Litchfield enquirer., 1869-01-07

statute. 1t also declares that ss the husband shall be entitled to the rents, profits and interest of such estate. during life; ;''and. pro- vided he properly maintain his family
 he cannot be made to account for any nor tion of such rents and profits. He may. ii is true, be made to give bond not to waste his wife's estate. but as no such bond is re- quired as g condition of his taksse posses sion of the property on marriage, and as it can only be obtained by lawsuit, it is ant to shut the stable door after the horse is stolen.
 If there areno, children of the wife, then Ter property at her decease goes to her relatives or she has children it goes to them The husbap q is d,.cays responsible for dIi the debts of his wife and children even if she have no property: but the property of the wife and it's income and prof it's can never be taken for tine debts of her hus- band. sE&9sE
 Every one of the three statements contain ed in the foregoing is incorrect: 1st, the hus- band is entitled to the use of his wiie's es- tate during las life (Rev. Stat, 303); 2d, no wife can contract debts, the common law in that respect remaining unchanged; 3l. the wife's property can be taken for debts contracted by the husband $ for the sup- port of the wife and children" (Rev. Stat. 3O4). s4 st,'E ,9a H.t''a
 s4. The property which may be acquired by their joint exertions during wedlock belongs to the husband alone she having no legal interest there ia whatsoever" 8 gfl3@ Ti3t4
 This is only true if the wife chooses to allow it The statute law since 1850 has given to & married woman the sole control of all the property which may be earned during coverture by her personal services. $s 5f 3@ 9ti 1a 9fft
 Here the American blunders again. Our law (Rev. Stat. 3O3, Sec. 19), expressly vests all property acquired by married woman, by 'sher personal services, in the husband
 's5. The children, fruit of the marriage, belong to the husband. not to the wife. In case of sep aration he is entitled to their custody"
 We omit the American's remarks on this head because we referred only to separa- tion, while it speaks of dipo,ce We think the context made oar meaning suffi;ient- tly apparent. a,. ..,s3,a, ...e,s We are convinced that the American has done us the injustics, and made the mis- takes, pointed out above, unintsntio rally. This appears from what it says of the com mon law condition of married women:---eq eq. I In those days women were considered infesioY t5 b mon in every respect; and if woman married viduality-she had no separate intercsts-her pro- perty, her children, her life were her husbands, to do with her as he peased-and she had little oi no redress for any wrongs he might choose to in- f1iet upon her. No sou pretend Go Say dLal sco- soen are aa such degraded condition so-ary.
 The AmericGn has evidently fallen into; the very common error of supposing that much has been done by our statutes to re- lieve married women from their common- law condition of dependence. iS.sch is not hle fact. Something has been done to se- cure the reversion of her pers )nal pxoper- ty to herself and her heirs: bat, unless. ab.an- doned or divorced, q married woman re- mains in Connecticut, to-day, substantially Ill her old. common-law condition of com plete servitude. .,tz~4 sl. ,tE DaF The annual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture is to Do held at the Tontine, Now Haven, oab Jan. 18th. at 10 a. m.
 They also hold a series meetings ai Bridgeport, next week, of which the fol lowing is the programme: @.'S '.s
 Business meetings win be held in the mornings Of Jan. 12 and B, at the Ster- ling House. Discussions will be held at the rooms of the Young Mems Christian Association, Post Office. building, Jan. 12 10. 3. m., and 7p. m. Subjects of discus. lsion: Ist Seeding Ixsnds to Grass" 2d Management of Moving Lands, Cutting and Curing Hay;" Sd, Management oi Pasture Lands;" 4th, :. Feeding Stock Green and Dry Fodder The following lectures will be given at the last mention ed place: Jan. 12, at 2 p. m. by Prof John Gumgee; "Conditionsof Pastures that protinee Diseass in Animals Jan. l3 at 2 D. m. and F. m. by Prof iS. w. Johnson, ssThe nutritive value of grasse! and green fodder, as indicated by chemical analysis and feeding tritsls;" "The nutri ftise value of grasses and green fodder a indicated be chemical analysis and feeding trials" Jan. IA. ? p. m- by Profet w. H Brewer, s'Constitution of old Meadegs and Pastures. @t'.',- .J... V. ..'''ts '.
 The principal Railroads in the State of fes free return tickets te those who may attend the meetings of the Board. '!93o.t --~~->------ ~ SAtts l s9~ Somebody may be curious to iearl that the present 4th Congressional Distric ! of Connecticut was formed by uniting tn counties of Fairfield and Litchfield in 1842 The first election was in April 1843. Sine