Litchfield enquirer., 1879-05-22
New Preston.

hillside as the perspiring agriculturist turns the sod and plants the corn. And, dear me, the landscapes whithersoe'er the eye may be directed, are glorious and grand te behold. Ascend the "Pinnacle," gaze to the north i; south, east, west; and the sight which the eye drinks is infinitely more beautiful than tongue can express. The great expanse, the clear sky, the bright sun, the gentle southern breez- es waiting to us the balsamic odors of bursting buds, and the suffocating sweetness of blossom ed orchards in the valleys, the singing birds are conglomeration and climax of beauty, which, like the pleasure of existence, can be felt, but never expressed, Oh, the phenome- na, the mystery, the why and wherefore, the beauty and occultness of all these things, of nature, which the eye of man can never hope to discover, is delightful! s...
 Geo Gillette, while at work in his fathers marbleshop, one day. last week, was surprised to see black snake five feet and tour inches in length crawl over the threshold into the shop, and aggressivelY make his acquaintance. Geo. came off victor, of course.
 Mrs. s. Brown has reshingled her resi- dence. Jesse Barden did the work.
 All the rising generation have got the whooping cough severely. One instinctively grasps his scalp while passing through the streets, for no such whooping has been heard here since the old colonial times.
 Just hear this masculine" woman, Mary Clemmer go on about third term for Grant. She says of him:- Mighty is the brute force that holds and propels armies through seas of human blood he was selfish boor in the use of the finer weapons of mind and spirit that make and unmake the peace, the purity, the prosperity of nation." Whew how such language will shock that Plymouth man j; and as for her, she'll never become the post mistress of Washington, D. O., at that rate has said "nay," and hark :-''Mes- seurs, trust you enjoy it. You don't fright en me. Nor can your concentrated accumu- lated wrath, though it strike deep as Hades, prevent me from telling the truth of this man as candidate for a third time for the Presi- dency of the United States" My stars !" as her sisters will ejaculate. We'll wager our new spring hat that she ate too much ice-crAan, and too many peanuts at the last state reception and, as soon as digestion resumes it's natural course, she will repent last weeks letter in the Independent. But she's more'n half right
 The highwaymen have commenced their raids in this vicinity. Stephen and Gee. Wright are repairing the roads about the lake, and Fred. S. Cogswell and E. J Cable are fxin' the Bee Brook road from here to the station.
 It is strange how quickly New Preston talent asserts itself, no matter where in the "Wide, wide world" it may go. We've just seen bill of a dramatic entertainment to take place in "City Hall, May 18th, 1s79," at Litchfeld, Ill. Herman Hoffman and Fred c. Beeman take the prominent and leading characters. These two promising young men went to Litchfeld, Ill.,, over year ago. Suc- cess to them!
 More acres of ground have been plowed, sowed and planted about here this spring than ever before. So we heard farmer say.
 Last Sunday morning, Mir. Lancashire be- ing away at Saratoga,N. Y., Rev. Mir. Crofut, of New Milford, preached from the pulpit of the Congregational church, an excellent ser- mon from the words, "When awake shall be like Him, and shall be satisfied" Mr. Lan- cashire is expected home soon.
 The resident fisherman tell strange stories of the doings of the lake. It IS strangely tur- bulent; the water ''smells like an old mackerel barrel," is of dull reddish cast and looks "queer," and roily, as if there had been heavy rains, when in fact there has been no rain of any account for two weeks. Those who have lived on it's shores for r years, and the 'old- est lnhabitant," say they never saw anything like it. Various opinions, of course, exist this peculiarness. Some think there has been or is going to be an earthquake Some, that an enormous spring has ''busted" up in the bottom, and is seething and boiling, hhN oChuALlS lIo COIoLCu IuluCldl WdtCI6 thro' the lake. Others affirm that it is caused by infatuated fishermen in their frantic en- deayors to catch the new species of suckers which have white ring around their necks just back of the gills While others declare that it is caused by 15 tb salmon trouts, 1oun- dering about in its shoals and shallows; and others still, with reason and knowledge, say the sudden hot weather has caused the lake to begin it's annual June workings" earlier and ivelier than usual. Anyway, it is performing 70 as to cause considerable. comment, and
 "Old men, and beldanes, in the streets
 Do prophecy upon it dangerously
 And when they talk, they shake their heads,
 And whisper one another in the ear
 And ne that speaks doth grpe the hea rer,s wrist
 Whilst he that hears, makes fearful action,
 With wrinkled brows, with mods, with rolling eyes,
 In the absence of Rev MT. Lancashire, he Sunday evening meeting was conducted by Deacons Averill and Humphrey. t.
 PEN DRAGON
 Several Florida Democrats have been con- 7icted of election frauds.
 Reports about the exodus continue very conflicting.
 Messrs. W. B. Hall & Go. of the new Dry Goods House has organized an express and nail order department and ladies sending for amples and prices will have their commissions with dispatch. This is what the 'ity papers say of this firm:
 REAL MERIT AND EXCELLENCE in merchan- lise will always command and sustain the con- idence of a generous public, and while such is he case we anticipate only success for the new md popular house of W. B. Hall & Co.,, of Bridgeport. This firm very shrewdly bought heir entire stock after the decline. They buy md sell for cash. They study the wants of their customers, and their customers with re- unanimity affirm that their select ion of ready-made garments, choice dress goods, ladies' underwear, hosiery, gloves and fancy goods, is unparalleled in freshness, vari- ety and extent When in Bridgeport visit them.
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