Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-17
HarWinton
Potato bugs are thicker than ever.

Potato bugs are thicker than ever.
 Our farmers Lave mostly finished haying end are BOW taking rest and re- creation; some of them pursuing the oc- eupation of Isaac Walton, taking their hard-worked wives and their families with them, though most of them have preca- rious luck. Bantam and Litchfeld are tue favorite resorts.
 Dry times here; no rain for two weeks; water is getting scarce. dust abun- dant. and everytime we meet a neighbor, his face seems to have grown an inch longer. Mir. c. E. Wilson. one of our repre- ssntatives, has returned from the Centen- nial. but is not satisfied with one visit, ,and intends to go again; others talk of going when the weather gets cooler.
 Mrs. Oryille Barber and her daughter. Mrs. John K. P. Balch. have returned from the West. This is the lady of whom your Lyons, Iowa, correspondent, ''A. B., " speaks, and is an old schoolmate of ours. We fully endorse MT. ''B s" state ment of the lady's ''estlmable" and "amia- ble'' qualities. Her friends here will be glad to see the honest vindication which Mir. ''B." gives to Mir. Balch. Among the arrivals that We omitted to mention, last week, are MT. James Per kins, of Killingly; and Miss Estella A.. Curtiss. Northfeld. MT. Henry Goodwin is from Waterbury, not Watertown, as we inadvertently stated last week. Also, Dr. Benton B. Alfred, of Georgia.
 Willie, only son of Lewis and Amy Burt, died, Tuesday, August 8th. of brain fever, aged years and months. He was grandson of Wm. Bryant, former stage driver to Hartford.
 MT. Geo. Cleveland had his horse gored by stag, last Saturday. and he thinks he will have to kill it.
 We wish to caution our unsophisti- cated farmers against buying cheap ma chimes; another of them has been swindled in this way. An agent offered him mow- CT so cheap that he bought two, and the metal of which they were made was SO poor that they proved worthless. g~s
 MT. Bissell preached, last Sabbath, for the last time, in our Congregational church, and started for the Centennial Monday morning.
 Mir. Vance, of Southwick, Mass, has appointed to preach at Campville, next Sabbath. It will be @ rare treat to hear him.
 The 9th district school. taught by Miss Mary Goodwin, closed week ago, and one of her scholars, Jennie Colt, gave the school pleasant birthday picnic, the next day.
 The Catlin families of this place held picnic at Henry Catlin's, at East liar. winton, last week.
 The case of Mrs. Lloyd vs. Weston, mentioned two weeks ago, has resulted in Weston's acquittal.
 The "parsing" school of Miss Jennie Gridley, of the 9th district. was crowded last Thursday evening. We understand that it is the last one of the season. Miss Pond. of Winsted, deserves special men, tion for the admirable manner in which she performed her part of a humorous dialogue. Mr. P. Dagon displayed his elocutional abilities as he extolled the vir- tues of Henry Clay. Other speeches were made, and some of the young people. rig ged for the occasion, performed tableau, representing humorous family jar" in a Mormon household, which was much enjoyed. Such affairs keep the boys out of mischief. LITTLE GHoNNIE.