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Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17

SYMPTOMS OF LIVER COMPLAINT. AND OF SOME OF THE DISEASES PRODUCED BY IT, A sallow or yellow color of skin, or vel Jewish brown spots on face and other parts of body; dullness and drowsiness with frequent headache; dizziness, bitter or bad taste in mouth, dryness of throat and internal heat; palpitation; in many cases dry, teasing cough, with sore throat; unsteady appetite, raising offood, choking sensation in throat; distress, heav- mess, bloated or full feeling about stom- ach and sides. pain in sides, back or breast and about shoulders; collie, pain and sore ness through bowels. with heat; constipa- tion alternating with frequent attacks of diarrh@a; piles, fatulence, nervousness,
 coldness of extremities; rush of blood to head, with symptoms of apoplexy, numb ness of limbs. especially at night: cold chills alternating with hot flashes, kid ney and urinary difficulties; female weak ness, dullness, low spirits, unsociability and gloomy forebodings. Only few of above symptoms likely to be present at one time. All who use Dr. Pierce's Alt.
 Ext. or Golden, Medical Discovery for Liver Complaint and it's complications are loud in it's praise Sold by all first class Druggists. a% El .Efa~7~' CIT
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
coRsTiTvTIoNAL REFORM.

Now that election is over the question
 of constitutional reform is receiving the
 attention it's great importance deserves.
 We have before us tracts by Messrs. Sim
 con E. Baldwin, of New Haven, and AL
 bert s. Bolles of Norwich, going at length
 into the history of former reforms, main
 taining the legality of constitutional con-
 ventions called by . simple vote of the
 legislature, and showing the changes that
 experience has proved to be advisable in
 our fundamental law. They are both can-
 did, able, timely documents, with whose
 views we acquiesce in the main, except in a
 single important particular. They both as-
 sume that the House is to continue Q Town House rather than Peoples House
 and demand an important reform of our system of representation in the Senate only. In fact the Constitutional Reform
 Associations of Bridgeport and New Ha-
 ven. under the auspicies of the latter of
 which these pamphlets are published, seem
 to unite in advocating reduction of the House to asingle representative from each
 town, with perhaps the addition of few to the cities and few to be elected on
 the State ticket. - s @
 Our chief objection to this plan is that it comedies to the prejudice of small coun- try towns an abandonment of the funda- mental principle of modern republication
 that it is the people, not municipalities,
 to the exploded borough system brought
 over from England by our ancestors. The only reason assigned for the contin- uance of town representation is the fear that the smaller towns may have different interests from the larger, and that their rights will be denied them by popular ma- iorities. But the advocates of the old system have utterly failed to show on what important question such conflict of interest could occur, or where any such conflict has occurred in the great majority of American legislatures where popular instead of town representation prevails. ]
 The real reasons that induce the small towns to adhere to the present unequal system are two: list, having an unjust ad- vantage, with the selfshness that always prevails with bodies of men, they refuse to give up that advantage; 2d, they fear, ---t d. 1--1~-~t- ~--~ .a- r~-5 .o--- rant masses of the city populations. It is because the latter reason is, to certain extent, a valid one, that all previous ef- forts to reform our representation have failed, and it will prove fatal also to the present reform movement, we jndge, un- less it assumes a broader basis than any yet proposed. We give below table which shows that though larger minori- ty of our population is now unrepresent- ed in the House, substantial injustice is suffered only by comparatively few large towns and cities. The average vote to each representative of last weeks election was 360 Deducting that number for each representative elected from the vote cast, we find the unrepresented vote dis tributed among the larger towns as follows:
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The following representatives were not returned last week ys f.7a .fs
 Salisbury-Daniel Pratt, q, George B. Clark, d i; Sharon-John Boyd, q, Robert D. Livingstone, d. .-5 5s,.fe -, fo 7
 Last year the Republicans of this coun- ty had 28, the Democrats p, of our forty representatives. This year we are reduc- ed to 13, while the Democracy have 27. 2
 The Democracy had q majority on Gov ernor's vote in every Senatorial District in this county. We give below the com parative vote of the 18th and 16th Dis tricts -.' 5s i'.- t+Al -e F.A-
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
FIFTEENTH DISTRICT.
SIXTEENTH DISTRICT.

Smiths plurality, 1O6. 1ngersols plurality, 67. {- The latest returns give Barnum 1723 plurality in this Congressional District. He runs 125 ahead of the governors vote in this county, and sos behind his ticket in Fairfield county. This is the first time Mir. Barnum has ever run behind we consider very encouraging symptom.
 MT. Nichols makes splendid run for treasurer, gaining nearly 5000 on the gov ernor vote. This indication that the peo- pie appreciate an efficient officeris another encouraging symptom. a.ss,s, t..z
 The recapitulation of the State vote on the latest figures is as follows: -.
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How to make $500.
Deaths.


