Litchfield enquirer., 1860-02-09

| 'AiS nnSuy, may yet Ut AuftAe1 paeS'e~ "Asn ais ministrations.
 It is nearly nineteen, years since Mir. Parme- lees settlement over this church and until with in the past year he has been obliged to sus- pend services only for single Sabbath from i'll health His relations with his people have been, during his entire ministry, unusually pleas ant and successful Previous to his settlement, the condition of ecclesiastical affairs in South Farms was far from prosperous or harmonious. They had an old and decaying meeting house, and were much divided about the location of a new one, but mainly by the judicious course of their Pastor, these divisions were healed and a neat and commodious church was erected in 1S44, and more recently one of the best Lecture Rooms in the county. In the erection of both these buildings, Mr. Parmelee was liberal con- trlbutor, and during his entire ministry he has made cheerful sacrifices for the temporal pros perlty of his charge, as we'll as sought their spiritual good.
 As the indisposition of Mir. P. has resulted from continued close application to study for a period of nearly thirty years, in which he has been in the ministry, it is believed that by reaxa ton his health will so improve las experience so far confrms) that he may continue to perform occasional ministerial services where Providence may indicate. A. WooDBURY.-SAocaing Death of an Irish naan.-John Garrety, an Irishman, who lived in the northeast part of Roxbury, near the Wood bury line, was found dead on the morning of the 2d inst, short distance west from Botsford's store in Weekeepeeme in the northern part of this town. Justice Rogers immediately sum- moned jury, before whom the following evi- dence was given:
 "The deceased, John Garretty, had on when found cowhide boots, wool socks, two pair of over alls three striped shirts wooen vest tweed coat frock and woolen overcoat."
 Michael German called. Was with the de- ceased last night at the store, went to the store at eight o'clock, staid till about ten, drank seve- ral times, say six. Bought quart and half a pint of gin, left the store together. When a short distance, found we were drunk. Garrety felLand I helped him up, and went to the barn and staid till about daylight; left Garrety in the road, went from the barn to Garrety's house, and from there to my own house, and then to bed-was not in a condition to go and look af ter the deceased.
 1 Albert Hurd sworn.-Mr. Garrety and Mir German came to the store about half past eight they each purchased 8 pint of liquor-they drank twice, left together about nine, carried their liquor in basket.
 1 Jehiel Hurd, John H. Leavenworth and Dwight Crano sworn. Testimony not impor tant.l
 Edward Tracy sworn.-Garrety and German women came to my house about eight this morn ing. Garrety's wife said her husband had not got home, and German said he left him over ii the road towards Botsford's store-wished me tc go and look for him, as she thought he might be dead. I went and found the body in the same position that the jury see it, being parallel with the fence, six or eight rods from it did not get over the fence to the body, Ellen Garrety, wife of the deceased sworn- Testimony corroborative of the above
 Dr. Atwood sworn.-I found on examination of the body, dislocation of the neck, which was the cause of his death. He did not move after his neck was broken. made an examina tion of the stomach could not discover any al coholic smell about it. l did discover little about the brain, but not enough to cause death
 Dr. c. H. Webb sworn.-I made an examina tion of the body of the deceased I found two bruises on his head, but not either of them sufi cient to cause death. I found his neck broken he did not move after that cannot satisfy my self how his neck was broken.
 We should add to the preceding, that evident marks showed plainly, that the poor man had struggled hard for life, having during the night crawled over the fence into a field, and ther back into the road, and then up and down the road about forty rods, and finally over fence or the other side of the road, where his body was | found :; and that most of the time he was on his hands and knees, with bare hands and bare head leaving marks of blood from his torn hands, or the snow, and also on the fence, wherever he had made an effort to raise himself by it. Wher found, at 10 o'clock, he was but little frozen, al though the thermometer at sunrise, stood at l6 . below. About his chest was found considerable warmth-all of which proves conclusively, that he had been dead only short time when found and that he had been struggling for life all night
 We believe there is no suspicion of foul play It was only that Kill Devil, which is known by the cogname, Rum
 The jury came to the conclusion that his deatf resulted from the dislocation of his neck, by some cause to them unknown.
 The above facts are communicated to us by 6 gentleman of correct and reliable information.
 Thursday evening the 2d, Miss Phebe May aged 59, fell down stairs, and was so severely in jured, that she died on the morning of the 3d.
 On Friday evening the 3d inst, J. H Doughty, Esq. of West Winsted, delivered, be- fore the Young Mems Institute, a humorous po em entitled Dreams"
 Superior COurt-January Term.
 HoN. JOEL H1saAN, Judge.