Litchfield enquirer., 1878-03-07
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40O0 signen lone half their populatioD now wearing the blue ribbon. They received about S1, 400 to fit up Reading and Clubroom which isnow in full blast, and their saloons are drying up The leading saloon has informed his lan6- lord that he must reduce rent, as he is not pay ing expenses. And & man who had just fitted up new one. at great expense and was taking in go day, said it had fallen of to less than $2- In LyonSwe are just t,gsttng under head way, over 1900 signep and S1, TOO raised for Reading and c4ubroom. A humber of the wOzst. ShO to use their own phrase s'fad not drawn a sober breath for years" have been re- claimed Meetings are held nightly and addi-, tons are being made daily, whereat we greatly rejoice, for there are 40 saloons in Lyons-one to every 100 inhabitants and alcohol has held full sway for years There are many Germans here very few of whom, don the blue, except to drinks as they did the other day. A mum beT of the guzzlers, got long blue ribbons, and pinned them on their coat collars, and went the round of the saloons, tying knot in their ribbon every time they took drink; but it did DoG last long We have two breweries, and they report heavy falling of in the demand already Our State Legislature has taken the matter up. and there is good prospect for ad- ding beer, wine and cider, " to our prohibitory law As a Milwaukian said to me the other day, s1Owa is a tremendous state,s when she goes in for anything, she goes for all it's woEth" -1-,ss 9ssa
 The subject of consolidating the two cities UyOus and Cinton) has been agitated for abOut 2 months Lyons is about equally di- vided on the subject, and very bitter contro- vesy has sprung up over it here. Clinton is tr if of course, but there is an element in Ly- O0s that have been fighting it off in every pos sihse way, frst m the city council and then in the courts and Legislature, trying their level best to prevent it's coming to vote. Never thsaess the indications now are that it will come to S vote at this coming spring election. The merits of the case have been so far lost Gght of in the bitter contention of factions, thzt it is hard to predict how it will eventuate. We have been over-run with burglars, as many ss six houses having been entered in one Hight- One house was ransacked where two young men were sitting up with a corpse. Sot much o9 value has been lost ; evidently taey are moi professionals. The post-of1ce in connection with my store was entered and rob- bed of little small change, and though they had the run of my store, I have not missed any, thing A lO4fer who had been hanging around tAe xtOre till he had become great nuisance, WAS arrested next day for drunkenness, and as we agreed among ourselves not to say anything <bOut it to the public, and the loafer has not I~sc4 in the store since, we have pretty good i8e&- where the change went. We have re- eeaGly intimAted to the young man that he was ''mzrked" and had better go slow A vigilance cowamittee has been formed of which little is known
 The weather continues mild and spring like, Bo SHOW sp amount to anything, leaves coming Out again. farmers sowing wheat, but roads impgacticAbIe for loaded teams
 Your editorial remarks on passage in my Iester, remind me, that while did not endorse the sentiment, the statement was perhaps a lit tle too strong There is a larger element in the WeSE in favor of increasing the weight of the s7ver dollar than is generally supposed The Times. the leading daily morning paper in Chic2gO. favOrs ii, and the Journal, also a Ie@ding daily evening paper, while the Wis Ssste Legislature passed a resolution fovoring h'S increased weight. But as the bill will pruR1bly become law before this is in print we shall all find out how it works ourselves, ard nlsy the best side win, A. B.
 We do moi choose ourcandidates, no. nor any Oshsr nsSn's first choice, but an available CanfSsfaie-' Instead of character there is SsNlsp-S exclusion of character in the selec- sS07- The government is governed in bar ruusns and in the minds of bar-rooms This Is q s1d spectacle, when the great party of TxuDeEty and of education drivel and huck- Sser zWSy every principle of humanity and the dearest hopes of mankind-the trustees of power only energetic when mischief can be do7e. imhecile when evil is to be prevented, fai1eEing and compromising when the gravest Es<ae< arise, sO that we cannot depend on them tn save us Parties take new names but ex- hibst a surprising alacrity in creeping out of one SHake-skin into another. and the grass-hop- peT in the turret of Fanueil Hall is proper hint Of the man below. The American looks oa and says he does not endanger anything
 
 repeal if he dees not like it, and does not an ticipaie being seriously caught in the meshes of legislation But one may run the risk once too otter"
 Notwithstanding thismelancholy condition of things. there is hope, for we are a nation of individuals. with high intellectual organiza- tic1, . comprehension of moral distinction, and direct and intelligent interest in government But our young men lack idealism. man RgaR Rna hn a hut he must have ideals. He does not want to be sun-daxzled or sun-blind, but must have glim. mer enough to keep him from knocking his head against the wall We need men of mor. al and elastic minds who can live in the mo. msnt and tske step forward. |"
 It is certain that our civilization is yet incom plete. It is not a question of whether there shall be a multitude of people here that is set. tied but shall we be the new nation, the guide and law giver of all nations, as having clearly chosen and firmly held the simplest and best rule of society. The new times need the new men,-the complementa man, whom plainly this country must brins forth. Morality is the object of government We want state of things which allows every man the largest liberty compatible with thu liberty of every other man. l hope Americs win come to have its pride in being nation of servants, not q nation of served where eve U man can say I serve. apply my faculty t1 the whole extent of my power to the ser wee of mankind in my especial place He thereby shows a reason for being in the world, and that he is not mere incumbrance. But the helm is given to better guidance than our own, and seeing how that guidence has rested On this Union thus far have good confidence in the future. feel that in all directions the light is breaking that trade and government will not lose by the overthrow of the enemies oa mankind that the useful and the .elegan, arts will be exercised within us as a nation that the reason, the noblest affections and the purest religion will find their abiding home in our institutions. "-EHeTsOH. sa-
 ''How is it that you avoid 6 cowhiding a least once a week?" asked printing ofic sitter" Well" answered the manager o the BHgIe, ''when man comes in with a COD of the paper and mildly asks to be made ac