Litchfield enquirer., 1874-03-12
LlTCHFEELD.

LiTCHF.ELD.
 ! The adjourned district school meet Ing assemblies at the school house on Fri day evening. at p n. 1 -Mr. James Ialoy has sold his farm of about B acres Tn Northtield, to Wallis Barnes of Northfeld.
 s-Mr. Wilkins is preaching ? course of lectures on the Ten Commandments, Wednesday evenings, at the chapel
 Robins. biuebirds and biackbirds are about, although the weather is not so warm as they might like to have it.
 Mrs. Wiggins and her children re- ceive, 1t Is saids over half million dol 1 lars by will of the fate Mr. Girard of 1 New York.
 Miss Lucina Marsh, widow Of Major David Marsh, left will giving her prop erty to trustees. to divide the income among. the needy poor of this town.
 Mir. r. II. Hale, formerly of this place. has sold the hotel he bought in Woodbury, to Mrs. John McMurtry, of West Cornwall, for $5.5O0. Tine Sons of Temperance will give public performance of ''Aunt Dinah's Pledge, oa Friday evening. at Beach's Hali. Admission, 15 cts
 Mir. [. R. Starr has bought about four acres of land next the Bantam river. and opposite the mill, of Joseph Slack, for S700, and also about 37 acres of Major Whiting, north of the highway leading to the Station.
 The attendance at the Jail service. on last Sunday, was very large. About fifty persons were unable to get seats, and were obliged to stand in the office and entry. The singing by the Methodist Sunday school children was excellent.
 Miss Annie Bunnell, daughter of Samuel Bunnell, of Bantam, committed suicide, recently, by taking sulphuric acid. She had been insane. for some months, and took the poison about month since, dying from it's effects on the  4th inst. She was very amiable young lady, and much beloved by a large circle of acquaintances.
 A meeting of the joint Committee of the Litchfeld County Agricultural Socie- ty, lone member from each Town, and the Executive Committed will be held on Fri day. March 18th, 1774, at the Court House here, at ? o'clock P. M, and it is hoped that each member will be present, as it IS proposed to then take measures to erect permanent buildings, and put the grounds in the best possible condition.
 On Wednesday evening of last week the Sons of Temperance had their annual supper and acted the Temperance play of Aunt Dinah's Pledge" at Beach's Hall. Some thirty of the Wolcottyilie Sons and Daughters were present on invitation, showing pluck superior to any amount of bad travelling. After supper address es were made by Dr. St. John and Mr. Weiton of Wolcotville and Messrs. Fay for, Roberts, Peck and others of Litch- field. The play was very well acted, in- deed. notwithstanding the inexperience of many of the performers. Bantam Divis- ion has had many accessions of late and enters its third year with excellent pros poets for successful future. There are, however, a good many turnporance peo- pie, outside, who ought to be inside of it; and there are good many young men among us whose only chance lies in talk ing the total abstinence pledge immedi- ately and keeping it strictly.
 -'One evening last week, says the h. dex, ''a young man, whose appearance l denoted that he was undoubtedly a rustic | yeoman, boarded the Naugatuck train at l Fluteville. He took off his hat, sat down | near the door, and assumed the decorum | of person at a funeral, and after observ- ing that the passengers on that train wore | their hats, he donned his chapeau and 1 settled back in his seat. At Litchfield | Conductor Beers opened the front door 1 of the car and announced the station; our hero arose, and just at that time brake 1 man stuck his head in rear door of the | ear and screamed 'Litchfield ? He of | the tweed and tan, thinking, evidently, | that some one was trying to play points on him because he was green, turned l about and snarled out, Well, know it ?"