Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1835-11-12
THE ENQUIRER.
LITCHFIELD, NOV'R le, 1896.

AEEOnFAEA1D, NON'1 Ia 1850
The MGssackmsetts ElecfiOn Tor Governor, Sc. ioOE
place OH Monday last. We have not heard any thing
Oft the resu. Edward Everiti is the whiR candidate
Tor Governor, and Marcus Morton The jackson and
antimasonc parties. Ia Consequence Of 1he complete
uniOH 10 NANNY parts Of the slate bewee" the anIima-
aud Jackson men, reSoluiOnize the Bay State,
are prepared hear Of y large increase Of what
will be called Jackson strength, a0d close contest
though we cannot believe bSt that Mr.. EveriIt will
succeed. '.H' .."t ~ -tr-it
NesO- York.-The annual election Of Members Af
Assembly 10 the State Of New-York, took place lasl
week. No organized exeriions were made by The ops
p0neO's Of the administration. In the CITY OF New
York the Wings very generally abstained from the
conflict, and left the Van Buren, Men ~ regulate mat
tiers IN their own way. The consequence that
the latter being relieved from all external pressure,
were at once divided among themselves and gave
toll play 10 their Hmabie prOpensies in abusing each
other. The party split into two grand divisions the
one ranged under the regular Tammany leaders, sub
ject TO orders from the Albany Regenry-ihe Others
consisting 0G SecedeTs from the main body. who,
willing 10 I've used any longer the tools Of the Tam
many leaders, were determined 10 set up for them
selves. The oracle Of the former was the Times;
while the latter rallied under the banner Of the New
York Evening Post. Neither Of these prints at
all backward in doing justice The merits offs oppo-
nen's, aHd between them both the character Of the
entire democracy of the city has been pretty
ly delineaied. Tammany Hail has been The scene Of
arrange proceedings the pas, week. Each division OF
the party had lis respective ticket for the Assembly.
and tor a Member Of Congress, D place of Campbell
+. White, resigned. The regular TEAMMATES sup
ported Gidro" Lee, fr Congress The radical Tam
NAMES NAMES. e!ios the Esenine Post party, s"ppor,ed
James Monroe as candidate for Congress, was so
'uppor,ed BY the " Native American Democratic As
sociation." The regular Teammates prevailed by
small plurality, 5..-. .. ...... . -.. ~ 49,.
So far the Hartford Couran,. The nnmber Of votes
given Tor each Of the candidates for member Of
gress was as follows: Lee l0,0O7-Ferris 3634-Mun-
roe 8s55-Major,y for Lee over Munroe 1852. Had
the wings ru" candidate, he would unques,ionably
have succeeded. Kings county, which, lac, year wen,
for Van Buren,, has hisyea gone the o,herway--and
Rensselaer,, uice rersa Besides these we have no,
heard that there have been many changrs Very In
tie interest felt ia the elections and bu. few votes
polled compared With the election last fall.
The New-YOrk Times, the organ ofihe Van Buren,
party, in commenting uron the res", "f the recent
election in the city, Ia which portion Of the Tamma-
ny pariy up candidates in opposition 10 the resu-
larry nominated ones, Says Rigid adherence 10 dis
cipl"e and party usages 10 Indispensable and most
hereafter he s'rc,ly enforced. No bolters no dissen-
'on-bfeeders should be tolerated among Us. The ma.
j"ry must rule in the selection ofcandidaies This 10
Fundamental principle Of democracy. Here is the
genuine doc'rine by which the party" must be gov
erned Principle is entirely laid aside, and oisci-
pli"s and party "sages" take it's placea"d this pro-
claimed 10 be democracy" The moment an indvi.
dual presumes doubt the nfaliihy Of the leaders
Of" parry 10 designate candidates, and VOTES
cordng o.,Ie dictates of has conscience, he is
be denounced az unworthy OF further communion with
"democracy." We'll, well-if this he so, don't
bnt ,lff Of these Sha he in,nuied
hereto for s'rayng from the democratic fold
And il we should be deprived of the full communion
Of The "eyerasting big democrats hereabouis, wha,
awful calamity 'or Litchfe!d county would bel!
A CUriosty.-A gentleman left office this
week Tor the inspection Of the curious, where IL
s la sized Turnip, raised in the part oflhis
town, closely resembling i" appearance the lower part
Of the pIomp leg and iooi Of a healthy chd-the loo,
with the exception" Of the heel is perfect, and the
extremity are FIVE projections very nearly resembling
human II is Of the curious agric uural
contormations that we ever beheld. E'sA y f't'
Still iarger.--A turnp, raised in the garden Of Mr..
Samuel McNeil Of the sos,heast part Of this town,
was shewn to last Saturday, which weighed ~ 3-4
lbs. II had been previously washed clean, all the
branches aud torn off, and had been pulled two
or three weeks. One had been taken of which
i, 10 believed ~ouId have weighed nearly pound
Mr. McNeiIl has raised pn,npkn his farm weigh.
ing Ga lbs. Cannot this be beatenf ,
The Beater.-A gentleman writes us by las, mail
tbu, does srsd he vegetable, as voucherJ ,ha
Capt Eras,us Lord. of Ellsworth, raised his garden
this season turnip weighing fifteen pounds and eight
Onnces!
az H@#- 4s - q.
Mr.. Adams-I was glad to perceive 10 your iasl
weeks paper notice calling upoa the subscribers
ihs contemplated Improvement" in this village TO
atend public. meeting 10 adopt for carry
ing into effect the object Of the subscribers. II may
be aiss remark, for the information Of ma
ny Of our townsmen abroad who might feel disposed
assist that this plated Improvement consists
in grading and Isveling the wide streets abou, the
Pebble Green 10 reader them in Ct condition to
enclose with railings, and set Ornamental trees
thereon. Al present. the East and West Streets esps-
cially the latter, Presen,s very uneveE snd in
places unseemly sight. With the improvement which
10 prOposed Litch6ed already far famed for ihe beau
y Of its location, is pleasant streets. enchanting land
scape. and salubFi'y Of air will become Of The
pos G got the most, delightful villages IN NewEng-
tand. II will besides have tendency 10 render real
estate more valuable, by attracting strangers hther
who might not otherwise be disposed 10 visit IT, The
already subscribed tabou. 5000 will do very much
towards accomplishing what has hitherto been several