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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-06-16
Watch, Clock and Jexvelry

business, and hopes by strict and faithful
attention to business, to merit liberal share
Of their patronage. Persons wanting fine
WATCHES for their own use or for pres
ents, will dc well to give me call, as by
long experience in the business, will be
fbe to select them an article which will
give entire satisfaction, and at low prices.
Watches. Clocks and Jewelry will be re.
paired in prompt and eG5cient manner,
and warranted.
oct22tf WILLIAM MOORE.
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PHYSICIANS.
REMOVAL.

DR. DANIEL s. CONAN has re-
u moved his Office and residence, one
ioor west Of @. Zacliarias' Hotel, Weat
End. Wsssninster. july
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DR. UG STOR E
In Westminster.

j III N w. WILMER
HAVING purchased the interest Of Mr..
IL Hopper, in the Drug Store lately
conducted by Hopper & Wilmer, respect.
fully informs the citizens Of Westminster,
Carol and the adjoining counties, that he
intends keeping q first class
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Examiners Notice.

Df virtue Of a commission issued to us BY
I'D the County Commissioners for Carroll
county, to examine and determine whether the
public convenience requires a public road to
be opened at point on the County Road lead
ing from the Baltimore Turnpike Road to
kroh's S'n at John Traey's Mill, and running
thence i.srough the lands az Jeremiah NJ. Fuhr-
man, ohm kroh and William Walter, until il
int seets County Road on the Pennsylvania
Is7; said road to be located on or near the
led Of an old road.
This lie therefore to notify all persons whom
II may concern, that the undersigned will meet
on the premises, on AoRday, the 20k day Of
Jaas, Hert, 20 execute the trust reposed in Us BY
said commission.
JACOB BOWMAN,
URIAH SULLIVAN,
PETER GETTIER,
may ls-5t Examiners.
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DIR. G. BRINE,

DEiNG located at the residence Of his father,
Id X. Birnie, "Gien Burn Is prepared 20
Practice Medicine in the surrounding neigh
borhood. may 12--3m
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McC0RMICk'S
B& MOWER AND REAPER,

WM. II. HARTMAN & Co, Sole Agents for
the State of Maryland This Reaper and
Mower stands unsurpassed in this country
or Europe. We ask nothing more Of any
honest farmer than to give them a fair trial.
where true merit will show itself beyond
doubt. We know they will work and give
entire satisfaction, under all circumstances.
Messrs. Mccormick & Bro say 10 all who
need or intend to buy Reaper or Mower,
Take their machine and try it u your sat.
isiaction through The Harrest with any other
machine you can get, and keep which ever
you like best" These machines combine
all modern improvements of any value.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
Book Notices, &o.

HARpER's contains: The Hughenots Gl- lustrated); My Babes in the Wood; The Cave of Bellamar (illustrated); Phantom Days; Down The Mississippi (llustrated); /; The Negative in Photography tlIustrated); :; My Distinguished Friend Seltsam; Life in Brittany; Choose; A Pilots Wife (illustra- ted); Frederick The Great (illustrated): !: Dawn on the Hieghts; Anne Furness: The Sacred Flora; A sigh; Anteros; An October Idyl; The Rock of the Legion of Honor; Literary Forgeries; Editors Easy Chair, Literary, Scientific, and Historical Records, and Drawer.
 PETERsoN's MAGAZINE contains: Far from Home; Daisy's Victory; Kathleen's Love Story; A Heroine; One Peep at a Blue Birds Nest; The Surprise Party; The Prisoner of the Bastile; together, with the Usual Fashion Plate, Music. Poetry, &c., &c. g
 Charles J. Peterson, ,3O6 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia; $2.0O year.
 GoDEY's LADY's Book contains: The Second Wife; A Mountain Idyl; Haunting Memories; A Thanksgiving Story; Hallow- cen; Doctor Grace; The Velvet Hat; Pat terms, Receipts, Arm Chair, &c.,; Engra. wing. Fashion Plate. Music, Poetry, Short Articles, &c.
 Louis A. Godey, Philadelphia.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
CORNWALL, Conn, Oct. Is, 1870.

