Litchfield enquirer., 1881-03-03
New Preston.

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 There, was ssAson ofatripping the light fantastic at Charles Patrilps, last Friday night. A. Cable and L. Cogswell furn ished the dull cet'hielodies necessary for the occasion. We take Als word for it that it was a very jolly time. F E & A
 -"Llttle Ghonnie, !" what made you give us away in such gushing manner as that
 On our thoroughfares wagons and sleighs appear as two to one, but Ed Sperry, of Mar bledale, is going to Canada after "hosses" this week. and will call on Vennor, and mex t week we shall see what we shall see. There's always six weeks of sleighlng in March, you know.
 A-Your New, Milford correspondent wants us to rake over New Preston with fine comb and see if we can find an old lady who has been to church twenty years and missed only one Sunday. We can't do impossibilities, but we can scratch around and dnd-well, we can find man who has been sued twenty times in lessthan twenty years-a good deal less too. We can also find-but what is the use of rak- ing up things. It's time enough for New Mil ford to brag when she can beat us on lawsuits according tp the square acres of popphtion. Marry, comenp, now "a
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 By careful estimate we find that there are seven amateur banieists in our small vil- lage. Several of cur inhabitants show signs of insanity. a..s.,..
 Rev. H. Lancashire in the course of his discourse Sunday morning said, s'this parish is an inviting field for earnest faithful, christ ian labor, Exactly. Our views. coincide with his. precisely. The missionary blow ought te be sunk beam deep in this field and drawn by all the home missionary power 'available, importing soma if necessary as our ltigants do justices.
 rUlTF GUTT et2 hciEeaap 5 --As!wa treported last week tho case of state vs ". Cogswell for assault and battery upon Frank Grant was adjourned till Friday. On that day the defendant plead for an ad- journment to obtain, counsel, therefore the trial was postponed tili to-day tMohday) at Union A Mall at l, o'clock B., ms About ten in the forenoon the distinguished guests began to to arrive from all parts of the regions lying round about. You could see the smiling and eager commences of men from tlfs 'heights of Bromica, from Warren's icy hills, iron the grazing districts of Kent Hollow, from the peaceful solitudes of Marketable. from Wood ville's ut49N presincts, I end 1fsa the stad steady and highrtoped hamlet of. Washington; all discussing the merits and demerlts of the case and and all anxious to have the ball open 1 They all looked as happy as boys waiting. for I the big circus to commence, or as women at u grand spring millinery opening Fresh ar- rivals from. God knows whero kept adding | to the surging mass of humanity in the streets till things begapto tskepng theanpearance of county fair. At last the opposing counsel arrived, and almost immediately the streets became vacant as if by magic. The business done at the hall was Impressive, short and tc the point. The defendant deniurred, was fined seven dollars and costs, and then appealed Il yasybefoFe Justice Gibbs, of Kent. Holistei for defendant, O'Hara;f0r state But, really such proceedings were too bad, cons iderine how: many miles many Curious men had trudged on foot or rid den by slow and Ia borious roads to hear the anticipated fun Il would have wrung tears from 3 hand-saw tc have seen their sad, dejected and disappointed visages as they issued forth from that nobl, edifce, Union Hall Their photograph. could have been appropriately labeled, Hun gry souls dnfed." Nothing else. worthy so note occurred that day unless it was a little jangle between two Waramsugers at the post office who stood twelve feet apart and -nb got so far asto say,a '.Thafs au internal lie, and "You're another," &c. They seemed tt be, well versed in sIonchstone's social ethics and 'fquarreled by book" commencing witt the reply courteous land sodo gradually Itp,t ,th, Lie direct ,% which is the seventh degrees al ol which 6ay be avoided but the li' lie direct and that may be avoided too, with an #. H. says he knew when seven iao.;ees ennld m i take up quarrel; but when the parties wer met shemselves one of them thought but o : -an ifsaas.a Gyou said %, then I said so An, I they shook hands and swore brothers ''You
 # is the only peace maker, much virtue in it: We recommend the word .if very highly t those who are suffering from this, peculia kind of ''blliousness." It works like I charm 70, by the way. this same afternoon sheriff Wyant was sent over to arrest c. I Hitchcock on complaint of barratry but h was found to be still in sorroWful state o healthIand so was not smolested. ''Such i ,l hfe." a.,.-.,. -
 s--Mrs. Isaac Brow wn left, Monday, for pfc traeted visit in N. Y. City,. Mrs. Wm. Woes < teraalso left the same morning to visit her son l AM. Wooster, at Washington D, C., and al so to attend the inauguration. .asas
 I s1We experienced realao genuine Angus igus thender {; storm, Monday ntshtsa The tightnin seemed to be uncammoaly visidsl, One miser able dqdeyous sinner s said itHes JQsss hiaE ner af 4eEpresang his aentirenaad a indignan dispptohai0n.o the la law suit I yefe.n'anaged iS NsS Ptesdtd.ss ss,x s's.. T ,.....,....... rrA14 K PEN DRAGON.