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Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-11
In speaking of our soldiers monument the Sentinel takes occasion to use the fol- lowing harsh language regarding the omis- sion of Lieut.. Dutton's name;

The soldiers monument was erected, and upon it pretended to be inscribed tine soldier dead of this town. Yet from some cause hardly pardonable in such matter, the of the first soldier from this town who was killed in battle does not appear among
 Under tho circumstances attending his death, and the honor conferred upon him while in the servce and the honor reflected upon the town by his bravery in batte the omission of his name is not to be forgiven without a satisfactory explanation "..'
 We believe that the committee having the matter ill charge took great care to perfect their lists, in the first place; and then published request for all interest ed to examine it and make corrections.
 Moreover, although we think Lieut.. Dutton's name should have appeared on our Roll of Honor, we are not so certain as thes Sentinel seems to be that he twas enlisted from and counted on the quota of Litchfield." Mir. Cothren claims him for Woodbury:
 "obedient to the call of patriotic duty he closed his oftce and business, came to Woodbury, and cast in hls lot with the woodbury boys, resided here for received the only bounty with which the first volun- teers were furnished red flannel shirts, Havelocks, ana necessary articles for soldier in camp, and marched from here Orderly Sergeant, the town receiving the credit of his enlistment and the fame of death at Cedar MOul tain He chose to unite his military destiny and fame with theWoodbury Boys, and the History of Wood bury will not forget to mention his name with honor"
 The Colt" regiment in which he en- listed was finally disbanded, and most of its members enlisted into the Fifth Conn. in which, Mir. Dutton was commissioned as 2d Lieut.. of Go. c, and New Haven IS gwen as hls place of residence in the official catalogue issued by the Adjutant Gen. of this state in 1864.
 Lieut.. Dutton was living here at the opening of the war. His name was given to the first camp of the old Nineteenth Regt. on Chestnut Hill, ana we think Litchfield is entitled to the credit of his gallant record. Still we can easily under stand how his name might have been omitted from inadvertence, or how the committee, consulting the official record, might have supposed that they would not be justified in inscribing it on our monu- ment. -.-
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-11
Use Renne'S Pain-Ki1ling
 Magic Oil.

ssN Works Like C7aa1na.'' Every person will find it for their interest, we'll well as for their comfort to Rennes Magic Oil the Head, Stoppage Structure in the Nasal Mem branes, Pain in the Head Rheumatic Pains in any of the joints Sprains Freezes, Burns Colic and all sim liar complaints. It Does not lose it's virtues by age exposure. is the best and ssfest, the surest and cheapest for pain in market Every family should keep in the house to in of accident sud- den sickness. Call for it where yeu trade. Your chant keeps it for sale will send for it at your quest Be sure and buy Rennes Pain-Kilng Magic Oil. 'sIt works like a eharm."
 VIM. RENNE & SONS, Pittsfeld, Mass.
 Sold by all Druggists in Litchfeld County; Buell. 6 Wheeler wholesale agents. Geo c. Goodwin Co, Boston, Agents. 20tf.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-11

The Naugatuck Valley Sentinel believes Woman Suffrage ito be the devils pet project of the nineteenth century to disor- ganize society,"" Does the Sentinel speak as prophet. or merely as an interviewer?
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-11

Wiesseuss Gates
 NORTH STREET DRUG STORE, Rnssia Leather Pocket Books and Purses,
 n beautiful assortment.
 .JU1T TN, 100 Ieams of that extra fine and extra cheap tia.varsl Mills Note Paper. ''THE CENTENNIAL" new Initial Paper very handsome. We desire to call the attention of invalids to our very complete stock of Bottled AIes, We offer in quantit.es to suit customers Bass Edinburgh ale in quarts < pints. Youngers $ "- '' (. 1 and superb Domestic Ale made by Greenway in Syracuse. NO keep expressly for invalids and children Irish Pinhead Oatmeal. This Oatmesl excel4 anything known in this market. Our Mineral Water Stock is very full and we offer at FOUNTAIN, in SY- PHoN, or BOTTLES. Vichy, Seltzer, kissengen, Con- gress and Fre,iericksaali Bitter Waters. We have all the facilities for filling syphon Bot ties which enable the consumer to draw such quantity as he desires.
 Ridges Food x Imperial
 GranIm, for infants constantly on hand. WesseUs
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 GOteS
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Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-11
FOUND

