Litchfield enquirer., 1881-10-27
New Preston.

sent U to some New II Ofk IfleuGsa
 MT. Lewls Hart, of Marbleiaie, is build- ing the addition to c. W. PieKssts barn..
 Nearly all of our citizens were at Litch- field the past week as witnesses inzthe fauhous Goodsell and Hitchcock law case.
 Walter Burnham returned, Saturday, from his extensive western business trip.
 s-The sHousatonic Ray. 'nnder the head ling of :,disgrsccfui couduct, SAYS our citlzen, Watson cogswel, in the company of a dis reputable woman acted in so shocking and teastly manner iu 'hat village, last Monday. that they were both arrested ,sand put in the lock-up. They were b6th grossly drusik4 at the lime, but were released under bonds of $25 each. to appear for trial in four weeks. Two New Milford men gave bonds for Cogs- well. and Oogswell himself gave .ds for the woman. 1t seems strange that tbe trial stiould be delayed 50 long, if, as the Ray says. the conduct of tlie precious pair was such as to send them to State Prison. But perhaps it is to give Cogswell chance to iu,pannel a Texas jury and prove his previous spotless and immaculate character, It's really too bad now, is mt 1. that we didn't vote license in lhis town. Then We might have had this beautiful little play enacted righ, under our own roofs as it were. Yet. it may be better, sas they havsGa lock-up for 'sucn' :.critterss that such law abiding, sober adliersnts of law, ~ortier and decency, should go o%.whereg they can find every convenience for their welfare. The Gazette" said it was ''the Hon. Watson Cogswell, from New Preston," but this may be mistake for we believe it was the last named individual who ran for constable on the democratic ticket at the last elect ion, and of Course he wouldn't comlnit any such crimes and misdemeanors any more thau-tban- than Turk will take Russian. bath, or a Baptist be immersed. yf
 Frank Grant has gone to York State on a long hunting expedition.
 One of our best young men. (when we say ''best" we mean best looking as well as everything else), Heu,au o. Averill, was married, last Thursday at tue Episcopal church, Marbledale, Rev. Wn. Pecx ofticlat. ing, to Miss. Bertha, oldest daughter ot eKaiph Buckingham, Esq, of Aiarbiedaie. As we did uot have the pleasure of attending the ceremony, we cauuot tell how the bride was dressed .sGut if we only lundeistood sLorlhandI We could tell you all about It, aud more too, for We heard five women talking about il ali at once, but now, as we werecsileet tue cUnver- satlon, it floats before Us as a coufusedemass of, ''Olive colored plush h-'perfectiy lovely: :' green satin.' Q ny, quite top oyerpower- fuAy charming" -sO, yes. out did you notlce' -''Ihe hat Was ot owe plush, decorated with feathers to match" Chat seuteuce We dls. tiuctIy re,nember). ..Ecru colored gloves, |" "black silk, cardinal satin waist, drab silk, black silk, brocaded silk, b,,dice, drab hat, feathers, laces," &c. &c., and every little while were iuterlarded between the sentences such phrases as, ''anexpressiOly sweet, ss'ab! solutely lovely" perfectly charming" magnificent, ''qulte too utterly beautiful,"' 70, exquisite !'' ''too charming for anylhing,' 70, dear! 0 my! O. yes, o certainly" etc Wen, after we had listened three quarters of an hour, the above is all we are able to tell you of the conversation. We leave you to imagine
 Rev. Dr. T. L. Cuyler was the guest of Rev. Heury Upson, a few days of last week. On Friday evening Mir. Upson's friends as- ,fc listened 10 what Dr Cuyler is pleased 10 call talk" And a very interesting talk it proved to be. He said, siuce his return from his travels abroad, he had refused innumer- able applications to lecture on what he had seen, but as he was always willing to add to an eyeai6g's pleasure ewhea itaay iaEhi bower he weuldl tell ds little of his irayels, but he must do as he had heard they built ships u Maine. There they build them three or four miles long, and then cut off sections, sometimes large sometimes small. to suit the orders they receive. Sp,1 it was bnposslLle t0 tell all he saw in one short eveulng, he would slice of piece. The piece proved to be concern. ing Egypt and Palestine He told us in his pleasing way, but not till he had alluded to New Preston as the birthplace of Horace Bushnell and had pronounced encomiums on ,fGrand old Bushnell mountain, as he called the mountain at the mouth of the lake which Dr. Bushnell himself named Weantinaug-! not till he had praised New Preston as the place where this great man had spent his boy hood did he talk of Palestine and Egypt, He told of the Suez Canal, &'tte Dead Sea, the Nile, Pyrap,ds, Jerusalem. Joppa, the Gar. dealofsG Gethse aens, etc. Ntie gave san inter- esting description of, the people. their man. ners, dress and customs snd mode of living
 etc. The talk was very interesting and was one hour and forty minutes in length, and yet the time seemed short to everyone. We hope it may be. our pleasure to hear him again some day. '
 Last Sunday aighs gthe Qngswelfs boys, who were e6ropteto church, saw | fire near their residence on Baldwin Hill They Shas. tened to il and found tie most vene. able, an cient man ever seen. dressed in rags and tat. ters, warming himself by fire which he lad built near large stump in the edge of the woods. q He said a man told him he could buil'l fire there and stay all night. He said he was just cut of jail, where he had been conflned twenty, i've years for stealing horses. He also said his age was i04 years. Evident. ly he is insane. It was lucky the whole for est was no set on fire, They ordered him of the premises andGhe wended hts louely way
 owsrd Washington
 Eu-A Sunday School conference sf all the Sunday Schools in the towns of Kent, Wash ington, New Milford and Warren will be held t'n Thursday tue 27.h at 1, p. m., a, the Con. gregational church. on New Preston Hill. Everybody is cordially invited to be present. k yw gE YAYMy GSy A f E IHT~- --.- ------->