Litchfield enquirer., 1879-01-09

A universe of sky and suow.'
 And when the wind blows 80 knots an hour from the northwest, and thermometers feel the depressing influence of the hard times so that they indicate 4o blow 0, as they did on the morning of the 3d. it is, to say the very least, an unwelcome reminder of ''Greenland's icy mountains" Everybody thought we were to have sleighing, but, alas, for human expec- tations The thing was overdone there's too much in some places, say twelve or fifteen feet too much, while in other places the roads are as bare of snow as old Father Times head is of hair. We sigh for home in the tropics
 Fred. Jenks came near turning over a new leaf, for certain, New Years day. He went after fish bait in Oscar Beeman's mill dam. After having fsherman's luck, he returned ana essayed to pull tho old scow up on the high stone-work there, but the old and decaYed rope broke and he pitched backwards and head first, distance of fifteen feet, down on the rocks below. He fell, as must be inferred, with tremendous force; but very luckily no bones were broken, and no internal injuries suffered. He peeled up the scalp over the right eye, scraped the whiskers off his chin, dumped the back of his head severely, and nearly broke his hip; for all of which he is very thankful, inasmuch as it was his good fortune not to break his neck. He has post poned fishing for week or so. James COnnor, the very next day, trlmped this trick of Mir. Jenks' by falling from an icy ladder while foddering striking upon his spine in such manner as to injure him severely, although it is hoped, not dangerously.
 E. P. Lyman, M. D., has gone to Hart ford to do his duty as lawmaker. It's sim ply change of vocation. He's moral doc tor, now, and if any New Prestonite IS reck- less and foolish enough to batter or break his anatomy during his absence, he must suffer the consequences, that's all. The doctors got hls hands more than full if he looks after us, both morally and physically.
 All the young Misses who have been home duIing the holidays, returned to their respective schools last Monday "Oh, my heart, now are the days of loneliness come!"
 There will be fellowship meeting in this place on Wednesday, the 18th inst. The col locatien-csllocutio collation., that's it, the collation. will be at two o'clock, p. m. precise ly. The remaining 'ations' will be agreeably diffused through the other hours of the day before and after.
 The National Question Book for 1879, has been introduced into the Sunday school and was used for the first time, last Sabbath
 This is the week of prayer, and meetings will be held in the church every evening, but Saturdays.
 Mrs. Hawley and Mrs. Abbott of Danbury are visiting for few days at Mir. Jesse Bar dens.
 Miss Lizzie Lemon from Flushing L. l., and Henry Lemon, from Bridgeport, are visit ing at their parents A. C. Lemons for short time.
 Perry Tompkins went away down to Danbury, and married one of it's most beautiful women, New Years. He and his bride are ex- pected home in few days. ''Such is life"
 The following is list of the names of those persons chosen on Monday, the 9th inst. liable to be drawn as jurymen in the town Of Washington:
 Samuel H. Clark, Wm. J. Ford, Elijah w. Woodruff, Eliada N. Moore, Daniel N. Can- field, Stephen s. Morehouse, Earle Bucking ham, Seymour H. Welton, -Curtiss A. Titus, Simeon D: Ford, Geo. A. Tomllnson, David Cole, Geo. T. Sperry, Ralph Buckingham, Geo. s. Cogswell, Seth Couch, Wm E. Brown, John s. Gum, Charles D. Camp.
 Mrs. Egbert Cogswell is visiting friends at Hillsdale, N. Y. Also Miss Mary Bennett has gone to Washington, D. C., to spend few weeks
 The ice-men have commenced harvesting their crop of concentrated zero for next sum- mer's consumption. The ice on the lake is twelve inches in thickness.
 The 'big safe" with the town records and town clerks office was removed to Washington Depot, to- day, Jan. 7th. MT. w. J. Ford, the present town clerk, has erected a building there especially for it.
 BALZAC.