Litchfield enquirer., 1874-10-01
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SooNA sHEsUSs
 THoaAsToN District schools, six ill ii. are now In session. Mir. D. F. Webster has charge of the highest department; George Miner, of the second T Tle fe.nle teachers are the same as last y -ar.-Ile Hampton singers are to De her. or the 29th inst.-The estate of 4. C. Wl2ton has been closed up by the sac of lis house for B, TOO and of his lumber at axe tion.-The Congregational choir have ad opted 1.-The Songs for the Sanctuary. - Mir. George Lyon has returned from his trip greatly improved in health.
 The SALISBURY News reports severe frost on the morning of tie 15th---5 or. ". II. Barnum has so recovered from h-s recent fall as to take trip to Lake S' E2a- rior, last week.-BIshop WIlianf on- frmed seven persons at Salisbury OF he 15th.-The Messrs. Taylor Brothers lave bought the old mill building on the Va chicastinook, of Messrs. Ball ts, Hubl I'd, and are fitting up for sash and blint fac tory, also for the manufacture of P tent gate. They are constructing dan. ear the mill and are pushing ahead the :ork with all possible speed.-The Wa: .cnee company have completed their da and are running on full time, making ater proof goods.-Mr. N. l.. De1ter's fl ends gave him a ''bee,' last Friday, to lelp along the repairs of his dam.
 LAKEvHLE enjoyed fine concert ven at Academy Hall recently, by t!a -oir and organist of St. Johns Catholic church, New Haven The funds raised wee to be applied towards building a Ga lie l church. Among other selec:ions, ing l were tho ''Pro Peccatis" from Ros ais Stabat Mater, and trio for soi !uo, l tenor and bass, finely sung by IIrs. zig and Messrs. Mooney and Wake.
 There was serious accident ( t6e Conn. Western, last week, of whi, 7e i clip the following report from the .'al : ! bury News:
 1 Last Saturday evening Conduct ,a 1g- 1 glestens train was signaiied at the ! II Lakes station to stop, but as the Es -a- was not displayed soon enough, C se not sufficiently distinct to be readil; e. 51, the train ran some rods by the statlCn ca- fore it could be stopped, after Wbia4 1t proceeded to back up again to the ;at- form for the passengers. As soon s@ ths l train passed the station, James Mor, sey, a young man employed on the fan. of
 Mir. Sidney Russell in Wetaug, star7l on after 1t, running along on the tracE, and
 not noticing, in the darkness, the ttain
 was backing up, but thinking inst Il 1t
 was going slowly forward and ha not yet come to fall stop, was knocke lin- der the car and his left arm run oyes and
 terribly crushed. A piece of his a:alp l about three inches square was tc.fl up and hung over his eye, and his bacE vas
 severely raked by the brake timbers as they passed over him. Colonel Hu!,!5a rsi
 who chanced to be in the rear ear at le l time, and was standing with the q, 1: l open, saw the man coming on the tr:. \ ] and instantly screamed out to him ( 1 Get off the track; get of the track, CT you'll get run over, but somehow coui3 t l make him comprehend his danger til o 1 late. Doctors Bisseu and Orton of Lal e. vile attended him on Saturday night aid on Sunday Dr. Sanford of West Cornw Il l came to their assistance and council. tt ! IS hoped almost against hope, that Is arm may be saved, but it's amputation $ ] thought by some will be inevitable. Ur- 1 derstanding the circumstances perfeci +, !, we can't see how any blame can possi ), 7 | be attached to anybody connected w-tl l the train
 1 At WooDBUHY on Monday of last wee,., 1 about POO of the friends of MT. and M1: Roderick Atwood, accompanied by u ?
 Woodbury brass band, and the Curt s silver cornet band, responded to an in l.
 tation to visit them, and the result was the best of good time. Arriving at the house the two bands played "aail Co
 lumbia" together, and during the even ing rendered several selectio, $, doing credit to themselves and to the town.
 The many who had gathered togethe CT
 found plenty of ways of amusing them
 selves about the house and grou ads, until supper was announced -ADaerscan.
 At CANAAN, on the 18th ult. occurred the golden wedding of MT. and Mrs Vim. l Adam. The marriage supper was eaten | in the old Lawrence House, built by the great-grandfather of the bride in 1751, 1 the house of her birth and the home of her girlhood, and still owned in the fami-
 ly. Both partles are natives and lifelong 1 residents of the town. Their children, of
 whom they have never lost one, wert all
 present, with all of their grand-chils :en. Mrs. Dr. Plumb of Salisbury, nc, d.
 most at the close of her eighty-sixth 1T,
 an older sister Of Mrs. Adam and sir.
 George K. Lawrence of Poughkeeps-e. a
 younger brother, occupied seats opE asite the couple at the table. After an z=n-
 ing pleasantly spent, the husbane' nd 1 wife walked arm in arm to tie .ase
 across the way, which has been ;2air
 home for fifty years, robed Ill Il old
 plaid camIet cloaks which were the then elegant and fashionable outsiGie :aps
 when they took their wedding jogsri. ', in
 a one-horse wagon to Utica, N. l., nalf
 century ago.-The Hampton coneer was
 we'll attended, and the entertain Eaent
 heartily enjoyed by an.-The grounG re-
 gently graded back of the Union d cot,
 has very much improved the appeara ,ce,
 and made 1t more convenient for te ms
 driving up to the platform.-The Lev. Bishop Williams of tine Protestant E 1is- copal church made his annual visit to this parish and confirmed five. persons. The
 church is prospering under the pastorate
 of Rev. E Whittlesey.-The Congrega-
 tionalists are without settled pastor.-
 The City Fathers did a good thing on the
 main street in bridging the brook near
 KnickeFbocker's feed store.-Neaas.
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