Litchfield enquirer., 1879-07-10
Goshen. No. 396
PLYMOTHEAN.

FOURTH OF JULY.-We had no celebration, and many of our people attended the picnic at Milton the Goshen Cornet Band also went down there. Many of our farmers, pursuing the even tenor of their way, spent the day getting in hay and hoeing corn.
 At evening, after the nice shower, we had the annual display of fire works at the house of MT. Moses W. Gray, Mir. and Mrs. Gray were absent, and fine arrangements were made by Miss Clara Gray and her brothers, Freder- obligations to them for their successful efforts to amuse the young and old. After the rock cts began to ascend and the fiery wheels be- gan to revolve so swiftly, the Band returned from Milton and gave us good music. It was remarkable that not one of the pieces failed, but all went off right, and it was grand and beautiful sight. An entertainment was pro- vided for the large company, and the Band were invited into the dining room.
 NEw SCHOOL HoUsE.-The people in the ninth, or Hart hollow district, have built fine new school house, on the main road through the valley, In front of the house is large, beautiful horse chestnut tree, which presented fine appearance when it was covered with flowers. The arrangements within the house are very convenient.
 GREAT MATHEMATIoIAN.-Wh Robert Wilcox Jr, was at school in Cornwall Hollow, he surprised all by solving difficult problems in arithmetic in his head. He is F years of age and was down from South Canaan, where he lives, last week. and gave him very diffi- cult examples in Addition, Subtraction Multi plication and Division, fractions and Square Root; all of which he worked out in very short time. He told Capt. Gaylord who is 30 years old, how many seconds old he was, in less than half minute. Mir. Herald, cur Vol cottville stage driver, calls the distance he travels each day IS miles, and said his stage had not missed day in 6 years, calling It 6 days in a week, he asked young Wilcox how many miles he had travelled. The answer came right off 33, 696 miles, and, calling the night of one of the hind wheels it., he asked how many times it had rolled over, and the answer was il, ,860, ,995 When asked him for the square root of 96, 721 he gave me 211, and immediately told me the square of the same number was 9,354, 951, ,s41. It was won- derful.
 LEATHER MAN.-He passed again, July 3, don't think he will be arrested as tramp, for the people will give him food without his paying for it.
 VISITORS. Emma Beardsley who is teaching in Naugatuck is at home on vaca- tion. Miss Emma Way, of Bristol, is visiting at Frederick Bentley's. | GRADUATED!-Mr Edwin A. White has graduated at the University in Middletown, and his sister Cynthia was at Commencement.
 AsTRoNoMoAL.-Many of our people saw the great conjunction of the planets, and des- cribe it as magnificent, and don't wonder that the East St. astronomer is enthusiastic in his description of it. He says with his glass which magnifies 80 times Mars and Saturn were visible at one view, about quarter of de- apart, but with his lens which magnifes 12O times Saturn made splendid appearance l Titan, his largest moon, being seen distinctly. The great ring is improved in appearance and position since year ago, and he saw blue sky between the planet and the ring. have not yet seen Mercury, but tshall in few evenings. The last time it camel wasunfortunately very rainy, and there are many who hope to see it for the first time, this month. It is now one hour and 25 minutes East of the sun, and on the evening of July s7th it will be an hour, 51 minutes and seconds East of the sun. Ve-