Litchfield enquirer., 1877-01-04
uTCHFIELD.

The Institute re-opened on Monday. Mi. Joseph Slack has returned from kis trIp to England
 The scholars of the public school have had holiday vacation.
 -The CEreaI2ting Library twill be open ca Saszr34y aftsEnOOn-
 -Col and Mrs Vessels, started for FIoxs1A Oa Monday
 Harris Plains Library meeting next Friday evening
 -Nerrury at Na1gatuck Station, on Thar$lay nOgning last, 14o below zero. The services at St Michaers were oulttsd oa Friday evening last, owing to the severe storm.
 Many of the roads through the sur rounding cOsnty are impossible from the severe storm of Friday.
 -Servies at St. Michaeljs church on SAkuriHy next Feast of the Epiphany ak I03o e m-
 AAE kAA@-<&ARsCA0 OA eA4C 00SPoU6 SA'~AA dowz. last Monday morning. were delay ed by snow on the track, and failed to eozn~et al HAEIeyville.
 There has been a reorganization of bosh the Congregational and Episcopal eAo5r< Mir. E ". Meafoy has the for wer In charge. and it takes a promising ssar& The Episcopal choir is also largely recruited. and with careful drill will show Hz<ked improvement
 -Asssns5oa Is called to Buel& Wheeler's uew @sfvextlsement. It is a hardened sim n<x wAO co@nences tae nex year without z~w diary. The new combination rule Is also A necessity of 1877. It will calcu E4se the uaEber of cubic yards in any given sz0waEift m ten seconds.
 -TAe record of marriages, last year. sAawx some rzther remarkable cases of discrepancies of age in which the wife is tkz elder party In one case in Milton the grOOa Is SS: the bride. 5S- In another instance the groom is 9; the bride 36. Sssl. Oa the average. the husband is just h&& years C8xAer E140 the WlIe. -The annual Assembly of Buel Coun- el. No q. R and s. M- took place on Wex1ne<S1zy afternoon of last week. The FoIsswIng OsSosrs were chosen for the essazng year AR Shuaxay. HIM; Wm. Dem fn< D. M: E. G. Roberts, P. c. of w; R S&~veas. Treasurer: W. J. BisseIl, EecOrssE- Jas Campbell. c. of o.; O. H. Ps1kEs CO11ac4Or; W K Peck, G. S.; n. c BaIkley, Sentinel -NssxEs WesselIs Gates have been k4vlng fine S7, 800 safe put in their store, zzzzfaesuEed by Valentine & Butler, of New YOk R is a beauty. with walls szx un~Aes thick, and a New Britain So@h1EzsSsa lc-k- The P. N. c. now kES s place Of safe deposit suited to the kzSIn<=< of the largest office Tn the coun- tx Thls safe IS worthy of note also as an fssl5-assOa of the undying faith of its pro- pgs<s0cz h Hayes and Wheeler.
 Al the annual COnvOcAtion of Darius CA4pt<r. Nav. 18th R. A- M. .he follow isg 0&cers wers elected for the next year. -Demiag. H. PA. B. Shumway, K; i; Rs6ers Stevens. s; W. H. Braman, Treas. VI. K Peek, Secretary; Edson Staples. C Of H.: c Fl Platt. P. S.; Jas. C4zsbeEl, R A.. c; ". J. Bissell, NJ. of &1Vs H. Barnes, NJ of 2d V.; J, J. Nswcslh. N of first V.; D. O Bulkley. Tys@r-
 The annual festival of the Sunday SehoSI oE St Miehael's Church took Pl1ss oa Thursday last-Innocents day. In the afternoon. the school had sleigh rS1e tS WoseOtvllle. wa Nangatuck station. Oe their return, they repaired to the RsSsogy. ~here e very pleasant evening was spent ina variety of games. inter- spersed with sa abundant supply of s-gOoa thlneS-" Quite number of older people were present, who seemed to enjoy t. 10 les than the members of the Sun- day School
 A number of callers availed them selves of the good weather of New Years Day to comply with the social custom oi that anniversary. There was no intoyica tssa. s1eA ss we have seen condemned ir the city and religious press. and if the  tramp Of the rear guard of the army oi t&@hlSa wss a little unsteady it was owing towvarIness of hezh and not to any undue elevation of spirik A few of the callerl drove about on their rounds. two of whom had t1 walk in from Chestnut Hill, tho animal tAey drove having coOlly trottei oE in aSx1ace.
 -AkRenaion is called to the new adver tise@@zt of Vessels & Gates. They hay. sp1sa1A assortment of papers, smo ker's 1aseEial: any amount of blanl bea&zs thsy have also q case of good vio Enzsana all kinds of violin strings. Atten tsaa Is also called to a beautiful lot o Prayer Books. Hymnals and Bibles vhicl arc m perfect co1diton. none of the em p1sy~es beng allowed to soil them b, ra@aang. as is sometimes the case N 1sm ncxupaloas establishments.