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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23

IF a man wants a bottle of whiskey. let him buy it and take it home like man, and not sneak home with bottle of s.Bit- ters' or ]" Cordial, ," and pretend that it is medicine. If he wants a tonic that is something better than temporary stimu- lant, he should get bottle of Peruvian Syrup" Ian Iron Tonic). that will vitalize the blood, and give durable strength to the system. i4. t...o ---s If l.sy-s"
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
Repudiation Repudiated.

The debate in the House on Thursday, establishes the fact that Repudiation is dead. MT. Mungen. a Democratic mem
 Der from Ohio, made, or rather read, a speech, advocating that measure. One af- ter another, the Democratic members rose ? in their seats and repudiated the repudia- tor. Cox. slocum, Brooks and Potter, of New York; Randall and Woodward, of Pennsylvania; Kerr, of Indiana, and FL dridge of Wisconsin, in succession, de- snounced repudiation in any form. MT. Randall remarked, "Not only do believe that we should pay the debt. but I believe, what is of vastly more importance. that the country has the ability. the disposition and the resources to pay it." -s
 ez When the Democratic members had made g clean breast of it. MT. Garfield clenehed the matter with the following res- olution, which passed, 125 to l:
 Resolced, That the proposition, direct or indirect, to repudiate any portion of the debt of the United States, is unworthy the honor and good name of the Nation, and that the House, without distinction of par ty, hereby sets it's seal of condemnation on any and all such propositions
 It is noticeable fact that while twenty four Democrats voted for MT. Garfeld's resolution, over twenty present in their seats refused to vote at all. Among those present and voting for the resolution, we are glad to notice the name of MT. Bar mum of this District.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
NORFOLK,

No news, only we are making an effort to stop the traffic in liquor in this place.
 but no pistols have been used, nor threats made on either side I am inclined to think the correspondent of tho Winsted Herald was. perhaps, little over the Bay of Whiskev! ! .ea. :. :. ! -.---.. J. ..e.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
STATE ITEMS.

Boston, Hartford and Erie stock is down to SH per cent.
 The Hartford and New Haven Railroad Go pays 3 per cent. quarterly dividend. Jan. 3.
 A man hailing from "Satanis King dom" Litchfeld Co.,, was fined S25. in Hartford police court, for rowdyism on the cars.
 Suftield votes on taking stock iE the Connecticut Western Railroad, next Mon day.
 A coal barge sunk of Milford, las. week.
 The Stonington railroad is to be extend. ed to Wickford.
 Ex-Judge Waite died at Lyme, last week. .T-- A.t -t.---. VI
 The Secretary of the Navy expects to ex. pend $25O, ,OOO on the New London Navy
 Laborers on the Air Line railroad ges s1.SO per day.
 Six drunkards were seen ill n pile at A Kilingly grog shop. last week A Fair Haven woman fell dead in her bedroom, last week.
 A new paper is started in Ensonia.
 The conductors on the N. Y. and NH railroad appear in uniform
 A man was killed with an axe at Il M;6.. dlebury rum-hole. last week
 The Stonington liquor traffic is likely to come to speedy end.
 There was g $500 burglary in wsstvills on the 18th.
 A seal has been shot. off Stonington.
 A burglary in Colchester, on Thursday night. 4e a..
 A 16h ID. otter was caught in Danbury, recently.
 There is temperance revival and com. plete suspension of the liquor traffic ct Mystic.
 The Bridgeport Standard complains ,that the Fairfield county lawyers are delaying justice.
 The Naugatuck railroad divide 5 per cent. Feb. 18th.
 A workman was considerably injured in Waterbury. last week, by the bursting of Q griudstone.
 A laborer on the Boston and Erie Roadl was Killed at Hampton Hill, last week.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
7 FALLS VILLAGE.

