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village, and e large number of visitors were present from this city and other ula. ces. Among the number during a portion of the evening was Gov. Jewell, who after making an address at the Grand Army Far in Winsted, drove to this place in time to participate in the festivities. The music was furnished by Colts Band, and the prompting by Adkins. It was the most brilliant and successful ball ever Riv- en in the place. Waterbury Anssrican.
 R1vERToN. Grant preached s practical sermon in the Cong. Church, last Friday evening. Daniel Hull preached two evenings upon Spiritualism in the Methodist Church.
 Have had another big flood. It car. ried away about 100 loads of dirt from our principal street as it went along,
 Col. Hodge contemplates putting up A new barn and making additions to his ten. ements.
 -Congregationalism, Methodism, Epis copalianism, Adventism and Spiritualism, have their able opponents here occasionally so that in religious matters we are not be. hind the age.-Herdld.
 WATERTowN.-The storm prevented a large attendance at the ladies' fair; those present, however, bought the more, SO that quite a sum was realized. Prof. Hib- bard had 8 full house to hear him read, and all appeared to be satisfied.
 The Methodist society, on Monday even ing, held a donation party; where the Rev. David Osborn received about seventy dol lars in cash and substantials.
 There is nothing new in regard to the Watertown railroad-no contract has yet hn0n ho If being delayed by reason of the tardiness of the directors of the Naugatuck road in concluding a contract which is awaiting l their action.
 The freshet of last Friday caused & great amount of damage to the highways in all parts of the town, and came very near car. rying away the dam at Wattles' pond. be- longing to the American Pin Co., Halss 1 Lndar
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bS The Democratic Convention was unquestionably lively affair. Some of our Litchfeld delegation were day or two in getting back, owing. as we learn from the Sentinel, to eccentricities in the management of the New York and New Haven railroad. The proceedings of the convention were fully reported in the New Haven and Hartford journals, but we mo- tics that the Republican papers publish the remarks of Mir. Graves, temporary Chairman. in full, and cut down the ad- dress of Eaton, the permanent president, while the Democratic papers do just the reverse. We are especially surprised that the editor of the Sentinel makes no pre- tense of reporting the speech of his townsman, and gives Eaton's entire, al. though he was there, and knows that the latter was a very insignificant affair, com paratively.
 Upon one fact all the various reportl agree-that, at this particular performance of the play of Richard III, the part (. Hamlet was aOt omitted.
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SALISBURY.

The friends of Rev. Dr. Reid, pastor of the Congregational church in this village, gave him donation visit on Wednesday evening last, which in the magnitude of gifts, surpassed anything ever before witt messed here. Aside from large supply of provisions and severa! small presents. the Dr. was made the recipient of package containing SLIGO in greenbacks. The package was presented in behalf of his friends, after few remarks, by Ex-Gov. Holley. The Dr. replied with an ele. gant acknowledgement, after which the evening was spent in social intercourse
 On Monday ofslast week, MT. John vanD Deusen, foreman of the Chatfeld Ore bed, dropped dead while standing in the the engine room at that place, couversing with the engineer. Heart disease is sup posed to have been the cause of his death.
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For the Enquirer. PLYMOUTH SKETCHEs-No. IA.

