Litchfield enquirer., 1881-12-01
LITCHFIELD.

Mrs. Colvocoresses and daughter leave to-
 row.
 The bridges of the Shepaug k. R. Co. are
 1g thoroughly repaired.
 MT. Solomon M. Wheeler succeeds Mir.
 dley at the Island Hotel.
 MT. Hubbard, our sick printer, is recover
 after his severe illness.
 There was ball at Armory Hall, on Fri
 evening
 There was a meeting at the Episcopal
 pei, on Wednesday, St.. Andrews Day.
 Ion Saturday last, the knowing guessed on
 her big hog. Most of them overshot and
 lomaston man carried of the prize.
 The fowage committee have reported in
 pr of Neville 6 Co.,, and have allowed MT.
 Il $15O damages.
 ID. c. Kilbourn of Litchfield, will lecture
 Bantam Hall on Friday evening, Dec. 2d,
 he subject of Temperance, lecture to begin
 ] o'clock.
 MT. Charles H. Woodruff and his family
 for New York week before last. This Ses one more mansion on South Street Jed for the winter.
 The Echo Farm Company has bought
 ut three acres of land of MT. Lewis c. tchkiss at Bantam Falls, on which their building is located.
 MT. Matthew Cannon has sold about lt acres oeland in Northfield to Mir. War
 J. Catlin, for $200. Report says MT.
 lin will build thereon. next season.
 Tine concert and. reading of Mrs. Harwi
 MT, Smith attracted small audience on ssday evening. These who were there. pun we have seen, do not speak very highly
 he entertainment.
 "A party went down from here to Water y to see Booth on Monday evening. They v him act part of Hamlet. in ''citizen's tines ;' the Ghost without even coal scut-
 for helmet, and Ophelia in a "tie back" recent construction. They were greatly de- hted with the great actor.
 The annual report of the Shepaug Rail- d Co. shows about $61, 900 gross earnings,
 about $15, ,000 net earnings. There has n an increase of passenger receipts and a rease of freights on last years report. out $4, 800 more than last year, has been mt on repairs, large proportion in the rchase of ties.
 The Circulating Library has received the dsome donation of one hundred dollars n lady of this village. This is a noble -mple of generosity and we wish it might widely initiated, so that the Libraray might even more useful and acceptable to it's lnbers than it is new. We understand that
 present liberal gift is to be deposited in the Hings Bank as a permanent fund to be ned from its donor and the interest of it will used every year for the purchase of new bks. The citizens of Litchfield are never in responding to any special call on their ievolence, but it is seldom we are called up- to chronicle a spontaneous act of liberality
 real public spirit, and we therefore do it ;h the greater pleasure, and congratulate Library on it's good fortune. N Seldom, if ever before, has old Litchfeld own such Thanksgiving homecoming as witnessed last week. About twenty y-five our young people are absent from town, winter, for the purposes of education, on Wednesday most of them returned their homes, and, doubt if the old stages er before crept over the hills so heavily ighted with bright, youthful faces. happy arts and cheerful anticipations as on that y y. Long may the old fashioned Thanks Ping Festival be observed and honored ty the recollections of it's home, reunions M d pleasures, form to our sons and daugh- s, they go forth into the world, one of their ongest safeguards against evil, and ever be erished among the brightest and happiest emories of their youthful days. O. On Monday the winter arrangement of lins on the Shepaug R. R. went into effect
 this arrangement the mixed ttraiu leaving awleyville at HOO a. m. will connect from w York at S.05 8. m. Bridgeport 10. Ie a. m. d New Haven 35 a, m. The train leaving tchfield at 300 p. m. will connect at Haw- Fville for New York, Bridgeport and New hven. Tue Monday Special leaving Litch- laat 9.25 a. m. will connect with trains ar- Fing at New York at BOT p. m., Bridgeport 50 p. m. and New Haven D. m. Re- 'rnlng will leave Hawleyville at 7.2O D. m. 'nnecting from New York at 4.3O D. m., Ridgeport 5.30 D. m. and New Haven 4.12 m.
 |-Our young people who came home to lend Thanksgiving were favored with bright |nshine and little skating which they en- syed. Our streets seem quite deserted now lat they are scattered again to schools and lleges, but Christmas is coming, and SO we Ppe are they. Besides our own young neo- e Miss Bessie, Woodruff brought from Farm Egton Miss Bigelow, of Minnesota and Mir. o. Woodruff brought two classmates from |ale, Messrs. Flanders and Wells. These rec with the brothers Hubbard, and Messrs. klel, Mclaughlin and Vought made strong lowing for Yale, 80 that the exciting ball Pws fIom New York, Thanksgiving night las received with great enthusiasm. Mir. Panders had to cut short Litchfield festivities
 serve his "Alma Mater" in a football latch with Harvard on the 26th, and won bother victory for Yale. We missed the easant faces of Bostwick and Richards. but |ere glad to see the medical fraternity from lew York, Messrs. Belden and Demiug. |hile New Haven sent Mir. Judd, and Hart |rd iIs tull quota of Litchfeld boys, sedg- lick. Adams and Howe. and Miss Adelaide 'emiag as well. Saratoga and Andover were Pt so liberal and kept their share of Litch- Fld good things to themselves; but St. Mar fret's, Waterbury, sent Miss Fanny Hickox. Pd Stamford Miss Minnie Braman. We ust Christmas will bring them al again.