CORNWALL, Conn.,, Oct. IS, 1870.
 DEAR ENQU1RER:-There is in this town an organization called the Cornwall Oornet Band, composed of young and middle aged men, who, for two or three years, have met from the ends of the town and from off the hill sides, two evenings in ev- cry week. for practice, and there is also in this town a certain biped in the form of man, who, when he was an infant, was so peevish and wilfnl, that his parents were obliged to carry their pockets full of su- gar to church, to bribe him to be quiet, and when he grew to be young man, there was no peace at home. unless he had his way in everything. Now this same beautiful disposition clings to him yet, and has caused dire misfortune and opposition to fall upon the 0. c. Band, as they were so unwise as to hire team of bay horses instead of gray ones. to take them to a certain fair, which, being slightly against his wishes, reused all the malevolence and meanness of his nature, and he delights to advertise us in certain paper published at Litchfeld by near relation of his; which paper was once lively sheet, devo- ted to the interests and views of the coun- ty, but is now prostituted to personal slan' der and their own private spite; and we were greatly amused by last weeks issue,
 to find that the admirable musical taste and the fine sensibilities of this individu- al had led him to mistake $ Eaakee Doodle" and ," Red. WRise and Blas," for the old German patriotic song, Vas asM de'' Deaschen Taterlaad." which song We have never obtained, and consequently, could not have performed. We are not in tho
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
The Superior Court.

It occurred to us, short time since, that our readers might take some interest in the progress of business in our Superior Court. We have therefore prepared the following table, showing the number of actions in the old and in the s,ew civil dockets of each term, during the past six years. The old dockets consist of lists of cases,to be tried by the Court or by the Jury, remaining over from previous terms; the new docket is the list of cases brought to that very term. Our legal year commences with the Sep tember Court, and ends with that of the next April; after which there is five months vacation till tue following Sep tember. In our table we give the number of old and new civil actions pending at each term; and the total number of cases brought during the year, in the last col
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20

It will be seen by the foregoing table
 that with the close of the war there was 8 great increase of legal business. Seventy two more new suits were brought in the year ending with April, 1866, than in that end ing with April, 1865; and in '67-'68, the number ran up thirty higher still. During the two years past. business has fallen off somewhat. although the new docket of the last September term was heavy one. It will be seen that the size of the docket has not greatly increased, and the number of cases disposed of has exceeded the number brought, for the past few years. There is no danger, therefore. of those constantly
 increasing dockets which have made the of new courts necessary in some counties. More particularly is this evident, when we see what the Court has done in this county, in former years, by way of holding long terms. The following table shows the number of days the Superior Court has been in session in each legal year, commencing with the Sep
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
,. ssSA.
 LITGHFIET,D.

On Wednesday night, of last week, the Rev. 0. s. Henry, D. D., delivered lec- ture for the benefit of tue new Library, on the subject of the Salem Witchcraft. It was very instructive resume of the re- markable proceedings in that remarkable outbreak of superstitious fanaticism in New England. At the close of the lecture, an amusing chapter was read. giving the Massachusetts experience of an unknown clergyman with an unknown drink, strongly resembling ale. since Prohibi ton.
 - The Teachers Institute, announced in our last, commenced on Monday even ing with an address by MT. Northrop, Sec. retary of the State Board of Education, and readings by Professor Russell, of Trin- ity College. The latter were very good, especially the humorous pieces. On Tnes. day. about seventy teachers and others in- terested in the subject of education being present, MT. Rice of Westfield, Mass. :. made some very useful remarks on the mode of teaching Arithmetic, and Profess sor Rice of Wesleyan University, lectdred on Natural Science. Tuesday afternoon, MT. Walton and Professors Gilman and Bailey addressed the Institute. Tuesday evening, Professors Gilman and Brush, of the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale, ex- plained the course of study at that institu- tlon, and presented it's claims for support. In conclusion, Professor Bailey gave some readings, which were extremely we'll re- ceived. especially the comic parts.
 - Mir. Sherman lectured on Thursday evening, as announced, and also on the two following evenings, making phreno- logical examinations
 MT. Traverse, of Sharon, has rented the house of Mrs. Smith in Meadow St.
 = Mir. Ethan O. Barber has deeded to Charles W. Barber, his farm of about ITO acres in the northwest part of the town. Price $s.O0O
 = Mir. Amos Bissell has deeded to his son. Dwight Bissell, 125 acres of land, with the buildings thereon; price 5000.
 - Mary Kilborn has deeded to Harriet Morse her place in Meadow Street, for $1, ,OOO. The house is being fully repaired
 - The aurora of Friday night was one of the most brilliant ever seen. Stream. ing up on every side, the bands of light united at point near the zenith. while to the north, what seemed like crimson clouds, covered large portions of the sky.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
For the Enquirer. PLYMOUTH SKE ErCHES. No. 46.

