Litchfield enquirer., 1875-12-09
CouNTY ITEMS. .

diptheria which disabled the latter just as he had finished struggling with the theme, ''Baldheadedness Not a Crime p Since the experience of certain Hebrew young. sters in Elisha's time we had supposed that point settled. Country Lyceums have discussed every other moral question raised in holy or unholy writ, but they have never dared debate that Of course he had diptheria.- November the average of tramps in the lookup was one a day.-The Knights of Pythias are to have a great ball at the Opera House on the l7th inst.-At the recent sale of slips in the First Congregational church the re. ceipts were considerably in excess of past years.-On Wednesday evening Mir L. B. Futile was thrown out of his buggy by too short ''cramp." and received a severe wound on his scalp.
 WoLcoTrvrLLE has about no miles of road.-Last Wednesday evening at Gran- ite Hall, says the Register. the Fish&Austin troupe of performers harrassed disgust ed audience of about fifty for the space of about an hour and half.-It has been found necessary to enlarge Brady's new block by building on an addition of 20x64 feet on the rear.-Judge J. F. Calhoun is serving on the grand jury of the United States district court at Hartford.-The firm of Patterson & Couch have dissolved. James Aldis has erected street lamp in front of his residence.-The Rev. MT Bray has been holding series of meetings in the Methodist church.
 CoLEBRooK has 14fb cat. domestic va riety.-It also danced. Thanksgiving night, at the new West District school room, 75 or 80 people participatiug.-Among those who left the husks of foreign parts to par take of the fatted turkey among us were Mir. and Mrs. Samuel c. Bass and Mir. and Mrs. Edward Darlington of Brooklyn; Misses Williams and Smith, from the Nor nal School. and Willie Smith from the New Haven Grammar School.-Prof. H. P. Robinson. of Blanford, Mass. lectures to the Changers on Thursday evening of tLis week.
 A BRDGEwATER correspondent of the Ray says of the Center school :-"The room in which the most advanced pupils in the Dist. the young ladies and gentle men of Bridgewater, to the number of forty-three, or forty -four, spend from six or seven hours per day is not in decent condition. Not one of the parents of these young ladies and gentlemen would be con. tent to have their back kitchen in so di- lapidated condition. "-Grandison Ran. dall and Charles Treat each lost horse recently.
 WATERFOWL factories are very busy, says the American. A. N. Woolson is running his umbrella trimming trade very successfully. s. A. Merwin in carriage and door mats is doing very fine busi- ness. M. Heminway & Sons have been for long time compelled to work over hours to fill their orders-The burial of Mir. Joseph A. Wells, late of Waterbury, took place at Evergreen cemetery in this town, Friday afternoon.-Mr. Buel Hem ingway has added street lamp to former improvements of sidewalks and streets near his premises.
 The HARwINToN Centre school con- menced ou Monday of last week, Miss Gum of New Preston teaching A corres- pendent of the Winsted Herald from this place accuses Providence of interfering with the Literary Society, this year, just as it did with the lecture committees of last winter, and piously concludes that cit would be futile to try and tire Provi- dence out, so the name had better be changed or the society recognized" 1, Fool Providence with a change of name or reorganization? This correspondent further remarks that .'there has been more cider manufactured here this year than there is water in the Naugatuck river. A great part of it has been sent to the east ern towns and sold for a large profit. Why, sir, there has been an uninterrupted procession of cliler barrels through this village ever since early fall"
 WEST CORNWALL shipped 1888 cans oi milk in October.-HArry Sedgwick of Cornwall Hollow has been sending off sev. eral of his Berkshire pigs from this sta tion. Nose Butler has caught B coons and wild cats during the:present, fall and George Dibble has captured 22ib coon. James \. Cochrane's horse distributed some stoves and other hardware with more speed than discretion. recently. - The Sunday School Association will give one of their varied and pleasing entertain ments in the Village Hall on Thursday evening. December 9th.-By the death oi Mrs. Stephen Foster, says the News, we lose genial lady and kind neighbor, and her loss will be largely felt.
 James E. Welis, of NEW MILFORD. has just patented machine for stretching hat bodies.-Merritt Sherwood has given up the livery stable business and it now becomes connected with Camps hotel MT. s. had an upset recently, while driv. ing out with his sister in-law, Miss Mary Northrop The lady was insenslble for 2 time but at latest accounts was in q fair way for recovery.-New Milford has a society for the detection O: thieves, oi which Mf. I, B. Bristol is president. The Ray complains loudly of the condition oi Bank St., and demands tue removal of all the ashes. garbage &c.. that cucumber the street.-The ladies of the Star Mission Circle gave fair on the evening of the 10th inst, the proceeds are to be given tc the support of women missionaries among the heather John Nickerson, and James Penny, recently charged with stealing turkeys have been acquitted MT. l.. F. Benton has returned and will reopen his school on the 18th inst.