Litchfield enquirer., 1875-09-09
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 Judge Woodruff continues very i'll. Miss Saltonstall's school began on Monday.
 The Fall Term of the Institute begins next week.
 MT. and Mrs. Gum were in town, Sat- urdaY afternoon.
 Bishop & Sedgwick's building has been newly shingled.
 Mi. Albert Lewis of Indianapolis has been home on a visit.
 MT. Fdller's house on Meadow St., is approaching completion.
 A new floor has been laid in the lower hall at the Mansion House.
 The Rev. William l.. Peck and wife of Marbledale were in town on Saturday.
 The Insurance Company have re- moved their office to the brick building. pr. Cook displays very handsome sign in gold leaf, the work of Mr. W. M. P. Shelton.
 -Mr Beach of the Bantam Lake House caught q three pound bass on Tuesday morning.
 Mir. Lewis Bissell, of Bantam Falls, cut of the end of one of his fingers with a saw, recently.
 The services in the chapel of St. Michael's. on Friday evening last, were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Dufae.
 MT. Henry R. Colt has sold to Mrs. Mary A. Fitzgerald fourteen acres of land north of Prospect St. for $7, ,0OO.
 Attention is called to the column ad- vertisement of our Original and Only, :" and to the advertisement. of the County Agricultural Society.
 ". l. S.-The entertainment of this week is to consist of @ social Tea Party and Peach Festival at the Court House on Thursday, opening at 5 p..m.
 Some one passed through Mir. l.. B. Catlin's garden, over east, early Saturday morning, smashing watermelons etc.. MT. D. G. Turney's melon patch was also wis., ited iu the same manner.
 A large number of young salmon trout were recently seen in Nit. Tom Lake by one of our citizens. Evidently most of those placed there year and half ago are still alive.
 Mir. Harry W. Vessels will open a Ge1tleman's Furnishing Store in Beck with's now building. week after next. It is something LitchHeld especially needs, and will no doubt be we'll patronized.
 The Stereopticon and Punch and Judy came of as advertised on Thursday evening last There was some trouble about getting the right focal distance for the stereopticon, but the Punch and Judy show was great treat for the youngsters. Daniel Gerrity, after working hard all summer on Litch6eld farm and gather ing S9O, went to Bridgeport, got drunk, and was robbed of all his money, Thurs day night, by three men who kindly offered to show him the elephant.- Waterbury American.
 The Amateur Circus on Saturday was decided success, the receipts amounting to S6.25. This is to go toward the pur- chase of new tent. Another perform. ance will be gived at an early day. Two gentlemen who walked in from Warren to see it, were highly delighted.
 The Rev. Mir. Wilkins, rector of St. Michael's church, has returned from his vacation, and oficiated on Sunday last. He was assisted in the services by the Rev. Dr. Dufie. There were present in in the congregation the Rev. Samuel Full Ter. D. D.. of Middletown, and the Rev. Theodore Irving, l.. L. D.. of New York. The Praise meeting of Sunday eve- ming at the Congregational church was quite an event It was conducted by Dr. Prime. of the New York Observer, and the new church filled neasiy to its capac- ity- Mir. Meafoy played the cornet and the tunes were such as the whole congrega- tiOn could take part in singing.
 The editor ofthe winsted Herald talks in the fOllowing reckless style about his ''Old Home :"
 The Congregational church here is still without pastor, although their need is great Many have been tried but just the fit has not yet been found. The Episco. pal church is moro favored. They have 6 pastor and are content with him. The Methodist church is prospering under the scharge of the Rev. G. S. Graves. The Sons of Temperance continue to hold theii regular meetings. and arc Q growing insti tution-although many of the gray-haired sires of the order are not accustomed tc frequent the lodge. They look after the children occasionally however.
 Mons. P. 0. haslier. at present teach. or of French in this village, had read. : ing at Mir. Perkins house on North street on Friday evening last. His. programme included selections from Victor Hugo and Octave Feuillet; which was supplemented with vocal and instrumental music, de. lightfully rendered by Mrs. Frederick Brown. of Philadelphia, and Mrs. How. Dr. Deming and Champion Deming .oi this village. We are pleased to learn that Mons. Laslier's pupils arc increasing in number, and that 90 many of onr resi- dents are availing themselves of his excel. lent method of teaching the Frenci tongue. The receipts of the evening amounted to. over GO.