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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21
The msss ElarnpshIre Election.


 TA@ r~san mS~w Hampshire, last week, waa kigalx encouraging tO Republicans. h eAzasN tz1 te ua&ke many votes differ ~1.ss n sA1s Se4se. and though it will not Sf lsseh wSa 1s the victory, it shows us A.S~ ths vscsOEy nay be wOn-
 TAe system Of spring state elections in sAis SszAA and Ia New Hampshire is a 12zsa@sN It has one advantage. however 0aas@ m koar years, or thereabouts, these sExS@g elections become of national inn PaEtzzSs. and the elections immediately e<faER . presidential election usually call Sak larger vote than the presidential sheStssa 1fself The election of week after s<xA s 0G S@An importance except as a ssz& et pGAlsc feeling regarding the Ad- lsz1se<@4so4. tAe New Departure, and skAz< @<G1s<s likely to come before the PssRse sf the UaiOa. next fall. If the Re- P1kSzzs e CoznecsSeut work as the Re R1ASzzs SG New Hampshire worked, they @E 8<ps@3 uPOa like victory.
 
 >EkkR11zAE NozzxAxz0ss.-Tn the Sth nszk sAe R<R1haicAns have nominated LE2Gzz BEUwa Of Preston; in the 6th, H. C tsz Sf CAezASres 7sA, Wm H. Potter sk kssrsAs1s lx<s CA&& T. Cole, of Hartford: s<A Js$1RA E. RezRInz. of Lyme; 2d, Dazs<2 WT@z<uOxsh of Manchester: 9th. F. % ka4Exa@Ey. of Waterbury.
 1ss hzAzz@ @akes the point against AE- 2kxzAE<. wh0 Is . Catholic. that if sA4S1aa Ae wsE hscN@eer-Ssseso member Sk tAz Bszr3 of EiancassOn. while. if he sa%Es sA& azEAaxSEy Of h1s church. he must be Auasszhe ssSzR wAo1e unsscexxian system SE sAasakaG FGEAer C2rnaody attempts 4uRtys sAk1ng tA@ position that Congre- g1@s1azs and EpsHcopal ministers also seger4 so sA< E1secs.xsan plan Such may s& she vSe~ Sf . fsx of the ministers. but E Az2 zs oszzsez&zee. we beliere. from sA@ hay sf eaAer eAzrcA-
 A New Haven wama@n satEragist trusts rAm mzwrszAsum tkmk Mrs. WoOahul is to e@ hzTaAma Ae ske repahlsesns to stnmp a.h@ a esaaRmay wikh General Sickles is Fa@e A greaAe< inzalt. she savs.
 a'AhA a@sAesa@rea ataa.estsu..l,,al ls.,y : A slae asAalAssrs of tlae Conn w....a,, A&'xA are ssaaaAas sh~re are: an and na., CaaAAn FTlAage &9 unuarrie.a vor,s., -; =, ~ aHAaaaErsal Eaeas h Cornwall prDper , @xaa waz=a. sn1 1S unmarried mon 1A@ aRaspaEsssa iR this place is stil su@AnE TAe aE.in of young men to th esAHA aaa ts tAe wezs produces ths sam ~aAcEs la EE1aaer or lszs degree through saa sAs uAaae of Our agricultural towns.
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was taken for Senator, resulting as follows Whole number of votes, 25
 E. M. Chapin, 12 Chapin, -aJ- l. Lewis Catlin, "- g. ". L. Gilbert, 8 B. R. Agard, -.. The convention then adjourned for din- ner. On aeassembling,' the roll was again called, the Barkhamsted delegation still remaining absent. Two more informal ballots were then taken:
 SECOND INFORMAL BALLOT.
 E. M Chspin, 10 Lewis Catlin, - 10 W. L. Gilbert,
 ~lU THIRD INFORMAL BALLOT.
 E. M. Chapin, 12 Lewis Catlin, -- 10 w. L.. Gilbert, . >-. 3 On motion of MT. c. B. Andrews, for nal ballot was then taken with the fol- lowing result: -
 FORMAL BALLOT.
 Edward M. Chapin, 13 Lewis Catlin, 12 and the nomination of Mir. Chapin was made unanimous on motion of c. B. An drews. a.A t is sst
 o. R. Fyler, Hiram 4. Smith, and H. L. Jones were appointed Senatorial Com mitiee for the ensuing year.
 .e @Aas RESOLUTIONS.
 Resolred.-Thaf we cordially endorse the Plat form of the late Republican Convention of this State, and we give our hearty support to the nominations there made. Resolced,-That we recommend to the voters of the 18th Senatorial district, Edward M. Chapln as Senator from this district to the general as- sembly and pledge ourselves to use all honorable means to promote his election.
 Messrs. Andrews and Catlin were called out for remarks on the resolutions which were unanimously adopted. It was then voted to request the publication of the doings of the convention in the Repnbli. can county papers. and the convention adjourned, ais sa H ss s... .7 The Hartford Board of Trade and Man. ufactures organized, Thursday evening.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21

