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Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
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 .a . w52N.--, t ] t3e ys1 Are you bald ,e .ts..,5gn,,,.g,a Y Does your hair fall off --@~ Has your hair become thin? iififnS / Does it feel harsh, aud dry and fever Is it turning gray before it's time 2loYSN Are you troubled with itching, burning sen sation of the calp? Are you troubled with Dandruff 2 tec! Are you troubled with what is called Scroll ula or Salt Rheum
 . Have you had the Erysipelas an Ilost your hair s---.. Have you had the Measles, and l. it? Have you had the Typhoid Feve and lost it! ', --,-'5s '' T ''' ''-' - - ''' z ''e : Have you had the Brain Fever, al lost it ? Have you lost your hair by any st' ness? Do you wish luxuriant hair ?o7 .12 Fi Do you wish soft and lustrons hair. ,,,-,F Do you wish gray hair restored Do you wish your whiskers glossy?f 5l Do you wish thein restored in colorl7 Do you want a dressing F- 'u4<<A| -'' Do you want it for your childrenitEs Do you want it for yourself. for father or mother, for brother, sister or friend? Do you want to make present?
 Do you want a perfume for yonr toilet? Do you want a harmless article? Do you want double distilled article? Do you want a cleansing article? Do you want the best prepar tion out for dressing, stimulating, protecting, restoring the color, and rendering soft, silky and Jus. trous the Human Hair?
 If so, we warrant
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
Travellers Insurance Company.
 MAIN STREET. HARTFURD.

Travellers Insurance Company, MAIN STREET. HARTFURD.
 CAPITAL, 10000 Now prepared to insure persons against
 ACCIDENTS,
 OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Yearly policies will be issued for a premium o
 Five Dollars. granting insurance to the amount of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, against accidental loss of life while travelling by any public conveyance.
 TEN DOLLARS PREMIUM secures policy for S5O00 and s25 per week compensalion-ior personal injury incapaeita- ting the assured from his ordinary business. TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PREMIUM secures full policy for S5OOO and S25 per week compensation for all and every descrip- tion of accident, travelling or otherwise. Policies for $500, with S3 per week compen- sation can be had for S3 per annum or any other sum between $500 and 5000 at propor tionate rates. Gustavus W. Davis, w. H. Calender, Jas. L. Howard, Geo. W. Moore, Marshall Jewell. Ebenezer Roberts, Chos. Belknap, Jr. Charles White, Tornelius B. Irwin, Hugh Harbison. Geo. s. Gilman, Jonathan E. Bunce.
 JAMES G. PATTERSON. President.
 RODNEY DENNIS, Secretary. 17y1 HENRY A. DYER. General Agent.
 GEO. NJ. WOODRUFF,
 Agent for Litch6eld.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
AerilllturaI.

nr TrrxrxExr or WET LAxDs.-Iti is found 1y actual experiment that the cranberry can Hs grown to good advsntage on those wet and cold soils to be fouud on greater or Jess ex- tent on nearly every farm, which in many in- ss.nses are waste lands, covered with hard s..t, or other worthless vegetation. Previ- ous to the present high prices of labor, the eest of rendering such lands available, by un- dsrdraining (the usual method,) averaged sbout $40 per acre, the cost now would proba- b,v be double that sum. In many instances sueh lands become sufficiently dry to admit of being plowsd by the first of July, and if de- rirued for cranberry field, a crop of buck cheat should then be sowcd and we'll harrow Id in. and when harvested the land should be again plowed and narrowed, and marked of vish . corn dray one way, and the cranberry plants set one foot apart in the d,ay marks The next year the cultivator and hoe may be used to ezterminate the grass and weeds, after which the hoe only should be used for that purpose, and the roots of the pl ants should be allowed to extend each way from the rows.- Thus treated, the, vines will soon employ the whole ground, and so continue for long term of years. The gathering of the fruit is done rapidly by means of rakes and implements adapted 10 the purpose. The annual yield of sn acre in eastern Mass. is sold for S400. If the land is not properly subdued by single crop of buckwheat, plurality of crops should be applied, and the surface made as even and smooth as practicable for the seof the har- vesting implements. The apple tree is also found growing spontaneously and giving good crops of fruit on some of these wet lands; 10 convert one of these tracts into an orchard the blowing may bs dispensed with, and the young trees imm ediately set An experienced erehardist names the R l. Greening, Roxbury Russet, Baldwin and Fall Pippin as adapted Co wet lands. When the tract is extensive, it will probably be advisable to set large por- ton of it to sweet apple trees, from the very earliest to the latest varieties No farmer can Do uuaware of the great value of sweet apples for COWS in milk, and for fattening eattie and swine, and even horses. Portions o2 the oth srwise worthless grasses and evsn Bushes usu- ally growing on these Ian ds. may be cut yearly and thrown around the trees as . mulch and fertilizer as they decay, and the orchard thus becomes self fertilizer for many years. The ornamental striped or ribbon grass often seen In gardens, is remarkably adapted to wet lands, and is relished by all kinds of farm stock. both as hay and pasturage, and grows with great rapidity, seldom yielding less than two large crops of hay in season !; and there are several other methods by which these wet and nearly useless tracts of land may be rem dered profitable to the owners, without incur ring the great expense of understanding.
 A. B.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
CURE OF CAIARRH.