. The Annual Meeting of the Falls Will lage Union Agricultural Society was held at Brewster's Hall in Falls Village, at 1 o'clock, P. M., on Thursday, the 18th day of December, 1869. Go sg -.s.... ' The following officers swere appointed for the ensuing year. .,
 President t-Robert Little of Salisbury.
 Treasurer-F. M. Olin of Canaan. }. Secretary-C. B. Baldwin of Cornwall.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23

PREACHING ON PREAcHERs. This seems to be the favored . (kson (n the Episcopal church, at least) when ministers instruct their congregations regarding the rights and duties of the people as regards the pas tor. It is not perhaps remarkable that we hear much about duties and little about rights. ''Criticism'' of ministers is de- nounced with peculiar emphasis. Now, it seems to us that plain distinction ex- ists between the right and the wrong of this matter. Gossip about min isters is. indeed. rather more con temptible than gossip about laymen, for the simple reason that it is more likely to be injurious; but the layman has the same right to ''criticize" ministerial acts and utterances of an official character, that the citizen has to criticize the acts and utterances of the civil officer. More criti- cism and less gossip is what is really needed. a12 yt5 -GoFt 1'l..i.t
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23

close next week Jor he sOintsr, unless con tinued as private school, because the dis. ] trict committee is Instructed to spend no more money than is necessary to comply with the acquisitions of the law. The 's Miscellaneous" portion of the report made by the committee to the Board of School Visitors tells the whole story. We give it entire
 in the District, and the actual or estimated num- Der of scholars attending them
 IAns.l School. No. Scholars. 30.
 21. State the condition of the School Buildings
 [Ans.1 Chair, plank bottom. Out buildings all cut of repair. New ones wanted.
 2S. What is the condition of the School as to Reference Books, Wall-Maps, School Library and added the past year, &c:2
 lAns ] No Library. Maps worn out and other things in proportion.
 2 Mention any special efforts which have been made in the District to awaken an interest in the Public Schools, the number of public examinations, visits of School Officers, &c. sA
 [Ans.l Great effort is made not to spend one cent for the benefit of Schools. sDsiasts2a a1.
 25. Add any suggestion likely to be of service to the local Board of vistors, or the State Board of
 [Ans.l Not particle of interest taken in Com mon Schools in Ltchfeld. Oh what place for Education. f.l-. r--..-.ff- +, ts-g4- q, s This indifference to public educational interests will never be overcome as long as the majority of parents and of taxpayers have no personal interest in the matter. Individual philanthropists are not uncom- mon. but a village of phiianthropists is little to much to expect. What we want, here, is good Graded School, with first class teacher at its head, to which parents could not reasonably object to sending their. children. In such school the ma jority of our people would be really inter- ested those who are grooming under the heavy expense of private instruction would be relieved and, with the town consolida- ted into Union School District, Litch- field might have a live system of public in- struction. .om.s v7. ae.oe a...s .4s .
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
For the Enquirer.
~ --l-- HOk t110 0HQu1oKs . TWISTED, Dec. 20th. 1869.

1g. TWISTED, Dec. 20th. 1869.
 Winsted has been unusually gay during the past week. The Bohemian Glass Blowers have given a series of exhibitions during tue week, s that have been very largely attended. Glass toys were given to Charles Lynch and Katie Baker. as the best dancers, and to MT. Grady and Miss Mary Lynch, as the homeliest man and handsomest lady in attendance. A glass Hose Carriage was awarded to Geo. Kin ney, Foreman of Hose Company, No. 8, for selling moro tickets to the exhibitions than any other Hose Go. They sag George stuck :" Glass Blowers in his steak and sold them at 30 cents per lb:@ St. An drew's Lodge have also given aa enter tainment that drew largely. The said en- tertainment. was their Annual Installation. Not the least pleasing feature of the even ing was the Supper at the '' Beardsley House." Supper over. MT. T. Hubbell was called on for speech. Arising very deliberately, MT. Hdbbell addressed those present thusly:-': Gentlemen and Ladies, I ana too Jul for utterance. D The speech was much applauded. "zA--e'
 = The Conn. Western R. R. is being pushed vigorously, and if no more pay days occur until its completion, it will be done sooner than was generally expected. More anon, CoaNosoo.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
MARRIED.

