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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-06-18

FALLS VILLAeE.-The Congregational clergy and delegates from their respective Churches and Sunday Schools of Litchfsld North, me, lin Convention, at Falls Village, on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of last week, to in stall Rev. John Edgar, pastor of the Congrs gational Church of that place, and publicly discuss the duty of the Churches to advance the interests of religion in their several par. ishes.
 On Tuesday. an able temperance sermon waa delivered by Rev. E. A. Spencer.
 The installation exercises. had in the even ing, tho sermon preached, were participated in by Revs. Ira Psttibone, R. D Gardner, J. Eldridge. D. D., Stephen Fenn and D. D. T Mclaughlin. On Wednesday morning, Rev. MT. Mclaughlin read an essay and Rev. M. Mca Dana sxtsmporiyed one.
 In the afternoon, essays were read by Fred. erick Lyman. of Goshen, and Hiram Law renee of Norfolk. \ general debate snsued, which was interesting for the reason that the several speakers were not all on the same side of the questica considered. One speaker urged that the Church ought to be constantly in revival state. Another agreed that Ma turs indicated that revivals might be expected to be periodic One speaker claimed that au- thors of Sunday School and Tract books con veyed false idea of religious life, by repre- senting children too precocious, and adults too perfect. He wanted books that would inform us of the bad deeds of pious men, as we'll as of their virtues One or two persons assumed to bs msdiators to prove that the several speakers, entertaining the most cross views, meant the samc thing.
 In the evening, the Sunday School was the topic. in respect to which n essay was preached by Rev. s. P. Marvin. Reports were then made by superintendents present.
 With few exceptions the Schools are repre- ssnted to Dc in | prosperous condition. All but two or thrse are in session during the sn tire year. \ majority ef .hs Superintenden.s, we are sorry to say, leave the teachers to e. leet their lessona at random. in any part of the Bible Most Of the Schools haye, month y, chiidrsn's meeting. All, without excep- iion, mo question books n connection with tHo Chnrchss. tsashers' meetiags ars held ysekly.
 fhursday norning ssssionsxa occupied in part by Roy. ,. Msrsh, D. D., ths veteran tenn perapoe lsoturer, md ths distinkpithsl sditor q the \. '. Pretibitioaist.
 The Falls yillage .'Bnckinshan Band of Hopsp snteFtainsd tho andisnos for half hour by singing md rshearusls, ersditsbls t all csncsrnsd Rev Mrs Eddy not bsiag pressnt te speak
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State Items.

The citizens of Hartford intend doing , "big thing'' in the Fourth of July Cele5ru tion line, this year. Their programme, as fa as published, is as follows: Ringing of Bells and a Nation al Salute. A Parade by the Fire Department. Two Grand Balloon -Ascensions. A Trotting Match for a Purse of sl 1000.
 A Graud "Tight Rope" Performance, e t Blondin, by the Denier Brothers. 4 Magnificent Display of Fire Works in the Evening, as also an Exhibition of the Drum mond Light"
 Music by the Governors Guard Band.
 Boy Losr.-A little boy, aged about Il years, with fair hair and black eyes, named Patrick Cahill, left the residence of his par- ents in Wilton. Fairfield County. Conn.,, about the 18th day of May, since which time they have not been able to get any trace of him. Any one knowing of bis whereabouts will re- lieve the distress of, and greatly oblige his anxious parents, by dropping line to his father, Thomas Cahll, Wilton, Conn.
 William B. Bishop, Esq, native of Nor swich, died at Rochester, N r., on Saturday last. He graduated at Hamilton College was member of she Assembly in 1889, and sery- ed in the State Senate in 1855 and ,56.
 The New Haven Journal says that about lily persons left that city Monday evening by boat xho claimed they were going to foreign c'imes 10 escape the draft. They gave three cheers for Jef. Davis just before they left. New Haven will be better of without them.
 An Irishmar named John Connant, engaged in tho nlanufactory of Wm. Montgomery < Son. of Danbury. fell into a coloring kettle on Wednesday, and was badly scalded.
 The receipts in New Haven during the. month ot May for customs amounted to $2s,- i1s; and at New London, to $3.78S.
 Capt. Keeler. late of the Fifth Conn. regi-s ment, appointed y the President. Provost Marshal of Oregon, left New London, Friday. tor New Fork. sn route for his new field of lab0rs.
 Dr. J. H. Smith of New Haven, extracted one hundred and fortyEteetb. while the patients were apder the influence of laughiDg gas, on Tussday.
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s0r The New Haven Register, publishing the nomination of c, L. valandigham for Governor of Ohio, by the Democracy" oi Ohio, heads the announcement .Ohio speaks r Don't say so, Mr. Register. It is libel on that gallant Sta:e. Say it is the miserable VII speak on election day, and in tones which Jeff Davis, c. [. vallandigham and even the New Haven Registsr will under stand.
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MARRIED.

