Litchfield enquirer., 1880-03-18
New Preston.

l GeO. Gillette went to WOlcOttvllIe, last week. for the purpose of working in the mar. ble and tombstone shop of II. J. Baldwin, but l had no more than arrived there when a letter reached him to return as his child was very l sick with whooping cough and being young was on danger. At the present time the child is better.
 Our village school closed, last week. The progress of the school the past winter has been perceptibly good under the efficient manage. ment of Mrs. A. E. Corning. She has held the reins of government over this school for the past three years.
 -Myra A. Cable has gone to Norfolk, Ct
 A fellowship meeting was held here, las, week Tuesday. Services were held in the church, forenoon and afternoon, consisting of ''holy tone" disputations and expressed views 1 upon various other subjects. Also Rev. Mir. Jones of Roxbury preached an able sermon in the evening. Our good citizens provided an excellent repast at Union Hall for the hungry | haranguers and their listeners. It half way showed in dampening, dismal and dejected manner, all day, but this was to be expected, for New Preston hasn't enjoyed one of these meetings in three years without disagreeable storm of some kind; and it does seem little yea, very-incrongruous to entitle these gatherings Fellowship meetings when some of the most prominent participants will not recognize or speak to each other when they meet upon the street or elsewhere. But such is life where the golden rule has become obso- lete. -C. w. Pickett and wife were visit 1 ing at his fathers in Gaylordsville, oyer Sun- | day.
 J. B. Wilson having contracted to build l A.. G. Bakers new residence at Washington Depot, will soon commence work thereon, | with Jesse Barden as his right hand assistant We see that fair and blushing maiden i of 26 advertises in the Ray" for a husband It does seem as if New Milford possessed bachelors enough to supply any reasonable de- mand, but if, as her advertisement would lead | us to believe, the article is becoming scarce in that region we feel so for her fororp, lonely
  | and unhappy condition, that we herewith ap- pend the number residing in our village and it's suburbs. After an accurate canvass we find the number of old and eligible bachelors to Dc 22, while the supply of angelic maids of 26 is less than half that number, so here is, it would seem, pretty fair foraging ground for | this husband seeking damsel X word to the wise is sufficient. We have done our duty and now patiently await further develop ments.
 Mir. William Wooster has gone to Goshen to visit friends of his, residing there The '15" fever has struck here ard para | lyzed half our community.
 | Mary Kinney, daughter of Leman and Harriet Kinney, and wife of Charles Williams, who died in Woodbury, was brought here on Sunday, the 14th inst, and buried in the will lage cemetery.
 1 At the monthly temperance meeting, Sun day night, decamations were given in credit able manner by Miss Elsie Beeman and Carrie Colburn; an essay was read on the power of habit by Deacon s. J. Averill D. Burnham read a suitable selection, and Rev. H. Upson made some good remarks These exercises, interspersed with singing, made the evening a very enjoyable one.
 1 Our beautiful spring weather was trans formed to the genuine winter article, last week.
 Hard colds are in excess of the demand.
 F. D.