Litchfield enquirer., 1881-03-17
LITCHFIELD.


 Mir. John Sepples has taken possession of the Clock place.
 Most of the schools close their winter terms on Friday. The attendance is better than last year.
 MT Norberg will remove from the house near the East Mill to the Peck place in Spen- cer St.
 WANTED Any person having copy Of Kilbourn's History of Litchfeld that he is willing to dispose of can obtain liberal price for it on delivery at this office. Mir Joseph H. Hopkins had sap-hou'e burnt in Northfield on Wednesday night of last week with about six cords of wood, buckets, and other material for sap boiling loss about $90O
 The Lecture of the Secular course, for Thursday evening. will be given by Mr. Hen D. Minot, at the Congregational Chapel, at 73O o'clock. Subject: ''Our country, its wealth and character as explored by travel" Samuel AddIs, son of Seth Addis. whs formerly resided in this town, died in Middle town, Feb 18th, and was buried in Roxbury. He was but 26 years of age, was civil engin- eer and stood we'll in his profession.
 On Friday one of Mr. Starr's wagons loaded with sawdust broke down in drift on the road to ths Naugatuck Station. It hap pened to be just where no one could pass, and the evening stage was delayed an hour or two till the wagon could be removed
 MT. J. E. Morris, the we'll known piano that owing to his having undertaken the tun- ing and repair of St. Michaels organ, he will be unable to begin his piano tuning in this place till Monday of next week, when he will take tn at matter in hand and attend to all or- ders for piano tuning
 -Biglow & Son came near having grand conflagration at their mill on Wednesday af- ternoon last. Fire caught in their drying room, but was discovered by MT. Charles Big low as he was going from the mill to the house. Luckily the flames had made but lit- tie headway, and were sxtinguished after burning big hole, some ten or fifteen feet square, in the roof. The damage is about $500 fully insured.
 Repairs are progressing rapidly at St. Mchael's. The galleries have been removed, the plastering taken off, and new coat ap- piled in it's place. The organ gallery is fin- ished also, and by the time the clustering is dried and the organ placed in it's new position the church will be ready for use The remov al of the galleries is pronounced great i'm proveuent by most who have seen it's ef- feet
 The Senate has rejected the resolution in- cooperating the Bantam Vigilance Society, after the following remarks as reported in the Courant:
 Mr. Seymour being called on for an expla nation of the objects of the association, said he knew little about it. but it must be all right or 1t would not come from such place. He believed it was an organization for the proven tion of horse stealing and illegal fishing.
 Mir. Colt said the reason assigned heretofore for granting special charters has been to enable the companies to do business with foreign companies. He did not suppose this associ ation had any such intention, and if they wished special organization they could effec it under the joint stock laws. The resolution was rejected.
 The House passed the measure and it hal gone to a committee of conference. Int Courant 'irreverently ngre6xess, ess,..th .the hefadtn( very next day after rejecting the Bantam measure the Senate passed resolution incor porating the ''Torrington Fish Association Why this discrimination against Bantam!
 St. Mchaers congregation on Sunday was neatly and socially packed into the chape where we must worship until the church is re-modeled. The services were peculiarly interesting from the heartiness of the respon ses. No one was afraid of hearing his voice come back to him in august echoes, because his neighbor at each elbow was as audible as himself. The choir sang well compacted in to the little southeast corner, and indeed il was refreshing to hear aresponsive organ again however small, instead of wheezing utterances from the indurated lungs of our diseased church member. Choirs breathing harmony are al. ways harmonious; and so they, impelled by the gentle undulations of sound, acquire simi. lar motions of body, called by the uninitiated squirmings; but our little band was as music sounded sweet to our ears. These ser vices suggest to hoary head like mine the meetings we used to have in the Court House thirty years ago while the present church wa. being built. The Rector who then preached for us, died long ago, the survivors who were young with him are now old, and the aged are all gone. Following out this train c, thought we come to the excellent sermon or the Temptation. and try with our Rector te discriminate between the grotesque medieva devil, the gorgeous, artistic personal devil ot Milton who 'lay floating many q rood": the ? intangible devil of our day, seeking entrance into all hearts, and so hard to shut out. In deed our enemy would not let me keen my mind steady even on himself long enough te md out something about him, but distracted me with the idea that while chanel service cultivates personal amenities like book-le ing etc, close contact gives enc new psyche logical insight. try to listen and am think. ing of Garfeld's cabinet-I don't mean tha, the devil need trouble himself about that-o, of note coming due at bank confess to these secularities, and we men knew their i'm portance, but my neighbor. woman, IS stead ny looking at the shiny places on the black cashmere shoulders before her; and know she wonders who has got the most null abou, her neck. LusDr.