Litchfield enquirer., 1876-08-10
Wa ashIngton.

After two weeks of cool weather, the sun has returned nearer than before. and for three days we have been visited with extreme heat. Mercury from 96 to 100.
 No good without mixture of evil. was illustrated by the celebration of our glorious fourth Tn regard to the cannon, and one report of the proceedings which we think was very uncourteously sup pressed,* and by a young gentleman's horse getting into the wrong pew. The young man who assisted in putting him there was brought before Justice Ford, and fined $7. and costs. ts.-Query,-Does religion have tendency to make unruly ~horaas $ a-s ~s~ .s'-A 'a o.
 r The large number of Fourth of July communications for our paper of July i3, compelled us to print most of them on the outside pages; and, therefore, to put them in the hands of the printer by or before the 9th or 7th, of July. Fearing that tho account of the Washington eel ebration would come too late. we prepar- ed and sent one ourselves, and receiving that, another from "S. and another still from another correspondent, our foreman very naturally set up the one we had writ ten. The others were somewhat fuller, and more accurate, so that we should have probably preferred either to our own, had we seen them betore ours was in type. but We did not think it best to print all three F.. ef,ssr
 We can readily understand how annoy ing it must be to correspondents to have carefully prepared letters condensed, or thrown aside; but an editor is often obliged to treat his own work in that way, and still oftener the letters that crowd in after half his paper is in type and when there is no room for their insertion. We especially wish it understood by our cor respondents. therefore. that the right of oondensing or emitting letters is one that ,an editor must be allowed to exercise without being considered discourteous. ED. ENQl
 Rev. MT. .Colton's resignation, was accepted by the church on Thursday last. by vote of thirteen to eleven. Society meeting is on Thursday of this week. ss
 In addition to your notice of the death of our esteemed citizen Powell Hickox we would say that no public act of his life did he look upon in his later years with greater satisfaction than his verdict as juror which gave freedom to the negroes of the Amistad. a schooner which vas captured and brought into New Haven harbor laden with slaves, about forty years since. We have ire quensly heard him speak of the able and convincing argument of the Rev Roger s. Baldwin on theiF behalf.
 If it is acceptable we would like to give few extracts from Rev. MT. Colton,s memorial sermon of July 9th. 1st. In re- gard to the relation of this church to the civil affairs of this county. It has ever been foremost ip the hour of danger. To repel the attack. On tort Wm. Henry in the 1757F French and Indian war.this society furnished fifteen men. eight of whom were members of this church. ; In the war of the Revolution, this Society furnished ]! more than fifty men, more than thirty oi
 whom wsss members of this church. In the late evil war for the preservation of 1 the Union. this sosn furnished goo men, I or eight more than it's quota. no were volunteers, of whom 60 were from this society and fifteen were members ofthe churoh. The flower of the, church and
 commnnity were sacrificed in that war.