At Cornwall Bridge, Dec. l, by Rev. MT. Bassett, Mir. Charles B. Baldwin of Cornwall, to Miss Ellen J. Buckley of Cornwall Bridge.
 In Torringford, Dec. g, by Rev. D. H. Wolcott, Charles Waters, to Carrie Van Allen.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23

I@- Attention is called to the card of Hon. G. H. Hollister in another column. He has opened an office for the practice of law in Bridgeport. With his known abil lty as an advocate, he can hardly fail of success in his new field.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23

Self Pronunciation as Virtue; Do Hearts Break for Lover; Mr. sTurseydrop's Queer Friend; the Work Shops of New York; Adah Isaacs Menken; s' ouida;" Thaddeus Stevens; Facts about Working Women; i; IRvings English Home;, Our Street; Short Articles. Poetry and Editors Department.
 s. s. Packard, 937 Broadway. $2 g year.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23

B4- We are in receipt. from Hotchkiss- vile, Conn.,, of another of the circulars of
 "Wogan & Co.," Saturday g Tribune gives two columns sent these precious scoun- drels by other scoundrels they have bitten. Persons applying for counterfeit money to circulate, richly deserve to fall into the hands of just such fellows as s'Woganl &
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
SissslHATRN. } l

ioThe large brick building at Hitchcock,s Corner. toswan1ed sy Mr. < Buckley. and used for the mannfactof of hosiery, was entirely destroyed by fi, on Friday night lastls I've young men who slept in the building, had fa marrow scape with their lives. Loss $12, 900. Tsarsnce $s, 5000, a7
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
SPECIAL NOTICES.
pr. 8. 8. Fitch's Family Physioian.

New Edition, Much enlarged, 90 pages, with most valuable additions, sent free to any address. Write to Dr. $. 8. FITCH, TIA Broad way, New York.
 Dr. s. s. Fitch will be at the Tontine Hotel, New Haven, Saturday Jan. 8, 1869, and every 2d Saturday after from 8a. n. until D. m. consultation free. ~an sst,, ..
 Dr. s. s. Fitch successfully treats all chron- ic disease of all or any part of the human sys- tenn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23

| D0- Attention is called to the advertise ment of the Connecticut Post in another col umn. It is an excellent paper, and in Mr. Bromley. has not only one of the wittiest, but one of the honestest editors in the United States.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-23
CONSULTATION AND CANCER CURED.
WAnrHAN. Mass. Nov. l2. lSe

toauaar 8Es WAnTHAN, Mass. Nov. IF, 1868.
 io My grandmother and several saunts and cousins died of consumption. My mother had cancer, I was taken with bad cough which had affected me lS months; 12 months after my cough commenced. cancers began in both breasts, which grew rapidly for months, hard canceroas Jumps in both breasts. In this state called on you with but little hope, as both
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
Terrible Adventure of Lion Tanner.

Mr.. LUCAS, the lion tanner of the Hip
podrome in Paris, recently had narrow
escape. He went into the cage where
there were two lions and two lionesses
with only whip in his hand, instead Of
the heavy cudgel which he generally car
ries. A lioness, presuming upon his be-
ing unarmed, sprung upon him. and seized
him by the nape of the neck. A cry of
horror arose from the spectators. Many
women tainted, and others rushed out of
the theatre. The other lions attracted by
blood, rushed upon Lucas, and bit
and scratched him severely. In few
moments he would certainly have been
killed had not one of the assistants,
who was not in the habit of entering the
cage, come forward and knocked the lion
about the head with an iron bar. 1t is re
ported that Lucas said to him, Go away,
leave me to die alone" The man dragged
him away from the lions The doctors
discovered no less than thirty one wounds.
1t is feared that if he RECEIVERS he will be a
cripple for life. The heroism of the man
by whom he was rescued, is the theme of
enthusiastic praises NJ. Arnaud, the man
ager of the Hippodrome, had the presence
of mind to close the door of the cage after
the faithful servant got Lucas out of it,
otherwise the lions might have made a
raid upon the audience.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
The Heat from the Moon.

