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Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
REpREsEMTAT,oa.

January 4th, 1873.
 MR. ED1ToR:-In addition to sup0es- lions in my former Communication. I nentioned other reasons why tE,s const;;- tuition should not be changed to increase the representation from the citiss in our house of representatives: The two cities in which our Legislature sits already have an enormously preponderating influence in fact. in that house. Although they have nominally but two votes each. yet in point of fact they control votes by means of various appliances to members, difficult to resist; IS any members, and any man who has had much to do with legislation, well knows. I do not inti- mate that any improper means are used, butwe can readily see the effect of the arguments, the politeness and the latter ing attentions of tue educated and wealthy inhabitants of the cities, upon the mem
 The large towns have never suffered by reason of their want of votes in the house of representatives, and they onght not to deprive other towns of that equality which they have enjoyed from the first settle ment of the state. If the representation sought for is granted, the town of New Haven alone will send more representa- tives than the whole county of Litchfeld and a few of the largest towns and cities will control the whole house. The man agement of cities is bad enough when con fined to their own limits Let them not govern the whole State. .sl 1e lt& .'-
 That the house is large is no reason why the small towns should be deprived of their representation. And that it is no serious objection, for experience has shown that it cannot be manipulated as the Senate may be, when it is necessary to convince only eleven members out of twenty-one in order to carry through any measure however objectionable. But if any deem the house too large already, let it not be increased by the incorporation of any more small towns, nor by giving an increased number of representatives to the large ones. g. ..a .5sa,r $. -.-, ; Again, if the ratio of population is to be the basis of representation in both houses, why have two? One is as good as more, for they would represent the population only. 4-
 Reform the Senate if you will. I ad7 init it needs it; but the present laws are sufficient for that. The safety of the State, and the purity of the Legislature require large representation of the coun- try members. And trust the Towns as such will never surrender their right to equal representation in the house, and will never suffer an amendment to the constitution which will produce acontrary. result. -w.s.-5 aa% et.l CIyIs,
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
TnE JAPANESE IMDEMMIrY.

In 1S69-4 one of the Japanese dai- mios committed acts of hostility against foreigners for which he was chastised by c joint British, Dutch, French and Amer jean expedition, and the Japanese gov- eminent was compelled to make a treaty guaranteeing three millions indemnity to the allied powers. Our portion of the indemnity waa S75O, ,ooO, one half of which has been paid. Our actual expense Sn the expedition was less than S2O, 900, and the House of Representatives has voted unanimously to release the Japanese government from any further payment. The question now arises as to the dispo- sitlOn to b made of the Japanese Indem- nlty Fund a>eraing under the treaty of 1884 and other tl>.ties. and amounting to about SSO0. 900. Sec Northrop oronoses that the amount be repa.a to the Japanese government which is makine every effort sO educate its people up to Ayyes.ern civilization, and is deserving of tho no.t liberal treatment from Ill enlightened a. tions.
 This plan strikes us fayorably. The European practice of lsvying contribu- tons on defeated or weaker nations by way of ''indemni.y" is one that Ameri- cans should avoid, unless we are willing Co share the unenviable notoriety Great Britain has earned with ,Asiatic peoples by this and every other species of bully ing conduct towards them. Japan is dis Posed to be more than friendly towards ns; she has paid us the great compliment et copying. as far as practicable, our ed. aeaelOnal and other institutions. as the oess nodels civilization has to offer. An .e. of swps justice like that of repayine snla snApons 'sindemnity'' exacted. for frining injssiss, would greatly strengthen an existing good will. and, what ia of still moEp importance, zonld hasten the Jap- enesO moyemens towards American civili-. nntion and American education.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
West Cornwall.

2 rr r
 The Housatonie R. R. Co, are altering over their ice house. and making prepara- ton to fill the same as soon as finished. ' 24Ess Us Cza1z IE&1xsf5 kaa Tes ss
 The Reunion of Farmers at Hon. T. 5. Gola's. Tuesday evening, January 9th. was 2 grand success. Over two hundred people were present.. Able speeches were made on the subject of sgriculture, and the milk business vas thoroughly dis cussed. ss8s. s..s sssg-,laI sa arsss.r
 = Arthur p. Warner, Esq. our ss popalar. , U. young lawyer. has retnrned from his ys- cation, and is doing a good business. Arthur 4 'a is small ssyy ssaA but s,nastt z ..es .aseI as Ls4scLao9 sfss gsdI E.. se
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
Goshen.