AwOO1n ShEICHES-NO. IA.
 on Tuesday evening Feb 22d. Union Temperance meeting" was:held in the first Congregational Church. J. G. Bradstreet. Esq, was chosen Chairman, and remarks were made by Rev. Mir. Hillard, Rev. MT. Backas, George Langdon and Lucius Brad ely, Esqrs., and two or three other individ- uals, including the chairman of the meet. ing.
 On Thursday evening, the 24th, about a score of persons met at the residen ce of Mir. George White, of Plymouth Center to engage in '.candy pull: Some nice mo- lasses was procured, and some excellent candy made. Nor was this the only inter. esting feature of the occasion. A table loaded with several kinds of delicately Aa- yored cake, and with nuts. oranges, &c.,, presented peculiar attractions. In brief, it was 8 first class candy pull;" at least so far as entertainment was concerned
 All had lively, pleasant time,-
 It came so very handy
 Ao cut tnOdo LOaVeS O1 SplonOlQ cake, And that molasses candy
 The programme of services for Lent is as follows: In St. Peters Church, on Ash Wednesday, service and sermon at the us- ual morning hour. On subsequent Wed nesdays, prayers at g o'clock a. m.. while on every Friday evening there will be 6 service and lecture.
 In Trinity church the exercises will b. the same, excepting that the lectures vii be on Wednesday evenings, and the pray CT meeting on Friday mornings.
 In the Congregational Churches the ar engagement for services through the Lenter season will, it is thought, be substantially the same as in former years. PLYMOTHEAN.
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''THE UNIVERSAL AYRR."i On my jour- neys over tue continent-through Turkey, India, China. JapanJ Peru, Ohili, Para quay, Brazil, and Mexico, and the United States-in them all to some extent and in some to great extent, have found the universal Aver represented by his family medicines. Whieh1are often held in fabulous esteem. Whether they win their marvellous reputation by their cures, I know not, but know they have it to 8! such q; a degree that t ireque9tly gave me from the same oountry.a Fields letters from abroad. lzg ,oi'-p. - .t..s .-,.-..
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CATARRH CURED. .-The following, which we find in the Norwalk Gaeeve, may be of benefit to some of our readers who are suf- fering from that dangerous disease, if neg enabling them to know where to find a skillful physician who makes a speciality of it. The days for receiving patients are Mondays, Tues days, Fridays and Saturdays; none being received Wednesdays and Thursdays.
 DR. RowE, A East 2Oth Street, New York City:- DEAR s1R:-H gives me great pleasure to write you of the benefit have received from your ju- dicious and successful treatment of Catarrh, from which have suffered so much, That which called severe cold in the head, !" had increased in severity. year by year, until the Autumn trst called on you. At that time ! was convinced that a longer neglect must inevitably lead to the dis ease of my lungs, as my throat was already affect ed considerably and severely, and my physical strength generally impaired, had no knowl. edge of you beyond a treatise of yours which had read, and may add that the prejudice nat ural to one strictly educated to the views of the regular practice did not aid me in seeking one ot whom knew so little. But was unable to find any help through the ordinary treatment of Ga.
 tarrh, and therefore followed my inclination and
 of your medicines, that if cure could be effected your method could do it. have carefully follow ed your directions, and thongh from the long standing and severity of my case. my recovery hal
 been slow, I am happy to say it has been sure
 and cannot but wish for all who are sunernl 1 your sure sensible and certain help. .s. @as!- Mas. LEWIS J. CURTIS,
 Norwalk, Conn.
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Mar. 1.,.187O.
WASHINGTON.

THE RIVALS will be enacted with cos- tunes, by the F. D. O., in Farmers Hall. Thursday eve, 10th inst It was perform ed in F. w. Gunn's school room before an audience of hundred or more, short time since, and pronounced success. By request it will be given to the public on the eve of the 10th, commencing at seven o'clock. If the weather is decidedly stor- my it will be given the next evening
 The lecture of A.N. Benedicton Dare to Do Right, we were prevented by indisposi. tion from hearing, but hear it spoken of as a masterly effort, evinciug great depth oi thought.
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Congressional.

SENATE. Bills have been reported to re organize the civil service; to divide the State of Texas; and to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. t,.... RA resolution against imitation passed, on Thursday.
 MT. Revels, colored Senator from Mis- sissippi, has been admitted to his seat.
 The funding bill has been discussed; Mir. Sherman in favor, and Mir. Fenton against it. ...... ..... t... f..~. ~.
 HoUsE.-Judge Bnsteed has been exons- rated from the charges made against him.
 Four Mississippi members have been ad- mitted. .-t.t--f v--s- .s
 The bill against polygamy in Utah is op- posed by members and delegates coming from near that territory. I..-...l.... The legislative appropriation bill has been disposed of. r-...... 4.L
 Three members; Whittemore of $. O., Deweese of N. O., and Golladay of Ky, have resigned to avoid expulsion for sale of cadetships.
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MARBLEDALE.

