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Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

Great Britoin.-The clock out in Lincolnshire, England, has come to an end.
 France. MacMahon has organized new conservative Ministry in France, with Gen. de Cissey as Vice President of the Council.
 In an election for the Assembly, Sun- day. fa Bonapartist was chosen.
 Thers fayors a dissolution of the As sembly.
 .Spain.- The Carlists have been suffer ing further reverses. They are reported to have shot several women. Haly.-The Ministry resigned, last week, but the King refused to accept their resignations.
 Ssoitzerland. Three American students at Lausanne were drowned, on the 18th, in Lake Geneva.
 DOMESTIC.
 Gov. Moses of South Carolina was pro- secuted, last week, for larceny and re- fused to submit to arrest.
 The Centennial Commission have agreed to reduced scale of expenditure. Prof. Swing of Chicago has been acquit- ted of heresy, but has withdrawn from the Presbyterian church.
 a250 New 1Ock stage drives struck for higher wages, Monday. @
 Baxter is in peacable possession of Ark ansas.
 The number of lives lost at Mill River was 138. A legislative committee and a a coroner's jury are examining into the causes of the disaster.
 There was a Roman Catholic Total Ab- stinence meeting at Cooper Institute, last week.
 Rochefort is on his way East from Salt Lake.
 Investigations into the affairs of State Treasurer Raines of New York show him to have been honest.
 A large Woman Suffrage meeting at New York, last week, was addressed by MT. Beecher and Ms. Livermore. ! There is terrible state of affairs on the frontiers of Texas.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

We are glad to notice that Messrs. Har- risoa Of GuiIford and Catlin of Harwin- toa strenuOusly opposed the excursion of curious representatives to the Williams burg reservoir on Friday last. It was a waste of time: it was accepting favor from a snitOr already before them; and it was. we fear, an excellent sample of the Reform they intend giving us. The Nor walk Hour puts the matter very pointed ly and justly as follows:
 The last invitation which our legisla- tnre accepted was an excursion to Geen- vich. where they were the guests of Will liam M. Twced. Then the New York and NeE Haven Co. furnished the haulage. Now they go to Massachusetts to exhibit themselves as the donors of Ten Thou sand Dollars from the state treasury, and receive the thanks of an afflicted commu- nity for generosity which cost them noth- ing.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The bIll before the legislature provid- IEs for . reorganization of tho board of CailrO@d commissioners. for thelr appoint aent in future by the governor, and for their receiving a fixed salary of g, 900 a year. strikes us favOrably. Of course one effect Of it would be to legislate republi- can set of officers out of office but the present bOard is so utterly worthless, znd 90 sabscrvient to the railroad com Panies from whom their handsome sala- ries are drawn, that we shall welcome any change t0 better system.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The weading of Miss Nellie Grant to Mr. SzxsoEss. an Englishman, came off at the White House. Thursday morning. and thaasaa qu1ek was neverthless quite mag uss~ezk affair. The bride is said to have haa the finest troussean that ever went out eF Washington,
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

d matter has come to light recently thak bears hard On the reputation of Gen. wsksua Webb. While minister to Bra =a. if appears. he collected a claim against that government for seizure of a vessel and returned only small part of the Eoney to our government. The discov- cry WAS made when our government un- dertOok tO refund the money it had re- ezived, having been convinced that the sxs=zre w~s legally made. He says he uaad the balance over to the agents of the injured party.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

Inc Passage of tho Civil Rights bill taroagh the Senate on Saturday last, after eoaf1nnO1s session of twenty hours, was eGected by nearly a strict party vote. The hlIl Ozght nOw to be pushed through the HOase. and the national legislation incl ae1tal tO the abolition of slavery and the eafE@nchisement of the negro will be com pAese We can see no sufficient reason shy the hin should not pass. The en- fr1ncAlsed Afncan ought no longer to be Szzzlhe3 witA exclusion from schools. aAesEzss. and hotels, merely because of S9 hn csaDG Until he is dealt fairly with satAsss sezPesAs there can be little reason ss exRee4 tA4t he VII join his white O. 9ascanss ia any eEogt for local reform now s@s Ru@e necessity of the SOuth. The D1~szz.is Pazsy Oaght cersainlv so ba sAaAkzal for the Anal removal from .ha;, F1zA sf she sannhling block of Recon. xeEms8ssa.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28
rwousRER clusslnc RATES.