LORD RossE has been measuring the heat
that comes to us from the moon. Using
one of his great rejecting telescopes as q,
burning mirror, he has condensed the
moons rays upon one of the most delicate
of heat-gaugers-a thermo pile. Without
being able to determine by what fraction
of Fahrenheit's degree the luner warmth
increases the temperature of the terrestrial
atmosphere, he has found, as an ap-
Proclamation, that the radiation from the
moon is about the 90000th part of
that from the sun. He conceiVes that the
variation of heat from one satellite follows
the same law as that of its light; i. e.,
that we have the most warmth from the
full moon, and least from the nearly new.
BY comparison with terrestrial source of
heat, Lord Rose estimates the actual
temperature of the moons surface at lunar
midday to be about 500 degrees Fahren-
helt. The scorching results from the slow
rotation OF the moon, which makes its dav
equal to our month, and from the absence
of any atmosphere to screen the lunar
world Years ago, Sir John Herschel
who has more than once proved himself a
prophet by his sagacious inferences, re.
marked that " The surface of the full moon
exposed to us must necessarily be very
much heated, possibly to degree much
exceeding that of boiling water" Fon
tenelle and his followers TO the con
trary notwithstanding. the moon can bt
no place for living beings, unless they are
salanlaaaers
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
A Visit to the City of COnfucius.

Mr.. MARKHAM, an English Consul in
China, has written an-account, of asvisit to
Kiu- foo, the city of Confucius, which has
|sbeen printed with other reports of British
Consuls in China and Japan. Mr.. Mark
ham says Kiu-foo is a city of no impor-
tance, but it may be called the historical
city5of China. There lConfucius was edu-
Gated, lived, taught and was finally buried
His birth h-place, a cave, is in the Ne-shan
Hills, some twenty Ii to the northeast.
His representative a Kungyth, or Duke
of the Empire, dwells in the city, the
whole of the north and west of which is
taken up with the grounds of the aDucal
Palace and Temples to Confucius, splendid
ly wooded. The temple is building on a
far more magnificent scale than any Mr..
Markham saw in China. Here are numer-
GUS relics of the sage, some of the bronze
censers, ETC., bearing date B. c. 1900.
The city has population of about 25,-
600, which is composed chiefly of descend
ants of Confucius, eight out of ten families
bearing his surname The Office of Che
shien, or magistrate, is hereditary in the
family, as also are the official appointments.
When the rebels occupied the surround
ing country they spared the city ofmanda-
-ins, declaring that they only wished to
destroy the unjust and corrupt rulers, but
that Confucius' descendants could not be
so. Except the fact of so many families
bearing the sage's surname. which requires
some little explanation, nothing could be
more satisfactory; and it would be well
for some of the rising generation if, instead
of making books on the turf, they were to
take leaf out of the book of Confucius,
who, we may be sure, never saw the face
of "a bailif in Kiu-foo, and whose bronze
censers were never profaned by the auc-
tioneer's hammer, like some peoples fami-
ly plate and racing cups in these degenerate
days.
Tsin-hsien, the city of Mencius, is SINH
larly. dedicated to the memory of that sage
he has a fine temple, and his descendants
are penSiOned by the State.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
How Letters are Sometimes Lost.

In clearingupJ a United States postal car
that is run over the Springfield route to
New York, a few days ago, two of the en-
ployees of the Postoffiee Department,
who have exclusive charge of it, found a
large number of letters beneath and at the
sides of a drawer that had probably not
been entirely removed from its chest since
the Car was built The envelopes were
postmarked with various dates, covering
several months. Instead of turning the
letters into the mail, as they should have
done, fearing a charge of carelessness that
might be made against them, they con-
suited together, and concluded to hush the
matter by destroying them, which they
did by Burning. Unfortunately for the
agents, one of the pair proved to be a
"leaky vessel" and let the secret out to a
friend, who in a confidential way told an
otherperson, ant.the affair finally reached
the ear of a detective, at whose instance
the guilty parties were suspended from
officeuntil an investigation snail take place.
Doubtless many valuable letters that are
missed from the mails from time to time
could be accounted for in similar ways
The matter has been kept very quiet, but
one or two firms who have lost letters of
consequence are determined to probe it to
the bottom.-B0stoB Herald.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
Travelling Stones.

