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Litchfield enquirer., 1874-07-16
LitcTlGeId Mutual

LitchGeII Mutual
 Fire Insurance Company. THE 10th annual meeting of this company l was held on the 9th inst. The amount re- coived for premiums during tho year was $5, ,O75.- 69; losses and expenses $3.99O45 gain $1, ,085. .24 Tho capital of tho Company as shcwn by the Treasurer's Report is as follows;
 Bonds, Notes and Cash, S54, ,945 72 Charged on book as pledged Capital, 52,658 40 Making an available capital of $97,GO4 F Tho Company havo no losses or claims unpaid Since July, 1870, tho Company have discounted 5Oper cont. on the each premium on renewal policies.
 Directors-Jason Whiting, Charles Adams, George c. Woodruff, Abijah Catlin II. R. Colt, E. ". Seymour, II. w. Buel, c. B. Andrews, W. II. Braman.
 JASON WHITING, President, .. .'. CHARLES ADAMS, Secretary.
 GEO. c. WOODRUFF Treas. Litchfeld, July, 1874. 15 3w
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NUTlIEGS.
New Preston.

Last week, on Tuesday evening, while sitting in his shop engaged in conversa- tion with friend, without a moments warning, Mr. Frederick Beardsley instant ly expired. In his death this place suffers a great loss. He was one of our mos! trusted and worthy citizens. No other man in or about the village has been more useful in counsel and help in doing such legal business as did not require { professional lawyer. As selectman of the town, as a justice of the peace fol many years, and as guardian of many per
 sons and interests he was ever faithful
 He was also interested in the moral and was remarkably regular in his attendance upon the public worship of the Sabbath
 He was wakcfuI and attentive listene! to the preaching of the word and while i is known that the preacher did not alwayl preach just to his liking, still he could al
 low so much liberty in the pulpit and wal not critic and fault finder and unsettlel of the minister, but on the other hand friendly and generous supporter.
 large company convened to attent his funeral, attesting thus their respec
 for him as a man and fellow-citize1i ani sense of loss in his death. His pasto
 was glad to bear witness to some of tn, excellent traits of his character such a
 those of industry. peace, hospitality, so ciabiiity, integrity, and independence. 1 man of sterling worth has passed ava, from our midst. His place cannot easil,
 be filled. His bereaved family have ou
 sympathies. His age was 65. c.
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woodbury..'

Rev. Mr. Vinton lectnred on Temper ance at the Methodist church, Sabbath evening. July 6, to numerous audience He appeared to favor all the different kinds of effort for promoting the cause
 Both Congregational societies dis pense with the Sabbath afternoon service during the warm season.
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We fear the bill for establishing State Asylum for Inebriates will hardly receive the attention it deserves. in the hurry of a closing session. It provides for the commitment of confirmed drunkards to the Asylum for from four months to three years. by courts of probate on application of selectmcn and upon certificate of two practicing physicians. institution of tho kind seems to us public necessity. An habitual drunkard can seldom be re- formed until his physicalsystem. disorder cd by the habit, has had time to right it. self. A stay at an asylum long enough to effect this preliminary reform of the phy. sical man. would give him chance for Q permanent reform moral as well as phy. sical.
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A Dill reported fayorably beforethe leg- isiature allows married women to bring suits. The present law permits them to pc sued and they should certainly be al- lowed to reciprocate.
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NOTICE.

THE Litchfield Cemetery Company will hold < its annual meeting on the 1st of August next, at SD. m., at tho treasurcr's office Hirst National Bank.
 o. S. SEYMOUR, President. July 2. 1874 IA
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