0w zmxA&aA1 County subscribers may not of- aua Ae aAss tstake advantage of the low rates swusuM1wxseazAs bymcst magazines andperi- aKrmAa- E1r thsir convenience and as an extra s~annament to new county subscribers we will usu&EAafsAswing periodicals to county subscrib- srA. la esznecsioa with the ENQUIRER at the pxsnea xzZe3s
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The rePogt of the House cutting down sh& zaoszky system meets with general ap- prvwzl Instead, too, of forfeiting 8 wAo1e inx0soe for under-yaluation of a sing8e 1t<z. importers only forfeit the ar ksrAes fran1aKently entered and a fine of SS@s0 ThEs Is great protection to hon. est merrAants and leaves no chance for the sxar&Soa of hundreds of thousands of 1sllmxs for under-yaluatlons not reaching Sa0aa. ss occurred ir the Phelps Dodge s-as<sa
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The officials in Illinois and Wisconsin arc m earnest at last in their efforts to compel the railroad companies to observe the laws recently passed. Gov. Taylor of Wisconsin has issued proclamation urging citizens to refuse payment of any thing more than legal fares, and if more is exacted to institute prosecutions. One of the Illinois Circuit courts has refused tO obey a writ of ceTtiOrari issued by a federal court to bring a railroad case be- fore if for trial. Evidently the Western rallrOad companies will have to recog- nE1e the superior authority of the law. In this state they can disregard it with Smmx,mmSfw
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

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 SssAe-rTAe<s wAo are in arrears must make up ar-eaz<es hSs0ES taking @dy2ntageO of the forego- lur urapaziesszxs and subscribers who are in aR~1u..a zaav aeaacs the amount their subscrip sssua gre la s1vxnee-
 Wsu~x zAazsa bs sent by post-ofice order, eAArR CT registered letter. If possible, If remit sxu.-ex are n@As br z2Il we cannot be responsible ssr b,zx keFuxs the letter reaches us, but will sAke al rszkz ef reaESt@nee to the clubbing peri eaka-al
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The Sp<ing6eld Republican remarks of Gen HaxieyIs strenuous advocacy of a national appropriation for the Centennial ~F R sThis Is not the first time that Esea- Hzx3ey, with the best of motives but nu& the best of judgment. has con- r~nsna ta take an oar in a boat in which Ssmoa Czneroa has pulled stroke. We A-un if viii be the last"
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The Bridgeport Farmer syers that MT. Eaton's '.gEeat stnahgth as . cahdidate lay in the fact that he had beSn fdrstwenty years most outrageously and ungenerous- ly'abused and falsifed by the Repnbllcan press" In other words, were the Demo cratic party to Dc governed in their na- tional action by the motive above ayowe;2, they would on the first opportunity make Jefferson Davis president of the United States. to repay him for twenty years of abuse by the Republican press! The re- lation of MT. Davis to the nation is pre- cisely that of MT. Eaton towards the state. Each, in his sphere, was the recognized leader of the opposition to the war for the restoration of the Union. In pronounc- ing one worthy of reward, the Democracy in effect declare the other worthy of that greater reward to which his more 1mpor- tant services wruld entitle him. Our for mer townsman, the present editor of tho Putnam County Standard, gives very OAPIOOolOA CO sIlO u0tuIdl lOG1luS of the Connecticut soldier of the late war in an article on our ''New Senator:
 To those who bore her banners to the war of the rebellion, and brought them back to her again, riddled and torn, this event has peculiar significance; for all through those dark days each soldier knew that while he was fighting the ene- my in the front, W. W. Eaton, with word and pen, twas fighting him in the rear.
 We don't wish to flight the war over" too much, but we cannot forget that at one time Connecticut could not do too much in honor of those sons who fought her battles. We have ourselves cherished with pardonable pride testimonial of honor" which, in common with other sol diers, we received by vote of the Gener- al Assembly of Connecticut, but we must reverse the thing now, turn it upside down, or something of that sort. Our old State, under whose blue flag we merged from boyhood into manhood, whose com mission we held, and whose arms we bore for nearly five years, has gone back on us. The Legislature of Connecticut is weav- ing singularly inappropriate garland with which to decorate her soldiers 'graves on the 3Oth.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The Hartford COurant has claimed the <-elSa of ozsrSnating the word "Butler- Sxm-- but the N. |. Evening Post remarks thas # wsS first used by the Rev. Henry N. H1Rsoa, the eminent Shakesperian ss-Ask.r. ln keen little pamphlet in rela- ssoa ss hs< experience as chaplain under sh~ pswlexlboat general
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The legislature that has elected MT. Eaton to the U. s. Senate has now peti- saon Tor new turnpike before it-antedi- luyian throughout2
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28
costIveness Is aggravated bv


