Litchfield enquirer., 1872-08-01
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 The appearance of the Litchfeld Guard on Wednesday last wsa extremely credi- ] ble. Theirmarching was excellent and tlaia appearance at dress psrade that of first class company. Their conduct throughout the day was unexceptionably good, and Litchfeld certainly has just reason to be pnoudaof her military aeen= pany.
 -'Paiph denies the ruth of the Demo- l cratic report, given in or last, about his doings at the ratification Rally. last week. He declares that he abs.lutely refused to "strike hands across ths bloody chasm" with the editor of the Sentinel. When sgiH the Democracy sbp defaming the colored man fa
 There is talk of rsyival of the Gree ley Brown enthusiasm in this village, and of the organization of a Phoenix Gree ley Brown Club. It is to be another Rally springing out of the. ashes of the same old Rally after the manner of the bird aforesaid.
 Among other newspaper men present here last Wednesday, was Frank E. Beach. local editor of the American. His report of the affair was one of the best that has been published. .'' y...y9.. 1 Attention is called to the Episcopal Fair and Festival advertised elsewhere, to be held at the Court House, on Wednes- day of next week. .fs.E( l The monthly sale of library books takes place tomorrow CThursday) night. Owing teFour publishing day earlier than nsua1 last week, the following cor respondence reached ns too late for inser- ton:
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 President Porter of Yale College passed last Sunday in this place at the residence of Dr. Bacon, when Mrs. Porter is spend ing the Summer. B. 5 5a5I -Lucius Bennett has sold his place to Harvey Hoyt; price $500. MT. Ben- nett will probably go to Hartford to re- side. .53 sd l@a4 s The Housatonic Railroad Go. is build ing new bridge over the river. about 3 1 mile south of this viHsge. This is an improvement that has been needed fo, sometime, and it is to be hoped that the toll bridge company will soon follow suit and replace town bridge, with new and safe structure. The present one is in, such condition that many persons are afraid to cross it, and all regard it with suspicion. sa1aD 11s1 ,stt --Malcomb Richmond, second son ot Seeley B. Richmond, aged ten years, died very suddenly on. Sunday last, of lock jaw. Some two weeks before that time while going through field barefooted he stepped on thorn or sharp piece ot wood which entered his foot, but was, as was supposed, afterwards extracted. He suffered no pain (and the wound healed over), until Saturday, when it began te hurt him severely, and. lockjaw set in which terminated his life in few hours. The deepest sympathy is felt for the fam fly in their great afiiction. INo. Plymouth Sketches--No. loz. 
 Fearing that have not yet accomplished enough good deeds to overshadow the ones,-or in other words, being fully pre- pared for the obituary proposed for de linquent corresspondents,- have de cided to scratch around" and endeavo1 to dig out 8 few more items for. the print ers The raal difficulty however, IS no so much in finding items as it is in finding time and inclination during these hot ana tiresome days and evenings to arrange them. Let the editor take courage il the hope that the crisis of procrastinatio1 will soon be passed, in the thought tha the lengthening, and soon to be cooler evenings, will inspire his correspondent with fresh zeal and energy. Somay it be-
 Without stopping to notice all the mis takes which, through somebody's fault from time to time occur in these sketches I wish to correct an historical inaccurac, that occurs in No. 106. The types sa, that it was Dr. Sweets reat-grandfathe who practiced in Wales. My manuscrip said that it was his great-great-grandfath CT. -1saeE e>s stfi
 Having forwarded no items for a mum Der of weeks, may perhaps mention some things which have already been no ticed by others.
 On the 2Sth of June, W. c. Odell, on of the foremen in the brass mill, cam very near losing an eye. A swiftly fyini piece of brass penetrated just beneath it causing an ugly wound, which, after sev eral weeks of careful treatment, is not ye entirely healed. x - Not far from the first of July, Roge Allen died in West Haven, where he ha. resided perhaps fifteen years or more. Hi remains were brought here for mterment MT. Allen was, I believe, a native of thi town, where he spent the larger portion o his life. He was brother to the late Wi liam Allen, and son of John Allen, a sol dier of the American Revolution.
 On Sunday evening. the 14th instant, tn Rev. MT. Hillard interested his parishion CTS and others with s.What I know abou | the Boston Jubileel' PLYHorHEAN.
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 MT. Oakley of South Norfolk, who wa SO severely injured at Winsted on the 15tl ult., is improving, and it is thought b, 4