Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-04
Goshen, No. 404.

NEW HORSES. MT. Sanford has avery good pair of horses which he purchased of M. Pratt in your village.
 ARRIVALS. John M. Wadhams, his daughter Julia, and his grandchildren Julia Wadhams and Freddie Lucas, went to Sara toga, and returned last week. Four other young ladies also went to Lake George and Saratoga, returning last Saturday. Mrs. Striker and family. of New York, have been at Mrs. Stockings some time, she is daughter of MT. David w. Ives, formerly of Goshen. Also arrived at the same house, Mir. Plumley and daughter from Ansonia, and Mir. Bacon Huxley from Waterbury ;at Mir. Albert Wad- hams, Miss Jessie Hart, of Cornwall taMrs. N. s. Wadhams. Dr. John w Lester, of Brook lyn, at Asaph H. Palmer's, MT. and Mrs. Weldon from Torrington at MT. Hazen's, Miss Jennie Dowson, of South Norwalk FLowERs.-Our communion season was one week earlier than usual, this month, and Mrs. Wm. T. Brooks arronged collection of her most beautiful white flowers for the church. ..
 S1oK-Gen. Cook and Mrs. Robt. McElhone are very sick.
 MINIsrER-Mr. Hazen goes away on va cation, this week.
 STRAwBERRIEs.-Atthe the close of the season will tell you about those plants given to me last June, by MT. Crissey of Norfolk, of the Crescent variety: he said they would increase rapidly; when you go up to Ivy mountain, look into my garden and see them
 WELLs.-The ancient Egyptians used to fix buckets to rope or chain which was fastened so as to have no end, and thus they raised little water from the Nile to irrigate their fields. A good many years ago., Yankee contrived the chain pump with metallic buck cts, which was great improvement. Now Mir. Orlo E. Wadhams of Goshen has put in for me two pumps with the Hoyt rubber buck cts, and they operate admirably. He takes the greatest pains in fixing every thing right. Ii Pharaoh had seen these on the banks of the Nile, he would have thought the day of Egypt ian glory had arrived.
 PROF. HALL.-He came Saturday, but can only stay until Tuesday morning. hope to see him to-day. am watching for Mercury every morning in the East, as it rises 5s min- utes before the sun to-day, and is pushing on to the West, and hope to see it on the Sth or Eth of Sept. when it will be an hour and ten minutes ahead of the'sun, and only one third ot degree from Regulus the, brightest star ID the Lion. AS he could stay only two days, his friends to the number of 40 met last Mon day evening at the house of Lyman Hall, to welcome him to his native town, as he has not had time to visit his friends here since the discovery of the satellites of Mars His mother three sisters and brother were present with their families. The Prof. occupied the great arm chair which belonged to his grand father, Asaph Hall, an officer of the Revolu- tion. The addresses were by Edw. Norton and Rev. MT. Hazen, and we obtained much valuable information from his remarks in re- ply. He will have another chance at Mars in October. His recent observations of Saturn's 8 moons are very important. HIN.
 Fg Ladies should read the following, which is from Bridgeport Standard.
 Mothers who have their hands full of house. hold duties, appreciate the advantage of pur- chasing at slight advance upon the bare cost of material, articles of common wear for them- selves and their little ones. Messrs w. B. Hall & Co.,, of the new Dry Goods House, find their sales for ladies' outer garments increas- ing so rapidly that they are disposed to devote a portion of space to the more common, but not less important, articles of women's ward robe, such as wrappers, sacks, waists, aprons, etc., and they will devote their attention at once to this thew departure" Visitors to Bridgeport should not fail to call at thelr store,