Litchfield enquirer., 1876-05-25
LITCHFIELO.

MT. J. H. Vaill, editor of the Winsted Herald, was in town, Monday.
 Decoration Day is close at hand and yet the fagpole has not been raised.
 Rev. MT. Palmer, of Bethlehem, was in town on Saturday last.
 Our old friend, MT. Chas. G. Kirch berger has given up shoe-making, and is now ruDning his farm at the "Pltch."
 MT. McLane takes few weeks vaca- tion during which he will visit the Centen- nial.
 -The thermometer stood at 83o on Sunday afternoon, and on Tuesday morn ing almost reached freezing
 Rev Mr. Stanley, of Maine, preached a very interesting sermon at St Michaels church, on Sunday evening.
 The V. I. S. Sociable meets at Judge Seymour's on Wednesday evening, (May 3lst,) of next week
 Mir. Gaines, Principal of the Institute, has removed into the Weller place, recent ly occupied by MT. Wood.
 MT. James Wadsworth (aged 91 years) the oldest man in town, died at his resi- dence on North Street, Monday morning The Rev. Wm Stevens Perry D.D. has accepted the Presidency of Hobart Col lege, Geneva, and has entered upon his duties.
 The Thomas Coe place, recently pur- chased by Mrs. Barney, of New York, is being re-modeled, and extensively repair ed. =. On Friday last, Mr. Thomas R. Trow. bridge Sen., was in town, in search. we are glad to hear, of desirable building lot, and perhaps of other real estate.
 The Young Peoples meetings at the Cong. chapel Sunday evenings, are in- creasing in interest and attendance. A. bout two hundred were present last Sun- day evening.
 Youngsters over 15 sport canes. Under that age they are chasing hoops, rattling .castanets, and blowing penny whistles. The Enquirer office shelters rising artist on the latter instrument.
 MT. c. D. Naylor wishes to start writing class in this village, and framed specimen of his penmanship can be seen at the post-of1ice. He will canvass the place for pupils, next week.
 A cavalry brigade is forming in town with an editor of the late Record as Brig adler. One of his recruits, on cream colored charger, excited considerable ad- miration recently.
 There were two or three sharp dashes of rain and hail, with thunder and light ming accompaniment, Monday afternoon. The hail stones averaged as large as peas and considerable glass was broken. r. The Torrington Agricultural Society will issue pamphlet premium list within ;a few weeks. A considerable portion will be devoted to advertising and as some ,2,OOO copies are to be issued it will un- 'donbtedly be a good advertising medium. The old ''Dutton" nlne seems to be reorganizing. Their fielding is particu-. larly good considering their lack of recent practice. The 'Naneless" practice eve- mings and will soon be ready to strike for the championship of the county.
 The V. I. s. Sociable at Mrs. Rays, last week, vas a specially interesting one. There were first class theatrlcals and mu- sic. A gentleman gave a vivid idea of the music of that locality by forcible rendering of "The King of the Cannibal Islands,"
 -'Rapid Transit" has it's difficulties outside as we'll as inside New York City. A box plainly marked for Litchfeld Ct. and sent. by Merchants Union Express from Rhinebeck, N. Y. Sept 20. 1874, reached it's destination May 20, '76. having been just year and eight months on the road.
 Mir Henry R. Merrill, formerly of this place, was last week elected Judge of the Waterbury City court. The stupen- dous performance of the present incum- bent in imprisoning an editor who express ed an unfavorable opinion of him in his paper for a 'contempt," was what did for Mir. Boughton. This is the second time the misconduct of some other party, has elevated MT. Morrill, to iudgeship.
 Pres. Bishop and Supt. Reed, of the N. Y.. N. H. < Hartford R. R. Co.,. paid the RoxburY quarries visit. on Saturday. They "drove up' with their dummy en- gine. The ease and light expense with which stone of any, given length or thick ness can be taken from those quarries IS really wonderful.
 The youngsters have dropped their hoops and taken to ''bones." Last week while tic, village was rattling as if the Center Park were wheel in swift revolu- tion and every boy ia town holding stick onlts spokes, the Naugatuck stage brought m apunster--one of those presidential cases that sometimes render small villages unin. habitable. The wretch listened a moment. then remarked, 'Cui bono?" and went in to his dinner, apparently in perfect peace of mind. Before he slept that night he inflicted that pun seven separate times on twenty one innocent human beings, half