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Litchfield enquirer., 1870-04-21
WASHINGTON.

Romulus w. Ford has made an ar- engagement for manufacturing cheese at Davis Hollow the coming season. He ex- poets to commence the first of May.
 MT. Colton gave the closing lecture of the course of lectures, on American. Traits. It was good one and we'll received. We we were glad to see that he is making pro- gress on the Woman's Suffrage Questions as he said if majority of the women wanted thsrballot, he should not object. The lecture committee received the thanks of the audience for their assiduity in carrying through the lectures. The plan was com. menced as an experiment. but so well sat. isfed are the people with it, that next win ter some of the most noted lectur- CTS in the nation will be obtain ed. We say to our friends in adjoining towns-Try a course of lectures. W.
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News of the Week
FOREIGN

E NH FOREIGN. .
 GreU Britain. Education bill is to be abandoned.
 France:-M. NJ. Dalu and Buffet retire from the Olivier Ministry. The Emperor has written and circulated letter on the Plebiscitum. The Plebiscitnm, or popular vote on the proposed new constitntion,is to be taken early in May. The Liberals have decided on voting.in the negative. Spain.-In accordance with the direc- tioDs from Rome, the priests refuse to take the oath of support to the Constitu- ton.
 Olozaga has been made President of the Madrid Council @ F The sale of Cuba is still discussed in Spanish journals. 5@ &
 Rome. The Constitution of Faith. com prising the dogma of lnfallibility, has been voted unanimously by the Council. those in opposition remaining silent. Forty persons have been arrested on ac- cusation of insurreetionary designs
 Mecico.-The insurrection is nearly at an end.
 Paraguay. Brazilian reports claim that Lopez is killed at last.
 Canada.-An expedition has started to put down the Winnipegs. Prince Edwards island has rejected Con- federation.
 Nova Scotia still opposes Confederation, and demands independence.
 The Canadian Parliament has suspended the Habeas Corpus.
 DOMESTIC.
 San Francisco boasts of the first bar of tin ever made in this country.
 Boston will give the remains of Mr. Burliugame a public reception.
 Senater Revels lectured Tn Philadelphia yesterday.
 Indians partly destroyed bridge on the Union Pacific Railroad, throwing 14 cars off the track.
 The centenary of Universalism was cele- brated in Rhode Island, last week.
 Ex-State-Auditor Wickliffe of Louisiana has absconded, after selling large amount of fraudulent State bonds
 A heavy freshet prevails in the Missis- sippi, several towns being inundated.
 The survivors of the Oneida have ar- rived at San Francisco:
 The Attorney General of California has decided against the rights of negroes to vote in that State.
 A torch-light Fifteenth Amendment SS'0 A"oA"u .oon pA@oo HI WaSu4uSLOu IaSC week, President Grant making a speech.
 The New-York East NJ. B. Conference has pronounced against State aid to sec. tartan schools and against the lax, divorce laws of Connecticut
 Three persons were killed and ten wounded by boiler explosion at Cincin nati on Saturday.
 An International Convention of Young Mems Christian Associations will be held : at Indianapolis in June.
 An Indian war is threatened along the Pacific Railroad
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DIED.

In Wolcottville, April 18th, Frederick Saxty, aged 37 years.
 Funeral will be attended Thursday, at half past one o'clock, P. M. Brethren of St: Paul's Lodge, F. & A. M., are respect fully invited to attend.
 At Falls Village, April 8. Miss Eliza Munson, aged 65 years.
 In Goshen, April 17th, Mrs. Catharine Stewart, wife of William Stewart, aged 65 years
 At Philippi, Barbour County, West Vir- ginla, Willard Roberts, aged 65; formerly of Torringford. Conn. Winsted Herald. please copy. ..
 In North6eld, April 8, Capt. Isaac New ton, aged 88 years.
 In Northfeld, April 6, Ephraim Hall, aged 75 years.
 At Goshen, April 4, of phthsis, Edward P. Barnum, aged AZ years. % At West Winsted, April 4, Joel Hum- phrey, aged 79 years.
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B@~ We reprint on our fourth page, the letter of Hon. J. H. Howe, Chief Justice of Wyoming Territory, regarding the practical workings of jury system in which both sexes are represented. There has been much misrepresentation of the matter through the papers, and we are sor- ry to sec that the journals who made the most of the false reports have taken no trouble to correct them. .s 1
 Even people of the highest grade of in. telligence are apt to fail in a wholly un' tried sphere. and we are agreeably disap. pointed in the immediate good which has resulted from the employment of women on iuries. Those who have heretofore dis trusted woman's good sense and judgment are now, we hope. busily engaged in mod flying opinions which prove to have been false. Those whose business it seems te be to sheer at women who attempt any other business than misunderstanding, vii have to taunt the poor souls who are in nc condition to prove their capacity s; completely as the enfranchised ladies O Wyoming have done.
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For the Enquirer. PLYMOUTH SKETCHES-Nn o1

