Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-16
COUNTY ITEMS.

2 < FoS@~@tSe K s TRRRYvnLE.-Ano old negro named Peter Bassett died on Monday at the Plymouth flown house at the advanced age of 30. Bassett was formerly slave, and was own- ed by Mr. Bassett, who lived in the north erly part of Plymouth town. The old man had spent his life in this town and was faithful and industrious. -..s ...ss. MT. J. Chamberlain of Harwinton. for. merly of Hartford, had lively runaway on EYuesdays He left span of horses with one hitched behind. when the span started, and the horse behind ran some two mi les on the double quick; but as everything was strong no damage was done, except that MT. Chamberlain was cheated out of a two miles ride.--Anaerican. .,-a7-ar7vss l sWNsrED.--E. E Culver new house on Elm Street, near Hinsdale, has been sold to Enos Suge, for $500. l -Preston's Drug Store was damaged to- the amount of $1, 600 by the bursting of water pipes during the cold snap of Sun day.-Herald. CoRNwALL--The district school was closed 1 from Monday noon until Thursday, for want of wood to keep the fires, the teacher finding 1t impossible to make the scholars make any advancement in their sbadies in the old school-house during such extreme cold weather. r.-An,enia Times. gt.Ytg NEW HARTFORD. subject uppermost in the minds of large majority of our people at the present time is temperance. Within very few weeks two societies have been formed. We have had Rev. Mr. Pratt and the Hntchinsons- Dr. Lawrence from Lowell, and MT. J. Woodbury of Me, have been featuring three evenings, all of which are telling on the habits and opin ions of our citizens, and, as the president of one of our societies remarked few eve- nings since, we are having temperance revival. We trust that very much good may come of it. On the other hand bril-. liant saloon has been opened, from which a la ge majority of our best citizens expect no good. sHen l3 5-a.. a.. -9 As in other parts of New England, the drought was felt in our shops and factories, which do not run more than three -fourths of the time. The operatives have thus far lived on their earnings, and have not ap. piled to the town for assistance. as they are reported to have done in several towns in the eastern part of this State. .4y!t 1 Our railroad facilities are quite good. To those used to no better way of getting to railroad than by slow coach six miles, ] to be able to leave or return three times a day is indeed a luxury and many are en- goying it. We hope the road will be ex- tended little further during the present year.-Herald.
 l LAKEvIL1E.- Theatrical talent of l this village drew crowded house on Wednesday evening last, the 1st. inst, when the Dramatic Club gave an entertain. ment, performing the ''Boots at the Swan, " and concluding with the farce ''Who's l Who" Miss Moonshine the romantic young lady" in the first piece and "Matilr da Jane" in the second, were sustained by a young lady whose extraordinary talent was alluded to by former correspondent, and evidently has not depreciated since. The numerous propensities of the audience were convulsed by the ludioerous behavior of ''Boots," who, although representented as deaf and stupid. evidently belonged to different school. All the performers car 1 ried their parts remarkably we'll, G pecially 'Layender" in "Who's Who,"' who seem ed particularly adapted to that character. 1 Our friend, the secretary of the Ball Club, made his debut, and promises to be great acquisition to the club. The whole affair wound up with g little healthy "light fan tastic" exercises to the music of ''right and 40AUs auU- DtslhuC63 UIShhlu& uU u 8u early hour with mutual good wishes and hopes for the speedy recurrence of the lsame. t~N'
 f The recent fall of snow and good sleigh. 1 ing induced many to partake of that de- lightful exercise. 8 large party leaving for Litchfeld Thursday afternoon.-Ansenia Times. ....s ........ t.Y ,l-,t4
 CORNWALL. Hast Friday as one of MT. Harry Sedgwick's teams was on the way to West Cornwall with milk, the horses be- came unmanageable near Colds mills and ran to West Cornwall, throwing out the driver and severely injuring one of the horses. MT. Sedgwick fortunately arrived at the station in w est Cornwall, on the up train from New York, about the time the team did, and attended to the injuries of his team. .3f-s E"' 5-."
 The same day MT. Hart's team ran away, but little damage was done, although several persons came near losing their lives. Sentinel si -,'i't f-.' ......