From Rev. Fred. S. Jewell, Professor Of
 State Normal School Albany, N. Y.
 This may certify that I have bean, since l844, subject to violent periodical attacks of cat;srh. marked by a highly inflamed condi- tion of the lining mem hranes of the cavities of the head producing most distressing species of headache for days at a time, wholly incapac- itating me for business, and during the parox- ysms contining me to the bed. In some in stances the inflammation has extended to the teeth, occasiohing toothacbe; 10 the throat, producing hoarseness and partial loss of voice; and twice ii has so affected the left eye as to contine he for a month or more to a darken- ed room. These attacks have been accompan- jed by strong febrile symptoms by stoppage of the head and, in the first stages by watery discharges from the nose subsequently becom- ing acrid and yellow, and towards the close of the attack beroming bloody and purulent. have tried medicines of almost every kind external applications to the heal such as cam phor, ginger. hot handages. and lamentations of hot vinegar snutfs of some half a dozen kinds, and other catarrhal preparations, to- gcther with internal remedies such as altrra lives. cathartics, and cosmetics. These have produced no change in the occurrence or char acter of the disease, and in most cases, with little or no temporary relief. 1 had come, at length to believe the disease to be practically beyond either cure or material allcviation
 Under these circumstances -wos led. some five months ago, to make a trial of pr. Lighth ills treatment. His method at once app roved itself to my judgment as simple, philosophical, and likely to be effective. Notw ithstanding the disadvantages under which it labored, in dealing with disease of such long standing, aggravated Ky nervous debility and dyspepsia, and constantly induced by the accidents ofmy professional labor, I found the treatment reach ing the disease as it had never been reached before, and producing such a modification and alleviation of it's character, as had supposed impossible. I chronicle the reaults thus AL though have been situated several times so that should formerly have believed severe attack of my catarrh inevitable. I have es- capped thus far. The symptoms of threatened attack have been very light, and have yielded to the remedies applied by Dr. Lighthili. with out need of recourse to the old lamentations, or emetics and the discharges from the head have resumed the original and natural condi- tiou. That have been able to obtain so ma terial a relief. Is to me cause of gratitude. Tn that alone am repaid for whatever the ex- pertinent may have cost me.
 make this statement unsolicited. as a means of acknowledging my obligation to Dr. Lighthills method ot treating catarrh, and with view to aid any one who may have suf- fered from that disease, in forming just opin- ion of its merits, and its probable utility in their own case. (Signed)
 REV. FREDERICK S. JEWELL.
 Prof State Normal School.
 Albany, N. Y., March l4, 1864.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
CLARK'S Distilled Restorative FOIL THE HAIR