 In this towns April 13, Samuel Beach. aged S1. l..5 - 's4 9-..s'- .4 =. - :
 In Marketable, April 3, Henry More house, aged 46. -..ss ss.s Y ..s.
 In Wolcottyille. March 27, Mrs. Olive l.. Freeman. s#s
 In Torrington, March 2l, Samuel Win chell aged 62 years. -~ a- z s
 In Winchester, April 5. Adell, wife of A. II. Byington, and daughter of Wm. H. Rowe, aged 24
 b. In Rochester, March q, Mrs. Lucy s. ,DEalzell, aged 62 years. Mrs. Dalzell was native of Harwinton and formerly resid- ed in Salisbury. : In South Norfolk, March 2s, Miss Ann Platt, aged 76 years. "
 In South Canaan. April 9, Hannah, wife of Jacob Michaels, aged 70 years.
 In Sharon, March 28, Mrs. Sarah s. How, aged 7S years. @ 9& s@ @S N
 In East Canaan, Feb. 2s, Albert Rood, aged B years. widow of the late Sheldon Peck.
 In East Canaan, March 28, Anna Defor- est, aged 80 years. #1% :
 In East Canaan, March 30, Mrs. Lucy Paine, aged "A years. -,.-.tt -gs-'
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
STATE ITEMS.

Judge Phelps has denied the motion for an injunction brought against the Boston and Erie bond-holders in this State.
 The Hartford grand list of '72 amounts to some sixty-ive millions. |, |
 Senator Ferry disapproves of consti- tutional convention.
 MT. Ingersoll and Mir. Haven were both ill Hartford, last week No collision.
 A man named Cooper, killed himself in New Haven, Friday. l42 'a7sgsa-l ss. ilis'.s' i Elder Lutz, the New Haven revivalist, has been caught swiRdling. sr5
 New Britain went Democratic again, Monday. sa-if' = ss 5saif s
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SHARON must he nlaa,:fnI nIana fl

SHARON must be acheerfai place for sneryous people. On Friday Hast, man from that town Brought .fo,-tsJlsis black snakes into Amenia, only abont.aehird, he said, esf q family he, had found in one place on the farm of Mr. Geo. Woodward. Some of these ''sarpients" were' over five feet long. They were Liberal in poll tics, and from the Salisbury returns we jadgaatiaat4 slasiae latt ttazxatatlzsill that place on the Monday previous to their ap- pearance in Sharon.
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 TEACHERS INSTITUTE State Teach ers' Institute will be held at Washington, beginning at 2. o'clock on Thursday after noon, April 24, and closing Saturday af- ternoon, under the supervision of the Sec retary of the Board of Education, aided by Governor Jewell, Prof. Thacher of Yale College. Judge Carpenter, of the Supreme Court. Prof. F. T. Russell, of Trinity College, IN. Carleton, Vim. B. Dwight. Miss c. D.. Browning and Miss c. D. Bush, of the State Normal School, MT. Chin Faisun, Commissioner of the Chinese Government, l.. l.. Camp and John G. Lewis of New Haven. . All the exercises are open. to the pub lic Teachers and School Visitors will be entertained without charge eEss,ss -@s.s sa School Officers, and all the friends Of Common Schools, are earnestly requested to circulate this notice among teachers, and to facilitate their attendance. It IS recommended that the Schools be closed, in the belief that the improved methods Of teaching suggested will more than com pensate for the time given to the teachers. School Officers are cordially invited to be present. -l ..s.x. :.,- = Prominence will he given to the sub ieets of Drawing, Geography and Map drawing, Incentives, Hygiene Reading and Language Exercises. Popular Readings will be given by Prof. | Russell in connection with the Evening Lectures. sgaa sg aas.z sS IGzLal o
 The day sessions will begin promptly at g o'clock A. NJ. and BOP. NJ. No ef- fort will be spared to render all the exer- cises both attractive and useful.
 Free Return Tickets from Washington will hes issned by the undersigned over the Shepaug Valley and Housatonic Rail- roads. Tz6sssf 3 s3 s9e.sssaAk ss E.ot xsa BRDsEY GRANT NoRTHRoP, aL. Secretary of the Board of Education.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
Taxes l! Taxes ] Taxes!