At St Mich@rs Church in this village, June lIth, by Rev. Win. s. Souihgate, James. Humphrey, IT,, Editor of the ENQUIRER. and Miss Cha rlotte C. Deming, all of this town. At tho Congregational Church, in this vil- lage, June 18th, by Rev. Geo Richards. Sheldon A. Warren. of Watertown, and Miss Jane 4. Clock, of this town.
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buNsBT" AaAnsa Boys, " said Uncle Pc fef after examining the points of the animal, <
 don't nee but one reason why that mare can t trot her mile in three minutes'' They gathered around t0 hear the oracular opinion. and one Inquired, hat is it ?s x Why," he replied Fhe dlsfanes IS too great for 20 short time.
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 PArIEHcE UNDER EXTRAORDINARY TRIAL:- The Wiustsd paper says: "one of onr cloth. ing dealers received the following unique note . few days since. Itspeaks for itself:
 WoIcorrvHLE, May 8 1863. -. Dear Sir :-I do not care for the velvet collar, 90 you may do as you please about putting it on. It was no serious disap pointment, only should have been married il had received the goods.
 Yours, &c., The fellow who considers itno disappoint ment to be compelled to postpone his wedding through the negligence of his tailor, is phi losopher, sure"
 We should like to know that fellows name and address, to tender him our most dis. tinguished consideration. Under somewhat similar in6iction sue havn't been so patient.
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THE ExPLoaIoN 1T FoRr Lxos, We have received. through private letters from the 18th Regiment .. V. details of the terrible explosion which occurred at Fort Lyon, on Wednesday of last week. It appears that some Of the soldiers stationed at that forti6ca-l tion. (abost 6ffy.) were engsgsd in re-tlillng some shells in the | bomb proof, pouring out the old powder in them, and putting ln new when by some accident the cause for wtich will probably never be learned. one of the shells ignited and burst. aying into the maga- zine, the door of which was open, and there ieniting the whole magazine. which exploded with . terrific explosions There were siaseen thousand pounds of powder in the maga.lne that exploded, besides the shalls.
 The effect of the explosion vas like an earthquake, and for moment the atmosphere in the vicinity was as dark as night. Nearly every pane of glass in the house occupied by Col. WesselIsand Staff ,was broken, some of tue sasbes blown out, mantls s.pieees torn down. auo pdgto VI tu0 hootS tCitt ef.s3S tA s.-s6-s heavy door was torn from its hinges ID one of ths rooms where Theodore Vaill of Co. A. acting as Adjutant's Clerk. was sitti5S vii ting. and falling directly upon him. inflicted serious bruises.
 Twenty-three men were killed, belonging to New York Regiment. lby whom the Fort H i. -f. 2 twas garrisoned.) and eighteen wounded, many of the former being go blown to pieces that they could hardly be found. In the fields around were picked up legs. feet. hands and arms, and part of mans body was found nearly 1alf nsi1e from the fort.
 The explosion was distinctly felt in Alex andria, houses there having every pane of glass broken from their windows. Wonderful to relate, there was not man of the 18th hurt. (except Nr. vaill.) all the shells flew thick and fast all around the redoubts, which are near the Fort, where the 18th are stationed and one burst directly in Redoubt D.
 All accounts agree that the explosion was terrific, and the boys concur in their assurar- ces to us. that things seemed very lively there for whils.
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MT. Gould tells us he has already been of fsred one thousand dollars for the book, and declined it, since it is not for sale. We can conceive how such book may be priceless, since there never was another like it in the world, and never can bo its duplicate.
 -Among the list of patents granted. June 9th, we notice the name sf Jas. 5. Lyons, of "for Improvements in gun carria. ges.''
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FRtDAY. June ID.

s >3 EklDAY, June lZ.
 SENATE: Called to order st9.
 The bill incorporating tho Bostoh, Hartford and Erie Railroad company, was made tho specialorde of tho day for Wednesday morn ing next 1t 10 o'clock. ss3s
 Bill for the protection Of sheep culture,
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Puuch jckes thus on : serious snbjscs ]: P1xoz's 1Io1ro ron BR1prosoox - Vsni l YSdi 4sei ! censI And went ] And
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THE EGiSLATURE.

