Litchfield enquirer., 1881-12-22
Woodbury.


 Oh the Hills on saiher side. wbileSahet tesoupd here is bare The last rain storm ended in snow here also. covering the brown earth with a white mantle, but it is nearly melted away as the weather just uew is mild and pleasant. Thanksgiving passed with the usual fes- htivities. Christmas holidays are near, and all classes of our merchants are preparing for them with great and tempting varieties of goods, suitable for the occasion. Those must be fastidious indeed swho cannot be pleased and their wants supplied
 The Ladies of the Fist Congregational Church will give an entertainment at their church parlors, on Wednesday evening, Dec 21st. A fine collection of fancy articles suit ible for holiday presents will be offered for sale. An art gallery will be opened, an oys- ter supper served, choice fruits of the season, etc. A pleasant occasion is promised, and all are invited to attend.
 The Methodist Society iare to have a Ol.-;.s...-. I'll. .--e-.hA-o nf tho naraical association are practicing choice selection of music in preparatien for concert toibe given coon. e# St9 al ~ "H& @
 The recent special town meeting voted to appropriate one hundred dollars additional to the contractors for grading the Bacon hill and vicinity on the turnpike to Southbnry, making six hundred dollars for the work.g H IS said that the other grading on the road is to be de- ferred until spring. Stages have been withdrawn from the road leading to Southbury station, only the mail stage making daily trips connecting with midday trains on the New England railroad.
 A gentleman in the north part ofthe town wishing to trade,< drove with his daughter to the station in the early morning, took cars for Danburv, had ample time for his business, re- turning at noon, showing some pew, facilities for seaching depotsEof trade of which people here avail themselves. !
 A little child was burned to death by an older brother during brief absence of the mother, on, Saturday, in Hotchkissville. TT 3A s.s>SS sG11TfsNs asstS@+'@ @@4@6Y
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 Mir. Franklin Wadhams is raising by sub- scription the money rfor 9the tower on Ivy Mountain, and Miss Nina 'Wbite'is doing the same for the one on Mohawk Mountain, and the prospect is that they will be successful. The two do not 4inteffere, as many persons give for both objects. They don't ask people out of Cornwall and Goshen, but if others send lsasthipg they feoelse Gt t5s6ktaIlA Mrl Seth Pratt, livery stable man in your vil- lage, has requested me to subscribe for hlm five dollars for each tower, andiI havea letter from Mf, Israel Coe, of Waterbury, sehclosing some money for the Ivy Mountain tower. He writes, II was born within mile of it, and in sight of it, s7 years ago day after tomorrow. '" ('rhe gift came on his birthday.) "It is the first mountain ever saw. By your civiity was on and around it last summer, probably for the last time. hope and trust the project will succeed" It is quite possible that others in the neigbboriag towaslwill'see it. for their interest ;o follow Mir. Pratt's example.
 Mir. Allyn who died last week was a na- tive of this place, ,jand salways Gived in the West part of the town. He was young man, and he will be much missed by his friends and the Congregational church. The attend ance at his funeral, last Sunday, was very large Sabbath School teacherste took charge of the funeral, and all pail bearers were members Of his class Mss :L. ...Q..raLl hH0