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Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15
Book Notices.

THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW fo1 January contains: Lanfrey's Napoleon I; Beethoven; An English Interior in the Seventeenth Century; Catullus and his Translators; Mahomet; The Speakers Commentary; The Working of the Educa- tion Act; Last Words on the Ballot Cues tion; Contemporary Literature.
 The Leonard Scott Publishing Co.,, 14O Fulton St., N. Y. See advertisement.
 EVERY SATURDAY, for Feb. IT, contains English Marriages and Married Women An Old Himalayan Town; Lions and Lion Tanning, by an Old Lion-King; The Wit and Wisdom of George Elliot; Modern Servants; Theatrical Rehearsals Nal maison, by Henry Kingsley; Foreign notes. ..s rEa.#
 J. R. Osgood & Co.,, Boston, 8 year. See Enquirer Clubbing Rates.
 PETERsoN's contains The California Cousins; In the Forest The Island oi Diamonds The Tigers Skin St. Andrews Cross Bought with Price; The Doc tors Bill; Engraving, Little Kittens, Fashion Plate, Fashions &c.,, Music, Pc. etry &c. Fs'4-s a-..
 Charles J. Peterson, Philadelphia, g. year. See Enquirer Clubbing Rates.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15
THE DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTIONS.

The New Departure resolutions adopt ed by the Connecticut Democracy, last week, are to be found in another column. They are so great an improvement on former platforms of that party that we do not feel inclined to join in the cry of ''stop thief!'' so generally raised by our Republican contempo poraries at so cool an .appropriation of Republican principles.
 This platform, ttadapted" from that re- gently framed hy the Liberal Republicans of Missouri, apparently makes the caming contest one between rival candidates rath- CT than between rival principles. The New Departure is boldly taken in the first resolution, The second adopts what may with propriety De called the Grant position in favor of Amnesty. The third iavors revenue reform" of species much more aeceptable to us, we imagine, than to the sole Democratic Representative from this State in Con- gress or to his partner now in nomina-
 tion for State Treasurer.' The next reso- lutions charge the Administration with tyranny and corruption; raising of course purely personal issue An anti-repudi- ation resolution follows to complete the New Departure Finally, the free scoool system is patronized as g local in- stitution too deeply and tenderly cherish ed by the Democracy to admit of con- gressional interference. Probably it is some sort of outside interfegenee with these peculiarly tender relations that oc- casions the otherwise unaceountable naan- ia of Southern Democrats for burning stnigger school houses. sq, e The important issues now before the
 people of Connecticut are mainly two: whether Democratic administration might reasonably be expected to be parer than Republican; and whethes these New Departure Democrats can be trusted to keep their promises of fnon-interference with Reconstruction and the. necessary re- suits of the war. should they attain power.
 As regards the first point, the history of Tammany does not afford q very encous.
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Rossinig La Gazza Ladra" and Mo zart's Marriage of Figaro were perform ed at New York, last week.
 The execution of the prohibitory law really seems to Disacb Boston retail liquor 5 A Boston broker has been sentenced to six years in the penitentiary for forgery.
 Archbishop Spaulding of Baltimore died at shat place on Tuesday of last week.
 Twenty persons were injured by 8 rail way accident near Jefferson Civ. Mo. last week. e.sa
 Sweeny, Ingersoll, and Woodward are trying to settle the charges against them.
 Several persons were frozen to death in Iowa during recent snow storm great loss of stock Is also reported A dishonest official has been discovered in the Third Auditors office. ' An extensive mail robbery has been dis covered in Boston.
 By an explosion of fire damp i'll 8 coal mine near Scranton five men were killed.
 Further details on the Ohio powder ex- plosion show it's severe character.
 There was another riot between negroes and white men in Arkansas, last week, and one of each color was killed.
 Oil city, Pa., was partially burned, last week; loss $50, 0O0
 Gov. Reed, of Florida, was impeached by the legislature of that State, last week, for frauds connected with State aid to railroads. ...... s.t-t.
 One Rhode Island negro killed another, last week.
 Utah Gentiles endorse the Chief Jus tice.
 The Republicans carried the city cleo tion in Buffalo, last week. The bill providing for the payment of interest on Missouri bonds in currency in- stead of specie as they promise, has been passed over the Governors veto. The Ohio legislature has passed bill providing that jurors shall not be dis qualified from having read newspaper re-. ports of cases before them. A heavy earthquake shock was felt at Cairo, Thursday night.
 ; John Avery has been declared oniltv of the murder of Jacob Erbe at Palisade, N J., by verdict of coroner's iury. ! One hundred and eighty-fonr Ku-KIux murders are reported in Jackson Co.,, Fla. by Legislative committee of that State. A Fish Culturist convention met at AL bany, last week. The Grand Duke was in New Orleans at latest accounts
 An investigation of the affairs of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has been begun by committee of the N Y, legis- lature. s. .-s t'.-
 State printing corruptions are exposed in New Jersey. r A locomotive boiler explosion in Wis consin, last week, killed one man and fa- tally scalded another. .-..;s-
 $ The silk weavers of Patterson held a mass meeting, last week, to protest against the reduction of the tariff on silk A death from abortion is being investi- gated in Philadelphia
 Another Chicago Alderman has been indicted. : -..t, f7'" t.'
 The Senate committee Investigating the Custom House frauds have finished their sessions ill New York. They will hear evidence in Washington. this week.
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Goshen.