On Fast Day. or Good Friday. services were held in the various churches.
 In the Congregational Church, Terry. Vile, owing to the illness of the Rev. MT. wright. the pastor. there were religious services without sermon.
 h the Congregational Church at the Centre the Rev. Mr. Hillard prsac he'd . discourse from Isaiah 53a Oh. 3d verse.
 He IS despised and rejected of men; man or sorrows and acquainted with grief"
 In St. Peters Church the Rev. Mr. as preached from these wor ds: For I de. ilvered unto you first of all that which ] also received. how that Christ died for ou, sins according to the scriptures" 1st Cor. 10th Oh. 3d verse.
 l On Easter day, the Rev. Mir. H. deliver ed morning sermon Matt 2sth Ch., 9th verse: "He is not here; for he is risen. as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay"
 1 The same day the Rev. Mr. Thomas gave ah afternoon discourse (there hayiog been none in the forenoon, on account of com l munion) from Acts, 4th Ch., 33d verse: ''And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Je- sus: And great grace was upon them alb" St. Peters parish has lately procured a new chancel carpet and chairs. The latter. of gothic design, were in their places, for the first time on last Sunday.
 On Saturday, the 18th inst, seizure of liquors took place in various places in vari ous parts of the town. The portion of it that was not already at the Center was ta. ken there for safe keeping.
 The selectmen having refused to appoint town agents to sell ardent spirits, without direct authority from their immediate con, kstituents,a special town meeting was called to be holden in the Town Hall on Monday, the 18th, to take the matter into considera- tion. Said meeting was held at the ap- | pointed. time, and was very interesting one. Lucius Beardsley was appointed chairman. Remarks were made by Mr. Bradstreet, the Rev. Mir. Backus, the Rev. MT. Hilliard, R. D. H. Allen, Alexander Pond, Eli Mckee, Apol,os Markham, and Geo. s. Hoadley. On motion to appoint town agents, it was decided to take vote by dividing tho house; but ow. ing to the difficulty of mak ing a correc: count, this decision was revoked. Subse. quently another motion was made and pas sed to secure vote by ballot, which was al length accomplished. The result was 3OS 1 votes: 156 being for, and 152 against the l measure.
 PLYMOTHEAN.
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esE Gov: Jewell takes his defeat philoso. phically. It will be recollected that the rain, on election day, came down as in the days Of Noah. On Tuesday morning, 10th, 1 Democrat met him on Asylum street with-"Good morning, Governer sorry for you, personally-but things will happen so, sometimes" ''Well-I've learned one thing" responded the Governor-''the Republican party connot bear loo mxch ,ca- ter. r."-Regisier.
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WOLCOTTvILLE.

There will be meeting of all those that are interested in sending milk to New York, held at the Town Hall in Wolcott- vile, on Wednesday, April !27tb. 1870. al one o'clock, P. M., to take into considera. ton and devise some means whereby the farmers can have their cans returned more promptly and in better condition. It is hoped that all interested will attend.
 MIIKMEN.
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LIME RocK, April 12th, 1870. .

MR. EDIToR:-Prof. G. w. Stevens, of Danbury, has conducted singing school at this place and Sharon, the past winter, and closed by giving grand concert here on Wednesday, April 9th. He was assist ed by number of ladies and gentlemen from Sharon who contributed much to the enjoyment of the evening. We had a good attendance considering the rainy weather and bad travelling. The winter has passed pleasantly, and the scho1ai s have improved rapidly under the thorough instruction of Mir. s. J. ".
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Congressional.

The House bill for Joint Committee on Indian Affairs has passed the Senate.
 MT. Shober has been admitted to seat in the House from North Carolina. and MT. Reading of Pa, unseated in favor oi Mir. Taylor.
 The Niagara Tunnel bill has passed the Senate.
 Bills have been introduced into the Sen ate authorizing the sale of the surplus gold in the Treasury, and the laying al ocean cable between San Francisco ane Japan. 7 @
 The House has been principally engaged in debating the Tariff, and voted to re duce the duty on pig iron to $4 per ton.
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STATE ITEMS.