, Fortunately the ice. all fell from the trees,p Sabbath night, before the wind arose. -
 Jurors for 1873: Julius I. Merwin, Moses A. Wadhams, Thomas W. Gris- wold, Christopher P. Wheeler. Alison San- ford, Fessenden Ives, Truman P. Clark, James Wadhams, and three additional for Justice Jurors: Joseph Palmer, Charles J. Porter, Fredesick A. Lucas.
 4 = The congregations of the Congrega- ioual and Methodist churches are hold ing Union meetings, daily, during the week of prayer. T F - H. N. E
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
With Ennuirer

~Mnn4 eo1me1ee with Jan or Juiy NO.
 suhum1bezs who are in arrears must make up arrsrsges before taking advantage of the fore eoiag propositions; and subscribers who are in sarnncs nay deduct the amount their subscrip- t1onn are in advance.
 Money ahezla be sent by post-ofdce order, check or ruxisssrsd lsttsr, if possible. If remittances are made hy mail we cannot be responsible for losR before ths letter reaches us. but will take all risAs of remittance to the clubbing periodical Rasei,t vii bs returned in the next paper.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09

The case of Viola Vance, narrated in full on our outside page, shows the horrible neglect of duty which often occurs under our system of caring for paupers and for persons suffering from contagious disease. There should be sharp punishment for such atrocicus mismanagement.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
NEWS or TIE WEEK.
taYTIE FOREIGN.

@ 4a+EIET FoRE1aN. st3lsI 4 n Germaay. won Roon has been appointed Minister President of Prussia and continues Minister of War.
 RWssia. 1.-The health of the Czarowitz is improving. ..-T 3s-sss3l. .ssag Bolivia. President has been shot ? Oy ms nspnS sa5dtg., sa5dt.,,c claA0os
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 The Fifth Av. Theatre was burnt, last week.
 Eight negroes have been killed by Q railroad accident in Georgia.
 A family of seven persons has been poi soned at Decature, Ill.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09

The conviction of Stokes of murder in the first degree for killing Fisk is a sur prise. Nevertheless we are inclined to think the verdict a just one. The two- pistol theory of ths defence evidently made no impression either on judge or iuxw
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09

We are glad to see that Elder Lutz de- nies the story told of him by the Palladi- um, and which we reprinted on an outside page. There have been just such pulpit buIlies as that story represents him to be, but we should be very sorry to believe that any New England church would euunfenanea them.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
EAar LrrcHrInlp, Jan. lst, 1s7s.

:. East Litchfeld is. on the rise this cold
 weather. In orderst to keep from freezing, they have turned the cheese factory into a dance house. Last week was the house warming; last night, it was followed by another ball, all turning out, parents and children, old bachelors and maids, lttle boys and girls, Exits, cats, sacks and wives. all of them going lto St. Iyess." They had two fddlers, man and his wife; so vhea one. sias fizsa or wanted to smile, the others went on with the music,
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09

We regret having been unable to be present at the reunion of the Cornwall Farmers Club on Monday evening. The older that excellent organization grows the EveIier it seems to get.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09

We take pleasure in laying before our readers q few more stanzas from the in- spired pen of. D. 0. Kilbourn, Esq., of Faat Iitchfeld. Of all the Holiday odes this is the most odious
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
emQuaRER cLuRRlNo RATEs.

Or LksAasl1 c0zz.y sabsr-ibsrs usy not of- esa hs ahas Co take advantage of the low rates eM@sd large sEahs hy most magazines and peri o&Eanla. Fer kheir convenience and as an extra inanss@sn8 Co new es1nsy subscribers we will sanA tAs fons~inS periodicals to county subscri- Aara. ia euunsssisa win the EzourREn at the w~snna -~@aS.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
STATE iTEMs.

