Litchfield enquirer., 1880-01-15
New Preston.


 been rather scarce of late, and that was law suit at Union Hall, last week. The scarcity and rarity of it is probably what made 80 many take it in with such voracious avidity. The suit was Greqosy vs. Mrs Haa7y B0rlow to recover an alleged amount due on book ac count. The proceedings occupied two days, with c. c. Hitchcock for plaintiff; Turrill, of New Milford, and Munger, of Derby, for de | fendant with Justice Geo. s. Cogswell upon the bench. The defendant brought forward no witnesses. The case was decided for plaintiff but was appealed by the defendant to that stern dispenser of justice the Superior Court. So runs the world.
 Miss Kitty Bowne, of New Milford, is visiting friends in this place.
 Rev. Mir. Jones, from Roxbury, occupied the sacred desk, Sunday, and preached from the text Thy kingdom come," very effec- tive discourse. During his remarks he said, in speaking of prayer, that we often have the means in our possession to answer our own prayers if we would but do so. Then he told the story of the man who prayed that God would deal beautifully with the poor, feed and clothe them, and provide for them out of his huge store e-house all good and proper things, etc., etc., IS you, and everybody, have heard prayed time out of mind. After he had ended his prayer with well rounded sentences. and said "Amen," majestically and solemnly, his little boy spoke up and said, "Father wish had all your corn"
 "Why SO, my son." .sg.
 Because then I could answer your pray
 -"How now, Tubal, what news from Genoa?" Well, Geo. H. Gillette now sings ''Baby mine, baby mine," with real pathos and gusto that he never knew before, and his face breaks out continually into the happest of smiles Those who see him and cannot solve the mystery of his happiness will find the key to the enigma in the following words:
 "Born-Jan. 7th, 1880, daughter, to Mir. and Mrs. Geo. H. Gillette"
 The M. M. and s. l. Social met at Rev. MT. Lancashire's, last week. Everything passed off satisfactorily as usual, and all participants went home feeling we'll paid for attending.
 Jerome Edwards, of Burlington, in this state, has been visiting his friends in this vil- lage and Marketable the past week.
 A petition is in circulation and receiving many signatures praying the selectmen to lay out road commencing at the bridge at Ash Swamp, so called, to run in a Northerly direc- tion to intersect the highway on the west and north shores of the lake. This would com plete road about the entire lake, making most pleasant drive as we'll as being con- venience to the. public generally. The pro- posed highway will be about mile in length, part lying in the town of Kent and part in the town of Washington. There is a petition also being circulated in the town of Kent for the same purpose. It is hoped the project will be accomplished But, AS with everything else ''there's many a slip, etc."
 The temperance meeting, Sunday night, was one of the liveliest in long time There were remarks by N. Bolles, s. J. Averill, Rev. Henry Upson and G. c. Hitchcock. The latter gentleman aimed his remarks at those who preach temperance strongly, and then gather their apples, have them made in- to cider and sell the cider to men whom they know will sell it by the glass to all whom they can entice to buy. Then there were other temperance preachers who had no cider in their own cellars, but every year sold their ap- ples to the distiller when they knew he would distill them to cider brandy, sell it to the wholesale dealer, the wholesale dealer to the retailer, and--there they wanted it to stop, but the retailer must sell or there would be no market for their apples. What he said is only too true in good many cases; and when he remarked that those who furnished apples to the dstiller, knowing the base uses they would be put to, though they drank not them selves and wore blue ribbon, were no better than the men who distill, or sell, or drink, every word was the truth and was knockin ing pretty good-sized nail square on the head He said none of the apples of hls orchards were ever made into clder, and he allowed no cider in His cellar, for he believed in practic- ing what he preached. It would hardly do to preach temperance and then sell your apples, for little filthy lucre, to be made into cider brandy Altogether MT. Hitchcock delivered an excellent temperance lecture, and one which went to the very root of the subject. We never knew he could talk so we'll. -'Hawk-eyed Bill" set his traps week | ago to-day and this morning brought in his third mink. If any Litchfeld Co.,, trapper can show better weeks record, why let them but he calculated to be three laps ahead of this in another week. Our January thaw set in promptly on the 1st inst, and still holds it's own remarkably well. The mud we are certain is not so deep 1 as it might be. PEN DRAGON.