Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17

great festival of the Episcopal church, with appropriate servlces and decorations
 The music was uncommonly good and the font, communion table, and chancel, were. beautifully adorned with flowers. s5 Old Probabilities is a Presbyterian, however, we guess, and a rawer, more cheerless March day than he vouchsafed in the middle of April we have never experience ed. Owing no doubt to the inclemency of the weather only congregation of about seventy were present Dr. Henry preached an appropriate sermon in which he maintained that the celebration of Eas-, ter from time immemorial was a strong proof of the resurrection it commemora- ted. -+ s-5-.--- most disgusting weather perform ance possible is snow-storm in April. No doubt such a yagary has it's hidden uses, but to the unscientiic view it is an unseemly, simpertinent nuisance. We. never saw more disagreeable specimen of this .disagreeable kind, than Saturdays snow-storm. The wind blew as farcely, and the snow drove in heaps in the same old places, for all the world as if January were come again. It wassa pitiful sight to sec the robins driven along close to the ground, helplessly, like dry leaves, or sit ting unmoved as We passed close to them, chirping in a melancholy way their dis
 satisfaction with the untimely winter that had overtaken them so unexpecte tedly. rna,
 A prominent democratic lawyer of this villageis more than ever disgusted with the District Court. He says it has cost his party two Senators in this county and the control of the legislature He blesses with peculiar vigor the Winchester, De- mocracy who voted for Roberts because they supposed he wassalosing votes in Litchfeld on account of his support of the new Court; and he attributes the de- feat of Bristolto retributive justice on the New Milford democrats who voted for Turrin, last year, in order to further the Court scheme If this is indeed thus, the new court has accomplished more good than we ever expected 5f xa.
 We call attention to the change in the Shepaug time table advertised to-day.
 By this new arrangement passengers leave New York by the 3 p. m. express, instead of by the 4:30 train, as heretofore, ar irving at this place at S:30 p. m., instead of 9:45. A close connection is now made with the evening train up the Housatonic, by which New Haven and Bridgeport passengers can come through without the delay at 1Hawleyville to which they were subjected by the old arrangement. The afternoon train leaves this place at 3:30, instead of at 4 P. m. ssoa ssss t4... ,is' | Tho ladies of. St. Michael's Parish,
 will give tearparty. at the chapel, on
 Wednesday evening, the a3d. The ob- ject is for chapel repairs, and recommends itself to the public . - T. 5s - = .ls - l. We take the liberty of suggesting, fur thermore, that inasmuch as the Singing School, the Circulating Library, and the Congregational Society have had the use of this chapel during the pastseason the Tea Party ought to be unusually large and en- 1 tts . as5s4a 1&SsG Sgsf 73lsa sk@s -s StS 'A' = so4 s4e ea 5ss saAI &A sss z It will be observed from bills posted
 down the Shepaug line, that people can
 attend the Barnum World Fair at Nor walk, on Monday next. by paying half the usual fare. This will be the exhibition for those living on the Shepaug and Nor walk lines to attend, and, the show is said
 to be really the finest thing of the kind I ever seen in the United States. as asi- F. The frame of the grand south window
 of the new church is up, and the
 pinnacles and ornamental work of the
 outside are being rapidly put in place.
 We notice crosses going up in a profusion that little surprises one who is aware of
 the prejudice that used to prevail in New
 England regarding that emblem. s3sE s | Attention is called to the advertise
 ment O.sE. Gillette, marble cutter He
 occupies a part of the Fuller shop, not
 the whole. as stated in our last weeks
 notice. MT. J.eE.s Fnller continues his business at the old stand. ssssl II asa Ea-Gen. H. We Wessells and Col. l.. w. Vessels have returned from their south
 ern trip. Tie latter is staying in Bridge port for afew weeks. 4R flssagsa s.s
 The New York evening mail is now
 opened immediately on its arrival at the postofice-at little past 8:30 P. M.