Litchfield enquirer., 1876-03-02

-The Soash Plain school closed last week
 -Harrss Plain Library meeting on Fri. dzy sve1zng next
 -Ne<Elag of the Circulating Library, ss1ssEO~. Thursday evening.
 -TSers were the usual services on Ast we3Ess3ay iR the Episcopal church.
 -The szaeral of Nr. Lucius GriswOid wzz ztse33ed from Trinity Church, Milton. ~z Sz@aay xfsernoOn last A.
 An Erss S. man forgot to brinRj ID &ss street lamp Sat night. so it shOns on l1ss and unjust all day Sunday .-Eia I -TSe Rev. c. H. B. Trenaine. of Hart. su<I- -zzxskse3 the rector at St Michael's, on Sz-31y l4z&. preaching both morning and sVe@z=E. el-fa tas.~
 -O1 Frs1ay evening Bantam Division S GIT, celebrated the fourth anniversa- " 0E tAesr revival here. 4 large number SsE zzx@be<S were In attendance and del <Szs a Of some twenty csme over on invi- Sxssuz ErOn WOlcottvllle. After dramatic and zzmxSc.l entertainment. and refresh szzs<. remarks were made by Messrs. Mo Lean. 0z51es. Roberts and McNeiI, of tho T-zscAssa1 lodge. and MessrA Coe and St. SoAA Sf C0aa Spring Division. 1t was q vEr Fae@mzA aEAir. and indicates an in S=1&zzag inseEst In TemPsEance amoug us.
 -The cOocsgt Of MO2day evening was a avegr pleasant one and, considering the Esrse@e@rr Of the weather. the audience ~4z larger tAaa the promoters of the affair lad FS@ssa Co exPecE The performance ~zs er<vw1y crea7sabIe- The chorus did sm wu<R wstA . sPsr7t and accuracy that w@s szrFEskzzsg cOusSdering the time they Ams bean m Pr~rESpe; and the voices were ~E @@uA bsEser quality than Onr country c@sxws@@ average. In which our New Eng AM@a sAl@1e@s-Of voScs IS apt to be un- Ess~~~mkAv PreaO@In2nt The most effec- <zve F5~cS tA<y sAag vas Crowned with sAe Te=pez8~ sEr3Agea from Ernani-a z=nE<Aszsx cA1xws which seems almost to Ezx ass1E, and the solo in which vas ren- 4=z~1 xsEA a3@lrahle poser and effect by Ex- RzzsZ&3S-
 &E& Hs~a tuO sOlOs were very sweetly a@2 s@<srEazEy Szsg. tAe Water Song re- ceSvSlg t@e eScSrs lt deserved. Angels sxxr BSSrAa and Rxir" IS an excellent ssc-@eR OE tAe fS1e old Ha1deIian style 2m4 sAe ~-rNSr1zsAAtlOn" of Its accompani- ugzs SNcA bO the strings. added. we think. ss 5ex FScG~SRg &asSQae0ess-
 Tbe Isxsr11e1tAl parts consisted -sS s~O Svesy OveEtares, . sedats Adagio fC~7 O2e Os SchRbeEtIs string quartets. and e &eExss@s LAzghetEo from one Q: Mozart 's -s@zrs<ss Ess PS4aO aad HAxings. which the Ezss<~zezsNlESss themselves seemed to s-aaasSAeS the gen Of the evening.
 Mass Gskb@iIs PiAnO solos were both vsrx s1e and nseely played. especially the srxs. wASeA was a vastly better compost ts~2 sAzR @~Ss co0oert piano pieces. The Fa&zS srssy@avery bsiIliast arrangenen, sE ta=TllAr airs from Norma with varia sSszs As1 ~as performed with a neatness a@8 spSrSs tAAs seemed hardly possible fOl ss large q srOud at one piano.
 The Ozly drawback of the evening was tA.e GSSk If ME. MeAf9Y's eOFnet solo. This gszEa<2Hz has not yet recovered from his IEln~as Ot the past ssasOn. and found him self ua4hae tO play the piece set down fol hfn oa the program. to the great disap -pssztnsent of the audience and his fellow smE<selans.
 A feeling has prevailed and has beer ssftea expressed in Oar. DivisiOn> amoni noz-pEueesscsS that professors n the foai CArisslan churches of this village have stood alOof fram any active service in tho .emPerance cause. To such I wish tc Fzs.sna sa@e suggestions which occur to H@ and answer some objections whicl had w<ighA in mv mgaa before uniting 'A. dhA aa@e three yaans siaaa xita the onl' tenperanee organization whish has exist ed here for aimOst e generation
 Ny first objection was to . secret socie sw. should have preferred something spsa in name as well as ia reality, but did not wish Co stand aloof-asitingi n, opinion aealust thessof tke mslSrity. es Peeially of the young. who were the mos important and valuable class to be in a1enced. ,s s't
 Another not so creditabls objection which I confess operated on my mind was the seeming unreasonableness of. n .quiring all to ahstaiR yirOp ssaresf EFidel 8 product which many of us took pleasar in tasting and pride in offering to other as the product of our own grounds. $ knew 1t was not entirel, harmless for 8 suffered from rheumatism one entire wir ter before becoming fully satisfed that was caused by indulgence in partly file aumbleF of cider with my dinner. i0aT
 Since taking firm stand, although
 1ssSe not been acii~s, ,inr rdptv,K : ka<a fs apeace of mind in the fact that I va known as committed to the right whic has tar oat~sighed the cost of the sel denial. astting aside my perfect exemy ton fr0U tue twinges Of my hereditar enemy. ,ss...i.d .....,., 4...l Y, ....-..,
 Another objection wsa to giving th time required for our freqasat meeting a matter of considerable moment to tho,