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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20
West Cornwall.

-Ine Sunday. school 1aSsocIa6on m this village held their annual Strawberry and Ice Cream festival on Wednesday evening of last week. It was held in the village HaH which busy handsland artistic skill had gaily fitted up for the occasion. The floral display which was in charge of Dr. Sanford and a committee of Italics, was one of the most varied and beautiful ever seen in our town. The evening was pleas ant, the attendance was liberal in numbers. the appetite of the crowd was good, sales were lively, the supply of the dehcaces of the season, which was abundant, was all sold,. the antieipations in regard to cash receipts were fully realized, ,and the result was success, as are all the public occa- sions and exercises which are gotten up by this organization either for the bene-, fit or pleasure of the community in the midst of which it lives and moves and has its being. The Cornwall Comet Band were expected to be present but failed to | put in an appearances, and we were disap- pointed in not having those melodi- ous sounds which they so well know how to bring forth. Their absence was ac- counted for on the supposition that the louder music in the clouds just at even ing on the day above mentioned put them so much out of tune that they couldn't come Notwithstanding the absence of the band there were lots of vocal and in strumental music as we have good sup 1 ply of home born talent that know how to make it. s's -z.- -;s =
 The limit for the year on Bass fishing 1 in the Housatonic having expired, fish 1 poles are in demand and we hear, of mary elous success in the piscatorial line.
 James A.. Cochran has converted the old furnace boarding house into beauti- l ful modern-style cottage and is nov occu- pying the same.i1ob 3,1 bih I bra as
 e-Our Shear companies are full of bu- siness and are unable to fill their orders. l sGold's Sanitary Heater for warming buildings is one of the most useful iinven- tions of the age. The company in this place engaged in their manufaeture are receiving numerous orders. qlsa5
 Many of our Republicans are invest ing in Greeley stock. They. regard the Cincinnati Platform as Republication pu- rified. If our demoeratic friends are wils l ling to leave the rotten old hulk on which they have been 2. long time sailing and get on. board this new and substantial craft we cannot but regard it as one of 1 the most hopeful signs of the times, and l we feel inclined to help them in that di- l restion aflw can.a 70 GIHE nsoca ''a Aino
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20
With Enquirer

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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

The LIME RocK berry and cream festi- val is enthusiastical commanded by the editor of the News. He found the fruit lucious, the pastry delicious. the soda water exhilarating to the point of intoxi- cation, the ice cream at zero. the young ladies all beautiful and the matrons fasci- natinQ as we'll as beautiful. If the News holds it's own the boundaries of Canaan will have to be extended oyer the whole of the cast iron corner of the county. No other names begins to express the uniyer- sal felicity that has prevailed in that yi-a cinity since she News started. ts T sassz
 ProuApuor hay brings s50 ton w H. Scott & Go. have sold three car loads at that price.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20
Deaths.

AtNorfolk, June ', Mary Elizabeth, wife of Hubert D. Wilson, of Terryvi1le.
 At New Milford, June ', Martha A., wife of Win. N. Garfield, aged 63 years.
 At New Milford, June II, Ann, wife of Rev. John Greenwood, aged v years.
 At New York, Saturday, June 8, Elisha S. Chapin of Minneapolis, Minnesota, formerly of Salisbury, aged 54 years.
 At East Canaan, June 8. of consump- ton, Eli A.. Sickmund, aged 8 years.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

Ho11owAY's OINTMENT. The penetrative and healing action of this potent salve is 8 marvel throughout the world. Nothing else should be relied on in scrofula, can cer, salt rheum, erysipelas, and external injuries. Sold 78 Maiden Lane, N. Y.- Price 25 cents per pot. Ask for new style; the old is counterfeited. 6
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20
Rmou1RER cLuBBlmc RATES.

Or LRzA8sss oSzzsy sahscxiben may not of sza ha HAaa ss saks advantage of the low rates s9xsa l1zss eAzAa ey 1Q%t magazines and peri eIkzEhA Fsr tAez cozxszssaos and as an extra
 ziamxmamA ts nzE e0znsy subscribers we will sma sha faEa~@e Pszsoheals to county subscri- Rrs. a euzzexssza xitA the ESQCrRER at the
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20
s tEug. Er .i.;t BridgeWater.