The Rev. Edgar Wadhams, for many years senior priest in the diocese of AL bany, has been lately advanced to the bishopric of the Catholic diocese of Alba ny. Mir. Wadhams is descendant of one of the Goshen families of that name.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21

The Y. M. c. A. of Stamford, cleared $S61 in their recent lecture course.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21

The Hartford Board of Trade and Man. ufactures organized, Thursday evening.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21

A bill authorizing women to vote at the coming Presidential election recently pass ed the Maine Senate, and was only defeat ed by & vote of 53 to Al in the House. So the Maine women cannot be far off from that ssdreadful vortex" we read of! .-a5
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21

A New Haven wa9a@n safragist trusts Haa azgza1u@ tkmk Mrs WoOdhull is to s@ nHrsAnaa eE sAe republicans to stump SA.h@ 1a eaaRmny wzKh General Sickles is - - gre@ser iuzalt, - she says.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21

the sale of milk was the most profitable business open to the farmers on the line of the Shepaug railroad. sG'i.5.a
 The meeting then adjourned for dinner, after which an hours informal talk was had at the Hall. Mir. Welton, of Wash ington, who has been carrying his milk about six miles to the New Milford sta. tion, was anxious to shorten his transpor- tation by use of the Shepaug.
 In reply to questions from persons in- terested, Mir. Logan, director of the Shepaug company, assured them that no farmer wonld be compelled to employ any particular agent, and that the transports tion of milk would be done as cheaply by that as by any of the railroads. !, 1
 MT. Smith remarked that nine-tenths oi the producers dealt through agents which was safer than selling direct to the milk pedlars. .'3...s ..l.e -.zf : l. ~ It appears that the connection with the Danbury and Norwalk railroad will be oi considerable advantage to the Shepaug producers, since the business is we'll es- tablished on that road already, and oi longer standing than that on either the Naugatuck or Housatonic. r s3 s..1 :
 The expense of outfit for the milk busi- ness necessarily depends in part on the conveniences for cooling and transports. ton of the milk. The number of cans Containing 40 qts.) is estimated at one to each four COWS, about, each day. About five or six times this number is made nee. essary to provide against detentions, Sc. For dairy of twenty cows, therefore, some thirty cans are thought necessary, costing about $1SO. s.~.... @..'...1. ,.
 The advice of the old milk producers present seemed to favor the employment of agents. though not of any one exclusive
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21
Falls Village.

The following letter came to late for insertion last week:
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-03-21


 modes of sale practiced.s..t .----s6 ssalsl
 1. By contract with some New York milkman. He receives the cans at the station, and returns them. If the con- tract is for sales at the market price, he is always contriving, of course, to take advantage of the producer in the many ways open to him. If the contract is for fixed price which happens to be higher than the market price, he endeavors in every way to make the producer break his contract. The ways of the New York milkman are very peculiar. "lo ol ss5a
 2. Sales by agents. The Housatonic milk producers tried th:s and were at first dissatisfied with their agents. MT. Shaf- fer has been their agent for the last four years and has given fair tissaetion. He finds customers for the milk, and guaran- tees payment therefor, giving bond as se- curity, and receives a. commission. 'sShort" and ''sour" milk are the most se- rious drawbacks of the producer. '1 AdfS nOu DOCA CAaASCus hA1A SOu1 uu11A
 said MT. Gold, 'sbut once in four years. :" Care will avoid this difficulty except un- der very extraordinary circumstances. ''Short" milk occasions considerable bick- ering, but is not g very serious matter. June is generally the worst month in the year, sales being 'sAat.'' la.s =
 3. Sales from the platform. This is simply selling the milk from the platform at the station for what it will bring. The price varies from 40 cents can to $4 90, for which price it has sold during the past month or two, netting the producer near ly 10 cents quart. The producers on the line of the Conn. Western have con cluded for the most part to adopt this plan, but Mir. Gold considers it very haz- ardous and likely to involve serious losses. A letter from Mir. Whitlock, Q large pro ducer on the line of the Erie road, also condemned this method. Farmers are apt to be dissatisfied with any method. In making contracts with milkmen great care
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-13
HORACE MAYNARD.

