Litchfield enquirer., 1878-03-07
Litchfeld.

The thunder shower of Sunday last has been followed by rather sharp weather. This is altogether an unaccountable season.
 There has been camp of tramps down in the pine woods near the railroad; just the matter for an active constable to investigate.
 Lent comes in to-day and the balls and festivities of the week past are to be succeed cd by the penitential exercises suited to the season.
 There are to be Lent services in St. Mich aels chapel on Thursday evening at five p. m., and Friday evening at 2. p. m.
 The Litchfield Light Guard, Go. H., will take possession of their new quarters in the new hall, this week, which will hereafter be.known as Arnaory Hall.
 There should be a full atte ndance on MT. RichardsOn's lecture at the new hall, to-mor- TOW CThursday) evening. Litchfeld ought to support a good course of lectures every win ter.
 There was a rousing moot" court at Mill ton on Tuesday night. NIT. Seth Griswold was
 
 lasting till midnight, the trial resulted in dis agreement of jury.
 -One day last week, the gentlemanly clerk of one of our village stores started up North street to deliver a barrel of flour; on arriving at his destination, he was much surprised tO find that the flour was missing, having been deposited upon the cross walk in front of the iaiI The quiet way in which he recovered his lost treasure was extremely ludicrous, and ex- cited much merTiment among the bystanders.
 On Tuesday evening MT. Wrights adult class held their closing reception. It was un- dOubtedly the finest gathering of the kind which has taken place in this village for many years. The toilets of many of the ladies were very handsome, and the dancing of the class reflects great credit upon the scholars as we'll as their teacher There were 145 balcony tick cts sold, and al least fifty couples on the floor
 The new hall was inaugurated, Monday night, with Children's Reception given by Mir c. w Wright at the close of his school. The hall is very pretty. Its walls are kalso- mined pink with heavy bordering. The arch of the ceiling is also kalsomined, with heavy bordering at it's base, and the centre piece painted in contrasting colors. The balcony" seats were full or kind friends and admiring parents, and the dancing of the young folks was extremely nice and creditable. The pret- siest sight of the evening was the waltzing of Mr. Wnghtis little daughter only three and a half years old
 It was, altogether, a pretty spectacle and one that gave general delight and satisfaction, es- pecially to the young dancers themselves. Nevertheless the profane music of violin and clarinet coming out of the very recess in which sat the godly choir of Dr. Lyman Beecher's time. seemed a little incongruous to some of us grave and elderly people; and we wondered if the phAntons Of two or three hundred Puri- tans were not reassembled in their old place below. listening in silence, darkness and disap- prOval, to the pattering of their great grand childens feet on the new floor overhead.
 MT Charles S. Buel, of East Litchfeld, has given much time to the compilation of lists OG aged inhabitants of widows and widowers; and of bachelors andsingle women, of the town Of itchfieId. His list of aged inhabitants show the following number of persons between the awez 70 and IC1.