Litchfield enquirer., 1860-08-23

New Milford over ninety years of age is eight sEl over eighty and under ninety, forty-eigght over seventy and under eighty, one hundred ana SIX teen. It is stated that the. census taker Ill New Nilford iosnd thrssiol maids, who were each two years younger than they were n lsoo.
 - A severe storm passed over .l here on safn5day last, accompanied with very heavy thunder and lightning, the latter striking an elm tree in the centre of Maine Street.
 1.-The following we are requested to publish by all parties s4 94 <, Ma. EpTroR -Y lou Hiill recoaect having pub lshed in the last number of the Enquirer under the head of New Preston news, notice request ing the friends of good morals and IenPssranee to meet at Union Hail. on Friday the lstn lnsts
 Said meeting was. called to order by D. Ill 1hsl Patterson; Hon. Geo. Hitchcock was chosen Chairman F. Conn Clerk Daniel Il. Patterson' J. H.. Bennett, Nobio Napoleon Rolles, Com lmittos on Resolutions "A cemanitsee was then chosen t6 enforce the present existing Sunday Law in relation to the sale of intoxi xicating liquors. N ssis. s,a|
 A vote was tilefl taken to ascertain whether q majority ofthe citizens of this community was in favor of enforcing the socalled Maine Law. which was liegatived by unanimous vote 5, s Ihe Committee then returned and offered the following resolutions which were unanimously adopted :-a tf5tl f't I. i Resolced, That the harmony peace and quiet of this community demand that individual inter- ests be leftientirely to themselves. That inter- ference by the clergy, band of heretics or company of cotton spinnefs must inevitably re dound to our injury as 9 business community. Resolue,7, That we be our own judges as to what we shall cat, and what we shall drink, and wherwithal we shall be clothed. That We will support whatever religious denomination or per suasion our own consciences may dictate. That we will endeavor to suppress all manner ol deceit and hypocrisy, islander and defamation, 1 backbiting and evil speaking, hatred, malice and all uncharitableness that may tend to derau'; 1 Resotred, That all men have right to the pur- suit of happiness. That driving to and fro by any person whether on Sunday or any other day, in manner that does not interfere with the
 Fnblic Peace, ought not to be regarded as pc nal offence and any individual prosecuted for so
 doing. shall be sustained by the order loving and ! law abiding citizens of this community. ,.E
 ResoleeoS That tho use of Intoxicating liquors
 is no more prevalent in this community to-day
 than it has been for the past twenty years, and
 the prosccution and oppression of one or two in
 dyiduals for the aggrantsizement of others, is in
 t!:e highest degree unjust and reprehensibla, and or spectacle citizens of our community. {
 Resolred, That the conte1nptible sneak who has called us, together hefo tonight. and who has not the moral courage to place his signature upon it, deserves the condemnation Of all who calthemselves men.
 ResoIrea. That the-p -proceeiiRgz of this meet
 ing together with the resolutions be published I the iIrcHFTEr.D EsoulEER. or such other public journal as our com,iittec may deem proper. F. CoSN, Clerk. - ANOTHER AccouNT.-The "Tcmper anee' and /" Neral Reform Meeting held al
 '''' rs-i-l,v Evening, was a co..,p,-,t. ons ;ot.ft"ffo" to the Rumoc''ncy' or the op posing party The latter turned ont in full force carried everything with strong hand, and te
 conclude, drafted and passed set of Resolution:
 condemnlRg temperance, principles and temper ance men, in terms too low and slandcrous for , respectable man to endorse or even rcpeat
 Judging from the past, temperance men must
 see that energetic action is necessary, rathe,
 than loud talk and public meetings called by
 anonymous warnings. What next?
 1 A" Pic Mic" was held on Monday in
 the grove back of the Furnace composed most.
 y of the Rev. Mr. Canfeld's friends, the Pastor
 of New Preston Church some thirty years since
 who IS now in New Preston on a visit. Mr.
 Garfield publicly gave any of the conpany her. mission to rake anything but the S25o which he invested in the Waramause Iron Comnonv years ago. at * a~t
 New Hartford. a.- -.....,.r..s -.. ..lts.
 No little interest was excited in the Conere- gat'onal Church in New Hartford. on the last Sabbath, by the disposition which the Pastor Rev. Mr. Spencer, made of printed letter ad- dressed to him.and circulated among the people of his his parish by. clergyman whose name is Short, living in Winstod. .- -..
 In few words, and in quiet way, the Pas. tor stated that he had given no occasion for the letter, beyond allndirg in public speech to . mere historical fact, and then exposed the sec tartan design, and ignorance of its author so eff fectlvely as greatly to shorten the Rev. gentle man, already too short in point of manly honor and Christian generosity. Sectarianism finds little favor in this Parish. .-5 ...E ROxbrIry. &
 Some weeks since Mr. Thomas Dascomb, a bonnet bleacher of Roxbusy, was proceeding ur- on gunning expedition, accompanied by his dog, when the animal became mad and bit his master in the wrist. The dog was Killed, but as the wound rapidly healed and no fatal injury was apprehended, NIT. Dascomb had almost forgot ten the matter until Saturday last, when he was taken seriously i'll with unmistakable symptoms of hydrophobia. The most violent paroxysn,s followed, and continued until Saturday afternoon, when death came to the selief of the sufferer.
 Woodbury.
 At meeting of the First Congregational Church Sunday School, held on Saturday the 18th instant, apleasing incident occurred, which is fully explained by the following: %
 NY YoUSG FRIEND II have the pleasure of IL.