Senator Brownlow, in his letter to the
New York Times, pays well-merited
tribute to Hon. Horace Maynard. Mr..
Maynard's ability, integrity, and fidelity
to principle have always been acknowl-
edged, but there has never been a time,
perhaps, when his brilliant talents have
shone more conspicuOusly or been more
universally appreciated. No man
has ever dared to call in question
his honesty of purpose, or to
change him with corrupt motive in
his official acts. His reputation is and
has been National. Southern Republicans,
especially, have pointed to his character,
that of a Christian gentleman and an able,
dignitied statesman, with unaffected pride.
The canvass that he has just made with
eX-President Johnson, meeting that gen.
tleman on every stump and defending the
principles of his party, has added to his
fame, endeared him to his friends and
gained for him the respect of his enemies,
We approve of all that Senator Brownlow
says as to the claims of Mr. Maynard to
the Speakership of the House. That body
would reflect credit upon itself by such a
selection, and Southern Republicans
would hail it as fit recognition of
their perseverance and steady de-
devotion to principle. We would not
urge his name in that connection, if we
thought him unworthy or incapable.
He would adorn the important position,
and in the discharge of its high duties,
would reflect credit on this great nation.
To no man is more of the credit due for the
overwhelming victory gained in this State,
than to Horace Maynard. He has nobly
| borne the standard of his party through
the thickest of the fight, and on no oc-
casion has it suffered defeat or disgrace at
his hands. His heightened, able discus
of the questions involved in the canvass,
aroused the people and set in motion the
avalanche that has swept down upon the
Isham G.. Harris Democracy almost OBJ
literating the party. For this he is enti-
| tied to the thanks of Tennessee's mill
lion and a quarter of people, nearly all
of whom would delight to see him occu-
plying the highest post of honor.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-13
POLITICAL PARTIES IN TENNESSEE.

! Elsewhere in the CHRONICLE will be
found extracts from the Nashville Banner
and Memphis Avaidpohe, to some extent
at least, indicating whet will be the future
! OF the Johnson element of the Democratic
party of this State. THESE two powerful
| Journals have done much in this canvass
to encourage national spirit, that must
| exert its influence hereafter in our political
affairs. 1t has been evident to sensible men
forsome time, that unless Tennessee could be
rescued from the intensely proscriptive
and Chinese policy 81 the bourbon Democ-
racy its future was gloomy indeed. The
extreme element of the dominant party
has crushed every liberal sentiment and
driven out every man of national spirit in
its ranks. 1t made open and unjust war
upon the Union element of the party. 1t
prescribed them and made no justification
for it. 1t drove them from its lines def
antly and insultingly. When up
braided for it the only answer
was 1--WE can get along without you"
Now, when overwhelming defeat is the
result of such a policy, it patr onizingly
says: conservative Union men must
come back to us for they can not go else
where" The Banner and AUdLdnchc
plainly dispel this delusion.
We do not conceal our desire to see these
men become part and parcel of the
Republican party that now, under
new and suspicious circumstances,
takes its place as a powerful organization,
nearly the equal in numbers of its late
domineering rival. They can have an in
terest in common with Republicans, for
they will find in such a fellowship that
their Union record puts them under no
disabilities. New issues are arising in
which Union Conservative men can not
stand on the same platform with Isham G..
Harris, Huntington, the Memphis Ap-
| peal, etc. If we want to make Tennessee
prosperous State, the old Bourbon-Se-
cesh-K ukluX-Dem must be COM
pletely and finally overthrown. In the
prosecution of such a task Johnson men
and Republicans can and ought to battle
,unitedly.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-13
TO THE CHRONICLE S READERS:

