Litchfield enquirer., 1875-05-27
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these days.
 pr. Murdock preached at the Congre- gational church on Sunday.
 The Rev. Hiram Stone preached at St Michael's on Sunday yevening last.
 -Merriman Perkins. have been i'm proving their market. by the addition of an ice room, etc.
 Some repairs are being made. on the residence E. s. Van Wrinkle, Esq, on North Street.
 Don't forget, that the books belong ing to the Circulating Library, must be returned by Thursday of this week.
 MT. Henry o. Hotchkiss, of New Ha- ven has rented the residence of Mrs. Ed win B. Webster for the summer.
 A game of base was played, Saturday, at the fair ground bstween the 2d. Nine Nameless and picked nine. The latter won heavily.
 The sale of valuable real estate, on West Street, comes off on Saturday after noon next, as will beseen by advertisement of Mfr Clock
 Confirmation services in St. James church. Winsted, on Thursday evening next, and on Friday evening. in Trinity church. Wolcottville.
 -''The winter of our discontent" has passed, and it seems quite ''summerish" to drop in at Buell. & Wheeler's and try their nonpareil Soda Water, it Is SO cool and refreshing. When a better time to buy a set of Oroquet, than now? They have a good article at s2,25 and $2,75.
 There can be seen at O. E. Gillette's Marble Works. on East St., very fine specimen of work to be erected in memory of Charles, son of Charles Merriman. It is a small tablet, with dove neatly carv- ed on its face. and a lily on each side. It was carved by Mir. G. H. Gillette.
 Some scapegraces played series of of pranks about town Sunday night. Chairs were mounted on posts and the Mansion House Register was ab- stracted. The worst freak, however, was hauling an old coat up the fag-pole and so misplacing the halyards that the top mast of the pole had to be run down again. There is a very natural desire to have Athe fellow who did this run up after his coat
 A clergyman who was staying at the United States Hotel over Sunday heard at the breakfast table about the misadven- lure of the editor of the Enquirer with ''Abatable. "Ah," said he, "what was the blunder? Did he leave out the @" A litter among the accomplished spoilers present admonished him that something was wrong. and he continued. ssOr did he put it in2" We hold pint of arnica sub- iect to that gentleman's order.
 The Spelling Match is to be repeated, Saturday evening. with two prizes: Mrs. Belden generously offers the Dictionary awarded her. last Saturday evening. for one, while Mir. G. NJ. Woodruff gives a picture of equal value. The winner takes his or her choice, the other prize going to the next best speller.
 Scholars and teachers of District schools out of the village will be admitted free of charge. The mistakes which sent down so many wrongfully, last week. will be avoided, by more careful lists, more fre- ~qnent appeals apd other precautions.
 THE SPELLING MATCH. The spelling match of Saturday evening last was quite successful. not only in numbers but in general interest Some 200 were present, of whom 90 took their places on the stage. E. W. Seymour. Esq, was appointed chairman. G. M. Woodruff, Esq, gave out the words, and the Rev. Messrs. Stone and Wilkins acted as referees.
 Mr. Seymour opened the exercises with a few remarks exhorting the audience to a solemnity suitable to the occasion and their Puritan ancestry, and the spelling began. The editor of this paper was SC lucky as to get on the extreme left anG consequently the first ball was pitched tt him: ''Abatable. It struck us at once where the trouble lay: i.e., whether there wss any in the word. To test the mat ter we spelled out abate. then added able After we had got it spelled the word cer tainly did seem a trifie long; the ''pitch CT" was Of the same opinion, and suggest cd that we rsioin the people who couldn't spell. down below. They seemed very glad to see us back again, considering how short time we had been gone. The nex few words were taken handsomely on tn, ''ny." though occasionally some on, ''fumbled" little. Then few ladie subsided. gently and becomingly. Mis- Osborn was retired on offence. the ref erees deciding the s. now generally sub statuted for the C. essential (wrong } B, the way. next to being umpire of gam os base ball there is no position that call ont 70 much healthy criticism as that o referee in spelling match Then som, ol she male notabilities began to drop. Dr Gates stepped down on Solvsble.. Pres Perkins proved Eyenescent. and Dr. Bue