NTOTICE is hereby given that the Collector IN of the town taxes for Litchfeld will meet the tax payers to receive the same as follows: on Monday, April 2eth at the pos tolice in Milton; on Tuesday, the 29th, at the Postofiice i1 Bantam Falls: on Wednesday, the 3Oth, at the Postofice in Northfield. The time that the collector will remain at the above named places will be from g a. m. until noon. I win De at the Nofthfeld Knife Co s office on Wednesday. the 8Oth, from one o'clock until p. m. will be at the town hall in the Village of Litchfeld, on Thursday, May 1st from g .. m. until p. m. All taxes un- paid May 1st will have enc per cent added, and a further scm of one per cent after the first day of each month until paid
 THos. l.. SALToNsTALL, Collector.
 Litchfeld, April 8, 1873. 1-Sw
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17

The Hartford Post states that Mr. Hall ,locs aot run behind his ticket, but little sheadOfik By By"histieket" we presume the Governor vote Is intended, and inasmuch as Mir. Haven ran about 300 behind the rest cf cur ticket in New Haven alone, we are nUt surprised that Mir. Hall~does not fan ss far behind as Haven. The Hart ford Tines claims that railroad influence was used in NIT. Halls behalf We hope before long tO be able to place before our readers the vOte on Secretary so that they nay SIC fCr themselves. s.-, l1I
 \ terrible accident occurred in Middle town Oa Wednesday last A Mir. Shepard hal recently built new block in that szfy reoezk1y in So insecure a manner that oee eOEEer had settled considerably and sR effort was being made to replace the fagnalztsOa with something more solid. Recent wei weather softened the ground, and the props gave way, letting the front wall faIl. above which over twenty labor CTS were al woEk. Six persons were killed outright, and thirteen more or less in- iurel The corOner's jury lay the blame on the builder-and owner of the block uho put up the cheapest building possi- bls beeauss the latter had only twenty years lease of the land on which it stood.
 Capt Jack and the Modocs have finally filled mp the measure of their villainies byentrspping thepeace commissioners into a conference, ,treacherously attacking them and killing General Canby, Dr. Thomas and mortally wounding Mfr. Meacham. They intended to have slaughtered Gen. Gillem and other U. s. officers at the same time who were luckily unable to be pres eat- Mir. Dyer is the only commissioner who escaped unhurt. Gen Schofeld has ordered Gen Gillem to move his entire fOrce on these Indians and the whole county will join him in the hope that we may ''hear soon that he has made an end of them" a w H agi
 Gen Canby was Kentuckian, entered the army in 1889, and distinguished him. self in the Mexican war. He was in com mand of Fort Defiance, New Mexico, at the outbreak of the civil war. He sided promptly with the national government and saved New Mexico to the government in 1882 In 1S6l, he succeeded Gen. Banks in command of the army of the Southwest. He was brigadier of the regular army and his death reduces the number to that established by the present law. It is a curious fact that he was one of the strong est friends of the Indian in the army. His death will be a severe blow to the pacific policy heretofore adopted by the governEnent Itis to be hoped that pop. alar indienssinn will not lead to the pun. islAment of the whole Indian race for tho crime of 6 few lawless miscreants belong ing Co ik
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17

Total Majsrities, }srtsT 49,313
 It will be seen that the minority. vote nsisrepresented (except in few cases like that of New Haven) is greater than the non-represented vote of the larger towns. Adding the Temperance minorities to the Democratic and Republican minorities and we have misrepresented vote bearing about the proportion to the represented vote of three to four. While, therefore,
 only one-third of last weeks vote can complain of misrepresentation, three out of every seven voters can complain of misrepresentation. Is it not evident then that if to the total vote of the eighteen large towns determined to correct their non- representation were added the country ininorities determined to correct their mis- representation, we should have popular majority that would be irresistible? By coming up abreast of Progress in this
 way Connecticut can give its population
 the fairest, safest representation known
 in any of the United States. City major ities would be no longer dangerous be- cause city minorities would be justly rep
 resented. The odious ''gerrymandering'
 that disgraces the district system would be avoided; and the matter of representa- tion would be fairly settled forever. If our constitutional reformers fail to meet this whole question of misrepresentation and misrepresentation, as we now fear they
 may, they will accomplish . small reform where great one would be just as easy; or they may fail altogether, as is so often the case with the advocates of half meas ures. ss 44 5.s sesssf
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
Falls Village

