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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-15

 TIME OF ELECTIONS. hope the very first measure of the coming Lsgisla- ture will be the passage of 2 constitutional amendment changing the time of our elec- tions till November. The press of the State and the people, of all parties, are unanimous for the change. ,..t af s,,o ss,,, We think, too. that biennial term for State officers and Legislature. and winter sessions of the latter, wonld prove a pop ular proposition. Get them under ,waysa s 3 ss ------------- .-----T---r1 ssss1sz 2 96 The attention of ; our readers is directed to the advertisement of Goes Dyspepsia Cure in another part of this pa- per. .sa - .s9 ss'' s : ' .s'as This truly valuable medicine is recom- mended by those who use it. Read the Certificates.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-15

kEsE.It E claimed that the Democrats have eex RhotogrAphs of cur local Dennty sl,arser Al <cnlated on Sunday preceding election. and
 fepnbicans were made too sick to vote the IHI E stjekaE- -Sqgafi,aa - " ss--s
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-15
Burgiaries.a .alio


 The increasing frequency of burglaries is becoming matter of general comment. Within a few weeks nearly amillion dollars were taken at one sweep. in Philadelphia, and there have been several $100, 900 op- erations in other cities. The game is be- coming quite popular in this State. The depot at Ansonia was broken into on the 31st ult., and the safe blown open. The Derby depot was entered the same night, and preparations made for blowing up the safe, but the thieves were interrupted. The Holland County Bank has been attempted, twice. On the 29th ult., the bank at New Britain was tried. On, Saturday morning last, the private watchman. at the works of the Plainville Manufacturing O.. was seiz- ed and gagged, and the Company's safe blown open. Luckily none of the Conn. burglaries were productive, but the possi. bilities are decidedly unpleasant to think of. The utility of safes is becoming prob, lsmatical. It is we'll enough to have them for papers in case of fire. but careful men will take their money out of them at night,
 PETERS MUSICAL MONTHLY for April contains much popular Music. much pleas, ant miscellaneous reading, and a list of the music published during the month past. Published by J. l.. Peters, 198 Broad way. N. Y. & per annnm. a.I..,1s .....-.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-15

| 10 There has been rush of Oonnecti-
 cut politicians on Grant since election. It is suspected thers will be 2. few changes soon.' If meritorious services to the Re- publican party are to be considered, Bab- cock is safe in his Custom House. '''N
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-15
7 D@A Marbledale communication in rs ply to late report off Parish meeting vii
 appear next week. 1aa1 qas E3i}u0 .38es

, 10- Col. John S. Lester. of Preston, committed suicide on Thursday, by jump ing overb board from the sound steamer City of Boston. Cause-loss of property in nn-
 successful speculation. Once while in
 California he was reported dead; and again
 when wrecked on the schooner ]" Col Les ter'i of which he was the chief owner. on a voysgesto Porte Rico. es tE.s1 sE@f1... Fl sA
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-15

EVERY SATURDAY for.April 17, contains :: He Knew He was Right, by Anthony Trol- Top; On the Nutritive Value of different kinds of Food. by Baron Liebig, III; A
 Night among Wild Fowl; The Swordfsh in Court; Hetty. by Henry Kingsley, XVIII xxx; Children; Forty shiiiings and Costs; Charming Women; Foreign Notes Am bigu. aoi12aIitn as ad yam eYsd3 1eaaadW s~ The Hartford HHartf Post still pops, away at the enemy:-si4a .9oi ,sidagodI ea@is } "We are pained to learn as we do from the New Haven Register that tho sqate Hon.
 James F. Babcock was 7defeatsd by spufi., 'ous tickets, ofwhich smors than 600 were gotten into the ballot boxes in New Haven
 county Still 1t is very gratifying indeed to know the real cause of his defeat and
 on the whole, the solution of the mystery wilf'gos great way in sustaining us under the trial" 9dj fo goHaha93 leas9Ylau 3&o. { ..The campaign mpaailgsn of the four Jalniesss has accomplished such significant results, that it seems proper to substitute hereafter the
 James River for the classic Salt .''fo, =. } Eve observe, that the democrats of Bloomfield have elscted Gabb. The Dem-
 ocrsts of Litohfield County have done that
 heretoforsin in large quantities. T a a | gw s5 m |. "The next thing to do after getting a Legislature elected is to sort them over and
 make out, if possible, what kind of a lot
 we've got For electing Lsgisiature is
 very much like drawing a seine--you get
 all kinds of fish Gm ostly shad to be 9s,1reA-
 but with a'sprinkling of sackers--an occa- |sional mullet, a shark or two, perhaps, and
 very often eels. .''oo bna gus3foos cit ot'
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-15
Gitts6ela Grqnirtt
Litchfield, Ct. Thursday, Apr. l5, ,'69.
TO SUBSCRIBERS 1