PLYMOUTH SKETCHES. No. 46.
 When in No. A, mentioned the derar- ture of Mir. D., and the arrival of his suc- cessor MT. B., concluded by saying " Mir. D. is g genuine Yankee" &c. But the prin. ter makes mo say, '' MT. B" instead of MT. D. Now whether MT. 5. 1s 5 genuine yau- kee, like Mir. D., is unknown to me. If MT. B. is not genuine yankee. like Mir. D. then you see it is unfortunate for me that the types, erringly, make me say "Mr. E" instead of Mir. D. However, let us hope that Mir. B. is a genuine yankee, like MT. D.. and will play his card successfully. We must wait and see.
 Ives and Blakeslees toy shop is in full blast, turning out in wonderful profusion sawers,s grinders, Chinese washerwomen, cavalry officers, &c The savers and grind CTS seem little inclined to labor in the sum- mer season. but do very well in cold wealth CT, provided they are allowed to take their work in near the fire The washerwomen, as matter of course, utterly refuse to scrub clothes away out in the cold. Even the cavalry officers have become SO effeminate that they to refuse to perform their round of duty, unless they are first permitted to come in and get warm near the heated stove or blazing hearth
 Oct 1a 1870
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
HARWINTON.

The Seventeenth Annual Cattle Show and Fair was held on the 11th inst. There were ninety yoke of Cattle upon the ground-one very fine team from Litch- field, also one from Torringford. The Fair at the Town Hall was good, including every variety of farmers produce.
 Among the principal attractions of the day, we would mention the Bristol Band. which furnished us with some of their best music.
 I. Tatro of Winsted. with his funny tall ent as an auctioneer. drew a crowd around him. He boasts of taking over $20O from the by-standers by the sales of his wares, consisting of chisels, draw-knives, and, as he said, few articles of his wife's jewelry.
 Turner was here with his oyster stand, also with his cavalcade of flying horses, which were at full speed all day. A game of base ball was played at Catlin's Corner. between the Harwinton and Terryville Clubs, the latter beating by small score.
 The Ladies of the Congregational church provided dinner for the occasion, the avails to be applied to purchase an organ for the church. They realized $100, and $s5 were realized by the schildren's mis- sionary table. "sil31sa s
 The day was fine, and good judges esti- mate that there were ffteen hundred peo, pie upon the ground.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
tember Term, 1856:
Total.


 It appears from the foregoing that, dur ing the seven years ending with April, 1863, the Court sat on an average one ham, dred and three days in each year; while, in the seven years ending last April, the ave- rage has been but Jyly.eight days in each year. The increase of legal business since the close of the war, has not been accom- panied, we regret to see. by an increased diligence in the dispatch of it. Were our Superior Court to hold such terms as it used to hold before the war, there would be no occasion to complain of "the laws de- lay" in this county.
 In the criminal business of our Superior Court, there has been g great increase since the close of the war, though the re. cords of the past two years show some im- provement. We give, below, the number of sentences in each year. commencing with the September term. 1863:-
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20

habit of answering every child's cell. or oi stopping to kick every dog that 6arks, but we feared that we might get credit for more musical. proficiency than we possess ed, if the mistake of last week was not cor rected. and we write this our explanation, which we believe to be in every point cor rect. with the hope that you will give it . place in your paper. hoping that we shall have no more occasion to makes any more such corrections: and. indeed. if there are any more such mistakes made, we may not consider it of any use to notice them.
 Yours, respectfully, C.C.B.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
&itt5felb Gaqniirtr. Litchfleld, Thursday, Oct. 20. 1870
ro coRREsPoNnENTs.