The North Oonsociation ef Litohfeld Go. met in this place last Wednesday, and large number of our people assembled in the forenoon to hear the examination of MT. Hazen, and it was voted unani- mously to proceed to his installation after dinner. The introductory prayer and reading of the Scriptures were by Rev. MT. Brown, of the Methodist churchl in West Goshen. The sermon was by Rev. Mr. Bullion; Installing prayer by Rev. Mir. Brush; charge to the pastor, by the Rev. Mir. Bassett; right hand of fellow ship, by Rev. MT. Brush ; and the charge to the people and closing pFaEer by Rev
 MT. Powell. The henediction was pro- nouneed by Rev. MT. Hazen. Our peo- pie were more than usually interested in the exercises. ... ..- -.s H. N.
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New Elllford.

{ MT. s. B. Spinning af the Hutchinson Concert Troupe sang in the Congregational church here last Sabbath evening. INo.
 - The annual meeting of the Housa- tonic Agricultural Society was held at New Milford, Feb. 5th. The report of the Treasurer was very satisfactory, showing the society to be in fourishing condi- tion, with almost sl, 900 in the treasury. H. ". Booth. Esq. declining a re-elec- tion, the following officers were elected:- John Peck, Esq, President, c. 4. Todd, Treasurer, Earle Buckingham, Recording Secretary. and Perry N, Hall, Correspond ing Secretary.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

l have two accidents to record for the same neighborhood. Feb. 1st, Wilbur Wooster, son of G. I. Wooster, and one of the ihomaston Academy scholars, had his leg broken by his horse just as he was leaving Thomaston for r@home. Feb. 8th. just week later, Mir. D. c. Churchill. living next door to the former, cut his foot quite severely while chopping in the woods near his house. Both are attended by Dr. Camp. SErR
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15
Plymouth sketches--tp. e4.

On Saturday evening, Jan. 27th, Miss Maria Painter, visiting at J. R. Cramp- toms, Waterville, went up the front stairs in the dark, intending to come down the same way; but, mistaking her chamber door, she pitched Aeadleng down the back stairs, disleeating shoalder, and other wise bruising herself. As in some other cases, So in this: a chignon is supposed to have prevented broken head.-Moral: Be careful in going ,tp stairs in the dark; but especially in regard to coming doom; consider ..Darius Green and his flying machine, and .sTake care how you light. "
 On Monday evening, the 9th inst, Gen. Edward M. Lee, delivered 2 lecture on The American poets, &o.. in the Meth- odist church, Thomaston. R Hss.I
 George Lee, the long time colored barber in, Thomaston, has departed to some other locality, and Sam Greenberg, also colored, has taken his place,
 On Monday ayeaiHg. the 18th inst. Ralph 6. Hubbard gave selection of readings in the Congregational church, Terryyille. ssProceeds for the benefit of the sabbath school library. 2 Also, on the same evening, . birthday pastE as- sembled at the house of saleman 3. Pal. mes. There was musis and dancing. and
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tue mousse being rather small for the &C., enumeration of the number present, "a large portion of the company adjourned to Robbins Hall where they kept up the shop" untn midnight
 PLYMoUTHEAN. < Feb. 18th, 1872.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

