Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-03
HarWinton

DO8 QdyS ndfS oiouSn' "o CT. and last Sunday and Monday we had the first soaking rain since last Spring- The hail storm that did us so much dam- age, a week ago, seems to have neen local one, for it did not extend as lar east as Harwinton Center, or as far north as Wolcottville. t~.sf. 5'@
 We drove into Hartford, a few days ago; and, everywhere, crops of all kinds are looking fnelly; indeed, it is the gene ral remark of our farmers that ''they ney- CT saw such bountlful crops as we are hav' ing in this centennial year" We hope they wont forget that '-The earth Is the Lords and the fullness thereof. The second crop of potato bugs are matching out, but the bug here seems to con6ne its ravages to certain sections.
 -One of our former pastors, and one much beloved here-Mr. Chas. H. Bissell -is spending vacation visit from the West. We understand that he preached in our church, last Sabbath. He will spend pat of the present week in Hart ford, but expects to be here next Sabbath, and has promised to preach one evening in the llth, district school-house, before he leaves town.
 MT. Geo. White, of Bristol, (not Nor ris, as we wrote week ago,) has appoin- ted to preach at Campville again next Sunday.
 Mrs. E. L-- and Mir. s. W got into fracas, a week ago, in which both parties got partly denuded of their wear ing apparel. Mrs. L. .who appears to have been the aggressor, intended to have given Mrs. Wan d-fashioned whip ping" but was judiciously prevented By her two grown up daughters.
 MT. Ephram Merritt has guinea hens, but no male of that species. A few weeks ago one of them stole her nest and con- menced to set The other morning sile came home with twenty hybrid chicks, which he thinks are cross between the guinea hen and the White Leghorn.
 We don't think that the sneers of the Wicked" Winsted News, will hurt H. N. or Goshen either. It shows what its mo- ble mind appreciates the most, when it places the ''whiskey bottle" at the head of the list of relics that it enumerates. As for Dwight Kilbourn's "poetrY," if the News can furnish anything better in that line, we should like to see it!
 The ''squib" above referred to was in- correctly credited to the Winsted News. It should have been the Winsted Press. There is nothing wicked about the News. ED. ENo. -.-.
 Your Roxbury correspondent ''2" seems to think 24 hours rather long Fourth. Ours lasted 45 hours without intermission. and we did not even lie down during that time.
 We thank "Eva" of Cornwall, for endorsing our statement" and would suggest that she send her "Bible" of "Pil- grim" fame, to the Centennial; it certain. ly would not be the least curiosity there.
 = MT. Bissel breaches again next Sun- day. He has also appointed union pray CT meeting at the Acadamy, next Satur- day evening.
 Mir. Philo Cleveland, while moving away hay, got a fork stuck in his knee while ago, causing such painful wound as necessitated his getting the doctor thrnn ti'nAa in me day. --
 Some time since, as Mrs. Edward Ga pei was helping her husband to carry boiler full of hot brine, one of the han dles came off, precipitating the brine on her feet, scalding her so badly that she has not yet recovered. ..........
 Mir s. T. Weston was tried before Justice Vail, last Saturday, for assault on Everett Lloyd. H. B. Graves for Weston; A. Catlln, for Mir. Lloyd. The case, ow- ing to a disputed point of law, is not yet decided. e..
 LITTLE GHoNNIE.
 MT s. Baker, father of E. B. Baker, of this place, resides in Burlington. On the 22d ult., while he was picking berries near the residence of his brother-in-law Sam. uel Rogers (but not on his lanO Rogers ordered him to leave; and, on his refusal to retire, attacked him with pitch-fork, , inficting several severe wounds, some on the head, where the fork tines pierced his scalp. Rogers was arrested. tried on Thursday last, fined $7, on one complaint. and bound over for trial before the Hart ford Superior court on the other.
 . MT. Edward Hayes is home from Southington where he has been at school.
 Mir. Edward Taft is Ill town.
 Young Peoples Prayer meetings are held Sunday evenings in the chapel.
 T. c. NJ. . Norfolk.
 Rev. John F. Gleason accepts the call to the church in Norfolk and is expected to preach next Sabbath. He comes very highly recommended and will be welcomed very heartily. Rev. Wm. Bassett .suppli- ed its pulpit on the 3Oth ult., Prof. Mills, Marietta College, Ohio, native of Norfolk, preached on the 23rd. BEN.
 WoIeettvIlIe.
 Attention is called to the advertisement of concert in another column. This en- tertainment will be great improvement on those usually given here. Itis by a fine Quartet of New York singers assisted by the best home talent. and should draw full house. ~ " JL
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 At Canaan, at the residence of the brides