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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-03-25


 ..John W. Cummings said that James Loudon, . Republican, on Saturday or Monday, offered him $ll0 10 vote the Re publican ticket Went to the polls at 5 o'clock in the morning. Didn't vote till afternoon.E Fred. A. Walton asked him what was the matter. Told him 1 wanted me money. Walton told him if he would vote the Democratic ticket he would show him how to get money. Took De mocratic' tickets and voted. Afterwards went to the room at Mrs. Bushncll's. As was going up met Walton coming away. Walked up into the room, where a man whom he didn't know, handed, him n roll of money counted. out. After he got down stairs examined the money, and found it amounted to S1O0 Not word was said as to what it was for"
 "Elias Hart' of Sharon swore that on election day, l. N. Bartrnfn asked him how he was going to vote. Told him that he did not feel interested on either slde. Bar tram then told him that if he would yot, for w. H. Barnum for Congress. Johf Goodwin would give him S25. He ther voted a Republican ticket with name of W H. Barnum for Congress. As he voted John Goodwin stood by the baliot-b box, ,at,, after. he had voted, motioned to him They stepped into an adjacent room an, Goodwin paid him $l5." ~
 civilian Coons of Sharon,a republican swore that Rufus Owen, (the man who, will be remembered asked Mir. McMurtr to visit Mir. Barnan) handed hinla Repul lican ticket, with the name of w H. Bal mum for Congress. ahd told me he wonl give me $10 to vote it. Told him I woul vote the ticket took the ticket and VI ~ | 1laEk q I sasTT dar bl aa |
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years ago, in precautionary anticipa-
tion of it on the Continent many pa
tients were subjected to a sweating
process so severe that they died un-
der what the historian calls "the re-
hearsal of hell" The sensless doc
trine long prevailed, and was so often
fatal in its results, that the missiona-
ries sent to Africa and other tropical
regions could not be acclimated until
by repeated depletions they had got
rid of all the blood they brought from
home. The lancet, after destroying
innumerable lives in obediance to an
erroneous belief, has but recently re-
ceived an effectual check in its bloody
course. The belief in the royal gift
of healing, for the worst cases of
scrofula, obtained large and obstinate
reception for several centuries:
Glow he solicits Heaven,
Himself best knows; but strangely visited
people,
All swOln and ulcerous, pitiful to the eye,
The mere despair of surgery, he cures,
Hanging golden stamp about their necks,
Put on with holy prayers. And It's spoken,
To the succeeding royalty he leaves
The healing benediction."
Rec w r. Alger in Christian Examiner.
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The intelligence forwarded to US by
telegraph from our special CORES
pondent at Havana is startling only
in so far as it shows a clearer light
than ever the widespread and con-
stantly growing character of the in
surrection. The whole island, to use
his forcible expression, proves to be
undermined with revolt. Reginning
at obscure points in the extreme east
ern jurisdiction of Bayamo and Santi-
ago de Cuba, it has spread westward
till it seizes railroads midway to Ha-
vana, breaks out unexpectedly and
simultaneously on both northern and
southern coasts, and causes popular
outbursts 0 dangerously near the
capital as at MatanZas. 1t is even
reported that the insurgent command
er operating on the railroad lines
about Villa Clara has seven well
armed regiments under him, deficient
only in artillery. If this be true, the
captain general may we'll repeat hi;
calls on the home government fol
more troops. He is already forced tc
rely on volunteers in numerous import
ant places, and is believed to have
little excepting the local militia t.
sustain him in the capital itself
| Tribune.
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A Touch CASE. - In Arkansas
Elder Knapp, while baptizing" con
verts at a revival meeting, advanced
with a wiry, sharp-eyed old chap into
the water. He asked the usual ques
ton, whether there was any reason
why the ordinance of baptism should
not be administered. After a pause
a tall, powerful looking chap, with al
eve like a blaze, who was leaning OF
a long rife and quietly looking on, re
marked:
Elder, | don't want to interfere
in this yere business any, but | wan
to say that is an old sinner YOU have
got hold of, and | know that one diE
won't do him any good. If you wan
to get the sin out of him you'll have
to anchor him out in deep water ovel
night"
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The Army of the Lord.
BY ALFRED SULLY.
God is marshaling His army

God is marshaling His army
For the rescue of His truth,
He is calling now to battle
Both the vet'ran and the youth.
You can hear His mighty summons
In the thunder of His word
Let us then be valiant soldiers
In the army of the Lord!
Let the watchman on the tower
Keep his post with sleepless eyes;
Let the private out on picket
Guard against the least surprise.
For the order is forever
To be ready at a word.
There must be no sleeping soldiers
In the army of the Lord.
'Tis a war that lasts forever,
'Tis conflict with the world;
There can be no furlOugh granted;
There must never flag be furled.