Among other reforms the Japanese gov sTument is dealing with Buddhist monas- tsries. The same methods seem to lead to the same vicious results whether prac- tieea by Catholics or Buddhists.
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 a.-.rf- ALABAMA CASE. 5, | REVOCATION OF THE ARBITRATION THREAT | e,e-,.s5. .,5. Ef.aE FINED. t4 -# The English press, people and par lament are greatly excited over the large | American claim for indirect damage before the Geneva Commission. Mir. Gladstone
 declares it preposterous and .revacation
 of the arbitration is threatened If it is per-
 sisted in. Our government will probably
 insist on their claims. No immediate war
 is feared. ~p.garr .ia.r a.7ags--sa France.-An attempt has been made to l assassinate President Thiers. --sag Press prosecutions continue. Ers1 r. hadia.-Earl Mayo, Governor General,
 has been assassinated by fanatical Mus sulman. bGa - 8esE sF 1ffEI sff zs s DoMEsT4e .tss' a John Burns ''the hero of Gettysburg" ]" died at that place on the 4th inst. The snow bound Pacific trains only
 made IA miles from Friday to Sunday and they are yet $50 miles from Omaha.
 A defaulting Philadelphia city treasur-
 CT has been sentenced to 5 years solitary imprisonment. | A 0p1u1hEO anu pOl1ceman nave been
 killed within the week at New Orleans. There were 183 deaths from small pox
 in Philadelphia, last week.
 The Ku Klux law will soon come up be. fore the U. s. Supreme court, Investigatipn into the charges against Judges Barnard and Qardozo is to begin before the N. r, Assembly Judiciary Committee, this week.
 The South Carolina legislature propose
 to pronounce the issues of State bonds valid and compel payment of taxes hither-
 to withheld.
 The Paymaster of the Delaware, Lack awanna and Western Railroad decamped,
 Saturday, with SIC, 900 of the Company s | funds.
 Vice. President Colfax has declined to
 become candidate for the Presidency. John ", FeFneY has resigned the Col leetorship of Philadelphia.
 The death of another Senator makes
 another dead lock in the Pennsylvania Senate. ; The North Carolina legislature adjourn ed sine die on Tuesday, ...s
 The New Jersey Senate refuses to con- cAr m the printing reforms of the House A fearful railway collision is reported near Georgia, Indiana. f...7sssf !.
 Tie South Carolina Legislature censure their Senators for voting against Civil Rights and Amnesty. m ss.s.ssts,s...
 The Japanese Embassy propose to re- turn to San Francisco aud thence steam to New York. s.sg sss.as
 The Harlem courthouse has cost over sao0,oO0 and is not yet fliahed.
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WAsH1Nero,N. Feb. 12th. 1870

tsa ,
 MR. EpEroRs-May I suggest to the railroad officials, through the Enquirer, q needed accommodation; ]. e., at the sta tions, small portable step ladders, that ladies may get off and on cars without putting gentlemen to so much trouble in assisting them. When there is as inter- esting company of young ladies to lift on board as the seventeen who went from Washington to homtord, last Tues day, I presume the conductor and his as- sistant feel it no hardship to help them up; but when matrons who have outgrown youthful charms, and acquired weighty qualities, wish to travel, they would pre- fer the suggested step-ladder until 8 high CT platform can be afforded. It is not pleasant to them to think they may be compelling the obliging conductor to use too much strength. A word to the wise is sufficient. atE9 l.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

SxhmxShzxz wh0 are In arrears must make up aEr~srzgs4 kSfarS taking advantage of the fore Esag Frsro<1saass and subscribers who are in ukvunea mAx 6sa1r4 the amount their subscrip- Szmm are tn aayxnce-
 Man&x sAszsa hs sent by pOst-Ofiee order. check e rsxiz.s-Sa lzkte<. if possible. If remittances are wnlse bx nza we cannot be responsible for Asm h@kare the besfer reaches us. but will take all Fs.ks ak Femirtxzce to the clubbing periodical. En,sips wF1 be returned in the next paper.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

