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Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-25
DEFERRED LETTERS.

VERT GOSHEN.
 Rev. Mir. Dikeman has returned from Con- ference-commencing his third year with the Methodist society at West Goshen.
 Mrs Weldon, from West Goshen, has moved into the Reed house at the Center
 Mir. Calvin Futile has returned to his farm, and Mir. Elisha Futile has moved into Daniel Howe's house at West Goshen.
 Mrs. Gladding has gone to New Haven after spending the winter with her sister, Mrs. k. Bartholomew.
 Lyman Chapman, living at Mrs. David son's cut his foot with an ax few days ago. making quite serious wound He is now improving, so he can get about little, with the aid of crutches.
 A fox caught chicken within rod of Mrs. Davidson's door one day last week-rath- CT bold stroke. The screams of the entire household frightened the animal so that he re- linquished his hold, and the hen ran into a stone wall where she was found uninjured, but terribly frightened. All that is needed in in the west part of the town is few more hounds.
 Farmers are busy blowing The oldest inhabitant considers it an early spring. Wild geese went north very early (before ice on the lakes had broken), in large flocks. All united in telling how tired they were.
 MT. George Hammond entertained fisher- men from Lime Rock, last week, the first since they stonnad fiShino on tho ioa
 Charlie Dikeman is living in Cornwall, with Almon Miner; where he was last summer. N
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-25
Collectors Notice!

NOTICE is hereby given that the collector of town IN taxes for Litchfeld will meet tax payers to re- ceiye the same as follows: On Saturday, April 27th, at the Post office in Milton; Monday, 29th, at the Post off ce in Northfeld, from a. until noon of each of said days, at the North6ed Knife Co.'s office, Tuesday 30th, from until p. m.; at the Town Hali in the village of Lltchfeld on Monda, May 1st from 8, until p. To all taxes unpaid on the first of May 1878 will be added Der cent of the amount thereof and per cent additional for each month thereafter said taxes shall remain unpaid
 WILLIAM NORTON, Collector
 Litchfeld, Rprfl 1st, 1878. I.4w
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With Shilohs Consumption Cure you can cure yourself. It has established the fact that Consumption can be cured, while for Coughs, Bronchitis whooping Cough, Asthma, and all diseases of Throat and Lungs, it is absolutely without an equal. Two doses will relieve your child of Group it is pleasant to take and per fectly harmless to the youngest child, and no mother can afford to be without it. You can use two thirds of a bottle and if what we say is not true we will refund the price paid. Price 10 cts. 50 cts and $1.00 per bottle. If your Lungs are sore or chest or back lame use Shiloh's Porous Plaster. Sold by Vessels & Gates.
 Have you Dyspepsia, are you constlpated, have youa Yellow skin, Loss of Appetite, Headache, if so don't fail to use SHILoH's Sys- tenn Vitalizer. It is guaranteed to relieve you, and will youcontinue to suffer when you can be cured on such terms as these. Price 10 cts. ant 72cents. Sold by Vessels & Gates. Wells Perfume ''HAoKMETAo'' is rich and fragrant try it. Sold by Vessels & Gates, Litchfield, Conn.,, elsewhere by dealers gener- ally. 7..' -.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-25
NOtice.

RrOTICE is hereby given to aI persons .l rolulns rer of the of Cornwai to present them Tor pay Inent on or before the 1eth day ot May, tSts. Any nrder now outstanding not presented foe payment on or before the day above banned, shall have no n terest allowed on it after said day.
 GE). 0. HARRISON, Treasurer. Cornwall April 2d. 1878. 23w
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-25
Graefenberg Vegetable
Notice to Tax Payers.

THE tax payers of the town of Washington Conn.,.
 4 are hereby notified that tax of Is mills on the dolar laid on the Grand List of 1877, will become due on the first day of April 1878. Notice is here by given that will be at he store of William Brown. in Woodvl(e, Wednesday May 1st, IS7S from 10 a. m. until 12 m.; at the store of D. Burnham from until4 o'clock D. m. at the store of E, c. Sperry on Thursday, May 2d, from 10 o'clock a. m until l2 o'clock, at the store of Baker X Brinsmade from o'clock until o'clock D. m and at the store of E. l. Hurlbut, Friday, May 3d. from 10 o'clock until "a o'clock for the purpose of receiving said taxes. An addition of per cent month will be made to all unpaid taxes and after June st IS78 and the addition each successive month until paid. Legal fees will be exacted for collection after the first de- mand. A. H. WANT, Collector,
 Washington, April 5th 1878. 2-tf
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-25
Goshen No. 335,