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 This part of our county has been visited by severe showers this season. During the shower on the 23d of May, the barn of MT. Ira Hamlin was struck by light ming and his horse killed. A severe show CT on the 18th, inst. was aeeoinpanied by high wind which caused damage by blowing down trees and fences !; but the storm on the 14th was the most severe we have experienced. The lightning struck in several places our village, and the wind felled many trees. Some 2s miles from the centre serious danlage was calas- ed by the wind. 4 A. new. barn owned by Mir. F. Cofman was blown from the foun- dation and made a complete wreck; also roofs were blown from many barns, and many pieces of woodland were badly dam aged in some instances large trees were carried thirty feet. It is hoped this will prove the banner, storm, as we have no desire to expene ence any more severe.
 Our farmers are busily engaged in transplanting tobacco, their labor being increased by the recent storms necessi- tating in some cases 8 second planting.
 The Congregational 9 Society, after hearing many candidates, have given the Rev. MT. Doolittle, of Hartland, call, which he has accepted, and will soon com mence his labors among us H,
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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

Renne's Pain-Killing Magic Oil in Rose Water makes the best Hair Restorative you ever tried, and cures disease of the head. Sold by all the Druggists.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20
East LitchneId.


 During the severe thunder shower of Wednesday last, maple tree belonging to Mir. Hector Barber was struck by light ming. MT. X. Weed, a workman in the employ of Page X Dains, passing near the tree at the time, received portion of the bolt. attracted probably by the umbrella which he carried It tore a hole in the umbrella, and knocked him nearly down, but did not hurt him very seriously.
 Page & Dains are running their paper mill portion of the night, in addition to their usual time of work aas.4 c rs. sa
 The Sunday school, under the super intending care of Mr. William Palmeter, is doing nicely. F s2-fe -s. --' aE ~ *.*
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

 Engload. -The Washington treaty is still in doubt
 France.-Sixty lives have been lost by the bursting of steamboat boiler at Mar seilles. ,.~vo--. --.......-.. iSpa6n. liberal Cabinet has been formed and new Cortes is to be elected.
 DOMESTIC. The Boston Jubilee commenced. Mon, day. g"ts s5I:sss4s. -S st----' Azconference,has been called by Messrs. Schurz, Bryant and others, apparently with view to the substitution of some other nominee for Greeley.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

" Senator Buckingham has declined to accept an election as one of the six new members of the corporation of Yale col lege, soon to be voted for by the alumni
 There was an explosion of 200 pounds of powder in Hazardville. Tuesday noon, one of the double wheeling" mills near est the village blowing up and tearing the mill to fragments. No one was injured
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

A FRIEND IN NEED.-A warm friend is Williams Extract Jamaica Ginger.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20
STATE ITEMS.

A young girl of Is drowned. herself at Hartford, last week. % S>1 1s
 A mad dog was killed on Pearl street, New Haven. last week.. GsS$5E@A #6sE ET
 Gen. Hawley and Gen. Franklin have sailed for Europe.ggs A
 The town of Hartford has had an offer for it's Conn. Western R. R. stock, but refuses to sell. .n Aa
 The EpiscOnal convention of the Dio- cese of Connecticut held its annual ses- sion at Hartford, last week. g1
 Thereswasaa aa serious fire sin eAferiden. Friday; loss about $12,00D, mostly inz sured. @ @E S@ @ss'
 Franz Apt, the famous German com poser, will visit New Haven after the .Bog- ton peace jubilee. aazss sssxz as.s s~sl
 John B. Knapp has sold his splendid residence on Richmond Hill to Mir, AL len, of New York, for about $26, ,000. -.ha
 Nearly twenty men have been killed on the Air Line road, near the Lyman via- duct, by blasting brother accidents dur ing corlatruction. 1ss $ The New York and New Haven railroad company have given Mrs. Turner, whose husband was recently killed at the Mill Plain crossing, 9200. ha. 4a ssb as
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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

A WARREN correspondent of the Herald reports the immersion of seven Baptlsfs at Hardscrabble -Another gin shop pros duces it's natural crop of reeiing drunk ards.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