WINE OF THE WooDs inyigorates the Liver. A 1y
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In these days when all sorts of commis- sions arc appointed to investigate all sorts of matters, by all sorts of legislative bod ies, we would recommend special com mission to investigate the case of ancient and honorable, but highly dangerous pieces of ordnance scattered throughout all the ancient towns of this common wealth. Two of these cannon burst III this county on the Fourth; divers patri- otic citizens lose life or limb, every year ; and we9espectfully submit that 1876 will prove year of general slaughter and bloodshed, unless this grade of artillery is retired before the Centennial begins. What we want is practical commission and, as Representative Bills proposed to ! have the railroad commission walk the en- tire railroad track of the State, we would suggest that tho Cannon Commission be 1 instructed to test all our existing field pieces by firing heavy charges therein | themselves, the survivors of the Commis- | sion to have $5 a day, and actual expenses | for travel and wooden limbs. In that way ! all the rusty old cannon in the State, and a good many of it's rusty old politicians could be disposed of without much ex- I pense to the Treasury.
 The bill amending the license law re- ! ported from the legislative committee on
 temperance embodies many important and
 some valuable changes from the present
 statute. It provides for four kinds of
 licenses: one for $50 for sale of ale, lager
 beer, cider and light wines only; another
 for S2OO for sale of all kinds of hquor at
 retail; third, for $1OO, permitting the
 wholesale traffic; and fourth, without
 fee, allowing druggists to sell for medici-
 nal, mechanical and chemlcal purposes on ly. The license for one kind of traffic
 will not protect the seller in another and
 dealers, and forbids the licensed dealer
 (except in case of druggists license) from combining in any other traffic with that oi
 liquor selling The bill empowers county commissioners to issue process of seizure, and to appoint prosecuting agents. Tho '1ocal option feature of the present law continues. Whether there is to be any } interference with tho clause which allows
 conviction on "reputation" none Of the abstracts we have seen, indicate.
 LA CREME DE LA CREME contains: The 1 Musical Rny NCanricel hv [ I.iehich. Elouz,
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The quiet of last Sabbath morning was greatly disturbed when it became known that a man was lying dead on the floor oi the house occupied by Isaac Ashman. If proved to be the body of Timothy O'Ryan. an Irlshman living with George Wells. ORyan, with others. was at Ashman's Saturday afternoon, drinking hard: and it is supposed all became too intoxicated to know when death occurred. They all believed him asleep till about ten o'clock. A court of inquiry was held Sunday noon. The jury rendered verdict of death by strong drink. s4a
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The Legislative Committee on Constitu- tion changes isn't a lively body. The conventions of both parties platformed in favor of allowing the people to call con- stitutionai convention, if they should sec mt It IS now scarcely week from the proposed close of the session, and no bill Tor calling convention has been report- cd Instead, we have few picayune res oiutiOns for winter sessions of the leeisla- tare. longer terms in the minor iudgeships. allowing thieves to vote with approval of the legislature. and forbidding towns to and railroads. What we want of this con- mltsee IS to amend nothing but therr own pace and to give the people the conven- ton bill they are no unanimous in de- manding.
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Goshen No-.'ia6,