WKpHEsDAY, June 10. SExATE.-Called to order at clock.
 Sundry matters from the House eoncurred in. [At 10 o'clock. Senate vent into executive session.
 x Re-arsembled at III o'clock.
 Report adverse to altering charter of Hou- have power to build branch road to connect with the Harlem railroad tabled. Mir. Ben nett offered resolution favoring the petition CTS, which was ordered printed.
 Res. appointing Henry P. Havens of New London, Lewis Williams of Pomfret. and John L. Yeomans of Columbis. Trustees of the State Reform School; passed.
 Report of State Normal School; accepted. Adjourned to Thursday. ..
 HoUsE.-Conveaed at g o'clock.
 Concurred with Senate in the disposition of sundry matters.
 Resolution fixing the date of the adjourn ment of the Assembly at June 18th: tabled.
 Resolution extending the time for comple- ting the H. P & F. R R. from Waterbury to Fishkill, to July, 1866; tabled, 84 to 62, on motion of Mir. Gallagher. who wanted the House 10 have time to consider the matter be fore passing upon it. Reports of the Winsted Savings' Bank and Stamford Savings flank, which should have been presented to the Bank Commissi oners. and the House voted that the reports be sent back to the parties who presented them.
 Bill that no insurance company shall limit the time for the settlement of claims to ps- riod less than two years passed. $ The special order. the election of Judges of tho Superior Court, was called. and bal lot for Judge. in place of John D. Park, was
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setnovledgs the receipt of IF. 0o6aHin sAnnual Iegislativa statistic.,' for ths l>1lat ysaf. N cpdvin promises to be anothst enlIs Isd x in point of sg.. iDdu.. tsy snd a5aI tIal somnupiaatious to ths public.
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sfaI anA 6IDnnit eivs.
LIFCHFlELDs

pfat am1 01unuIll s LII.
 LIFCHElELDs ..soldier's Aid Association of this village. it will be seen that Mr. EDwARD s. GouLD, of New York. is to give Course of Readings, from Shakespeare and other writers. during the Summer. in aid of the Association, csmmen- cing on TAursday nezt. June 18th. The we'll known accomplishments of Mir. Gould in this line of entertainment, and the very worthy object to which he 50 generously offers to contribute. Eill secure the intersst of all our generous hearted public. and secure large au- diencss to the Readings. and large returns to the fand.
 Rev. Mr Richards' lecture before the Wolcott Library Association. is given this evening. at the Court House. 4 full atten- dance is expected and will be had. Tae sub ject of the Lecture interests all, and, in the hands of Mr. Richards, will be ably treated
 The lectures aad readings to follow Mr. Richards in this Course, will be announced by advertisement hereafter. Altogether we are promised considerable entertainment for the Summer, and in aid of most worthy objects.
 | WONDERFUL CURIOSITY We were shown tue other day one of the most wonderful curi ssitiss in the penmanship line we have ever seen. It consisted of book of fac-similes of the signatures of over thousand of the most celebrated men and women of this century, and what is most wonderful il, that all were done 5y one man, with his own pen. Among the thousand. we recognized many signatures with which ws became familiar in our auto graph-fever days. and can testify to their wonderful accuracy, ,niceness and truthfulnsss. It would seem that they must have been penned either by the very authors them selves -pr most happily copied by photograph ic art. There srsnumsrous signatures of Na- poleon, written at various periods. some of them but an iliegible cypher; signatures of Washington, at various ages of his life of all the Signers of the Declaration of Inde pendence; of all the Presidents of the United states; signers of the Constitution Crowned Heads of Europe; Actors Divinss; Poets Warriors; Historians; Scholars; Men and Women, eminent in all the departments oi life. and in every land under the sun. And when we reflected that every one of these was written so,th pen, and 5y one man. our aston. ishment and wonder in viewing this remarka ble production grew too great for words. We were told it was the labor of years, but this we could more readily appreciate than that it was the production of one man. Its author is Notary of New Orleans. and still living in that city. Whst wonderful power o imitation. what amazing accuracy of trans- cription, what boldness, what genius, wha power that man possesses is beyond our pow era almost to conceive. It is only by seeing by rejecting. by reviewing, again and again this astonishing specimen of the mans geniu and power, that one can approximate to au appreciation of this most wonderful 'Wondsr Book"
 The volume, together witha 2 complete inde, to all the names. is in the possession of Ed
 ward s. Gould, Esq, the shaksp erian scholar now spending the Summer here, and we ar, I
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-07-04
Cure for Poll Evil.

