Litchfield enquirer., 1839-08-22
THE ENQUIRIES. :
LITCHFIELD, AUGUST se, 1880.
SILK CONYENTIoN.

II hoped that the good people Of Litchfeld Coun-
ty will net forget the silk Convention 10 be holden in
this Village, on Wednesday the 2sth instant II is
understood that . number Of gentlemen from differ
ent paris Of The State. vel ini0fned this interest
ing subject, practical ailk cturaliss win Be present.
and take part ID die pSoceedings Of the C0nven-
ton. If our citizens win generally attend, they can
judge for themselves Of this new branch ofnatlral
industry. NJ oets frsr.,f. a as i
= The Superior Court Of this County, Judge Sher
man presiding commenced it's session in this village,
on Tuesday last. A number Of the most important
civil cases have been withdrawn-and bat few Grim
inal eases on the docket. .s-ss i .r...
~ Gustavus F. Davis, late Teller Of the Phcsnix
Bank Of Hartford has been appointed Cashier d the
Branch Bank, in this village.
OATs.-A stalk OF oats, measuring feet in lcgth,
and inch in circumference, was left at this Office on
Friday last grown on the farm of Mr.. Edward FRS.
bic, Of Washington. Who can do likewise fl7
We have on hand d lot 81 herdsgrass heads, meas
uring from IL to IA inches. which have been 81 some
days accommodating No one has yet rivnled Corn.
wall in producing the longest or largest heads. We
believe Litch6eld has formerly claimed Tho longest
heads. but d tho present time. Cornwall takes the
lead.
REIIc FROM THE HoIY I4AaD.- The Rev. Mr. Jones
Of this village, showed rs, few evenings since,
small ffagmen, Of the Rock Palestine, GU. Of which
was heSvn the Sepulchre. in which the body of the
Lord Jesus wasladrafi his Craciixion on Mt, Cal
vary. Il was piece Of marble, of clouded celor
the shades being Of reddish hue /. was presented
him by Mr. Cady, native Of Wolcottville, who has
recently been travelling Palestine, now q part Of
Turkey in Asia. The Empress Helena, the Mother
81 Constantne Great the first Christian Emperor
built Church over the sepulctre. where our Re-
deemer was laid This Church was erected in the
third century but was afterwards destroyed by the
Saracens. and mosque bull, on i,s ruins. g[ u
Physiological Lectures. Mr.. j. NJ Graves, 81 Nor
witch City, is now ia this village and il delivering
course of Lectures on tile Science of Phrenology.--
His first Lecture was given on Monday evening last,
and was said 70 be highly Satisfactory Mr.. G. seems
10 be thoroughly familiar with the subject so far dc IL
has been taughtby Drs. Gall and Spurzheim. Ma
ny gentlemen of the Medical Faculty have been.
thoroughly versad in this Science, and seemed, at
least, to have key for ascertaining the prominere
who were strangers. Il is a Science, also, which ma
ny have taken great pains TO investigate. Without
expressing any opinion in regard its truth Or aiacy
we would leave the public to Judge for themselves.
SILK RAIsIve.-We had the pleasure 81 viewing
the cocoonery Of Messrs Wolcott and Morse, now in
operation in this village. day or two since, which
certainly is worthy the spare moments Of any and
every individual They have, as correctly AZ can be-
estimated about ONE HuNDEED AND FIFTY THOUSAND
WORMS now in progress and in various stages, from
one week old to the stage of winding. These yora.
colts animals, Informed consume Eve bushels
ofleayes per daysat the preseR, time blu, few days
hence it is expected they will devour double that
quantity go 6aSa 9fF} 'ea
The WEArHER for week past has been Of a very
disagreeable nature in this region the farmers looked
lncnrnfuly. and are rather discouraged at having
their corn laid PROSTATE, and being deprived Of gather
ing their hay crop, The time is beyond memory, that
we have experienced 60 cold and windy as,crm in
the month of August, as we have endured the past
week Fires have beenlneceseary 70 keep any way
comfortable. Monday showed come symptoms of
breaking away lin extacies our al perched himself
in the highest window Of the old brick" and COM
menced putting his cigar saying the Clouds were on
posed to his smoke, and he'd soon set em on the co.
Professor Espy has been lecturine in N. Haven,
oil late upon the changes Of The weather. and some
thng may be allotted 10 his experimenting ingenuity,
concerning the late storm,
TIE LAST LEGISLATURES s. There has been. and
still continues to be. tremendous hue and cry among
thelocO focos about the great length the last SEES
sion Of the Legislature Of this State Its not denied
that the session longer than last year. but not
aslong as in 1884, when those dear friends Of the PEG
pie had the power, and held hut halliday sessions;
neither is it 70 be denied that The majority Of the last
legislature made every effort in their power TO finish
the business soon il could be done with propr-
ety. But tho question s who is to blame for the ses.
sion being continued one moment longer than ALSO.
lutte necessity required. We anewer wirha fill con-
ylction ofthe truth, thatit was the locos Hany one
wfiake the trouble to examine the journal ct the
House Of Representatives which s Published and in
every town in the Stateihey will siod our answer to
be true The minority threw every obstacle in the
way their ingenuity could invent 10 protract the bu.
siess Of the session and they were finally driven to
calling the yeas and nays on almost every question,
a,ey having numbers sufficient 10 do il by the rules
OF the house. They called them fifteen times One
day. and eleven times out Of the fifteen they were
called on motion Of L. p Waldo The loco foco aboi.
tionst' and the question was generally whether A. or
B. should be a Justice Of the Peace The session
must have been prolonged least ten days, by de
worse than useless efforts Of the loco ocos; and con.
ient we are, il the people ofihs State could be con.
WINGED Of the truth. Loco Focosm would never again
have 4 representative in the legislature. sss
49, 5 1879 ..sst4 Il. 49,
Il is often remarked BY the Loco Foc6s that they
not opposed 70 banks that they are useful ipsii
tuticns, and ought not TO be deslroyed and pre-
snmed they are honest in their views and feelings,
when they make these declarationss Bot how are
,hev dacevsa and la into the s,,,o,s Of men whose