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Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16
Plymouth sketches--No. ss.

Some two weeks since, MT. Henry Ma son, with his family, consisting of a wife and daughter, left here to reside in Phila- delphia through the winter, and perhaps during longer period. Mr. Mason has been quite number of years in govern ment employ, in the Navy service: I be- lieve, but is now, if mistake not, retired on half pay. so''s,e'ti .-''de r.
 MT. John M. wardwen, for a number of years one of the proprietors. of the woolens mill, has. lately disposed of his household furniture, &c., at private sale, and by auction, and it is rumored will go South, tt.g .,,.f,o; If.., f,...I.n
 Edward Dayton has purchased the fur niture warehouse formerly occupied, a dozen years or so, by Wm. F. Bishop; to- gether with the stock on hand, and the undertaking business. sGiod t. soao ssse Edward " Smith has bought out the paper-box business heretofore carried on by MT. Bishop, in whose service Mir. Smith was foreman.A' i0n had sd@ l. ess.os sas
 Nov 9th 1871 .hsuGi1 la'nae q f'' o.le No. S6. ' i0a a
 On Tuesday evening, the ;7th inst, a gathering took place at the fhonse of Ray mond B. White, for the purpose sof cele- brating the ,fiftieth anniversary of his and Mrs. Whites marriage. Some seventy |. five to eighty individuals, old and young, relatives and others, were present on the happy occasion. The Rev Porter. Them- as made some appropriate remarks Re treatments were served. .r,, The presents consisted of a carpet coa1nterpane, two pairs of gold spectacles, n silver plated and gold lined card receiver, and. a yarie- ty of other articles. Mir. White is son of John, and grandson of John White, of Humphreyviae, now Seymoufa { Mrs. ". is the daughter of James, and grand daughter of Dr. Ozias Warner, of this town; and great,graad-danghter of Df. Ephraim Warner, of Waterbury On her mothers side she is the grand daughter of Capt, Hezekiah Brown, of Waterbury. <. boo ,yt.b,,s sssm .yloEPLEaoUTHEAS.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16
DeathS.

At Morris, Nov. gth, Lavinia Westover, aged 80 yeaFs.-s rsvrskT T& f1f4gaH At Manhattan, Kansas, Aug. 27, Newell Pratt, aged 61, formerly of Norfolk.
 In Winchester, Oct. 8, Chauncy Brooks, aged 90. 1a9 yagJaai dlsoi aubtslH uaDHss4
 At Covert, N. Y, Oct. 16, in his 09th year Lucius Fem, a former resident of WatertOwn. ts4@8 t& @s8M&
 At North Canaan, Nov. 3, John Adam, aged ST years. Et4 N. .gl1N32TFnM
 At Canaan, Nov. 2, an infant son of Benjamin Carnan, aged 8 weeks. %
 At Norfolk, Nov. 10, Mrs. Bilhah Free dom, aged 89. A much esteemed eolored woman. aae ID .aaensa.n Die hIA. lll l---
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16
poLIrlcAl PROSPECTS.


 The elections of Fl have gone so heavil, aOainst the Democracy that most Repub asa1ican and neutral papers set down the re election of Grant in '72 as foregone con clusion. and the tone of the Democratic press is anything but hopeful. Neyerthe lass oyer-confdence is so common and SC serious political thunder that it is vel for Republicans to look over the ground { little more carefully before they proceed in November 1871 to divide the spells ot November 1872. s..ks '.s 2 ss.'; .tst;1..
 It is pretty evident, for one thing, that the coming winter is to be g seyeresone, fol the gentry, who not only rob municipal treasuries but mortgage municipal reve. nues for years in advance to fill their own and other thieves pockets. Are there nc Republican rascals of this description to drag us down to .pefdition, 2next fall as Tammany swamped the Democracy, last weekp The Democratic press have hith- erto wasted most of their ammunition on the national administration. faHere, their luck is indifferent. The combined World. Sun, Herald and Tribune power of the United States can never make the people believe that an administration that hasre- q aduced our debt and lessened our expenses so sensibly as has. been done during the two and half years past, is corrupt that Grant is not an honest President, Bout D, well an honest Secretary of the Treasury. But we must not expect the reforming im- pulse of the New York election t, stop st with the destruction of the Ring. It will test not only National but State. govern ments It is probable, too, that nov that the Tammahy beam is out of the Demo cratic eye it will see somewhat more clear ly hereafter than heretofore.u Let us sup pose then that within the coming nine months half dozen Republican Rings as corrupt as Tammany are exposed in half a dozen Southern States, what might be the effect on Republicanism in 1s72Pi Of course we can prove Ku Klux outrages by way of reply, but when Ku Klux can justify by proving that he only popped over Republican Garvey or Woodward who could be got rid of in no other way, how would the public be likely to regard the party that produces and protects such scoundrels? sa hsl s.anntZs9 58sT2
 We are very we'll aware that our aiArr5, bower D5y to deal with Southern Republican yrascali- ity is greatly limited by the Constitution. On the Democratic theory a Ring, acquir- ing State government by fraud, and keeping it by corruption, providing the forms of an election are compiled with, may call on an honest national adminis- tration to put down a just insurrection against it's authority. Such we do not ap- prehend to be the Republican constitu- tional theory; but if there is any doubt let an. amendment be adopted allow ing the impeachment of State officers before national courts and Congressional reconstruction in case their conviction renders it necessary. It is our firm, belief that if Congress does not make someaef- fort for Southern reform, it will seriously endanger our prospect of success, next year. s..s !; E..l-sa,- f..,s r~es
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16
WaShington

