Litchfield enquirer., 1874-05-21
Woodbury.

All AoASAO oeHNesANA .fO0A 41Stss 1SSUe5 from this town, which, from it's singular lack of authentic information and indi- cious discrimination, merits a moments examination. No onesobiects to any persons continually 'sharping up- on my daughter" the Good Templar or ganization, if it pleases him, or her. though 1t is difficult to see what good it does. It certainly is not apparent here. But let that pass. The article in question states that the pastoral raid on. the tenn perance question, just before election, the time usually selected for ill-advised meas ures, was stin the main well received" It is very rarely that so inaccurate a state ment is made. We'll informed people here know full well that no public effort in favor of any object. in this town, was ever so lily received, and so thorougly disapproyed of by our most wise and iu- dicious people. Reference is not made here to those who love rum, but to those who earestly desire the advancement of morality and religion in the community, and true progress in every good work Those best versed in their knowledge of our poor human nature know best that all such measures aud proceedings as seem to have the nature of force are the least calculated to produce good effects. Men will not be driven, and when nine men appear at ones front door to deliver message when one can deliver it just as we'll, 1t has the appearance of force and compulsion, ,.and will never be- "aoeH re- ceired." If your correspondent had in- quired of any one of those ssvisited'' with such an outward show as indicated that they were considered either fools or sin ners blacker than their neighbors, the information would have beengained that the ''kind visit" was not s'sceu received. ]" If, on the other hand, either one of those visiting ministers had gone alone and privately had his ''kind" talk with his own parishioner. 1t would no doubt have been kindly received, if the recipient of unasked advise had believed 1t kindly in tended. Or, if the same minister should, 'si12 ee"Hon and out of season, preach tem. perance In his pulpit. there is reason to believe it would not be swell received" ln our toaon. It is one part of the gospel minister's commission to preach temper ance ln such usual and prudent ways and places as that his "brother'' shall not .sbe offended" But when ministers form a procession through the streets, gather crowds, and astonish the gaping multi tude, the good influence will ever fail to follow, especially in intelligent, thought ful and educated communities. Such eff forts as may influence Western commu- nifty will never carry intelligent New Eng land.
 In regard to the political result of the temperance effort here this year the arti- cle is equally at fault. Last year, when judicious temperance people had charge of the temperance question, they elected one prohibition representative. This year, when little squad of nineteen men out of a voting list of over 800 undertook to dictate the nomination of two prohibit tionists, they succeeded in electing t,Co representatives, neither of whom pretends to be prohibitionist. We'll, says your correspondent, ''the Good Templars have not yet celebrated their third aHiversarI here" It Is not necessary now. TheA have aCc0mpTsneu tneIf work sooner than they expected. They have already made this town anti-prohibitlon. For thirty years proceeding the last, think the rec ords show that the Woodbury represeta- tives have always voted for all temperance laws. Your correspondent says the tenn perance ''vote has doubled during the past year, and if 1t keeps on at this rate. it will be worth the attention of good men in all parties" 1t IS presumed that the suspicious result above referred to of making the town anti-prohibition is here alluded to by the correspondent. "Ore- naug Lodge is yet alive" exclaims the correspondent. sWe should say so r'
 OLD MAN. WASHINGTON, May 18th. 1874
 Rev. John Marvin, of Marketable, died last evening. His health had been im- paired for some time and recently he..took a vacation from his duties in the two par ishes of Marketable and Washington, leav- ing home for season, hoping to benefited by the change. After his return he call ed himself better, and on Saturday last his family remarked that he appeared un- usually strong, and that evening he con- tinued writing till about ten o'clock. His wife warned him that he was doing too much. He replied that one sentence more would complete the sermon, and she might write 1t for him, which she did. Directly after, while preparing for family devotions, he tainted, and though Drs. l s. Lyman and Hine were both called to his assistance, he continued to fail, till at evening he ''went the way of all the earth" A good man has gone to his rest. and asorrowing family have thesympathy of the community although the loss is wholly theirs. For him to die was gain. l Warren.
 Something of an interest is being had Tn this town in the matter of setting out shade trees. The town has offered three prizes to be given to those who set out the most and the best Elm and Maple trees during the year. Some curiosity is felt as to who are to have the prizes. At the present time it is thought that the oc- cupant of the Parsonage is little ahead, but as his space is quite limited, it is not believed that the energetic young men of