We had four and five sixteenth inches of rain from Saturday to Sabbath morn ing. and our farmers have no fear that fires will rage as they do in Ohio.
 The East street School had a fine picnic last Friday, and the acting school visitol having an invitation, observed that the parents as we'll as children enjoyed il greatly. They all reached their homes before the great showers.
 The centre church having been closed for repairs, will be open. again next Sab bath. A great amount of labor has beer performed by the ladies during the las twenty days, and when it was done, the1 were invited to the vestry, where bounti ful supply of strawberries from the gar den of MT. Willard Gaylord awaited them Instead of festival to raise money W, had ours after tho work was accomplished
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monthly collection of piano music for ad- vanced players. of about 9 pages per number and containing works of Knhe. Llebich, Thalberg, Oesten, Lange, &c.
 J. L. Peters, 559 Broadway, N. r; s4 Q year. See Enquirer clubbing rates.
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The refusal of thelegislature to increase the widows share in her husbands estate to one half the personal property and the use of olle halfithe real estate strikes us as very illiberal. In most cases the estate left by a husband is the product of the joint earnings of the pair; the widows in- terest in the personal property is entirely ways take it from her by will; and the use of third of the real estate of which he dies possessed. which is all the law en- Hares her, is generally very lean and unproductive interest, and a most begger- ly reward for the labors of q lifetime
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One result of the panic we cannot say Ee greatly regret. The subscription book business has been carried on largely al Hartford, and over Ia, 900 canvassers have been employed heretofore. Half of these are now out of employment and the sales are reduced two-thirds from tho amount expected. These subscription books, crowded on the ''rural districts" by per. sistent canvassing. are generally works of quite high price and low merit. Any one who has ever looked over the average farmers library must have observed how heavy tho hand of the canvasser has beer upon him.
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The Winsted Herald proposes that a wooden track be laid over the Lee x New Haven railroad which could be done, it thinks, for $15, 900 mile and be adequate for all present necessities of travel and traffic. An engine with wooden wheels and sheet iron boilers and few old omni- buses for passenger cars, would complete the equipment of this economical line.
 Our Reform legislature does not favor checks on fraud at the polls. It proposes to repeal the most effective provision of our present registry law-that which re- Quires the names of electors "to be made to be registered for examination some days before they are admitted. The res toration of the certificate system will also open the way for the many frauds that were formerly practical under it.
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LA CREME DE LA CREME contains: The Musical Box. (Caprice) by Liebich; Flow CT Song. by Lange; Marche Ia Tnrque, (transcribeO by Rubinstein; Ye Merry Birds, (transcribeO by Kuhe; Always
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We look with much curiosity for the action of the legislature on tho bill allow
 ing single women, who pay taxes on $500
 worth of property, to vote at town meet ings. There can be no possible reason urged against the passage of such bill and it would seem 10 be sufficiently conserva- tive to disarm prejudice. Some of our woman suffrage friends tell us that Con- necticut Democrats arc more liberally dis posed towards that reform than Connect icut Republicans. We shall soon know.
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KEARMEY'S EXT. BUCHU

Permanently cures all all affections of the Blad- Der, Kidneys. and Dropsical Swellings existing in Men. Women and Children no matter what the age.
 Ask for Kearnoys. Take TO other. Price One Dollar per Bottle, or Six Bottles for
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the same proportion. But, more than all that, the corrupting influence of the dram shop would find its natural antidote in the opposing influence of woman-an infiu- ence the power and earnestness of which is indicated by the Crusade.
 We shall not expect any permanent re- suits from the Crusade beyond it's demon stration of woman's immense moral force and earnestness- hitherto turned to little, soeial- aud no paitisst, aGsQpRsT7sAd its before notably declining. Much of the special effort of the Crusaders we cannot but consider entirely misdirected. When the majority of the voting population ask for liquor. they will always get it. Even where the women of Ohio had succeeded in shaming men with consciences out of the traffic. their places have no doubt been supplied by men without consciences. Real reform must begin farther back with the man who drinks rather than the man who sells; so far as it dealt with such, and so far as it relied on persuasion rather than coercion, the Crusade has led the way in return to true principles; but we believe that it's best results have been in its opening the eyes of many almost as conservative as Dr. Holland. to the grand opportunities Of the Woman Suffrage re- form
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-30
Pasture.

One of the pet theories of a Con-
necticut farmer is that natural pas
lures are better than any that can be
prepared with the plow. When the
timber is first cleared off and the
stumps burned enough to prevent
sprouting, sow grass seed, if the
ground is not already stocked, and
after the grass is well. rooted, turn in
the sheep aud cattle and let the pas
ture take care of itself. The stumps
will never need to be dug out at large
expense. They will gradually rot
and add TO the fertility of the soil.
The large mass of decayed leaves and
roots in the soil, il left undisturbed,
will keep the grass luxuriant for a gen.
Grafton. If the animals pasture, leave
all their manure upon the soil, and
especially if sheep be kept, the pas
ture will improve rather than run
down. The sheep distribute the manure
all over the pasture, and if there il
any excess it is upon the hill tops
where they usually spend the night
They also keep down the weeds and
brush.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-30
TIRED MOTHERS.

