Litchfield enquirer., 1879-02-27

ouPpCi So OouhtiIuiiJ plSrANco' AiAo '-N~ rapidly disappeared and the numerous presents appeared Among them were five dollar gold pieces Mexican dollars, silver knives and forks, castors, tea urns, &c., &c., much too numer- ous to mention. Conspicuous among all was a pair of clasped hands cut in pure white ltal- ian marble, the handiwork of, and presented by, A. J. Bolles, uncle of the bride A sub- stantial present to the bridegroom of fifty dol lars was from his father, and-bat, hold on, we forgot to tell what the bride wore. She wore navy blue silk trimmed with white tulle, smilax and orange blossoms, with wreath upon her alabaster brow, and a bunch of flow CTS at her throat and gentleman friend told us they were the handsomest couple married in the church in many day. At last they were obliged to tear themselves from their many friends, and let Jerome Graniss drive them to New Milford, where they took the cars for New York Thus did Miss Louisa Glover, daughter of J. A. Glover, forever lay aside ''Maiden meditation, fancy free" and marry Weston G. Graniss, on Feb. 20th.
  affair ever known to the chronological history of New Preston; and may health, wealth, lon- gevity and prosperity, ever accompany them!
 Il. Schmeizer and family, with two other Germans, started on Tuesday, the 18th inst, for Oregon. This may be called going West, as it is only about 30G5 miles distant.
 The Shepaug train runs off the track so often lately that we should be amazingly amazed, if the New York mail did not fail to reach here two or three days each week.
 There was a dance at Wm. Browns, Tues day night.
 The case of G. C. Hitchcock against Ho- ratio Sperry, jr., was tried Wednesday, the 18th, before justice Geo s. Cogswell at Union Hall The complainant was his own counsel. The defendant employed Lawyer Tiffany of New Milford This is as near as we can get at the facts: It seems that, once on time, Hitchcock's workmen, at the close of days work repairing the highway, left thelr tools by the roadside. The next morning they were scattered to the four winds; or, yoke in one place, stone boat in another chains elsewhere, etc. Jay Mallory, who was then hired to and working for Sperry, testified that Sperry told him to fling the implements hither and thither because he owed Hitchcock spite On the other hand Sperry sWore that he knew Mallo- " hid the tools, but that he did not tell him to do it. neither did he tell or compel him to right the wrong he had done. Sombody seems to have perjured themselves but who? Sper- " was fined five dollars and costs from which decision he appealed
 Rev Mir. Lancanshire's lecture on Sarato- ga was not gwen Friday night, as announced, owing to the inclemency of the weather. It will be given at the church on Wednesday, the 29th, weather permitting.
 Geo McCan of New Preston Hill is short ly to move into the Factory house.
 There wasn't general cessation of bus mess, the 22d. Only one man knew it was G. W.'s, birthday, and he didn't know it till he read of it, Monday, which was too late for patriotic purposes.
 Rev. M. H. Pogsen will lecture at the church, Friday night, the last of this month, Subject, Temperance, Lecture, "Hands off," All come and bring your friends.
 Walter Burnham returned home, Satur- day, We are pleased to see his genial csunte- nance once more.
 Geo. Wright Jr. left for Birmingham, last Monday, where he will make it his home for the present, having secured work there
 -Timmy Barden's demise occurred on St. Valentines day. The remains have been lying in state the past week.
 Sundays exercises consisted of deacons meeting, as our pastor was away supplying the pulpit at Southbury. Henry Ward Beecher preached to us through the mediumship of Deacon Averill
 Everybody will be pleased to know that Alfred Wyant has been appointed deputy sheriff. It has been long time since the town Washington has had deputy sheriff, and no man within it's limits is better qualified for the position than Mir. Wyant.
 On Wednesday of last week the "Elm Shade Mills" F. s. Cogswell proprietor, toek in one hundred and eighty -four bushels of custom grinding and in the last eighty days they have ground 4000 bushels of. custom work by accurate count.
 It has got so that a man-(Did we say man? We retract our rash words instanter ]! Let us commence again ) When the course of events has come to that pass that the lords of creation, as some falsely call themselves, cannot forego their accustomed quid of tobac- co an hour and half, or, at least, long enough to attend church and hear a sermon through without chewing, necessarily chewing, like a ruminating COW and eXpectorating like punctured pump, all through the sermon, to the annoyance of every refined and intelligent per son present, It is high time tobacco pledge was circulated. Suppose every pew does con- tain snittnnn (which it shouldnt> who wants to hear behind her every two minutes that peculiarly disgusting squirt and the accom- panying nauseous thud as it strikes the abom- inable receptacle. We don't And we venture to affirm that we echo the sentiments of good many right minded persous. If we boasted of the name of man and had fallen to SO low state that we couldn't attend church, or go to a lecture, or step into friends of an evening, without an enormous quid in our cheek the voice thickened, and the nicotine oozing from the corners ofour mouth, why we'd hang our head with shame, and seek cave ''Far from madding crowd," and there repent in sack cloth and ashes for our evil deeds or forever bewail our slavery to beastly; no not that, beasts never use tobacco; but sickening, useless, ignoble filthy, unmanly habit. We hope what we've written will come under the eyes of good many old men as we'll as young ones, and that the coat will fit so snugly that they will all, both great and small, mend their ungentlemany ways PEN DRAGON.
 DEFERRED LETTERS.
 WASHINGTON.