Litchfield enquirer., 1872-08-15

O - ed reply to speaker Blaine was not a mud dle, bat c .fzsle; and if you attempt to re- ply to the very able and candid letter of MT. Garrison, it will prove greater fizzle.
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 South Norfolk, Aug. 10, 1872.
 Excursion to Lake Waramaug.
 Those who are fond of visiting this beautiful spot have now most excellent fa- cilities for so doing. After breakfast let them walk leisurely down to the Shepaug station in our village and take the cars at 7.45 for New Preston station. Arriving there they will find ready and attentive helper in MT. F. Sherman whose stage will convey them over the new Bee Brook road (probably as fine drive as can be found in the State) to the lake and to Cheery Point. There they will find Messrs. Per kins & Carter provided with boats, fishing tackle, and bait, ready to their hands, and with supplies for the inner man.
 Here they will have opportunity to spend couple of hours in rowing or fish ing and be enabled to return by the noon train of the Shepaug to Litchfeld and ar rive at 2.15, in time for dinner at home, having hardly been missed from the house. In the meantime they will have seen as much beautiful scenery as can be enjoyed in forenoon in any direction. The scen- cry of the lake with it's beautiful slopes and points, Cheery, and Beautiful, is fine enough to repay one for all the trouble. Parties would do we'll, if their numbers are large, to send MT. Sherman word on the previons day and they will thank us for calling their attention to this delight full little excursion. CITIZEN.
 THE GREAT STONE & MURRAY CIRCUS. This famous organization comprising in its entirety over 25O men and horses will appear in Litchfeld, on the afternoon and evening of Saturday, August 24th. This company appeared here several years since at which time they gave complete satis- faction, since then it has been materially increased by the accession of celebrated native and foreign artists. The advertise ment in another column details the spec ial features of the programme, and emu merates the principal performers now en- listed under the banner of MT. John H. Murray, Esq, previously the managing partner but now the sole proprietor.
 
 Some time since, MT. David Clark, of Hartford, made personal attack on Pres ident Grant, claiming that he had endeav- ored to drive the colored cadet Smith out of West Point; that he packed a court martial to convict him; and was greatly disappointed because it failed to do SO. Now it turns out that the court did con- vict Smith and that the President com expulsion. The absurdity of the charge is evidence from the fact that Gen. How ard, the special friend of the negro, was president of the court. It further appears that if the white cadets refuse to associate with Smith on terms of equality they are only following the example of MT. Clark who never admits Smith to his own table but always sends him to the kitchen to eat with his servants.
 We clip the following record of Catholic intolerance from the last N. Y. Observer. Mr. Woodruff is we'll known and much esteemed in this county having been rectorso of the Episcopal church at @Woodbury: 'o '' s I55q s. On Saturday mob of Roman Catholic ? Irish women and boys assailed the Rev. Dr. Curtis T. Woodruff Protestant Epis- copal, in the house No. 243 Mulberry street, as he was about to begin thefuner- al services of Mrs; Sarah Curry, Prot estant and member of his congregation. The rioters, it is stated, came into the room with threatening and abusive lan- guage, so violent that the clergyman left the house, and, as he left it, dirty water was thrown upon him. On returning again, both he and Mr. Lewis, the under. taker, were pelted with stones by some boys of the neighborhood. Finally, g guard of seven policemen was obtained and the funeral solemnized without further molestation. It is said that some of the fwomen in the house, just before Mrs. Cur I rvs death, without the knowledge of heI husband and while she was unconscious, had her baptized by Roman Catholic priest This is very aggravated case, which we trust will be pursued until the rioters are punished severely. Surely, we ought to be allowed to bury our own dead in peace, if we cannot enjoy any other social or religious right without permission of these overbearing Romanists.
 MR. EDITOR: noticed the Sentinel oi August 9th came boastingly out with the names of such men as R. R. Pratt, Nathan Hart, R. P. Foster, and, last of all, John T. Andrew, calling them Greeley Repub- Icans. You will notice, however, that the Sentinel did not mention the names oi ! more influential men, such as Rodney Wilcox, Esq, Hon. Ephraim Bennett oi Cornwall, Deacon Henry Hatch and the Rev. Hiram Tcknor, of sharon, all leading Democrats, who will oppose the election ei Heyaes Gseelsy. w.