Litchfield enquirer., 1858-11-18
Correspondence ofthe ntchfield Enoniret

C0rrespondence ofthe Mtchfeld EnquireE
 OBERLIN, O., Nov. 6, 1858.
 MEssRs EDrreRs, Ohio seems to be as we'll suppli- ed any of her sister States with various iss, " which flourish so finely in the moral and social at mosphere of our Western land, Mormonism for a time had its head quarters the Reserve, and dur ing that period gained some of its most steadfast and notorious adherents It's claims and principles were such, that it might have been expected to have secured the dregs of society if nothing more but it seems to have left portion behind, which, seeking the communion of kindred minds, has sctnled down in common mass at the pleasantly situated village of Berlin Flights.
 The Berlin Free Lovers have furnished material and subjects for not few newspaper paragraphs, while their principles and practices have for along time, been sufficiently paraded in the public prints Indeed, one acquainted with their character and number fails to see any sufficient reason for all the notice which has been bestowed upon them Impor- portant it is that the public mind should beplaced on its guard against of every kind the disgust ing details with which many journals abound, in their exposures of immortality and it's twin-sister crime, seem unnecessary and of doubtful propriety Their greatest effect, in most cases is in pandering to depraved taste, and giving to their objects that notoriety which they crave.
 Having occasion not long since to pass through the town of Berlin, and seeing some of the long, haired masculine, and Boomer dressed feminine members of thls community, my Yankee curiosity was excited to make enquiries in regard to this modern improvement on Mormonism. Iapprehend that most people would need no intuitive evidence to convince them of their total lack of affinity for any of the uninteresting, uniptellectual looking in divduals who compose this reformatory community. As to their personal appearance the eschew the razor and barbers shears, while the women recipro cate the compliment by donning short dresses and pants.
 The whole society does not probably number more than fifty sixty, if indeed, many as that. In their first beginnings they bought the grounds of a Water cure establishment, to which they have since added other real estate by purchase The people in the vicinity feel much annoyed at their presence in their midst, and have used all means short of vio- fence, in order to be rid of them At time, the Court in Erie county declared them a nuisance. and endeavored to dsperse them but they soon return ed again. and have since held secure possession.- They publish small newspaper. called the Age of Freedom which is filled with all sorts of spacious gumcnts in favor of their no-marriage, free love doctrines and which they have made practice of l introducing into every family in the surrounding country into which they could find entrance.
 Their whole system is only fimsy excuse for unblushing immoralties, and is a strange comment upon the intelligence and morality of our nineteenth century. do not wonder that the respectable cti- zens of Erie county view them as nuisance; but undesirable is their presence in any locality. doubt whether it is not better for society at large that such moral ulcer be permitted to exist by it. sef than be scattered and dispersed throughout the whole system Better that they should herd togeth- CT, and show the world their real character, than that they should scatter themselves throughout the community, sowing the leaven of their uncleanness among the pure and virtuous.
 Il passed through the corn-growing region of Northern Ohio few days snce and, notwithstand- ing all the croakng of the season. learned every hand that the crop was good average one. The fall has been favorable for its rpening, and the suit is better than anticipated at the commence ment of the summer. I saw thousands of acres which Connecticut farmer would consider wonder. full corn. On the bottoms in the southern part of the State, however, the yield will be poor one. The cold wet weather in the fore part of summer retard ed its growth and prevented proper cultivation But there more attention is given to grazing, and for this the season has been middling favorable. With our tolerabe good crops, and glorious Republican triumphs think may feel very we'll satisfied with the autumn of 1858 M