Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-15
LITCEFIELD.


 all solos sung by him. At Buell. & Wheelers. -Braman has opened his spring stock of Dry Goods, &c. Advt. next week.
 The Rev MT. Cromlish, the new minister at the Methodist church, is expected to arrive here this week.
 The new board of burgesses met on Mon- day evening, and voted to continue the sewer some 150 feet farther west.
 Telephone Times continue to stretch out in every direction. A pole in front of the Court House strikes ,Is as trihe too "rustic" to compare we'll with the architecture of adjacent constructions.
 Mrs Lucy M Churchill and MT. A. M. Turner, Guardian of minor children of Daniel C. Churchill, have sold four pieces of land in Northfeld and Thomaston, containing in all about no acres. to Burrt Marsh for $3 800.
 The Philip Phillips con cert, on Thursday evening of last week, was very we'll attended and gave general satisfaction. The total re- ceipts were about $70, not estimating receipts from sale of books.
 Look out for Sanford's (the ''original and only'') advertisement which came too late for this week, but will appear next. He has Bread Kneaders Agate Ware, and large quantity of new goods which will be fully ex. planed hereafter.
 MT. Wm. P. Pickett, son of George P. Pickett, of this place. has been promoted to an assistant cashiership in the office of the U. $. Revenue Collector at Brooklyn, where Le has for sometime past held the position of messenger. His salary is $500 year.
 The Methodist choir held their annual meeting at MT. Charles l.. Thrall's on Saturday evening last. The leader, MT. Albert E. Buell. made few remarks thanking the per sons who had assisted them in their efforts, and ending with the presentation to Miss Edth Thrall of purse of $20. They then elected officers for the coming year, partook of some refreshments, and adjourned,
 The Shepaug Road will, about the first of May, give additional passenger facilities, by running morning train down and an evening train up, making connections to and from New York, South Norwalk, Bridgeport, &c. Other changes will be made later in the season, giving better facilities for travel and much shorter time from New York to Litchf1eld than heretofore. The Monday morning special arriving in New York about 9.15 A. M. which proved to be great convenience to business men, last season, will also be put on, leaving Lichfield at later hour than last season.
 MT Adkins, of East Granville, Mass, had queer experience here on Thursday last. He was pedding maple sugar in this vicinity, and was taken with an epileptc fit while driv- ing long the road south of the Harris Plain school house. He fell out of his wagon, and lav bv the road for some time till found by Cashier Jones on hls return from Bantam. The horse had turned about, returned to the village, went on down the Wolcottville road and then turned South, wandering about till found by his master the next morning. The contents of the wagon-blankets, robe, &c, = were scattered all along the route, and it was a good while before Mir. Adkins could get them together, though we believe he finally succeeded in recovering most of them.
 Mir Erastus Collins, whose death is an- nounced at Hartford, last week, is of Litch- field descent. His father, ex-Mayor Amos M. Collins, was native of thls place, and his mother (Mary Lyman) was anstive of Goshen. Mir. Erastus Collins was a prominent and re- spected business man of Hartford, and was director of the Etna Fire Insurance Co.,, and other important corporations in that city. The mercantile firm founded by the elder Collins was very successful, and became still more prosperous under the son. It finally took all the product of the great Sprague mills for sale increasing it's business to five millions yearly. Mir. Collins retired from active business in 1S76 very wealthy. He was in early life an attendant at Dr. Bushnell's church, and was one of the founders of the Pearl St. Church, of which he remained a devoted and liberal member during the rest of his life
 St Michaers parish is under great obliga- tion to the wife of the present Rector for ob- taining a nearly complete collection of photo- graphs of former rectors, since the organization of the Society in 17s4. An Episcopal mission uiu Uccd CStdolIouCu ACiC oS oS AtfO, &uu a church was raised and covered, about mile west of the village. in 1749, a gift of land hav- ing been made by Mir. John Davies. The ministers of the missionary period were,
 Rev. Solomon Palmer, 1754-1792
 Rev. Thomas Davies, 1762-1766
 Rev. Solomon Palmer, 17e6-1771
 Rev. James Nichols 17S0-174
 During the ante Revolutionary period 'thls mission received f50 yearly from the famous old English Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. In 17S4 the First Episcopal Society was regularly organized according to law, and has since had continuous line of RectoRs as follows (with the salaries paid them):
 Rev. Ashbe Baldwin, 17S5-1793 s5O Rev. David Butler, 1994-1799 975 Rev. Truman Marsh* 1799-1S11 s110 Rev. Isaac Jones+ 1S12-1826 $55O Rev. John S. Stone+ 1826-1829 600 Rev. William Lucas 1830-1S32 600 Rev. Samuel Fuller, 1832-1837. 600 Rev William Payne, 1S3S-1S45 500 Rev. Saml Fuller, D. D. 1845-1S49 500 Rev. Benin. w. Stone, 1S49-1851 600 Rev. John J. Brandegee, 1851-184 600 Rev Junius M. Wiley, 1S55-185s 800 Rev. Henry M Hudson, 1S58-1S6O 1000 Rev. Wm. S. Southgate, 1S60-1864 900 Rev. Wm. s. Perry, 1S64-1869 {100O
 (1200 Rev. c. S. Henry D. D. fS69-1S73 1900