We send out our quarterly bills, this week Most of our subscribers pay up with reasonable punctuality, but there are between thirty and forty on the list who are intolerable delinquents. We leave it to every mans conscience to decide wheth- CT he gees into thst category. If there are any of them who are really unable to pay they ought in common honesty to inform usand then we can judee whether we can afford to continue our weekly charities.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-15

p@ The three Repdbiican members of 0 3ngress from this State were sworn in.
 Had any objection been mades this would not have been allowed, as their legal cer- 1tifcates of election cannot be perfected
 under three weeks. How long must we
 endure this nuisance of m Anril eleckiono
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-04-15

FOREIGN.
 The New British Ministry reduce the es1pemddtnres s1 onn lures of the government over Vl.ouU,uOU: ". rLr Tn hungary the Deak party gain largely
, 1869-01-01

A STORY FOR LAwYERs.-Some years
since, in the Quaker Citv,' two men went to
law, as they sometimes do in other cities.
One of them went to an attorney OF his ac-
quaintauce, friend, to engage him for his
case. Il am very sorry, said the lawyer,
that l. cannot serve you, but | am retained
on the other side After mutual regrets,
the gentleman said Cant you recommend
some member of your profession whom can
engageY oh yes said Legatus, with
great pleasure So he took his pen and
wrote an introduction to a good brother Of
the bar, and after scaling it, handed 1t to
the man, who took i, and started for the
lawyer. On the way he thought he should
like to know what was in the note; so be
opened it, which read after this fashion
4 am happy to introduce you TO Mr.. A,
friend of mine, who has applied to me to
attend his case in court; should have been
pleased to have done it, but am retained on
the other side, and have recommended you.
N. B. Two fat geese; you pick one, and
will the other
, 1869-01-01
NEW YEARS DAY.

Come, melancholy Moraliser come
Gather with me the dark and wintry wreath
With me engarland now
The Sepuchre OF Time;
Come, Moraliser, to the funeral song
pour the drge of the Departed Days;
For well the funeral song
Belts this solemn hour.
But bark even now the merry bells ring round
With clamorous joy to welcome in this day,
This consecrated day,
To mirth and Incidence.
Mortal whilst Fortune with benignaut hand
Fills to the brim thy cup of happiness,
Whilst her uncouded sun
lllumes thy summer day.
Canst thou reioice-reioice that Time flies fast ?
That night shall shadow soon thy summer sun
That swift the stream of Years
Rolls to eternity2
If thou hast ,cealth to crafty each wish,
If power be thine, remember what thou art
Remember thou art Man,
Aud Death thine heritage
Hast thou known Loue9 does beauty's better sun
Cheer thy fond heart with no capricious smile,
Her eye all elOquence,
Her voice all harmony
Oh! state of happuessl bark how the gale
Means deep aud hollow oer the leahess grove:
Winter is dark and cold
Where now the charms of spring2
S,yst thou that Fancy paints the future scene
Ia hues too sombrous? that the dark stoled Maid
With stern and frowning front
Appas the shuddering soul?
And wouIds, thou bid me court her fairy form,
When, as she sports her in some happier mood,
Her many colored robes
Dance varying to the sun
Ab vainly does the Pilgrim, whose long road
Leads DER the barren mouutain's storm 'vexed
With anxious gaze survey lneight,
- The fruitful far>of vale.
Oh there are those who love the peusive song,
To whom all sounds of mirth are dissonant
There are who at this hour
Will love to contemplate
For hopeless sorrow hail the lapse of time,
Rejoicing when the fading orb of day
Is sunk again iu night
That one day more is gone
And be who bears Affections heavy load
With patient piety, well pleased heknoWs
The World pilgrimage,
The Grave the inn of rest
, 1869-01-01

