Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-20
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F U Mf LlTChFlELD ERAIEhSAL bhofHEH' ia B Having. afier very considerable commotion sonee more pitched my tent,' heightened my seords, and stakes, (for time at least,) have sleisure for thse Once, twice, thrice, if moi .oftener, am given to understand thou hast Fin the plenitude Of thy wisdom and power Hgiven thy Woodbury Fraternal g sly dab sunder the fifth rib, touching | certain railroad s swhereof l, at this :instant, will say nothing sOnce thoh dids't extract something from cer' staiu Gazette of Norwalk, edited by full gblooded 'wag' formerly an associate of mine, Ethou ddst then and there let thy editorial ] whip / crack about my unoffending ears.- Again, thou didst dispatch me 10 Stamford, further away from that everlasting railroad. SThen again dids't thou locate me where at present am, and also destine me never to hear stbe cheerful whistle, unless I would climb the abrupt precipiee it the rear of Lit enfield fcity Now what is it that can have so pos7 Isessed thy brain, thou inveterate editor? Isl lit railroad on the brain,' or something less| material and more spiritual? Surely there| must be something at work in that intellec- Itual machinery perched on the apex of this| wonderful County. (wonderful, because youI land live in it,) beyond what is eommon.-| What is it? We'll do I know thou livest in al lively atmosphere Lawyers and judges, his torians and poets are all about thee; great men are thy compeers, and would-be Govern ors thy counsellors; and yet not quite can understand that thou shsulds't not be statistical with thine eminence, and be content to let usl alone here in this valley of .seclusion, whereI the meu generally only wake at ten o'clock A. NJ, and some of the people yet vote for Andrew Jackson.
 But, seriously, brother, what makes thee sol .fuN of that railroad? What facts hast thou q Because companies get up D new survey, anal capitalists talk large, and Litch6sld is fat tered. is that anything? Suppose they say| they will come to Litchfeld-does lhat make it SC ?-that alter certain great natural facts, and certain established laws of trade, that ever have governed, aad ever will govern1 --------sa -saas-haxs.-Ihis lsta ru1ug VT s1I~ pocket, thou wag, and not of the brain sdito rial. md thou wilt as soon turn Bantams i'm | mense inland ocean into the Caspian Sea, or (what would be the greatest achievement 1nI earth's history,) turn sthe Democratic party of| the State into wise men, az change one iota off those very natural laws of trade, that everj govern in business. Now the problem is, to) get the railroad from Bristol basin to Fishkill. Is not that it! We'll, it is already dug to| Waterbury. say, literally dug flor knoW| of no railroad running through region gi7lngI more unmistakable proofs of labor than this Well, this ditch through those rocks brokel the old company. This is not disputed Will the new company, unless they are fools, gi7el lup this ditch and start of anew somewhere| .iurtber east, and break themselves down byl cutting another of toward Litcbfeld? Not lthey, until they are candidates fer Bedlam.- Tor will they start from Waterbury and turn north up Litchfeld hill? Tell it not in Gath I publish it not in Askalon What then will they do: Why, like sensible men, they will extend it, straight from it's present termina- stion, by the most direct route possible, right 3to Danbury, and on west, and that route, it is {already settled, is NOT THROUGH LITcHFIELD. Now, thou brother, thou hast got to submit I ito this. Much as thou wouldst delight to have Providence and Boston tied to Litchfeld by an iron cord, and so thou be suburb Of the kub of the Universe that shall never be ;- ' but Litchffeld shall remain old but homored ] Litchfeld, the Enquirer one of it's chief orna- ments, and thou. brother, its waggish but
 wicked eye. Ever thine.
 POMPRASG. # Wo6d5aru Aprii lU 1865