Litchfield enquirer., 1880-02-26
New Preston.

The Sherlock family gave concert at Union Hall, Wednesday night, but it rained so hard l that the audience was very small indeed. Those who were present were we'll pleased with the | rendering of tue programme. They expect to come again some time next summer If they do they will be sure to have full house. A subscription paper was started for rais-
 ing the necessary funds to purchase harnesses for Jerome Graniss who lost those that he had by the late fire It was responded to cheer fully, and he now whisks the U. s. Mail to New Milford in doubIe-quick time, with brand new set whose buckles glisten Tn the sun like burnished gold Mir. Graniss was the only person who lost anything, as the other sufferers were insured. H. Beardsley having received his insurance, has commenced repairs on his residence, MT. Walter Kinney doing the work.
 The corner lyceum has been pretty busy, the past week. holding nightly sessions for the purpose of discussing the question, "How did the late disastrous fire originator" There has been an immense amount of breath and brain power expended thus far, but all that is known to certainty is the fact that the building was totally destroyed by fire: This is certainly known. It seems to be the general opinion, however, that it was the work of an incendia- ry, for the building seemed to be on fire all over it at once and it was a hundred feet in length. But the corner lyceum, or anybody else, if they discuss the matter till the crack of doom's day, will probably know no more about it than they do at present.
 Miss Annie Lancashire, who gave one of her readings in Bridgeport, last week, was home over Sunday. 3|
 MT. Geo. McCann is confined to his house with sickness, but we hope to be able to report ere long his entire recovery
 MT. Ezekiel Newton, who has been sick for some time, died Sunday night,
 Mir. Andrew Bristol has moved from War ren to the Egbert Cogswell farm, having pur- chased the same
 We heard man remark, the other day. that the projected road, continuation of that already nearly around the lake, at it's Dorthern end, was dead. So we hasten to say that from all indications, it only sleepetb It certainly is in dangerous, comatose state, suffering from severe attack of the counterfeit of death, which may prove the reality eventually, but we hope not. We hope to see such effec- tive remedies applied as will resuscitate it to such liveliness that the project will be carried through and the road built before spring, no- lens U0lens
 Mir. Henry Brown has rented the Wara- you
 "May sec the healthy miller yet His double chin, his portly size, And who that knew him could forget The busy wrinkles round his eyes? The slow wise smile that round about His dusty forehead dryly curled, Seemd half within and half without, And full of dealings with the world 2"
 He stands ready to do custom work at short
 notice, and will sell all kinds of grains at the
 lowest market prices
 Miss Matte Seelye, of Woodbury, is the
 guest of MT. Noble Bolles.
 Miss Kinney, of Washington. is visiting at John s. Gunn's
 The M. M and M. R. sociable-as some l may want to know what those mystical letters
 mean, we append translation. They mean
 the Mad Musicivn's and Merry Rhetorician's
 sociable. If anybody's angry because we say
 rhetoricians instead of orators, we shall be sor- 1 ry; however, the M. M. and M. R. sociable
 met, last night, at the residence of Geo. A. Tomlinson, in Marketable. A large company gathered to listen to the exercises, which con- sisted of music. vocal and instrumental and
 readings, recitations and essays. It was very enjoyable affair. The next meeting will be held at MT. Walter Burnham's, next Tues l day night, March 2d. The members of the ''Set back" club have
 organized themselves into two parties called | the ''bulls" and .''5ears." At the present l writing the bulls have cornered the bears and
 money on loan is tight, as tight or tighter than | some men whom whilom we have seen. Last Sunday night, at church, man cre- ated great sensation who was never known
 to do it before. You see nature gave him fair warning by so tickling his nose that he must
 sneeze, but he didn't want to right there in church, so he undertook to thwart the purpos-
 es of the dame, but she wouldn't be thwarted. He fetched long breath; the sneeze got
 about half way out, when, by a superhuman effort, he caught and nearly swallowed it, mak- ing such grimaces as the eye of mortal man
 never before beheid on a human face. He
 swallowed, gulped and strangled once, twice,
 thrice, but the sneeze was determined to be
 heard. He let go to get better hold, when,
 ssh, ker. che, che, sh -sneeze !" it got the best of him with report heard further than that of
 the Ways and Means Committee, and which
 nearly broke his neck and made his teeth rat tie like castanets. If you want to make sen-
 sation try not to sneeze in church when fate has decreed that yOu shall If tha shova d,