EseE the World admits the fairness of the Hs1se in di<pOSing of contested elec- tSsa eases, tki< session. 4 Pennsylvania Dszsoexst (MFessl who had but B major Sfy. had favorable report from the Elec- t5oa Conaittee. last week.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

\ qGeer divorce case occurred in New H2vSa. l&<t week. A girl of l6 sought re- 6ef frOa a mAwiage into which she had bexn scared and inveigled without the cO@s<nA of her parents. 4 divorce was Erxm&ed for ssfrand."
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

The Ohio Senate has passed bill SauaIixing railroad changes for freight.
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The Wfnsted Herald states that the Lee and New Haven railroad is ''looking up. '" Is that aIls Hasn't it actually "gone rn9-
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

4 London Sayant undertakes to prove that hand water is a more healthy drink than soft. Blessed is Litchfeld if such is the ease
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The investigation into the proceedings ot Mfr. Miller. Superintendent of the N. Y. Insurance department, shows that he lev iea heavy sums on the companies he chose to visit for Ss expenses"
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FaoU1RER CLUBBING RATES.

0< EM-ASsaa CSazty subscribers may not of sm As mAas so take advantage of the low rates SGzz~1 nzzws ea=As Rg lOst magazines and peri sSE.na& Ezr thxx convsaieace and as an extra auAur4@~4 sS zs< county subscribers we will sSH& sA& ssAs~ag periodicals to county subscri-
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

AHAong ether queer developments of the investigation into the doings of Mir. Mil ler. sf the N. '. Insurance Department, is the fArs that he certified the Home Ins. Co, Of New Haven solvent after it had bseOme insOlvent; and that N. Y. Sena- tar whO wgnt wifh him tO New Haven that day rsneised s5. 900 of the company fol --pra&e~zioal sexvices.''
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

The evidence against Terwilliger, the NsU YOEk Senate clerk, seems to duplicate him ia forged alteration of items in the printing account The same firm that DIT cs~s,d him gave lobbyist SIG, 900 to P1s their bin through the legislature.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

\ London man advertises machine which reforms EOses. If it will work, it VII be a much more popular contrivance than machine that would reform habits uF uaammerS
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

saging presage of Democratic putty As regards the second, the omissions which Connecticut Democrats were obliged to make from the original resolutions of Missouri Republicans are So expressive that comment is unnecessarv.
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The President has put a stop to the New York General Order business.
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obituary


 1872, died Maryann Wolcott Smith, wife of Hon. N. B. Smith, of that place. She was the daughter of Rev. Samuel Good rich. Congregational clergyman at Ridge field, in this State, where she was born. The brothers and sisters through force of intellect and character became widely known. Of the latter, Mrs. Whittlesey of the Mothers Magazine acquiring national, of the former s. G.. Goodrich, as Peter Farley, achieving worldwide reputation. No less gifted intellectually than they, and endowed with uncommon personal lovelinesss and grace, she became very early the central attraction of constantly increasing. circle of friends. Very earnest In all she did, she learned life's lessons well, and her quick sympathy with others led her to impart her wisdom freely to those who sought t6proft by it; and thus she became to many striving souls coun- sellor whose words and thoughts they will long cherish. She made public profess sion of her faith in 1923, and connected herself with the First Cong1 church in the town of her adoption. Of this church she soon became an active and influential member, the first in every good work, the leading member among the fe- males, presiding at their meetings with unusual grace and dignity, ev- CT giving great energy and complete success to all their efforts for assisting the needy, whether the poor at home or the missionary far away. She was one of a circle of mothers who, for many years, met each week so pray for their families, and for the prosperity of Zion. This meeting was very dear to her. She failed not to attend it until death had taken most of it's members, and the infirmities of years had made it impossible to attend, and then when the week came round she observed the hour alone. The old church in which she was for so many years a-shin- ing light may truly mourn the loss of a mother in Israel. Though for some years partly withdrawn from active life through illness, her loss is deeply felt by the en- tire community as well as by the church but the loss is wholly onrs. To doubt that it is we'll with her now, would be al- so doubt the "good news of the New Testament itself, so steadfastly did she fol low its precepts, and so devoutly did she trust it's promises. ''Write from hence forth blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they rest from their labors, and their works do follow them"
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15
CONN. DEMOCRATS.

