Litchfield enquirer., 1875-02-04

IHoAAsroN sent delegation of about dozen up to the reunion of the Sons and Daughters of Massachusetts,, week before last.-The Caledonian Club had dance at the American Hall recently. .-Mr. Geo. Pierpont and wife returned last week, from their wedding trip.-Mr. Marks has been organizing writing classes in this vi- cinity. Queer business for man who al- ways has to make his s'marks" where oth- CTS write their signatures. ---e-ss~-
 WoODBURY was promised lecture from Rev. John Churchill on Friday evening on Belief Customs aud Social Life of the far of Olden Time. "A few couples went of for dance at Warren House on 9hurs- day evening of last week
 SoUTH NORFOLK and NORTH GOSHEN are still busy with spelling schools On the evening of the 29th ult. Miss Welch,' the teacher in tue Hall Meadow district. spell ed them all down. while on the previous week Miss Emma Hallock won the same distinction.-A short time since Mrs. Geo. Humphrey. as she was driving on tho public highway, had her horse taken from her sleigh and carried of by Rose Hicks and daughter Oliver, leaving Mrs. Hum phrey t mile and half from home ;n in- tensly cold weather. She had to walk nearly all the way back The Hickses were prosecuted for this high handed pro- ceeding.
 WEsr GOSHEN had another spelling con- testlon the evening of the 22d, 1t which Miss Annie Barton came off victorious Mir. Hobart Griswold has bought the place formerly owned by z Lawton.
 BETHLEHEM surprised Mr. and Mrs. ". B. Lake, on the evening of the o2d ult. with the present of china tea set, a china plate over two centuries of age, and other presents appropriate to the 2Oth anniver- sary of their wedding. Over eighty guests were present; there were the usual toasts, speeches and poem; and the affair was an extremely pleasant one.-Mrs Amos H. Thompson recently slipped and broke her leg 4 daughter of Mr. David Ames broke an arm recently from fall on the ice. William Carpenter has sold his place to gentleman from New Haven. On the night of the 20th, some dogs attacked a flock of sheep belonging t" Mir Christ opher Hunt, and mangled three or four so badly that oRe has since died; the others may possibly recover.
 CANAAN people are suffering from influ- enza.-About $100 was raised, week be- fore last. for suffering Kansas Mir. Lane received $35 at his recent donation. The grand railroad committee from Bos- ton and elsewhere that have been inspect ing through lines to the coal fields had 8 grand dinner at the Union Hotel on their journey out.-Mr. N. A. 4eister. civil en- gineer, removes to Bridgeport soon.-Mr. Howard Dunning clerk of Fuller & Peet, goes west next spring g.-Several unlicensed liquor sellers have migrated to Massachu setts.-Mr. Henry Ives and family, form erly of Canaan but now living in Nebras- ka, have sent to friends for relief from inn mediate starvation. S70 was raised and for warded at once.
 HARwISToS celebrated the 2Utl anniyer- sarT of the wedding of Mir. and Mrs. Balch on the 26th ult.-About one hundred guests pertook of the wedding feast and appropriate addresses were made by Rev. Geo. Cnrtiss and Hon. Abiiah Catlin.- Mir. M. l.. Goodwin has been confined to his house by lame knee.-On Wednes- day evening of this week Dr. Virgil Brel lectures on ''The Invisible Mountain Builders," On the 17th inst, Rev. Geo. Curtiss follows, on Rocks, " and the third lecture of the course cones of March Sd. by Judge Catlin, "Populas Errors in Law"
 Rev. MT. Doolittle. of BRIDGEwArEs, explains in the Ray how he come to lose valuable COW: she was given about gal lon of hard cider. dozen eggs, half bar rel of inseed oil, as much butternut tea, and 8 pint of salt. Not being we'll in the beginning, she naturaly enough succumbed to such treatment.