 The use of strong purgatives. The only rational treatment IS some gentle laxative and tonic like Dr. Harrison's Peristaltic Lozenges. These never weaken bnt gradually restore nature They remove Oppression, Dizziness, Headache, and every form of Indigestion; also, the only proper remedy for Piles either bleeding or otherwise. Trial box, 30 cts. Large box, 60 cts., mailed free for this last price. .,. ....... .-........
 DR. HARRIsoN's s ICELAND BA1sAM.
 splendid cure for coughs, hoarseness, and all throat and lung complaints. For sale by F. $. Harrison x Co.,. Proprietors, No. l Fremont Temple, Boston. and all Druggists. @.. 6:4w
 WINE OF THE WooDs invigorates the Liver A1v
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28
DITSON &: cos Home Musical Library.

PRICE OF EACH BOOK IN BOARDS, $250
 CLOTH, $500, FULL G1Lr, slOo Musical Treasure. Vocal Silver Chord. Vocal. Wreath of Gems. Vocal. ems of Sacred Song. Vocal. Gems of German Song. Vocal. Gems of Scottish Song. Vocal. Operatic Pearls. Vocal. Shower of Pearls. Vocal Duets. Organ at Home, Reed Organ Music. Instrumental Gems of Strauss. Instrumental. Home Circle, Vol I. Instrumental. Homo Circle, Vol. II. Instrumental Pianist's Album. Instrumental. Piano-Forte Gems. Instrumental
 Large splendid books of bound music 200 to 250 pages, full sheet music size, and contain very large proportion of all the good sheet mu- sic ever published.
 Sold by all dealers. Either book sent post paid for retail price. OLIVER DITsoN &Co., CHAs H. D1TsoN & Co.,,
 Boston. I'll B'way New York
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

To Cure Cough, to relieve all irrita- tions of the throat, to restore perfect soundness and health to the most delicate organization of the human frame-the lungs-rse Dr. Wistar's Balsam of Wild Cherry, which is still prepared with the same care in the selection and compound ing of its various ingredients as when it was introduced to the public by Dr.
 Mister over forty years since
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28
The Thoroughbred Horse
 DICK PARSONS.

TWILL be at the United States Hotel stable. w Litchfeld, on Mondays and Tuesdays: Ford's stables. in Washington, Wednesdays ard Thursdays; and at stable of the Proprietor in Watertown, Fridays and Saturdays of each week during the season.
 4tf o. B. KING,
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The WESTMINSTER REVIEW for April contains: The Bible as Interpreted by MT. Arnold; Out-Door Parish Relief; Pahgenesis; The Song of Songs; Our Ocean Steamers; The Development of Psychology; The Greatest of the Minne- singers; Moral Philosophy at Cambridge; Medical Charity: Methods of Administer ing it; Contemporary Literature.
 Leonard Scott Publishing Company, New York; $4 year.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

With Enquirer. Hnrpex's Weekly y--.-.......s5,25 Hnxperis Bazar- .5.25 Haxpexs Magazine. .5,& RpuTT Saknrdzy..- 500 Asaamkse Monthly .5, % Srrshaex's Monthly ly..5,OO ,OO Inc Galaxy .O,UO The AggScalknKist. ,OO Henwsh and Home. ,25 ArSAnr's Home Magazine. ,O0 ArshnrHs Childrenis Hour. g. go pskexzoa,s Magazine 8, 40 uoaeyis Iuady's Book ..-....4,25 PeseFs Musical Monthly. 4,0O Gioea Health. 300 NJ. Weekly Tribune .3,35 NJ. Seai-weekly Tribune. 800 N. Y. Weekly Times B. 50 NJ. Semi-weekly Times. 50 Ot1 E New .o,OO SA Nicholas S----..-----....-.4 4,25
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

GoDEY's LADY's Book contains: Mrs. Miller's Queer Whim; Mrs. Pipkin; Mar garet Harcourt's Diary; Keeping House; Working and Waiting; Work Department, Receipts, Editorial Articles, Short Articles, Music, Poetry, Fashion Plate, Patterns, Engraving '"The First Voyage"
 Louis A. Godey, Philadelphia, s3, year, see Enquirer Clubbing Rates.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

Satnrate Piece of Bread. or Meat with gastric juice, and it will dissolve. This is digestion. Add to such mixture q little alcohol, and it will not dissolve. This is indigestion. Beware, then, of tinctures, or tonics, or decoctions containing spir- ituons liquors. Shun all rum ''tonics, l" and rely solely on Dr. Walkers Vinegar Bitters, the finest digestive invigorant known, and free from the fiery curse of Alcohol.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

