Litchfield enquirer., 1877-07-05
0be Gittb6fIh En1uirer, ! llTCHFIELH; CONN.
LlTCHFIELD. .

Adam Watb naS SOlu HiS PiaCO On West St. to his sister Miss Margaret A. Watt. ,s { ] If 1.I Waiter s. Judd, formerly with MT. E. E. Champlin, has taken a position Tn Judson's Dry Goods Store in Waterbury. Rev. Eldridge MIX. Pastor of the lst Presbyterian church of Orange. N. J is spending few weeks in town, with his family.
 Among the prizes awarded at Yale, this veal. is the Hurlburt scholarship, ta- ken by Dickinson W. Richards, of this place. 8 -Fisherman are reminded that the law prohibiting the taking of trout takes eff ect. July 1st, instead of Sept 1st as here- tOfore. A game of base ball will be played Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock, on the Fair grounds, between the 2d nine Name less of this village and the Excelsiors of Thomaston.
 We have been requested to give no- u Paul's Lodge, F. & A M., on Thursday evening. for the purpose of conferring de- grees.
 -Mr. E P Cheney met with severe accident, on Monday. He was getting .in- to wagon in front of his residence when the horse being frightened by some dogs under the vehicle, sprang for~ard throw ing MT. c. out and breaking his collar bone and otherwise bruising him quite seriously.
 The next quarterly meeting of the Litchfeld County Medical Association, will be held at Carter's Hotel, Lake War amaug, on Tuesday July 10th, 1877. at Il o'clock, A. M A Paper will be pre- sented by Dr. W. J. Beach. The wives of members are invited.
 The "Litchfield South Association of Congregation ministers will meet at Litchfield, with Rev. MT. A. Mclean. on Tuesday and Wednesday. July 10th. and llth. A public service will be held in the Congregational church on Tuesday evening. Sermon by Rev. MT. N'yes, of Woodbury.
 On Sunday afternoon the Rev. Mr Fletcher, Presiding Elder, preached at the M. E. Church. His theme was very interesting one, being clear pt ptesentation of what constitutes the virtue of pure- heartedness This is his first visit to this village aud he wlll undoubtedly prove @ very popular official 4. Ag -It Is @ misfortune to live in so beauti! full place as Litchfeld The native nev- CT really appreciates the scenery the sun. sets, and the breezes that 80 delight the visitor just from the level, broiling streets, and the close atmosphere, of the city. Still in9early summer, the quiet beautiesl of our place actually stir even the callous heart of the old resident. As Cowper somewhere says:
 Scenes must be beautiful which daily viewed
 Please daily, and whose novelty survives Long knowledge and the scrutiny of years. -We were unable ourselves to attend the Rose DErina concert of Saturday evening. From what we hear, it was great success. over 400 people being pre-. sent. The singer has splendid voice; her playing is also excellent; and heri songs were mainly of a kind calculated to / please, u miscellaneous audience We, judge. however, that she will hardly bear the comparison with Kellogg. and other 0k1.1 T, ,,ht tnl, fkon 1o by her enthusiastic admirers.
 The social meeting at tue M E. Par sonage, ,on Wednesday evening, was large ly attended, and much enjoyed by those present. A society to devise means to repair the interior of the Church was formed'b by the choice of the following of- ficers: President- O. H. Platt. Vice President-Miss s. A. Thompson TreGsmer-Mr. J. Morse. Secretasy- Miss Hattie Saltonstall. A committee of arrangements was appointed and it was decided to hold social Tea Party and Festival at the Town Room on the Fourth to which the public are cordially invited. The object of the society," is laudable one and should receive liberal patronage.
 We publish the following ingenious method of dealing with the wood-chuck. though doubting whether Mir. Bergh would altogether approve of it: A NEW WAY WITH WooDcHucKs.-A genius in this vicinity has contrived a method of ridding farmers of one of their worst pests, the woodchuck. The n,odus operandi is this: medium-slzed turtle is selected; few indentations are made in his shell. into which little kerosene is poured; and string is tied to his tail. The turtle is then placed at the mouth of hole where a woodchuck is known to live and the kerosene is fired. It does the farmers heart good to see how soon the ''ground hog" makes his appearance to he dispatched by few blows of the stalwart Matt's bludgeon. am credibly informed that he bagged six woodchucks, the other day, in ttOo hours; and the beauty of the invention is that the turtle seems to like it.
 Farmers, Matt and his assistant will clear your farms of this pest at the rate, of 10 cts per woodchuckl Give him Q call |.
 Chestnut Hill, June 28, 1877.
 G. P. P.
 IA concert is to be given at Congrega- tional Hall on Wednesday evening of next week by Mr. 0. F. Daniels, assisted by Mrs. Wesseiis, Miss Moss,> and quintet of stringed instruments a cornet and trian. gle. The program is as follows:y 10
 PART I.
 1.-Alsgro from Sextet Fesca
 Orchestra. s. 2.-Piano Solo. '