We believe our Guilford correp ndence closed with the advice to Ney England people to hear Mr. Murray's lesture on Deacons. We repeat it again, 1t them hear it. We can say of Guilfora that it
 has one of the neatest, prettiest tarks we
 have eve1tseen. It is laid out in al oblong square, fenced, and set out with splendid trees, the drive around it being me mile. Four churches, stores, markets, daops and dwellings, are grouped around if. The house in which Fitz Green Haleck lived and died, now used as hotel, ,tands at the southwest corner. A little sdath=east, on rolling eminence, stands the i'd stone house with it's chimney out-sid. at one end, being the oldest house in tle United States the one at Jamestown, VI which was older having been torn down Ast year. The house is kept in excellent orler. and when We called the gentlemanly o.cupant, MT. Dudley, took us over the premises and we saw the thickness of themassiye walls which must have been proof against all devices of Indian warfare. Here the first settlers gathered themselves in at night and slept in safety. The village has asgreat many ancient houses standing in it, kept in repair. There are some splen- did old trees. One standing a few rods east of the lower end of the park, a broad armed elm, we never passed without a feeling of reverence and . lifting of. the
 hat. Fafz z,ae 5. ...s, 5..4>..4...r...s
 We left Guilford on satur( nd at
 Bridgeport bought tickets forxNnnqe.
 Got off there, company of eigi lake
 passage up the shepaug R. R., but no
 Shepaug engine appeared in sight The
 man with whom the engineer boarded said
 he. would be up to dinner and then we
 could go ahead. The company proceeded
 to smoke their cigars and pace up and
 down the track in ahopeful state of mind
 A whistle was heard but proved to be 8
 train on the H. R. R. More smoke and
 more pacing. A whistle. That was an
 other H. R. R. whistle. How many trains
 did that H. R. R. run any how? It was
 nearly two o'clock Could the grocery man, Barnum, give us dinner? Would
 do the best he could. Beefsteak, potatoe,
 bread and pie, with new cider made din- ner good enough. But where was that s.
 V. R. R. engineer all this while. proba- bly, up the line having 8 good time, little caring that eight persons were looking their eye-l flashes off to get glimpse of a stream of smoke or sound of whistle At last the 3 P. M. freight from Bridge port came along and after consultation we voted the Shepaug Valley railroad 3 de- cidsd humbug, sell, and imposition, and took a woodpile and bench, giving the only chair to the lady, and arrived in.due time at New Milford thankful that the Housatonic railroad was still alive and on the run. .,.,+.at-t s E W
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16
Warren
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?
 All has been very quiet here since since election, until Sabbath evening, October 29. Then three young men with ladies went out on . ride, and, in passing the house of Alanaon Wyant, they Discovered a small dog in the yard, and one of the party having pistol, fired at the dog and hit Wyant's wife. whoswas standing in the doom It has cansed quite an excitement in the .comiAunity The hitting of Mrs. Wyant was of course accidental ss < s...ss s...s
 On Wednesday night aof last week someIperson or persons entered the cellar of Thomas Meagher, took. from his pork barrel some 100 1ls of pork. and emptied three foqf gallon jars of berries. It is high time we had e night police in War fen. lA ''' s'V's =" ' s'ssoa AAA = K.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16
sPEcIAL N0IIeIEs.

