Litchfield enquirer., 1876-06-01
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 MT. Starr lost a valuable Jersey heif- CT, worth $500, Monday night.
 Henry Hopkinson has sold farm of 50 acres in Northfield to William Gill.
 MT. Naylor, the writing teacher is ob- liged to postpone canvassing this village till next week.
 The Circulating Library will hold its Annual Meeting end monthly sale on Thursday evening
 Waterbury lawyers are after Judge elect Morrill, with petition to resign. The Judge will "stick.'
 MT. and Mrs. Edward Champlin have sold the old Phelps place on the west b,anch of South St. for $95O.
 Thirteen thousand Gland locked" sal mon were put in the Bantam, near South Bridge. on Monday.
 -Road repairing has commenced in earnest and the appearance of West Hill is much improved.
 Rev. A. P. Chapman, former pastor of the M. E. Church in this village, Is ln town visiting friends.
 Sheriff Baldwin has put MT. Joseph Elwall, of Roxbury, in charge of the jail, MT. Blakeman working the prisoners out side.
 Mir. Graves has been making great improvement in the appearance of his house in North Street, by raising the tow CT some five feet.
 We hear that persons are violating the law by drawing seines in Bantam Lake Offenders caught in this crime will be vigorously prosecuted.
 There was no public observance of Decoration Day; but the Soldiers Monu- ment was beautifully decorated with flow CTS and flags, and we noticed flag on the Depot.
 About 7a miles of lath fence has been distributed about the garden of the old Ward place. At least that was the esti- mate of the man that erected it. Our summer residents are beginning to arrive. MT. J.D. Perkins came up a fortnight since; Mrs. Hassard. on Mon- cay; and Miss Lucretia Deming on Tues day evening.
 MT, Foster, of the firm of Foster & Hurlbut, of West Winsted, will be at the store of Vessels & Gates, on Monday next, with & choice selection of foreign and domestic woolens, prepared to take orders for anything in their line. Persons wishing good custom work done should give them a call.
 There will be meeting of the Litch- field Centennial Total Abstinence Society on Monday evening next, June 9th, at the Old Congregational Building, at 7:3O o'clock. Addresses may be expected from the Hon. Judge Young, of Prince Edward Island, and others. , A. D. BosTw1cK, Secretary.
 -Dr. Deming came in for little news paper glory, last week, along with our first representative. He introduced & constitutional sniendment prohibiting clergymen from sitting in the legislature The thing was g joke; but somebody D ov. ed to dispense with the reading just as the clerk was coming to the fun and the Dr. goes into the papers as having made serious attack on.."the cloth" A legis- lative joke that isn't as broad as the road to perdition is foreordained failure any. way.
 We are glad to publish notice of the meeting of our local total abstinence society. to be held at the Old Church on Monday evening next. and hope there will be full meeting and continuance of the interest already manifested. In ad- Yocating this cause we pass judgment on none. however they may differ from us in opinion; but when those who have nol been moderate drinkers are striving to re form and become useful members o society, and call upoh us for aid and coun tenance in their arduous undertaking, W, feel that it IS our plain duty to give then at least the moral support of signing ou names with theirs to the total abstinenc, pledge.
 On Thursday, of last week. there wal very pleasant gathering and planting of centennial elm at Mrs. Hubbard's, ol South street. Some twenty neighbors ant friendsswere present and assisted, eacl welding the spade in turn. The exercise closed with the singing of America, afte which nice coilation was disposed o with dexterity that was not quite so no ticeable in the singing. or the tree plant ing. The company were 30 much encour aged by the success of this celebration that, hearing of another tree to be planted they readily accepted ans invitation t repeat their performance. Flags were t. be had in abundance at Mrs. Hubbard's and drum was finally procured. Wit Beauty, Fashion, and the drum in front the Reverend Clergy in the center: th Rising Generation in the rear; and Re spectability all along the line. the pro .cession moved gravely across the stree and into the grounds of Mrs. Belden where they set out another elm. Remark were made by the Rev. Mr. Wilkins an the Rev. MT. Stanley; a flag was nailed t the newly planted tree, and the proces