Litchfield enquirer., 1876-04-13
Washington.

Nothing startling has occurred the past week, and the amount of interesting news seems to be very limited, but our salary as correspondent being based upon the amount of news items we furnish, and the amount of bread and butter nsed i'll our family being based upon this salary, it seems to be necessary that we should pick up something each week, if We have to make it partly, as the world was made. ''otit of nothing" Ton won't allow us to do az our legislators do, be absent all days but pay days, but MT. Editor wish you could unanimously vote to increase our salary enough so that we might be enabled to distribute judiciously few dollars, each week, among some of onr patriotic stirring, news-loving friends. We think that by SO doing we might encourage and make it pecuniarily an object for an oc- casional elopement, suicide, baby show. and other things that would tend to make our correspondence more interesting, but if you have any regard for our feelings please don't vote us any back pay, No sir: however much we need it we are not member of congress, nor of the senate, and could not conscientiously accept any such thing.
 News. this week {? Let me see. Oh yes. Four cars of the Shepaug mp train, Wednesday, ran off the track at Lucas crossing, near the Ferry Bridge, and all hands had to spend the afternoon and a great part of the night at the Lucas House" whose proprietor seems to have contracted with the Sdepaug to run off re- gularly at his place, certain number of times a month, as will doubtless appear. by next time table. The first attempt at running off the track at this place was about three weeks ago, and as far as smashing up wheels and trucks was con- cerned it was very effectually done No one on the train was injured, however, but we understand that the Iand,ady of the 'Lucas House" was quite severely frightened. She was leaning meditatieely out of the parlor window watching the ap- proach of the Shepaug train. Just as it neared the house, and while on one of Mir. Stevenson's most celebrated curves there came crash and she was startled to see that powerful engine dart to the left and come tearing up through the garden head ed directly for that parlor window. This was too much for her usually strong nerves, and, with her faithful dog "Bose," she started for the woods; but, on gaining slight eminence, she discovered that they had the engine partly under control, and had taken the precaution to remove the wheels and trucks from all the cars, and, concluding that the 'critter" was so crippled that it couldn't get away to do any more damage, she returned immedi- ately to her post of duty to be in readiness to care for the dead and wounded, though as luck always has it an accident on the Shepauy never injures any one.
 Election passed off very quietly; no bloody noses; no dog fights; no speech making: no lobbying to turn the mind of the independent elector from voting ac- cording to his conscientious principles.
 -Shepaug River is said to have been as high. thls last rain, as ct any time in number of years (our annual ice food ex- cepted).
 W. G. Granniss. (clerk at Baker X Brinsmades), is very sick with diptheria.
 Some New York parties are soon to. erect cheese factory near the depot.
 The Match Factory is closed for a time, the last of the help departed, last week, and hereafter all matches made in Washington are to be of the old fashioned kind; no pine sticks, no phosphorus, no birthstone, nothing. but pure love- Two excellent matches of thls kind have al- ready been made, and the parson is to put on the finishing touches, and they are to be shipped, some time this month; one to Watertown and the other to Waterbury.
 Young March, who had his shoulder so terribly lacerated by charge from shotgun is doing we'll and will entirely recover, it is thought.
 One hundred and twenty shares of the capital stock of the Match Co. were sold at auction, last week. and were bid in for the company by Mir. S. H. Mitchell.
 Fifty cans of milk are sent. from Washington Depot daily.
 The Gunnery School is closed for vacation; also, the Church Hill Academy.
 Centennial relics are being hunted up. We can't find any, but are going to cale- fully preserve all the curiosities that fall into our hands, this year, and be prepar- ed for the next. Quitea number of our citizens have @ certain amount of money lad aside to spend for profitable amuse- meut, this coming season; and, unless the Litchfield cattle show is guaranteed and advertised to be forthcoming, they will certainly go to the centennial show in- stead. S.S.
 -Olr Sabbath school Library has been