Litchfield enquirer., 1854-01-19
OLD TIMES.

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 The Hartford eCdurant copies the remarks of Henry Ward Beecher at the recent dinner of the New England Society in New York, as published in our paper of last week, and says:
 On inserting the above, tie Cleveland Herald remarks :--
 We have Litchfeld-er right by us who re. members all about that stove and its advent into the meeting house on Lilchtield Hill. Beacon Trowbridge was not the only one who opposed that innovation upon she good old ways. There was Mrs. Peck. who was violent in her oproei. tion to cIas stove, because she knew 1t would make them all sick. One Sunday, in particular, after meeting she was denouncing the stove it had given her such a head-ache che was blind from pain, 1t was that awful kind Of sick head ache which nothing but stove heat could bring on ! she felt the hot aig plain as day clear over her side. When Dr. Beecher told the old lady that there had not been spark of fire in the stove all day, she "gaye ii,," and never after said a word about the stove.
 Now, we have word or two t0 say 0n the same matter. Of the whole aif.ir. we can assert, quorum pGrs nsagna fai." Vi s0leni Opp0silnn had been made lO the in lroduciion of a ''siove" in the aM meeting house, and an attempt in vain made iO in. duce tue SHcieiy tO purchase 0ne. The writer was one Of seven young men who purchased . stove, and requested permis> sian Io be allowed io put u np in ihe Meet ing HOuse on trial Afier much difficulty, the committee consented. IL was all ar ranged on Saiurday afternoon, and Un Suns day we tonk our seat in il,e Bass. rather earlier than usual, t0 see the tnn. il was a warm November Sunday. in which the sun sh0ne checffnlly aud we rmly on the tk knsA Nu,saNs duws. The stove sio0d in the middle aisle rather in front ai the Tenor gallery. Pr0- pie came in and stared. Gn0d old Deacnn rrowbridge, one 0I the most simple hesrt> ed and worthy men nf that generation had, as Mr. Beeoher says, been induced t0 give up his opposition, He shOok his head however as .he ieil the heat reelected frnm 1t, and gathered up ile skir,s oi his greal clat, as he passed tip the hraad ais!e tO the Deacnn's seat. Old Uncle NOah Stone, a wealthy farmer or ihe Weel End, mlsa set near, scOwled and mnitered at the effects If tte heat Ot' the siswe, Aut waited until nssOn pO ulteriis maledicliOns Oveg lgis nut cakes and cheese ai the inlermissisn. a.ss There had been no fire made in ii---sle day was ,Op warm and we knew il. We were t,ss, much upon The broad gFin in he very devosionaL and smhed ratherl loudly as the funny things we saw. But when the ed,ior of the village nevspaper came in. Mr. Bnnce, who was . believer in stoyes in churches. and wiihya meat eaiis> factory air. warmed his bands by ihc stove keeping his great coal carefully helweep his kaees, we cnuh ssaad ii no l0n0es, and dropi invisible behind the breasiw0fk. But the csp-sheaf Oi the whole, wss, $ the Cleveland man says. when Mts.s Peek went 0ut in the midslOf the serm0ist Il was the climax 0f the fun oT the whnle. bua was the meaps ofrecaneiIiag ihe wh0'e sa. eiesy la ihe iAnovaliOR. for aiieF the iiral day. we heard no more If ppposilian io | warm slove in lhe MeelinR House. By the way, MF. Caesesana HeraId. will yUa ask ihe liIch6eIdet whether he was . Bansum Ranger? S@gp ~sas v S3