Litchfield enquirer., 1875-04-22

' La the, Superior Court, last week, Pat
 rick Mysrs ofEew. Hartford vas tried for | liqdor selling. and acquitted. John F
 Wilhelm was convicted of arson in Win chester and sentenced to three years i'm
 prisonment in States Prison. Edward H. Rogers of Cornwall, was tried for cruel treatment of his cattle. The jury disa- | greed and as the evidence was not very
 strong the States Attorney entered a nolte. la1. " Jt4 On Tuesday, trial of civil jury cases commenced with Treat & Whitttesey vs. Hubert ScoviUe. The plaintiffs reside in Morris; the delft. in Watertown The lit gation grew out of the alleged sale of horse-rake which the plaintiffs claim they sold the defendant, whereas the latter claims he only took it oD trial. There was
 question of agency involved, the bar gain having been made with the defend
 ants son. The jury gave plfs. a verdict
 of $23. Graves for plfs.; Andrews for delft.
 The P. M Gen. tells us that the great
 mail of the week is the Monday morning
 mail. All day Sunday, and especially
 on Sunday evening, the clapper over the
 outside post-hole bangs assiauOusly, and
 crowds of epistles go out to par
 ents and sweethearts, to debtors ani
 creditors,-to and from dear delinquents,
 and to and from detested delinquents, =
 love letters, duty letters, business letters,
 the nasty superfcialities of mere outward
 ness, and the genuine outpourings of
 true inwardness. When, O when, do
 our people write this mass of correspon-
 dence whereat the P. M. G. labors in his shining Sunday clothes, with his shining locks parted accurately in the back, as be- comes the careful attendant on numerous Sabbath services? Are they Saturday nights work, or are they works of Neces- sity and Mercy suitable to the Sabbath, or are they written between sunrise and sunset, in violation of the Statute in such case provided? If so, they subject the writers to fines of mot more than four dollars, nor less thap one dollar" for each letter, and from $1OO to $500 week could easily be realized for some good object. say Village Improvement, by dilligent prosecution of such fragrant offenders.
 E. W. Seymour, Esq, is again in town, for long stay, we hope. certainly through the April Term of court, Those of us who mourn his desertion of Old Litchfeld find some consolation in the fact that just Providence has placed him and the rest of Bridgeport under the May orally of P. T. Barnum, Esq, better known as the proprietor of the great Ro- man Hippodrome, the President of ''The Barnum Universal Exposition Company" and the inimitable writer of his own in- imitable life. All which reminds us that we are under obligation to Mir. Barnum for complimentary tickets, in compensa- tion for which we cheerfully publish the following clippings from his Advance Courier:
 MORAL EXHIBTTIoNs.-Id desire and claim to be a great educator. I lam always striv- ing to instruct the public as well as to amuse, and my boast ever has been that my exhibitions are suited to the moral and religious classes as we'll as to the pub lie generally. The reverend clergy, and school-teachers of both sexes throughout our land, are among my firmest friends and strongest supporters of my great nor al exhibition. will never place any en- tertainment before the public that Chris tian mother cannot patronize with pleas 1re and profit I desire to elevate the morals and refine the tastes of my patrons. In fine, I aspire to make the world better for my having lived in it. s@.--N
 THE STREET PAaEANT.-The most ex- pensive, gorgeous and elaborate street procession. ever made will parade each day of exhibition between the hours of nine and ten o'clock. There has never been anything like it sttemptedsanywhere. and no former pageant has displayed one-tsnth part the grandeur seen in this moving di- orama of inagnifcence. "A \~~-A
 We adyise our readers to be present when Barnum's foot strikes ''its native heath" at Bridgeport. Exactly where the minor members of the municipality, the reverend clergy, and the learned bar. of that favored city, will appear in the process sion we cannot yet announce. Watch the local papers for the full program!