The Singer Sewing Machine Co. are to remove their works to Bridgeport
 A terrible murder occurred at Branford. on Tuesday of last week. One Charles M. Appel beat his brother, Serene Appel, to death with stick of wood. The appa. rent cause was jealousy, occasioned by the preference of the father of one son to the other.
 The Register pays Gov. Jewell the con- pliment of calling him "the most popu. lar candidate of the Republican party in Connecticut
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TERRYyILLE.
Respectfully yours,

The Rev. Mir. Wright las resigned, on account of i'll health, and preached his farewell sermon, last Sabbath.
 = The public schools opened for the Spring term, on Monday last. ..
 = Lewis Williams has bought the house owned by R. Humiston, who goes to New Britain
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s~ An article in the Hartford Times, imputing jealousy of the late Gen. Thom- .n Ar. khn proaidank olnsaa da follnws.

p% An article in the Hartford Times, imputing jealousy of the late Gen. Thom- as to the President. closes as follows:
 But his [Grantsl jealousy survived, and has shown itself unmistakably since, particularly sinee the mention of Gen. Thomass name in con. neeSxon with the Presidency of 1872. It IS well fhak the hOnOrs denied him in life should be paid ak his death, to the hero of the battlefelds oi Tennessee.
 There is absolutely no evidence of any such feeling on the part of the President towards Gen. Thomas. In his anxiety lest Hood should escape the consequences ol his fatal blnnder in advancing on Nash vile. the < former did indeed be- come dissatisfied with the appar entIy tardy movements of the latter. The result proved that Thomas was right. and no one did him fuller justice than the Lieutenant General. No i'll feeling seems ever to have existed between the two, but just the opposite; and we believe that any notion of ranning Gen.T for the Presiden y in T2 against his old commander, was as far from the thoughts of the one, as petty jealousy has always been from the mind ot the other. Whatever faults Gen. Grant may have. jealousy of the rising fame oi subordinate commanders has never beer among them.
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NEW MILFORD.

Dr. James Hine has sold the lot near the railroad, on which stands the tenement house now occupied by Eugene Mrphy, to gentleman from New York, who in. tends to erect thereon a large tob@co warehouse. Price $1 400.
 = MT. T. s. Hodge is carrying on tie photograph business at the rooms in Jen ning's building, which Sisson recently va cated.
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WOODBURY.

The Arion Glee Club of Washington and Roxbury, led by the Hon. Earl Buck ingham, gave concert of vocal and in strumental music at the Town Hall, ol the evening of Wednesday the 18th uli The music was fine. the house full, an' the audience very highly entertained.
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Reform in France.

We copy from the N. I. Times, on our first page, translation of the new Con- stitution the Emperor proposes to submit to the people of France. It will be seen how immense is the power the Emperor proposes to retain, and how inconsistent with anything like real popular govern ment. The proposed Constitution does indeed resemble somewhat, in form, that of Great Britain. The real difference be- tween them is not obvious on paper, but arises from the fact that the large powers nominally exercised by the crown in the latter country, are, in reality, vested in the Ministry. A British Ministry is practi- cafiy Committee of the Lords and Con- mons, taken from the political party which is in majority in the latter. It is they, not the monarch, who appoint command CTS of the land and naval forces, judges of the courts, and make new peers. The en- tire executive authority, and the practical control of legislation is in their hands.
 Under the proposed French Constitu- ton. the Ministry must apparently be sat- isfactory to the Corps LeyislatD, but the Emperor does not give them any real con- trol over the executive power. As mem- bers of the Council of State, they may put into form the bills to be acted on by the legislative bodies, but beyond that, we do not believe that their power will be any. thing more than advisory. No one suppo- sss they are to control the army and navy, the appointment of Senators, and that the real executive power is to be exercised by them to the same extent that is done by British Ministry. We cannot see what the French people will gain under the proposed scheme of government, ex. cept the bare declaration of Ministerial responsibility concession that may amount to very little, indeed, should the Emperor exercise the whole power the Constitution gives him.
 The pitiable condition to which large standing army and superstitious and ignorant country peasantry has re- duced the most hberty-loving nation of Continental Europe, appears from single glance at what is claimed to be an improv- cd Constitution.
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Dyspepsia or Indigestion.

