Litchfield enquirer., 1874-09-03
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 uTCHFlELD, CONN.
LITCHFIELD.

Mir. s. Clock has a fine lot of water melons, beside quantities of peaches and other fruits of the season.
 "Wednesday of last week, the Thom- aston Empire B. B. C., played their home and home game with the Nutmegs of Wolcottyille at this place. The former were victorious, 37 to q, thus winning the match.
 Last week was a bad one for wrists. No less than three persons, of all ages, had the bones of the left forearm broken just at the wrist, by falls during that week. These were cases attended by one physician only. How many other wrists were broken and attended by other doc tors VIC have not heard.
 Just as a legal pair were starting from this village for a trial of justice case in a neighboring town, one of them let fall his strongest ''pint" for the coming argument on the steps of his office. Most legal ''pints" are tough, but this proved to be brittle. The case went to trial and was lost; not so its moral, may We hope?
 A barn belonging to Rev. Daniel W. Wood in Beach St, was burnt, last week. It was full of hay and the loss is consid- erabIe, insured for S2OO. A boy who has been living with Mir. Wood was suspected of firing the building, but there was no positive proof against him. He has been ssnt to the Reform School, however, for petty theft.
 The final game between the Nutmegs of Wolcottville and the Nameless B. B. c. of this place is, We fear, indefinitely postponed. The Nameless club challeng ed their opponents over here for Tuesday of this week. The latter club re- piled claiming game on neutral ground, and offering to play either at the Valley Park in WOlcottvilIe, at the Campville ground, or in a meadow between the two villages. The Nameless replied that our Fair ground was greatly preferable to either of the places proposed, that the Nutmegs had played two games on it,this year, as many as the Nameless had played themselves, and that they would pay half the travelling expenses of the visiting club. In response the Nutmegs stuck to their demand for neutral" ground; and, as the Nameless dishands in few days, there seems no chance of "home and home" game with the Nutmegs
 The Wax Works drew tremendous andience-the largest seen here in years over 3200 coming into the treasury. We labor under the slight disadvantage of selves. but our 'information" is thorough ly trustworthy. Owing to mistake iii copying our last weeks programme, we only referred to Caesar crossing the Ru~ bicOn," leaving those who had forgotten that circumstance to doubt which of the twelve Caesars was intended. There was no doubt in the minds of the audience. There could be no mistaking that Wax Work for any but Julius-the man who came, saw and conquered. Then came e Japanese lady. We infer that she was 0 success from the fact that three or four young gentlemen have been into the of- ice enqniring the price of tickets per White Star line for Japan. The talents of ''Sneezer" entitle him to position on the ''staff" of Dr. Pierce, whose celebrat- cd Catarrh Remedy We have so often rec- commended. We also mention the success of Mrs. Winslow with lot of babies put successively to sleep and laid up on a rack, since it confirms previous statements of ours regarding the Soothing Syrup. The only circumstance that throws doubt on the candor of Mir. Cantrell is his re- markable assertion that Enoch Morgans SapOlio would not take the spots off Lady Macbeth's hands. She couldn't have used the genuine article.
 Of the Dickens Group our informant remarks that the Pipiest Pip ever seen in public took his tar water from excellent Mrs. Gargery with all the grace that usually characterizes the youth in his ear ly teens. The repreaensible kissing scene which closed this part we are requested to say was acted by brother and sister, which relieves it,with those who are aware of the relation. of the demoralizing effect to be expected of such exhibitions.
 Madame Blaize opened the third part with blaze of glory Several inquiries at this office, about expense of trip to Long Branch). Tennyson was joined to bis Idols as devotedly as all who know his pious turn would have expected. AL fred the Great made his great speech on Finance and turned his griddle cakes as If ho knew how to do both; and Patrick Henry sunk or swan or survived or per ished, we forget which, with fervor and success that astonished ali beholders. Oar informant wishes us to say also that any one in the basket business would cer- tainly find it profitable to employ Miss Minnehaha as a saleswoman.
 In conclusion We are requested to say that the moral of the exhibition was ex- cellent. In all the fervor of tragic genius, in all the gush of passionate sentiment, in all the fine play of humor and fancy, Mir. Cantrell never once forgot the cause in which he was working-the medication of the religious duty of reverence for whatever is Great, whatever is Good, whatever is High!
 We hear the music highly praised, as is apt to be the case with the music of Mir. MeafOy and Miss Gibbud; and the Wax Works have been a great financial success bringing in about S225, gross re- ceipts. and over s1OQ net.
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