We can never cease the conflict,
Till the summons home be heard.
We have all for life enlisted
In the army of the Lord.
Let us not be weary, comrades!
Let us faint not by the wayl
Though the night be long and dreary
Soon will dawn Miilenium's day.
Let us keep the camp-fires blazing,
Let us sound abroad His word;
There are glorious victories coming
To the army of the Lord.
As we think of home and heaven,
OF the dear ones gather ed there,
OF the mansions builded for us
And the glories we shall share
Let us buckle on our ormor,
All the zeal within us stirred,
Let us vow heroic service
In the army of the Lord.
Tile Adrdnce.
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A GOOD STORY.-A well-known
newspaper correspondent in an ad,
joining town furnishes US with the
following good story. 1t is genuine
one and will be recognized by many
who are familiar with the facts. There
was a certain man, whom we shall
call Smith, because that wasn't his
name, and he courted a girl, or rath
er wanted to, whose name we vii
call Brown. Now Smith wasn't sc
smart in matters matrimonial as he
might have been. and fellow named
Jones " sailed in" and :" cut him out.
Jones married the girl and in due
course OF time Mrs. j. presented hel
husband with nice little daughter
About fifteen years afterwards Smitl
was strolling around in the neighbor
hood where his former sweethear
used to perambulate. Meeting Jones
daughter returning from school Smitl
thought he could detect in her coun
tenance the well known and fondl,
remembered features of her mother
Wishing to engage in conversation, h
confronted the damsel, when the fol
lowing dialogue took place:
, Smith (who lisped a little y" Ain
your name Jonesth p
Miss Jones'" Yes sir"
Smith" Amt you Mister Thar
Jonesth daughter p
Miss Jones" Yes sir"
Smith" Well, NTH Jonesth,
came plaguey near being your fathe
wunth !"
1t is needless to add that Nit
Jonesth" travelled.
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SUNDAY.-If Sunday had not been
observed as a day of rest during the
last three centuries, | have not the
smallest doubt that we should have
been at this moment poorer and less
civilized people than we are.--L0rd
MacauLay.
A corruption of morals usually fol
lows the PROCLAMATION Of the Sabbath.
Blackstone.
The Sabbath, as a political institu-
tion, is OF inestimable value, indepen-
dently of its claim to divine authority.
Adam Smith.
| can truly declare, that to me the
Sabbath has been invaluable.-WiL-
liam WHbeUorce.
Give to the world one half of the
Sunday, and you will find that religion
has no strong hold of the other. Pass
the morning at church, and the even
ing, according to your taste or rank,
in the cricket field or the opera, and
you will soon find thoughts of the
evening hazards and bets intrude
themselves on the sermon, aud the
recollection5 OF the popular melody
interfere with the Psalms.-Sjr. Nal
ter Scott.
feel as if God had, by giving the
Sabbath, given tifty-two springs in the
years. T. Coieridge.
A Sunday given to the soul Is thC
best of all means Of refreshment tC
the mere intellect-Isodc Taylor.
Where there is no Christian Sab
bath there is no Christian morality
and without this free institutions can
not long be Observation-Disclosures Nc
Lean.
The religious character of an in
stitution so ancient, so sacred, so law
full aud so necessary to the peace, tn,
comfort, and the respectability of so
ciety. ought alone to be sufficient 70
its protection; but, that failing, sure
ly the laws of the land made for 1t
account, ought to be as strictly ell
forced as the laws for the protection
of person and property. If the Sur
day laws be neglected or despiseC
the laws of person and property Wi
: soon share their fate and be equal
disregarded.-AttOrney General Bate
We never, in the whole course o
our recollection, met with Christia
: friend who bore upon his characte
n every other evidence of the Spirit
operation, who did not remember tn
8 Sabbath day and keep it holy.-D
II Chalmers.
The Sabbath must be observed a
a day of rest. This | do not stat
i as an opinion, but knowing that it ha
v its foundation upon law in man
e nature as fixed as that he must tax
food or die.-WaIard Parker, NJ. L
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MODERN RoMIsH MIRACLE-"At
the Elizabeth hospital on eleventh-st.,
in this city, there is confined girl
about twelve years Of age, who is very
singularly affected. For nearly a
month now she has been apparently
possessed of the devil. She is a res
ident of Cincinnati, and after suffer
ing for three weeks at home, she re-
quested to be brought to the above
hospital. When placed in carriage
for removal everything went on
smoothly until the horses reached the
suspension bridge, where they halted,
and for considerable length of time
steadily refused to go any further
Finally they allowed themselves to be
led across the bridge, and having
reached this side they manifested. no
more contrariness until they arrived
in front of the gate of the hospital,
where it was found to be utterly i'm
possible to get them to enter the yard.