We have received a circular announcing the sixth Anniversary meeting of. the National Christian Association, to be held at Syracuse next week. The object of this Association is to put down secret soc- ieties, especially Freemasonry, which it declares to be anti-christian, and quotes the declaration of Dr. Fisch of Paris at the Evangelical Alliance that, "The church of America must stand as one man against Masonry or be destroyed.' We are surprised to notice that the cir cular neglects to quote it's s'heftiest" eccle- siastical authority, against secret socie- ties-Pius Ninth.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

Forty-three of the Cincinnati crusaders were brought before the Police court and tried on Wednesday last. They were found guilty of breach of the peace but in consideration of their good intentions were discharged with the admonition that if their offense was repeated they would be punished.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The burning of persons for sorcery in a so-called Christian country in the latter half of the nineteenth century is a freak of superstit1ous b1gotry we neverexpected to be called on to record. Yet such a thing happened, last month, in Mexico. Jose Maria Gorilla, and his wife, residents of Jacobo, in the State of Sinaloa, were charged with having bewitched one Syl- vester Zacarias. They were tried and found guilty by the Alcade of the place, and were then burned under judicial sen- tence. To place the guilt of the accused beyond doubt, says the telegram, ''the day before the execution citizen Porras, as final test, made Zacarias take three swallows of the blessed water, whereupon the latter vomited fragments of a blanket and punches of hair" Since then an old woman has been burnt at the same place for like offence. It is a satisfaction to see the general government of Mexico is taking steps to stop further persecution. Nor must we forget that it is less than two hundred years since New England was at the same evil work; and that there still are ministers among us, of Protes- tant denominations, who regret the last threee centuries as ssthe Dark Ages of the Church I'
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28

The ATLANTIC MONTHLY for June con tains: Naples: Her Volcano, her People, and her King, by Robert Dale Owen; Crowned and Discrowned; Larcom's Lit tie Chap; The Long Days; Siena; The Ravens of Odin; Prudence Palfrey, byT. B. Aldrich; Growth of the Novel: Nor phine; Morgan Stanwood; Nose Evans (concluded); A Rebels Recollections; Young and Old; Modern Cats, by J. w.. DeForest; Recent Literature; Art; Music: Education.
 H. O. Houghton < O., Boston; $4 a year. Sec Enquirer Clubbing rates.
 A correspondent of the American gives the following criticism of the dramatic entertainment by the. Wolcottville Sons of Temperance last week:
 Cold Spring Division, sons and daugh- ters of Temperance, gave musical and dramatic entertainment in Granite Hall Tuesday evening, at which the Litchfield Lodge was invited, over fifty of them res bonding to the invitation. About two hundred invitations were also issued to their outside friends. The hall was com fortably filled. The exercises opened with singing, after which Miss Addie St. John reclted an address of welcome. then followed the play entitled the ssFirst Glass;" Fred Cooper and Frank Apt taking the male parts, and Misses Clara Cooper and Mattie Morse filled the lady characters acceptable. The two little girls also did well for children. The last piece, however, entitled the ssLast Loaf. !" was the best, and it is but just to say that it was we'll played throughout. Miss Genie Catlin had difficult character in 'sMrs. Ashton" but the applause she received was deserved tribute to her success. Lizzie Miller as ssLillie Ashton exceeded the expectations of her friends, and Clara Cooper in Patty" the sarcas- tic, short and witty house maid, sustained her previous reputation. Equal praise must be awarded to the young gentlemen. John D. Bishop, for an amateur, marked we'll the depreciation of the kind indulgent husband, s'Mark Ashton" to the low mis- erable drunken sot without hope or ambi- tion. ". H. McCarty made a very re.
Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.