TN the enclosure of the subscriber on the 2sth | of May, a small red yearling heifer. Has three holes punched in her right ear The own CT will please pay charges and take her away.
 CHARLES J. PORTER
 Goshen, June 9th, 1874 1o2t%
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-11

An important memorandum showing the views of Prs. Grant on the financial question was made public, last week. He favors immediate measures for a return to specie payments; therepeal of the le- gal tender act, to take effect on the first of July, 1876; the redemption of green backs, on and after that date, in specie, and the sale of bonds enough to meet the demand for that purpose; prohibition of the issue of any bank bills under the denomination of BIO; and economy, and taxation sufficient to exceed expenditures. An excellent programme!
 Hon. Richard D. Hubbard of Hartford made an important statement before the judiciary committee of the legislature, last week. He proves from the court records that the judges of our Su- perior court have only averaged 116 days session, each, during each of the past five years; the Supreme Court judges, only 49 days each Gin the latter court). He said that the court dockets in the large cities were decreasing and opposed any increase of the number of judges. The judiciary committee endorsed his view with, an unanimous report against any increase of the number or salaries of judges, or any retiring pensions. and their report was ac- cepted by an overwhelming majority in the House and without objection in the Senate.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-11

BUCHAN's CARBoLIC BALM OINTMENT IS a very remarkable Fsmily Slave. It cures astonish everybody. Contains no grease, aud washes off without soap. It is trans parent, like currant jelly. For all the purposes of q Family Slave it is without an equal 13 ly.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-11
MERRIAM & co.


 who have the finest line of goods in the market of every grade. Brussels carpets, Tapestry Brussels, Three-Plys and Tapestry Ingrains, cheap wool, cotton chain, hemp, Rag; Oil cloths of every width from yard wide to yards wide. Fancy mattings, plain white mattings, check cd mattings, all widths. Rugs, mats, Borders, &c., &c. .. aa-- F. a.--.,zs .-s.r.- .t Buy your paper hangings where you can see the best selection and lowest prices. Hart, Mer- riam $ Go. show the finest Iide Of these eyer displayed in Hartford and at prices as low as gold papers Cheap msDilla and brown goods, also a splendid line of decorative papers and Merchants, landlords and others are invited to inspect our large stock and to hear our
 LOW PRICES.
 We make speciality of window trimmings, lambraquins of every cost and shades made any slze to order COrnices of real and imitation woods. Laces both Swiss and Nottingham.
 We have on hand andmake to order. the best 'curled horse hair mattress" and we variant every one of these. Bedding of every descrip- tion. Comfortables, sheetings' feathers, spring, We are taking great painslt lto make this the most popular house in the city for oooD GOODS and loso prices. a'.ti II '- .-. ''' 1" t5i if.As Please call and give our stsek Acareful survey aud we are sure you will bo pleased with the you will buy of this popular house of, as 'lsrl .,e,i.sg 'It>. e-.t5f.ha ~ -si fso sa .... HART, MERRIAM $: co., .''o'@ s26 Main sstressat,,o'.,' sat,o ''''''
 HARTFORD, CONN.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1874-06-11
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WINE OF THE WooDs invigorates the Liver 1y
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
Useful Information.

FIRES of burning kerosene may be eX-
tinguished by throwing on -four.
AN experienced housekeeper says the
best thing for cleaning tinware is COM
mon soda. Dampen a cloth and dip in
soda and rub the ware briskly, after
which wipe dry and it will look equal to
new.
A PAPER on the production of gum in
fruit trees was lately read before the
Academy of Sciences mt Paris The au-
thor asserts that the malady can be
cured by making lengthwise incisions in
the branches of the tree.
HERE is simple remedy for diptheria
which is said to be very eflicacious: One
teaspoonful of table salt and one tea
spoonful of powdered alum in cup of
water sweetened with honey, used as a
gargle every half hour or oftener.
THE following has been tested and
found to be sure cure for felon: Take
yellow clay and moisten it with water,
make plaster and apply it to the part
affected. Renew the plaster every time
it becomes dry. Fever sores can be
cured by the same application by using
the clay dry.
In some of the vineyards of Swi:zer-
land it is common practice to light
large fires with the object of shielding
the young shoots of the vines from the
effects of the suns raysin the early morn
ing in frosty weather, by means of clouds
of smoke. Another and equally effective
method has been adopted, that of cover
ing the shoots at sunrise with paper
rolled in the form of sugar-loaf One
person can protect thousand plants in
an hour it is said.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
A Living AutOmatOu.

