Litchfield enquirer., 1877-03-08
Tbe fitfbhelS Gnquirer,
 uTCAFIELD, CONN.
LtTCHFIELD.

oD the gain.
 Attention is called to new advt. ot residence to rent in East St.
 -Condnc;or FoE. moves in with Mr. Clock. on the first of April.
 Mir. G. Wallace Newcomb has rented the Braman place. now owned by Charles Merrimsn.
 Mir. Albert Jones, carpenter, moves Tn with Mir. Wright, corner of West and Spencer Sts.
 Col Nicholas Smith. who married a daughter of the late Horace Greedy, has been in town fe~ days.
 MT. Buckbee has rented the north half of Pratt's double house on Meadow St for the coming year.
 There are numerous inquiries for the Daniels cottage on West St., but we have not learned whether it is yet rented.
 There are meetings at St. Michael's chapel this Wednesday, afternoon. with lecture; on Thursday afternoon; and the usual Friday evening service.
 The total corrected grand of this town foots S1. .S94, ,594; a slight decrease on 1874 and 1875, but an increase on the years immediately preceding.
 -Faller X TrowbrIdge have added gorgeous sign to the front of their store. They sell chamber-sets from $22 upwards and everything else in proportion.
 A piece of crape fastened on Mir. F. M. 5andford's door by the keeper of the turned to the premises of the donor on Monday. ~..'.'''' Mir Geo. H Peck moves into the Rogers house in Spencer St. MT. Gros- jean taking possession of the place now occupied by Mir. Peck, on the 1st of next month.
 -Sheriff-s Sale, at auction. of a stock of general merchandise at the store former ly occupied by Thomas W. Beach, Mill ton. Conn. Wednesday,. March 14th, 1877, at 10 O'cioek. aym. sharp. t "a 1T -HeFeafter fine assortment of ready. made clothing can be found at the Gentle. men's Furnishing store on Sonth Street It will be sold at the lowest prices. See new advertisement next week.
 One of our patriotic merchants con- tributed two tubs. of dreadfully bad but ter to the bonfire of Monday. The fami- Iy of the youngster who jumped into one of these has the sympathy of the community.
 Tine old violin turns out an excelle nt instrument; and "Pop goes the Weasel" with the true ''pop" of the E string in the last line of that venerable ballad, can be heard on West street at all hours, seasonable and unreasonable.
 There are important changes i n tho ''shOe and leather" business to reco I'd, this week. MT. Grosjean goes into bugl- ness with Mr. s. G. Beach,. while Dr. Beach retires from the firm and takes an office over Meafoy's Store. Donahue is to work at Meafoy's. ....
 -On Monday evening, the inauguration of Hayes was celebrated by the usual bon fires and ringing of bells. The sheriff stopped the latter amusement with a per- emptory vigor that has given rise to the suspicion that he is not pleased with the final result of the count. The First School District has a vigil lant committeeman. On Monday evening word came to him that the boys were gut ting the school house for their. bonfire. In two minutes he was on the ground with his revolver, ready to quench the riot in blood. The alarm proved false.
 The sheriff's remark to the boys who wanted to ring St. Micbael's bell on Mon- day night, that he had charge of that church. has given some offense to the regular sexton. That official says ..that one in such high authority. there, ought not to be asking him the number of his seat, just as it he were stranger.
 The Rev. D. c. Babceck, Correspond- ing Secretary of the Pennsylvania U nion, will preach in this village on Sunday next at the Methodist church in the morning, and the Congregatiosal church in the afternoon. He will also deliver an address on Temperance at the Congregational Hall on Monday evening next. [. at 7.30 O. clock, admission free. We hope he will have full house. ..
 Mir. EDTroR.-I noticed last week a short communication from "M" regarding our schools and school system. Now sus- pect "M" to be one of those men whose big boys have either been thrashed this winter. or turned out of school. in some of our Districts. and he wants to revenge himself, somehow. If Mr ''M" will visit the twenty schools in our town he will find that the money the taxpayers pay, is used to good advantage Every school is hive in winch mental honey is being stored, and every teacher is at work even if on small pay. Nor is their pay so small as he would make it appear. None of the teachers receive less than twenty cents an hour for their labor which is moro than most operatives get in factoa ries. and they are also learning and it- ting themselves for a higher sphere in life hereafter. Some of our teachers re- eeive forty cents an hour for their labor. which is far better wages than nine tenths of our citizens are getting this winter. do not suppose. however, that our schools are nearly as useful as they would be if ''M" and his clique would help along the work instead of hindering it. If he would visit the school and en. courage the disheartened teacher. would question the children regarding their books and studies and not about the