Marbledale is getting lively. A few nights since, a pleasant gathering took place at A. H. Summers. Of course, we all showed our agility to the music of Messrs. Cables and Watson.
 - The hard rains of the day and night of the 18th, raised the creek so high that it overfowed Mir. G. W. Cogswell's dam, doing some slight injury to the road in front of the Hotel.
 = Mr. s. s. Miles is an efficient Post. master. He has fitted the office up in ex. cellent style.
 = John M. Ford is making preparations for building large tobacco-house in the spring.
 - People who have been mourning over the warm and open winter. can dry their tears, or if they find any difficulty in dry ing them. they can freeze them. if this weather continues.
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IRON IN THE BLOOD When the blood is well supplied with it's iron element, we feel vigorous and full of animation. It is an insuficiency of this vital element that makes us feel weak and low-spirited; in such cases, the Peravian Syrup Ia protox- idle of iron) can supply this deficiency, and it's use will invigorate us wonderfully. #
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There are probably hundred or more persons in this and neighboring towns, who daily suffer from the distressing effects of kidney troubles. who do not know that Johnson's Anodyne Lininssnt is almost OCT tain cure. In severe cases, great relief may be obtained, if not 8 perfect cure.
 We notice that the Agricultural papers all over the country recommend the use of SheridGn's Cavahy Condition PosOders -EGcbGngs 's.l gssA+ ..sa Ixtyss
 Farmers and others in this section have long known and appreciated the advan- tages of these powders over all others.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Desirous of giving every encouragement to persons favoring us with local news. we make the following propositions to regular and occasional correspondents:
 1. On publication of any communication we will forward sis e1tra copies of the EN QuIRRR containing the same to the address of the person sending it to us. or to any persons residing within the county such person may designate. Correspondents must advise us, at the time of sending communications, of the number. of copies desired, and to whom they are to be sent.
 2. Local items from reliable sources in any part of the county will be received with pleasure, but we are particularly de- sirous of increasing our list of regular cor- respondents. To each of these, or to such person as he or she may designate, we will send copy of our paper regularly in ad- dition to the extra copies mentioned above.
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For the Enquirer.
TWISTED. Feb. 18th. 1870.

TWISTED, Feb. 2sth. 1870. Your correspondent has been too busy with the Soldiers Fair" to write you the Winsted news of the last two weeks, until now.
 Mrs. Park sold plot. of land, fronting 17O feet on High St., by 115 feet deep, al auction for g, ,625.
 The Tableaux on Monday and Tuesday Evenings of last week were much better than the average of such performances and will probably be repeated in some of the towns below us by and by. ..eee The fair is 8 grand success. It is esti- mated that 2,0O0 people have attended, thus far. ..'.tE..
 . GnaNoaco
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COUNTY ITEMS.

Wo1oorTy1L1E. The frame of the new Depot is all up. It is to be one of the handsomest on the line of the road. 4otE. Gov. Jewell was given 8 reception at MT. J. E. Calhoun's on Thursday noon. a Fl
 The Union Manufacturing Go. are about building large addition to their works. e-s@.. i IA ze l-fsa sEt.g1 t~-4 saS q
 MT; and Mrs; .;E Francis El5 N. Holley gave D was attended by. large aud fashionable party from Waterbury and Wolcottgille. 2 Last night the great event of the season took place at Wadham's Hall. It was the grand ball given by the gentlemen of the
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To THE LADY OF THE HousE.-Yon will find that you have been relieved of a "world of care" when you have deposited your silver ware, your diamonds and jew elry, your private papers. &c., in . ''par- Tor safe, ," and you have the key safely in, your possession. Particularly so, will you. feel this qualification, if You are going out F. to spend the evening. and the servants are their ''cousins'' to visit them. You will do yourself 6 great injustice and, place temptation in the reach, of your do. mestica, if you fail to provide ;a receptacle. for the safe keeping ot your .valuables. Herrings Parlor Safes are as ornamenkals and more useful than Piano.
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The Issues.

