Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-15
WaSnIngron.


 Since Mr. Colton took charge of his parish in Warren. the Congregationalists have had different clergyman nearly every Sunday. On the I1th, Rev. Mr. Beach officiated. He is a good speaker and is free from one habit that many preachers share in common with a large part of the congregations. They seem to think prolonged sound of o implies rev. erence, and in speaking of the Creator pronounce God as though it it were spell ed Gaud, and should rhyme with Maud. But Mir. Beach would read:
 "Is there a sod,
 Its Maker meant not should be trod
 By Man, the image of his God,
 Erect and free;
 Unscourged by superstitious rod9"
 sounding the final word of each line as Webster pronounced them, with short. It IS also very difficult for many people to make dog rhyme with bog or hog. Why IS it?
 It is expected that the next entertain ment at our hall will be the most enjoy able affair of the season; short drama, songs, music, dancing, and a supper, or in lieu of supper, coffee and oysters in the Library room. We have had the pleasure of reading the play, and prophecy that it will give satisfaction to all who enjoy seeing good characters appropriately rep resented. It is called
 ''THE SEASIDE"
 John Gale is fisherman living in re- tired spot on sea-shore, with his wife, daughter and two adopted sons. Thase sons have both been saved after being shipwrecked in infancy, and have been kindly cared for by the Gales till, at the time the story opens. they have attained to mans estate and are fisherman like their adopted father. They are essentially different in character; the one named March (because he was rescued in that month) is jolly fellow-singing, testing, and waging war with every gallant whom his so-called sister Kitty cheers with a single smile. March is to be played by F. Moore. who rendered Tony Lumpkins so admirably in ''She stoops to Conquer, !" year or two ago, and will be sure to win many all audible smile. Kitty is little rustic beauty and sad firt. She will be represented by Miss Della Logan. Sep tember Gale is fine manly fellow. con- tented with his lot and determined to do his duty to the good old couple who have been as parents to h1m, though they are sometimes unreasonably irritable and fault-fnding. Mother Gale can use broomstick quite freely upon an occasion, and her tongue upon all occasions. Mrs. Belle Brinsmade Ford will be able to de- pict her to the life. M. Aspinwall will also be equal to doing the husband, John Gale. F. Burgess is good for September. John Northrop will represent MT. Ray mond, gentleman of wealth and refine ment who, with his daughter Kate, are boarding at the fsherman's cottage, and are important personages in the play. Mrs. Mary Gum Brinsmads will enact the part of Kate, while her husband Mir. J. c. Brinsmade takes the part of Gra- pean, 8 Frenchman shipwrecked at the same tune with March, who says he ''made de passage on leetle hen coop" and was a long time before he ''picked himself up." He amuses one almost as much as the exquisite Capt. Dandelion,a a suitor for Kate, to elude whom they have chosen this retired boarding place by '.The Sea- side." But he in some way discovers their whereabouts and follows in his "wocht, and is 'weally" happy to find them. Dick Benton, of Hartford, will play the exquisite. As all the other actors are fully equal to the parts they repre- sent, we presume he is no exception; and that all who attend on the evening of the 18th inst. will be we'll paid for going.
 J.