago by the Mechanics.