Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-16
LITCHFIELD.

Baker and Brinsmade advertise the Buck eye Mower and sell parts
 Use Selleck's Flavoring Extracts. Strictly pure. Fer sale by Ganung & EImore.
 -Mr. Amos c. Bishop has sold 22t acres of land in Milton. to Patrick Cahill for $25O.
 Mir. Wm. H. Plumb has sold a small piece of land near the Vaill homestead to Dr. Abby K. Vsill.
 Judge Seymour has sold piece of land on tine west side of Meadow Street to Alex. ander Grosjean for $45O.
 Mir Henry Munger has sold piece of land with buildings thereon in Northfeld, to Dr. Charles l.. Blake for $350.
 Mir Eugene W. Meafoy and Miss Ella D. Gibbud were married on Tuesday evening. They started away immediately on their we'd ding tour.
 -Only 14O dogs have been registered. The selectmen have the names of several delin. quenis already. and will have to push things or be subject to fine themselves
 We are requested to say that the Post office will be closed at 9:30 p. m., and on Sun- day will be open from l2 to 1, p. m.. and 5:3O to G30. ?. m.
 MT. KoehIer, taxidermist, is stuffing two fine bald eagles which were shot at the lake, last week. One measured six feet four inches from tip to tip; the other, five feet eight inches.
 The Torrington Register comes out after the fire with 'patent" inside as well ss out sde. It will naturally take some time to get running again, although a local colnmn ia promised hereafter till the new office can be set going.
 MT. Foster, of West Winsted, will be at the store of Wessells and Gates, on Monday d0meslIc wooIens prepared to take orders for anything in his line. Persons wishing good custom work, should give him call and ex- anime the new line of Spring Goods he is pre- pared to exhibit.
 Rev. R. s. Eldridge, of Yalesville, will lecture in Bantam Hall, Friday evening, June 17th, at 2. o'clock. Subject. "The Hill Diff fculty." The Bantam Cornet Band will fur nish music. The proceeds of the entertain ment will be devoted the purchase of Sunday School books to be used in the village. Tickets l5cts., children 1Octs.
 AN AoooMPLlsHRD FRENCH TRAoHER. Professor d'Henzel the French teacher, whose success in this city as an instructor has been something marvellous. will leave tomorrow for Litchfeld. where he will spend the sum- mer. He will return in the fall, when he will again resume his classes Over one hundred pupils from some of our best families have patrOnized Monsieur d'Henzel during the past winter, and thera are many who will await his return ,n the fall with pleasure Hurt ford COurGnt, June 7t.
 Tine Circulating Litrary is now open ev- cry Saturday afternoon from 9 to 5, D. Ill. The following new books have been received {: Monuments History of Rome, vols Fin. erson's English Traits; Carlyle's Reminiscent ces; ThOreau's Early Spring in Massachusetts; Gold Elsie; No Name Series. 8 vols. Happy Go Lucky Round Robin; Geo. Sands COnsuelo; Elchoff's; Sword of Damocles ;; Blessed Saint; By the Fiber; Bailiff's Maid 1; Parton's Life of voltaire, vols. A Fair Barbarian.
 The services of ''Children's Day" at the NJ. E. Church, on Sunday afternoon were quite interesting. The church was tastefully decorated with flowers and cages of birds. The exercises by the children of the Sunday school were we'll sustained, considering the short time allotted them for preparation, and the addresses by the pastor, superintendent and others, pleasing and instructive. A con. tribution of SIS was donated by the congre- gation, to the object for which the service was held, viz: to assist young men of limited means to pursue their studies for the ministry. Next Sunday. services will be held as usual ; afternoon subject-"Paul, Tent Making"
 The Superior Court has been engaged all last week, and Tuesday snd Wednesday of this week, in trial of Toehy's Appeal from Pro bate. The matter in question is the will of Mir. Myron B. Wheaton, late of Marketable. The appellants claim that Mir. Wheaton was incompetent to make will, h the first place and in the next, that the will was not proper iy executed under the statute, which provides not only that the three witnesses whose sigma lures are required by law shall subscribe iu the presence of the testator, but that they shall subscribe in the presence of each other. Woodruff. Brewster and Turrill for appel. lants; Andrews, Huntington, and Baldwin for appellees.
 From the following extract from Dr. J. Hammond Trumbull's tract on Indian name, in Connecticut published in Saturdays Ccur. ant we are glad to see that the local appella. tion of our lake and the village near it has worthiet derivation than that usually given
 Bantam or Bantaham (Litchfeld). If of Indian origin, which is nearly certain, mus be a corruption of peantans ''he prays," ol praying, a word used to designate Chris tan Indian ; and it may have been an appella ton of the local sagamore, or of Waramaug the sachem of New Milford.
 This is great improvement on the Bantam chicken derivation now prevalent, and in bet Ter keeping with the character of our popula tioL.
 THE GOLDEN AaE.-Oue might surel, think we were living in it, here in olt Litchheld. since within a year and half have occurred, in each of thre, houses on South Street, standing side by side aGolden Wedding. The first was Septemhe 18th, 1879, that of Mir. and Mrs. Geo. o Woodruff. The second was on October 9th 1880. Mir. and Mrs. Origen s. Seymour (Mrs. Seymour being sister of Mir. Wood run, and Mrs. Woodruff a sister of Mir. Ssy mour) and the third occurred on Wednesday last, June 9th, the parties being Mir. and Mrs James E. Parsons-- the father and mother o Mrs Geo. M. Woodruff, at whose house th celebration was held. We cannot give all tn credit of Times kindly treatment to Litch field air as Mr. and Mira paraona bav. zoe;