They have walking stones in Australia,
and as we are informed they have travel
ing stones in Nevada. Here is descrip-
tion:
"They are almost perfectly round, the
majority of them as large as a walnut, and
of an irony nature. When distributed
about upon the floor, table, or any other
level surface, within two or three feet of
each other, they Immediately begin travel
ing towarda a common center, and there
huddle up in bunch like lot of eggs in
u nest. A single stone, removed to the
distance of three and a half feet, upon be-
ing released, at once started off with won
derful and somewhat comical 5celerity to
join its fellows. Taken away four or five
feet it remained motionless. They are
found in a region that, although compara-
lively level, is nothing but barren rock.
Scattered over this barren region are little
basins from a few feet to rod in diameter,
aud it is in the bottom of these that the
rolling stones are found. They are from
the size'o aspea to five orsix inches in di-
amcter. The cause of these stones rolling
together is doubtless to be found in the
material of which they are composed,
which appears to be loadstone or magnet
ic iron ore"
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
Animal Sagacity at the North.

ACCORDING to the Esquimaux, the seal
constructs it's habitation beneath the sur
face of the ice in such manner that it
can enter it from the water below here
the young seal passes its infancy, and
when the returning heat of summer has
destroyed it's igloo or dwelling, the young
seal is old enough to take care of itself;
but this mode of lodging it's young be-
meath the ice is well known to the bear,
who with its keen sense soon detects the
whereabouts of the seals nursery, and in
order to gain an entrance, the bear, re-
tiring short distance, makes a spring,
and comes down with all his weight on
the roof of the igloo, crushes it in, and
Immediately seizes the young seal with its
paw. Here it might be supposed the hun
CRY bear at once devours his prey; but
no, it is far too wary to do SO; it knows
full well that W here babe is there must
be mother, and that she will be in search
of her darling, therefore the bear scrapes
holding the young seal by the fiipper, al
mother, approaches, the bear slyly draws
the young seal towards it until the old one
is within reach, when he seiZes her with
the other paw, and thus captures both
The mode in which the bear captures the
seal on the ice is very similar to that fol
lowed by the Esquimaux. When at dis
tance from the seal, the bear throws itself
down and stealthily crawls or bitches
along towards the seal, and if the seal
looks up it lies perfectly still and makes al
the same time a noise which lulls the
seal; the bear repeats the operation until
it approaches its victim so near that es
cape is impossible, when it falls prey to
Bruins appetite. Another mode of OBJ
tanning iood by the bear is to watch from
cliff the movements of the walrus, who
are fond of summing themselves on the
rocks, and when one of these has taken
up a convenient position for the bears
purpose, the latter lifts large piece of
rock, and, with astonishing accuracy
throws it down on the animals head. If
the walrus is only stunned, the bear runs
down, and with the rock hammers it.
victim on the head until it is dead. Wher
attempting to capture seal in water, th'
bear sinks his body beneath the surface OF
the sea, leaving only the head above wa
ter, which resembles a piece of floating
ice; when the seal raises its head above
the surface, Bruin quietly sinks, ant
swimming under the seal seiZes it.
Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1869-09-24
PERSONAL.

President Grant arrived in New York
on the morning of the 10th.
The Rawlins subscription fund in New
York had reached Sal 900 on the 18th.
The Cuban Junta at New York, in ap-
probation of Secretary .Rawlins' strong
sympathy for the Cuban cause, have pre-
sented Mrs. Rawlins with $4,000 in bonds
of the embryo Republic, and hearty let
ter of coincidence.
Ex-senator Frelinghuysen, of New Jer-
sey, has been rendered the mission to
China, but he declines the appointment.
Secretary Cox has appointed a colored
man on the examining corps of the Patent
Office.
The "Red Stocking" Baseball Club OF
Cincinnati have started on an excursion
to California.
Ex-Secretary Seward will start from San
Francisco for the city of Mexico on the
Both inst.
The recent billiard match at New York
for the championship of America and
81 900 was won by Deery; he making
], 800 points to 1928 by Foster,