The Germantown Telegraph says: Some
persons regard the poll evil as incurable. 1t
is sometimes called fstula. No matter how
long the sore has been running, it can be
cured in a brief time, and at cost not ex-
ceeding ten cents. One dime spent in mu-
riatic acid will be sufficient to effect a
radical and permanent cure of the most
stubborn fstula. The sore should be first
thoroughly cleansed by some abstergent
fluid; and for this purpose pure water is
perhaps as valuable as anything that can be
used. Drop eight or ten drops of the acid
in twice day till it has the appearance of a
fresh wound; then wash clean with soap
suds made of CASTLE soap, and leave it to
heal, which twill speedily off the acid has
been used long enough. Shouldit, however,
heal slowly, apply the acid second time,
and in the manner above described, taking
care to wash out the pipe thoroughly. and
it will be found an infallible remedy in the
most inveterate diseases of this sort; but it
must be remembered that in order to do so.
the acid must be applied till the corrupt OF
diseased flesh is all burned out.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-07-04

most important and bene6cent undertaking of
our time, and believing that it will. with the
generous aid accorded it by Congress, prove
highly renumeratiVe to its stockholders,
we are anxious that it should be pressed
forward with such energy that the days
spent in its construction shall not exceed In
number the miles of its length; and We be-
lieYe every dollar Of the stock will be taken
and duly paid up by our own people if the
opportunity to do so be fairly and fully af-
forded them. Let it be built with cash in
hand, and everything bought at cash prices,
and we shall confidently expect not merely
that it will pay good dividends from the day
of it's completion, but that the first COM
pleted third of it-that which stretches
from the Missouri to the eastern base of the
Rocky Mountsins-will pay fair interest
on it's cost, even before the residue is con-
structed--as we are assured it will be-
with an eye single to the great national in
terests involved in it's success and with rigid
economy in its disbursements, and it will
prove an honor to our country and to the
century,"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-07-04
FARMERS DEPARTMENT.
How to increase the value Of Cow.

How TO Increase the Value of Cow.
Every one who owns cow can see at a
glance that it would be profitable to increase
the value Of her, but every one cannot tell
how 10 do it. We can, and we think every
one can make it equally palpable to our
readers.
If COW is kept for butter, it would GER
tainly add to her value if the butter making
properties of her milk should be improved.
In summer or winter this can be improved
just as the yield of cultivated crop can be
improved by what is fed to each, and it is
simply question Of will it pay, III manur-
ing the one or feeding the other. Indian
corn will add to the quantity and quality of
the butter to a very sensible degree; and it
is simply a question of easy solution, by
experiment, whether it will add to the profit
of the butter-maker to buy corn at one or
two cents per pound, and convert portion
of it into butter at twenty-five cents per
pound, or whatever the market price of corn
and butter may be, and another portion of
it into fat, and another portion Of it into ma
nuIe-for that is the natural result of chem
ical change produced in the laboratory of
cows stomach. The same result will fol-
low any other kind Of feeding. Good pas
lures will produce an abundance of milk,
often as much as the cow can carry; but it
does not follow that it will not be proper to
feed her with oleaginous food to increase the
quantity Of butter, just as it sometimes
proves profitable to feed bees to enable them
to store more honey. 1t certainly does ap-
pear to us that the value of COW feeding
upon ordinary winter food, may be almost
doubled by making that food suitable for
the purpose of increasing the quantity of
milk, if that is the purpose for which the
cow is kept. Farmers generally understand
that they can convert corn into beef, pork
and lard, and some of them know exactly
at what price per bushel it will pay to con-
vert 1t into these substances; bnt does any
one know at what rate it will pay to convert
corn or any other grain into butter, or any
other kind of feed into the dairy products ?
Is the whole business a haphazard one? We
fear SO. Some persons know that they can
increase the saleable value of butter by add
ing the coloring matter of carrots TO it.
Does any person know the value of bushel
of carrots fed to cow to increase her value
as a butter producing laboratory? Expert
mental proof upon this point would be far
more worthy of agricultural prizes than it is
to see who can show the largest roots; for
by few carefully experiments
we should be able to increase the value of a
COW almost at pleasure.-N Y. Tribune.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-07-04
Wool.