Nearly year since, we made propositions for regular and occasional correspondence, which 2 met with ready response, adding much to the value of our paper, and laying us under personal obligation to the gentlemen rendering us such assistance. We are thereby encouraged to renew our propositions, hoping that the good example already set will be generally followed, and that the local news of all parts of the County will be : fully reported in our paper.
 Our propositions to regular and occasional cor respondents from any part of Ltchfeld County, are as follows:
 1. On publication of any communication we will forward sic eatsa copies of the EN- ourRER containing the same, to the address of the person sending it to us. or to any residents of 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 correspondents. To each of these, or to such person as he or she may designate, we will send copy of our paper regularly in addition to the extra copies mentioned above.
 REQUIREMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS. Anonymous communications cannot expect publication.
 The names of correspondents will be kept strictly secret, if desired.
 Communications of personal nature will not be published, unless the propriety of such pub lication is manifest.
 Manuscript should be written only on one side of the paper:
 Regular correspondents can avoid all danger of having the contributions of others attributed to them by assuming some signature, single let ter being sufficient.
 In case of two communications relating to the same event. the fullest will usually be published Hence communications never come amiss, even from places where we have regular correspon- dents, since they often give valuable additional information.
 simple statement of facts is all that is neces- sary, and hastily written communications will be corrected before publication.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
The October Elections.

The October elections show less Repub- lican loss than was anticipated. Returns are still imperfect, but indicate loss of but one Congressman in Pennsylvania, and one in Indiana, while Ohio andN Iowa hold their own. On the State ticket, Ohio gives Republican majority of about 15.- GOO, doubling that of last year. Iowa gives about her usual 40,OO0 majority, and Indi- ana is so close that only the official returns will decide the result. The legislatures of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Iowa, are Repub- lican, while that of Indiana is in doubt The following is the list of Congressmen elect, according to the latest returns, (De- mocrats in italic):
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
DIED.

At Tarifville, Oct. 8, Hannah Malinda, wife of Porter White. formerly of Pine Meadow, aged 52y years.
 At Pleasant Valley, Oct. 2, John Hull, only child of John Fl. Markham, aged 4 months.
 At Winsted, Oct. 12, Patrick Keegan, aged about. 66.
 At Winsted. Oct. g, John Stack, aged GA years.
 At Peoria, Ill.,, Oct. 10, by accidental shooting, Ashley l. Wilcox, aged 22. former ly of North Goshen.
 At Winsted, Sept. 30, Joseph E. Shelf field, aged 67. In Ellsworth, Oct. 4th, Theron Ticknor, aged p years; son of Hiram Ticknor.
 In Ellsworth, on the 9th inst, Major Samuel E. Evefitt, aged about 90-the old est man in the town of Sharon.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20

sa- aWe sregret to announce the death of a promising and estimable young man, MT. E. L. Dayton, son of the Hon. Spencer Dayton. our able Senator. He was killed by being run ever by the railrod cars at New Greek, on the 7th inst.'
 The above announcement we copy from The Echo, . paper published in Upshur County, vir- ginia. We are informed, however, that the young man was not run oyer as stated, but was thrown of from the track, when struck by the engine, and was neither mangied no disfgured. It will be of interest. perhaps, to some of our readers, that this unfortunate youth was the son of spen- Ger Dayton, formerly of Goshen, Conn. and oi his wife. Sarah B. Dayton, formerly of Westield, Mass.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
MASON & HA1rL1N ORGAN Co" {"

