Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-27

|" 20" 30, 414
 10" 20, 534
 !" 1 Y" 10, 892
 It will be observed that almost exactly one quarter of our population is of foreign birth or the children of foreigners. Of our voters probably little less than one quarter are of foreign extraction. The excess of women over men, 199, probably occurs mostly in this village, where the preponderance of the former is very great. Our population cannot com- plain of want of house room; there are only 38 more families than dwellings, and only five people to the family. We hope, when we have leisure, to look up the town statistics of 1860, and compare with the foregoing. Litchfield may we'll be satis- fled, that she has lost nothing in popula- ton. this time. In 1880, with the help of the Shepaug Valley R. R., we hope to show gain.
 The Teachers Institute held at this place. last week, closed on Wednesday night. On Wednesday morning. Messrs. Walton and Bailey spoke on topics within their respective provinces. In the afternoon Prof. Northrop spoke on school discipline. He claimed the right for teachers of ad- ministering corporal punishment in:e :emer- gencies, but advised its disuse in ordinary eases. He especially enforced the necessi. ty of allowing time for reflection between offence and punishment. Prof. Thatcher of Yale College then addressed the Insti- tute
 On Wednesday night, MT. Cleveland, of the Board of Education, argued in favor of the present system of education. Prof Thatcher followed with a few general re- marks and the evenings entertainment was closed with readings by Prof. Bailey. The Irishman in France, the story of the Reprieved Soldier, the Drunkard's Dog. and selection from Pickwick concerning Mr. Peter Magnus and Mir. Piokwick's ad. venture in the room of the Middle-Aged Lady, were all admirably read. In fact Prof. Bailey's readings were decidedly the popular feature of the evening meetings at the Church. Over an hundred teachers were present at the different meetings, who no doubt found them instructive as we'll as entertaining.
 A census was lately made by compe- tent person of all the persons over eightee n living within the limits of the borough of Litchfield, with view to sex and condi- tion. The substantial accuracy of the en- numeration can be relied upon, and the re- suit is as follows: Single men, 51; single women, 2O5; married couples. 121. The great disproportion between the number of single men and of single women is in pat accounted for by the fact that few men and many women are employed as servants, and by considerable preponderance of of women among our summer residents. On the other hand, however, a large pro portion of our single men are laborers of foreign birth. The startling dispropol! tion of five single women to every three married women, of nearly two women to every man. of -four single women to every single man, discloses the movement of population in old New England villages more clearly than any development of the official census. A very large proportion oi the young men of such communities emil grate to the West, to cities, or to manufac. turing villages. Of our young women, probably less than half marry at home, a few abroad, and most of the remainde, stay with parents or relatives, leading a life of comparative dependence. We hope that our railroad will enable more of oul young men to find homes at home, but the evil is one that generally prevails. Unless New England women can be furnished ready, worthy, renumerative employment outside of mafrimony, many of them vii continue to be burden on the communi ties of which nature intended them to be useful members.
 We clip the following notice from Tuesdays Cewant Mir. Day spent several summers, of late. in this place.
 Thomas Day, native of New Preston. g nephew of the late President Day, and q graduate of the Yale Law School, died in Hamilton, Nevada, on Monday, Oct. 17th. A letter announcing him in perfect health, and the telegram containing news of his death. reached New Haven the same day. MT. Day had been lawyer in Cleveland. O.. and New York City. but had removed to Nevada for his health, and was engaged there in extensive mining operations.