HORSES AND HORSE FEED.-An expert
ments have shown that chopped grain makes
a much better feed for horses, and indeed all
animals, than the whole or unground grain
does. And a mixed chop stuff, consisting of
three parts of corn to one or two Of oats or
rye, made wet and thoroughly mixed up with
finely cut timothy or clover hay, and given
at the rate of half peck Of chop stuff to
each horse, is still better. Experience has
shown that horses, on their return to the
stable after hard work. are very hungry, and
will eat the corn or other grain and hay
given them, too rapidly to masticate it pro-
perly, in consequence whereof their food, so
eaten, is neither so well digested by them
nor so nutritious to them as it otherwise
would be- Hence, when a horse comes from
his work perspiring aud almost out of breath,
he should be allowed to rest a while, and
then have water and little hay given him,
and half an hour afterwards receive bis chop
ped grain and hay feed So experience has
shown that if water be given to horse when
or soon after he is fed on corn or oats grains,
his voided dung will contain more or less of
that grain in whole or undigested state
Hence, horses should always be watered be-,
fore oats or corn is given to them, if you in.
tend to feed them on the whole or solid
grains.
, 1869-01-01

THERE is nothing more delightful, while
travelling through romantic regions, than to
meet by accident with some soul kindred to
your own, who is like yourself, inspired BY
the picturesque prospects. An artist on
recent visit to Catskill was contemplating
with rapture rare sunset. The heavens were
flooded with golden and purple light and
field and mountain glittered with the reflects
ing glories of the sky. Suddenly he percelv
ed person standing by his side, and, turns
ing to him, said: What a magnificent pic
ture you have here, my dear sir! Where,
abouts P was the very Indifferent inquiry OF
the stranger. Look all around-the nouns
tains, the heavens, the setting sun: What
picture can surpass such aviewP why, yes
replied the stranger, in deliberate way
Il have often thought that if l could only raise
money enough to set up cake aud peer
stand in this location it wouldn't pay bad
because lois of folks travel along in this
neighborhood.'
, 1869-01-01
NUMBER 3.
San RESULT OF A PRAcrIcAL JoKE-A

SAD RESULT OF PRACTICAL JoKE-A
young man lately employed BY Samuel Bent
Of POrtchester IN. Y as cOaebman, has be>
come insane, because of practical joke
played on him by some companions 10 bis
sleeping room short time ago. It seems
that on the night Of democratic procession
recently in the town the young man felt
very uuwell and retired to bed. His com.
panions took advantage of bis slumbers and
lighted up bis roo n brilliantly TO honor the
processionists. As the procession moved
past the house, the noise awakened the
young man, who, on seeing the lights, which
he bad not expected, was thrown into vio-
lent Ct, out Of which be emerged, sas the
physicians think, a hopeless lunatic. The
young man, from his rawlings, seems to have
regarded the lights as part OF the wake
which bis friends we're holding over his
dead body.
, 1869-01-01

WINTER BUTTER-MAKING.-Strain the
milk from the COW into a cylindrical tin buck.
ct, which place in vessel of hot water and
let il remain until the milk is decidedly
warm, but not hot then strain it into crooks
All things are managed in the usual way
until churning time, when one-half of the
cream is treated just as the new milk was BY
warming then pour the warm and cold cream
together in the churn, when from twenty.
five or thirty five minutes churning will be
sufficient to produce butter ofgood quantity
Before this method was adopted, the churn
was going all day and if butter came at all
it was of very inferior quality. Sometimes,
after churning from morning until night, it
would be abandoned. The above method
was then adopted. and the result has invaria.
bly, been good butter in less than thirty 1--WE
minules.-American Farmer.
, 1869-01-01
The FOrty-FIr.t cOnEress

