Litchfield enquirer., 1878-08-29
Litchfeld.

clothes out of Geo. Kenney's barn.
 Tine monthly meeting of the Woman's Temperance Union will be held in Armory Hall, Wednesday, Sept 4th, at p. m.
 The Superior Court begins it's September term on Tuesday of next week, Judge Martin holding the term.
 Owing to mistake of Miss Willards agent she was advertised to speak both in this place and in Waterbury, Monday night. What was our loss was Waterbury's gain.
 Consideration for people who are sick ought to be sufficient to restrain returning pleasure parties from making the night hideous with tin horns and other noisy demonstrations S.-The last dramatic entertainment will occur tomorrow Crhursday) evening. The plays selected are My Uncles Will, ''and ''Loud mo Five SLillings" We anticipate A large attendance.
 The Rev. Mir. McAllister has announced the subject of his next Sunday evenings dis course as Hygiene and Holiness" A timely remonstrance from the infected district itself is what the times seem to require.
 A large crowd assembled at MT. U. r. Bartholoincws in Bantam, on Saturday even ing, the 17th inst to witness the blossoming of q night blooming cereus. Three buds blossom ed that night and two moro on the following night
 Another grand excursion down the Hou- satonc and Shepaug railroads and by boat to Rockaway Beach just beyond Coney Island, is arranged. The "Grand Republic" is splen- did new boat, large enough to accommodate 4,5OO people, and there need be no fear Of crowding.
 We would call attention to the list of Committees appointed to arrange for the Re union on Wednesday, Sept. 11th, which IS published in another column. The Commit tees in the village are already at work, and with the hearty cooperation of the neighbor- ing districts a successful occasion will be as- sured.
 At the organization of the National Bar Association, at Saratoga, last week, this coun- ty was represented by the Hon. c. B. Andrews, whose name appears on the committee to re- port additional members. Among the officers, the Vice President chosen from Connecticut was the Hon. O. $. Seymour, of this place, who is also president of the State Bar Asso- citation.
 The Village Improvement Company have built a concrete walk from the Sedgwick cor ncr to Armory Hall. A still more important
 thn Iy from the upper corner of Meadow Street to Mrs. Garwood Sanford's. The walk-layers are now at work repairing the pavement ill front of the Court House.
 An apple-tree on the former Arnts farm (now belonging to the McNeil estate) always produces double fruit. This year the tree has borne several bushels of apples, almost all of which are double with few single ones, and now and then 8 tripple specimen. Each pair has q common stem which divides but a short distance from the fruit. The cores are distinct, but the two apples grow selidly to- getLer, each pair in nearly the same way The tree has never been grafted, the fruit being sOurish, of average quality as an eating apple, and ripens in August.
 M Henry Armitt Brown, whose death occurred recently at Philadelphia, was one of the most promising young members of their bar, besides having an enviable reputation for in- dependence, honesty and ability in connection with the politics of the city and state. His last public appearance was at the Valley Forge Centennial, where he delivered the ora tion His death from typhoid fever is attrib- nted te defective sewage.
 Mr. Brown was personally known, and es- Geemed by many of our citizens, having pas sed two or three summers in our village. He will be particularly remembered from his bril- liant lecture entitled, Hundred Gated Thebes." which he delivered in July 1875, for the benefit of our Village Improvement Socie- ty.
 Mrs. Mary NJ. Smiths lecture, last Satur- day afternoon, was listened to with great in- terest by too limited audience The works of Scott and Dickens were discussed in a style at once graceful and discriminating and the moral uses of these grand models of art re- ceived due prominence. An understanding 6 lency as an art-critic. Her familiarity with the personal history of these great men and her sympathy with them constitutes the chei charm of her deineations. Her estimates ol them are not only loving but discreet. She regards them as reformers in the world of thought, teachers of morals, religion and phi losophy among the foremost of the age. Moth ing but good can result from such an enter tainment. Il.
 Quite number of cases of typhoid feve have developed on the south side of Yves Street, between South and Meadow streets an on the upper side and northern end of Mead Ow street. It is believed that they are occa stoned by the defective drainage of that local ity. At the time of the removal of the Man sion House barn large covered drain wa laid across the Court House lot to the new barn built this summer. We supposed at ths time, and now think that this and the remov al of the old buildings was great improve ment. There was much stirring up, however of ancient filth, which may have increases the danger of infection. We understand tha the sewerage of the portion of West Stree just above Meadow is in very bad condition and that measures are being taken to have tn whole matter investigated by the proper au thorities. We hope the building of suff cient sewer across Meadow Street, and dow the hill to the brook will be the result of tn investigation,
 
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