Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-28
Litchfeld.

Sharp weather is upon us again.
 MT. c. F. Daniels has returned from hi
 southern trip and pays us visit this week.
 The new teacher at the District Schoc proves a decided success. Credit one, to Com mittee-man Cheney!
 Attention is called to the notice of Mir Richardson's lecture, next week. There should be a large audience The lecture is said to b. an excellent one: admission, 9 cents only.
 Mir Foster, of the firm of Foster & Hurl but, of West Winsted, will be at the store o Vessels & Gates, on Monday next, with choice selection of foreign and domestic wool ems, prepared to take orders for anything il their line. Persons. wishing good custom worl done should give them call.
 The New Hall IS rapidly approaching completion. The pillars that threatened to obstruct the front of the stage have been re- moved tot the side, and the hall and stage are not only of good size but very well proportion cd. As we write, this Wednesday, morning, WI AOIiNO biAO obuu Ol bHC Olu 6GcCIJlc COFcTtU with carpenters tearing it down to level with the bell deck.
 An interesting hoIse case was tried before Justice Kilborn, Monday. Mir. Ferdinand Bue traded horses recently with Dwight Seeley o New Preston; hence this suit for "false war ranty," &c. Buel swore that Seeley represent ed his horse sound whereas it was "chest-foun- dered." On cross examination the plaintiff ad- mitted that the horse he let Seeley have was chest -foundered, too. Seeley denied having rep resented the horse sound. H. R. Prescott for plf.; G. c. Hitchcock, for delft. What the lat ter does not know about law was more than made up by what he knows about the ''hoss. D (No one who has traded horses less than 40 times can get the true pronunciation. When we went in, counsel had their coats off in the heat of the contest, and Hitchcock was dealing with an unfortunate witness who admitted that he never owned but one horse in his life, and that a lanyard brute he had to shoot What light such witness could possibly throw on a horse case was a mystery to Mir. Hitchcock. Indeed he secuted the notion that the witness belief that he saw the corpus deIicti limp, was any reliable evidence of it's lameness. Next to the unscientifc nature of the plaintiffs tes- timOny Mir. H. deplored the unscientific asser- tiOns of the plaintiffs declaration. He declar- ed that there was no such horse-dsease as %'chest-founder." On his side of the case ev- erything was artistic. The defendant was something of an expert and his testimony was fortified by that of Mr. Jerome Granniss @'born and brought up with 'hoss,'" and who recently offered the delft. $75 for the animal the plaintiff was protesting against. In fact Mir. H. claimed that it was his client who had been imposed upon.
 In argument the defendants counsel was vigorous and effective. The fine contempt with which this high priest of the horse-cultus regarded us poor worms who never owned a horse worthy the name manifestly cowed the audience, ourselves among the rest-Mr. Seth Pratt possibly excepted-and evidently hadits effect on the court, who felt obliged to adjourn the case fortnight, ito chew on it." modern law English for the old law Latin, curfa aaois- .arc Cuh
 Notwithstanding the inclemency nf the weather the members of Darius Chapter Mo- 16, Royal Arch Masons with invited guests celebrated the anniversary of the birth of Washington, on the evening of the 22d inst, by supper at the U. s. Hotel. The bill of fare was, as is always the case when Cross man has it in charge, fine one. Grace was offered by the Rev. Mir. Wilkins; and after the supper had been suitably discussed, the following sentiments were offered:
 lst. Tue Day and T'tose acho Honor a. This was very briefly responded to by the presiding officer.
 2d. Ddrfus Chapter Wm. Deming, retiring High Priest, responded, giving brief history of the Chapter during his official term of of flee.
 3d. Our Departed Companions. Hon. G. II. Hollister was called upon for remarks upon this sentiment, and we give them entire:
 An abiding faith in the existence of God has in all ages been entertained by Free and accepted Masons, andas a correlative of this OI SOUL. W nat ever dogmas of the past may have been over- thrown by modern scientists these at least are unslaken. As the great Roman orator could confer with the spirit of his lost daughter Ju- lia, so can we hold communion with our com paniOns forever removed from mortal sight In looking back through the shadowy avenue of the last decade and half, like Eneas search ing for Anchises, we can discern among oth- CT less distInguishable ghosts, few whose features can never fade from the memory.
 First among these may l name Frederick Buel, whose venerable form and lineaments were made but to reflect the grace and benig- nifty of his manners and the charities that flow ed from heart full of brotherly love and kindness. 1 felt as helped to lower his body into the grave and dropt my sprig of acacia upon his coffin, more forcibly than ever be- fore, the truth and beauty of Herberts words,
 "Only the actions of the just
 Smell sweet and blossom in the dust"
 Next in order I see the sturdy outline and rugged face of Baldwin Taylor, who carried religion into the common details of business, whose only poetry was Masonry, and who al- ways stood with his hands resting on the two pillars, Jachin & Boaz.
 Then see wandering by, the semblance of Braman, father and brother in one, who as his hand melts in my grasp, smiles that same
 0oA uaCcS yOu WIIu WHICH uc dlWdyS RTCeJ- ed every creature made in the image of God
 Nor does Beeman escape me, with a palm extended as if offering gifts and with those honest lineaments which like his own hand writing on the imperishable records of this county are graven upon every heart.
 X few faces behind Belden the brave and handsome soldier, l behold walking with diff ficult feet, with locks prematurely whitened by disease, but with an eye untamed and spark ling with wit and humor Bostwick the pride of the Chapter and one of the brightest ornaments of Masonry in this State. Few equals had he in the professional or intellec- tual arena or in social life,
 Brothers, we cannot penetrate the cloud that seems to divide you from us, but may we not hope that you are with us around this board and love us as we love and honor you in your enlarged and immortal state of be- ing?
 The Rev. Mr. McAllister, one of the invi- ted guests, was then called upon and spoke
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