Litchfield enquirer., 1872-11-21
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 WooDBuRY, Nov. 10. MR. EDITOR: The license law is show l ing it's cloyen footl I was passing one oi the privileged places early one morning and who should come out frem thence, but one of the poor inebriates of our town. As-it was not yet ''the third hour of the day, " it might seem that hewould be '.not drunken" but he reeled! Our law for bids sales to drunkards; but at the same time requires damages 1! There is a quiet thinker, who only. goes home to sad den the hearts of a1ovely wife, and daugh- ter. He never beats them, never breaks crockery, turns over the house, or sets it on fire, as ever knew Who will sue fo1 such sdamages"s as broken hearts, or wounded sensitiveness? I mean to give you particulars from time to time of the 1 working of this beautiful license law The Good Templars cannot save their poor tempted brothers and sisters so long I as there is '.free rum;"" but they will find something to do depend on that! They l are wide awake, and at work One of our l first ladies said, the other day, that there was precious little temperance principle in this place" another, that, drinking | rr : ~ sEs H--
 had always been upheld by the rich in Weedbury." But let us turn to neigh boring town made of better material, where they voted 'sno hcense."oi Nearly 800 women have banded together there, under the name of ''Womans' Legal Sua- sion Society,"" to help the voters carry out their law 'f- @2it 54 4t'-.i as-4s ,s-. 5i.- T. The case of sale to drunkards men, toned in the foregoing letter would, if prosecuted, subject the seller to fine, 1nl- prisonment and forfeiture of license. Why is he not prosecuted ?-ED ENQ. i.s... Winsted. .f 2 f.-.., ss L. B. Futile lost his horse -"Old Rob- in'-by the epizootic disease, last week. Robin, ill his early days, was quite trot- ter; and for the last ten years has been 8 favorite for the ladies to drive, he was so kind and gentle. They will miss him much. Nearly every horse in this section is sick. Some of those first taken are now recovering, but nearly all that appear on the streets are heavily bIanketed. ag s The Jubilee singers gave 8 concert at 2d Congregational church on Thursday night, the 14th inst. They had very good house. It IS understood they are now travelling for themselves and not in aid of the Fisk University. -.... " The County Commissioners meet here on Wednesday to locate the court room for the District Court There are several interested localities to be harmonized.
 An interesting case is on trial before Justice Wm. F. Hurlburt, relative to the title to pew in the Catholic church. It is the more interesting from the fact that nearly every man, woman and child in the place and all the surrounding country, of that religious faith, have taken sides one way or the other. The priest, backed up by the bishop, claims the right to un- seat and reseat the members of their flock whenever, and just as they like. The church edifce has. been built some IT years and many of the older members of the church have occupied the same seat all that time. Father Leo, who has cer- tain fayorites that he desires to have cer- tain seats, has attempted to oust some of these t'old settlers. But they they don t s'oust" freely and of ''their own accord, " so he is attempting to start them by the coercion of the law. Fully two-thirds of the congregation are opposed to what they style the tyranny of the priests; others side with, and sustain them. It is getting to be very warm fight, and the style in which some of our Catholic brethren de- nounce their priests must sound strangely heretical to the ear of the 'infallible'' Pope Plus the Ninth. asa s' The following communication reached us, last week, too late for publication:
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 The Union Sunday School has been having concert. Last Sunday afternoon preaching was suspended and the time was occupied in the usual exercises of a Sunday School concert. A gentleman from Waterbury addressed the school, and expressed great pleasure at the progress it was making. The Sunday School was organized in 1859. MT. Abiel Barber was the first superintendent, and Mrs. Mary 1 Ann Scoyill the first assistant It first met at Mr. Barber's house, whence it re- moved to the school house near the sta