Litchfield enquirer., 1881-07-21
New Preston.

The weather Of the past week ticKleo the agriculturalists, for they all could make hay while the sun shone Har Is a more plenti, ful crop than last year. Black raspberries are very plenty You can pick ten quarts al most anywhere.
 Arthur Cogswell, a pupil from Sufaeld Institute, is visiting friends and relatives in this village.
 MT. H. A. Bennett is having the 'Old Academy" e.shingled.
 George went down to "Beantown' visit ing, for two days, last week, and now he wants to know if the legislature is made up wholly of Danburians. Talking with one man on White Street he said in the course of conversation, .'This is pretty hot weather we are having about these times" The man said, "Well, it is, but in the year 1876, when I was in the legislature, 1 remember that all of July was excessively hot, the thermometer ranging from S8 Q upwards Learly everyday" etc. etc.. During conversation with another Danburian at the Turner House the talk turned to the manufacture of hats, when he of course, inquired how that industry was thriving. 70, pretty well, considering, but when was in the legislature inlet me sec let me see-in 77 think it was, this branch of business"-etc Next time he tackled stove dealer on the price of stoves: The dealer told hin the price of two one coal, the otEer wood burner, when, pointing to another, he said. '.This you perceive has the patent back action, duplex, revolving com plicated dampers, by which the draft is so regulated that here you have hot water con- stantly, and here you have cold. That sells for thirty-five dollars, which is ten dollars less than they could possibly have been bought for when was in the legislature in',- Here George rushed for the door and went down street to see if he could find man who hadn't been to the legislature. He stopped and while purchasing cup ot peanuts of the old peanut man he observed. Il suppose these are good peanuts. !" '"Yes sir," said the old man, you'll find them 80. Only this morning MT. Oilcloth, the merchant just above here, bought cup and said they were l the best he had tasted since he was in the leg islature, last year, and he 'orter know," and George acquiesced and also said he ''orter. |" Beantown seems to have more legislative graduates than Goshen has stars.
 -Wm. Cogswell is having his house paint ed, and Leman Cogswell is doing the work. The earpepter put the last bracket to the cupola on his new barn last Saturday, and now that stands ready for the painters, fine building, 6Ox30 feet. ..- -.-..> Wendell Gum arrived in town, last Sat- urday, and remained over Sunday at his fathers, J. s. Gum.
 MT. Frederick Hoffman's house has re- gently been very much improved in appear ance by having new and wider cornice placed upon it, and receiving new coat of paint. ......-.
 Mir. E. Marsh and wife of Bridgeport, and Miss Lora Hollister, of Roxbury, were the guests of Walter Burnham, last week.
 The painters have been at E. Galvin's barn, and at their hands it's appearance has been very much improved. New paint al- | ways looks well.
 The darling little '.Yorkers," The "daisy little creatures r They come up in the country To tan their heavenly features. They leave their paint and powders, Their ghastiy, pearly whiting, Come up among the "pumpkins" To run about sighting" 
 They see the baCkwoods Rawky
 And laugh their sides assunder
 They rent his "hoss, 'tis bauIky
 lis then they're mad thunder.
 Mir. F. s. Cogswell and family have moved from Torrington to this village, and will occupy the house known as the Geo. Bolles' place on Evergreen Avenue. MT. Geo. Waller, of Bridgeport. was in town over Sunday. ~ .P.D.