Litchfield enquirer., 1876-07-13

Fled out exactly accOfdIbS Lo pIOSiam'
 The picnic was finally held .nDder the naples in front of Elliott Hinman's. Pro visions were abundant, with enough and to spare" Speeches were made by Rev. Geo. Curtiss, Dr. V. R. Buel. James Mather. and others The attendance was very large. Our large flag was suspended on horizontal wire. Music was furnish ed by the Goshen Band. The fireworks in the evening were elaborate and bril- liant. c. s. Andrews sang one of his inimitable comic songs. Tine celebration as whole was great success.
 We went to Wolcottville in the a. m., and refined up at the entrance of the fair grounds in time to see the grand process sion of children march into the grounds. It was 8 marvellous sight to see. The tables here were tastefully ard abun- dantly laid and decorated. From Vol cottvilie, we went to Goshen, and arrived just in time to partake of the ample colla- tion provided. which was very liberal and bountiful, from the old.fashioned "pork and beans," to the dessert of nuts and confectionery. The pork and beans, how ever, didn't seem to be duly appreciated by the rising generation. We judged that the multitude present was as great as that which Christ fed with ''fve loaves and two fishes" Fortunately, though, Goshen had provided a more abundant supply of provisions wherewith to refresh the inner man. Probably large portion of the crowd were strangers. We recog. nized several friends from the neighbor- ing towns. The fair young ladies of Gosh' en were very kind and attentive. especial. ly to strangers, and though they may not have entertained angels" they at least entertained Little Johnnie" "unawares." for winch we wish to tender our thanks. We were glad to see that they combined goodness with beauty. The supply of cool lemonade was inexhaustible. One amusing feature of the day was that of young man dressed in centennial costume, thereby displaying pair of very small "pumps," which did not look as if they could have stood many long marches. We thought that if the young gentleman could have got the loan of a pair of saw dust calves it would have added greatly to his appearance. The collection of centen- nial relics was large and varied, contain ing many rare and valuable curiositles. The collection of coins was complete We here had your veteran Goshen correspon- dent, ''H. N.," pointed out to us. He was working hard among the relics to make the display as presentable as possi- ble; the tasteful arrangement of which was doubtless due to him. We wished to witness the exercises in the church but could only get into the vestry, where we overheard a young lady telling an old man that the crowd was so dense Che couldn't get Tn, and his life was not safe if he could" We took alarm at that and concluded to keep out. as we had not made our will yet. But we have no doubt that this part of the exercises were equal to every thing else, as Goshen does not appear to do anything by halves. We understand that the exercises opened with the song, "One Hundred Years Ago." which was performed in @ spirited man. ner and with good effect. The church was magnifcently decorated, a conspic- mons feature being the evergreen liberty bell suspended in the centre. Altogether, we take off our hat and yield the palm to Goshen.
 We spent the afternoon and evening at Litchfeld. The display of relics there was good, though not so large as at Gosh en; but there were some articles of more real merit at Litchfeld. The collection of old books and manuscripts was larger than at Goshen. We don't think Litch- field did herself justice in the matter of fireworks, which seemed to be left mainly to the small boys. The fre.balls were the principle feature of the evening. The it. lumination was good.
 Wherever we went we heard but little swearing outside of our own town. For profanity, the street youths of Harwinton go ahead of every other place. They are a good-hearted set of fellows generally, but seem to find it impossible to utter sentence without garnishing it with a string of oaths. Some of our worst cases are imported ones. ltEtk'
 We forgot to state, last week, that there had been a court held in the Town Hall, on Monday, to try the cases of some delinquent taxpayers. $. -~.s -z. e--2z~
 We understand that our selectmen have agreed to give Geo. 0. Hitchcock, of New Preston, $75 for damages which his horse received by slipping through a de- fective sluice in this town, few weeks ago. LITTLE GHoNNIE.