Litchfield enquirer., 1871-12-28
bid Mlr. odger wrltea a Letter for sl,e

Old Mr. 0dger writes a Letter for ti1e ! Public.
 BuIa.s FALLS, Decembef both, inn. Mn. EDTon Since 4he lanents1 de< mise of Mr. s. Bolus we folks here in the middle of the town have not been heard from in your paper. Mr Bolus 6 dead. After the grocery business eeaaed here he began to languish It evidently went to his heart. He pined for many days and at last he fickered out He sleeps it was his own wish h=inst where. the rapid watezs of the Ten Mile river mingle their surgss with the waves of the bold Housafonic. Let him slesp. Hislast words we were saa little more grape, Capt Bragg. 7
 But as I was sayings since thatsad event the middle of the townshas been silent in the papers. None of us have felt equal tot the task of taking up his pen. Bigs Beach has often asked me Ae attemI9 t, but till now I have never felt that could do So. Bige and and Pipe Chamberlain and Millspaugh have often talked it oyer
 We all said there ought to be something done. Mott Judd said there ought to be something done, and 50 did Ezra Barnum. And so have tried to write down some few things for you 5 tasl ai
 = We have had a good deal of trouble in keeping things along go that there should oe no break in the party, and so that I've should not lose any votes We have got along with Bige first rate, we, keep him in Justice of the Peace and that makes it all easy. We have had very great trouble so keep Charles Edwards from cking out of the traces, Charles wants te go to the legislature again. He thinks there is 8 good chance for him to be- nominated for senator this spring and 50 he is anxious to bring himself into notice. With this idea Charles has got up a lecture which he. is going to deliver around in the school nouses The tronble was how to get, an excuse for making the lecture and not nave it seem that leswas afters the homi- nation Charles was perplexed;; it bother : sa TsAa Aazgk% |as
 ed him; finally, one evening, he came down here to the middle of thertown to advise with us fellows here as to how, he should do. After a long talk we hit the plan: that lec- ture should be delivered, in aid of Parson 5ehriver. This was a double barrelled scheme. If we gave Schriver the proceeds of the lecture he. would be induced to vote our ticket and Charles at the same time got himself into notice M s-# 7s'3
 Last night the lecture came off at MT. Judds hall. Land Pipe went.a Hlwasa a great success. The subjeetlof the lecture was The Star and The Cross. Charles began by praisiing up MT. sehriiyer. and tickling him so as to getshis vote, ,andt then he went at his work in real earnest. He untwisted pretty much all the old testa- ment; told about the prophecies; then he took offshis coat, and Uncle Billy Hill, who used to own all of the railroad there was around Kent, once took man down to hear service and g sermon at the Episen7 pal church. E On the way home the visitor expressed some contempt at the parade of church service, whereupons Billy, in high dugeon, said, "a man who could listen to such preaching as that and not be convic- ted of his sins, must be a sdz--d hard wretch. Those persons who heard that lecture of Charles Edwards and don't un- dsrstand all about The Star and Cross, must be just such sort of folks As I said the lecture was a big hit Charles Ed
 wards is now the most talked about man in town He is praised by everybody ex- cept some few narrow contracted folks who are jealous of everything which does not bring grist to their mill We shallbe pretty sure to nominate. him now. T do not know what the proceeds of the lecture were. s, .,osTAss.. ase,t .s.ss,s5A>s sa3ses sag&
 The lecture is tosbe repeated over at Macedonia school house, as is now under stood, for the benefit of Jesse Bradshow Thatl be another good hit: At that time it is expected Al. Roberts and Allen Win egar will be present and eniiven the exer- cises with singing, 9@ ag9,Ga assa a @ .%e,;s Yours, ete.,.a arss 0. ODaER - t- r stss sz ----- W -T7A E egs& fMss