Zhn e.pGa1n nad cook of the bark Ro, mna Eun1a upoa their aErival at NswL 1aa. Sunday evening. from a seventy 1MF4 wgyaws. thai they had inherited, re- sEee1iSulr, S3s. co and Sl0Oo0.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

Mrs. Betsey Spencer of Essex, aged ninety-fye years, fell in her room June 8, and broke one of her legs. Owing to her age it was imposiblsto to set the broken limb, and she died on the following Tues day.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

The recent rise in the Connecticut riy- CT, owing to the New Hampshire freshets, was seven feet and six inches.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

 Last week, Frederick Gentil, French man, fell into coal-pit on Ivy mountain, and went down as far as the top of his head. Jacob Avery was on the pit at the time and caught him by the shoulders and by very great exertions succeeded in drawing him out of the fire, burning his hands badly. Gentil was attended by Dr. Brundage, but he is so severely burn ed that his recovery is doubtful.
 During the fearful thunder storm last Wednesday, the lightning struck tree in West Goshen village, and one. of the an- cient poplars near the Center church, and also our academy. The fluid apparently came down the stove pipe and after talk ing small pieces from several of the floor boards, injured two of the seats, and leav- ing the desks ran along on the floor mak- ing a black mark. Where it left the room It burnt a small place, and where it came out near the front door it broke board tearing the earth, and threw the mud up perpendlcularly fifteen feet apainst the building. If the shower had conc ,,esalI;- CT in the afternoon some of tba .- emust have been killed instanflv 1T;ss Howe, the teacher, had left thes room rrr-2a . teW moments peiore. H. N.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-06-20

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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
HOW MANY PLUMS?

Johann August Mus@us,one of the most
popular German story-writers of the last
century, in his story of LibaSsa, makes
the lady Of Bohemia put forth the follow
ing problem to her three lovers, offering
her hand'and throne as the prize for a
correct solution: II have here in my bas.
ket." said the Lady Libussa, "a gift of
plums for each of you, picked from my
garden. Que Of you shall have half and
one more, the second shall again have half
and one more, and the third shall again
have half and three more This will
empty my basket. Now tell me how many
plums are in it ?" aa
The first knight made a random guess
at threescore. .8.
"No," replied the lady "but if there
were as many more, half as many more
and third as many more as there ale
now in the basketS with five more added
TO that, the namber would by so much
exceed threescore as it now falls short of
it."
The second knight, getting aRfully be-
wildered, specialized wildly on forty-ive.
"Not so, Sad this royal ready reckoner
"but if there were third as many more
half as many more, and sixth as many
more as there are now, there would be in
mysbasket as many more than forty-fve
as there now are under that number"
Prince vladimir then decided the mum
Der of plums to be thirty; and by so do
ing obtained this Invaluable housekeep per
for his wife The Lady Libussa there
upon counted him out fifteen plums aud
one more, when there remained fourteen
To the second knight she gave seven and
one more, and six remained. To the first
knight she gave half of these and three
more; and the basket was empty The
discarded lovers went off with their heads
exceedingly giddy and their mouths full
of plums.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
AN AMERICANS ENCOUN TER WITH
BANDITS.

