Litchfield enquirer., 1879-05-01
DEFERRED LETTERS.
NEW PRESTON.


 1 NEW PRESTON. The weather? That's completely exhaust ed.
 l Geo. Brague has moved from the ''old academy" and taken Stephen Beardsley's farm, in Kent Hollow; and Mrs. Jane Moore, from Marbledale, has moved into the premises he vacates.
 make another extensive business trip through /, the west.
 Tine people were quite disappointed at not hearing the lecture advertised for last Satur- day night MT. Lawson did not make his appearance on account of the weather. Every thing is charged to the weather and justly too {; for, if, in the nature of things, there was no weather, nothing could be laid to it, and there's no harm, for the weather dosen't care a cent.
 Rev Mr. Crefut, of New Milford, will lecture in the church, Friday night, 25th inst, all circumstances permitting. -S. T. Morehouse, of Marketable, while driving from this village home enjoyed quite performance H. S. Gillett's. His horse suddenly thought itself one of ''Barnum's best trained" and accordingly cut up some very inexpedent didos tore the thills from the vehicle, rolled over once or twice, and broke a shaft, and acted very unhorselike indeed. It was lucky that Mr. Warehouse prevented the animal from running a mad and aimless career"
 The mad dog excitement has somewhat abated, so that the brave and daring now vent ure forth, men with heavy canes; women, with masculine escorts.
 We noticed about the usual namber of happy young couples at church. Sunday night. Most of the dogs which were bitten and SUD- posed to have been bitten, have been shut up or chained; w. Cogswell has shot his. If Mir. Osborn's OK has hydropbobia Git was bitten severely), then some of these dogs which are of no earthly or celestial use to anybody will be ''gone cases, and the places which knew them will know them no more and the sooner this happens the better.
 Fred Jenks and Ed. Beardsley started out Saturday with load consisting of 92 shirts 1 and about 400 lbs. of themselves, calculating to sell the sh-''cotton seclusions," as Josh | Billings euphoniously puts it, three for dol lar. When way over by Seymour Welten's ! near Washington, the blackboard pulled in two hold on thatd means two buckboards, that isn't right, -into-inte what That ain't cor rect pulled apart, that's It, and you might have seen ''seclusions," Ed and Fred in a predicament. Ed. was thunder-struck at the state of things, but speeches. only for mo. ment and getting upon the nearest stump he made the welkin ring-"Out, out O fickle fortune! All you Gods, In general synod, take away her power; Break all the spekes and fllIes from her wheel And bowl the round nave down the endless hill !' After which they tied the hind part to the fore part of their chariot, and, although professionalism is nightly the fashion, they walked disconso- late and dejected, five of the longest. muddiest miles man ever knew. At their arrival Fred was suffering from severe cramps and Ed. felt strong symptoms of dac,ygelosis otherwise, as in the old play, "Alls we'll that ends we'll " J. T. Whrttlesey is sorely afflicted. The twins, boy and girl, died Saturday, we think it was, and were buried Monday. His little boy about two years old IS also very sick, and his wife is sick also. He has the sympathy of the whole community.
 Edward Meeker rejoices in an addition to his family. It is a boy this time born the 18th inst.
 -Wm. Dougal, the painter, is putting new coat upon D. Burnhams store in the most ap- proved and artistic style. PEN DRAGON.