a little elbow leans upon your knee,
Your tired knee that has so much to bear
\ child's dear eyes are looking lovingly
From underneath thatch of tangled hair
Perhaps you do not heed the velvet touch
OF warm, moist fingers holding yours 50
tight
You do not prize this blessing overmucbJ
You almost are too tired to pray tonight.
But it is bIessedness! a year ago
did not see it as do to-day
We are all so dull and tharkless, and too
slow
To catch the sunshine till 1t slips away.
And now it seems surprising strange to me
That, while 1 wore the badge of mother
hood,
did not kiss more oft and tenderly
The little child that brought me only good
And if. some night, when you sit down to
rest,
You miss this elbow from your tired knee =
This restless, curling head from OFF youl
breast,
This lisping tongue that tersconstant.
ly;
If from your own dimp.ed hands had slip
ped
And ne'er would nestle to your palm again
If the white feet in their grave had tripped
could not blame you for your heartacht
then.
I wonder so that mothers ever fret
Atllttls children clinging to their gown;
Or that the footprints, when the days arr
wet,
A atrar hIonIr 60, oIro fI,ap, froyyy,
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-30
Manurial Value OF Wood Ashe,
ana Lime
New York Herald.

! new 1Ork HeralQ.l
"Agricola'' writes as follows: Sow
small grain where brush pile or log
heap has been burned, or where a lib
eral dressing of ashes has been applied
and there will be a rank growth that
will probably fail and never mature.
Sow grain where lime has been applied
to the soil, and the grain will grow
With stout stiff straw and plumps
hardy heads that mature IelL Ashes
cause a rank growth of herbaceou
parts of plants, such as leaves, straw
and grass; lime induces a growth Of
the woody part OF plants and the grain
or fruit. Ashes stimulate heavy muck
and rich or virgin SOILS. They appear
20 disintegrate or make available what
is already in the soil. They seem to
act specially on vegetable mould and
manures from the barn-yard. Apply
to the most offensive pile Of compost,
and they will render it inodorous and
worthless as a fertilizer, their effect
being that of relieving the ammonia
from the compost. Ashes used with
compost heap of decaying vegetable
matter would he wasted-worse than
wasted-as they render the compost
inert as fertilizer. Applied in an
offensive sink, sewer on cesspool, they
serve an excellent purpose as a disin-
fectant. They promote the growth
of grass and forage especially, proving
very valuable on low lands; will stim-
ulate trees, etc, TO vigorous growth
when the soil is strong. They exhaust
strong soils and injure poor ones,
Lime improves poor soils, especially
sandy ones, by rendering them more
compact and capable Of retaining
fertility when applied. As promoter
of health and vigor OF apple trees, 1t
is one of the best applications that can
be made to the soil. Under its infu-
ence trees mature well, the fruit is
finer and trees are freer from disease
Lime may be applied with benefit on
most soils and many plants, but is Of
special value to the apple tree and
strawberry plant, while ashes are val,
liable for heavy or rich soils for the
grosser feeding of plants, such as our
native plums and currant bushes.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-30
VOL l9.
Devon and shor.-Hornca Cows

An English breeder very seasibij
and perlinently says; l have KEEP
them pure, crossed the Short horr
COW vita the Devon bull, and crossed
the Devon COW with the Short horn
bull In either way, they have made
larger return, and paid for their
meat much better than the pure De-
Won but by far the greatest success
has been 10 commence with-the Devon
or native COW and pure hort-horn
bull ,and forever after using the Short
horn bull. l have also used the
Devon bull On the cross from the De-
Won COW and Short-horn bull; bat
the progeny rapidly declined, and
no trace Of the Short-horn remainei
In these days of great consumption
an high prices, 1t does no: pay TO
stick TO stock the breed Of which re-
quires four or five years to mature :;
but l am firmly OF the opinion that if
pure Short horn bulls were used on
the native COWS and their crosses in
the different districts of the United
Kingdom for a few years, our beef
supplies would be doubled. Many
farmers have great horror Of cross
ing their stock, whilst others admit
that the first cross is all that they
could wish, but after that it is all
"gone goose" with the next genera
tion. Of such l would ask, have you
ever tried? And, if SO, how? And,
with hat object in view? NV
theory has always been-and practice
and observation have fully borne me
out-that we can make almost any
thing we like of our 1ocks and herds
in few years, by fully adhering TO
pure male animals of tie kid we
wish them to resemble. II beef is
our object, use pure, high-cIass, Short
horn bulls always; never By any
chance or pretence use q cross-bred
bull, even If he be the best animal one
can procure, and if the cross were
only once dozen generations back.
1t is the cross-bred males on cross
bred females that have made SO many
people distrustful of any but the first
1 wish to lay great stress on the
using of pure bred Short-horn bulls,
by which / do not exclusively mean
those fancy-priced beasts that figure
so prominently in the agricultural pc
riodIcals, but those selected from a
good herd, where pedigree sires have
been used for at least twenty years
on cows of undoubted Short horn
blood, and that have not been artiti j.
ally forced. 1t is not difficult to pur-
chase hundreds OF such at reasonable
prices.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-30