WINE OF THE WooDs invigorates the Liver. A1v
, 1874-07-15

the hoe. Other vegetables may be raised,
without any disadvantage between the rows
Of the coffee plants. In the second year, the
plants yield a light crop, and in the third year,
they are 10 full bearing. In Terra Firma each
plant yields in good soil one kilogramme Of
coffee, and 900 Of them may be planted on .
hectare of ground. Excepting at the season
of blossoming, the plant requires much rain,
and care must be taken to preserve them from
insects and weeds.
AS soon as the coffee is ripe it is the custom
in Arabia to spread large linen cloths below
the trees, which are shaken from time to time
to detach the ripe berries from the branches.
The fruit gathered in this manner, is dried in
the sun upon mats, which are made to imbibe
their moisture. The dry envelope is then re-
moved from the fruit, by means of q large stone
cylinder. The fruit is again placed in the
sun till it is completely free Of every particle
of moisture. 1t is then removed, and packed
up in bales
The English and French colonists follow a
different method from the preceding, in gather
ing their coffee. As soon as the fruit is of a
deep red colour, it is ready for being gathered,
a large linen bag kept open by means of a
hoop round its mouth, is suspended to the
neck Of the negroes, who pull the berries with
their hands, and filling the bag, empty it into
a large basket, a single negro can easily collect
three bushels in a day.
AS the berries do not ripen together, they
are collected at three different gatherings. One
thousand pounds of good coffee is produced
from one hundred bushels Of berries just from
the tree.
The coffee berries may now be dried in two
different ways. The first method is to place
them in the sun in layers of four inches thick,
on inclined platforms, or sloping terraces. In
a few days, the pulp is discharged by fermen-
tation. and in about three weeks the coffee is
completely dry. The skin Of the berries
already broken, is removed by mills or wooden
mOrtars.
The second method is to separate the grains
from the pulp at once by means Of a mill, and
the grains are then left to soak in water "a
hours, they are afterwards placed in the sun
to be completely dried. The grains of coffee
are next stripped of the pelliclo, or parchment
as it is called, by means of appropriate mills,
and they are afterwards removed and mingled
with the grinding and dust of the parchment, in
which state they are put into bags for sale.
, 1874-07-15
RECENT CURRENCE-COMMUNICATE
/. CHAP.

Two gentlemen, mounted, dogs following,
turned IN from the main road into the private
grounds of an estate, where they soon came
across some of the owners sheep. Tho dogs
set on the sheep-one eve, separated from the
rest and chased by a dog, made for her pen,
where she was killed by the dog. The horse
men, not seeing the dog return, went in search
and found him %feasting on the victim.
This was the report made by the Waterman
of the place to his manager. Jack" says the
manager, "you are in for it-that eve is worth
ten dollars and you will have to pay-however
go to the master Of the dog, whom you profess
to know, and demand the $40 of him-if he
does not pay-go to the police Office and ask
that he be summoned to court and a case be
made Of your demand."-The Waterman was
laughed at by the owner of the dog and told
that he would not pay a cent hence he, as
instructed, lodged the complaint at the police
office
, 1874-07-15
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In a former Communication published
in the Avis Of 4th inst. it was endeavour-
ed to show the practicabiIity of CONVEX
ting the now existing mortgages on Sugar
Estates into bonds of a Credit-Association,
il such a one were to be established in
this island and investing the proceeds from
the sale of those bonds in shares of Cen
tral-Factories it was also intended, to
draw attention to the immense advantage,
which both proprietors and creditors
would derive from the operation, and to
the effect it would have upon the project
ed establishment of Central-F Factories.
AS one of the advantages to be expected
from the change there recommended it was
said, that in cases where the already ex-
listing mortgage was greater than one half
OF the value OF the property, the owner.
having to pay only s per Cent. annually
in interest and instalment for the amount
of the debt to the Credit-Association,
would be enabled under ordinary circum-
stances, TO avail himself of the revenue re-
naming at his disposal after making
that fixed annual payment, to reduce the
remainder of the original mortgage-debt.
1t has however come to the knowledge of
the writer of the Communication, that
doubts are entertained in quarters we'll
qualified to Judge of the matter, whether
secondary mortgages can be given in pro-
perties which are entered in the Associa-
ton, from the reason it is said, that the
right Of the latter in the Estate differs from
ordinary mortgages in this, that its right of
mortgage is not limited to the amount of
the individual loan advanced upon it, but
also comprises losses the Institution may
suffer on other loans. What is here said
of the mortgage resting on the whole va
lue OF the Estate, is quite correct, but the
inference, that therefore in such cases no
subsequent mortgage can be given, or if
given would be merely nominal, q shadow
without substance, is false.
The case in question is analogous to the
position of an individual who has assumed
a personal responsibility for debts not his
own there is, in other words, the same
difference between that part of the value
of the m~ortgaged property, which cores
ponds to the loan received, and the re-
naming value, as there is between a debt
which a man owes himself, and the debt
of another, for which he is security. In
both cases the m~ortgaged property and
the person standing security are response
BILE, but in the one case the obligation to
pay is unconditional, in the other merely
problematical. What it is ofimportance for
a third party to know, with regard to this
conditional debt, when the question arises
, 1874-07-15
NOTICE..

THE Annual Meeting of the Mem
bers of the St. Croix Savings
Bank will be held on Monday the
9th inst. at 2 o'clock at the Office
of the Institution.
st. Croix 18th July 1874.
T. E. MENDES,
Secretary.