with this issue ends the subscription OF
our Campaign" subscribers. We give
then, in this issue full returns of the Presi-
dental election.
We trust that all Of them will now be-
come regular subscribers to the CHROME
GLE. We appeal to them to say If we
have not faithfully defended Republican
prh ciples and advocated the good cause.
This glorious victory we celebrate was not
won alone by the work of the short cam
vass just ended. For two years the CHRoN-
aCIE has, week after week and day after
day, in every conceivable form put before
the people the Arguments so vigorously
pressed in the late campaign. 1t is not the
CAMPAIGN papers that bring about such
revolutions as we have just witnessed liz
tennessee. Such victories are the result
of earnest work by the press thatincessant-
~ labors to awaken the people to a sense of
their wrongs and doings. VIII not the
Republicans of Tennessee sustain a paper
that helps win such glorious victories {:
We ought to havea club in every civil dis
tyict in every county, We offer special
inducements to circulate the CHRONICLE.
I'VE will send our weekly one year to any
postoffice with five subscribers at one dol
bar and fifty cents each.
We have expended for the Last two years
the equivalent of fifteen hundred dollars
per year in advertising in the North the ad-
vantages East Tennessee affords to immi-
grants. We have published weekly arti-
cles about our section that have brought to
our midst hundreds and thousands of val
liable citizens. Each immigrant brings
IA oney and labor-and helps pay off our
heavy public debt and reduce our taxes
Should not the people of East Tennessee
sustain the paper that helps them in this
way ? Every good citizen is interested in
encouraging the CHRONICLE. 1t has done
more to develop thecountry and encourage
a progressive, liberal and national spirit
than any paper ever published in this sec
ton. The people owe it to themselves to
build up such a journal.
We hope that we will not lose a subscri-
Der. We hope that our friends everywhere
will see that the CHRONICLES circle of
readers is enlarged. Reader, will not you do
it? Do not wait for any one else. Do it
yourself and we wills you do not lose by
your efforts in our behalf. One dollar and
a half is very little for a paper for one year.
That small sum can mot be expended in
any better way. Help the paper that
builds up your State and you will never re-
greet it. Send along the names.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-13

THE election being now over and poll
tics no longer the all-absorbing topic of in
terest, we will have more space to devote
to our material local interests. Our first
desire is for the general prosperity of the
whole country, but we feel a special inter-
est in the welfare of our own State. We
know that here in our beloved Switzer-
land' of America, where blue mountain
peaks are visible North and South where
score of beautiful rivers flow silently
toaard the gulf States, that might
become a thoroughfare for an immense
commerce and where the atmosphere is
balmy and delightful, that there is wealth
within our reach, if We can only secure
means for its development. Instead of
three hundred or three hundred and fifty
thousand people, we want double that
number. We desire to have the busy hum
of a thousand workshops, making music
in every valley in East Tennessee. We
want to see the people living together har-
moniously and peacefully, all working to-
gether for the general good. To this
end we have labored in the past and
and to this end we will direct our future
efforts. We will labor to so place our
natural advantages before the world us to
| induce immigration. As far as we may
be able to do so, we will lend aid and en-
enlargement to every branch of industry
already established, and will favor the es-
Enlistment of others, until we will
have no occasin to purchase manu-
featured articles abroad that can
be made at home, and the farmer
will find market at his own
door for the surplus produce of his farm.
AS before, we will continue to give aid
and encouragement to every legitimate
scheme of internal Improvements. We
ask the people to assist us in our labors,
by giving us the aid we have a right to ex-
pect from them, and we will faithfully
perform our parts.
FROM information now before US, ii
seems that the following gentlemen have
been elected to Congress from this
State:
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-13
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.

Thu Tennessee Legislature is compo Sc
of one hundred members, twenty-five Sem
atocs and seventy-five Representatives.
East Tennessee is entitled to ten Repre-
sentatiyes and ten joint Representatives
or Floaters as they are properly called.
We have seven Senators counting in one
or two Middle Tennessee counties. The
fusion Republican and Johnson legislative
tic kets in Nashville and Memphis are
elected. Bedford county gives two Repub-
licans to the Legislature. Our estimates
partly Official lead US to believe that the
Johnson men and Republicans together
will have probably majority in the Gen
eral Assembly.
If our estimates are correct we will have
forty-seven of the hundred legislators with
a fair chance for seven more.
The next Legislature chooses our State
Treasurer, Comptroller and Speakers OF
the House and Senate. We would much
rather have the Legislature in the hands
of liberal, progressive men than to have
the Governor, But if we do not do more
tn an hold our estimate of forty-seven, We
are sure of an active, vigilant minority
that will look after the interests of the
people and do away with the shameful
partisan legislation of the past thre,
wears
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-13
NEWS LONG LOOKED FOR.