La PdtrSG, of Florence, dated Septem-
Der 3, gives long and Interesting account
Of an encounter between an American
traveller and two robbers in an infamous
resort known as the Leone d. Orc, whittier
the American was lured by an accidental
acquaintance formed in a railroad coach
while running from Ancona to Foggia.
The American, whose name is Siuyvesant,
found the Leon d. ORC to be peopled by
rough-looking persons, who Impressed
him with grave suspicious. After retir..
ing he was aroused by noise at the
folding doors which separated his sleep
Ing from his sitting apartment. Mr. Stuy-
vesant arose, adjusted his paDtaloons and
inspected his revolver and pair oc brass
kruckles. Nearly an hour elapsed with
out further noise, when the sound Of foot
steps in the adjoining apartment attracted
his attention. Pretending to sleep sound
y, Stuyvesant heard the folding doors
gradually drawn apart, and then the whis-
perlng OF mems voices beside his bed.
Ons said. "Don't fear, he IS asleep" whee-
upon the gas was lighted. Two robbers
OF huge build andfierce expression met
Mr.. Stuyvesant's gaze. They examined
hisvalise, and, having searched his coat
pockets, were about to take package Of
papers with them, when the heroic for
egncr bounded from his bed and dc.
manded an explanation. A dagger was
instantly aimed at him but the American
disposed of his assailant by shot which
penetrated the latters shoulder blade.
The other robber brandishsd his sliletto
furiously and aimed a terrible blow at
the strangers heart, which he pared With
his right arm, receiving q simple flesh
wound. A blew from the brass knuckles
and another brought the villain to the
floor After number Of roughs had gath.
cred aroundMr. Stuyvesant's door, the
latter insisted on no one entering except
thetmastSr of the hotel. The American
having locked his door, presented hiI
pistols at the landlord, ordering him t
keep quiet while he unlocked window
From the window he jumped upon lit
tie wooden building and escaped to tn,
street, whence he FASTENED to inform tn,
police. One of the wounded men il
named Erberto Bonaccio, notorious iai
bird and highwayman, who was at on
time intimately associated with Filipp,
Casabianca and his gang.
The Hotel di Leone d'Oro has beer
contscatsd and many Important arrest
made.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
TONY MOTHER ON HER BIRTHDAY.
BY WILLIAM BRUNToN,

FROM the Banner Of Light.
On. mother, how love thee love each tone
and look of thine II
Yea. how nay heart rSjolces, thinking, dear,
that thou art mine
Not all the world could give the Joy to-day l
feel in thee, reu-
IF thou, my darling mother, were to be with
drawn from me
Thou art but plain in looks and ways where
wealth and beauty shine,
But thy pure mothers love for me has beaus
ty all divine.
What show has gorge Gus state when set by
this superb delight
The bliss thou hast in seeing me advance In
good and righte
What weight have art and skill when balanc.
ed by thy simple truth fa
Thy firm, persistent care and love that guard
ed me rom youth?
Nay, more than these, my mother dear. q
heart Supremely bleSt,
Where all nay love may fsndly brood and find
it's BweetSst reGt.
From infancy till noW--my latest day of ear
neat need,
Thou still hast been the all to me Of noble
WEd and deed
Fer nought mother might hast thou for
once neglected dear,
But still attended me with care from round
ing year to year
With JOY and sorrow we've pursued the vary
Been one IN peace and solitude, and one IL
pain and strife.
The changes life has freely brought hav,
bound Us nearer yet, s'
Those changes, bright and dark, and darl
and bright, we'll meier forget. ..
love thee, love, for all thy wondrous wis
dom, care and pain;
Thy love within my heart as Arm as sartt
will fast remain.
The day May set, the summer fade. aud yout
may pass away,
But thy pure love, my mother dear, with m
shall ever stay.
Not times rough hand may steal the prize
nor death destroy its worth;
Il liVesbeyond the shocks OF fate that com
TO things of earth.
Thy love shall live while have breath an
sense and right and love,
Shall live IN time shall live in death, and liv
iDpeace above.
Oh, mother dear, loVe.thee love each ton
and look of thine,
While throbbing heart and mind and soul re
joice that thou art mine!
Boston, Mdss., Sept. 1, 1872.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
II HAVE NO INFLUENCE"

At temperance meeting young lady
was asked if she would give her name to
the pledge Of total abstinence. She re-
fused, adding that she was in no danger
Of being drunkard. When told that if
not necessary for herself, it might do good
to others, the answer was, Il have no in.
fluence." Her friend left her and pass.
ing round the assembly, put the same
question to every person, "Wi!l you sign
the agreement? ?" Very many did sign /;
and among others, some ten or twelve
children of the school, occupying the
house where we were assembled, and OF
which the young lady referred to was the
preceptress. She saw her pupils, one after
another, advance and request their names
to be enrolled. Then, with tears, she
came to the writer OF this, and requested
her name to be put down on the list.
-"For," said she, eff I have no influence
over my pupils, they have influence over
me-"
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
NO TIME FOR SWEARING

