Litchfield enquirer., 1879-12-04
LITCHFIELD.

Col. William +. Baldwin, of ElktOn, Md, is in town.
 Hon. G. H. Hollister has gone to Wash- ington, D. C., on business.
 There has been week or more of capital skating. on the mill pond.
 Tine School Committee are busy, in couples, visiting the schools.
 Mrs. Colvocoresses, and daughter, have gone to Hartford for the winter.
 Mir Thomas w. Beach has moved into one of Mir. Beachs houses on West St.
 Hon. Charles Adams has conveyed the East Mill to his son Henry w. Adams
 pr Gates is in New York, looking up holiday goods and hearing little good mu- sic, evenings.
 Among our Thanksgiving visitors we hear the name of MT. Baldwin. of the Waterbury American, mentioned
 For Holiday goods, useful and ornament al, go to Mrs. A Shepard's. The finest assort- ment we have seen in some time.
 The meeting of St. Michaeps Guild, ap- pointed at the Rectory for Thursday evening, will be postponed till next week.
 -Egbert, William N., and Amanda Guern- twelve acres of land in Northiicld to Phlinda Elliott.
 MT. Anson B. Beech has sold to NIT. William H. Hall twenty-two acres of land with buildings in Milton, formerly owned by John Osborn, for $1 ,000.
 The house of Mr. A. D. Catlin was entered on the 29th of October last. A quantity of provisions, eggs, lard and butter was stolen. There has heen no trace of the thieves.
 Holiday goods begin to put in an appear ance. Bramans 9 cent counter displays choice lot, and his cent exhibit is as full as 'ever. He is also doing a rushing business in skates Mir: Geo. H. Baldwin has sold few acres of land from his farm north of the village to Dr. Henry w. Buel; for a reservoir, also right of carrying water from the same in pipes to his own premises.
 There was rather more than the usual number of Thanksgiving rows this year. More men were to be seen drunk in the street we are told. than have been seen any day since last Christmas
 -Landlord Watson had good attendance, some twenty-five couples, at his Thanksgiving ball in the renovated dancing hall. The music was furnished by the Seth Thomas Clock Co.,, string band.
 There was big dance in the new hall in Baptam on Thanksgiving evening. The hall was crowded, some fifty couples being present They had band of five pieces, with Albert Flowers (so Officer Munger informs us) as Eb solo violin.
 MT. Watts H. Brooks, of Goshen, has sold the Lucius Wilmot farm, in Bantam con- sisting of about one hundred acres of land with buildings, to Maria T. Weeks, wife of Eli D. Weeks. We hear that the price paid was about $2,9OO.
 We learn that the Rev. Mr. McAllister's church in New Haven isinconveniently crowd . ed. In series of sermons preached recently he has provoked some criticism from the local press. Thanksgiving eve, his congregation presented him with purse of $150.
 MT. Foster, of West Winsted, will be at the store of Vessels and Gates, on Monday next, with choice selection of foreign and do- anything in his line. Persons wishing good custom work, should give him a call
 A meeting of the teachers of the various schools in town is to be held at the Town Room on Saturday afternoon next, at one o'clock, for conference with the School Com. mttee. The Committee meets at the office of D. c. KIlbourn Esq, on Saturday forenoon at 10 o'clock.
 The School Committee has placed Miss Ella Page in charge of the primary depart ment of the Milton school In the Center School, the former entry has been converted into recitation room and the scholars enter from the rear. A school has been established at East Litchfeld in charge of Miss Jennie Wheeler.
 MT. Timothy Miller had pig butchered Tuesday morning by N. H. Barnes, and Geo. Camp. The pig was not quite nine months old and weighed after it was dressed, -four Hundred and astrty,foe pounds. Last week, Mr. H. P. Griswold,' of Milton, killed pig, seven months old, which weighed jour Hundred pounds. Who can do betterl
 Our city visitors having retired, Mr. F. E. s. Munger also ceases to act as usher at St. Michael's, for the season. This is the fourth year of his service in that capacity. Since the burglary he has allowed himself but three and one half hours sleep nightly, and that with 6 seven shooter in each hand, bowie knife ir his teeth, and one eye open, ready to protect the property of the borough.
 Thanksgiving was duly celebrated in ac 'cordance with the time honored customs of oul ancestors, and the express directions of Gov ernor Andrews. Among the residents abroad returning for family festivities, we noticed Hon E. W. Seymour, Messrs. Allen E. Beeman co. o. Belden and Arthur E. Bostwick. Tn, tboys in the Hartford High School-C Champion Deming, Charley How and Charley Adams took short vacation, and several of the younl ladies away at school were also back for few days
 About nine years ago, Messrs. Morse ant lreadway, who were then drawing. freigh from the Naugatuck Station, lost off thei wagon ten gallon cask of coach varnisl whlch had been consigned to the Litchfel' Carriage Go. They were compelled to pay tn company some $50 to make good the loss few days since, learning that there was a casl marked with the .eompany's name in posses sion of Mr. Horace Baldwin IT,, the Rece;v CT of the company called on Mir. Baldwin wb uniformed him that he had found the cask the road some years ago, and had said notf ing about it to anyone connected with the con