The Paris correspondent of the Balti-
more Gazette writes "A curious phe-
nomenon can be witnessed in the Saint
Antoine Hospital. A young man, a
singer in cafe concert, was wounded
during the war in the head by ball
which struck his skull obliquely over the
left ear, carrying away six inches of the
bone and exposing the brain. He was
relieved but at the cost of paral isis of
his right side; this was cured in time,
and he was enabled to resume his usual
mode of life. Some weeks ago his ner-
vous system became so deranged that he
was admitted into the hospital. His at
tack of the nerves lasts about thirty
hours, during which time he is living
automaton he is unconscious of sur
rounding circumstance and insensible to
all pain. Place him on his feet, he walks
seat him in chair, put pen between
his fingers, he displays the want to write,
and seeks for ink and paper; supply him
with cigarette paper, he will search for
tobacco, and will make the most perfect
cigarettes. He executes these move
ments without any signs of consciousness
or impotence; remove the articles twenty
times from him, he displays no anger,
but quietly recommences his work. He
can be made to sing some of his songs
when he is supplied with a pair of white
gloves and a newspaper for a sheet of
music. He has monomania for theft,
for he pockets everything he can lay
hold of, but shows no signs of being dis
contcnted when the articles are taken
from him.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
Rearing Leeches.

Among the most singular of industrial
production in the world, are the lcech
ponds of Holland. Most of these are
owned by a regularly organized company.
The marshes of the land, (which if
moored to its Shore" and admirably
adapted to the unlimited cultivation of
the leech, and the trade in them is larger
than imagined. A good fat leech of
powerful suction, is not thing to be con-
temned. Brockklcin is the town most
interested in this strange trade, and owns
stock in the company mentioned above
To the amount of one million forms, and
and immense reservoir has been con-
structcd into which to breed millions OF
voracious leeches, fine brown-black fell
lows, warranted to hold on like aquatic
bulldogs. The leech deposits its eggs
from May to September in the mud OF
shallow waters, from whence they are
taken and transferred to artificial ponds,
constructed expressly to hatch them.
What will make the experiment pro-
fitable one is the fact that the demand
for leeches has of late years exceeded the
supply. The marshes and streams OF
Central and Southern Europe are nearly
exhausted. The Dutch leech is superior
to the Swedish, which is now most gen
orally used. The American specie used
here comes principally, we believe, from
Pennsylvania, where many hundred are
caught annually.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03

WINNING GOLDEN OPINIONS. - Per-
haps no man living has won more golden
opinions than DIR. Walker, as the enor-
nous and widely increasing sale of his
CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BTTTERs attests.
We never look into one of our exchanges,
but there is a panegyric of the Bitters
staring us in the face. Our readers will
say that there must be reason tor all
this praise. They are right. The efficacy
of this celebrated medicine is established
by evidence which it is impossible to
doubt. Among the thousands who have
borne testimony to its excellence, there
is not one dissentient voice. In very
many phases of inorganic diseases il
seems to be unfailing. All diseases
arising from vitiated state of the blood
are surely eradicated by it. 1t is an CT
fectual remedy for pulmonary complaints
bilious, remittent and intermittent fevers
rheumatism and dyspepsia. 1t purges
the body of all unhealthy humors, gives
tone to the system, and where the vital
powers are enfeebled, restores their
functions TO vigorous and healthy action
All this IL does the moro effectually be
cause its operation is not interfered with
by the presence of alcohol. The VINEGAH
BITTERs is perfectly free from any such
hurtful Ingredient. We have always be
lieved that plants contain the true
remedies for disease, and all the remedies
necessary. DIR. Walker is on the line o
real progress, and we hope that he viii
not rest on his present discoveries,
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03

