Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-10-01

Sept. The object fthe meeting we believe Is prn-
cipally TO sit as a Court Of Errors.
Cider.-GOOd cider can be had any where Of good
fruit, by the following method when your apples
are well ground, your straw with the juice instead
Of water; put some straw in cask next your receiv-
ing tub, with blanket on it, to rate or strain it;
then put il into good clear strong cask Immediately;
suffer it to have as little air AZ possible to prevent fer
mentatiOn. When your cask s FULL bung il up tight,
aud remove it your cellar not to be disturbed for
one month at least. This cider will retain its sweet
ness for years, and be t for botlng in four weeks
1t should not be removed in the cask It put in but
racked into another. Irthere be any one who doubt
this mode let him try cask after the above method.
Boston paper.
| Theat,sS.-From the Morning Herald we learn that
the Bowery aud Chatham Theatres, in Ncw-York,
to be closed the coming season-and that the old
Park will be the only one opened.
! a Mrs. Chlds oil West Cambridge, precipitated
herself headong into the well OF her house on We'd
| nesday afternoon. She observed to be little
dcranged, aud when she went out her husband follow
ed her. He caught her slightly BY the clothes as she
sprung but the clothes gave way she fell to the bot
tom and was Killed.. Fl. aurora.
The Royaton, VI, Advocate has been disco n,inued
for want of patronage, making four papers that have
gone out, for the Of support, in that State within
IA few weeks.-ib.
The Methodist Conference of Upper Canada have
determined to establish u coIlegein New.York, for
the education ofsudentsin divinity. printing Office
newspaper, bookstore, and bindery, will also be call
ed into existence by the same body in tina, city.
Anti-masoa,y amounts to SO little in this country
a., ;,o lc.t ,Ia
ance of the "Johnstown (anti-masonic) Free Press"
The little thing gave up the ghost after much hard
struggling, on the Goth ult. aged fourteen weeks.
Jolimstoon IN. " Herald.
Treaty sc!th the Eadians-It appears that the des-
red treaty with the Indians for large tract Of
try including the Lead Mines has been concluded;
and that the land purchased by the U. States includes
nearly all the mining country this side Of the Mis-
sissppi. 1t is spoken Of in the Gaena newspaper as
the most valuable cesson ever made to governmentby
any tribe of Indians AT any treaty.
The Indians, it seems knowing the value Of the
land, demanded high price for it: how much we
are not informed--more, says the editor, than they
would have sold for few years ago but, according
to his many times less than it is worth the
U. States. 1t is described being highly favorable
to settlers; and the paper speaks Of the beautiful
dulation Of the face Of the whole country the varie
gated appearance presented by the high hills, divided
by low and fertile valleys through which may be
streams Of the purest water meandering between the
rocky cliffs, the clear and healthy atmosphere, sc.
As the sun in all his spcndor was peeping over the
| eastern hills, newly married man exclaimed, " the
| glory Of the world is rising" HIS wife, who hap
pened to be getting up at that moment, taking the
| compliment to herself simpered out "What would
you say, my dear, il Ihad my silk gosO" on7'
A New-York paper states that Mr.. Abraham Brad
Icy, since he has been in the General Post Office has
amassed fortune Of nearly 100000 fit be so,
man has more richly earned it. [Contradicted.]
Capt Basil Hall, it is said, received from the Lon.
don publishers upwards Of 1000 dollars for the copy
Of his "TraveIs in America" pretty round sum
| for a years scandal.
The Boston Traveller states that the enerprising
gentlemen Of tho Comb Manufacturing Company Of
Cayylle r. l., ara about to transmit to the lady Of
Mr.. Clay, large tortoise. shell comb, elegantly
carved.
In town near Portland, says the Rev. Mr.. Meade,
gentleman objected to my ascribing SO much Of our
paupersm to intcmperance; challenged him TO pro-
duce single instance Of pauper in that place, who
had net been reduced to that state by intemperance
either in himself or his connexions and after consid-
cradle inquiry no such example could lie found.
Racking Match.-A racking match for the purse Of
$500 side. took place on Monday afternoon Oh the
,rorng course, Long Island, between the celebrated
horse Stranger, owned by Henry Jones, Esq Of Bos-
| ton, and the well-known horse BoOery Boy, owned
| by George Cinch, butcher, Of this ciy-two miles
and repeat. The Bowery Boy WAS rode by Freder-
| ick Talbot-.StraDger by the owner. Time. first
miles, min. 5 sec.--2d do, S min sec. The race
was we'll contested ughout-BOwery Boy winning
both heats. This rncking performed in less time
than any record.
The Vermont Herald states that q whirlwind, which
commenced at Peacham, overthrow barns twisted off
trees two feet in diameter, took up boy and carried
him some rods; sheep and colt carried in
to pond Of water, and column Of raised
| from 100 to 900 feet in the air.
Luso Lost.-Bcing in New-Hampshire, few days
ago. we found great excitement there the subject
of missing law which had been past at the last
sion Of their Legislature. The Secretary could not
find il, aud the Governor could not recollect, whether
il had ever been approved by hir'. 1t was one OF
the most important laws, which were passed during
the session. and as it represented TO u.s. OCCASION
ed more debate than any other IL is not little re-
| markable, that such law should be missing. We