Is oppression after eating, or belching up of wind, and always follows Costiyeness. Dr. Harrison's Peristalic Lozenges give perma nent relief. They are pleasant, portable, do net reqaire increase of dose. and never fail. Also. warraated to cure every kind of Piles. For sale at No. Fremont Temple, Boston, by E. A. Harrison & Co.,, Proprietors, and by all Druggists. Mailed for 60 cents. 48sw
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NEW PREsroN, April IS, 1870.

 MR. ED1roR:-Dear Sir-There has been an outcry in our village, for some time, against the rhm-shops we have in our midst, and some people say that '' the law cannot be enforced" But recent events in other towns show that it can be en- forced whenever the good citizens of this village will do their duty. It had become popular belief that the law could not be enforced in any village against these rum swindlers who trouble the community with their unholy traffic. But other towns have exploded this belief by bringing the vil- laihs to justice. and breaking up their strong holds. Let us hear no man, there. fore, say that the law cannot be enforced. It can be done.
 Respectfully yours, CITIZEN.
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p@ On our first page will be found an account of the arrest of the prize-fghting party who proposed to have "mill' on Charles Island, last week. That precious IOt richly deserve the Penitentiary, and some of the poorest of the ruffans are pretty sure to go there. The richest, how. ever. will escape on bail. and the young "geutlemen" who went from Hartford and other places in this state to witness the affair, do not even get into the papers Eight or nine of the latter bought theil way ont of the jail. Tuesday night. 4 striking commentary on the "equal ad uinissration" of justice!
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GOSHEN.

MT. Frederick B. Hurlburt has sold his place at the Centre, to Mrs. Daniel N. Lu- cas, for $1 800.
 r - Capt. Gaylord had four valuable COWS poisoned last week, by eating white lead. Two of them have died, and the others are not expected to live.
 = Our snow-drifts ana disappearing.
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G6r Attention is called to the advertise. nent of the New Milford House. lately leased by Mir. Albert Anson, in another column. Mr. A. is an enterprising business nan and vii! no doubt succeed in his un dextakinR.
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For the Enquirer
Litchfield County Farming.

How shall We maketYo spears of grass
 grow instead of one?"
 There are many acres in our county now 1 covered, or nearly coyeFed, with brush and
 brlars, where good grass can. and ought to
 grow. It would be good investment for
 many farmer to employ the necessary la-
 bor in pluckily driving the brush from every part Of the farm where grass can
 fairly be expected to grow. A few shade trees Tn proper places inthe pasturea are good TOT cattle in hot weather; but large propor- ton of the shade on our grass land is noth- ing buta nuisance Fence of the necessary wood lot or lots for fuel and timber, and keep out the cattle Shade, and occupa- tion of land by trees brush and briars. are are greater hindrance to grass growing in Litch6eld County, than the rocks and stones about which we grumble so much After the land is thoroughly cleared. nev- CT plough to make grass grow for pasture Do not buru the brush unless they are very thick. Sow on plaster, which will help rot the brush, and make the grass grow more than most farmers are aware of, especially those who have tried it but little. It is said by good farmers that cattle cannot be fattened well without frequent sewing of plaster on the pasture land, and that hay is better on every account where plaster is often used. A light sowing will answer quite we'll if used every year, or once in two years. if more is sowed at a time. Too many cattle are often put up- on land. For tue greatest benefit to the land, the cattle,or owner, stock rather light for the capacity of the land
 Fat your land first, if you wish to fat your cattle; and in few years more stock can be put on with iniuring either of the three-land, cattle, or owner. Stock rath- CT light, and very hot. very dry. or any ex- treme weather, will give much less trouble. "Keep your load and driving little short of the fair ability of your horse. and you will usually have good horse; keep it a little beyond, and you will soon have a poor horse. |" is equally true in stocking g farm. If any one. and especially young man, wishes to learn how to make grass grew, let him consult some one who has succeeded. Examine closely the grass growing on different farms; see how thick it starts at the bottom; notice the color; compare the condition, and improvement of the stock.
 Occasionally day, or part of day, spent in close personal examination of business in which wesSish to succeed, will pay bet ter than the average of investments; espec-, ially if there is fair chance of common sense and resolution to carry into effect the lessons we may learn.
 Litch6eld County is capable of growing nearly or quite double the grass now grown, and the amount expended in mak- ing it do so would soon be returned to the pockets of those who should make the nec- essary effort. FARMER.
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GooD FooD AND PLENTY OF IT, produces the same effect upon person who has been starved that the Peruvian Syrup, an Iron Tonic, does upon the Weak and De- bilitated: it makes them strong and vigor- ous, changing weakness and suffering into strength and health.
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s@ As the captured prize-fghters and their friends were brought into New Ha- ven. last week. we are told by the Register shat they were paraded through the streets to the tune of "Rogues March," probably ouE of respect to the New York and Brook. lyn Alderman who graced the procession
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p@ Reports regarding the action of the Ecumenical Council, whose sessions are secret, are necessarily of doubtful authori- ty, but we have the positive statement that Infallibility has been voted. As has been wittily remarked, there could be no better evidence of the Pope's talli5ilty.
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Book Notices. ao