To BE UNEouALLED AND SUPERIOR To AN PREP ARATIoN EVER COMPOUNDED AND OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC.
 Satisfaction guaranteed, or the money re. funded.
 It costs but S1 for one bottle, or six bottles for S5. and is sold by druggists and dealers everywhere. c. G. CLARK & CO.,,
 Proprietors. s. D. BARNES CO.,, N. Y., General Agents. lyric
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
AXER,S CHERRY PICTORIAL,

The Worlds Great Remedy for Coughs, Colds, Incipient Con-
 sumption, and for the relief
 of fConsumptive patients
 in advanced stages
 of tho disease.
 This has been so long used and 90 uni- versally known, that we need do no more than assure the public that its quality is kept up to the best it ever has been, and that 1t may be relied on to do all it has ever done. Prepared by DR. J. c. AVER & Co.,,
 Practical and Analytical the'nista
 Lowell Mass. Sold by all druggists every where. Sold by A. C. Smith. l.itchfeld N. Smith and w L. Smedley, Morris: J. H. Welch Norfolk Brooks Bros, Goshen H. L. Ken ney, Bantam Falls and all dealers in medf cine ever; where. ly47
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
From Rev. JOHN MOTT. D. D., Profeg
 sor in Union College. Schenectady

From Rev. JOaN N0I4, U. D-, PrOfes-
 sor in Union College. Schenectady
 Since first publicly acknowledged the great benefit which received from the skilIful treat ment of Dr. Lighthill, in regard to my hearing, letters of inquiry have necessarily poured up- on me from all parts of the country from par ties desiring to learn the particulars of my case. and am indeed surprised at the numbe of individual: who are affected similar to the manner in which have been, and therefore feel it more and more a sacred duty which owe to those sufferers, to direct them to proper and reliable source to obtain the bene- fit they SO much tovet, and which so many afflicted ones have hitherto sought in vain. just as had done previous to applying to Dr. Lighthill.
 I had had from infancy one very deaf ear which always discharged more or less offensive matter and was the source ot the greatest an noyapce and discomfort to me. Last year the oth, ear also became diseased. and both ears dischalp peo yellow matter very profuse and highly offensive. My hearing became very much imp ,iled and the discharge produced the greatest debility of body and depression of spirits. applied to my family physician and other practitioners without deriving any ben- eft. and almost despa;red of being restored to health. when providentially,J I applied to Dr. Lighthill. Under this treatment my ears be- gan to improve at once. and continued to do so, until, in comparative short time, both ears were healed. the discharge removed, and my hearing restored. At first I feared the cure would not be permanent, ti or that the s ss.oppage 3etr;maa.gl e sr1s to H n my general health. fear which find great many entertain in regard to the emoval of discharge from the ear. My experience however, has proved concIusively that my appreh tensions were entirely ground less in both respects, for both ears are as well. and my hearing as good at present. as the day I left off treatment. and the stoppages of the discharge, instead of proving ex detrimental to and vigor of body, and a flow of spirits not ex. spefienceti for long time previous.
 wish the above statement might serye as a fieneral answer to those interested. but should one or the other desire to arply to me person ally. or ny letter, will cheerfully satisfy all reasonable demands upon my time.
 avail myself of this opportunity of again publicly expressing my deeply felt gratitude to Dr. Lighthill. whom I esteem as gentle man and man of science, in whom the high est scnadsnes may bs plassd. -. % Ja-~<$xf | Ax FsA &z@N
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
NEW HOME TESTIMONLALlS

EAsToE, FAIRFIELD Co.,. CONN.
 April 2d, 1884, To whom it may concern My mother, e years of age had been partially deaf for some time, and more recently the trouble increased to such an extent as to make it quite difficult for her to converse with any one. Dr. L;ghth i'll who attended to her had succeeded in fully restoring her hearing. '
 PHILO B. SHERWOOD. From HARVEY BEACH, Esq, Milford,
 Conn. Dn. E. B. LIaHTHILL :-
 My Dear Sir My hearing was restored by your second application, and my throat is much relieved. in the short time I have been under treatment Yours Truly,
 HARVEY BEACH. Milford, Conn.,, Feb. 10th, 1864.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
R. H. EDDY, SOLICITOR OF PATENTS, Late Agent .. s. Patent O6fce, Washington
 lander Ae Act of lS37) IS State Street.. opposite Kilby Street, BOSTON.