Though General Grant is to be the Presi-
dent Of the United States after March 4th,
1869, he will not have such an overWhelm-
log majority in the next House Of Represent
tatives as has cursed the nation for the last
four years. The FOrtieth Congress, inclu'
ding the Southern carpet baggers, was thus
politically divided:
Radicals, I62
Democrats, 50
Radical majority, llo
Two thirds, l42
According to the latest returns at hand,
-the. New Y oEk- -Horld estimates, ,-that--tbe
political complexion of the next House of
Representatives will be as follows:
Radicals, lss
Democrats, II
Radical majority, 6l
Two-thirds, l44
In this calculation it is assumed that the
radicals will elect three Congressman in New
Hampshire next March, and two of the four
to be chOsen in Connecticut in April, though
in the latter State they may not secure more
than one, as was the case at the Congress-
lOnal eleCllOu 10 lCOts 1uuo IL VIII OO eSeH
that the radicals will not have a two third
vote in the Forty-frst as they have in the
present Congress. Not only will the demo-
Gratis have an effective working minority, but
among them will be men who will make their
mark on the Aoor.
The country will be the gamer by the iu.
crease of democratic Representatives and
democratic brains 10 the next Congress. The
experience of the two last Congresses has
shown how disastrous thing it is for one
party to have an overwhelming majority 10
the national legislature; and though the
democrats in the Forty first Congress will be
too few to check all radical Legislation, they
will still be strong enough in number and
brain to prevent repetition of much of the
ill-advised and hasty action which has we'll
nigh made the mere name Of Congress by
word and a reprOach in the opinion of all
honest men.
, 1869-01-01

Poor PILLIcoDDY was very i'll indeed, /,
and had run down to mere shadow Receiv-
ing the condolences of his friends, which
made him worse, and medicines that didn't
do him any good, his feelings were of very
dismal character He did Mt care much
about living, and yet was not very anxious
to de-a state of betweeuity, so to speak
and his lips gave expression to many Jerc.
miades, some of which were dismally funny.
This world, said he 10 one who was SYM
pathizing with him, lis, to me, just like
sucked orange, or lomon that has served
for a dozen on the half she'll 1t has no ats
fractions for me- l have nothing to care
for now, but my daughter and a cussed old
dog, and l wish to heaven somebody would
kill him.
, 1869-01-01
1oR PRINTING ofererr description ono

u to order and on reasonable terms. Orders for
~ of the following articles will be promptly filled:
BOOKS, BLANK CHECKS,
PAMPHLETS, NOTES OF HAND,
HANDBILLs, ORDER BOOKS,
BALL TICKETS, STEAMBOAT BILLS,
CIRCULARS STEAMBOAT CARDS.
Invitations, Bills of Lading,
BUSINESS CARDS, CERTIFICATES,
BILLHEADS, SHOW BILLS,
CONCERT BILLS, CHECK BOOKS,
PROGRAMMES, BLK RECEIPTS,
ADDRESS CARDS, DRAFTS,
BLANKs OF ALL KINDS.
~ Soh Work must be paid for before being taken
fr ON the Office.
, 1869-01-01

APPLE SNow.-Put twelve good, tart ap,
piles in cold soda water, and set them over
the FIRE; when soft, drain the water, strip the
skins off the apples, core ibem, and lay them
10 deep dish. Beat the whites of twelve
eggs to a stiff frolh; put half a pound of
6ney-powdered white sugar to the apples
beat them to a stiff froth, aud add the beat
en- eggs. Beat the whole to a stiff snow;
then turn it into dessert dish.
, 1869-01-01

Coop HAMS After hams have been
smoked. take them down and thoroughly rub
the 6esh part with molasses, then immediate
Iy apply ground or powdered pepper, bty
sprinkling on as much as will stick 70 tne
molasses, when tboy must be hung up again
to dry. Hams treated in this manner Will
keep perfectly sweet for two or three years.
This must be done before the fly deposits
its egg, for after that is done nothing Will
ston its ravages
, 1869-01-01

To MAKE A BALKY HORSE DRAw.-lO
India where horse can and will not draw,
instead of whipping, spuriDg or burning him.
as is frequently the practice in more elvliiz
ed countries, they Quietly get rope and at
taching it to one of the fore feet, one or two
men take hold Of it, and advancing few
PAGES ahead of the horse, pull their best
No matter how stubborn the animal may BE-
few doses Of such treatment effects per-
feet cure
, 1869-01-01

