Litchfield enquirer., 1876-09-14
LITCHFIELD.

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 Attention is called to new advertise ment of E. T. Turner.
 READ IVES, .ADvERT1sdENT. IVES OF THE 'BEE HIVE," HARTFORD. CONN. !
 Cider making is under way. The bev- craze will be very low this season.
 -Messrs. John l.. Hubbard, and Dick inson W. Richards have entered Yale Col lege. .A ne.~
 The service at the Congregational church was changed, on Sunday last, from 7:3O p. m. to 1:s0 p. m.
 --The Rev. Henry Beers Sherman, of Esopus, N. Y. formerly of this town. was here, last week.
 The Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese will visit St. Michaels parish for confirm ation on Sunday, Oct. 1st.
 MT. Albert Lewis, of Indianapolis, son of the late Dr. Lewis of this place, was here on a short visit. last week,
 The P. M. G. now commands canine force that makes postofice burglary in this village simply impossible. = The Sunday School of the Congrega- tiOnal church will hold 8 concert, "Cen- tennial Exercises" on Sunday afternoon next.
 Owing to the absence of two of our harness-makers, for week at the centen- nial, the remaining one enjoyed brisk weeks trade.
 Presiding Elder Hubbell, delivered very interesting and instructive discourse, toa small congregation, at the M. E. church, on Friday evening.
 MT. D. O. Bulkley has vegetable wonder in castor bean plant (Ricinius) which is twelve feet high, with leaves and seed stalks in proportion.
 The wolcottville Band gave us little music, Wednesday, on their way to the Watertown Reunion. The occasional rat- tie of brass is quite pleasant variety.
 Mir. P. s. Beebs was in town, Tues day. It is always very pleasant meeting the familiar faces of former years, and MT. Beebe finds crowds of old friends left here yet.
 -Dr. Gibbs of Chicago, was in this vil- lage. Monday; he gives Illinois to the Republians by 9O.0OO majority in Novem- ber, and considers Indiana sure for Har- rison (Rep.)
 The oyster trade must open well. There are four saloons open in this village where ''stews" can be had, besides the oysters on sale by the quart at. the mar kets. n A number of citizens unite in re- questing the Rev. Hiram Stone to lecture in this place on early church history. giv- ing the Protestant view of the relation of Church and Bible, a subject of which he has made a special study.
 The people of our office ask us to thank the senior clerk of Messrs. F. D. .McNeil & Co.,. for his interesting perform. :anee of chamber music in our garret on Friday afternoon last. ''If ever | Cease to Love" was the thing that drew the most tears from his sympathizing audi ence. s.s s-
 The Struggle" B. B: O. of Chestnut Hill is fast rising into prominence. They comprise all ages-9 to 19-they have just been beating the East Litchfeld boys. twice; and. today Wednesday, they meet the Mountain Scrubs" of Camp vile. on their ground north of MT. Lyman Thorp's. If they beat the. ''Mountain Scrubs" they propose to challenge Mir. Rowe's club, or the Rose Hills of Water. bury. 3
 Go. H. returned in good trim from 'the Centennial. on Saturday, reaching Litchfield at about p. m. An early Fbreakfast was given them by our citizens at the Mansion House and thy were glad ito celebrate the 10th as day of rest. They had good time at the Centennial, :though they could only get of for day and half to see the great show. The re. ception of their brigades at New York, by five New York and two New Jersey regiments. on Saturday. made the finest military display of theil trip. The persistent writing up" of the 2d Regiment by the New Haven Palladi. um. earned that paper mock funeral al camp from members of the other regi. ments which is said to have been one oi the most memorable and popular ceremo. nies of the campaign.
 The lecture of the Rev. MT. Preston, on Sunday evening. was largely attended. an audience of three or four hundred being present, many of whom were Prot estants. The address was very tempe rate and able statement of the Oatholi, doctrine of an infallible church, keeping and exponnding the infallible Bible in which both Catholics and Protestants be lieve. The former hold that the experienc, Protestantism has shown that the posses sion of an infallible Bible is source O error and schism, without the aid of it, infallibls custodian and expounder tn, z church. While differing from the speak CT. of course. on first principles. tho Protestants who attended this lectur, were greatly interested. and instructed by it. It is seldom that they hear tha