Litchfield enquirer., 1874-01-08

day morn.
 William Oyiatt is removing the rock ledge at the foot of South Main street.
 Pour or five days of sleighing has help ed to relieve the monotony of country Winter
 Rev. A. Booth is giving long list of Sunday evening lectures, which are al- ways listened to by church full of people,
 It Is the desire of many to have the village Incorporated with an eye to pro- mote improvements, and more especially to build Il new town hall and establish a graded school. The graded school ques- tion received considerable attention, last year, but just as the citizens in the cen- tre district had almost decided to build a school house without outside aid the matter was suddenly dropped and fur ther agita ion ceased.
 -The Bradbury, Goodsell and Wilmot Manufacturing Co. and the firm of Chas. Crossley < Son of Bridgeport are doing considerable work here in the way of put ting in furnaces The former firm have the contract for laying the pipes for the Water Go. where work is commenced.
 F. G. Bennett & Son are having new hearse built at cost of $1 200.
 MT. G. s. Knapp, of Gaylordsville, has bought an interest in a hardware manufacturing company in Unionyille, to which place he will move soon.
 The following letter arrived on Wednes- day afternoon of last week, after the En- quirer had gone to press It evidently met with some delay in the mail:
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 29th, 1873.
 Probably no town of it's size is more lubilant over the holiday season, than the Chill country of Judea' The 'sGun- nery boys" and MT. Warehouses pupils, generally disperse to their several homes, sure of a ''good time" awaiting them there, while those that remain, are equal ly sure of ''good time" at the Gunnery. This year, St. Johns church was opened on Christmas Eve, and the assembled people were unanimous i'll the opinion that the decorations were never more pleasing, that the singing was very good. and MT. Marvin's sermon excellent. His text was from the Saviour's last public prayer before his betrayal, when he pray ed for the unity of the apostles and dis ciples, and MT. Marvin announced his be- lief that the unity of the Visible Church was becoming more and more hopeful.
 On Christmas day social and family parties were in order At Christmas dinner at Mir. s. H. Mitchell's, between thirty and forty persons did justice to most excellent feast, and ''all went merry as marriage bell, till an untoward acci- dent befell the youngest daughter of Dr. Brown. In gleeful haste, during game of ''hide and seek,'' she opened cellar door, instead of the hall door, and fell headlong into the cellar; probably falling on bit of broken lamp chimney, for her lip was completely severed, and in the bleeding, fainting condition that ensued, she looked frightfully. Her father thought at first an artery must have been severed, but the excessive bleeding was finally staunched, and hopes given that the in- jury was not as great as was first feared, although she was severely bruised, and still suffers much.
 Among the assembled guests ''the ob- served of all observers Was for a time, Master D. B. Brinsmade, who was enjoy ing his first Christmas party in the house built by his great great grandfather, Mir. Samuel Leavitt, about eighty years ago. Mir. Mitchell bought the place of Mf. Wm. Leavitt a few years since and has made of it the incest residence in town. It was substantially built at first, and the quaintly moulded woodwork of the par Tor was left as it was originally finished, except q coat of glossy white paint was added, that makes it look like pure white milk. The whole house is happy con- bination of the ancient and modern style, and with it's evergreen wreaths, it's ''good- ly cedars" and fragrant pines, all bright ly illuminated, there was such festive scene as it does one good to remember. At the dinner table the question was ask ed how long ago the house was built, and no one present seemed to know, but an old gentleman nearly ninety years of age afterward said, ''I was at the raising, and after that, was at the raising of the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. Bellamy in Be- thlehem; and then was eleven years old;" So Mir. Leavit..'s house must have been built about eighty years ago. Himself wife and all his children, have passed from earth and one grandchild, Mrs. Dr. Rich ards is all of the third generation now living in town. But there are three of the fourth generation and two of fifth, viz: David B. Brinsmade, and Elizabeth Brinsmade Baker
 Frank Brown of New Preston, was pre- tyS he was so unfortunate as to lose on Sun day. J.
 Coshen--No I24.
 Our young people gave an entertain ment at the Academy, last Wednesday evening, consisting of dialogues, readings and tableaux.
 About forty-three Goshen and Corn wall people met, New Years day, by invi- tstion, at the house of Mr. Burnett John son, in Cornwall, and spent the afternoon very pleasantly. As usual at such gather ings, the ministerial element was quite prominent, Messrs. Prince, Hagen, Dudley and Ives being present besides two others who either have received, or are receiving a theological education.
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