Mrs. Sherman, the Derby poisoner, has confessed that she poisoned two husbands and several children. ..J .. ssai. .f.isi .a The Parallelt road project ls again agi-
 @s rr sta9 s.EuIIok s.ae 1a.sGla b9a o There was n destructive fire in White 6 Wells building, Waferbuly, last week, and the weekly edition of the. American was rained by water.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09

Attention is called to the new advertise men. of Mir. E. J. Hill, the Norwalk lum- Der merchant
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09

The Housatonic R. R. Co, has added another large passenger engine, called the co. K. AvsriIl'' to its rolling stock.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
J Tho cadatshin.

Having at my disposal the appointment of a cadet for the West Point Military Academy. I hereby give notice that I will award the same to the young man who shall pass the best examination in the branches required for admission, be- fore 2 board appointed for that purpose. The examination will be held at the At lantic Hotel, Bridgeport, on Friday the 7th day of February next, at 10 o'clock A, N. The following are thequalifcations for admission: ..,l -s. .... -'-..@ .
 Candidates are admitted into the Acad- emy only between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two years; but those who have served at least one year in the regular or volunteer army during the late war, and have been honorably discharged, are, by special provision of law. eligible up to the age of twenty four years. No candidate less than five feet in night can be admit ted. Candidates must be free from any infectious or immoral infections, and generally from deformity, disease and infirnity which may render them unfit for arduous military service The candi- date is required by law to be proficient in Reading and Writing, in the elements in English Grammar, in Descriptive Geogra- phy, particularly of our own country, and in the History of the United States. In Arithmetic, the various operations in ad- dition, subtraction, multiplication and division, reduction, simple and compound proportion, and vulgar and decimal frac- tions, must be thoroughly understood and readily performed. s7...f s..f
 Further information can be obtained by addressing MT J. H. Hurlburt, one of examiners, at Lime Rock. .f C.
 W. c. BARNUM. Nj c.
 4th CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.
 LIME ROCK, Or, Jan 9th, 1873.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
PELEG.

Whether they had regular Jersey dance and are at it yet this deponent saith not.
 PELEG.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
WAsH1HeroN, Jan. 9th. 1873.

sz WAsHNeroN, Jan 9th. 1873.
 MIR. EDHoR:-Permit me, through the Enquirer, to call the attention of people who live in the lower part of the County to the course of Lectures instituted in Washington this winter. We have an excellent Committee of which Dr. Orlan- do Brown is chairman. .,.-5.,.. ,. 'r.....sr The first lecture of the Course was de- iyered on the 18th of Dec, by the Rev. Dr. Perrin, of Wolcottville,- subject, '.Home." ....-
 The second was delivered on the 3Oth of Dec, by MT. Nathan Whittlesey, of New Preston, now a student of Theology at Yale,-subject Tongues in Trees. 9 This was very excellent and enjoyable production of a young man who will as suredly attain emlnence as a lecturer and preacher. It was full of good matter, written in style suitable to the subject, enlivened by wit, sprinkled, not too full, with mirth, and delivered with mingled fervor and good taste. s-e E' a-i ;7-. .
 On the 3d Jan, Prof Hubbard enter tained us for an hour and half with one of his inimitable Readings. Prof. Hib- bard is too we'll know to need words of eulogy. So much for the past. For the future we propose as follows: o< ,-.-a5 .-
 Jan 14th, the Rev. B. E. Hale of Bos- ton, Editor of '0ld and New" Author, Preacher, and Orator. On the 24th of Jan, Wendell Phillips will be here, and then we expect house full On the 27th of Jan, the Rev. James O Murray, D. D., of N. T., whose summer residence among us has won him troops of friends, will find a crowd to greet him. At 3 future day, lDr. J. G. Holland will deliver his lec- ture entitled 'sThe Social Undertow." Dr. Phelps of New Haven, Rev Curtiss Woodruff of N. r., Rev. Wm. H. H. Murray of Boston, will speak to us before the winter is over. aae s44 -4z.. I=s
 Is not this course of Lectures worthy of the attention of all our good friends in adjoining towns? But the people of Litchfield have peculiar facilities for at tending. The evening train on the s. V. R. R. will bring you inst in time for the lecture. and take you quickly home at it's close. If we are informed twenty -four hours in advance, that you are coming, you will enjoy free ride from depot to church and back again I doubt whether such rich intellectual entertainment has been offered the dwellers in Litchfeld County South, at so small sacrifice of time and money. Hale, Phillips, Holland and the two Mnrrays-When have you had such an opportunity to hear them Come. and enjoy it with us tl1ea p aest ~z~9 4s ..5a aala3 4-ae F. ". GUsN.
 .a RrvERroS Sunday Scholars had mer- IT Christmas, with recitations. tsbleaux. singing, and awhistling 'The Mocking Bird, according to the Herald. The school numbers 70, and has had Judge Goodwin for superintendent most of the time for the past thirty years. Who 1t was that received so much applause for his performance of the Mosking Bird, the Herald neglects to inform us. Could it 1oxa 1,oar %ho Tudoa 95z fz s1 5&I f,E4554
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09