A rrER an extensive practice of upwards of Atwerty years, continues to secure Patents in the United States also in Great biltaln' France and other foreign countries. Caveats Specifications, Bonds, Assignments and all Pa pers or Drawings for Patents, executed on ilb- er,l terms. and with despatch. Researches ~.nade into American or Foreign works, to test the validity or utility OfP, tents ol Inventions and legal and other advice rendered in all matters touching the same. Copies of the claims of any Patent furnished ty remitting one dollar. Assignments recorded at Washing
 Tie Agency is not only the largest in New England. but through it, inventors have ad- vantages for securing Patents, of ascertalning the patentability of inventions, unsurpassed by. if not immeasurably superior to any which can be offered them elsewhere. The testimo- nials given below prove that none is MORE SUCCESSFUL AT THE PATENT OFFICE. than the subscriber and as SUCCESS IS THE BEST PROOF OF ADVANTAGES AND ABlLl- TY. he would add that he has abundant req son to believe, and can prove, that at no other office of the kind are the charges for profes- eiotlal services so moderate. The i'm mense pi ac- tice of the subscriber during twenty yerrs past; has enabled him to accumulate a vast eollec- tion of specifications and official decisions rela- tive to Patents. These, besides his extensive library of le gal and mechanical works. and full accounts of patents granted in the United States and Ei rope, render him able b yond question, to of fer superior facilities for obtaining Patents q All necessity of journey to Washington, to there, are here saved inventors.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09

Es1surinr slrht monfhs, tho subscriber, in tn, conrss If bis laaRe prActicas made on TWICE re
 iected applications. ELK KEEN APPkALS, EV
 ERY ON E of ~Aicf wak decided in ms FAVOR 4 IF ' '''' " ~ E. H. EDDY. Tan 4 ae65. ly38
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
THs peculiar s.iattt

THs peculiar tsinktf
 infection wbiph ye call EcBofULA A slufkff
 in the stitntions Qf
 multitudes of mel
 either produces N
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Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09

We have an article of Cream Tartar strictly pure. Don't use worthless stuff, made of acid, Plaster Paris, and the like, when you can get that which is good.
 Drugs are very high and constantly rising, and we hope our customers will pardon us for charging large prices occasionally, asi it can't be helped. E Litchfeld, Jan. 26, 1865. Al !
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
NATIONAL INTELLIGEN CE OF.
 FfCE, and

NATIONAL lNTELLIGENCE CE OF
 FtCE, and
 BENEVOLENT AID SOCIETY, (Intelligencer Building) Washington D. c. President-JAMEs B. Corr of Connecticut, At
 torney at Law, late Major U- 5. V. Corresponding Secretary-EDGAR A. NIcKELs of
 Name, late Captain U. S. V.
 EySrABLIsHED to furnish information as to Hl the whereabouts of thoseia the Army and Navy, and their disposition if fsick, wounded or deceased. It will also give information and as sistance in the u ansaction of any character of business with the different departments of the National Government, and careful attention to the collection of pensions, bounty, back pay, and prize money, and SETTLEMENT or OFFIcERs ACCOUNTS. contractors claims, and claims for property destroyed or talk sn; also to the pro curing of patents. Letters asking for informa- tion shonld enclose one dollar. Address,
 CoRREspoap4rs SscRErARy. F. Q. Fox 494,
 ae z-e53 Washington. D ..
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mrssrlijss |l B Blst 3 golna.,..