Many of us remember the story told
by Professor Wilson, in his own tender
and vivid way, of the two hostile High
land brothers, William and Stephen, re-
conciled at their fathers grave. In a
city no farther from home than Bridge
port, Connecticut, a recent trial for as
sault and battery was made memorable
by an incident almost equally worthy OF
Wilson's pen, and we wish we could see
it described as he would describe IL.
Two brothers, named Adams, residents OF
Westport, who had lived on bad terms
with each other for several years, finally
came to blows. Both made complaint
before trial justice, and both were con-
victed of breach of the peace. Dissatis-
fed with this, they appealed, and at the
session of the Supreme Court the jury
failed to agree in the case of one, but
found the other guilty.
Judge Foster grieved, as man, at the
spectacle of two warning brothers, and
humanely anxious to stop further litiga-
ton in the future between them, called
the men before him, and talked to them
in strain of serious but kind reproof
He briefly reviewed their difficulty, and
showed the absurdity of their quarrel,
and then appealed to their self-rcspect,
their relationship, and their sense of
moral responsibility, to let this unnatu-
raj enmity go on no longer.
ON, you claim you have always used
your brother well@ questioned the
judge.
eyes, SIR"
"And he has always abused your"
eyes, SIR"
OBJ, you claim that gov have always
used your brother well %
Yes, sir"
"And he has always abused you"
Yes, SIR"
"See," continued the judge, "you are
both to blame, and no jury can decide
which of you is the worse"
Then he warned them solemnly, and
even tenderly, of the folly Of doing as
they had done, and charged them, by all
they held sacred, never to go to laao on
any difference again. He pointed to
them the beauty of harmony and peace,
and urged them, then and there, to
pledge friendship and brotherly kindness
for all coming time.
Gravely, rs if reading printed COW
enant, he pronounced the words:
"You, M. Adams, do promise on your
part that you will be friends in future
with your brotherT
81 WILL" said NJ, earnestly.
"You, b. Adams, do promise on your
part that you will be friends in future
with your brotherg
81 WILL" said b., with equal earnest
gess.
"Thcn shake hands!" said the Judge !;
and as the softened brothers grasped each
others hands, the spectators and men,
bers of the bar, already thrilled by the
words they had heard, felt their eyes
moisten and their hearts swell.
Judge Foster himself was deeply af-
fected when the offenders both audibly
invoked Gods blessing on their recon-
ciliation, and his voice trembled as he
said to the convicted one, "Then i'm
pose on you the lightest sentence of the
law, fine of one dollar, and / dis
charge your bond"
1t is not too much to say that, of all
present at that remarkable scene, none
went away who were not better for hav-
ing witnessed it.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
Be Happy Now.

How old are you? Twenty-Five
Thirty? Are you happy to-day? Were
you happy yesterdays? Are you gener-
ally happy? If SO, you have reason to
judge that you will be happy by-and.by.
Are you so busy that you have no time
to be happy? and are you going to be
happy when you are old, and you have
not so much to do? No, you will not.
You now have specimen of what you
will be when you are old. Look in the
face of to-day. That is about the aver
age. That will tell you what you are
going to be. What you are carrying
along with you now is what you will
have by-and-by.
If you are so conducting yourself that
you have peace with heaven and with
your feliow-man, and with your faculties
if every day do you insist that duty
shall make you happy, and you take as
much time as = needful for the culture
of your social faculties, you will not be
exhausting life, and it will be continually
replenished. But if you are saving
everything up till ysu get to be an old
man, habit will stand like a tyrant, and
say
You would not enjoy yourself before,
and you shall not now"
How many men there are who have
ground and ground to make money, that
they might be happy by-and-by, but
who, when they got to be fifty or sixty
years old, had used up all the enjoyable
nerve that WIS in them. During their
early life they carried toll, and economy,
and frugality to the excess of stinginess,
and when the time came that they ex-
pected joy, there was no joy for them.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
A Oniet Hint for Husbands.

The Troy Budget, which is Disguised
with some of the softer phases of the
Beecher-Tilton affair, gives the following
sage advice to husbands:
Whenever you find a stout, healthy
minister of the Gospel hanging around
your wife with holy and sincere admi-
ration and affection which sentiment is
rcciprocated by your wife having lofty,
spiritual, religious yearning and pure
pIatonic love for that priest that at
tracts her frequently to his side, do you,
unsophisticatcd young husband just go
right out to the nearest cobbler, and buy
heavy pair of pegged stogy boots. Put
them stogy boots right on, and the next
time that minister calls at your resi-
dence to peddle his spiritual essence,
take him gently by the coat collar, make
short Grafton, whereof the peroration
shall be, get out and then clinch the
argument posteriori with them stogies.
It's the best way to get along with an in
timacy, innocent though il may be, that
sometimes brings heap Of trouble in
its train"
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
GENERAL INFORMATION.