1 TIE GALAXY contain: Put Yourself ir his Place. by Charles Rsade; Stage Coaci Travelling Forty-six Years Ago. by Thur low Weed; Ab Astris; An Editors Tales by Anthony Trollope; Nature and Dress; Chanel; Gondalieds; Ten Years in Rome; May Song; George Sand; Arbutus; 4 Marshal of France; Marble for Leilac- Time; The Lady Gruach's Husband; The Galaxy Miscellany; Drift Wood; Litera- ture and Art; Memoranda, by Mark Twain Nebules.
 Sheldon O.. 498. Broadway. New York; $4 year. ~ IF 464a # PErERsoH's contains: What Came of my Jealousy; Jock O Hazeldean; Put out of the Way; How Belle Million found her Husband; My Elderly Lover; Aunt Ing hams Invitation; The Prisoner of the Bastile; Engraving. Fashion Plate. Pat terms, Music. Poetry, Short Articles. So. Charles J. Peterson. 3O6 Chestnut -st., !, Philadelphia; S2 year. @oa
 Coop HEALTH contains: Means of Pre- serving Health; Characteristics of Pain; False Parasites of the Human Body; About Making Tea; On Walking; The Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdom Physic. ally Considered; On Wool; First Help in Accidents; Resume of Directions for the Treatment of Severe Accidents or Tniu- ries; Latin Prescriptions; On Teeth and the Toothache; Advice to Young Moth CTS; The Fever of the Toys; Baby Jumpers.
 Alexander Moore. Il Bromfeld St., Bos-- ton; $2 year. Vol. I, bound. is for sale at $2.50. Itisa valuable book of refer ence.
 THE CHnDRENs HOUR contains it's usual variety of reading for smaller children, excellently illustrated, also, as usual.
 T. s. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia; $l.25 "a year. es sa1 &a AA
 ARrHuR's HOME MAGAZINE contains:- What Lily Pomeroy Dld; If; Woman's Work and Woman's Wages; Jacqueline; The Moment of Passion; Short Articles, Engraving. Music. Poetry. Patterns, &c.,, Sc. v.t ea .
 T. s. Arthur & Sons, Philadelphia; $2 a year.
 GoDEY's LADY's Book contains: Poor and Proud; Alice Martin: Acting Charade; The Ladies' Medical Society: Treherne's Rose; Lessons in Drawing; Work Depart ment, Receipts, Arm Chair. &c.; Steel En- graving. "The Cow Doctor;" Poetry, Mu- sic, Fashion Plate, Patterns, and Short Ar ticles. .'...-. ....-.
 Louis A Godey, Philadelphia; 3$ year.
 APPLEToN's JOURNAL for April 23. con. tains: Where we Get Goal and How; The Lady of the Ice; The Three Brothers, by Mrs. Oliphant; The Successful Novelist; During the Red Terror; Short Articles, Literary and Scientific Notes. &c.; Supple ment-The Mystery of Edwin Brood, by Charles Dickens.
 For sale, with all the magazines and principal weeklies, by J. w. Wheeler, West Street. G4
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~We rejoice to hear that material re- dncEion of the fares on the Housatonic roilruad will soon be made.
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NOTICE.

VNAKEN BY VIRTUE OF A WAR. RANT to me directed, for the Collection of mills on the dollar, on List of 1868, so much of the real estates of Joseph P. Moore, Joseph Stil- son, and George F. Shove, as will pay said tax, offer for sale at tie sign-post in New Preston, nearest where said property lies on the 2d day of June, 1870, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon
 D. G. PLATT, Collector. Dated at Washington, this 18th day of March. 187O 3Jv.s1s