The girl had to be lifted from the car
riage by main force and carried into
the hospital. 1t was proposed to
take her into the chapel, to see if
prayers and the sanctuary would have
any influence over the evil spirit, but
on reaching the door her body became
rigid as a statue. and the combined
strength of several men was not suf-
ticient to force her in, although she
protcssed perfect willingness, and
seemed much disturbed at her inabil-
ity to comply with their wishes. Faith
er Rotter, the priest in charge, then
suggested that she be taken into the
sacrlsty or vestry room, and from
there into the chapel, where, after
some Of The spirits had been exorcis-
ed, she seemed somewhat to recover
her self-possession. But she appear
ed still to retain an aversion to holy
/ things, being unable to recite her
prayers. When asked to pronounce
the name of Christ she was unable tC
articulate, and when she attempted tC
write it the pencil dropped from hel
hand and her arm became perfectly
mOtionless, but she wrote and pro
nounced, without difficulty the WORD
"devil. ." When the sisters offered
her "holy water" she became violently
agitated, and almost went into con
vulsiOns, while a glass of plain water
was accepted by her and drank freely
Upon one occasion sister Amelia, the
Mother Superior of the institution
went into the girls room. wearing {
piece of the "true cross, when the
girl was thrown violently across the
room by some invisible force, anC
remained so until the holy relic was
taken from the room, when her agita
tion ceased Immediately. The cir
has a very amiable disposition, anC
her strange affliction seems TO trouble
her in mind as much as in body. Sht
declares that she is controlled by
some mysterious but irresistible pow
er that is always forcing her to d.
!, evil. We understand that under th
kind attention of the sisters, she i
improving, and bids fair to soon re
caver her wOnted self-possesSion, the
she still requires the closest attention
and cannot see company
Truly, the age of humbug is no
past.-C Cincinnati Commercial.
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RELIGIOUS QUACKERY.-Perhaps
the most striking exhibition of the
follies Of the human mind furnished in
any single department of history is to
be found in the annals Of the theory
and treatment of disease. As we look
back, by what a world of ridiculous
quackeries we are confronted How
curious was the theological anatomy
Of the Egyptians, each portion Of the
body deing assigned to some celestial
luminary or god who had especial
charge Of its interests! Equally
strange was the medieval parody OF
this in Europe, when the Egyptian de-
tiles were deposed from their organic
seats in occiput, loins, and feet, and
their local offices given to Christian
saints Pepvs gives US in his diary
this specimen of an old charm to cure
burn:
''There came two angels out of the East
The one brought fire, the other frost;
Get away, fire and come in, frost!
In the name of the Father and the Sol
and Holy Ghost
And Coleridge tells US the follow
ing for cramp in the leg:
The Devil is tying a knot in my leg!
Mark, Luke and John, unloose it, beg
Crosses three we make to ease us,
Two for the thieves, and one for Chris
Jesus"
No end is there of deceptions. de
lusiOns, nostrums, extravaganza an
absurdity, seventh sons of sevent
sons, amulets, spells, panaceas, palm
istry, wildernesses Of pills, deserts Of
powders, oceans of bitters; all varie
ties of energy, from the heroic prat
tice that trenched close on murder, t,
the ininitesimal doses that vanish in
to nothing. A sympathetic powder
instead of being applied to a wound
was applied to the weapon that in
flicted the wound. For the cure ol
warts the patient was directed t.
wash his hands in a silver basin ful
, of moonbeams. The amethyst wa
so named because that precious ston
was considered sure preventive Of
drunkenness. When the horrible eI
, idemic known as the sweating sick
ness ragged in England, five hundre'
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How Mark Twain was Sold in New
ark.

The Newark press contains the fol-
lowing exposition of what Mark Twain
terms IA Wicked Fraud" perpetrated
on him during his recent lecturing
visit to that city:
1t is seldom pleasant to tell on ones
self, but sometimes it is a sort of re-
lief to a man to make a sad confess
ion. | wish to unburden my mind
now, and yet | almost believe that |
am moved to do it more because |
long to bring censure upon another
man than because [ desire to pour
balm upon my wounded heart. U
don't know what balm is, but believe
it is the correct expression TO use in
this connection-never having seen
any balm.) You may remember that
| lectured in Newark lately for the
young gentlemen of the Clayonian so
ciety? | did, at any rate. During the
afternoon of that day | was talking
with one of the young gentlemen just
referred to. and he said he had an un-
Gle, who, from some cause or other
seemed to have grown permanently
berett of all emotion. And with tears
in his eyes this young man said:
"Oh, if | could only see him laugh
once more Oh. If 7 cOuld only see
him weep!'