COURTs.-There was trial last week, be- fore Justics Sanford. It was in relation to a horse taken from Charles Hettinger by Philip Brandt. Decision reserved. Warner for plf, and Hollister for def. On the same day, a man named Adams was brought before Justice Wadhams, charged with an assault on Wm. Shavalear, with intent to kill. Most of those present, judging from the testimony of Mir. Adams, came to the conclusion that the bottle of whiskey he brought from Norfolk was the cause of the trouble, but he appears to be con- fident that he can prove that MT. Shavalear's bruises were made by his falling on the stone in fainting fit. He was bound over to Litch- field in $500 bonds, and the officer, c. J. Por- ter, took him down that night but he was around again in few days, Cornwall man having given bonds.
 FAST DAY.-I suppose the sun never before rose so beautifully on the morning of Good Friday and the day was warm and pleasant. There was union meeting at the Cengrega- tional church.
 church commenced the services by singing the Easter Anthem, and Rev. Mr. Hagen gave us sermon appropriate to the occasion. We were all surprised at the magnificent display of the rarest and most beautiful flowers, all the work of Miss Nina White.
 SABBATH SCHooL.-It is thought that at no time before was our Sunday School in SO four ishing condition as at present the conse- quence, suppose, of the well directed efforts of our Superintendent, MT. Willard E. Gay lord.
 CHANGEs,- s,-Mr. Geo. Weldon has moved in- to Mrs. Rice's house, and Mir. Seaton into the Birdsye Howe house. Mir. Kirkam from Bir- mingham has gone into the brick house in East Street, and MT. Thorne has taken the Searles' farm, formerly owned by MT. Pratt.
 ARRIvALs.-Miss Ida Wooster, of Hartford, is visiting the family of MT. Austin Allyn, and Mir. Seaton's another is making him visit.
 FUNERAL.-Mrs. Moses A. Wadhams attend cd the funeral of her mother in New London Co.,, last week:
 SPRING.-It is thought that we never had so early a spring as this year, yet we don't know how things will look in May. H. N.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-25
Deaths.
You must cure that Cough.

In Washington, April 18th, Thomas l Brinsmade, aged 63 years.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-25
SYMPATHETIC DISEASES,

The value of this remedy must not be overlooked the cure Of those
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-25
NHarrlageS- M

At Wolcottville, April 18th, by Rev. MT. Judd, MT. Erwin R. Wadhams, and Miss Amy F. Futile, both of Wolcottville MT. Wad- hams is son of Mir. N. T. Wadhams, of Cos hen.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-04-25

Afections of the Eye, Ear Throat, Lungs and Bron. caiai IT Iu6es which tn many cases aceompany severe or the mucous membrane is the cause of all these troubles; and until the system has been brought perfect freedom from them cannot be reasonably ex
 t is but three years since sANFORDs RADICAL GURE was placed before the public but in that short
 e It has found its from Maine to California and IS everywhere acknowledged by druggists and phys- cians to De the most successful preparation for the fact win be deemed Of more importalce when it is 20 different remedies for Catarr have been placed on sale and to-day. with one or two exceptions, their names cannot be recalled by the bestinformed drug glst Advertising may succeed in forcing few saes put; unless the remedy possess undoubted specific medical properties it is absolutely certain to fall Dto meritcd obscurity.
 Each package of SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE con. talns Dr. Sanfords Improved Inhaling Tube with full directions for its use in all cases. Price $l Sold by all all @ and retail druggists and dealers through TER General Agents and Wholesale Druggists Boston
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
Gossiping.

If there is any member of society
more hateful and capable of more
mischief than another; it is the
gossip-monger and whisperer. The
following extracts are good in their
way, but fail by half to do the sub
ject justice:
Nothing is more demoralizing
to Il man than to lose faith in his
fellows. The man of faith and
honor is not apt to be suspicious of
others, and does not willingly be
lleye evil. The lover Of scandal
and the believer in it are alike de-
tclent in honor and morality. and
are the bane of well-organized So
clety. If all gossips could be
quietly killed some morning, the
next generation of men and women
would be happier. A case of n.y.
drophobia now and then starts the
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

ry of "Muzzle the dogs" death
on the highways" etc. There Is
death and misery in the highways
and byways and the home, from
the poisoned tongues of the gossips.
Let the voice 90 up "Nuzzle Me
Gossip" Teach the children that
gossiping is dishonorable, and that
faith in the honor and virtue Of
mankind will build up socie.y and
add to the sum of human happl-
ness."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The G0ldea Rue measures a GER
tain despicable class with mathe-
NAUTICAL accuracy, in the following
pen picture of the genius "whis-
perez"
"The "~whisperer is a we'll
known character in u villages.
They are generally e%nylous, jealous,
suspicious, mean. They scent a
Islander farther than a hound can
IA fox. They relish vile stories
about the people, and will peddle
them from house to house, and
from circle to circle, with rare
JUNCTION. They keep a keen espion-
age upon the household of their
neighbors, and if anything has
gone wrong in a family which that
family would like to keep to itself,
they are sure to find it out, and
retail it everywhere. They are the
devils colporteures, preaching a
message of defamation, instead of
salvation, and proclaiming a Cos
pei of suspicion and ill-wlll, instead
of one of trust and brotheriy chart
ty. All their internal work is
done by whispering. They never
made IA charge against a person
aloud; they only whisper it. They
abound in hints, and innuendoes,
and interrogations that suggest
something dreadful, and winks
and solemn expressionsions as to
whit they ''fear to be true" Many
of this class are very pious in look
and appearance, and very quiet
withal. They will run a dagger-like
suspicion through a persons char
acter, as quietly as they do the
needle through the cloth they work
upon. and look as sanity all the
while as if they were not stabbing
some M to the heart
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
An Accomplished Scamp.

