Litchfield enquirer., 1877-12-13
New Preston.

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 How eaAa- ysar man as better than the most;
 oE, s-emzng better. worse beneath that cloak?
 AS saint or kn2ve, pilgrim or hypocrtte?
 Nay, tell me how you elass your wealth of books
 The drifted relies of all time,
 As Sea soEs sAsn at once by size and livery;
 wIn hardly cover more diversity
 Than sll your labels cnnningly devised
 To easss your unread authOrs- a This was the resolution discussed at the last meeting of the Lyceum, ''Resolved:- fictitious literature is more pernicious than beneficial to society" After a spirited discus sion the question was decided in the affirma- tive by W. H. DOugal, chairman. The reso- sutiun for next week'sdebate will be: ''Resolv- ed:-That a trade is more beneficial to man than collegiate education" New, debaters answer the direct question of the first, and implied ones of the second gent ''How class your man.
 The question whether we shall have public library or not in this village, was agi- tated by the lyceum at it's last meeting, and a committee of six. D. Burnham, W. H. Doug al Geo. Hopkins. Geo. S. Humphrey, G. c. Whinlesy and E. H. Beardsley were appoint ed to see about it. We have a vague idea that project of this sort was set on foot here, seven or eight years ago, and at last died 8 miserable kind of death for want of support. It is hoped this worthy enterprise will take root in deep soil, and grow and flourish like green hay tree. Success to it, Your correspondent "JuNrUs," made a mistake when. he said last week, that Jesse Barden did the repairing at Rufus Smiths. J. B. WfMm was the man who ''wielded the adz"
 -C. Carter's barn is being painted by F. w. Gsegory, of Marketable. k. J. Cables barn is also receiving coat of paint, the most fash- ionable shade of ':seal brown"
 Miss Laura Hatch, daughter of Mir & MrS John Hatch, died Dec. 9th, after finger ing illness She was young only nineteen years of age, and an estimable lady, whose presence win be missed greatly by her large circle of friends
 It is expected that there will be Christ mas tree at the church. Aneff1cient commit tee has been appointed to wait upon St. Nich- Olas himself and try and persuade that cheer ful fellow to superintend personally, so that we may have the most beautiful and fruitful tree, and the merriest timeth eitherthe young or old children of New Preston eyer saw, heard of, or can remember.
 Last Thursday morning as the church hell at Marketable was ringing like mad over tho uniting ofthe ''twohea that beat as one" of Mr De Witt Platt and Miss Carrie Whea- ton, in the holy bonds of matrimonary, our church bellswas tolling measuredly and slow, for a death. Both could be heard distinctly, and the effect was startling i'm the extreme. Joyand soTowin iuxtaposition extraordinary! '-Such is life" Some are faasting and some sorrowing. But an old bachelor remarked in our hearing that he couldn't see any thing strange in 1t. The merry ringing being for marrlage-a synonymf0r Living death, an earthly purgatory; and the tolling bell indica- ting that soul had passed to rest and peace death. wouldn't mention this cynical, touchy old bachelors name for worlds.
 --Last Sunday Nev. Mr. Lancashire preach ed hls ilrst sermon since his hurt at the time of the fellowship meeting
 The boys have sixated a little on the frog. pond, but if ..0ld Prob" isn't careful we shall have no sleighing or skating either.
 Some time since, Jerome Granniss drew Q gold watch in lottery, and the package has at last come, C. o. D. $15.O0. Jerome savs he can see hole in ladder, and won't take it unless he can have the privilege of examina. ton before payment. There may be $f5O gold watch in that package, and, then. there may be--sawdsssf NKw CoNTRIBfrToR