Litchfield enquirer., 1870-01-06
PERSONAL.

| A CARD.-Te FHR EDITOR or THE SENTINEL; i; In the Enqurer of the 18th the Editor inserts an ar- which sias it was M wr.tsa and the Editor knew was not telling the truth when he, penned 1t; He probably had been reading in "Gulliver" and thought hes would gull his leaders by getting on one ofthe toughest kind ofgarns that eyer ema- mated from his lively craniun. ! will only quote his first sentence as follows: .On Saturday night last a young man named : :s*ss was brought be- fore us in our magisterial capacity. .&c" Now any, one may know that the above quotation was false by asking MT. E. O. Peck Or Stiles A. Wheeler, and the Editor of the Enquirer will not dare to say un- der oath that it is correct ;Fand all through the article it is regular slang -whanging worked up mess, got up for the express purpose of humDug- ging the public. < Respectfully s0urs' SEC.
 Here is pretty scrape We Inadvertently Chat we "sdare say under oathpl reported that MT. Sias E. Cheney. whose initials grace the foot of the foregoing card, undertook to ss raise h-l" (is exact words if there is any truth in History on the night Of fSatusday, the 11th ult; whereas. in point of fact. he did undertake to raise &c, &c. on the night of Friday, the 10th. ult It isn't easy at first to see where the outrage comes in, but we account for it in this wise to the Puritan. satur- day night is the Sabbath; furthermore, MT. c. of- ten turns an honest penny at the bellows of the Congregational organ, hence ar accusation inyelv- ing breach of the fourth commandment not only lacerates his religious feelings and dininishes his sphere ofmoral influence, bntsndangers his chan ces of earning reputable livelihood. We take pleasure therefore, in corrscttng that particularly -grieyous mistake. , sn5.e < 5a ..3fs s.s.s
 But, says Mir Cheney. the whole story is pal pablo falsehood. Possibly. All we can can usl- ally be expected to do in such ease is to report what is eworn to in court. A hundred spectators assembled to hear MT. Cheney tell the truth he did not see fit to appear. and this ridiculously one-sided story gets into ike papers. We new propose togivs another version of the aair, which rests chiefly on Mr. rChonsys own statements. and . very probablszeraion we gre bound to say that it is: sgss 1sfa,q M8slg asfleyz 1n0t 1T x |. Mir. Cheney confesses to the "soft impesch- msnt,' g presents and all. On the value of these presents, indeed, he puts sonaswhat sentimentsl estimate. Wejudgeeo from the fact shss ne con,- pelled 8 rival who had clipped bit oh the young. adys scarf to wear next his heart to pay hye dol- lars in cash fer the precious privilege. There may have been a lock of hair samong ,thsnn,. too; and that. we know. .bsars something more.than ssssn- t;p.SHtaf value. Mr., Gheneys amiable insanity, however has not been withouti its lucid intervals 1; and in of these he came to the conclusion that the bonds of Hymen were not the investmsnt for him, demanded back his gifts. and talked oflsav- Ing the state, for month or two, no doubt with 3 view to letting the overwhelming flood of passion suDslue nJEs. Uu InaB IzgaI ErIuAy, hsrefore, he called to take last look, and also to reclaim the dry goods, &c., as per inventory. The fairone refused to give them up. He insistsd4 4strenuous- E 'tssr.a fAe- y-perhaps pfofanely and at last she was acsss- aiy hard hearted enough to drive him out of the house oitta broom. He ought thento have staid sway, x " !. .t,s1. .4s.ss. s+4 .sael s.E5 7-1a But iangnishin9 thoughts osms into his head.
 HIS lady love for to see." ss 3ss.sfFs " y. 7 And just at night he was discoyersd lingering about the premises by the hot-hsaded young stage driver, who must needs scare him of with his bru- tai revolveri We leave it to discriminating pub lie to decide whether this stateMeht is not en- tire accord with the known character of the man. Love. anguish. thelosspf thoseprecioussor may have made MT. Cheney tride profaae. but a peace breaker, trespasser quare cldstsans erl The taking out of arevolver, when q broom would have answered all purposes, was an insxcu- sable outrage .. tG
 In conclusion, .yes humbly spologizesto Cupid and Hymen for having named them in connection with this trahsaetion and we may as well take back our allusion to Mammon, also, or hs may be coming out with an indignant card. May We. not hope, also, that even MT. Cheney will bend his visage on us little less souriy than of late, aft
 all the trouble we have taken, to set his injured reputation right2 3e. III sa;5a