Litchfield enquirer., 1875-10-21
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the Scotchmen have become disgusted with tie clock business and returned tc their native countries. reopening ol the clock shop is & great blessing to all concerned. The American reports that the Good Templars have surrendered theil charter.-The Congregational choir give the Oratorio of Esther on Wednesday evening of this week. The new organ is q fine instrument, the choir we'll trained, and fine entertainment is expected.
 WATERFOWL has been having the epizo. otic mildly.-The net receipts of the fail were about e. .6OO.-The late hay crop is excellent; apples. scarce, and worth from g to S2,5O barrel; corn, fine; potatoes, afflicted with rot; ''shack," splendid hickory and chestnuts especially.
 CoLEBRooK comes to the front on DO. tatoes. Mir. Oles harvested B bushels oi the Early Rose variety from less than Ia square rods of ground, says the Herald. Large seed was selected, cut into sec. tions of an eye each, and dropped upon tho surface of the turf without blowing, about I5 inches apart each way, and cov- cred with swamp hay, brakes and other refuse, about five or six inches deep. No other covering was added and no after cul- tivation succeeded"
 NEW HARTFORD has voted to finish up their Town House at an expense not OK. ceeding ,000.-Some young men have been prosecuted for stealing liquor to the amount of $lO0.-Tuesday of this week is the day fixed for the installation of Rev. F. Fl. Adams over the Congregational church in this place.
 At LAKEvILLE the Miller House has been purchased by Homer Gibbs, of Ore Hill, who pays $6,OO0 and assumes it's mortgages and debts.-The Roman Cath. olics will hold a fair at the Academy Hall during next week, beginning with Oct 25. Their new church is to be completed this fall.-Mr. H. M. Whiteman removed his family last week to Greenville, Wisconsin.
 The Rev Dr. Reid, Gov. Holley, and Dr. Knight returned from their brief Flu. ropean tour on the the F inst. "Dr Reid, who has not visited his old home ir Scotland before in twenty-four years, ex. preses himself as we'll satisfied with his journey" says the News. He is much improved in health. The Governor and Dr. Knight, we understand, are also i'm. proved in health, and more especially Dr Knight, for whose benefit the tour was planned. Mir. John Mcconnell, a New York gentleman of means has bought the carpenter shop building near the depot, and fitted it up for the tin and house fur. nishing business. He has associated with him his son in law, Mir B. F. Hoyt. On WednesdaNeSening, last. the young peo. pie had hoaseswarming in the large room up stairs.-Mr. Chas. W. Barnum and wife were expected back from their European wedding tour on Saturday.
 The FALLS VILLAGE correspondent of the News. while passing up Main Street a few days since, saw standing on the cor ner of Main and Prospect street. ten beautiful young ladies. The 26th Guar. terly Convention of Bridgeport Dist. In. dependent Order of Good Templars was held with Cascade Lodge, of this place on Wednesday afternoon and eve., Oct. 9th. Owing to the inclemency of the weather in the early part of tho day but forty-fve visitors were in attendance. The evening meeting, which was public, was addressed by Rev. o. J. Range,G. w., C. T.. Miss Katie Lent of Millerton and Silvanus Butler of New Haven. The hall was crowded to an uncomfortable de- gree.-Mr. George K. Peck, has sold his Hambletonian stallion, "Wildfre" to Al den Goldsmith of Blooming Grove, for g, ,5OO. .....
 The NoRTHFELD Centre school is to be taught, this winter, by Miss Jennie Bald- win.--The Congregational society has en. gagged Mir. Almon J. Beach to instruct their young people the coming winter. He teaches twenty -four nights, beginning on Wednesday evening of this week. They have invited the young people of the Episcopal parish to attend without charge. Stereopticon was we'll pat ronized
 BETHLEHEM reports fine crops of pota- toes and apples. More empty barrels are brought into town this year than ever be- fore.-Willie Lynn, who came home from Waterbury, sick, some weeks since, is not able to be out yet his mother is also convalescent. Rev. Mir. Palmer was to begin his ministrations on Sunday last.
 At CANAAN VALLEY branch railroad is projected from the Conn. Western near Barnum Richardson company's switch at East Canaan, to the marble quarry of Alexander Maxwell The ore bed belong. ing to the Hon. George W. Feet has been attracting large number of visitors for the past few weeks. Several hundred tons of ore have already been raised, and every thing indicates an almost inexhaustible supply. ...e l.a. .-...a ....s. .aiaa .e..ss
 EAST CANAAN Congregationalists have a new s7OO organ which (being no doubt instigatei thereto by the winsted Herald) they place in cess behind the pulpit. Deacon Stevens is adding an "eI" to his tenement on the old town farm. -.
 SALISBURY has been increasing it's town expenses at about the same rate of other go ahead towns in the county In 1852 its annual expenses were $500; from '6O-'65, sS.5O0 from 70 to '75, s27, 900. year. An increase of eight hundred per cent in twenty years is rather a startling growth, certainly. About one seventh of the present yearly expense is interest On railroad bonds MT. Harris, manager of tho ninoa of fNra IT;11 x~;t1 1wr:t:. v