Litchfield enquirer., 1856-01-24
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LIT HFIELD: Thursday Morning. Jan. 24, 1856.
L1TcHEIELD-xow AND THEN.


 tion from last week, we take occasion at the outset to credit Bro. Clarke of the Mountain Co. Herald, and our correspond. ent $ H." with their articles founded on our previous observatio ons-and to assure them that while we tender our best bow for their complimentary words to ourself, they have missed the figure entirely in the construc- ton they put upon what we wrote. Our object was plainly stated. We aimed at the evils specified not because they are hopeless-but the reverse. We should not waste our time and boots in kicking dead dog. We trust Bro. c. and all others will find there is life in old Litch6eld yet al least, we do not give it ur.
 We sketched last week the features of an evil to-day we shall speak of a remedy. We are not vain enough to say the remedy, as if in it were monoply ofcurative pow CT; nor should we even dare announce it as practicable-if that term must mean likely to De put into practice. The difficult ty, however. consists not in the method it. self-(we shall give a fair working moder but in just the cause which has bafiled many an ingenious or useful scheme, viz want of means. Find the men willing to carry out feasible plan of reviving the prosperity of Litchfeld, and we will give in the specifications. The ancient repute and thrift of this village accrued in great measure from its educational provisions. i It was the seat of an Academic and Pro- fessional school, each eminent in its class, and attracting large numbers to the enjoy l ment ot it's peculiar advantages. TEe re- placing of like Institutions may not be possible but doubtless in some we'll devised ! Academic establishments we are to seek, if any where, the future welfare of this place. ! We speak of establishmeats-for the same 1 inducements that would recommend the site for one equally encourage more than one 1 First Glass School. In neighborng town are six or eight private enterprises of this nature well sus,ained-yet no location can surpass our own for attractive beauty-for salubrity-and for the valuable prestige of name widely known as associated of old ] with literary instruction. It may be doubted whether a superior School in any other place could be avaiIed at once oi great CT facilities in the way of favorable intro. duction to notice throu ghout our lsnd.- ] The emigrant sons of Litchfeld are many, 1 and the foster children of her Law and her Female Seminares are more-all cherish 1 ing pleasant memories of the Hill." Its site would be an advertisement to such 1 School. It could not tail of success Ex- periments have, indeed, been tried and ] abandoned. They were doomed from the outset. Neither sectarian enterprise nor one launched without means can hope 10 maintain itself The idea to be realised is tha, of well founded Boarding School of the highest grade. Such an one-yes half dozen such-could be permanently filled. We need not point out the direct and the incidental benefits that must accrue to the town as the known seat of thor ough and refined education. They are ob- vious enough, and extremely vaIuable.- But how to enlist men in this desirable undertaking That. of course is matter of discussion. l, is worth discussing. It is worth while to oconsder-if by some means the attention of able Teachers with capital which they mean to invest in the business of Education cannot be directed 10 Litch- field. There are such men, anxious to dis cover the most promising localities for their purpose. A small fund expended in adver- tising the peculiar advantages of this si,u- alton through the leading presses of Boston, New York and Philadelphia mis Int result well-or some other plan might be devised. Surely the object itself deserves careful regard.
 We rest here to-day-not having finished our remarks-not having in fact yet hit on the head the precise nail We mean to drive. Next week We shall try that experiment.