Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-11-28
THE ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, NOV. 2S, 1883.
TO, OUR PATRONS.

TO its readers is perhaps foT determine. II
affords US some consolation however to reflect that
large proportion Of the original subscribers have
IinOed to receive aud promptly pay Tor the paper
through the whole Of this period. When we commeU-
ced its publication, we considered rather haz-
arious undertaking. Scveratrarers had been cs,ab-
lshed in this town, continued for briei PERIOD and
then went down for the want Of adequate patron
age To avoid if possible like fate, determined
to bring aid tolerable degree Of industry and
perseverance, good share Of prudence and economy,
and determination to maintain an independence and
consistency in course, and ahi6e the decision oil
the people Of Lilchfed county whether they would
yield us a support. Thus far we have been enabled
TO hold on our course'-and though it has not been
our good ioruNe to gather together much Of ",his
worlds goods" yet we can rejoice that we have not
been obliged sacrifice the little piitance which we
b.ough, hither.
la the conduc ting Of this paper hereafter, ne hereto
fore, IL will he endeavor make j. q vehicle Of
intelligence, rather than of party violence and ramcor:
medium through which informa,ion Interesting and
instructive the community, may he impnrted rather
THAN stir up strife, and ember the feelings Of
por,ion Of fellow citizens against another. We
claim no indeed, in tho party conflicts Of the day
neutrality for paper which do not feel; but we
do not intend to make parry politics the paramount
object Of our paper ], has been exclusively
devoted I" party that we could not do justice to
she feelings and motives OF do we intend
il ever shalt be.
Such or our subscribers in this and the neighborng
towns Indebted to us for papers would greatly
oblge by remi,,ing the balances due mt early
day possible. We have number OF little accounts
Cor advertising and job work scattered through the
country which should also be very glad to close.
About this time of the year "we want money and we
mast have it," O. Our Subscribers in the village will
be waited upon with their bills in Ee ~ days.
Torn Meet'ng.-lt may not be amss To remind our
townsn,cn, such Of them do take due " note
of,ime," that i've annual meeting in October las,
atjnurRea To the first Monday in December next.
committee appointed, consisting Of five Of our
mos, investigating citizens, to make Inquiries, and to
present report giving their views the best means
Of supporting the Town Poor. The committee have
Cor time been engaged in the business Of their
appointments, and will 40 doubt make detailed report
Of the result Of their deliberations and nvestig
A mass Of facts, we understand, has been collected,
with which all would doubtless he glad he made
tSuantcd The proper Of the poor is n sub ect OF
the utmost Importance to the town and one upon
which thevs - always % much sens,veness any
0,kev whatever the expense Of their support is
one o. the heaviest burthens which the town has TO
LeNr. We the, e(Dre that fellow citizens from
nil parts Of the will feel Efficient interest in the
meeting Monday next To give their puncinal aen-
dance and hear the report Of the then
they can act uoders,andinsy upon the whole matter
Mr. Clay left Troy aad Aibtay E,r New-York on
hloWlay morning Of asi week. In the former place,
he was presemed with splendid Rife (kenluckians
proud Of good riAn) manufactured in that city,
and sundry other small but beautiful aud rich articles,
among them very elegant Fur Cap, which took the
premium at the late Fair Of the American Institute,
New.York. In ALBANY, rs the weather was Incoming
cold, be was presented with a superb Cloak, the cloth
Of cosrse the manufacture Of the country. Onbis way
dow the river he stopped for shor, time Hudson,
at Po"ehkeepse, aud a, NewbuGgI', where the steam
boa, hr"nged with HE people, all eager to take
by tie hand this distinguished Statesman
Mr. Clay reached New.York on MONDAY night
o" Wednesday he went over to Newark, where he
,Het with the cordial reception that he had
ceived in all the manufacturing towns and villages
IRE VISITED various manufacturing estabisHens ana
among others Mr.. Rankias extensive hat manufacto-
~ and Messrs. Smith & virgins saddery shop, a, The
former Of which he presented with Fiat Of the
richest fur. and the latter with Gan elegant, Saddle
aSd Bridle, aHd full caparson for horse, (excepI
"a colIar)" and address by John P. Jackson Esq
"Aer being visited by the who's 9Dpnlaon, says the
Ny. Daily, Mr.. Clay ahou. half past o'clock step
ped into splendid coach, entirely new. the manuac
tire OF John Clark & Son. After being driven ibro'
the principal Of the Town, drawn by sin horses
accompanied by cava!cade of citizens the whole
company proceeded 10 New-York, 10 the American
Hotel in on, Of which they arrived about o'clock,
when Gen. Dewey made an appropriate address To
Mr. Clay on behalf Of the citizens Of Newark, prescn
ting the carriage to Dir. Clay"
Messrs Clay and Van BnreH.-II was given out in
the New-York papers few days since that these two
gentlemen would each visit the Theatre the same
ning Major Noah proege Of Vans, gives this brief
accoum, Of what followed the annuDciation:-
ave stated ia our paper last evening that Mr. Clay
and ME-. Van Barren would both he at the opera, and
we're congralulang ourselves the prospect OF See
ing them together 0 harmony and good fellowship
we knew that Mr.. Clay's friends were cooked and
primed 10 give him cheering reception, march,
ed sone dozen Of rank and file democrats into the
pii with ruied shirts add big whiskers. and they cried
kroy~o Land md much 10 Dolut AZ Of the