Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-11
LITCHFIELD.

Auction sale at Mrs. Hassard's
 Mir, Watrous begins his school tomorrow. Everything indicates good start.
 The First District held it's annual meeting, Tuesday night, and elected F. M. Sanford, Committee.
 The Plymouth road case is on trial with the very foundations of Plymouth Hill offered in evidence.
 Thirty three probationers were admitted to full membership at the M. E. church, in this village, on Sunday last F.
 Attention is called to change in copy of F. M Sanford. It is $20, not $25. for which he offers the stove and furniture; printers blunder. fl" .s Tine Shepaug railroad Monday special, 44O D. m. from Litchfeld, will make it's last trip on the 18th inst. The Monday excursion rates will be withdrawn after that date.
 Mir. c. F. Daniels has returned from his trip to the White mountains. He expresses himself much pleased with the improvement in front of his residence on West street during his absence, and predicts quick and luxuri- ant growth of herbage on the graded front.
 An entertainment will be given at Armory Hall on Saturday evening of this week consist ing of 'Cinderila" in pantomine, and the 'most Lamentable Comedy, and most Cruel Death of Pyramus and Thisbe," from Shakes pere's Midsummer Nights Dream, with mu sical prelude and accompaniment.
 Rev. Wm. L. Douglass will deliver lec- ture at the M. E. Church, on Thursday eve ning Sept. 19th for the benefit of the fund for repairing the Chapel. Subject, "Joan of Arc" Admission 25 cts Tickets for sale at Buel & Wheelers and at the Post office.
 5000 Vets. s."-There will be 5000 vet erans Tn line at Hartford on Flag Day, the 17th, and 10000 visitors. MERRILL, of the Central Row cafe, proposes to feed part of this great crowd, and for that day only will furnish hotel dinner for 90 cents. The bill of fare will include the best the market af- lords.
 Four or five weeks since resident of the village placed two of Bishop 6 Co.'S patent lawn seats in the East park, for the accommo- dation of the public. They have been smash cd up, and repaired, three times. On Sunday night they were again broken, but have been put in order and replaced. It is hoped that what has proved to be a convenience and con- fort to the maGny may in future be unnolest- ed by the teao.
 The Superior court began it's September term on Monday. This and next week will be taken up with civil jury business.
 The States Attorney has issued the follow ing assignment of criminal cases to to be tried week after next:
 Tuesday. vs. s. H. Wood, Frederick Golf, Robert Wennegar, Jonathan Grammar aug, Albert Wilson.
 Wednesday. David Parmalee, Gustavus Cornist 6 cases) Paul E. Herter, Patrick O8rien, Hugh Brady, James Barry.
 Thursday. H. Abbott, Horace c. Ball, Henry A. Bill @ cases), George Driggs, Ralph Tompkins Frank Perkins.
 Friday George s. Blakeslee, John Barlow, Frank P. Warner.
 MT John J. Holly, of Plainfield, N J., has purchased Mr. F. Ratchford Starrs Jer- sey COW, Filbert, No. 363O; price $500. Mir. Starr had previously refused one thousand dollars for this celebrated COW, and consented to part with her at the price named, as he has her dam, sire, sires dam and her daughter.
 NIT. Holly came here to inspect the Echo Farm Herd, and was much pleased with it. He pronounced John Rex. No. 27G1 the best bull in the country, and others think him equal to MT. Starr's famous Centennial prize bull, Litchfeld No. 674. The two standing side by side, present superb picture.
 MT. Elmore B. McNeil, at home on vaca- tion from the Polytechnic Institute at Troy, did nice thing for the town on Monday last by measuring, in company with MT. Frank Bishop, the distance from the village (taking the Flag Staff as the center) to the Naugatuck depot at East Litchfield It proves to be four and three-ffths miles, One of our residents has since put newly painted and lettered planks of seasoned white oak, three inches thick and two and half feet high, to mark each mile. MT. McNeil, in company with MT. John Buel, has also measured the distance to the '1sland House." three and one-half miles, which have also been indicated in the same manner. It is intended, next season, to measure all the main roads leading from Litchfeld, to the extent of miles in each direction. The old custom, of indicating the miles, has of late years fallen into disuse, and it will be pleasant and convenient thing to see revived.
 A year ago quiet movement was begun to secure the payment by the 1st of October next, of the debt of the Congregational socie- ty Last Sunday, the committee submitted a report, and made this further appeal, viz:
 LIToHFIELD, Sept 9th, 1s79 To the Congregational Church and Society.
 When the subject of the indebtedness of our Society was presented to the congregation year ago last Sunday the debt amounted to $5235. Of this amount $3035 has since been paid, and enough more has been pledged to re- duce it to $601 but in order to secure all that has been subscribed, it is necessary that this amount be also pledged by October 1st.
 Thus far the gifts have been free will offer lngs no attempt having been made to induce you to promise under the influence of excite ment what in calmer moments you might have felt it wrong to fulfil, nor have we by fairs or fes tivals despoiled the strangers within our gates And now, during thisharvest month of the year, we ask that you make your offerings unto the Lord. Let those who have given nothing, give, remembering from whom are all things they enjoy, and those who have already given, consider whether they may not give yet more, even as the Lord has prospered them
 CHAs R. BISHOP
 GEo; ". MASON, Society's Com.
 A. c. BENTON.
 No one really knows the extreme limit O, huMan error tlll he has tried shooting the lono