Litchfield enquirer., 1881-08-18
LITCHFIELD.

MT. Wm. Roeber and wife, of New York, have sold to Leugene Warner, of Derby, a tract of land lying in the southeast part of Litchfeld for $25O.
 The recitations by Miss Cowell, adver- ised tor Saturday, were postponed till Tues lay evening" when an audience of about an hundred people assembled in Armory Hall to hear her. The presentations were excellent and were received with much applause by the hudience, who seemed especially delighted with the Irish cooks description of her ex- berience with an Heather Chinee as assistant. Browning's poem in honor of the Breton pilot who saved French fleet, was beautifully re. cited, as well as the story of the Kentucky woman who gave her horse to save Morgan raider. She also called up Miss Ingersoll from the audience who recited poem about the engineer who, from the cow-catcher of his en- zine, saved child playing on the track, and recited it extremely we'll. Miss Cowell also gave the trial scene from Henry VIII, and a very comical description of the acting of Ham, let with the sklfulY advertised Podger as Hamlet. The entertainment closed with two very interesting versions (male and female) of a Irritation and kiss on the nall stairs at Mrs. Humdrum's party. Altogether Miss Cowells entertainment was one of the pleasantest of its kind we have ever had in Litchfeld.
 FUNERAL OBsERvANoEs On the an- nouncement of Judge Seymour's death on Thursday last, the village flag was placed at half mast, with black streamers, and the Court House front was heavily draped in mourning. A citizens, meeting was called at the Town Room on Saturday afternoon, the bells of the village being tolled from until 2:30 p. m.
 The citizens meeting was called to order by J. Deming Perkins, Esq. Ex-Gov. Andrews was appointed chairman, and Mr. Perkins, Secretary, Prayer was offered by Prof. Hop. pin, of Yale College. Gov. Andrews then made few appropriate remarks in Eulogy of the deceased. Henry B. Graves, Esq, offer- ed the following resolutions: WHEREAS this community has met with 3 great bereavement in the deeaatIhh deeaatIhent ant and and Chief Justice @ seXRl2eennTa eXRl2en and friend, and it is nonoreaa nor aanf fitting that his townsmen should exhibit their appreciation of his many vir- tues, therefore ResoIued. That in the death of Judge Sey mour, the state at large and especially this immediate vicinity, is called upon to mourn the loss of valued counselor, eminent iurist, a patriotic statesman and a christian gentle. man.
 That we'hereby tender our sorrowing sym pathies to the relatives of the deceased in their grief over this severe affiction.
 That the life of Judge Seymour in it's pure, simple and spotess character offers to the youth of this community bright and honored example well worthy of all imitation.
 That notwithstanding the deceased was honored with prominent official stations, the duties of which he discharged with distin. guished ability, yet his real worth could only be estimated by his private character, as & citizen, a christian, and neighbor
 That we request the business men of the village to close their respective places of bus mess from two until three o'clock on Monday afternoon next, that all may have an oppor- tunity to pay their respects at the burial of our honored dead.
 After reading the resolutions, Mir. Graves made short address in which he feelngly referred to the merits and the character of the deceased.
 Capt. Alvah Stone also spoke on the reso lutons as representative of the working men of this community.
 Hon. Charles Adams referred to the early life of the deceased, he being the only person present who was a boy with our late fellow townsman.
 He was followed with brief remarks by D. c. Kilbourn, Esq, and then the resolutions were unanimously passed, and the meeting adjourned.
 On the same day the following action was taken by the Vestry of St. Michaeps Church At meeting of the Vestry of St. Michaers Church held August 18th, the follc wing ore. amble and resolutions were adopted
 WHEREAS, It has pleased Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, to call to rest from his sphere of great usefulness, our beloved friend aud neighbor, Judge Origen Storrs Seymour.
 Resoloed, that we, his associates in the Vestry of St: Michael's Church, deeply deplore his death, that we shall greatly miss his wise counsel in thls assembly, but the example of his earnest, blameless christian life, will long live among us as a cherished memory, that we desire to tender to his bereaved family our
 
 J.. WoLooTT WHEELER, Clerk.
 The funeral was attended from the~Episco- pal Church, on Monday, at 2p m. Bishop Williams of1ciated, assisted by Rev. G. M. Wilkins, of Newtown; Rev. Wm. R. Peck, of Marketable; Rev. Dr. Payne, of schenec. tady, N. Y.; Rev. Mr. Phelps, of Onoro. Fla {; Rev. E. w. Maxcy, of Bridgeport and Rev. E. E. Beardsley D. D., of New Haven. The pall-bearers were F. Ratchford Starr Wm. F. Baldwin, H. R. Coit Charles Ad ans, J. Deming Perkins, and H. O. Morse Among the distinguished gentlemen from abroad were, Ex-Gov. Ingersoll, of New Ha yen; Ex Gov, Holley. of Lakeville; Ex Judge Waldo, of Hartford; Judge Granger Of the Supreme Court and Judges Hitchcoci and Culver of the Superior Court Hon Lynde Harrison of Guilford; Judge Luzor B. Morris of New Haven; Hon. Roger Aver i'll and Hon. Lyman D. Brewster and Messrs. David B. Booth and Wm. L. Taylor of Dan- bury Hon. Robbins Battel and Dr. W. w Welch Of Norfolk;J. w. Webster Esq, ant Hon. Stephen w. Kellogg, of Waterbury Judge McManus, of Hartford; Hon. l.. W Coe' Of Torrington; Hon. E. M. Chapiu, ot New Hartford; States Atty Olmsted of Fair held County; Hon. Orrin Benedict, of Bethel and many others The Litchfeld Count, Bar were nearly all present Yale Colleg, was represented by Professors James M. Hop pin, Timothy Dwight, and Ellas Loomis About eight hundred people were gathered a the Church. The burial service of the Epis copal church was read, hymn was sung, an the Bishop delivered short and beautiful tribute to the memory of the deceased as man and christian. The remains were fol lowed tothe grave by a large coneourse Q people.