Ii is estimated that the clip of American
wool, this year, will reach 1000, 900, OOO
pounds. California alone will send forward
10000 pounds against 100000 lbs.
last year. ...
The wool crop in Michigan last year. is
put down by James Bull, of Detroit, at
6, 100000 pounds. Average price 461 cts
a pound. He estimates the yield this year
at $40, 900. The average price of WOO
in Michigan in 1860 was IS cents pound
The present price is so to 60. In January
it was 80 and 81. A fine lot of new wool
(3OO pounds) sold in Detroit last week al
so cents.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-07-04
Pacific Railway.

The undersigned will receive proposals
to furnish four thousand (4,OOO) tuns OF
railway iron, or any part thereof, for the
track of the first section of the Union Pa
ci6c Railway Company, Eastern division. -
The iron to be of American manufacture,
of the best quality and to be delivered
either at LeavenWorth or Kansas City.
Communications for the further informa-
ton 10 be addressed to the undersigned, or
10 Samuel Hallett & Co., No. So Beaver
street, New York. Terms, cash on de-
livery. J. Z. FREMONT,
Pres't U. P. Railway, E. D.
NEW YORK, June 9, 1868.
Relative to this the New York Tribune
says:
1.-The advertisement first printed in our
last for four thousand tuns of American
railroad iron, wherewith to commence lay
ing the track Of the Great Pacific Railroad,
marks an era in our country's history and
progress that We cannot suffer to pass with
out remark. 1t is the best possible refutation
of the idle and malicious tales importing
that this great enterprise is not TO be pressed
vigorously and steadily to its completion,
but is to be somehow rendered subordinate
TO personal interests and sinister purposes
Regarding the Pacific Railroad as no
merely the boldest and grandest, but as the
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1863-07-04
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY.
Beginning of a New Volume.

THE NUMBER FOR JANUARY, 1863, BEGINS THE
Eleventh Volume of the Atlantic Monthly.
EROM the commencement, in 1857, the ATTAIN
Il TIC has rapidly increased in circulation, and
it now has the largest class of readers since its
beginning, five years ago. It's prosperity stead
lily augments, and it continues, amid all the f1uc-
tuations and dangers incident to our national
crisis, to gain ground in the estimation of the
public. AT a time pregnant with events which
touch the future destinies of America in every
vital particular, the Publishers and Editors do
not deem it necessary to promise that its pages
will never swerve from the honest paths of loyal
patriotism and universal freedom. It's opinions
have always been the side of Liberty, Pro-
gress, and Right. and the course it first adopted
in its early career will ever be faithfully main
tanned.
THE STAFF OF WRITERS, regularly con
tributiHg to the ATLANTIC MONTHLY, embraces all
the best known authors in American literature,
and warrants the Publishers in promising to its
readers,
The Best Essays, the Best Stories, the
Best Poems,
Which American talent can furnish.
LIST OF REGULAR CONTRIBUTORS
In Prose and Poetry the " Atlantic . Staff of
Writers is unequalled. The following authors
are still among the regular contributors
James Russell Lowell Henry w. Longfellow
Louis Agassiz, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathan
lei Hawthorne, G. @. Hazewel, T. w. Higginson
Author "Margret Howth, = Mrs. Julia W. Howe,
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Mrs. II. B. Stowe, Harriet Martineau, Charles
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riet E. Prescott, Robert Z. S. Lowell, j. T. Trow-
bridge, Edward Everett, Professor A. d. White
IL The leading l0riters of America. II
TERMs.-The ATLANTIC is for sale by all Book
and Periodical Dealers. Price % cents a lumber.
Subscriptions for the year, $500, postage paid
supplied by any dealer, or by the Publishers.
Specimens sent gratis On application to the Pub
fishers.
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Mr.. Ruggles, sutler of-the 9th Regiment,
has from three sheep he sheared. respect
lively, 12, 139 and Is pounds of washed
wool, making 4ot pounds from the three.
MIR. B. has flock at Neosho Falls, among
which are some as fine Merinos as can be
found in the West. Can any one beat this
acknowledgements Times.