In April, 1865, when Sherman's army
was in North Carolina, marching towards
the capital of the Old North State to in
terccpt the anticipated flight of Lees
army from the capital of the Confederacy
to the Gulf States, the news of the glori-
Gus victory at Appomattox was flashed
over the land. 1t came to Schofeld's
army, then near Raleigh one bright morn
ing, through a dispatch from Gen. Sher-
man. The glad news was carried to twen-
ty thousand men by an officer of the corps
staff For eight miles he rode through a
solid column of weary soldiers longing for
peace and a return 20 happy homes. AS
the bearer of the glorious tidings rode
through the declmated regiments the
old veterans gave such demonstrations of
joy as only men under like circumstances
could do. Hats, blankets, and knapsack5
were showered at horse and rider and the
very heavens rang with shouts of praise
and Thanksgiving. When near the end of
the army on his John Gilpin ride, an en-
thusiastic old veteran on hear
ing the news, quick as a flash
waved his hat over his head and greeted
the news bearers thus: "Glory to God! you
are the man I've been looking for, for the
last four years" The ejaculation though
brief, expressed great deal. For four
long years, through perilous: and tedious
marches, through the bloody sea of battle,
through the dangers of camp and hospital,
he had looked forward to the news of the
surrender of the Confederate armies when
he could return in peace to. his home with
his countryside AMOUNTED.
The old soldiers exclamation of thanks
could be repeated and has been repeated by
many a good citizen of Tennessee to the
bearer of the news of the late glorious vic
tory. For three long years our interests
as a people have been sorely preju-
diced by the partisan legislation and
policy of the Democratic party. I'M
migration has been repealed; CAPT.
tai has been frightened from our State,
the school house doors have been closed
and the material interests of the common
wealth been languishing. For years the
people have been looking forward to de-
liverance from the hates and animosites
engendered blythe Bourbon Democracy of
this State. They have longed for liberal
and progressive policy that would open our
mines, improve our roads, cultivate our
idle lands and give general education to
the masses. They have no sympathy with
the Chinese policy of their present rulers.
They therefore feel like saying, in response
to the peoples verdict of Tuesday, "that is
the news we have been looking for for the
past three years"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-13
A Story With q Moral.

Wins of the Post is a philosopher. He
has an original way of putting things. He
illustrates the "bloody chasm " business
thusly:
The st. Louis Democrat prints this beau
tifnl little story:
There is covered bridge at Peoria, five
hundred feet above high water mark. A
drover recently attempted to drive a thou
sand sheep across it. When about half way
over, the bell weather noticed an open win
dow, and, recognizing his destiny, made a
strike for glory and the grave. When he
reached the sunlight he at once appreciat-
ed his critical situation, and, with leg
stretched toward each cardinal point of the
compass, he uttered plaintive 'Ma-a !"
and descended to his fate. The next sheep
and the next followed, initiating the GEES
ture and the remark of the leader. For
hours it rained sheep. The placid stream
was incarnadine with the life-blood of mo-
ribund mutton, and not until the brief tail
of the last sheep as it disappeared through
the window waved adieu to this wicked
world did the movement cease.
The above story was written long before
the present election, and was not designed
to have any allusiOn to the bridge "across
the bloody chasm," constructed by the
master workmen at Cincinnati and Balti-
more. The moral, however, is as obvious
as it is old: always look before you leap"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-11-13
THE BOSTON FIRE.

one year ago we were recording the de-
tails of the terrible fire in Chicago that
leveled the business portion of that city in
ashes. 1t was terrible visitation upon the
young metropolis of the West. Serious
results followed the heavy losses and for
months the business circles Of every city
in the Union felt the shock. One year has
passed and the new Chicago stands as a
monument of Western enterprise and
pluck.
In this isaac of the CHRONICLE we give
the details OF the great conflagration in
Boston. That center Of literature, art and
solid business Interests now feels the ter
rible intliction that visited Chicago. Its
narrow streets and buildings of a CEN
tury's standing presented an inviting field
for the Tavages Of tlie fire fend Its solid
granite blocks, its old buildings, relics OF
the revolutionary era, about which cluster
many dear associations are swept by the
sea Of flame. The details we give are full
and interesting and will be carefully read.
We shall know more speedily of the effects
this disaster will have on commercial cir
cleS. No city on this continent could 50
well Withstand such a shock as Boston, foI
her business men are prudent, financially
sound and able to rally from such losses
The leather, wooden, banking and insur-
rance Interests will probably be more af-
fected than any others.