VESSELS & BUELL.
 CASH DRUG STORE, |.
 NORTH STREET.
 Just Received, some very nice Peach, es and Tomatoes, put up in 2 lb, cans, and cheap for the times. Try them.
 Some fresh Broma also received. We have on hand large supply of Benzlne, for cleaning clothes. Only 20 cents for large bottles. '
 Have you tried the celebrated Sozo, DON'T for the Teeth ? if not, please give it a trial. It is a fine preparation. Camphor Ice for Chapped Hands, l. Refined Benzine for Cleaning Clothes, Corbin's Worm Syrup, OoetaI nat IolSon-sure thlng, Domestic Dyes,
 Porter's Cough Balsam,
 Chevaline Hair Gloss, l Browns Bronchial Troches, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, ! Marshall's Catarrh Snuff, | Perrins' Fumigator for Catarrh. &c. Halsey's Perfumes and Hair Oils.
 A good supply of velvet corks for bottling Cider. ]
 A nice article of Sherry Wine and Bourbon Whiskey in bottles for medi. ciEal use.
 A good assortment of Cigars, Fancy Smoking Tobaccos, &c., &c.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
TESTIMONIALS.

a TESTIMONIALS.
 ssI regard Mir. Eddy as one of the MOST cAPA-- srs AND SUCCESSFUL practitioners with whom have any official intercourse .s.-as+ e, CHARLES MASON, 5.-5. s.sts Commissioned of Patents. I have no hesitation in assuring inventors that they cannot employ person MORE COM PErENr and TRUSTWORTHY, and more capable of putting their applications in a form to secure For them an early and favorable consideration et the Patent Office.
 -'',l.. EDMUND BURKE, ' 5 5saF ~ Commissioner of Patents.
 ssMr. R. H. Eddy has made for me TlIIR- TEEN applications, on all but one of which patents have been granted aud that is NOW BENDING. Such unmistakable proof of great talent and ability on his part leads me to re scnmmend ALL inventors to apply to him to pro cure their patents, as they may he sure of hay ing the most faithful attention bestowed on their cases, and at very reasonable charges
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09

A good assortment of Cigars, Fanc, Smoking Tobaccos, &c., &c.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-02-09
QUESTIONS!
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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-10
Circulation Of Newspapers.

A recent article on the question of re-
pealing the prohibitory duty on imported
paper, makes the following remarks on
the great increase in the newspaper bust
ness in New York: ~
The newspapers and other periodicals of our
country have increased immensely within the
last ten years, and most largely of all since the
beginning of the war. Ten years ago, the whole
amount of business done by the wholesale news
agents did not probably exceed in amount
the sum of $750,00O yearly. At prerent the
cash receipts of the American News Company,
in this city, for the sale of newspapers, maya
zines, books, and stationery, for the eleven
months ending with the 31st Of December last,
have reached the sum of 1926, 1880. We
learn from the Office of that company that
probably forty millions of newspapers were
handled within that time by persons in the
employ of the company, of whom seventy
were constantly occupied in the getting them
in, charging, distributing and shipping them.
For wrapping paper and twine with which to
pack this enormous mass, the company paid
twelve thousand dollars. i-a.E
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1865-02-10
FROM MISSOURI.
Of the state Convention.

Sr. LOUIS, NO., Feb. AFTER three
days spirited debate in Committee of the
Whole, the Convention amended and
adopted the third section of the State Con-
stitution defining specification of voters.
The section takes a wide range, and among
many Others, embrace the following pro-
visions.
No person shall be deemed qualified
voter who has been in hostility to the Uni
ted States, or after the 31st Of July, 1865,
to the government of this State, or has ev-
er given aid, comfort, countenance, or sup.
port to persons engaged in such hostility,
disloyally communicated with them, adj
vised or aided persons to join them, mani
tested adherence to them, expressed a
desire for the triumph of their cause over
the arms of the United States, or has
ever, except under over. powering compul-
sion, submitted to the authority or been in
the service of the sO-called Confederate
States, or connected with any society in
imical to the Government of the United
States or this State after said LIST July, or
been gueriils, or been bushwhacker, or
harbored such, or left the State to avoid
the draft, or enrolled himself as o South
err sympathizer, or having exercised the
franchise of this state or any other State
and thereafter under claim of alienage OBJ
tanned exemption from military service
from any foreign government; these pro-
visions not to apply to an act done against
the United States while the person doing
such act was In the service of a foreign
cou try.
Section 4 provides for TIE register OF
voters throughout the State.
The Lowe House of the Legislature
unanimously authorized the Governor to
appoint an agent to procure reimburse
ment from the United States for money
expended by the State in repelliDg inya-
sions.