Litchfield enquirer., 1878-12-19
New Preston.

It is almost time to commence a new diary; and don't forget to remember, too, that Christ mas comes on the 25th, this year. We've got a last years muf1er that we expect to utilize in some direction. New Preston does not ex- pect to have a Christmas tree this year, nor an oyster supper, that we know of.
 -Jeromes birthday party does not come of till Tuesday night, so we can't tell you any thing about that till next week.
 There was one thing we New Prestonites were nightly glad of, last week, and that was that the lake was not full into three feet. If the lake had been full at the com mencement of the storm of Monday and Tues day, 9th and 10th, the flood would. undoubt- edly, have been as destructive as that of Nov. 18th, 1853, when every bridge and dam on the stream was swept away, and an immense amount of other damage done. As it was, We have to report only few highway sluices gone, and the roads washed in many places. After reading of the great damage elsewhere, we feel truly thankful for our escape. But We guess no one ever knew the lake filled quicker. Water began to pour over the dam early Tuesday night, but waste gates had been ''histed," and all was in readiness.
 There was an unusually large attendance at last weeks Wednesday nights temperance meeting, although the weather was unfavora- ble
 The ''mum'' sociable at R. N. Cogswelrs last Friday night, was an entire success, both socially and financially. If you said word you had to forfeit five cents. Now, how on this terrestrial Sphere. do you suppose from forty to fifty women can be eongregated to- gether of an evening and not talk. You might as we'll undertake to dam the Amazon AS might have been expected, the nickels flow ed into the hat like kernels from a corn-shel- Ter.
 Rev. Mir. Pogson of Bridgeport will lec- ture at the church on the night of Friday, the S7th. The subject of his lecture will be, ''The Star of Temperance. Everybody is invited to be present.
 During holiday week all the young ladies (eight in all we believe who are abroad get ting an education and being polished" are expected home. Then therell be gay times. and ribbons will fiutter in the December breezes like pennons on man of war. This precious morsel of information is given for the express benefit of those young bloods of Judea who drive over every Sunday night.
 Samuel and Frank Hatch, sons of Repre- sentative Neah Hatch, of New Milford, at tending the academy here, while driving their spirited horse, last Friday, met with an acci- dent. The beast becoming manageable ran and tipped them over, but was stopped before further damage was done than to twist the dashboard and fxings of the vehicle, The young men escaped with few slight scratches.
 One of the cats at the Palace Royal" was missed as long ago as last August, and was supposed to have exhausted its nine lives and gone to that bourne from which no feline e'er returns. But behold! last Saturday, af- ter an absence of four months, it returns, and presents itself to the astonished denizens of the palace" alive and well, and sleek and fat Now then, we'd like to have some one beat this if they can.
 Miss Anna Lancashire who has been stud ying for some months under competent elo- cutionist will give select readings and recita- tions in the church, Christmas night. There will be, also, musical selections by the choir. Admission, twenty-five cents; children, ten cents. P. D.