Litchfield enquirer., 1873-01-09
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Plymouth Sketches-Mo.i24.
 Occasionally. for number of years, the subject of dividing this town has been.
 agitated, especially by the people of sThomaston. who have long seemed to feel 1t not only an extraordinary burden, but hamiliating to othsirpride, to beobliged to come on to the Hill to;vote, or for oth- CT business purposes. Lately more than on ordinary. zeal in the cause is being manifested; the people of Terryyille also having been induced to bring the subject up for discussion. say induced, for ex- cepting at the. urgent importantly of Thomaston, they would not, for the pres- ent at least, take the matter into serious consideration. public meeting was held there on Saturday evening, Dec. 7th.. at which time a committee was appointed to report at an adjourned meeting held on the 14th. On this latter occasion no very definite action was taken; the gener- al idea, however. being that Terryviile would not seek division unless Thomas ton undertook to force a separation. A meeting at the latter place was held on Monday evening, Dec. '33d,. to hear the report of committee previously appoint ed, Said committee of course reported favorabiy for their constituents; present ing to the meeting specific survey or line of partition. One of the most active and jealous agitators in the present move ment is the Rev. E. B. Sandford, former ly; ;a Methodist preacher; now Congre- gationa1 minister, residing ID Thomaston. but preaching in Northfeld Like the Popes of a thousand years, the Rev. gen tleman appears to be devoting himself to both spiritual and temporal affairs Thom- aston to be sure IS getting to be ''some punhins;" but that is no good reason why sine should be allowed to have every thing her own way. The town will prob ably soon be divided into voting districts, and this it would seem ought to make all sections tolerably we'll atisfed with the boundaries as they are. One proposed line of division, and one which it appears Thomaston will abide by if she can se- cure no more-is about half way from the River bridge up to the Centre. Another, which Terryville will accept if she goes by herself, is half mile east of the Gen. tre," A third proposition or suggestion is to divide the centre of the public green. In case this latter plan be adopted, I would suggest that as one large building will cost less than two medium si2ed ones, both towns shall club together and erect a splendid Town house at the Centre: This would seem to keep things kinder lively on the Hill, as we'll as in Thomas ton and Terryville. Of course the parti- ton that should separate one portion of the building from the other, would be precisely on the line. By having slide window in said partition, the officers of both towns could readily. extend to each other kindly greeting, and enquire as to each others prospects. (It might be as we'll though to keep the treasury box on the opposite slde of the rcom.) True, a line thus drawn might create some curi- ous divisions. For instance-it would probably go through the Congregational parsonage; and in such a wa& perhaps, that while the minister's active brain was studying out a sermon in one town, his hand might be noting down the heads of his discourse in the town adjoining Or, A--..---'-~ ---ao.-S pierce the horse barn connected with the .sQuiet .House." It might even run across 6 row of horses; so that while the animals were eating breakfast in one town, the 'ostler might be carrying them of in an other Pshaw Les us continue to have one grand empire, worthy of the name; instead of being divided into petty king doms, for the sake of giving some new man Fourth Corporalship 1! E- a"
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 January 9th, 1873. -sA