A morning paper says the clevc-
rest scamp Of the period Is the fell
low Adolph Hoffman, alias A..
Grunwald, alias A. Housman, alias
A. Elestein, who has been adverti-
sing in a German newspaper for a
housekeeper. He has been in the
habit of calling upon ladies who
answered the notices, and of marry
ing them whenever they had money
in the bank. Hoffman dressed
well, and talked loudly of his
wealth. "A procession of six for
lorn creatures has filed into the
District Attorneys office and laid
bare his ingenious matrimonial
frauds. 1t is known that he has
six wives, and is engaged to marry
two more. 1t may be argued that
a widow, or, in fact; any woman
who would marry a man she knew
SO little, upon such short notice,
deserves to suffer, but then this
kind of an argument will not excul-
pate In any degree the swindler
who deceived her.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
How the Yellow Haired Sirens
of the Variety Stage are
Manufactured.

Nowadays blonde hair is no Ion
ger fashionable, except in cases of
the so-called British blondes on the
stage. of the lower class of variety
theaters. The British blondes of
this class must have straw-colorpd
hair. Even slightly deeper shade
than that will cause her to be re-
jected by the women managing
these troupes. Straw-blonde wigs
are very rarely worn by the girls,
for they are exceedingly expensive,
and the girls themselves cannot af-
ford to buy them. To facilitate
the change from black hair to a
bright yellow shade, the above
mentioned female managers fur
nish girls that seem attractive
enough for them with a substance
recently invented in England,
whose component parts are as yet
unknown, but which is said to con-
sist principally of sulphur.
This substance, which is called
auratum, has to be rubbed well
into n halr, when ueXt DAY as
sumes the exact color of straw.
But the rubbing-in process has to
be repeated on every third day, or
the hair of the victim will turn the
color of mud. 1t cannot be bought
in drug stores, and a be obtained
only of the female manager. If
she wants to get rid Of girl, she
gives her an antidote which will
restore her hair to its original color
If, on the contrary, she desires to
retain a girl who want to leave her,
she refuses to let her have the anti
dote, and the victim persists in 60
ing away, nothing remains for her
but to have her hair shaved off, and
await the slow process of its grow
ing again it's natural color.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
Estimating Measures.

II IS often useful to have q few
approximate data to ded1ce weights
and measures from. Here is a cor
rected table, which, however. does
not ann at great accuracy. but may
serve TO make a rough estimate
when 1T Is necessary to reduce
measures:
a pint of water weighs nearly |
pound and Is equal to about ,. Gu
bic inches, or Il square box ) inches
long, ; inches wide and 3 inches
deep.
4 quart Of water weighs nearly
z pounds and is equal to a square
box of about t By 1 inches and 3!
deep.
A gallon of water weighs from s
to 10 pounds, according to the size
of the gallon, and is equal to a box
6 by 6 inches square, and 6, . or
I! inches deep.
\ cubic foot of water weighs
nearly 63 pounds (more correctly
G2R pounds), and contains from
. to s gallons, according to the
kind of gallons used.
A peck is equal to a box s by $
square and s inches deep.
A bushel almost fills a box II by
II inches square, and "a inches
deep.
A barrel of water almost fills a
box : by , feet square and l! feet
deep, or 6 cubic feet.
Petroleum barrels contain 40
gallons, or nearly 5 cubic feet
Manufacfurtr AMI Builler.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

Dlphtheria prevails to some ex-
tent at Tarboro.
Raleigh claims to have ffty-si1
miles of streets.
Diphtheria and bilious fever pre-
vail In and around Lilesville.
Miss Jeanette Bennett, sister of
James Gordon Bennett, of New
York, was recently married to Mr..
Isaac Bell, Jr., of the same city.
The wedding presents were valued
at 500, 900.
Elizabeth City Economi<t:: Our
friend, Abel Ashby, of Roanoke
Island, sent us a bunch of millet
hat is a marvel. 1t is over eight
feet in height. 1t beats the specl-
mems raised in Pasquotank. Roa-
noke Island is a great place....A
successful revival is in progress at
the Methodist Church, Rev. VIM.
McGee officiating.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

