Litchfield enquirer., 1870-01-13
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SA1Sss OA ~ AAoSSPoiss 00nSCtS0 uAS 1oCkdEe on Temperancst at the Court Room. It was able, lively, cbarita5se. He took the true ground, that the entire disuse ofsprituous liquors could only be brought. about by a very general. voluntary. total abstinence !; that any attempt of minority of teetotal- CTS to force Prohibition on majority ol non-abstinents would p-ovesa failure 1; and that the detective" system in vogue at one time, was bad in principle and worse in practice. The notion that the wines of the New Testament. as MT. Benedict with
 most temperance men claim. were unfer- mented, we have never been able to recon cile with the declarations that nep bottl es were necessary for new wine. that the guests at the marriage feast were not expected to know good wine from bad after they had "well drunk" MT. Benedict also condemns the use of spirituous liquors in medical practice, g. position too directly in opposition to the usual medical opinion to be generally admitted, even if correct. That persons in feeble health, especially ladies, consume an unconscionable amount of alchoholic stimulus, we. readily concede, but who is to draw the line where the medicine" ends and the "beverage" be- gins :? The medical profession will have tob besconvsrted to the temperance faith before that evil can be corrected. Mir. Benedict's style of telling story is admi- rapIe, but we cannot say as much for the style of story he tells. Inspite of the storm of the day, the attendance at the lecture was large (about 250, we should iudge), and it was very we'll received. The hits were excel lent, the interest admirably kept up througheut, and the close especially
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 MT. Benedict stated that his object in coming here was; to organize, if possible. Q Division of Sons of Temperancs. He is in fact Temperance missionary lacturing under the auspices of the Grand Division of that order. It will be of course for the people of this vicinity to decide whether they want any such organization. That there is need of some Temperance move ment is manifest. Many of our best and most popular men are certainly falling in- to habits of pretty liberal indulgence in alcoholic drinks. Nearly every one of them sees that the rest are in danger, but seems to have no fear for himself. There is another and probably the largest class in community who seldom drink at all. and never in public places. If the latter class, or 8 fair proportion of them, will take a little higher stand, and get some of the for : mer up to it with them, some practical good will evidently have been achieved. Is the effort worth making at all? Ifso, is the plan proposed the best form of making such effort .s ats-.a aL ae ...a .a0
 - At a'meeting of the Stockholders of the First National Bank, held on the 11th inst. Edwin McNeill, H. W. Buel, David O. Whittlesey, and David E. Bostwick, were elected Directors for the ensuing year. .s,5s .&a .r 91av eal.d
 At subsequent meeting of the Direct ors. held the same day, E.. McNeill was elected President; H. W. Buel, Vice Pres. ident; and H. R. Colt, Cashier. ca' '.a-~
 o. A Hickox was appointed Attorney of the Bank. <0.s. .l@...ie.. ..,r ...t5
 Rev. 0. s. Henry, D. D., late Chan cellor of the University of New York, and widely known in Europe and this country by his publications. has accepted the Rec torship of St, Michael's Church, and will commence his services on Friday even ing next, at 7 o'clock, at the Chapel. His salary is to be $l ,5o0.' 'a2i s.i' 1--- -.~'
 - Mir. Frederick R. Starr of New York, has taken conveyances of the Law place, and of MT. Frederick Braman's property on Chestnut Hill. Price $7,350 for the former; and $2, 500 for the latter. aaeDh 4
 = MT. F. s. Porter and wife, convey their farm in Northfisld to Josephine M. Flower of Bethlehem, for $6,0OO. a'Lpp 5-a
 - Charles J. Peck has bought the A. c. Smith property on South Plaln. Price g. ,O00 sea 4h'' ' 'a'i s.,i' '<..' - There are four churches in the vil- lage, and neither has a resident
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 - The Congregational Sociable is to be held at Mrs. Rays, on Thursday evening.
 -!The firm of Braman < Taylor is dis solved, and the former will hereafter con- duct the business alone.
 - We are requested to state that Darius Chapter, No. l6, R. A. M. will hold convo- cations every Thursday evening, until fur thsr notics. a asaaa sa
 s-Attention is called to a notice to School District Committees in another Column g. ]
 aa3 4u .--.- -... -L- --a ..as+@ <AtI i. WASHINGTON. la9'52 .st~~ T The Rev. c. T. Woodruff of sNorwalk, gave his lecture, last week, to full house. The first great want of our time, he claim ed to be the need of |" Individual Train