Litchfield enquirer., 1875-06-24
LlTCHFIELD.


 Strawberry Festival for Village Im- provement to- morrow CThursday) evening. Mir. s. M Wheeler has, we under stand, moved to Philadelphia.
 A party of villagers had picnic at the Island Hotel. on Thursday last.
 The new lock boxes in the Postofice are nearly all taken.
 A party of Gypsies passed through town. one day last week.
 -Mr. and Mrs. John D. Champlin, Jr., are in town.
 The family of Dr. T. N. Allen have arrived for the season.
 The foundations of Mir. A. E. Fullers new house on Meadow Street, are laid. Attention is called to advt. of MT. c. B.Lane.
 We are indebted to Messrs. Merriman & Perkins for q basket of fine strawber- ries. They have them constantly on hand. A TiltOn man got in jail, Tuesday night His views were correct but his ex- pression of them was trife too loud.
 -Lieut. Morris Vessels, U. s. A., son of the General, is at the United States Hotel.
 Mir. Thos. Trowbridge and family ar- rived last week. They rent Mrs. Deming's place on North St.
 Mrs. J. P. Brace has rented her house on North St.. for the summer, to MT. Stimson and family of New York.
 Mir. Brown and family of Philadelphia have taken possession of Mir. E. McNeil's place for the summer.
 Mir. George K. Roberts is at home from Hobart College for the summer va cation. On Monday afternoon the Congrega. ticnal Society gave call to the Rev. D. w. Fuller, of Ridgefeld, to become their settled pastor.a at salary of $1 800 Q year, and parsonage.
 Few summer boarders are here yet. Mir. Richards of the Lake View has been securing the services of distinguished art ists for his table and kitchen and enter tains, among other guests, pr. Storrs of Brooklyn.
 MT. s. G. Beach deserves honorable mention for smoothing and turing the ragged edge of the ditch south of West Park. The school house front was also improved and other adjoining proprietofs should finish the good work.
 The steamboat which is to be placed m Bantam Lake, arrived last week. It is the yacht Rtna formerly owned by Col. Tyler of Mantle. It is now at Keeler's Cove, and will be launched soon and run by its present proprietor.
 -Croquet has its risks as we'll as base- ball. While n party were playing, on South St., Monday. lady, in swinging back her mallet for stroke, gave friend severe blow in the face. Luckily dark ened eye was the only serious result.
 -Donalds Picture Car still remains in town: and judging from the liberal pat rOnage he is receiving and the beautiful pictures, as well as the correct ikenesses he is making, indicates that he is giving perfect satisfaction. We understand he IS to stay a week or ten days longer. Mir. Gillette's reading of Friday and Saturday evenings delighted the small audiences who were fortunate enough to attend them. His impersonations were especially good. His Solon Shingle, Mark Twain and Lord Dundreary were capital limitations of Owens, Clemens, and So- thern.
 Mir. Tn. Gusowski will be in this vil- lAge, at the rooms over Meafoy's shoe store on Monday June 18th, and remain during the week. He has a fine line of Clothing which will be sold very low, in. cluding lot of pants at $1.O0 each. Boys clothing splendid assortment. He will cut clothing for all who wish to be accom-. mOdated in that branch of trade. To THE LOVERS OF PLEAsURE.-All those who are seeking for pleasure, can spend . pleasant day by visiting the grounds of the Island Hotel Co.,, situated about two and half miles south-wes from the village of Litehfeld. The Com. pany has built very pleasant house with other buildings near the Bantam Lake, which affords very beautiful view, with fine grove for picnics, within few rods of the house. New boats have been built for fishing parties, and all the necessary appliances furnished. We will call fur ther attention to this pleasant place of re- sort. when we have little more leisure. The Winsted Herald has an account 0f the recent Catholic Mission in this place written in what we imagine is some sort of Ultramontane English that gives it livery quaint effect;
 The neat, handsome and fresco little church of Litchfield on last Sunday morn ;;ns ana Sunday evening presented no less saposlng sa and memorable a spectacle than iSs churches of Winsted and Norfolk. Rsstsa, Rpls from Morris, Bantam, Milton,
 sIenem s and Goshen were seen early ;ea. 1 iI.e n eagerly Hooking to the sacred ed. he L ahe services were well attended and old venerable Dominican Monk, Fla.