CELLARS FOR VEGErABLEs-The storing
of fruits and vegetables in house cellar 10
large quantities is always Objectionable. The
temperature is necessarily increased by the
fires kept up in the house during winter, and
this favors decay, or commencement OF growth
10 vegetables. Besides gaseous substances
of an unpleasant odor usually pervade the
dwelling, which are injurious to health. Ser,
ious illness frequently arises from those we'll
stocked cellars. A safer plan is to have the
cellar store room by itself. The best location
is 10 a sandy or gravelly hillside, that needs
no drainage in the wettest season. If not
dry, it must be made so by artificial means.
One-half the depth of thu cellar may be be-
low the surface.
, 1869-01-01

IMITATION CoRN STARCH PUDDING
One quart of milk and little salt; thicken
one-third of the milk to thick. smooth paste
with -four; add the eggs, well beaten, and
stir in the remainder of the milk when ii
boils. To be eaten cold with cream and
white sugar. This is a very nice and
healthy pudding, and may be moulded if one
wishes it Dip your mOulds in cold water,
before putting in, as then it will come out
very nicely.
, 1869-01-01

A gentleman planting not far from Char
lesion, few days ago. after hearing the res
port of his driver who said that the caters
pillars we're going ahead iu their destruction,
suggested some plan for ridding his fields
from this curse, which plan he had heard of
or read somewhere, when Jake, looking
unusually solemn aud earnest, remarked !:
Its no use, masses, we's gwne to ave de
cattOpilla jes as long as de Yankee stay ere
De Yankee max de nigga free, an de nigga
be lazy on good for muffin kill de cattle, kill
de hog, kill de sheep, kill de turkey, kill de
fowl, aud kill de bird, an de caitapilla he eat
ell de cotton 1 tell you, ere as long es de
Yankee stay ere. De caltapilla can breed
muffin to stop EN-
, 1869-01-01

THE vices of Americans are brief: First
An inordinate passion for riches. Second
-Overwork If the mind and body in the purl
suit of business Third-Undue hurry and
excitement in all the affairs of lite. Fourth
Intemperance in eating, drinking and smo-
king Fifth-A general disregard of the
true laws Of life and health.
, 1869-01-01

PROGRESS OF CHICAGo.-Eight thousand
houses of all sorts-including twenty-five
churches, which cost an average of $4,000,
were built in Chicago during The present
year. The entire cost Of these buildings was
S25, 900, 900, or al average of SO, l25.
, 1869-01-01

A PEN PORTRAIT OF BIsMARCK-George
Alfred Townsend, 10 recent lecture, gave
the following pen picture of Bismarck
Three times within three months | sat in the
presence of Count Bismarck. A reactionist
in other words an enemy of every idea on
which American RepublicaDism is based-by
sheer boldness be precipituted the great war
of 1866, and made himself name in spite
of his arrogance and unscrupulOusness. Al
most a giant, both in height and industry,
measuring six feet two, huge and homely in
feature, creased skin, and an ear big enough
for railroad depot, a mouth wide and SO
cruel that it could bite State in two, neck
into which you might turn a river-Of any
thing but water; his powers of mind are
profound, his speech resolute but with you
and me, common people who demand a
chance and influence, Count Bismarck has
no more sympathy than with so many horses
, 1869-01-01

GEO. WILLIAM CURTIS says: The
summer is over, the harvest ending. The
earth, like decorated temple, stands heaped
with the treasures of the field and now,
like Roman conqueror returning with the
spoils of victory to the capital comes the
farmer to his festival with all the fruits of
his triumphal YEAR
, 1869-01-01

MEMORY and hope are as different as corn.
ed beef and men. To most people memory is
interspersed with much that is unpleasant
and unsatisfactory; while we hope only that
which is attractive, pleasing and bright We
often wish to blot out memory, but never
hnnn
, 1869-01-01

'@WIFE,' said a man, looking for his boot
jack, 4 have places where keep my things,
and you ought to know it.. Yes said she
Il ought to know where you keep your late
hours-but don't
, 1869-01-01

SOME of the red hot radicals in Detroit
voted the following ticket at the late cleo
ton: No President at all. Abolition OF
that monarchical Office by revisision of the
Constitution. Government of the people
through their responsible agents in Congress.
, 1869-01-01

A WESTERN editor wishes to know Wheth-
er the laws recently enacted against the
carrying of deadly weapons apply to doctors
who carry pills in their pockets?