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 MT. James McGee, of Danbury, has contracted to dig the cellar and lay the cellar. wall of the court house building alias ':Citizens' Hall, ; for $989. ~se esi Another railroad track will be laid from this depot to the railroad repair shop, making double track. -.daa =qa D. Brewster, of the firm 4'The Brewster Garfield Co., ? has just returned from New York, with general assortment of spring goods. as' sr7 .s5 7s.' zEs
 Miss Spur and Miss Miner, who have been tending Miss Beecher's semi nary, in Hartford, for some time past, are home on a vacation. -+1 s-sa-r...s .. Misses Caddie and Garfield leave this week for Bridgeport. to attend the ''Gol- den Hill Seminary" x.oy iaat v.~aa
 Mir. W. G. Gardner has broken ground for new dwelling on one of the building lots sold by Messrs. ,Canfeld < Gibbs. A- Prof A. aL.g Holt, of West Haven, Conn.,, has been stopping in town few days, introducing new theory for shoe ing horses; he clsims his treatment re- moves and, prevents the diseases of the foot, which horses are subject to. He occupied the shop of J. A. Decker, who has acquired the system and is now ready to put the theory into practice. $ sz4aa ] -5,. +4' FAi+ .'sf'' ALEXIS.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17

Sza=zrSsGzz wkS z=@ iA aErears must make up arrea-S@ hSSnrS tzklug advantage of the forego- IS Prwpuas1khSGss and subscribers who are in s.REzz.sa wzr 4NREes tzrs sncurt their subscrip taaas arN R =axzzCzA
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Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17

PERSONAL. name of Fairbanks is identified with the weighing of the world. In 1880 Scale manufactory was estab- lished at St. Johnsbury, Vt. From small beginnings, their business has increased till their factories cover acres of ground and upward of 600men are constantly em- iployed. At first their orders were con- fined to this country alone, but to-day the whole world is weighed in the Fair banks Balance. ts nsz.# zG Tas5 #
 At their various stores are also for sale Composition Bells, Coffee and Drug Mills, Letter Presses,t &c. Also Miles Alarm Cash Drawer, concerning which the New York Tribune says: e13 la asgsza..ssss. .-s5 93t'Our attention was recently called to this Drawer, and after an investigation of its manner of working, we have introduc- ed it into our business office, with 8 good deal of confidence that it is an. .effectual bar to till-tapping. ' The drawer is made of black walnut, the lock of annealed iron, having thirty changes, and adouble-lock- ing attachment,' Sc. fa'ss ssSss a
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ALEXIS.
Coshen--Mo. 80.

Our great snow drifts are going off without freshet, but if you wish to see the water come down from the mountains i'll New Hampshire, you must go down to the Hartford and Wethersfield meadows.
 Many Goshen people happeningto meet, last week, on the cars from Waterbury, the conversation turned upon one Goshen woman, who was said always to find some thing good to say about every one, so they spoke to her about the Devil. Her reply was that if her boys had as much energy as he had, they would do well enough. We are to have silver wedding thH week. H4.Is i sab L1A H. N
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
THE LEGISLATURE.

The DemOcfaC1c maJOflty OI the hOuSe is not very strong in men of note. Mir.
 Eaton, of Hartford, is decidedly the ablest parliamentarian of the lot, and will undoubtedly be Speaker unless. he pre- fers the leadership of the House. MT.
 James F. Babcock, of New Haven, is probably the most prominent man on that side, next to MT. Eaton. Mir. Judd of Stratford can be relied on for what Brom- ley used to call ''chin music," and there are probably many talented young men on that side for whom it will be Q splen-
 did year to gain reputation and legislative experience. The Republican side of the House is unusually strong. Hon. Hen ry B. Harrison of New Haven, ex-Speak- CTS Wait of Norwich, Treat of Woodbridge,
 and Bugbee of Killingly, will give the ma jority all the employment they need on the political questions that come before the House. The total Democratic major ity is twenty-three including liberal re- publicans. There may be also two or three independent" republicans who will sometimes act with the democrats on party questions. --.. -. . 8
 The Senate has no men of wide reputa- ton on either side. Messrs. Tenny of the Eighth, Hoyt, of Twelfth, and Elmer, of the Eighteenth, are rising" men on. the Republican side; and we have heard our Litchfeld men who fought Senator Rob erts on the District Court question, two years since speak of him as an unusu- ally candid, able legislator. On the Dem ocratic side Messrs. Stoddard of New Ha- ven, Wheeler of Bridgeport, and Landers of New Britain are experienced legislators of considerable ability. 3 saz s''. s.-s The most important questions before the legislature this year will be that of calling constitutional convention and the election of successors to Judges Sey- mour and Minor, the former of whom be comes disqualified by constitutional hm- itation of age and the latter goes out by resignation, we understand. The Senate being Republican and the House Demo- cratic one judge from each party will probably be chosen, and there will be an excellent chance for the log-rolling GUS tomary in such cases. s ssS4 taat .
 Rowell's Newspaper Reporter publishes q portrait of MT. Bailey, of the Danbury News.-EE. eI =. fsa sfs. s9..gss
 | The artist of the Hartford Times is also reported to be engaged on a wood-cui which will make MT. Bailey an object oi wonder and admiration to thousands who have heretofore known him only through the News. sis.sss ta9k
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
! COUNTY ITEMS.


