Litchfield enquirer., 1879-03-27
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Washington.
 ABsENT-Wm. J. Ford, wife and brother, are absent visiting friends in New York, and | Brooklyn.
 V1s1ToRs.-Several strangers were reported at church yesterday.
 EXCHANGES and the moving season has con- menced. John Merambe has vacated the house near the sawmill, and resides in the store near S. D. Platts. Jesse Smith and his young wife occupy the house vacated by MT. Meramble. Mrs. Farmer has moved into the Leman Garfield house, and Mir. Munroe, of Footville, occupies the Jacob Frost house, vaca- ted by Corcoran Decker, more anon. SCHOOL, MT. H. H. Warehouses School, will close on Wednesday of thls week, also the Gunnery. Weregret to hear of the serious in- disposition of MT. Gum at this time. Mir Peclx's next service at Romford is on wednesday of this week. DEATHs.-It becomes our painful duty to announce the death of two of our fellow clt- zens in the past week, Simeon H. Mitchell died on the 18th, in the roth year of hisage; and Amos T. Richmond, on the 18th, aged 62, the last standary bearer of the M. E. Church in thls place, and faithful christian.
 Co1NcIDENoEs David N. Farrand died on >Feb. 10th, and Simeon H. Mitchell on March 1Sth thus in. i've weeks, Sophia and Kesia Farrand, sisters by birth, became sisters, ih affiction. Died at Marbledale; March 7th, George W. Cogswell; March 9th, Henry s. Wheaton Thus within three days, Eliza and Julia Baldwin sisters by birth became sisters in mourning. May the divine comforter grant his consolation to all the bereaved in this com munication, AS most of those who have died here of late. were prominent citizens, we add he record in fall:
 January Sbthy yof pneumonia, Phebe More
 February 10th, of consumption, David N.
 February send, of paralysis, Elias c. Kin ney, "A
 March 1st, of old age, R. M Fowler, 85.
 March 1st, of pneumonia, Martha Wood ruff, 38.
 March 9th, hip disease, Geo. w. Cogswell, 66.
 March 9th, fit, Allie Hartwell, 13 months.
 March 9th, nervous insanity, Henry S. Wheaton 55.
 March 18th, pneumonia and heart disease, Simeon H. Mitchell, 69.
 March 18th, pneumonia, Amos s. Richmond, 62
 Thus ten of our number have passed away in about six weeks. 5.
 On Sunday last there was large gathering at the Congregational Church to listen to the Rev. MT. Colton, who delivered a memorial address upon the life and character of the late Dr. Fowler. The orator was full of sym pathy with his subject and commencing with his birth as the tenth of family of twelve children in the then obscure township of Ter rington in this county, gave an exceedingly interesting account of the principal events in his long life of 86 years, illustrating by anec- dote, not only hls superior professional attain ments, but his peculiarly attractive character for sociability, and his life as christian gen. tleman. In the course of his remarks, he dwelt upon the remarkable fact that they two brothers, Dr. Remus M. and his predecessor Dr. Warren R. Fowler, for the long period of more than eighty years, dating back to 1796, exclusively held the responsible position of physician and surgeon for this district. The former who was the subject of his sketch alone occupied the place for more than fifty years.
 The weather department, in the struggle between the advancing April showers and Winters hesitating departure, has given us for day or two past most magnificent display of crystal shrnbbery, to feast our eyes upon. The usual charms of sunrise and sunset in this cluster of hills has been especially entranced by this icy combination to every twig and branch, while the enjoyment of every one in this beautiful display has this time received no alloy in the fear of possible injury or de- struction to choice shade trees, as has seme times been in the case in these annual exhi bitlons.
 Stanley Fowler, son of the late Doctor, is now editor in chief of 'the Revelle daily paper in the new El Dorado of Leadville Lake Co Colorado, place where one year ago there were less than one hundred inhabitants while now there are more than ten thousand, and the prospective importance so great that three new distinct railroads from opposite directions are to center there during the ensuing year-Tts elevation above tide is about il ,OO0 feet, or twice that of the summit of Mount Washing ton. K