The Colt Willow Works, at Hartford were burned on Tuesday night of last
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09

The following reached us on New Years day, after the last Weekss Enquirer had been printed: @
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
Litchneid.

AAS A0RC41OA SO0AS ACAo +AgS dulOu1nOu term this week. There were no trials.
 On Wednesday evening of next week, Charles H. Henry. Esq, will. give Read ings and Recitations at the Court Room under the auspices of the Circulating Li- -brary. The rare powers of Mir. Henry as reader being we'll known here, need no eommendation from us; and, in the gen eral dearth of entertainments, this winter, we hope those we do have will be we'll at- tended. Reading to commence at a71 o'clock; admission 50 cts 5l=-]-.-'41. rT',
 Attention is called to the Washing ton course of lectures which are practi- cally within easy reach of the residents of - r----.7 ----' '---5 St11S pIss0U aDouG o P. II. we can return by the evening train, which will be delayed twenty minutes. Free transportation to and from the church is promised by the Washington people. The lecture of next Tuesday evening, by one of the first writers and most popnlar lecturers in the country, should draw large delegation from Litehfeld. The railroad fare will be atexcursion rates, 55 cents for the trip. <~@a. 7. '-'.
 The Annual meeting of the Shepaug R. R. Go. is being held to day (Wednes- day) A large number of stockholders are in attendance. The report of the con- dition of the road indicates that it must go into the hands of the second mortgage bondholders. Default of payment of their interest has been made and the road shows no such earnings as will pay running expenses and interest. The old board of directors was reelected. The Week of Prayer has been duly observed by the Congregationalists and Hethodists of this village. f.'e. .a-- | Attention is called to Mir. Clocks ad- | -e L. \.
Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
Washington.

a .+s.-t... Wa9ntn&1ON. .st..'
 We dropped into the letter box at Baker
 &Brinsmade's, week ago Tuesday even ing, letter for THE ENQUIRER It should have gone to Litchfeld that afternoon.
 Itseems 1t did not. It probably went of ona ride down the road, forgot to stop at Hmleyville and kept on to some distribu- ting office. Very pleasant and agreeable,
 of course, when you: wish particularly to have 1t go straight. l7 77aats''I | '
 A surprise party was given Mir. F. W. Bird-no, Gum, ,--at the Birds Nest-no,
 Gunnery ,-on New Years eve. Some two hundred or, more took possession without so much, as saying ''by your leave. p laughed, danced, chatted, and made mer- " generally. Had g play, Change of Base;" charade. ''Instrument-allow-tie" Gnstumentality); both of which were capital and gave the highest satisfaction. Then the tables came in for their share of attention, and when the clock pointed toward twelve suspicious curtain was drawn across the west end of the sitting room, and just before the hour struck, it was raised, and old 1872, with white locks and bound head, moved slowly across the stage, out of sight, and in danced 1875, light and gay as fairy, with golden locks and sunny smiles. and . $ Happy new .yearp' and then Happy new years flew on all sides, and all was gay and festive again. Thus we began new year in Old Judea. sd ta ssal4 tsg 5Es# r''L z
 The Dramatic Association go to New town on Friday evening. the 17th inst. to play in the new Hall at that place. The celebrated, ssSheep in Wolfs Clothing, . will be performsd for one thing. with an appropriate after piece Sat Il = Rev. Edward E. Hale will not come until the l4th inst. Tuesday eve. Those up the line of the s. V. R. R. can come down and go back by the regular train, and hear the noted author. preacher and lecturer. zs,9 aFsgfIf 4og t'G9F aW.lE
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-27

Notice 10 Lawyers.

