Litchfield enquirer., 1871-06-29

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 J. R. Osgood & Co.,, Boston. 3a, .3al3 tLITCHFIELD.l ..si,5 p THE SOLDIERS MONUMENT. il '4 Build high the monumental stone, s@ Y 2" Carve in each loved name, one by one, j 1. Tell where each fought si,f '
 When patriot blood was shed, r. Where fell each honored dead,
 What victories wrought.
 Build beside some public mart, Where busy people meet and part,
 That he who runs may read
 Who to the conflict hied,
 Who first in battle died,
 In his place and stead. 4ae G
 Boom out ye guns in solemn peals,
 ! While each compatriot bosom feels + s stg Proud of the dead, 5. sl5t3as z ~ Who at the countrys call s,f.s t. .r, Rushed forth to fight or fall
 z. Where columns head.
 r Ring too ye bells, but soft and low. ,,.4 ,s
 Toll with the silent tears which flow
 For loved ones gone, '' Toll, while we hear the orphans vail, '+ Toll for the widow sad and pale, al9a d tug.5~s Left all alone. : .d5 .j t-.5e. gl ~1 'S Ye trees, which stand these stones around.7 -as lYe turfs, which smooth this hallowed ground i.{i. .-s- Near which we tread, ta- li:ar3 q g When spring renews your verdant sheen, .ts Put on alway brighter green, .,.s. !
 .t. For the loved dead.
 > n Ye souls who loved these honored dead, a
 Swear when these patriot names ye read, P, fl -4.. This martyred band,
 No traitor hands shall rend again
 The flag they proudly bore a1nain,
 Through the whole land. t''s.f @
 MIR. ED1roR:-We have enjoyed the fine rains in this street as we'll as some of our towns. not so much on account of the tobacco plants, for I think there IS not one in the street, but for the benefit of the grass and crops. We talk more about butter and beef, than we do about tobacco. am sorry to say. that if there is none raised here, gre is too much import ed for individual use. Our corn crop is likely to prove nearly a failure this season on account of the multitude of worms that fill our fields. In some lots the first plant ing has been destroyed, and the second nearly so, with the intruders still at work, notwithstanding they have been captured and killed by the hundrea.a As many as seven are sometimes taken from one hill We have despaired of conquoring them, but hope every day that they will die of old age, or forever retire into an inactive state. Our gardens have also suffered con- by them. s..>-. Ea. wax g.
 There has been much curiosity excited by the great blast in Dea. Bisselrs quarry, last week Tuesday. Many have visited the place to see the large mass of rock that was moved by one blast, probably the largest ever moved in this county at least. For the benefit of those who cannot see it, will give little description. The rock had one nearly perpendicular side. Back from this some 12 or IA feet: hole was drilled Z inches in diameter and 10 feet deep. This hole was charged with 4 different squibs, each one cracking and opening the rock g little more until kegs of powder were de. posted in it and confined with sand. There were 21s kegs used in the squibs, making 71k kegs in all. There was one piece oi the rock, found by actual measurement to weigh 60 tons. thrown at least 3 rods.' An. other, 30 feet long 12 feet wide and IA feet high, calculated at 700 tons, was thrown nearly rods. The amount of rock moved entirely from it's bed by this one blast is estimated at 15O0 tons. This was all taken from one side of the hole, the other side was not disturbed. These pieces are now being split with wedges into blocks, and hewed for the abutments of the large bridges of the Shepaug Railroad. 3 sts aeb siaA # 4N MAPLE STREET. "A Imaginable case has transpired in Litchfeld A shoemaker made pair of shoes No. tapelue ant one-half in size, for customer. The shoes di1n' suit, and were sent back, and the customer de handed the money back, but it was refused, and he sued and and recovered it. The shoemaker paid the damages and took the shoes9 One o | them he has put up over the door for sign, anl the other has been cut down fora cider mill. = Danbsry Neacs.oal susa3aGa.f f9 g
 We have been requested by several citi izens of the place to refute the foregoing ab surd sign and cider-mill fabrication by sta ting the following facts which appeared in evidence on the trial above referred to; MT Kirchberger, heshoemaker, swore that, af ter the above mentioned shoes were return ed to him, by Mfr. Osborn, he sold them tt lS;aB. Johnson Esq, editor of the Sehtinel flor $2.50. cash i've have 10 minute of th, sexact time ofsale; probably just before hs years Agricultural Fair) MT, Kirchbergel I also swore that the shoes were in continua l wear for about eight months subsequent tt