Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-08
Litchfeld.


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 Rev. Storrs O. Seymour and family are visiting here.
 III. B. Graves Esq. and family are spend- ing few weeks at Martha's Vineyard.
 The old oak posts in front of Bishops and Lords Blocks have been replaced by solid Mine Hill stone posts--a great improvement. Mir Thos. R. Trowbridge Jr., has pre- sented the M. E. Church in this village with very handsome chandelier. MT. Henry II. Prescotts residence on Meadow Street, is being greatly enlarged. The present house is being raised another sto- ry in hIght. ---- Miss Sarah M. Sanford has been remod- cling her house on Meadow Street, making very great improvements
 MT. Bissell has been replacing the old kitchen, &c. attached to the rear of the Beers residence, with an entirely new building.
 Mrs. r. w. Vessels, and her boys, and Mrs. c. F. Ray and daughters, are at Fair Haven, opposite New Bedford, enjoying the luxuries of sea air and sea bathing.
 The Rev. H. B. Elliott, former pastor of the Congregational church in this village, is visiting Deacon F. D. McNeil, and preached here on Sunday.
 -The Dramatics of last week were decid- ed success in spite of the rain, the gross re- ceipts being SIT. We hear the acting highly praised There was magnificent floral trib- ute of a vase of double ladies' slippers, by Mr. D. c. Bulkley, which was really remarkable display.
 ". l. S.-Thursday evening is Children's Night at Armory Hall, with an entertainment comprising an amusing variety of Pantomimes from Mother Goose Tableaux and Charades. Mrs. Mary NJ. Smith will read selections from favorite authors. It will be decidedly pleas ing and popular affair, and handsome receipts are expected. Admission 25cts; performance begins at 7:3O.
 The Excursion via. Shepaug and Housa- tonic Railroads and Steamer Long Branch, up the Hudson River, on Friday of this week, promises to be very pleasant affair. The number of tickets is limited and everything is being done to make the trip as enjoyable as possible. The opportunity to visit Central Park and the Elevated Railway in New York, will be improved by many. The Naugatuck company is not connected with this excursion Us stated last week.
 The Warren case of guardianship, to which reference has been made in our cores: pondence and county news came to trial last week before Judge Woodruff and resulted in the appointment of the husband of her grand mother as guardian of the child. It seems that steps were taken by the grandparents, when the child first came into their hands, to obtain legal control of her person. The moth- CT at that time consented to the arrangement The legal proceedings were imperfect, but the Judge of Probate, on hearing the evidence, last week, came to the conclusion that the mother was not fit person to bring up the child, and appointed MT. Farlin her guardian Subsequently we hear that Mir. F. went to Bridgeport for the child and brought her back to Warren where she nowis.
 -Neghbors' noise is a difficult question for legal decision. The courts have already mulcted the mocking-b bird and acquitted the babycarriage, but what are they to do with the various musical instruments of delight and torture There are magistrates who consider it allowable for two violins, viola, and two 'celos to inilct murder in the first degree up- Oa a string quintet, who would not hesitate to fine pianist, or to bind over a cavalry -trum- peter for trial at the September Term of the Superior Court There is some inquiry, al- so, whether the rate of discount is to be unnat- urally raised half oi one per cent, and the fate of good negotiable commercial paper imperiled, by the effect of two and sometimes three vio- lins upon the nerves of the patient bank off, Ger.
 The lecture of Mrs. Mary NJ. Smith on Monday afternoon was not so largely attended as it deserved to be-. The field was too wide to admit of a detailed analysis of the works treated of, but the selection of personal facts relating to their lives was good and the group ing excellent. Philip Sydney, Raleigh, Spen- Johnson and Addison received the principal snare of the lecturers attention and their char acters as we'll as their writings were clearly de- lineated. The selections from Raleigh, Spen- cer. ShaEespearcs sonnets and Pope were well chosen, apd read in natural, simple way that made us wish there had been more of them. It is evident that Mrs. Smith has thoroughly read the British poets and really loves them Her sweet-toned voice and unaffected manner made chief attraction in piece fraught witl matured thought and just estimates of thu ideas of Spencer and Shakespeare. It is to b hoped that her future lectures will be had il the evening and that they will be we'll attend ed, especially by the youth of the village wh' would be greatly improved by listening t them. G.H. H.