No important issue is presented to our people at the coming State election. The Fifteenth Amendment came before them, last year, and not only the legislature, but in effect the people, ratified that great measure. The resolutions passed by the Democracy at their late Convention, re- garding the Amendment, are simply con- fession of defeat.
 The pretence the Democracy make of fayoring revenue tariff, while they nomi- nate large manufacturers to the first and second places on their ticket. and while their only representative in Congress is a protectionist, is too ridiculous to deserve serious reply.
 The decision of the Supreme Court oi the United States declaring the legal ten. u1r y1uuse o1 Uue avUs auJuUr1zius thu issue of greenbacks unconstitutional, only ap. plies to contracts made before the passage of those acts. Their resolution over-looks that important distinction.
 Unless the Democracy wish to take the ground that no naturalization of foreign CTS should be required, they cannot com plain that some steps should be taken to enforce the laws now so notoriously viola- ted. The employment of such language as "The present unprincipled and cor rupt leaders of the Republican party" in that connection, is extremely rich. If Messrs. Burr, Graves and others, commit tee on resolutions, had read the N. Y. World carefully: of late, they would have seen that want of principle and corruption in naturalization, are Democratic, not Re- publican characteristics.
 The only resolution that deserves seri- ous attention is that founded on MT. Dawes retrenchment speech in the House. That gentleman found fault, we think justly in some instances, with the depart ment estimates for the coming year. He succeeded in squelching the League Island business, which was great blessing. But his comparison of the estimated expenses for the coming year with those of Mir. Johnson's administration, proved falla. cious; chiefly from the fact that the latter had had the benefit of large unappropria- ted balances from the previous year; partly also, from a clerical error of seven mill lions; partly from different mode of sta ting the Post t-ofice estimate, making a still larger difference; and because in the esti- mates for building, sc, the whole prospec- tive estimates for several years were inclu- ded. The comparison between the last year of Johnson and the first year of Grant shows decrease of expenditure in favor of the latter, of sirty millions, and an in- crease of revenue, notwithstanding the lesssning of taxation, of t,0enty y-sir millions. mostly from an honest collection of taxes on whiskey and tobacco. With such re- cord we can safely go before the people.
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1t might raise the price of the poor mans whiskey; but that is inevitable with any restriction. We are well aware that what we propose seems very low moral stand ard; but it is something, and now we have nothing.-E ENo
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KEST.-A justice of appalling jnrisdic- ton lives in Kent, Ct. He recently dis. missed three liquor cases in which the criminal facts were clearly proved, on rep resentation of the counsel for the defend ants that the law in question ''was trouble some and injurious, and that the court should set it aside. ."-Aaenia Times.
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SHARON. On Tuesday 18th inst. a. Dona. ton visit was made at the Rectory of the Episcopal Church for the benefit of Rev. Dr. McDonald. ld.-AmsDia Times. , -o.
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D0 Attention is called to the adv. of "Norway Oats" by s. J. & H. s. Nettleton Washington, Conn.
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Gallagher has been beaten in the New Haven Democratic primaries.
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CORNWALL.

h your issue of the 17th ult., you speak of the statement of the quantity of milk shipped from West Cornwall, made by the Standard as though it must be erroneous. She following is the quantity shipped per month since Sept. 1st: Sept2, 746 cans, Oct 2,531 cans, Nov. 2,3O3 caus. Dec. 2,159 cans, Jan. ?, ,165 cans. Total for 5 months Il, ,9O7 and for the whole road for 5 months about 6O,OOO. or an average of 400 cans per day. The largest shipments were in June, when the number reached nearly 600 per day or "A ,OO0 quarts per day, result uu- precedented on any other road in so short time, and the year is not far distant when 1,5OO or 1000 cans per day will be delivered in New York from the Housa,on- ic Valley. The R. R. Co.,, have bought all the ice houses used last year and are fill ing them with ice from P.ttsfeld. The house in West Cornwall was filled, last week. Private parties are also engaged in getting their summers supply.
 The store of Messrs. Beers < Sons in South Cornwall was entered through the sky light. last "Wednesday night, the safe blown open, and $1, 800 in currency taken fortunately their U. s. Bonds were not kept in the safe and were saved. A c lock standing over the safe was stopped at one o'clock, which was about an hour after the store was closed.
 Cochran & Sherwood have dissolved their partnership in the stove and tin bus mess. MT. Cochran continues the busi- ness Mr. Sherwood selling his interests
 to him.
 MT. James Cochran has bought the
 house and lot owned and formerly occu pied py Aaron B. Chase.
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The button business started in Water bu. ry, about a century ago.
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NEW MILFORD, Feb. 27th, 1870.
 MR. EDrroR:-Mr. s. w. Clark occupied Rev. Mir. Webster's pulpit at the Methodist church on account of the illness of Mir. W. Though 6 lay man Mir. Clark ia more instructive than many or dained ministers. Rev. W. s. Colton, of Washington, preached in the Baptist church in Worthwhile last Sabbath ev- ening and notwithstanding the rain. had good audience.
 Rev. A. B. Pulling, of Trumbuil, preached on Wednesday evening in the same place to a crowd ed house. Rev. Mir. Bailey of Waterbury will preach on Monday and Tuesday evenings of this week, and perhaps longer The people of North vile will gladly welcome him back. His labors there, few weeks since. were greatly blessed. Some 35 conversions have taken place, and oth- CTS are still anxious.
 I've are compelled for want of space to condenss our correspondents item in which he refers to the proposed action of the First Ecclesiastical Society He favors the Rev. Mir. Clark formerly of Litch- ield) and does him no no more than justice when he says that''He is fine scholar, has a pleasing delivery, is forcible in manner, very clear and practical in his illustrations and there is no doubt that he would do great good in New Milford. ED. ESQ1
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