Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-02

this month, where is it located In our boy hood the place was pointed out to Us, and has been so since. We will locate it about one quarter of mile west of the Bradeyville school house, on the left hand side of the road. It was long red house with double pannelled doors. with an ancient and vener- able pine tree in front. It was the residence of the late Dudley and Henry Bishop Can anyone prove the contrary? One teacher at the Institute could have answered the oues- tion
 Potato bugs are as plenty here as stars in Goshen
 We understand the Selectmen have de. cided to build a new iron bridge instead of repairing the Gum bridge The masons are at work on the abutments.
 Mir and Mrs George s Clark became the happy parents of a son on the 2Oth inst. Clarence Hurlburt returned from East mans business college, Poughkeepsie, with a diploma, some two weeks since.
 Rev. MT. Miner, of the Baptist church, New Britain, supplied the desk on Sunday the 22d, preaching an able sermon on the con- stitutional relationship existing between God and man, resulting in the believer in the per feet restoration of the moral image of God in which man was created, and in the unbeliev- CT ln the loss of that restoration, an ingredient in his future punishment. We apoticed in church that Sabbath Frederick Whittlesey and wife, and Mrs. Dexter Morse, of North field.
 MT. Wilcox of Yale, supplied the desk, Sunday.
 John H. Logan, youngest son of the late Hesekiah Logan, of this place, died at Bridge port, May 57th, aged 42 years. His remains were brought to this place and inferred with Masonic honors on Saturday. Funeral servl. ces were conducted at the Congregational church by Rev. Mir. Isham, and at the grave by Worshipful Master George A. Calhoun and chaplain Guy c. Ford. A deputation of the Grand Army of the Republic, of which the deceased was member, consisting of Six of his brothers and comrades in the army, came up with the remains, and acted as Pail Bearers. Peace to his memory, and conso- lation to the bereaved widow and children.
 Decoration Day, we think, will be better observed to day than usual among us by the offering of flowers and sweet memories of the dead S..
 One in the vicinity of our depot on Sat urday, would have thought it busy season indeed. Before the train from the South came in, there was business meeting of the Masonic Fraternity, after which they prepared to receive with fitting ceremony the remains of our former townsman, John H. Logan one of their order, who died OF Thursday, at his home in Bridgeport. The Rev. Mir. Isham, of New Preston Hill, made brief address at the Congregational Church, and was especial ly interesting in his recital of Logan's experi- ence in the War of the Rebellion, at which time, it is thought, were sown the seeds of the disease that has cut him of in the pride of his manhood, when it would seem his living was so essential to his wife and little ones. ''Me- morial day" was SO near at hand, Mr. Isham's remarks were calculated to stimulate more general observance than has generally been obtained here of the duty of paying homage to the memory of those who periled life and health, and endured such hardships to pre-. serve the unity of the country. After the Masons had concluded the services at the Cemetery, they escorted the Bridgeport friends back to the station.
 The cars from Litchield had a large mum. Der of teachers. on board returning from The Institute, held at that place the 25th, 26th and 27th inst. They all looked as if they had had good time, but they did not look happier than Mrs. Henry Bradley and friends, who were just returning from Bantam Lake with three hundred and sixty eight fish they had caught, twenty of which Dannie B. Brins made had the pleasure of hook ing out of the water. Good luck for lad not yet eight years old
 The city people are beginning to arrive, aou noScI were there OeLLer preparations made here for their accommodation. The Wesley Ploce has been newly and thoroughly refurnlshed by Baker 6 Brinsmade, every bed in the house furnished with the best of springs, hair mattresses and good soft pillows, and every part of the house made to cores pond with the comfortable and agreeable sur roundings. Being seated in the pleasant double parlors, with the shadows of the waving American ivy gently running across the veranda, one is fam to cast a retrospec- tive glance. Forty years ago our forefathers were worshiping God in this very building under the care of the Methodist denomination :: but occasional sermons do not build up so ciety, and there was so much of falling off in numbers that few years later the house ceased to be Methodist Church. Then Miss Brnsmade's popular school occupied the building for some years after which our en- terprising townsman, H. w. Woodruff, bought the place and fitted it up for a commodious residence, afterwards selling it to Mr. Gum. Then it was known as the Ford House. Now. thoroughly repaired, and nicely fitted up, with Mir. and Mrs. Theodore Bradley at the helm; az experienced cook in the kitchen, and competent 'elp in every department; we predict that it will be one of the pleasantes [ kl~w~