THIRTY-rHRFT American summer re-
sorts have opene,. this season Ter Inc irst
time.
SEVERAL Err. ,iish fellows ar making
the Grand tour o. nc COM. lent on We
loo pedes.
The annual cost @ funerals il Lon
dor IS estime.sG D be upwards Of five
milton collars.
poyAr oEs IN many sections al quoted
higher per 5ushel than wheat, The first
time IN many years.
IN California they cell it " suppress
ing" desperadoes when they shoot them
through the head.
TIE average price for wool this year
has been about three cents pei pound
be ter than last year.
TIE American. Bible Society in
tend supplying ri, the railroad cars in
the country with D'bles.
In London churches they are giving
notice .hrt =" FIVE minutes fcser tn, bells
cease TO ring al pews a,e .ree."
Az establishment FOR The mandatory
of small arms is to De locats in the city
of Mexico by an American firm.
il is proposed in England to employ
female clerks in the Savings Bank pe-
partment of the General Postoffice.
The State of Florida furnishes the
cedar for every cedar lead pencil made,
whether it be American or foreign
made.
LONDON has large theatre COM
pletely under ground, and yet perfectly
ventilated, but has proved pecuniary
grave for the manager.
THE Hon. Hugh J. Jewett receives, as
President of the Erie Railroad, an an
nual salary of forty thousand dollars,
with contract for ten years.
POTATOES are now dried like apples,
for use in the navy. A bushel makes
about ten pounds dried. The business is
largely carried on at Rochester, N. Y.
CHICAGO is determined to be jolly
over it, at any rate. One of the papers
boasts that the city has "the finest as
sortment of ruins in the world"
In Richmond, Mo-, a man was driving
in the night when falling star fright
ened his horse and and he was thrown
out and seriously, if not MORALLY
wounded.
IT is said that the West India regi-
ments, composed of colored troops, suf
fered more from the climate in the
Ashantee campaign than the English
regiments.
THE museum of the Paris mint posses
ses collection of eight hundred different
gold and silver Chinese coins; some Of
them dated seventeen hundred years be.
fore the Christian era.
PARTIES from Southern Australia are
visiting the sheep farms of Oregon, and
propose to engage in sheep farming iu
that less heated climate. Australian heat
is too much for them, and we may thus
look for an emigration from our antipode'
as well as from Europe. Oregon is toe
fine country to remain even partially
unoccupied much longer.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03

There are many kinds of dogs, but the
majority of them are more ornamental
than useful. theoretically, dogs are
splendid let us see how they are practi-
cally. The Newfoundland dog is useful
in saving children from drowning. But
then you have got to have pond, orlive
by lake, and have lot of children run
ming about loose, liable to fall in, or else
the dog is improbable. Then there is
the shepherds dog. He is very useful
for driving sheep, but you have got to buy
flock of sheep and farm to keep them
on in order to keep a dog of this kind
busy. The poodle dog is not very prof.
table or useful but to pacify old maids
and keep them busy to tend to something.
The rat tarrier is considered very useful
for killing rats, but rats are not worth
much after they are killed, and 80 if you
have that kind of a dog, and no rats, you
had better sell him for the most you can
GET
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1874-09-03
Fruit ReDOrt.

The Department report for July says
Apples are above average in Arkansas,
12I; Connecticut, 100; Maine, 10;
New Jersey, 105; Kansas, los; New
York, 1903; Texas, 1903; Nebraska, 10l ;
below in all the other States. The lowest
condition is in Virginia, AZ per cent. be-
low average. Here an unusual number
Of counties report late and destructive
frosts. The same cause reduced the crop
in North Carolina 80 per cent below av-
erage; in Georgia, "a per cent; in West
Virginia, % per cent. Indiana reports a
discount of % per cent, mostly from in
sect ravages, although a few counties
show very large crops. Illinois shows a
decline of 20 per cent. below average; in
many counties the fruit, after forming,
dropped of, leaving in many cases but a
small fraction of an average crop. Ten
nessee shows an equal decline from the
same cause. Peaches are above average
in Nebraska, 1872; Arkansas, 12l; Kan
sas, 100; Connecticut, rs; Ohio, 112;
Michigan, 10; Iowa, 10; Missouri,
log; Texas, 1O2. 1t is full average in
Oregon, and below in all the other States.