Litchfield enquirer., 1879-07-10
New Preston.

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 Miss Oakley Bochee' was the guest of Noble Bolles, the past week.
 The maddest man in this village, las week, was Euphorion, who undertook to memo an old umbrella. Folks thought it was me teor shot through the air, ''Sou' by southwest. 1 It wasn't, and he now owns as fine dol l lar ain-shedder as man ever forgot, and lief 1 in railway car.
 The village school being closed for tho summer vacation, berries catch it. and tho farmers grass is fast becoming unmowable. Tourists now begin to frequent the sum- init of the Pinnacle. You had best carry yourself like church spire up in your village for with good glass we can look into the windows of Litchfield, and see the ''whites' of your eyes. ..
 The day wecelebrate" was about 92 6 hot | and dull as rainy Sunday, hereabouts. Thert was no street pageant, big guns or general hilarity. There were few ''one hoss" picnics at the lake, and few extra pitchers of lemon ade, here and there, but no orati0ns or smell of powder. Upsons Seminary and few friends went with Geo. Cogswell's ''tally y-ho' and four horses, on the 3rd, to Mine Hill, te view it's wild and picturesque scenery, fetch ing up at WashingtoS in time to hear the Comrades" by the Dramatic Association, and arriving in New Preston about 1 o'clock next morning It may be that all hands didn't have a good time, but one certainly did. On the night of the Fourth, some New Prestenites went up to Carter's Hotel, and fantastically tripped after the strains of Cables band till July 9th. There was quite display of fire works Irdependence-day evening, at the resi- dence of Jesse Barden, on Elm street. MT. Hawley and wife came up from Danbury to spend the Fourth with Mir. Barden, and brought with them Chinese lanterns, rockets, etc., etc., all of which served to make the evening very enjoyable one on that street.
 Last week Thursday, resident of Dan- bury, whose name we have not learned, but who has been working this summer for Benja- min Norris at Lakeside, died very suddenly of paralysis, Wednesday evening While milking a COW, his hand dropped powerless at his side. He undertook to rise from the milking stool but his whole side was palsied, and he fell upon the ground. Medical aid was summon ed, but he died before morning. He was about forty-five years of age. The body was sent to Danbury
 "Wednesday, all the people tiocked to the church, young and gay, old and staid, to take up the old carpets and put down the new. It was a-an elephantine time. The amount of scrubbing done there no one can ever know except those engaged in the great renovation. The first bass (of the choir) wouldn't bring water, but preferred to clean, trim and fill the lamps sos to be near and talk to Angelina. second soprano, who was fitting the carpet. Leaning over to whisper in her ear, he knock. ed off and smashed chimney, and she, anx- lous to hear every lisp, missed the tack, and gave her thumb tremendous thwack, and all but fainted away in consequence; while Ro- meo slipped and fell up the steps with pail of water, and Juliette was stung on the index finger by wasp, while poking spiders from back of the clock, and was obliged to go home and poultice the injured member Then there was-but, just imagine the rest while we write that the house of worship looked remarkably we'll after it's thorough cleaning, in it's new and elegant dress, cut biased and trimmed ac- cordingly.
 Charles P. Lyman, who is in business at Memphis, Tenn, arrived at his fathers, Dr. E. P. Lyman's, upon the evening of the glori- ous Fourth. He intends to remain till the first of August, when he will return.
 -''Myers Wonderful Museum is in full blast under the tent erected in the lanyard park. The living curiosities are defermed dogs, boa constructor, sword swallower and o'a educated hog! The only wonderful thing about the last mentioned feature of the show is, it is a quadruped, while most specimens, of which there are not few, are bipeds and in most cases not particularly educated. There is such radical difference, not only physically but mentally, between this specimen which is confined, and those which run at large as types of humanity, and may be seen for the looking at, that perhaps it would be a good investment to pay fifteen cents, and gaze upon thorough bred .t.. ....
 -C. H. Bullard, of Hartford, spoke at the church, Sunday night, in the interest of the American Tract Society, giving short histo- ry of that institution, its working, facilities, etc., and soliciting funds for the further main- tenance of the same.
 Next Sunday, the 18th inst, Rev. Mr.. Wychoff, of Woodbury, will occupy the pull pit at the Congregational church, both after noon and evening. PEN DRAGON.