Litchfield enquirer., 1881-07-14
New Preston.

 The routes are now driven by Geo. s. Cogs- l well. MT. Granniss continues to drive to New Milford and the Shepaug trains for pas sengers. On his last dsy Jerome celebrated his retirement from office by carrying the mail to Warren with four horses and stage full of young folks whom he invited to ride out for pleasure. Mir. Cogswell now carries the mail on all three routes, from Warren to New Preston, from New Preston to New Milford, and from New Preston to the She paug railroad.
 Eddie Lloyd has accepted position in D. Burnham's store, where at all times you can see his smiling countenance.
 We were pained .te hear of the sudden and unexpected death of our former towns man, Earnest Gum, of Harwinton. His father has the sympathy of this community. We know not what an hour may bring forth. A few crackers and torpedoes in the hands of the boys is about all the celebrating we did, with the exception of picnic at Rev. H. Upson's. where all seemed to have lots of fun. Their display of fire works in the even- ing was quite brilliant.
 F. M. Wheeler, of Upsons Seminary. is home at Montclair, N. J., on a short visit.
 Sherman Cogswell is working the high ways in divers places in the village where they need repairing.
 These are most excellent days to lie in the hammock in the cool delicious shade and peruse the last novel. To make it real nice the fortunes of the hero and heroine want to be as much better than those of real life as the sun shines brighter than the moon, other wise the story loses it's charm. Who wants to lie in the shade and read of working four teen hours day and living on ca at-meal and water; heeing corn, driving oxen, getting hay. &c It's too realistic. We live that every day. Wewant to read of Augustus and Ser aphina for whom the wheel of fortune ever turns exactly right. That is what is wanted when the thermometer marks 900 in the shade.
 A patriotic individual stepped upon the steps before the postof1ce the night of the Fourth. with the happy remark, "Well, this has been fine day for celebrating our glo- rious Independence" Just as he said it bot tie slipped out of his coat pocket and smashed into dozen pieces as it struck the stepstone. He continued further, ''There, how my wife will feel That was bottle of bay rum was going to take home to her." and he felt so bad Q yuQ QA rin Some byatanders thot it was the strongest bay rum they ever smelt, and one lnan who Another curious ,nussu.l ss,si1 like sdsr b.apa largest piece of the bottle and on the label it ---a-s- e.prraI Ietters Pure Cider Brandy" How his wife must have felt.
 On Saturday the village school closed for its summer vacation. Its pupils have been under the efficient instruction of Mrs. A. 0. Corning. Raspberries will have to take it now. It is really surprising how much sa- sier it is to go raspberrying than to learn two pages in geography.
 We would give two dollars and sixty-sev- en cents if we could adequately describe a lady g hat we saw at church last Sunday.
 Walter Burnham turned his horse loose for little frolie last Saturday. When Mir. Burnham wentto catch him he felt SO frisky he kicked up his heels and started on a run and ran into the barbed wire fence which Mir. Burnham has placed about the premises lacerating his breast fearfully and cutting deep gashes in his legs. Dr. Lyman was called and sewed up the gashes The horse cannot be used again this summer if ever. It was quite valuable horse. -
 On Sunday last, Rev. Nathan Whttlesey of Creston, Iowa, who is visiting his father, Sheldon Whittlesey, occupied the pulpit and preached an excellent sermon from the words found in the first verse of the XC psalm "Lcrd thou hast been our refuge from genera tion to generation" City visitors still pour into the village And the hotels at the Lake The Wilson, Loom- arwick, Carter, Hopkins, Beeman and Nor. ris houses at the lake present lively appear. ance.
 William Cogswell. short time ago. found his young bull dead in the pasture, and last week he found young COW dead like wlse. He thinks they were chased to death. by dogs. If he catches dog at it, it will be all day and part of the night tiule with that dog.
 At the regular monthly temperance meet ing Sunday night Rev. Nathan Whittlesey gave little history of the temperance move- ment in Iowa, which was very interesting. He also defined his views on prohibition. He is Neal Dow man.
 Oscar Wright, of Birmingham, is making tive weeks visit at his fathers in this viii lage. PD