CATARRH.-H your head, nose or throat are filled with 8 burdensome mass of mucus, either dry or moist, thin or thick, white or yellow, and unusually large, with constant dull, heavy pain all through it, resulting from Catarrh use Dr. J. BRIaa's Alevantor. The mucus will be immediate ly discharged from the head, nose and throat, the feels natural again, all pain has fled, and life is once more desirable.
 CORNS i-Who has not suffered from Corns. Bunions, Ingrowlng Nails, Chillblains, Tender Feet. &c., &c.2 Briggs Curative is certain rem edy for all Feet Diseases. Sold by Druggists. Sent by mail, 60 cents.
 Sold by Wessells < Gates, Litchfeld, Conn.
 DR. J. BRIGGS & CO.,, Proprietors,
 Newark, N l.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
SHARON.

This town has lost one of it's oldest and most respected citizens, by the decease of Samuel E. Everitt, Esq, who died on the 9th inst. He was born April 20, 178O, and at his death had completed nearly ninety years of life. The family to which he be- longed was early settled in the parish of Ellsworth, and the name has prevailed there extensively from the first settiemen of the town. Major Everitt early came in- to public notice, having been, while yet 8 young man, elected representative to the Legislature, and continued as ouch by suo- cessive elections, till he declined further service in that capacity. He was also a member of the Convention which formed the present Constitution of this State, and his death leaves William Hungerford, Esq. of Hartford, the sole surviving member cf that body. ...
 Few men in the town have possessed the weight of character which attached to Mai. Everitt. He was we'll known through out the whole town, as his services as sur. veyor of lands were, at one time or anoth- or, called for by all the d-holders. He was remarkably careful and discreet in ex- pressing his opinion on any matter which agitated the public mind, never pronoun- cling judgment until he had weighed eve- ry thing bearing upon the question, and this circumstance gave great weight to his opin ions He was a magistrate of the town for forty years. and in that capacity was called upon to decide many legal ques- tions. some of which were intricate and important; yet at the close of his official term, he had the satisfaction of knowing that no judgment of his had ever been re- versed by the higher Court. He kept him. self well informed in the history of the times in which he lived, and his minute knowledge of individuals of a former gen. eration, who had been somewhat conspic- uous in the affairs of the town, rendered his conversation peculiarly interesting. His memory retained it's powers to the last week of his life.
 A very large gathering of people attend the solemn funeral services at the Congre- gational Church in Ellsworth, on the 9th inst, and thus testified to the respect in which the memory of a valued citizen and good man is held.
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
MARRIED.

In New York, Oct. 9th, Isaac l.. Her. man, of Falls Village, to Miss Julia Falk, of New York City.
 At the residence of Newton Smith, Mor. ris, by Rev. Mir. Bailey of Waterbury, Mir. George Page to Miss Sarah Jackson, both of Morris.
 In Sharon, Got. 9th, by Rev. 0. M. Egg gleston, MT. Henry B. Reed and Mrs. Marilla Murphy. both of Sharon.
 At Lakeville, Oct. 12. MT. J. Dresser and Mary A. Simons.
 At the M. B. Church, West Winsted, Oct, II, by Rev. Wm. Fl. Simonson, Luman F. Colt. and Mary Virginia Futile, all of Winsted.
 At the residence of the brides father, in East Canaan, Sept =, MT. John G. Beebe and Annie E. Lawrence. .-
Litchfield enquirer., 1870-10-20
WASHINGTON.

Sherman Hartwell exhibited some of his fine Cotswold sheep, at the Prospect Park Fair in Brooklyn, and took first premi- ums
 - Thank God for rain. How still and quiet it came! How quickly Nature re- wives, and brown gives.way to living green The warm, genial sunshine shows that the storm is tempered to the shorn lamb"
 = Some of our townsmen have been making visits "out West" and report that railroads are to bring in the millennium. So old Judea will not be left out in the cold, after all; though some wise owls hoot that our road will never be finished. When driven from one limb, they fly to another, and hoot, to hoo! to-hoo! still. w.