Litchfield enquirer., 1872-01-04

E1ntoxieate. Soon after the neformation he became christian. His. course as such
 was uniform and consistent to the close
 of life.
 New Milford.
 Iza@Neble Bennests earain Fleyator ana Warehouse is raised and nearly covered.
 The building is four stories high, and will be . fine structure. sl ---A-.-s. -s--A-a--5 !
 On New Years evening the Congre7 sational Sunday School met It the church and were entertained by the exhibition of Sterioptieon, and by g general distribu- tion of candies, 6c. The occasion was an enjoyable one for all concerned.
 The annual election of officers of Water Witch Engine Go. Mo- 2. will take place on Monday evening, January 8th. E .s-On New Years day g. train on the Spepaug Road bound for Hawleyville met with an naccident near Judd's Bridge, in the town of Washington. The train was a short one and was conveying few pas sengers. Two freight cars were being pushed ahead of the train, when the track spread and threw them both of. This prevented the train from proceeding any further. @ much to the annoyance of the passengers. 1.nza.s .s.s ...E la.su 8llso. -' Ba 1o xg5oJ s4 Kent asds 5e srlflt'
 The hearth stone of the Kent Iron Co.'S furnace gave out, Saturday afternoon. The furnace has been on successful blast for the last nine months. ''''.-'a Hsla-T Tobacco buyers have been through our town and have bought up very nearly all Che tobaccoahere, the price paid rang ing from g to 27 cents per pound all round. nsaa 10 -fE.Efss E SS7a ,sHFs f@ yssfSa
 ii4-- On Wednesday evening the Sunday Sehoolsof the Congregational church met for their annual festival In addition to the Christmas tree they had a magic lain- tern exhibition and a collation for the old people. A purse of $1O5 was raised in about two hours and presented to MT. Arthur Crosby. Miss Katie Arnold re- ceiyed the pr1ze TOT learning the greatest number of verses from the Bible Miss Katie Hopson received the prize for punc- tual attendance on every Sunday in the |iyear. ssf9 ss} .sst3GgsH }A tsss5sssti5 f-t
 s-The Episcopalians celebrated Christ
 mas with due ceremony; kind friend gave every Sunday School scholar pres ent oaf l 9,eGs 12i3tzes3s sEI@s stt @'5sS 5z-%1@
 -In our cold spell the mercury went
 down to 16se below zero. s 7F''a s'!a '''''a 4 - It is reported that the writer of that
 ssnay side report of the mite society is very sick owing to collapseof the imagi-
 nation. It was expanded to it's greatest
 extent in that effort, and it is very doubt
 ful whether he. ste, or ait, will everrecover
 A religious dance (ssc) will be held
 at the honse of Mrs. John L. Stuart, on Wednesday evening. 1 4zS'14'''a 's 5+''' @s- ?. - Will Mir. Odger please tell an inquir- ing friend, with an 'arithmetical turn of
 mind, how many 6arress it takes to make pipe, or aas he forgotten. -'s%s''=a''' '':s -The proceeds of MT. Charles Edwards two lectures amounted to little over S17.
 fa-The Kent Cottage Seminaryis in suc-
 eessful operation. MT. Crosby is good teacher and deserves suceess, he has now over 6epupils, which is doing very well for 8 commencement. s 7T Rc. washington. .-s-...l. A Woman Suffrage Convention. will be
 held in Farmers Hall on Tuesday of next
 week. Addresses are expected from Isa-
 bella Beecher Hooker,-sister of Henry Ward Beecher, Rev. Olympia Brown
 and Miss Frances E.. Burr. Those oppos- ed, those in favor and the lukewarm, are
 cordially invited to attend. Evening ses- sion to commence at six o'clock. Remem-
 erthat the meeting is free. Free seats
 and free speech. zs5s -e.sa a,e. 2 Baker & Brinsmade open their new l store beside the depot this week. Their first freight, as we are told, consisted of
 two fine show-cases, two boxes of raisins
 and sack of Brazil nuts. That will do ! for a beginning. Since then, however,
 boxes, bags, bales, crates and hogsheads have duly arrived to the satisfaction of 1 tie youthful firm. A happy New-Year,
 and plenty of customers! z s.s The s. V. R. R. took up four car loads of coal to the depot in one train, one day
 last week. Our long, yankee depot-agent is afraid that he will not have as much
 time to practice the art of whiting as many predicted. We ean send an order toNew York and get the freight before
 the numbering stage brings the bill from \. Milford. Who asks if the railroad will pay? szsaaag E. ss,assalsg et s.@s- The Rivals came of according to mo- tee with 8 full house. Itis said to have out rFalled the last performance of the same, which is encouraging to the Association. 4 new play is soon to be brought out. We expect the Rev. w. H. H. Mur- r:y to give his celebrated lecture on Dea- cons in the course of the winter, and oth- e lecturers will be invited. A prominent
 citizen has proposed that we have series d homemade lectures. He believes in the dDctrine of protecting and developing
 Eome interests. and thinks if some one Ml1 but take the lead, we might raise quite acrop of lectures. sa
 centre of the railroad being in Old Judea, she intends to be the head entre in all intellectual and social enter
 rises. If there is any village of equal
 wealth and inhabitants that beats her, we Hsh to know it, and Old Judea will go