Litchfield enquirer., 1877-02-15
Fertilizers.

Connecticut pays between half a million and million dollars, annually, for ferti- lizers; and it is believed that the experi- ment station at Middletown saves the State from $5O,OO0 to $1O0.0Os yearly. The law is very stringent; the Secretary of the Board of Agriculture has been di- rected to enquire into violations of the statute; and any person who knows of such violations should give him informa-
 tion. We give below the statutes bear ing on this matter:
 TITLE l6, Chapter l5, Sec. 15,-Every
 package of fifty pounds or more of con-
 mercial manure sold, or kept for sale, at
 over one cent a pound, unless prepared
 essentially from fish and sold as such,
 shall be marked with it's weight and the
 name and place of business of the manu-
 facturer. or seller, and with true analy-
 eral amounts contained therein.
 Sec. 16 The Secretary of the State
 Board of Agriculture may procure tue ans
 prosecute any persons who violate the
 provisions of the preceding section.
 TITLE 20. Chapter 12, Sec. 5,-Any man.
 ufacturer, Or trader, who who shall sell, or offer for sale, any package containing htty pounds or more of commercial ma- nure, not marked as required by law, or who shall atfix thereto stamp. impress. or card, claiming that it contains five per cent more, of any fertilizing ingredient than 1t does in fact, shall forfeit ten dol- lars for each hundred pounds thereof so offered for sale.
 PHILIPS BROOKS IN NEW HAVEN. This renowned Boston preacher is now giving the ''Lyman Beecher Lectures" to the Theological students of Yale (and to such others as succeed in getting within the room). To say that he stands worthily in line with his predecessors is to say "a great deal. It is no light task to "come after" such "kings" as Doctors Taylor. and Hall of New York, and Henry Ward Beecher. Dr. Brooks is interesting some even more than any of these did. Two noted Congregational preachers and one Presbyterian having been heard, now this leading Episcopalian tells how the busi- ness of preaching appears to him, and there is great interest to hear him. The beautiful Marquand chapel is filled to the last inch, long before it's lecture begins. Not few clergymen are present from neighboring towns. It is difficult to say whether large-hearted hberality, spiritual earnestness, or comprehensive vigor of intellect is most consplcuous. It is rumor- that the neyt occupant of the '.Lymau Beecher Lectdreship' is to come from across the water. R.
 A bill of considerable importance and much merit, was strongly urged before the House, last week, by Mir. Graves of this place. The law of impeachment, as 1t now stands in this state, allows the impeaching witness to be interrogated only as to the speech of people regarding the character. of the impeached witness for truth and veracity. The direct ques. ton, Would you believe the witness un- der oath, is not allowed in the courts of I this state, as 1t is in the courts of most other states. Hence an impeachment, un- under our practice, generally shows SIX or eight impeaching witnesses averring that they have heard the truthfulness of the impeached witness questioned, and six or eight supporting witnesses averrlng that they have not heard it question. l ed. It Is much easier for witnesses to 1 shuttle and preyaricate about other peo. pies opinions than about their own. and such lawyers as we have heard speak of 1 the matter, favor the bill.
 There was sharp fight in the House l last week over the allowing homemade l wines to be sold without license. Tempe. | rance men seemed to think the amount of l the homemade" beverages would be ala, mingly increased by such a statute I
 A bill was referred in the House, Thurs- day, allowing conditional release of con- victs from State Prison. We do not be- lieve that sound policy admits of releases of that kind. The conditions imposed can only be enforced while the person released remains in the state, and the practical result of such policy would be to drive our sc0undrefs over the state lines to annoy our neighbors.
 Our readers will please notice the ad- of F. Stockman, 27 Bond St N. Y., in this weeks issue. MT. Stock. man is strongly recommended by many ionrnals fhrnnnhank khn - Il