aticn for the hair ever offered to the public fo RESTORE GRAY HAIR TO ITS okt6rvAI coI.on. and ereate new growth wheFeit has fallen of from disease or natural decaye ssayH acia prevent ths hair from tailiag onfstl HAlI who useit are upanimousis In awaFdine is the praise of being the best hair dressing ext1nt. is
 Our Trsatise on ths Hair sent free hy mAiL !
 v Manufactured ohly tyg si sssi R. P. HALL q O., Nashua. N. H.. PropriesOrs.
 For sale by all druggists
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16

FoUR Ev1Ls.--Whoeyer habitually uses alcohol ic preparations as an Appetizer will be likely to suffer from four evils, yiz. an oyerplus of food in the stomach impaired ability to digest f. the bangs of dyspepsia, and doctors bill. Dr. Wal ker's Vegetable Vinegar Bitters, the great Teeto- tai Restorative of the age, without over -stimula ting the palate or irritating the stomach, impafts iatss the liver 1db and bowea Durises tSs blood and thus instead of entailing four evils confers four inestimabls benefits. , M SHAW
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16
MiIforsi.

On Thursday of last week the Housa- tonic road ran seven freight trains, four south and three north, and have run ene or two extras nearly every day since. Freight has beeraccumu1ating so fast for some time that it was impossible to trans port it as promptly as desired but, with the increased facilities afforded by the new engines Eeeently built, eraad is.naw nearly clear.
 The subscriptions for the sufferers by the western fires by the religious and charitable bodies in this place are as fol-
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16
Falls Village.

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 This cold weather we are having reminds people that itsis time to. s.::set 4up' stoves and get in their winter stock ofrieoal or wood. ad5 iu 3Ra."sss1l aHoalsoaa Ha ;
 SA On Monday of last week, as the down passenger train, due here at l1.O2, was rounding Ames' curve, they struck one of the valuable. .Hambletonian colts belonging to G. K. Peck, and maimed it in such 8 manner as to make 1t necessary to kill it. This is "a sad loss to b Mir. Peck, as he was offered $3o0 for the animal only few days before. t' }0' @" ..Ss- ss-7On Saturday evening the chimney in the store occupied by D. Watts caught fire, and had it not been for the prompt assistance rendered by the neighbors we might have had quite eonfagrafion.
 -The Lecture delivered by ssJosll Bill lings" did not please the audience as well as was expected, but he managed to keep them in 8 roar most of the time. Ii Dor.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16

About 1000 men are employed on the work of construction along the unfinished part of the line. -'--~--oN-
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16
Congregational church,

Congregational church, S350 |ea Episcopal church, 5 ;ol4a 265
 al St. Peters Lodge, F. &A. NJ 1OOi :. making the total amount seven hundred and, fifteen dollars in money, besides which g large amount mt of ' clothing, &c.,. was sscon- trlbuted s,fs saa'e4 Apaf-4at.' ad} et
 On Wednesday, the 18th, inst inst, the County Conyocation will meet at St. John s Episcopal church. Rt. Rev. Bishop Will Hams will be present in the evening Rev. Dr. Clark, Rev. Prof. Russell, and others, will also attend, including Rev, Dr. Brock of California, whe will deliver an address in the afternoon. tfgi lg3-1tiI INo. ;
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16

More accidents occur from the use of unsafe oils than from steamboats and rail roads combined. The uniyersgl use of Pratt's Astral Oil would save thousands of lives, and millions of property.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16

Send to R. P. Hall < O., Nashua, N. H., Proprieters of Halls Vegetable Sicil- ian Hair Remover, fora copy of their Trea- tise on the Hair. A valuable little book, free to all. sra FIerIl hss 7~isi1Is0 . lr7-
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16