WE HAVE FOR SALE AT THE LEDGER
w cfice blank noticc1 o. take deroslii1ns,
and printed instructions % TIE ciccr taki1g
the rames also blank carticns and csrtid-
Gates. ~
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-27
SuperstitIOns.

From Cornhill.l
1t is to be noticed that the coinci-
dences on which superstitions are COM
monty based are, in many instances, not
even remarkable. Misfortunes are not so
uncommon, for instance, that the occur
renee of disaster of some sort after
the spilling of salt at table can be re-
garded as surprising. If three or four
persons who are discussing the peculiar
superstition relating to salt cellars can
site instances of the apparent connec-
ton between a misfortune and the con-
tact of salt with the table cloth, the cir
cumstance is in no sense to be wondered
at; it would be much more remarkable if
the contrary were the case. There is
scarcely a superstition Of the commoner
sort which is not in like manner based,
not on some remarkable coincidence,
but on the occasional occurrence of
quite common coincidence. 1t may be
said, indeed of the facts on which nearly
all the regular superstitions have been
based, that it would have amounted to
little less than a miracle if such facts
were not common in the experience of
every person. Any other superstitlons
could be just as readily started, and be
very quickly supported by as convincing
evidence. If the present writer were to
announce tomorrow in all the papers
and on every wall that misfortune is sure
to follow when any person is ill-adyised
enough to pare fnger-nail between 10
and III o'clock on any Friday morn
ing, that announcement would be
supported within week by evil
dence of the most striking kind.
In less than a month it would
be an established superstition. If this
appears absurd and incredible, let the
reader consider merely the absurdity Of
ordinary superstitions. Take, for in
stance, fortuRe.telling by means Of
cards. If our police reports did not
assure us that such vaticination is be-
lieved in by many, would it be credible
that reasoning beings could hope TO
learn anything OF the future from the
order in which a few pieces OF paper
happened to fall when shuffied2 Yet It
is easy TO see why this OF any way Of
telling fortunes is believed in. Persons
believe in the predictions Of fortune
tellers for the seemingly excellent rea-
son that such predictions are repeatedly
fulfilled. They do not notice that lset-
ting apart happy gnesses based on known
facts) there would be as many fulhlments
If every prediction had been precisely
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-01-27
The BIrth of an Iceberg.

It would be impossible with mere
words alone to convey any adequate idea
of the action of this newborn child of
the Arctic frosts. Think of solid lump
of ice third of a mile deep and more
than half a mile in lateral diameter,
hurled, like mere toy, away into the
water, and set to rolling to and fro by
the impetus of the act as if it we're a
football; now down one side, until the
huge bulk was nearly capsized; then
back again; then down the other side
once more, with the same unresisting
force; and so on, up and down, and
down and up, smashing to and fro for
hours before it comes finally to rest.
Picture this, and you will have an image
Of power not to be seen by the action OF
any other force upon the earth. The
disturbance of the water was ineonceiv-
ably fine. Waves of enormous magni-
tude we're rolled up with great
violence against the glacier, COW
ering it with spray pillows
split in two; and above the sound of
breaking waters and falling ice, this last
disruption filled the air with a peal that
rang among the bergs and crags, and
echoing from hill to hill, died away only
in the void beyond the mountain tops;
while to the noisy tune the icebergs Of the
ford danced their wild, ungainly dance
upon the waters. II was many hours
before this state Of wild unrest was sue
ceeded by the calm which had preceded
the commencement Of it; and when at
length the icebergs that had been born
came quietly to rest. and the other ice
bergs had ceased their dance upon the
troubled sea, and the waves had ceased
their lashing, it seems 10 me that, in be-
holding the birth Of an iceberg, | bad
behela one Of the most sublime exhibi-
tions Of the great forces Of nature. Il
was, in truth, a ceuvulsion.-DT. Hays
Land of DeS0lafiRH.