Litchfield enquirer., 1879-06-19
New Preston.

we lIVe dHu move ana plant our beans, noe our peas and eat our lettuce. But the princi- pie business of the past week has been trans planting that pestiferous wced-tobacco, of which larger quantity than usual will be raised.
 Henry Katon of this place and Wm. White of Cornwall, started, last week, to seek their fortunes in Nebraska.
 Mrs J. Brown has returned from two weeks visit to Mrs. Abbot, of Danbury, who formerly resided here.
 Last week tortoise moss grown, and mo- body can guess how aged. was found at the marble yard of N. Bolles. Upon it's plastron was found the date of 1883, and some other indstinct characters which were supposed to be an older date, and the initials S. B. J. .. Gum, who is skilled paleographist, and an authority on such subjects, thinks the obscure date and the initials s. B. were placed upon the animal about 75 years ago by Simeon Bat terson, father of J. G. Patterson of Hartford fame, who then carried on the marble and tombstone business at thls same location. The animal, after thorough examination, was let go to live another hundred years,
 We noticed MT. & Mrs. 0. E. Gillette, of your village, at church, Sunday.
 -Boarders and city visitors begin to arrive and stage drivers and hotel keepers begin to rejoice and be glad
 Fred. Cogswell's little girl is about recov- cred from the scarlatina, and we hear of no other cases At first her disease was supposed to be scarlet fever
 Charlie Keeler, whom a good many will remember, is visiting at Levi Warehouses, Marketable He halls from Illinois. Last Friday he went up to the lake fishing, and had his usual fishermans luck
 -The corner lyceum is once more agitated and shaken in all it's fibres The question un- der discussion is whether the East Aspetuck Creek is the proper burial place for dead cats and dogs and offal from butchers shops. or not. The question is whether to fling all these things into the stream and have fevers or not, says this august body, but it's decision is not known yet.
 All we have been able to learn of Mrs Ludgate is, that since Mrs. Mix's visit she has not suffered so much pain as formerly, other wise there appears to be no improvement.
 -"Little Ghonnie" don't go to Colebrook, 70, 'Ghonnie' don't go," for we've been on statistical hunt when we might have been gathering May apples. Just listen tothe fruits of our research and see if you do not think that tor gay deceiver matrimonially inclin- ed, there is better opening in New Preston than Colebrook? N. B. Within this village and within radius of one mile, there are 10 old maids, .. c. maidens over twenty-five years of age; 26 young maids under twenty five years and over sweet sixteen, and, (listen closer), within the same radius there are 26 widows and only widowers! Think on that, and go to Colebrook if you will! We could also name the exact number of old bachelors but refrain, for we would not place the least feather, real or imaginary, in the way of any of these marrageable persons. Of course you can't expect us to tell how handsome or home- ly the widows are, or how accomplished the old maids or young or anything of the kind for comparisons are odious and will raise the temperature and shake the foundation of things quicker than ignited gun cotton; but really, 26 widows to widowers is a peculiar and unique state of things, now isn't it?
 The temperance workers went to Corn wall and held an interesting and profitable meeting, last Friday night. The result of the meeting was the addition of seventeen nanies to the pledge. The Cornwall people furnish ed an excellent repast to the pilgrims from New Preston.
 Sunday afternoon we experienced very severe thunder storm. The rain fell in tor rents, and the wind blew like hurricane, tearing limbs from trees and uprooting others It hailed also for few minutes, knocking out now and then pane of glass. After the storm we picked up hailstones as large as hickory nuts. It came from the same direction that | the tornado did, last summer, was similar to it, and would have damaged crops severely had they been nearly grown. We expect to hear reports of heavy damage south and southeast of us.
 We read "B. 8" article on woman's suf- frage and couldn't help thinking how much it sounded like the effusion of a man who had been defeated by the votes of women. While Fred. Hoffman was driving along the Bee Brook highway, last Sunday, his hors- es became manageable and ran away, fling ing him from the wagon and bruislng him somewhat. They, in some unacountable man. ner, became detached from the wagon and were found tangled in their harness and lying flat on the bridge near the depot. The har- nesses were about used up, and the horses were cut and bruised pretty severely. PEN DRAGON.