Some of the East Hampton bell facto- ries have reduced the hours of labor from ten to nine on account of dull times.
 It is estimated that it will cost about twenty-eight dollars to shoe each horse belonging to New Haven for the coming year. -. m ! .aL LE-I
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16

as The United States Watch Go, (Giles, Wales & Go, employ 300 hands in their works at Marion, N. J., and are turning out 250 of their celebrated time keepers daily, or one watch per day for each two hands employed their working time is 10 fine watch complete every two and a half minutes, and lite more, and even at that, are unable to keep pace with fthe constantly increasing demand caused by the extraordinary records the watches are making as accurate and reliable time pieces, an instance of patient and perse- yering energy and enterprise, rewarded by prosperity which we are glad to see.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16

Hartford county decides against build ing a new jail,
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16

| Daniel Skilton, of Huntington, was kill ed by. two oxen he was attempting to yoke, alfeW days since. las9a .sga45s LA number of leather tanneries are being put up in Thompson.
Litchfield enquirer., 1871-11-16

reply to attacks inthe Courant She does not propose the entire repudiation ofmar- riage, but to make it contract dissoluble at the will d dof either party,ii nj s.ls'l faiat loashe price aettied on, on for for fl mining d coal ip Wyoming and Lackawana valleys lis 4s scentsiper tons and the contract, be- tween the great eompanies and miners re- mains in force till Jan, lfst The fall in prices is thersfore likely to, eentinpe and eoaltotbe eheaperthan has been the ease for some years past. gttai gn0l faa aeslis ltsEt Teah gS .s-sf-t+4-4 ~-zSisS5ad e4ii lt is Professor Henry of the Smithsonian In- stitnte states that twenty years observa- tions fail fo confirm the popular belief that the cutting down of one forest tends to diminish the rainfall. F Asa sai
 S. A singing school has been started in Morris Hon. Earle Buckingham, of Wash ton, ,teaeher Mir. Buckmgh ghamis thorough inusiciah and has had large and successful experience as an instruct ,g \ ,. ,
 .sLalgs Woman Suffrage meetings have been n4Reld' 'ia various parts of the. State, asdfldSrresssed isfldS II by Mrs Hookes Miss RsnWn, MT James Gallagher and aotherssm zsilas The Hoosacc Tunnel is progressing m more slowly than was hoped. alt will not be eonapleted in ailprobability before 1875 hhh Ssa essf-~-t..4 :. .4l- {. -4a-- M < z
 afaQ sz1E baa .Morfolk.av sa1 bse etBsaib
 The A Aeopetrilbaition in aid of sufferers by s9e Arsssia Michigan was $1e0, besides yataable clothings anp .1rSI4e .ssgsis.exs sss s.- ! The 2. asss freight dehveied here from s1 Conn Western R R was N so on Friday lest, thrse earseof coal and one ,of. grain, the grain from Para. M IlEaeh yosk remains to De done on the raiiroad. though 1t is hoped thaf 4 regular train may . gI be run run rom in New Hartford to lMillerton in Ds- eember. 6asaoss ad ''lssssiils .ssvsfslI.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-03
A Remarkable Child.

The Carrolton Gazette says: We are
told a singular story, by party ac-
quainted with the facts, with reference
to child of Mrs. Lizzie Walker, of
Whitehall, the second daughter of our
old friend, Alex. Lakin. During the
period in which Mrs. W. was enciente,
she was annoyed by the visits to her
house of strange cat, which had made
several vicious attacks on one of her
children. Fearing that the cat would
infiict some serious injury upon the
child, she availed herself of the first
opportunity to kill the animal. When
this was presented, she took it to IKE
woodpile and cut its head off, which fell
before her in such manner that she
momentarily witnessed its death-gri-
maces. Last week the lady gave birth
to daughter, and it was discovered
that the babe did not possess the right
hand. On the stub of the arm is per-
fectly formed cats face, but without
ears.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-03
/" No More Intelligent Woman Ever
Liyed.o


The Citizen has this bit of fun-is it
one of Mr.. Roosevelt's Congressional
experiences
That old fellow" said a Democrat
ic member of Congress, referring to one
of his opponents who is no great favor
lite generally, sis not so bad after all /;
there is something good about him,
and his daughter is charming girl. I
was appointed on committee to exam
ing the coal deposit of the eastern
slope of the Alleghanies, and we
stopped at his house. We arrived
sooner than was expected, and he had
not come in; but his daughter was
there and received us. She is one of
the brightest girls I ever saw. Her
father being away, she welcomed us at
once, and was 80 pleasant that we felt
at home before we had been in the
house ten minutes, She is just one of
the pleasantest, most intellectual wo-
men in the country. Of course she had
to do the honors, and invited us into a
back room, and there was the table set
out with brandy, rum, whisky, hot
water, sugar, lemons, gum syrup, ice,
and everything that was needed. [ tell
you no more intelligent woman ever
lived. Not thing was forgotten; she
had remembered everything. She is
one of the most highly educated and
most thoroughly refined women in the
world. She asked us to sit down and
entertain ourselves till her father came
IN; just to help ourselves; that every
thing was on the table and at our ser
vice. And so it was not the least
thing was forgotten. All that could be
wanted was provided. Oh, there is no
doubt about it-she is most charm
ing girl, and her father is not bad
fellow after all |"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-03
English Sparrows.
From the N. Y World.


