Litchfield enquirer., 1881-09-15
New Preston.

The weather continues, and peculiar weath- CT it is too. Heavy, smoky, mHrky, cloudy, threatening to rain. but not drop, then clear and hotter than the tropics, then smoky, foggy and mnrky again. and 0ice Uersa. There were some hot days, the past week. On We'd nesday, the mercury indicated in three differ ent places in the shade 9S ., 99 Q, 103e above zero. Two or three other days tagged along pretty close to these figures, close enough so that the average man was satisfied. It is so very dry that springs are failing in all quar- ters, and the leaves of trees have become-ripe and are falling as if struck by heavy frost. But eventually it may rain. e..sess...~ss..sa-... Ed. Fred. Brague went to the circus at New Milford and since then has been prac. tising all hessaw done there and several times has come as near breaking his neck as boy could, and not. Among other feats of agility 1 at the circus, he saw the Irish clown when struck by the ring master disappear totally l and instantaneously into an empty barrel So he needs must try it. He disappeared into the barrel all right, but it took a good deal oi yelling on his part and the utmost ingenuity l of his dad to get him out again. Yet he is still practicing the double back action hand spring. It will become our duty to record something awful of that boy some day
 Rev: Elijah Woodruff, of Washington, Conn.,, occupied our pulpit to the satisfaction of all, last Sabbath # Wendell Gum has gone to Springfield. Mass, to accept position as type-setter with the Springfield Republican. We wish him success. .s- a
 Tobacco buyers are about purchasing crops, and we hear that many hereabouts have sold at good prices. Some have been offered IS cents in the bundle but wouldn't take it. | Fred. Wheeler, one of Mir. Upson's pupils, in some way fell through glass door, very severely gashing his arm the other day. Dr. | Lyman sewed up the cuts and it will be some | time before the boy practices any gymnastics with that arm. ..9 a' At the Dorcas meeting, Friday afternoon, ] the subject under discussion was ''Tbeatres , It was decided by the young ladies that thea. tres are horrid contrivances of the Evil One for the ehtraption of the unwary, and that il is awfully wicked to attend them. Dye hear that, young fellows! a. ...t.,
 Rev. Mr. Hall secretary of the State Sun day School teachers association, addressed the people, Sunday evening, on the methods of bringing into the Sunday school those chil dren who never attend and who are without religious instruction. Rev. Mr. Isham of New Preston Hill, also made some excellent remarks.
 Fred. H. Cogswell has laid aside his law books for season, and is visiting among his numerous friends here. There is mighty big difference between boring over musty law books and fishing for pickerel. ut.s: :.t.
 -Repairs have commenced on the New Preston Grist mills with James Osborn and James Caldwell as boss carpenters. They will put in new bulkhead.
 MT. Wm. Conn, an aged and respected citizen of New Preston, after long and pain full illness passed through death to life or Sunday the 11th inst, aged 69 years. The funeral was attended from the house of B. J Cable, and he was buried in the village cem etery, on the 18th inst ...
 HI. T. Lennon and wife, of Memphis Tennessee, are visiting at Dr. E. P. Lymans.
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