Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1880-08-26
LITCHFIELD.

Attention is called to a new advertisement
offering for sale fine residence on Nerth st.
The Hancock Club which organized
Saturday night was more noisy than numer-
Gus, we judge.
Mr.. H. Benton brought into the village
the other day basket of six tomatoes weigh
ing lib and OF. He calls it the Hancock
variety.
MFR. Edwin Mcneil, of this place. is
acting as Aid-de-Camp on Gen. Smiths Staff
at the Mantle encampment of the 1st and Sd
Regiments of Conn. National Guard.
Members of the Village Improvement Co.
are requested to pay the annual tax of one
dollar, due August first, to the treasurer, Mrs.
Clara F. Ray.
The last Excursion of the season to Coney
Island and Rockawav given by the Shepaug
Railroad Co., will be in connection with the
steamer "Grand Republic" Saturday, Sept
4th. Time and fares as usual. -
Dept Tailor O. P. Peck and E. P. Cheney
arrived from Massachusetts. Monday, with
Rufus West who escaped from our Jail, last
week, and was arrested near Westfeld Mass,
by the aid of Dept. Sheriff E. L. Day and
Mosley.
1t is suggested by summer visitor, that
an appropriate work for the "V. /. s." would
I've the placing of benches at various points of
interest, wherein to rest one, after long
walk to view the sunset,-or Gs this necessa-
ry), the sunrise?
While Mrs. Amy A. Bunnel, Of Bantam,
was in this village, Saturday, Oh business, her
honse was broken open and robbed of fifty
dollars; this is the second time since last fall
that her residence has been entered and mon
ey taken. ...
lion. A. B. Mygatt, Bank Examiner, and
Col. j. w. McGruder, Comptroller of the
Currency, from Washington. were in town
Monday and Tuesday staying at the Mansion
House. They find the First National in ex-
Cellent condition.
Daniel Tompkins, of Washington, was
brought to the Jail in this place on Tuesday, by
Mr.. A. b. Camp, Of Warren, collector of town
taxes, for non payment Of tax Of So. so, inter-
est and expenses. This "Wednesday morn
ing, Mr.. Tompkins was released on Aa6eas
corpus, granted by Judge Hitchcock. Evidence
was offered that Mr.. Tompkins was not resi-
dent of the town of Warren at the time the tax
was laid.
Toe high poetical flights confuse the pro-
sale. In his sermon preached recently in the
Congregational church, Rev. Mr.. McAllister
spoke of the grand old pines of Maine as
reaching up so high towards heaven that it
would almost seem as though the wings of the
angels flying from sphere to sphere would be
''enmeshed' in their branches He was un-
derstood to state that the angels were in the
habit of making nests" in those branches
On Tuesday evening, Aug. 18th, COM
house of Mr.. Homer S. Bunne, in Bantam,
to celebrate the tenth anniversary of his mar
riage. A sumptuous table was prepared, and
the welded couple received presents to the
amount of $50, among which was an elegant
parlor stove, presented chiefly by the Brass
Band of which MIR. Bunnell was a member.
TIL" Band dispensed music for the occasion,
and everything passed off quite agreeably.
The M. E. Church and Sunday School
held picnic at the Bantam Lake House, on
Thursday, Mr.. Wheeler having kindly
rendered them the use of his grounds for that
purpose. 1t was a very successful affair,
nearly every family of the church being repre-
sentcd; the total number was about $50 per-
sons. The day was spent in a social way,
and all unite in representing it as very en-.
ioyabe and pleasant gathering. The children
were especially pleased with the efforts Of
their Superintendent Mr.. Wentworth. TO give
than day of recreation and pleasure.
The garden-party for the benefit of the
''V l. S." on Wednesday last was very
pleasant affair. Perhaps more of our towns
people might have gone had they not suppos-
ed the summer visitors would be there in full
force, and vice versa but Mrs. Belden's beau
tiful grounds are too ample ever to seem
crowded were the whole village assembled
there; and when the Garden Party rallied to
the tea-table, there were certainly enough
people to keep the kind hostesses Of the ''V.
l. s." very busy; and the merry chat at the
various tables betokened that appetites were
sharpened by wit and laughter. In our cool
climate an early tea is very desirable if It be
taken out of doors, SO the guests at the Gar.
den Party were mostly dispersed before 2
O'Clock. One very proper proceeding of the
afternoon. was the reading of series of reso
lntions of thanks to Mr.. Battell for his tinseEs
gift to our village; every fifteen minutes we
are all reminded of it, in very melodious
way. Some of our summer guests were al
lowed, through the courtesy of Mrs. Belden,
to see the interior of one of the best preserv et
of our ancient mansions. In all social ways
then, the Garden Partyof the v. l. S. was
success, and we hope the treasurer will repor
it so, financially. ........... r..
AT a special meeting of the Litchfel
Village Improvement Company, holden on tn
18th day of August, 1880, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were unanimousl
adopted, viz: @~
WHEREAS, The Hon. Robbins Battell, of Nor
folk, has presented to the Village OF Litch
field through our esteemed townsman. tn
Hon. 0. S. Seymour, the valuable machin
cry and bell required to enable the Towe
Clock, provided by the efforts of this Socie
ty, to strike the quarter hours, thereby rem
dcring the same of great additional value t,
this community,
ResOtoed- in this valuable gift of Mr.
Battell we recognize and desire to record GU
appreciation of his well known and larg
hearted generosity; SO often and freely extend
ed in every good word and deed, not only t
his native town of Norfolk, but to his Count
and the State at large.
Res0lued That the thanks of this Societ
and the Village, be and they are hereb
presented to Mr.. Battell for this generous gift
with our best wishes for his continued healtl
and prosperity and the assurance that hi
kindly action will ever be held in grateful re
membrance by us.
Rcsol0ed That the President of this Societ
he directed tn forward a cony of these resol,