Catch me using a profane word in the
presence of ladies'" said talkative strip
ling, with shade of down on his upper lip.
There's time for all things"
No, sir. there isn't time for all things No
law, human or divine, ever set apart time
for swearing. A profane expression is sin
and an abomination, utter it when and where
you will. AS for ladies, yes, I'll grant you it
IS we'll to be and act our best in their pres
ence. We cannot be too true, too pure, too
honorable, we want TO stand upright be-
fore good woman, or q good girl-yes,
while I'm about it, I'll add, or before little
mite OF girl-baby, with her soul fresh from
heaven. know only of ore other before
whom we ought to be just as particular, il
not more so. When he is not around, my
boys, you can safely do just about as you
please. But when you're in his presence
and, to my thinking, we're all there, or
thereabouts pretty much all the time-have
care! Don't offend the deepest love, the
whitest purity. the grandest honor of ALL
Hearth and Home. ~'1t @''-
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03

The manifest mGn of all the race
Whose heart is open AS his face,
Puts forth his hand to help another.
IT'S Rot the blood OF kith or kin,
'Tis not the color Of the skin,
'Tis the true heart which beats within
Which makes the man man and brother
His words are warm upon his lips,
His heart beats to his finger tips,
He is q friend and loyal neighbor,
Sweet children kiss him on the way.
And women trust him, for they may;
He owes no debt he cannot pay;
He earns his bread with honest labor.
He lifts the ia lien from the ground,
And puts his feet upon the round,
Of dreaming Jacobs starry ladder,
Which lifts him higher day by day,
Towards the bright and heavenly way, 10
And further from the tempter's sway,
Which stingeth like the angry adder.
He strikes oppression to the dust,
He shares the blows aimed at the just,
He shrinks not from the post of danger;
And in the thickest of the fight
He battles bravely for the right,
For he is mightier than the might,
Though Graded in humble manger.
Hail to the manly man, he comes,
Not with the sounds of horns and drums,
Though grand as any duke, and grander;
He dawns upon the world, and light
Dispels the dreary gloom of night,
And ills, like bats and owls, take flight;
He's greater than great Alexander.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
SLEEPING FLOWERS.

Almost all flowers sleep during the night.
The marigold goes to bed with the sun, and
with him rises weeping. Many plants are
so sensitive that they close their leaves dur
ing the passage of cloud. The dandelion
opens at five or six in the morning and shuts
at nine in the eqenlng. The goats-beard
wakes at three in the morning, and shuts at
five or skin the evening, The English daisy
shuts up it's blossoms in tie evening, and
opens its days eye" to meet the early
beams of the morning sun. The crocus, tu-
lip, and many Others, close their blossoms as
different hours toward the evening The
ivy-leaved lettuce opens at eight in the
morning. and closes forever at four in the af-
ternoon. The night towering cereus turns
night into day. 1t begins to expand its mag
nificent sweet scented blossoms in the ,twi-
light; it is full blown at midnight, and clos
es, neverto open again, with the dawn of
day. In clover field not leaf opens till
after sunsise. Those plants which seem to,
be awake all night have bean called "the bats
and owls of the vegetable kingdom" d
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1872-10-03
Rep. Maj 1889

There has been, therefore, an aosoliule ne
publican net gain Of SIC over the election OF
|ls6s-that is, while the total Republican vote
tEis year falls short of that of four yeas ago
by 1883, the Democratic vote fell short sly,
or the Democratic loss was SIG more than
that of the Republicans. The total vote TINS
year is 5, a82 less than four years ago, and OF
this loss the Democrats have lost more than
half. whereas to maintain their own they
should hare had less than half the loss. In
1870 the Republican majority on Congress
men was 10, 02O. Incsease in Republican ma
iority in two years, s, l23. On Governor the
majority is about ], 900 less than on Congress
men, owing to the fact that the cider cues
ton entered somewhat into the contest. Inc
Greeleyites made the utmost possible use Oh
the disaffection arising from this source, %
an extensive distribution Of circulars oe-
picting the extreme points of the extreme
points of the existing law and urging re-
bulxe of the law by vote for hinloali'
Democratic mathematician can inquire 70
their hearts content on these returns, and
are welcome to all the per cent. they can
make out of them.