Litchfield enquirer., 1877-10-25
New Preston.


 New Preston.
 |A Es .ssss @s---S-- as-sss s@s&Es s@Nea F We were blesae.l si.turday aud Sunday with an sold9fashioned north-eass rain storm.
 E --R. J. Cal,i.. ~s,.5wed ns, as evidence of the rnusuai mi,dnessl of the season, . red raspberry picked from his garden on the 21st
 On the 18th, the legistrars sat Aat Uuion Hall for the purpose of registering the names of applicants to be made free men.
 pr. Halls lecture, ''The Antiquity of ous Earth" was we'll attended. Dr Hall divided the age of the earth into several periods of time, of innumerable years in length, &c. &c. His account sof stbe crea. tIon of our earth can't bv any possibility be reconciled to the Mosaic account, as ] see. Wouldn't it be good idea for one or both of the Rev. gentleman present to give us lectures on the same subject and try and bring abopt reconciliation. Let us have some lectures
 -G. 0. Hopkins on Lakeside. is build ing a connmpdious boat house. e
 Sherman Cogswell is having his house repainted. "r5
 t-Soule Brothers workmen have con- menced wo k on Charles Carter's new barn at Cheere Point. :' ,. # s
 The doors of the Wilson House ara closed for the season. ea-
 Perhaps your readers wonder what has become of the prosecution against Watson Cogswell for striking Rev. Mir. Lancashiere. Cogswell went to MT. Lan- "nAhio.o and r.aorle. ait tho aPoiosios a man could, after which, at the very urgent re- quest of MT. L., the complaint was with drawn much against the wishes of some. Still, many, with MT. Lancashiere. thought it the way most likely. to have a good effect on Cogswell. :. ---r-- .-
 Tobacco buyers are about looking up .cropsj but prices do not rule very high, anywhere from ten 10 seventeen cents per pound. s7O ,sTe5@4I 1a s5se7 ,esf s4
 The Waramaug Academy seems to have an unusual number of pupils this term. MARcELLA
 We are. enjoying the serenity and beau- ty of this pleasant, Autumn. and there is no place on the sphere where the chang ing leaves assume more e,5 lovely tints than in this valley. The whole expanse has been one grand and beautiful display of color. which varies at every step. This is the beauty of change, not death. In the words of the poet '-. @--s' a-'- V--s-..,.
 "rhere is no death, but only change" s' These beautiful leaves, everywhere decay. ing and falling aie only prefectipg the fruitage of year to come. .....-
 Farmers have gathered small crop of apples. the smallest in some years. At one time there were serious apprehen- sions that we should go entirely dry as the supply of water and last years cider had nearly given out. "No License" no apples and no water. were disheartning combination. Our aqueous supply has been considerably increased; otherwise, bibulously, we remain the same.
 Repairing and building seem to have broken out among us as an uncomfortable mania. E. H. Beardsley has had his har- ness shop shiDgled in speedy and work manlike manner, by W. Kenney. Miss Fanny Ackley has been making some re- pairs at her residence. B. Griswold is having floor laid in his basement. The work at Henry Upson's is progressing rapidly. Hiram Beardsley, also. expect ing rain. has had his residence reshing. led. T-T.Et-ss gc.- .a- 7.sE.s-z. |. , E
 The Pancake" season has commend. cd with us. F. s. Cogswell, of the New Preston Mills. having been the first to place Double Extra, &c., you know how the phrase runs,-four on the market. Now is the time to. weigh ourselves, and at the close of the ''season' ascertain the increase of corporosity.
 What is the matter of Gail Hamil- ton" now?. She's been and gone and crit icised Mercy Philbrick's Choice" all to fragments. Why, there isn't piece of it left one can lay their finger on and say, ''There. that's right" Nobody can gath CT up the fragments. She has knocked the grammer all out of it, poked and probed it with her merciless logic. and twisted it with irony, and cut and slashed right and left, till-well, there isn't any "Mercy Philbric's Choice" anywhere.