Litchfield enquirer., 1879-04-17
Goshen No. 384.

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 1 TEMPERANCE MEETING At the sr,ai-annual meeting of the Temperance Union, last week, the Secretary reported 325 names on the roll of members, and, the following officers were chosen for the next six months: Henry Nor ton, Pres. Joseph A. Lucas, Treas. and Eu- gene P. Norton, Secretary; besides, six vice presidents, an Executive Committee of eight, 1 and District Committees. Mrs. Lyman Hall read an interesting original paper, subject, ''The Life-Saving Patrol"
 NEW CLERK-Cook & Porter have MT. FL l bert Brigham ill place of Will. Barton, who has gone in with his brother at Milton. GONE TO CoLLINsTILLE Arthur T. Soudant has taken the place of Edward McCabe in the store of Walter J. Soudant in Colinsvllle. All three are natives of Goshen.
 RETURNED Mir. and Mrs. Elhu Carlisle have returned from Wallingford, where they have spent the winter.
 SUNDAY SoHooL.-We had large atten- dance, yesterday.
 MINISTER Rev. Mr. David Strong, of Cole rain, Mass, preached last Sunday. DEATH OF MR. TANNING. Michael Fan ming, whose death we report this week, was union soldier in the Southern war. PICTURES. Some of your readers will re- member that our Sunday school decorated the center church for Christmas Mr. Gaylord, nt ri nd the ladies' by selecting 0ery green ground pine, and ivy leaves, made the wreaths and mot toes so that they are now about as bright as ev- CT. Mir. F. O. Hills, the artist at Wolcottvile, has succeeded in taking the view of the East part of the church, and has made double pie lures for the stereoscope, and also single pie ture which shows much more of the room, with the ornaments. The single one can be magnifed by moving it along before the glass, one eye being closed. The whole first edition was sent to me, and they were disposed of inn mediately 9 cents for each picture, but if a family takes both kinds 20 cts. each. Mir. Hills is printing more and I shall continue to SUD- ply those who call or send for them. So far our people take many more of the single cards, fer on them the whole end of the church shows and several slips, and the top of the room as far as the middle. The printing on the back of the cards is, "Cong'l Church, Goshen, Conn.,, Dec 25, 1878.'
 EASTER. Miss Nina White brought bas- ket of most beautiful flowers, Sunday.
 Warren.
 MR. EDITOR. or all your Warren cor respondents seem to be either ill or out of town SO that the few events that have transpired among us during the past winter have not been chronicled, thing to be lamented for posteri- tvs sake.
 We are quite staid people at our worst, and the winter past has been an unusually quiet one. Even the customary tea-drinkings and sociables have been fewer and farther be- tween than, it is hoped, angels visits are. The Literary Society for the young people and the Temperance Organization for both old and young, have kept us out of state of absolute torpor. AS rule the Literary society has been. we'll attended, and we hope it has been profitable. If it has accomplished nothing more than to awaken an interest in the art of read ing q mean, reading aloud), it will have done good work. A paper has been read monthly and the exercises have been very varied. A public entertainment was given at one time in the Parsonage Parlor, in place of the town hall, which is not fit for a respectable law suit, eff indeed lawsuit is ever respect abie), much less, 8 gathering of well-dressed ladies and gentlemen. The drama, songs recitations, &c, &c., were very creditable and deserved a repetition.
 The temperance union has held it's meet ings bi-monthly on Sunday evenings. Though the exercises receive their main colorng from the subject of temperance, yet many other themes having to do with the welfare and in- terest of the community are introduced and the meetings are more than semi-religious. MT. G. H. Hollister lectured before us a few weeks ago, and was listened to with great in- terest. It could hardly be otherwise.
 Last Sunday evening, Mir. Rufus Swift gave us some pleasant "reminiscences of the olden time, and furnished the choir with two original hymns which were sung. Several of our little children sang an Easter Hymn, lit tie ahead Of time, perhaps, unless we consider every Sunday day commemorative of our risen Lerd.
 We have had an unusual number of deaths among us. particularly during the past month. Three funerals on three successive days are a rare occurrance in our healthy town. Mr. Charles Everitt, who lost two children last winter from dphtheria has been called to part with his aged mother, good woman, who had lived long life of usefulness and has gone to her reward
 Perhaps we have met with the greatest loss in one individual that Warren could, in the death of Deacon William Hopkins. Though seventy-five years of age, his vigor had been so great and his heart had so perectly kept it's youth, that we did net realize that he had already past the measure of human life. He was man universally beloved and respected. His hand and heart were in every SOOO WUth buO ILC yIuHS uleu and women mourn for hlm as sincerely as those who had been his friends and companions during long life. He had learned the art, never taught in schools, of growing old beauti- fully and gracefully, or rather, I had better say, of never growing old. The sports and amusements of young people met in him no frown, but rather that cheer and encourage ment that cannot fail to win the hearts of the young. The church and society feel his loss as an almost irreparable one, for his purse strings were never in hard knot, and his generous heart kept them in constant play. Our pastor and all who are in the habit of at- tending the stated church meetings feel hls ab sence there as indeed we do everywhere. We can only hope and pray that his mantle may fall on somebody worthy to wear it. I.
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