"ONE who has tried it," writes al
follows: ''It any farmer wants a con,
venient and cheap cushion to ride on,
let him take sheep-skin, as soon a;
it is off the sheep, and scrape the fiest
off, then lay it on a smooth place
Pulverize one pound of alum and one
of salt, and cover the flesh side of tn,
skin and let it lie for a week or two
and it will be well tanned. They max,
the best seat for the reaper, raker
corn-planter, or to throw on the horst
to ride from the field to the barn
and if one should be caught in a sud
den shower they would answer for
protection
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-30
fFToHn The NatIonaI Live Stocb JoufhaI
The Law OF the Road.

The great leading rule is, that no
one has the right TO be in the middle
of the road, except when no other
person is present to claim his right to
the use of One-half the highway
which claim he has precisely the same
right to assert, when travelling in the
direction that he has when he meets
another. This is the law OF every
Safe in the Union, and 30 far as we
are informed, of every civilized coun-
ty; and all persons violating 1t are
liable for all damages resulting from
their conduct.
When teams meet, the American
law is that each. turning to the right,
shall give half the road. The custom
and the law OF England require teams
to :urn TO the left-as expressed in an
old doggerel:
The rule of the road is a paradox quite,
In riding OF driving along,
II you keep to the LeG.yOu are sure to go right
II you keep to the right you go aVrOng.
IN passing, the party IN front is re-
quired to turn to the left, so as allow
the person in the rear who is travel
hing at more rapid rate, to pass by
on his right.
Where teams approach at right an
giles, or intersecting roads, it is the
duty of the party who by turning to
the right, would pass to the rear Of
the other team, to pull up and allow
the other to pass.
A person with a light vehicle,me
ing or desiring to pass heavily laden
teams, especially if the latter is going
upa hill, will generally turn out with
out requiring the man with the load
ed wagon to give half the road i; but
the law imposes no such obligation il
any case, and under all circumstances
requires each party to give half the
road, unless by some accident or some
obstruction it is found impossible tc
do so.
If party happens to be in the
wrong place on the road or street, /
party coming in collision with him
is not entitled to damages, If, by tn,
use of ordinary and reasonable dill
gence, he could have avoided it.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-30

4 CITY's Rise AED r
Pittsburgh Disp1tch tells [
fall Of Pitaole Cry. Tue
House, which cos. s23, ,0W
the other day for S100. v
month trOm Tie comp lei
first house, che bad an $50
Ia Two moaths thare2.tes
daily paper, ard a fast one
Ia three months she had
In four months sae Ia
theatre and an Academy
Il five months sic had Lss
fire ex'i0guisher, g eaIioas
Tor hro@ISg laud, sired
Yankee, and I'D by nee
tee city had no water, eli &
key. Ia SIX months she hs
four hotels and boarding be
the substitute tor water
penssd. Ia seven months
farm pipe line was c. mple
event threw 1000 men
horses out OF employment
hole City had reached x
her glory. she had at
1900 inhsbitAnts, elsbo
works s1d al the p4rapht
city government. Sne hi
theatre, no newspaper, nc
telegraph Office, (tbc teiet
closed for time aud et
week. and but nine fsniI
all Inst multitude. The j
OleopoIis RsiIrosd rups ot
of one csr a dsy, aGd 10
hold the charter.