Litchfield enquirer., 1881-07-07
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 The weather continues. Some farmers have commenced having, but make slow progress. Corn is backward. Potatoes look well; also the bugs. Rye and oats are favorable. About one-third more tobacco is set out than usual.
 The new iron bridge is completed.
 The Shakers have come into town. Dr. Brown and several others, we understand, are visited by them.
 This continuity is blessed with four phy- scians. Dr. Platt is having good practice.
 A heavy shower passed over the center and south part of the town. the 26th ult, the lightning striking in several plaaes, but doing no special damage.
 Frederick Frisbie's sons, with their fami. lies, came home to spend the sabbath with their father. During his absence from his home in Brookfeld, lightning struck and kill ed valuable COW apd two young cattle of his, also an OK and two other cattle of his neigh. Dor, c. H. Goedsell.
 -Boarders arrive in great numbers, thirteen came up on the train, last Friday, and the editor of the Enquirer, and his family, came dswn to his home in this place on Thursday We welcome them with pleasure.
 Mrs. Hosmer, mother, nurse and two children have taken rooms at Mr. Galpin's Mrs. Dr. Robinson, of Rochester, at Mir. Church's.
 The Van Ingens have taken formal DOS. session of their castle, and had for their guest, the past week, the Rev. H. w. Beecher, of Brooklyn.
 Miss Reynolds, of New York, is staying few days at J. s. Titus. We cannot name all the boarders, neither their places. Busi. ness is pretty lively.
 The cars ran over two COWS belonging to Thomas O'Hara one day last week.
 The attention of this community has been attracted the last week to the Comet, a meteor on Tuesday night, and lightning bugs the latter the most numerous. A more brilliant scene may be witnessed any cloudy evening in James Aspinwalls Bell meadow than any seen on Ivy Mountain by H. N of Goshen.
 Two births have occurred the past week : son to Henry Foulois and daughter, July 1st, to Mir. c. C. Ford.
 A Mrs. Bross, late of St. Lawrence Co.,, N. r., died at Benjamin Seeley's on Wednes- day 29th, aged g. leaving an infant seven months old. A decent christian burial was given her. Her bereaved husband has the sympathy of the neighborhood in which she died.
 MAKING NIGHT HlDEoUs. The bells of the churches commenced ringing at 12 o'clock on the morning of the 4th inst. much to the an. noyance of the inhabitants of the village. A select party visited Bantam Lake on that day.
 The united districts of Romford and Up- per End observed the 106 anniversary of h. dependence in the yard of c. H. Mason Esu Tables and seats were provided in the yard. more beautifully adorned and bountifully sup. piled we have rarely seen, on which the divine blessing was asked, and all were fed. One interesting feature of the occasion was the presence of Mrs. Abigail Ford, nearly one hun- dred and one years old, going back within four years of it's declaration who recited . patriotic ode learned 30 or % years ago. There were those present of every decade but one since. Mrs. Marilla Allen 91 ]; Moseley V. Bronson and Benjamin Mason 75. The old time Choir and Romford Band of Hope fur. nished music Sheldon J. Logan and s. H. Clark were appointed committee to make arrangements for next year. s. ;