Evil reports of what our sparrows
are doing in the rural districts come to
us. It is a fact to lament, yet never
theless it is fact that these little Eng
lish birds are very good citizens, but
behave very badly as soon as they take
it into their heads to go into the coun-
try. It will soon be seen that it was an
iH-advised measure to bring them here
at all, for although they destroy the
larvae of insects and keep caterpillars
from covering us In the summer, yet
when they get out into the fields they
descend upon the wheat and the young
rye as dissipated youth fall upon the old
rye, but with more disastrous effects
upon the original owners thereof. In
some countries reward is paid for the
sparrow eggs that may be found and
destroyed, so that they fairly come
under the head of vermin. But the
damage done is not alone to the
grain; there is hardly more quarrel
some and tyranieal bird than this.
He fights with the robin and
overcomes him by numbers; he harries
and drives away the beautiful Balti-
more oriole, the most welcome and
lovely of our summer visitors, whose
orange and vermilion hues on back
ground of black, and whose plaintive.
mellow notes are the delight of the
world; who comes all the way from
Mexico to us, only to find little gray
thieves in poss ession of his old haunts,
determined not to share with him, but,
On the contrary, bent on his destruc-
ton. AS matter of fact the adult spar
row cares very little for larvae and very
much for grain; gives the former to his
young while he himself lives as much
Is possible on the latter. So it is easy
20 see how dangerous denizen of the
,onutry he is. AS for beauty, except
that which comes from quick motion,
1e has none of it, although he is pic
'uresque and piquant. The writer
If this paragraph happened
20 be in the country a
ew days ago and saw handsome
'ockrobbin standing on the ground
by sparrows, who watched
every movement he made, and every
,nce in while would dart at him as
10Y throws his peg-top, stab him with
heir beaks, fly after him when he flew,
fostering and making life burden to
lin. When the orioles came last sum-
ner looking for the houses some
lad learned to occupy houses they had
o perch on trees and look longingly at
heir homes, on the top of each of
which stood big sparrow on guard,
IS pert and ready to fight as gamin.
The farmers are complaining already,
md think it would be well to import
ew lively sparrow-hawks to decimate
he little gray thieves and murderers.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-05-03
Special Aotifes.

Try 1t.
1t Is amusing that the feeble should totter, with
uncertain steps, the face of the EARTH in danger
every day of falling victims to the morbid influences
by which we are all surrounded, when q tested and
proven vegetable tonic, capable Of endowing them
with the vgor they need procurable in every city,
town and settlement. 1t might reasonably DO
thought that after the twelve years. experience which
the world has had Of Hostetter's Bitters, all would
know that its effect is to prevent disease.
At certain seasons the atmosphere Il surcharged
With the seeds of intermitteats, remittents, rheu-
matism, pulmonary disorders, bilious complaints
and the like. Persons whose nervous systems are
relaxed the first to succub to these distempers.
Brace up the physical energies then with this poten-
tial vegetable tonic 1t is the most powerful recup
Grant which the botanic kingdom has yielded to
patient research and experiment. Try it. The
bndest discipline Of the old medical dogmas will at
least admit that tonic and Alternative, compounded
of approved herbs, roots and barkB do no harm,
while the testimony Of thousands invites trial of
its virtues. ag ati. .s-- 4+ O $50
vigor is the thing most needed in these cases as
well as in dyspepsia and nervous affections and
Hostetters Bitters is the safest, surest and most
wholesome strengthening preparation that human
skill has yet concocted. n. t ~.
Hundreds of physicians have abandoned all the
ocmal receipts and prescribed this harmless tonic
a preventive and cure for all Of chills and
fever. cd s