CONN. DEMOCRATS.
 Res0lred, That the democrats of Connecti- cut regard emancipa- tion, equality of civil rights and enfranchise- ment, as established facts now embodied in the constitution, and deserving the support of good citizens of all parties.
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MO. RRpUBLIcANs.

MO. hkfUB141CANS ResolUed, That we, the liberal republicans of Missouri, .faihftd noso as sce soere in he dark days of ciUa scar to the cital principles Of true Yep,tblicanisaa, by no act or aoo,,d aoll eadanger
 the rightfssl souereignty 0f the Union, emancipa-
 ton, equality of civil
 rights or enfranchise-
 ment. To these estab-
 lished facts, now imbed-' ded in the constitution, we claim the loyalty of
 all good citizens.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15
wooDBuRY AND SEYMOUR R. R.

We are in receipt of the following letter from Woodbury regarding the proposed branch railroad from that place to con- meet with the Naugatuck at Seymour. . The New Haven papers refer also to the same project. The cost of the proposed branch is estimated at $2OO,OOO. The amount of assistance which the Nauga- tuck will require from towns on the line is stated to be $5O,O0O If the people of those towns can get a railroad for any such sum as that, they should not hesi- tate moment
 WooDBURY, Feb. g, 1872.
 MIR. EDIToR:-We are now having 8 railroad fever very severely. A delega- tion from the Naugatuck road met large number of our citizens on Thursday last and a long consultation was held. A Town meeting is called for Monday next, when propositions are to be submitted and voted upon. All of our leading men, and men of means are taking hold of the matter in earnest, which, with the in- ducements held out by the Naugatuck road, indicates that the project will suc- ceed. Seymour is the point to be reached. Woodbury, Southbury, and Oxford are towns interested The route is very feas- ible. .
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

fOOr prospect for a train either way fhss ueek" says the Pacific railroad dis P@arh of Thursday. The snow of this se@soa has proved all that the worst grum- blers had prOphesied of it. Whether fur ther large Outlays for snow sheds would prove an effective remedy is the next dueFy.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

A New York banker has agreed to take all the guaranteed Air Line second mort gage bonds. 400 men ere at work between Middletown and Willimantic, and 15 miles of that section of the road will be ready for the rails by the first of next month.
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15

The female painters of New York had an exhibition of their work last week. It vas veEy. .creditable says the Tribune-not q lenient jcdge of women and their do- ing&
 Dr. Cuyler, who allowed Quakeress to preaeh i'm his pulpit, recently, escaped di- reet repEimand, but his Presbyterian breth' ren denOunce the practice of woman preaching ss unscriptural
Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-15
FRArERMAL NEw-yoRkERs.

This is not good season for New York CTS. In the first place Tammany has gone down to irretrievable ruin, dragging with it the New York Democracy. But New York Democrats are not 50 very much worse of than New York Republicans. If prominent politician of that persuasion favors Conklin, he gets hot shot daily, or semi-weekly at the seldomest, from the Tribune; if he is 2 Fenton man, the Times ibels him to the full extent of it's ability. If he is free-trader, he is treated as an Amalekite by the Tribune, again; if a pro- tectionist, he gets it hot from the rest of the New York papers. If he holds an office under government, the Tribune has his pockets searched for stolen postage stamps, and the World suddenly springs the charge on him of fmurdering his grand mother. If he don't hold an office then the Times goes for him, as for Fenton man. 4ef .
 Moreover, every Republican in New York city is set down by one faction or another of his party as 1'Tammany Re- publican" Without having counted ac- curately it is our impression that several thousand more people have been de- nounced by name in either the Times or the Tribune as .'Tammany Republicans" than have ever voted our ticket in that city at any election. Either the party has increased tremendously in numbers there, of late, or there haveabeen some mistakes in classification. It is safe to say that every New York Republican has been set down in one paper or another as a dis guised partisan of the late dynasty.
 In the early years of King David's reign we read that Hebrew gentlemen had a way of saluting each other when they met with neat sword thrust under the fifth rib. The same custom seems to be prevalent among the Republicans of the Empire State, only it is the reputation that is stabbed. e ei j. .1. r.
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Let the bald and gray use Halls Vege- table Sicilian Hair Remover if they desire as good head of hair as in youth.