Litchfield enquirer., 1876-01-13
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CoLEBRooK looked on, amused, while it's Civil Authority and other officials, to the number of eleven, made choicei last week, of jurors for the coming year. Nine of that blessed eleven went into the iury box!-A. H. Twining was knocked senss- less by splinter while cutting wood with buzz saw, recently.--The Rock School closed, last week, and the Young Idea shoots at random the rest of the winter MT. Reuben Rockwell averages 13 qts. a day, during the year. from each of the ten COWS of his dairy. says the Herald. He feeds ats. of coarse wheat bran twice 6 day, hay in small quantities four times a day, and turns ont to water twice each day. The bran is fed dry, with about teaspoonful of salt once day. The COWS are watered before feeding. He averages 4 cents quart for. his milk, leaving the net profit on each COW after deducting the cost of grain, about 50 cents, or $182 for the year. This is very high average-a great part of which is to be found in the 4 cents for milk. price considerably above that paid on the Shepaug and Hou- satonic railroads.
 THoMAsToN has 70 lamp posts in posi- tion and expects to outshine the Hill by half when the moon gives them a chance. The recent raid on the liquor dealers cost the town about $500 Hill and Hol- low united in Union services during the week of prayer. -s .. .r gEH..
 NEW HARTFORD has been having Anna teur Dramatics under the competent di. rectorship of Judge Foster.-There were services at the Congregational Church ev- cry evening of the week of prayer. The Sunday school. raised $50 at it's Centenni-j al collection,-Th family of MT. Henry Merrill of West Rill, has been terribly stricken with diptheria, recently, three of his children dying within three days.
 CANAAN commenced the. Centennial with several games of croquet on the grounds of Mir. H. H. Cogswell. The thermometer stood at 800 (probably in the sun) and the ladies played with sun hats and with out shawls and cloaks. The principal game was played by Rev. R. Hunt and J. VanDusen, against c. R. Hall and E. J. Combs, and the former were beaten.-On the night of the 30th ut. Mir. and Mrs. Roraback came near being suffocated by coal gas. Mrs. R. was quite exhausted when her husband discovered the danger and was quite i'll during the day.-The new East Canaan furnace has averaged l3 tons of iron day for the last half year.
 The new LAKEv1LLE Catholic church is to be dedicated next Sunday, a grand time is expected and special train will run from Winsted at a. m. returning in the evening. A fine choir from New York is to sing at High Mass in the morning and at Grand Vespers in the evening" The ceremony of dedication, by Vicar Gen. James Hughes, will commence at 1O:3O a. m.-The new Reading Room was opened on the 3d inst. The room is carpeted with rush mating, and supplied with chairs, hanging lamps, stoves and long table, and we'll provided with papers.- The stock of horses and cattle belonging James Jimmerson, on the Bradley farm, has been sold at sheriff sale and brought some S6cO. IA three mile road around Lake Wonoscopomoc is talked of. It would be fine dxive and people in. that, locality are waking up to the necessity of improvements of that kind. t. @
 The TWISTED lookup accommodated 63 tramps during the month of December.- A party of young people had pleasant social hop at Camps Hall on Thursday nighs.-Mr. c. J. Camp has returned home from his visit to Minnesota. Hilton lectures in the Opera House in Feb.-The Spirltualists had lecture Monday night from Mir. U. E. White, of Bridgeport The First church has adopted the plan of weekly offerings for benevolent purposes Miss Addie Moore, leading Soprano of the 2d Congl. church, had present of 80, on New Years evening. 70. J. Hodge only lacked 5 votes of being nominated Speaker of the Ohio House of Represen- tatives. O. J. H. has peculiar gift for happening in the way of distinctions of that kind. He was President pro tenn. of the Senate in this State.-On New Years evening the safe of the Clarke House liv-