Litchfield enquirer., 1879-01-23
Harwinton.

Harwinton.
 We have received almost ''too much of s
 good thing" in the snow line.
 MT. Philo Cleveland, Mir. Leonard Brad.
 ley, Mrs. Geo. Shields, and Mrs. Lcrinda Ste
 vens, are under the doctors care. Mrs. Da. vid Foot is also very ill and not expected tc l live.
 Petitions circulating here for the legisla. ture to compel the railroad companies toreduce their fares and freights, are signed most unani- mousy.
 1 Mir. Martin Cook has brought Mr. Shel- don Balch's blacksmith shop and will remove and remodel it for a tasteful residence. Are if that is the case, be sure you "look before you leap" A sleigh full of ladies from Wolcottyille got of the road and capslzed in a snow bank in front of the writer's residence, few nights ago, and the way they gave vent to their ire on the devoted head of their Jehu was caution
 MT Birden alse got capsized again in a snow drift al out one o'clock, last Tuesday night, by that colt of his: though he was badly 1 hurt in the ride and was dragged some dis tance, he clung to the ribbons till he succeed with him escaped unlftlrt.
 We went to the donation iu Burlington, last Tuesday night, and found every room in the parsonage crowded, many having come from the neighhoring villages. We were not aware before that the people of Burlington could bsast of so much real beauty among it's nlaidens. The good folks of Burlington ap- peared to understand the art of fenjoying them selves thoroughly. The young folks found amusement in playing post office," ''copen- hagen. ''the jolly old miller" Jacob and Ruth (which was most amusing) in which we lent helping hand. Towards midnight a knot of young folks gathered in corner and sang John Brown" Whoa Emma" Baby Mine," Adam and Eve" and other songs, with charming effect. There were several tables loaded with toothsome viands, but the people did not, as is often the case, eat every thing up, for plenty was left for the pastors family, and it was donation indeed.
 One of our school marms, whose muscle is we'll developed, had been much troubled by two of her boy pupils, who were constantly Guarreling after the fashion of boys, and final ly gave them good birching. Of course they told their daddies of it, and one of them. sifhple-minded man, came whimpering to the school the next day, and gave the teacher A good scolding, and wound up by saying that it would cost her four or five hundred dollars to 'settle" it. She retorted "why don't you make it thousand ?" and added 'that if he would take off his coat that she would give him thrashing tool"
 We hardly know whither to consider your Washington correspondents remarks on our Christmas feast, as complimentary, or not. We hope that he don't infer that we ate every- thing that was set before us; but we will ad. init, that, though by no means a gourmand, we were glad to get a good square meal for once ill our life
 We know how to sympathise with the young man that "Pen Dragon" describes who owns horse but has no cutter, &c., and no girl" for though we own two turnouts-such as they are--(and one of which we would gladly loan hlm if he were within resch) when it comes to the girl we are in the same boat with him. "Pen Dragons" ideas of what is large, are evidently large indeed, for we can't see of what use those slippers will be to us except-to keep them as memento of her kindness, unless she takes reef in them of three sizes, at least. She evidently intended to send us on ''wild goose chase" when she said th"t she would ''set a light in the window for us, for if the girls of New Preston are like girls in general, there would be & 'hght'in every parlor window of New Preston, and how are we to know which identical light is shining for us? As for -Four commit. ments" to her, they wont 'hold water" by the sloe or hers to us. LITTLE GoHNN1E.