Litchfield enquirer., 1875-07-22

| house, mas passed away, but not the 1n- fuenees of that young woman. She was the founder of the first Sabbath school in Canada, was afterwards the wife of the pastor of a church that went out from the parent church, and the descendants and successors of that little enterprise are all about us" 3k9 Y
 Next Sunday anticipate listening to Rev. MT. Wells, who is still the settled pastor of new church, the offspring of the little Sunday School which. forms the subject of this letter. sazeT .,.If- :. l Yours truly. E m 5t slFs af
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 The Fourth in New Jersey-The City of EiIzabetn-court Scenes.
 In compliance with an animation from friends in Elizabeth. N. J., that they in- tended to ''haye the Fourth of July pret- ty bad" in that city, and that the light of your correspondents countenance would add somewhat to the enjoyment of the
 occasion. the night before the Fourth found me snugly enseonced in that beau tiful town ready to participate in the, fes- tivities of the occasion. The Sabbath was kept very quietly, and only occasion ally was 2 stray .''cracker' heard to break the stiffness of the day, But the clock had only just told the hour. of midnight, when the day we celebrate was ushered in by the fireing of cannon and the ring ing of such factory and other bells as the juvenile portion oe the community could gain access to. From then till, sunrise was one continuous racket. At that hour began the regular order of exercises in the shape of a salute and the ringing of the church and fire bells. At half past seven the military, firemen, and civic societies began to assemble for the g1and parade. A slight rain in the night had laid the dust, and the clouds which still obscured the sun favored the participants. The parade started about eight o'clock, under the chief marshalship of Gen. J. Madison Drake, editor of the Monitor. and among his assistants noticed the editor of the Herald. After long and tedious march,
 the procession reached Jefferson Park. where large conoourse was already gath cred. At this place, after prayer and the reading of the Declaration of Independ- ence, an 'oration was delivered by Thomas Windsor. Esq. which was frequently ap
 plauded by his large and attentive audi ense. Theservlces at the Park were ltin- stsrspersed with music By the aoysssrnor,ss2 Island Band.; About poon tSoe the assemblage separatedz to .eniase the rest of the day aass best suised themselves.e In the evening Q fine display of fireworks was made (which was witnessed by large assemblege of people sad to have been the largest ever gathered on any occasion in that city.E''f1
 The next morning having desire. to know how such a celebration had effected the morals of the city, and to get little insight into "Jersey justice," I stepped into the police headquarters and found the police court in session. It was a mot ley crowd that greeted my view. both prisoners and spectators. Several drunk and disorderly were disposed of, when a colored gentleman. rejoicing in the name of John Smith. stepped mp to the bar, and made complaint against three other dar- kies, whom he charged with making an unprovoked assault upon himself and wife Mrs. Smith was also present, and created quite sensation in court by her more than French air. The assaultiug 'mokes" were each fined five dollars. One paid up and the other two were sent to jail foriten days in default. @ ss-s' saF aoE
 Another case was where a native of the 'fauld sod" came home from the fireworks and found party of his countrymen and women making merry over two quarts of whiskey (there were four of them).o Not approving of such conduct, he ordered them out of h1s house, but they being in . majority declined, when he attempted single handed, Harmed with a club, to put them out, but the result xas not as he had proposed, for he soon found himself out of the door and his friends in posses sion of his castle. One of the croWd had a bad cut upon the forehead, and being asked by the chief how he got it. declined
 to say much about it, remarking that it was the result of a slight misnnderstand- ing that occurred in the aftsrnoon-a dis eussion vid sthicks. probably. Then four jolly tars were brought to the thar. l They had been arrested as suspicious l characters They told straight forward story of their being shipmates who had been disappointed in Philadelphia and were on their way to New York to ship, and having no money were walking to the latter port. Being subjects of Queen Vic toria. they claimed to know nothing of the Fourth of July. The chief gave them . small sum of money and some ferry tick cts, with the injunction to spend the mon. ey for bread and not for uhiskey. WitL many thanks for his kindness they sek sal for another port 2 i';;,Lia .ta .zz*oiH saaa With this evidence of justice tempered by mercy I left headqaarters to take l. look at some of the handsome public and private buildings about sthe city. s.Rhes are some of the pleasantest drives in and around Elizaketh t0 be foana in any .eitF. I Sitdated .~itllin foEty miaasss ef WallSt, 1t is : favorifts place of resldsncs for sNev York businasa men. snd has grown yey l rapi3Iwsvikhiu Aha lask Zen ,waaxz s;FEko4n
 are alsopsevefaalarge lhaR6fAcairesl locatsd here. notable among which iss the Singer Sewing Machine Co, one of the largest
 factories in the countrys Only fBR years
 ago Elizabeth was one Of Che heaviess csal
 shipping ports in the country. having t-
 rect communication with the Pennsylyalia
 mines over the Central failroaa of sNsw Jersey. But of late much of this traiic ! l- Y i Szi q