Litchfield enquirer., 1872-07-18

2 nia. Even there his enemies found, him, and, with relentless hostility, thwarted all ; his efforts to obtain hvelihood.s while re- s morse for his errors and shame at finding himself becoming asslaye to his, appetite for strong drink, were fast breaking down his manhood At last he tore himself sawayd from ACaGfornia,s and resolved toa come again to the East and tgonee more to lead an honest. manly and temperate life. It was sixteen years since his crime was committed But let him tell his own story of the cruel Nemesis which dogged his steps: fse oz 5.lsqzsg9sfa sll4 s-5s.7ss
 B.. Mass, Jan. F, 1855. l have now been here six manths, and begin to hope that my wanderings and troubles have come to an end. The peo- pie seem to be very pleasant and sociable, and have taken more pleasure in society than in years before. The debating soci- ety is very large and interesting, and have once or twice taken g part in the dis cussions with, hope, some little credit to myself have not touched any intox- icating drink for ten months, and feel that I have conquered my appetite for it. "
 Feb. 3, 1855. It is useless for me to contend against fate. Here, where had hoped to pass the rest of my days in quiet and peace, lam again driven out like rabid dog. Yesterday, went as usual in the morning to the counting house of the B. Co.,, where I am employed, and had just taken my seat at my desk, when my relentless enemy, whom I had not seen for almost seventeen years, but who had so often traced me out, came in. knew him at once, but hoped he did not recog- mise me. Vain hope! He stared at me, but said nothing, and soon left. At noon, as passed along the street, I overheard one and another say: "He's an old jail bird-forged largely ever so many years thing bad since. I rushed to my room in perfect agony. did not go down to din- ner, but my landlord came up and told me he had rented my room to another man, and wished me to find another board ing-place. I packed my trunk, and, prom ising to take it at night, went to the count ing-house, where the agent of the mills came to me and said: "Henry, ,"-this was my assumed name-''how much is due you?" I mustered courage to answer ''Why do you ask?" Because" he re- piled, Sit has come out that you are the noted forger, James s., and our directors would turn me out if kept you another day. You have been faithful and trust worthy here" he added, ''and I will give you. 8 certificate to that effect, in your as- leave here."
 ''Feb. F. The cup was full, left, and, reaching small village in the neighbor- hood, steeped my senses in lit laor for a week. This was foolish, no doubt, but there seemed no longer any room to hope, and I could only attempt to drown my woe in forgetfulness.
 We are rapidly nearing the last sad months which preceded the tragedy which have already narrated For time the demon intoxication seemed to have taken possession of him. He drank that he ! might remember his misery no more. At length he reused to better thoughts. He abandoned the intoxicating cup, and in 1 voking her memory who, amid all his er- TOTS and sins had been his moral load stone, he resolved that he would drink no more. He sought employment in an- other manufacturing town, remote from his last residence, and found it. For a few months he was again allowed to be quiet, and once more dared to indulge the hope that misfortune was weary of per scouting him. His hours of depression, though still many, were fewer than former ly, and his patient devotion to the inter- est of his employers won their esteem and affection Occasionally he could be drawn into conversation, and the fine classic cul- ture which had marked his youth shown 1 out and made those around him wonder that one so gifted could be content with a station so humble. But alas! not yet had l he reached the climax of his woe. Again ] a woman from his native town came to the l place where he resided and recognized him; more, it Is to be hoped, from the love l of gossip than from malignity of heart she narrated his story with not few embel- l ishments, and a robbery having taken place in the village, he was at once arrest l ed as its author .... .--..... ... Before the day appointed for his trial, traces had been found of the real rogues, and he was set at liberty, but the iron had entered his sOaN When relesed he was found to be insane; and pitful, indeed, were his petitions to be saved from fall | ing into the hands of that woman, who would take him back to Canada to be ex- ecuted.
 . He had somehow conceived the impress sion that the persecution against him was of Roman Catholic origin, and that he was to undergo the tortures of the Inqui- sition. sYou may put me in prison," he would say, ''and, if it must be so, you may hang me. but can't be tortured on the rack" Occasional lucid intervals oc- cured after time, but, under his partial insanity, the appetite for strong drink was again awakened, and he became 8 vaga- bond. It was in one of these fits of intox ication that he was committed to the - county jail where his career of suffering terminated so tragically.
 Such is the sad record of a blighted life.
 The section of the new school bill com
 polling the attendance of scholars, reads
 as follows: .-
 'tAnd every parent, guardian, or othe, I parsons having control and charge of any l child between the ages of six and fourteen
 years, shall cause such child to attend
 some public or private school at least
 three months in each year, six weeks al
 least of which attendance shall be consec- utive; or to be instructed at home at least
 three months in each year in the branches l of education required to be taught in the 1 public schools, unless the School Visitors 1 of the town i1 which such child may re' | side shall excuse the child from such at tendance, on it's being shown to their sat isfaction that the physical or mental con.
 dition of the child, or pecuniary necessi-
 ties of the parents, are such as to render
 such attendance inexpedient or impracta, ,ble." a5 s I
 Jackson Hugill, miller, was recently
 brought before the magistrates at Stock
 ton, Eng, charged with having in his pos I session 62 sacks of an article supposed to be
 sawdust for the adulteration of meal. On
 submitting the article to analysis it was
 found to consist entirely of fiber general ly resembling oat husks which had been
 calcined and ground. It contained noth
 ing but trace of nutriment, and wal
 worse than wood when eaten by man ol
 beast, because the husks would irritate
 the intestines and cause infiamation Fol
 the defense it was cOntended that the ar IAs s-ls xG i.