Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-23
COUNTY ITEMS.

CHAPINvlLLE furnishes the News the following good joke: ....
 A bright eyed little French girl who was saying her letters" few days since. was asked by her teacher, s'What is that letter?'' (T) Not being able to call it's name the teacher enquired what her moth- CT drank at home, when she instantly re- piled, "Oh! is that whiskey?"
 SALISBURY is shipping immense quanti- ties of ere, say the News. The Davis bed alone furnished 15,0OO tons in 1872, and the other beds dug as much, each. The Bible Society held their anniversary at She Methodist church in Lakeville on the l2th inst. It has raised over S4 ,000, dur ing its existence. They have voted each family in town, destitute of the bible, 8 copy.
 EAST CANAAN is selling it's tobacco at 40 cts per tb.
 At RoBERTsv1LLE, on the 31st ult., died MT. Josiah Balcomb. who attempted sui eide retently. ..... .,......
 IERRYv11LE enjoyed an excellent con- cert by it's Cornet Band, recently. ''No fee was charged for admittanoe, says the Hearld, "and it is believed every indivdu- al of the large audience which filled the Congregational church to its utmost ca- pacity, went home burdened with sense of obligation to the performers of the evening"" = ..--
 SOUTH NORFOLK Good Samaritans held their monthly meeting on the 10th inst. :, says the Herald: .tr ..s...-
 Interesting remarks We're made by H. R. Harris of NorthG oshen who gave an account Of the organization of the Socie- ty year ago, and of its subsequent pro gress. Mir. David s. Potter of Thomas ton made an appeal to the audience to use their influence in the cause of tenn perance. After additional addresses by R. P, Pendleton and s. D. Northwav the meeting adjourned to meet at the same place on February 9th, 1t half past 6 D. III.
 The WATERFOWL K. R. Co. re-alect their old board of di1ectors.-M A. G. Davis of the firm of Davis < Woolson IS very sick with lung fever-Mr. George Andrus of this town has sold his residence to H. R. Herley, Esq, of Plymouth. Truman Edwards, youngest son of the late Charles Edwards, was brought from New Haven on Wednesday for burial. l.-The horse of Deacon Ames Baldwin took fright as the cars were passing over the highway in HaR ol, sad medley of the sleigh and harness. The Deacon's lady was somewhat injured. - FnllcY Sentinel.
 BETHLEHEM paid the Rev. MT. Banks 8 visit on New Years eve, says the Ameri- can.-A Lyceum has been started: c. Bloss, president; G. c. Stone, Secretary. Capital punishment was debated by Messrs. Banks, Peck, Crofut. Todd, and others. The bloody minded chairman decided in the affirmative.
 SHARON has raised the frame of it's new Masonic Hall on the new street, reports the Times: It bids fair to be very imposing building
 THoMAsroS recor1s bad accident on the l2th inst. Pat Clark was stsuck by a sled, last Friday night, on town hill, and was knocked senseless. He now lies in a critical condition. Other persons have been injured, but not seriously Now that man will probably lose his life, says the Valley Sentinel the authorities have put stop to all sliding in the public roads. Justice Bidwell has fined another offender named Blake.
 LAKEvILLE averages three or four drunk en fellows in her streets every evening, says the News.
 The WoLcoTTvILLE Reading Room has raised $98O for the campaign of 1873, the manufacturing companies coming down handsomely with $500, subscription The new doctor, l.. A. Wood, is we'll es- tablished in place of Dr. J. W. Phelps, re- moved to New Haven.-The Bakery has passed from the hand of Mir. J. Farnham. This institution changes hands so often that we do not pretend to keep up with it. -Hcr0ld.
 The Doctors are laying in stock of vaccination matter, no doubt anticipating a small pox scare. A gentleman and lady went from here to Nangatuck to take care of a sick relative which proved to be a case of small pox; the consequence is, the authorities are keeping them in quaran- tine for while.-A boy named Earnest Robbins cut his arm badly at the skate shop with a brass circular saw last week, About forty couples took advantage of the good sleighinQ Tuesday eve and drove to Winsted, , on the return trip one party di- versifed the fun by little pedestrian ism, the result of turnover in Dayton