Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-19

cial ume generally theys adiournaa, 10.
 meet in Cornwall in ls7s.a .i.ss sasi,ssa The of the saasssa assoc asi a
 for the ensuing year were elected:; Capt, Cad N. Smith, president; SergeantssD. Bradstreet,a z viee.pfesiidens;s Iieutena1t 1ti Dwight 2 Klbepra se etls
 W":Ms HirGe, treasurer ia 9nass>sd3 70 l IIa saan seunlons trapfdlnalr.,yl- xas5, ssos
 ,5'as ,Ths locality ss M t g aa $
 rens was the scene, of 3 familg lgo gathering,
 last week. that when we take,into consid-'
 erationl the age oflths2 parties a.sadtid the
 number llgn present may well be called \ an
 extraordinary gathering .4svsase,d .e4sI r. Mir Amos B. Sheldon, man iin the
 prime of life(siyt ad'S ears old resid- ing en the northern share eft lake pWara-
 maug gathered biafouna' Risa beard on Wednesday Of last week, eell his entire family, consisting of Enine eh dEenafI Hlsh grand and great grand ca1ifa farea stea the number of forty i a fegnhiipp,
 nptta child ar chick being left out hs the ieoldsp AEhe'dAyzxsas spent ,iy thezyqunger portion of the company fn yfowing upon' the lake and fshiig f9ss as bass, s,a and by the
 elders in that pleasant spJamnnion. which only dear friends irsuniteih aaftefo afsIong
 seperation know how lto appreciate. b1old
 familiar hapnts N Yefe rsyFisi m and old
 acquaihtancedlreneHed; reniniseenees of childhood days revived, and in tlle even-l
 i4g ls! lssS,and assl K ' sisli D tone, the songs sQfs n;4As Aspld i Eangd SYne We're sung: .In3the cenrseyof the evening nthe
 violin wEas brought ii, ,lanq Mrs, Sheldon, Ia
 great sls hedl single gray
 hairs with her worthy ,spoAses vent through with one, of the old timea dances with an agility and grace that notie ,of the young
 CT members of of the party sspqpld surpass,i
 bac0nlT Thursday s5Wholesparty visited
 Mr. David Strong laat ahis 1resiaencei in Es.Aboyea All. Il 's d the tower | and m 9th
 er, objects, of interest retHrning at night ! to the old homesteadi ,4Om Friday oafter
 commenting themselves to the care of
 whose Yhs hand id dIiale. are ths ed destinies #
 naea, they seharstedstQ sata thaia aeyeral lhomss,a hoping and praying this pleasant
 reunion here might be the type Of 9 more
 complete reulipns in tue Fathey'sl house
 ahove. .lfsfIs s1oa1 8saqs g safzsyoo sai0 FlidMr. g. e. Iandon, photographer of New sfllforrd, was a $ oa hand .oon on " edpesday with his apparatus, and succeeded inohtainilg a good negafyespas sstAe G*hsle group of
 forty five pergona,r ih orfer that each may have 2 copy as ,ali a Henorial s of this reunion. sMr ShsldonEMas bofn in, Kent in I1SlO,
 and hasiaeyef.Iiyesd outside If his native 't1 si 9y - l E
 many a lhr1ilding iR this oand 4adi iGning
 towns attest his skill as~ai workman ;sand
 though he has has attained at93 att93 the dignity. ] of q great grand 7fathers still dswingsf the, broad.axe and isieves theiaplanep with aall the vigor and skill of his earlier years.
 Three of his four sons served in the 1st Ct:
 Artillery during the war, returning with, lout,a.scratch, and, since the oldest child now living was born, dhht onesl ldeathahas occurred in theosentira family42ma that was child of tMoy years,r son the oldest
 daughter; 10 datsas 9aiwoiIot aA4 ssyis ;
 Should this geSthY couple be spared to celebrate their golden .w welding d4di in 1880.
 fwhiohimag God grant they may safely calculate on hayingya. big crowd .oiFothas
 occasion, without ten1 ling ah ah ahbx tt ion,
 outside theifoMn family. Eozd sd3 bfF- : E ii baI3saa sew see77r3a- se77rsa- 4747, ,941g ed3 i |sd.A large Grant smeetingSat Hartford on
 Tuesday Sd evening af last, ,s week; was aa dressed by Seaater, Wilson, Judge Settle, g