Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-10
LITCHFIEID.


 THE .sREE HrvR." HARTFORD, CONN.
 The concrete walk is creeping along from the United States Hotel towards the POst-ofice.
 Oar roads are growing dusty and the drouth that has prevailed in Fairfield Go. I seems extending further north.
 -Ahead of time-Fal styles of new Papeteries, direct from manufacturer, at Baell Wheeler's.
 There was change in the Shepaug time table, on Monday last. The morning train leaves st 7:2O instead of 7:O5 and the evening train arrives at 8:O5 instead of S:l5.
 -Bantam Division, s. of T. voted at their last meeting to accept the invitation extended to them by Cold Spring Divis- ion to hold picnic at Marsh's Grove, on Friday, the llth inst A full attendance of the members is desired.
 At the Centennial Exhibition may be seen c queerly constructed violin, thus labeled, ''Mute Violin, the tone of which, though perfectly distinct to the perform CT, cannot be heard in an adjoining room. 1t is admirably adapted for practice where you do not wish to disturb your neigh bors; and also on the Sabbath.
 The thermometer went on another 'stear" Sunday and Monday. On our ar- rival at this station Monday noon. we found it standing at 9se in the shade. and 9ae to 94e in the Village. The heat of Sunday was even greater. the station thermometer reaching plump 99e. The blessed change of Tuesday was inexpres- sibly grateful. With us the unit of measure for shows is the show of the Litchfeld County Ag- ricuItural Society. Wanting an exact idea of the size of the Centennial exhibi- tion, we asked a feturhed visitor. this week, how it compared with the usual show in the tent at Q county fair; and he estimated it at fourteen hundred times that size. Then we seemed to know just how large a show to expect at Philadel- phia But unluckily mp comes another returned visitor who derides the 14O0 es- timate and makes the proportion one to fourteen HOusGnd! And now the person we want to see is some returned officer or ex.oficer of that Association who can give us reliable figures.
 
 The Misses Stuart. of Hartford, daughters of the late Isaac W. Stuart. will read at the Lake View House in this place on Thursday evening of this week, ibeginning at 8 o'clock. Their readings ;are highly spoken of by Hartford and other state papers. and we hope they will have the full house we are confident they will deserve. The program will be as follows: 'si..st.
 PART [ts.s Boots at the Holly Tree Inn Charles Dickens. The Ride around the Paraptt German Translation. The Presidential Reception a~ MSrd Twain How He saved St. MidhAels Anonymous.
 PART IT.
 The Rescue, from .schristie Johnstone' old Farmst Gray ss.s Photographed : AnsnymOus. Suck Faa.haws' Funeral Han. r.;... arra Iaasnn Twain
 Tickets for sale at the Lake View House and Post-ofice. @'~"@
 There Is . new town pump in the main village we'll, east of. the. Mansion HOuse-the fourteenth or fifteenth that has been inserted in that fountain of health during the past ten years. Indeed, there have been pumps enough put into that we'll to have emptied the Sea of Azof into the Indian Ocean in fortnight, if % the agents who put them in told the truth. We always know when there is Q change of pumps. The flavor of the water chang es. The last pump gave us very weak and nasty '.bone. set" tea. The new one has not been in long enough yet to devel- .op it's true flavor. All we expect is a change of woods-.not pure water. Peo- pie tire of spruce. hemlock. and Georgia pine-iust as they have tired of Robcson .and Belknap-and then in goes 8 new pump from some new agent-just as Til. ..ien may get into the White House. next March, ont of mere dissatisfaction with Grant. TST
 ". I. S.-The Fair, on Wednesday of last week. proved, as we predicted, a magnificent suceess. From the time the doors were opened, until half past nine o'clock. the Hall vas crowded with our own citizens. and with summer visitors, who were never more numerous in the village than fhis year. The various de, partments of the Fair appeared to be under excellent management. aud the ar, rangement and decoration of the rooms was exceedingly we'll done. Oar mer. chants vied with each other in their con. tributions of supplies for the refreshmeni room. and Messrs. FHller & Trowbridet sent scagOn load of articles -black. wal mt carved goods. dolls trunks. camr -chair. etc. which. ,oikh the wagon. they donated to che good cause. The Art de partMent received gifts of valnsbls paint ings from the artists. Msssrs. Heads and Heaton, of New York, who are summer ing at the Lake View. " and MT. Eugene ". Meafoy sent . very pretty oil painting .of Q view on Lake Waraiaane. Tue room. Ewere opened again on Thnraday D. m. fol .a closing out sale. We learn that thesass proceeds of the Fair were $sBB.47. whicl -.1t .fS ..e ..ass AZ klsa x,so..,A a.fa rlsYs,l