Litchfield enquirer., 1870-12-08
LITCHEIEI,D

LITCHETELD.
 The Superior Court finishes it's session, this week. Several court cases have been tried. but none decided.
 - The musical department af St. Mi chael's has been re organized. Mrs D. F. Bostwick now 'presides at the organ, and large addition has been made to the choir.
 -Braman t Deming, have full stock oi Dry Goods for the Winter trade. Persons wishing to purchase anything in their line would do well to call soon as their goods are being rapidly sold.
 Capt. Colvocoresses will deliver lee tnre on subjects connected with Natural History at the Court Room on Monday evening next. The proceeds to be given to the poor of the town.
 - The lecture of Dr. Henry, on Mon- day night. on Witchcraft, was very in- structive and entertaining, and the at. tendance good. He attributes most of the so called spiritual manifes, tations" of these and other times to decep tion. intentional or otherwise; and he con- cluded with common sense explanation from purely natural physiological causes, of the convalsions, jerkings.. fallings and other hysterical phenomena, which char acterize scenes and seasons of religious excitement
 - The new books of the Circulating Iii ~brary (51 in namber) have arrived. The sale is postponed till Thursday evening of next week, at the usual place and time
 This library is succeeding admirably The librarian's record shows that out of the 70 persons entitled to draw books, 56 have avaiied themselves of this privilege, drawing. on an average, 10 volumes each. during the six months the library has been in existence. The whole number of books till the arrival of this week. was l45. and the whole number of drawings 612. avera- ging four drawings to each volume.
 - It is an interesting fact in connection with our Litchfeld Golden Wedding of last week, that four other couples were married in Litchfield ou the same day. tc wit: Mr. and Mrs. Garwood Sanford, Mir. and Mrs. Lines Parmeiee, Mir. and Mrs. Marshall Tompkins, and Mr. aud Mrs. Harmon Bissell MT. and Mrs. Sanford and Mr. end Mrs. Parmelee still reside here, the two oldest couples in our village, all in good health, with a faig prospect oi many years. Mir. and Mrs. Tompkins are supposed to be living at the West. Mir. Bissell and wife have died within few years.
 We have faith in Golden Weddings On Thursday last. MT. and Mrs. Merriman of this place, celebrated theirs (of which see account in another place) and remem. bered the Poor Printer in splendid lot oi cake. in quantity and quality unprecented in our previous editorial experience. We had made mp onr mind that Providence meant this present to carry ns gratefully through Christmas, New Years, and the Fourtl, .ot July. when. on Monday, came a regular twelve pounder from the Great, Golden. Goshen (mark tl:e alliteration) af. fair of whici, an account will be found elsewhere. We shall not apologize to any one or re,ract anything as long as our sup. plies last-probably not till about the Isl of March next, as Trochu would say. In the mean time we are meditating an arti cle, in defence of what that vile libeller, Twain, calls the Present Nuisance"
 And just here we are reminded of $ little incident that lately occurred on the Naugatuck Railroad Conductor Beers opened the car door and deliberately sang out ''Litch-Field Whereupon an old gentleman, who probably had heard of the Law School and Miss Pierce's Female Sem mary. and Tapping Reeve. jumped up with eager interest, ran to the platform, took comprehensive survey of the region, anc re entering the car, asked, in somewha disappointed tone, 'Is this the County Seat?"-Herald