Litchfield enquirer., 1856-03-13


 MR. EYlroR: It seems due to those who have been actively engaged in sustaining course of lectures before our Association, that few ey- plantations at least, should be made of the statements which appeared in yeur last weeks paper. It is true that course of lectures was promised-it is equally true, that it tsas eon- silcrcd desirable that the course should ifressi- blc, consist of twelve lectures. The exact number hoHeycr, was never advertised, nor has ticket been sold with the understanding that any one was bound to furnish tmetrs lectures. It was we'll known that in most of the cities and towns Of our State, eight or ten lectures ce:n- posed regular course. We we're however in hopes to find without difficulty, twelve gentle men of ability who for a reasonable ccmpensas ton would be willing to lecture before us. It was supposed generally understood that there could be no regular lecture evening, and even if tho anticipated fact, that we should have to leave the matter of time, in q measure to the Lecturers themselves, had not prevented this I am sure the experienced inclemency of the win ter, laying an embargo at times upon all travel, would have been sufficient obstacle. The committee have left no means untricd to have the lectures as frequent and as good as possible. They have in one or two instances, beeli diSap- pointed after having positively engaged lecturers from distance and advertised accordingly. So much in justification of the past. We have al- ready had eight lectures, and IS to the future, thcigh the contrary seems to be taken for grant cd to your paper, it is proposed to have four more as soon as possible !; in fact we had hoped to be able t6 advertise in your columns last week, a lecture from Hon. D. J. Peck, an exten- sive traveller and eloquent lecturer, but not knowing definitely the evening lie might bc cx- pcctcd we were unable so to do,
 I have not written this to find fault with your article, but to deprecate any attack upon those who have done all i'll their power to secure for onr citizens an able and interesting course of lectures and beg of you, vent your anger against the weather, the railroads, the lecturers who refuse to come because our fund is small, or any thing else, but spare the committee, that some may be left to carry the chairs and benches from Bucklcy's Hall to the Court House and uioe rersa, and enjoy tho other ptiSi- lcges incident to
 A MEMBER OF THE ESEcrfivE CoAAfrrkE.
 e6T The Executive Committee should have realized the magnitude of their task before they assumed the duties of office The lectures were suspended, without any explanation to the pub- lie, before any "embargu' was laid upon travel. lectures was pfonIised by the executive com m;ttec if he will examine the advertising col umns of our paper fast December.
 But we had no disposition to went our anger against said Committee they nave undertaken a labor for which they are entitled to the warm est thanks and should receive the hearty co- operation of every resident they certainly have ours. We would rather, however our friend had told us why the four or five promised lee lures from our own townslnen have not been delivered than that he should have spent his time in making statements so easily dislrorcd as some Of the above.
 MR EDITOR A party of the ladies of Ban taIn-Ealls enjoyed the sleighils in the iadcrend- erce of leap-year fashion on Tuesday, the 4th inst. The affair was conducted with much glee,