Litchfield enquirer., 1875-01-28
February MonthIies &c.

February MontnIies &c. The ATLANTIC MONTHLY contains: The Two Travellers, by William Cullen Bryant; The Hessian Mercenaries of our Revolu- tion; Residue; Roderick Hudson: IT; Monte Cassino, by Henry W. Longfellow; Bancroft's Native Races of The Pacific States, by Clarence King; The Old Bury ing Ground; A Carnival of Venice; The Skull in the Gold Drift, by Edmund c. Stedmah; Two Girls that Tried Farming; l A Waif; Old Times on the Mississippi IT, by Mark Twain; The Virginia Cam paign of John Brown. II, by F. B. San- born.
 Houghton and Compay, Boston; S4. a year. See Enquirer Clubbing Rates.
 HARPER's MAGAZINE contains: The An gel of the Twilight; New Washington Gl- lustrated); The Difference; Caircature among the Ancients, by James Parton Gl- lustrated); The French Institute and Aca- denies; Wonders of the Lowlands; Pro- lessor Fawcett; Rape of the Camp (con- tinued); True Fitness: The First Century of the Republic lillustrated); Christian Missions; Electra; Dc Witt Clinton as 8 Politician; Little Iceberg; Evanescence; The Republican Movement in Europe, by Emilio Castelar,; Miss Angel. by Miss Thackerey (continuedl: Longing.
 Harper and Brothers, New York, $4, a year. See Enquirer Clubbing Rai 5.
 GoDEY's LADY's Book contains: Johns Wife; Fine Feelings; Aunt Mehitable in Washington; Echoes; Edith Gray's Valen- ture; Baffled; The Machinist; Fashion Plate, Patterns, Short Articles. Poetry, Music, Engraving-''TheS Soldiers Return" &c., &c.
 Louis A Godey, Philadelphia; s, a year. See Enquirer Clubbing Rates.
 Massachusetts has finally made choice of MT. Dawes for United States Senator. This is on the whole Q satisfactory conclu- sion of the long struggle. MT. Dawes has been 8 most valuable member of the House and will be great addition to the Senate. He has not always kept as clear of Butlerism as we could have wished, but we believe him on the whole a safe, honest, and able legislator.
 Mir. E. B. Cook, the founder of the Waterbury American and the father of the press of Connecticut, died at his residence in that place on Sunday evening of last week, at the advanced age of a2. He was much esteemed in the community where has lived so long, and in him we lose one of the landmarks of journalism among us. He was buried from St Johns church with Masonic honors on Wednesday last.
 The excitement in Nevada silver mining seems to have reached it's height. Still, with "Ophir" stocks at $3O0 share. and Consolidated Virginia" over $500, the speculator ought not to repine. Fifteen hundred million dollars worth of silver is about the estimate put on the veins now developed. With such wealth in prospect a substitution of solid silver for the feet ing fractional shin plaster ought not to be difficult
 Of the 109 railroads that have defaulted interest during the past year about half have been foreciosed or are in process of foreclosure. 34 are funding overdue inter- est, and some have not life enough left to foreclose. Five hundred millions of rail- road bonds have shrunk to two hundred in value, and naturally enough times are ''hard."
 A Canaan gentleman sends us the fol- lowing statement regarding an old sub scriber in tkat place:
 WHAT AN OLD LADY HAS DoNE.-Mrs. s. B. White, of South Canaan, can cer- tainly rank among the "smartest" old la- dies of this or any other place. Since she arrived at the age of 75 years, which was in 1872, she has accomplished the follow ing amount of work: she has cut and made dresses, 4 chemises, 27 shirts, pairs of drawers, 10 pairs of pants, 5 coats, vests, pair sheets, 5 pair pillow cases. 13 aprons, 10 towels, 2 waists; she has knit 10 pairs of stockings, sewed 20fbs of carpet rags, and has done all of the mend ing in family of three persons. She has done almost all the baking for the same family, and helped to make butter and cheese every year. She also helps to get every meal. We mention these facts deeming them of interest to the readers of the Enquirer, and hoping some of the younger ladies will try to pattern after such an example.
 At CoLEBRooK, recently, the weodhouse of the Miss Gilbert was fired by carrying e lighted candle into it. Luckily the flames were eytinguished.- The farm re- gently owned by Messxs, JeS. and J. T. l Rockwell near Alhart Ra1rx,ss, l,.~ lx..