Litchfield enquirer., 1869-08-12
BULLS FALLS, Aug. Tth. 1869.

1uI0ES6teu HI suaS P10SOs ' <AoSsSssSSs " 'sA'@S motive. I seize the hour while the eclipse is going on to write you a, short letter. I might say that the eclipse is quite an ordi- nary affair andEthe citizens of this village are all wondering what the papers make such a fuss about it for. We have lem here every day or two. And then again what's the use of having smoked glass to look at one. We don't take that trouble. One of John Varney's tumblers will enable a common man to see . total eclipse of the sun better than any of your smoked con- cerns, great deal. If you don't believe it-you just try one. ..!+ @".i'.>
 John varney is the great man of our vii- lage. He is sometimes irreverently called "old hail-cut, but that never disturbs his equinimity. He has lately taken the gro- cery inaugurated by Jim Traver and carries on business here in the grocery line, in- cludirg fluids, to the great satisfaction of us all. We all meet in Johns store to talk politics and such. I am writing from his store now. If you could look in here some cloudy afternoon and see Bige" Beach our Justice of the, Peace. sitting in the northeast corner reading a copy of the World, while our new deputy sheriff and I shake dice to see who shall pay for the next .-confsh, I think your patriotic heart would swell with visible pride. F There has been a good deal of talk just now about prosecuting John for selling spiritous and Intoxicating liquors. It all grows'on of the envy of the folks on the Plain. They have got five stores up on the Plains but they don't any of them keep such an assortment of groceries as John does and so 8 good of the many Plains folks are obliged to come down here to buy. This makes the store keepers up there mad and they are now trying to make us trouble. Besides. the last representative in the As sembly from this town brought home a copy of the statutes and :" flute" Eaton he's the. only grand juror in town--got hold of it and after reading it for afew days he is troubledin his mind for fear he has not done his duty in making inquiry after persons to be prosecuted. MT. Eaton is pious man and don't believe in drink ing anything unless it is a little lager beer; he was afraid he hadn't kept his official oath. and Al. Roberts said the church was going to discipline him for not doing his duty, and then those store keepers all set in, and take it all together. it makes things pretty bad for us. a-e-. ( s0s eGnt.@
 |. We have all of us laid in with the deputy to give us little warning in case any pa pers should be out for John, so we may be on guard. Bige Beach is the only justice in town and be is always inclined to mercy. 1.l f...... .as.l..l..a l. e
 Meanwhile, 'sold hail-cut'' smokes his pipe serenely, swears some, attends to his customers, re-flls his pipes and sits down on phitosophic stool waiting for some- thing to turn up. : =: "s- I" '' -" $,
 am writing from Bulls Falls which is now the middle of the town. I am not very we'll informed as to what is going on in the other parts of Kent. They do say that Kent beverage can be obtained at Pig tail of Hi. Segar. in cases of sickness. and that Harv. Root sells a little tanglefoot to the east nlountaineers once in while. But worst of all, right on the. Plains and almost under the caves of the church, Smith & O'Conner sell whiskey or they are greatly belied. .la j..
 Over in Macedonia they say the Vinegar Brothers have resolved upon getting mar ried but which one is going to do it is not known. s1 -+5~ra; $ s:@.., es4taa
 I shall keep you informed. MT. Editor. from time to time, what is going on in this town, and more particularly what excites the populace here in Bulls Falls.
 { saa o<e Yours very truly, @ 3 sit t2-3 s-s SoLUs BoLUs.