 BARKHAsfsTED has new postmaster in Mr E. J. Root probably of the celebra- tedfirm of Root, Hog or Die. .Isv ss j. 1ERRYvIr1E was the scene of a strange sui.ide, week before iast. A German
 named Nicholas Matz got some cough melicine at 8 drug store inswhiehE was tin:ture of aconise.r He was directed to tale teaspoonful of the mixture every
 th,se hours, but drank instead about half thee was in the vial He wandered about all night and died the next day of expos
 ureand too much medicine, 'carelessly
 ana. improperly prepared" thought the IiuF. ~ .'.saa.As .-ssi s...,ea ..:S''1 !. ::
 The WoLCoTTvInI.E schools closed, last weex, for yacation.at osaf si@1Te sa ssa lla2 8fr5a bsFnu~a Gg0w af4 1cs 9.sES5 5E9a
 Tie MoRRTs Congressional Society have yotGl to hire tie Rev. Mir. Gidmana an othe year. He accepted on conditions. aA t s~El 9a xza D 1eg aES8 S&E aalW 2
 ITO NEW HARTFORD liquor sellers are Ito h tried at this term of the Superior as8 -zA SCS3s saz ascEt aH 22a ss ss..ssd i lFazr4u bEH .sassse lasad a CRNwALLs BRIDGE expects newdepot 1 iron the Housatonic R. R. Co.a5 d3s3tss Al SALISBURY. Thursday. George Oviatt cut his foot badly with an axe. saw szssl1 Oe CANAAN firm burned 2e $50 barrels of lme, last year. se gsasEos e.saz aai
 Nw MILFORD reports to the Standard thal MT. J. J. Conklin has rented Dea.
 Whttlesey,s house Noble s. Bennett has 1 solf his farm and moves to 800 acre trad on Long Island. sThe prompt, l eool natured, good looking journalist of NeI Milford, excuses himself for not be- ingsble to fill his orders on the ground l thalsome of lis points broke his press. ,"
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17

The World, and his Wife have made up their minds that there is nothing under heaven so certain as a cure for cough, cold, or difficulty of breathing, as Hale's Honey of Horeh0und aad Tar. The sale IS over three thousand bottles per day. tsOrlttenton,s, 9th Avenue Sold by all Druggists.
 Plke's Toothache Drops cure in l min- uta
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
Important to Farmers !

THE subscriber is prepared to furnish Nova SCOTIA GROUND PLASTER by the ton or Car do we'll to order early to secure supply. Also Bradleys Superphosphate of Lime. z's-' VI q
 T. F. JUDD,
 Shepaug Valley R. R.. Station. Litchfeld, April 1, 1878 " ai 52-3m.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
NOTICE.

THERE will be meeting of the School visi- 4 tors of the town of Litchfield at the Mansion House on Saturday the 18th inst at one o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of examining teachers. District Committees will see that per- sons engaged as teachers are present.
 .1, CHARLES B. ANDREWS, Sec
 Litchfield, April Sth, 1873. 1:2w
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-04-17
ELECTION RETuans.

The bad travelling of last week pre- vented us from receiving returns from the western towns of the county, SO our list of Judges of Probate was too incomplete to be of value. We give them below
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ERQuIRER CLUBBING RATES.

os< LaShs%Al cSzztr subscribers may not off, ssz bs =Aae ss szks a3razEsge Of the low rates eaers1 lsszsH sazAs tE 2Ost magazines and peri esks4sz- Fsr tAer caaEeaiSnee and as an extra iltz-slHzf s0 nsw cs1aty subscribers we will ssza tAs fsssSvszg PeEsOa1caAs tOcOunty susscrib- s-~s-eux r~--zF-
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MORRIS, April 12, 1873.

NR. EDITOR In your last issue you re- pot the vote of Morris. For Governor Haven, 49; Ingerson, SC. That is cor rect but for member of Congress, you give Minor A; Barnum S6, which is not correct. Minor had 5. Barnum S3. We desire you to make the correction as we, in Morris, dislike to have. t appear that tln kind of influence Barnu uses was so elective here. vg ss .&gs 4sa1 ssaE2s -tYT< 9oes Yo.rxpsrfsE Es,,, rrrrss rrx1rrxr X E