Litchfield enquirer., 1875-07-08
June 90 Il, 1875.
New Milford.

June oO h, loIo.
 New Milford.
 Miss Sally Northrop celebrated her 99th birthday Monday evening. There was large gathering and music was furnished by the Citizens band.
 A strawberry Festival was held in Beach's Hall, Wednesday evening. The hall was crowded, two bands were in at tendance, and the tables were loaded and emptied.
 Mir. Black, of the firm of Ball & Black, N. r.. has purchased Mrs. Charles Noble's place on Main St.
 The Colorado beetle is in town, boarding round.
 Morris Levy cut his thumb entirely of at the middle joint, Saturday.
 MT. H. O.Warner is surmounting his house with French roof.
 In regard to the iury's decision; ''its just as thought" so everybody thought fully says.
 Saturday the Daisy Cutters played the Danbury Club. making score of 27 to 30 for the Danbury boys.
 The 9th was ushered in as usual with the tintinnabulating church bell and the reyerberating fire cracker.
 The Catholics are to hold a picnic Tn Treadwell's grove.
 The band are to visit Waramaug, that IS if 1t stops raining. JEFFo.
 Warren.
 Last Tuesday evening, Mir. Edward Main and Miss Cora Sheldon were married by the Rev. Wm. E. Bassett at the resi- dence of the brides father, Mr. Amos Shelton, Lake Side. About forty were present at the ceremony. The New Pres ton Band came up the Lake on the ''steamer" and gave 3 serenade, which was very much enjoyed by all present.
 -Rev. Wm. E. Bassett and family have been visiting in New Haven for a week and attending Commencement. .-
 -Deacon's meeting last Sabbath. In the forenoon we listened to an excellent sermon read by MT. Charles Swift. Text, Isaiah 25:11-'.And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim"
 Willard Dwy IS erecting a dwelling house near his saw-mill. He has the frame up and partly covered. A.
 Woodbury.
 On the evening of June 30th, the ladies of the town celebrated the centennial of the taking of Fort Ticonderoga and Grown Point by holding festival and having parade in antique costume. The parade was headed by fife and drum, the ffer and drummer were old trainers, and had army practice; next came six sons of our veteran soldiers. their ages ranging from from fifty-two to eighty-four years; and next were twelve grandsons, followed by a number of teams, some of them very we'll corresponding with the dress of those occupying them. About one hundred gents and ladies were dressed in costumes. varying from fifty to one hundred years ago, and together made a Imaginable appearance contrasted with the styles of to-day. After parade of three or four miles they entered the town hall and the veteran sons and grandsons were received and waited on to supper by the ladies in charge. After which they listened to short addresses from several of our most prominent citizens, and poem from W. T. Bacon, ST., of Derby, formerly a resi- dent here, all appropriately commenting the heroic deed of our ancestors of the war. The two bands of the town furnished outside music occasional ly through the evening, and the scholars of the antique singing class furnished the music for within Judging the amount of received by the smiling faces, all were highly pleased, especially with the old spelling school, having Brother Jonathan for monitor, causing laughter from all within hearing of him. The au- dlence was the largest ever seen at a festl- val here, showing the ladies spared no pains to make ye ancient celebration success.
 We also mention with regret the burial of the oldest mother of our town, Mrs. Teeple. Had she lived till Septem- Der 18th she would have been one hundred and three years old. H.L.J.
 At WARREN, W. Dwy is building a new house near his saw milL-The thieves that broke into the store of Mir. O. Swift have not yet been discovered Soci- ety's annual meeting at the Congregation al Church was held last Saturday after noon for the purpose of choosing officers and the selling of slips.-Ne,cs