Litchfield enquirer., 1879-01-16
New Preston.

It is good sleighing. Hear the sledges witt their bells, and bellies! Sleigh-rides are now the principle amusement, but we know one forlOrn fellow who is as badly situated as the wOuld-be fisherman. He said he had hook and if someone would be kind enough to lend him pole and line and bait he could go fish ing; and this poor fellow has horse, and could go sleighing if he could borrow cutter, harness, robes and whip, and somebody's girl.
 There was very pleasant gathering of dancers at Alanson Peets on New Preston Hill, last Friday night. A. Cable, violnist, and L. Cogswell, futisi, furnished music for the occasion.
 C. F.. Beeman, who has been suffering from severe attack of throat disorder, is slow ly recovering also, Henry Lemon, who came from Bridgeport to make his father, A. C.. Lemon short visit, was taken i'll immediate ly upon his arrival and was threatened strong ly with pneumonia, is recovering, and will be able shortly to return to Bridgeport. C. Pick cit, proprietor of the Barn Store was, also, upon the sick list few days last week.
 We were pleased to see the smiling coun. tenance of your townsman, O. E. Gillette, in our village, last week. We noticed, also, J. w. Gum, an attarhe of the Enquirer office, a! church. last Sunday. We'll. well
 Our only sewing machine agent, who drives the best pair of black horses anywhere around, has got notion of driving over to Sherman oftener than is really necessary to sell his machines. We suspect some magnet ic attraction:
 "A form m ore fair, face more sweet.
 It ne'er hath been his lot to meet"
 The churches invited to attend the fellow. ship meeting here this week, were Washington, Milton, New Preston Hill, New Milford, War. ren and Sherman. If we were emniscient, we'd tell you all about it before hand Con- tinued next week
 On Thursday last we noticed prosecuting atttorncv D. C. kllborn, and Deputy Sheriff Champin, prowling about our streets seeking whom they might, &c. The next thing we knew Watson Cogswetl was arrested on the three complaints of, reputation of selling, keeping with intent to sell, and selling spurious and intoxicating liquors and taken before Justice Geo. $. Cogswell where he entered a denur- Ter, and the case was appealed to to the nex, sitting of the Superior Court at Litchfield. This is the first time temperance has taken an aggressive form in this community, and We hope it will be the last time it will have occa- sion to do so.
 Leslie Baldwin and wife, from Wolcott vile, are spending few days at F. S. Cegs wells
 At the gospel temperance meeting, last Sunday evening, we listened to remarks from E, H. Beardsley, D. Burnham. Frank New ton, H. O. Averill, Rufus Smith, and others. The remarks of Mrs. Henry Bolles were excel lent. Altogether it was an instructive and in. teresting meeting. Coucurring in the senti- ment expressed by all the speakers, we also wish the Temperance Union and workers as successful year to come as the past has been
 On Friday night, the temperance workers are going over to Gaylordsville, to hold tenn. perance meeting, and an invitation to accom-. pany them is cordially extended to all our will lagers who want to lend helping hand to the cause
 It hath been declared that ''It is net good for man to be alone, and it has always been deeply impressed on our mind, that eventually ,oe should find our souls affinity and we have all along wondered what psychological mesmerism it was which so powerfully attract. ed Us to Little Ghonnies" Harwinten letters and held us fascinated. But it's all accounted for at last. The slippers shall be finished i'm mediately, and-but really, did we write that we wouldn't go sleighing if fellow should ask us? Prepesterous. We solemnly affirm it must have been Lapsus calanai; or, more likely still, it came of the Devils internal manipulation of our sentences We couldn't have meant so. It pains us tc say the slip. pers are No. II, but "Ghonnie" said s'mak, them large" and if they don't fit we'll plai em, and reef in the toes thereof, or make a new pair. As we remarked above, they shal be finished immediately, and Little Ghonuie. taking advantage of the fine sleighing, migh drive over next-say, well-next Sunda, night? We'll place "a light in the window for him. Meanwhile we make our most grace tul courtesy and thank him a thousand an, one times for the fine compliments he paid u last week. Oh, my, how jealous the rest o l the girls will be-. PEN DRAGON