[ was touched l could never with
stand distress. | said:
"Bring him to my lecture; I'll start
him for YOU
"Oh, if | could but do itl If you
could but do it, all our family would
bless you forevermore-for he is very
dear to us. Oh, my benefactor, can
you make him laugh ? can you bring
soothing tears to those parched or5s p
| was profoundly moved. | said:
"My son, bring the old party round.
| have got some jokes in that lecture
that will make him laugh if there is
any laugh in him-and if they miss
fire | have got some others that will
make him cry or kill him, one or the
other"
Then the young man blessed me,
and wept on my neck, and blew his
nose on my coat TAIL and went after
his uncle. He placed him in full view,
in the second row Of benches that
night, and | began on him. | tried
him with mild jokes, then with severe
ones; | doSed him with bad jokes and
riddled him with good ones; | fired
old stale jokes into him, and pepper
ed him fore and aft with red hot new
ones; | warmed up to my work, and
assaulted him on the right and left, i'll
front and behind; | tumed and sweat
ed, and charged and routed till | was
hOarse and sick, aud frantic and furi-
Ous-but never moved him Once-I
never started a smile or a tear New
er ghost OF a smile, and never a sus-
pici0n of moisture; | was astOund-
ed. | Iclosed the lecture at last with
one despairing shriek-with one wild
burst OF humor-and hurled a joke of
supernatural atrocity full at him. 1t
never phased him. Then | sat down
bewildered and exhausted.
The president of the society came
up and bathed my head with cold
water, and said:
"What made you carry on so tow
ard the last ?'
[ said, q was trying to make that
confounded old fool laugh. in the sec
oDd row"
And he said, well, you were vast
ing your time-because he is deaf and
dumb, and as blind as a badger"
Now was that any way for that old
mans nephew to impose on strang
er and an orphan like me? | simply
ask you as man and a brother, if
that was any way for him to do?
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MOUNTAIN MEADOW.


In the extreme southeastern part
of the territory, 800 miles from
Salt Lake, is place called Mountain
Meadow, the scene of a terrible mas
sacre. The story may be told in
brief. Some years ago one of the
Norman missionaries, Farley P. Pratt,
was in Southern California preaching,
and made a convert of a married wo-
man, whose husband was absent. She
left him, joined herself to Pratt, be-
came his concubine. The husband de-
termined to be revenged, followed
them to this city, then to Arkansas,
where Pratt was preaching, and took
vengeance by shooting him. Months
passed on. One day party of emf
grants from the county in Arkansas
in which the homicide was committed
reached Salt Lake, on their way to
southern California. 1t was a party
we'll to do in the world-40 wagons
and about $50 persons. In one wag-
on was piano. One emigrant and
his family rode in a we'll built car
riaso. They purchased provisions
OF the MOrmOns and passed on, reach
ed tn e green meadow among the
mountains a d stopped to recruit
their stock before entering the desert
Several Mormon settlements were
near by; some houses within sight
Suddenly they were attacked by In
dians, or white men disguised as In.
dians. 1t was at daylight. The EN-
igrants fought from behind their wag
ons, threw up a ditch and kept tho
assailants at bay. The fighting last
ed a week. One morning a Mormon
advanced, told them that if the,
would give up their arms, the Indians
would not harm them. They com
piled with his request. Then begar
the massacre. All but seventeen
children were killed, and the oldes
Of these was only six years ld-tot
young to give certain testimony, ex
!, cept that their fathers were shot down
: their mothers and sisters outraged
: and then had their brains beaten on
) by men, who, though wearing an In
dian dress, could speak the Englisl
language.
: A few days after the massacre. wag
ons, horses, carriages, the clothing OF
) the murdered ones, were brought t.
Salt Lake and sold. Ten per cent
of the proceeds went into the treasur,
; of the church. Brigham bought tn
, carriage for his own use, and 1 an
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NEW SCHOOL BOOKS.

We have made arrangements with the pub
fishers of MITCHELLS new Biographies Vt,
edition, by which we are now enabled TO furnish
Schools at the introduction prices, or to eX-
change for Cornell's if desired.
VIM. JOSLYN & SONS.
Barton, Dec p, 1868. 81
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informed that the piano is now own

informed that the piano is now own
ed by one of the leading Mormons.
1t was a long while before this mas
sacre which occurred in 81, became
known. In 1859, Gen. Carleton was
ordered by the general commanding
the department of California to visit
the spot. He did so, and found the
bones bleaching on the ground. He
gathered them up, erected a cross
bearing these words: vengeance is
mine; l will repay saith the Lord y
The monument has since been de-
stroyed. The report of Gen. Garlic
ton has just made its appearance. 1t
was printed the last session of con-
gress. The evidence in the report
goes to show that this terrible massa-
ere was planned by the Mormons, and
IN fact carried out by them to avenge
the death of Pratt, one of the most
effective preachers o f the Mormon
faith. These emigrants came from
the county where he was killed, and
hence the vengeance. So much for
the atOnement of blood.-CarIeton IN
Boston Journal.