THE ENDLESS WORK OF TIE
JOURNALIST. : Newspapers, while
they last, says the New York World,
are unremitting. To rest or sus-
pend for a day is to yield or to
perish. The men who make them,
however subordinate, must con-
tlnue to make them. If perils be-
set them there is the more reason
for not ~faltering.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03

The happiness of your life
depends upon the quality of your
thoughts, there guard accordingly,
and take care that you entertain no
notions unsuitable to virtue and
unreasonable to nature.-Marcus
AntOniuS.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
FINE HERD OF

A FINE HERD OF SHEEP
DRowNED.-Joseph A. Biting,
Esq, of this town, who owns a
plantation on the Iadkin River,
lost a flock of G4 sheep, drowned
during the late freshet. Among
the flock was a fine ram for which
Mr.. Biting had paid s15.-Win-
sfOn RpDu6HcaR,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
OCTOBER 5, 1873.
snistrilaneou5.
The Grange Once More.

1t IS 10 De regretted ludI ClICuH
stances over which brothers Davis
and Grant had no control has pre-
vented them from visiting and lee
turing to subordinate oranges, as
was contemplated in their appoint
ment at the last meeting of the
State Grange in Greensboro now
since the FARMER AND MECHANIC
has been made the organ of patrons
in the State, though which they
can and are invited to speak, let
them do so, and say to those who
have sought to become patrons by
joining the grange merely for mer-
cenary purposes, and thought they
could buy the degrees as they could
so many pounds of beef in the mar
ket; by paying 50 much money for
them, have deeply erred.
That they have mistaken the first
principles of our fraternity,-obe
dance to its regulations, and good
faith to It's members.-That the
grange has its social and convival
aspects, which they should be proud
of, continually enjoy, and openly
advocate. That it also has its in
tcllcctual and moral aspects, under
which may be classed the superior
obligation of good faith, that the
grange work is Il beautiful system
of morality, that 1T demands obedi-
ance to its rules, constitutions and
landmarks, hat its purpose is to
elevate the mind and fit it for a no.
Bile sphere, that perhaps compare
lively few masters of oranges right
ly apprehend the mighty response
bility that rests upon them, from
the moment of the reception of
their insignia of Office, to its
dcliycrance TO successor,
that their duty is to in
struct by percept and example,
and that continually, the less in
formed brethren and sisters in
their general and specific grange
duties, that they as ruler should
prove the guides, the counsellors,
and managers Of the captive over
the rough and rugged roads, the
long and toilsome marches that
lead to the pleasant groves and
peaceful vineyards Of life and light.
That masters whose only concep-
ton Of competency consists IN a
knowledge of initiating and pass
ing to the higher degrees, falls far
short of grange object and interest
of his promotion to the Masters
chair.
Let them proclaim to the fail
women of North Carolina, that our
order has been an agent N the ele-
yation of woman to her place be.
side her brother, hat as patrons
we are not content to look upon
''the weaker sex" to be a rather
convenient affair upon days when
good dinner is to be cooked, OF
buttons fastened, that we prefer by
taking them into the grange to
show III appreciation for then
often, just and quick decision
upon intricate questions, and fol
their ready tact, and womanly IN
tention to turns discordant ele
ments into harmony. If there i:
anything in our symbols, Il sys
TENS, III tokens, our passwords
1t Is this, that they all tend to the
development of the purest princi
pals that are mate to man, to d,
good to himself, his brother an(
sister initiates, and his fellow be
lngs generally.
Let us maintain IL position
ventilate Il principles and show
to the world, that we are tn,
friends of progress and improve
ment. ID. A. NJ.
Go. Shops, n. g., Sept. II 1873
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-10-03
Bits of Wisdom.

Cheated men have long memo
ries;-N. Y. Tribune.
Never despair; but if you do,
work on in despair. Burke
Popular opinion is the greatest
lie in the world.
Our dead are never dead to us
until we have forgotten them
Geo. Eliot.
P%oliteness is money, which en-
riches not him who receives it but
him who ~dispenses it.
When we know how to appre-
ciate a merit, we have the germ of
it within ourselYes.-Goethe.
The ordinary employment of
a~rtifice is the mark of petty mind
and it always happens that he who
uses it to cover himself in one place
uncovers himself in another
Rochefoucould.
l have known vast quantities Of
nonsense talked about bad men not
looking You in the face. Don't
trust that confidential idea. Dis
honesty will stare you out of coun-
tenance any day in the week if
there is anything to be got by it
Dickens.
Remember that the secret studies
of an author are the sunken piers.
upon which is to rest the bridge of
his fame. spanning the dark waters
of oblivion. They are out of sight
but without them no superstruc-
ture can stand secure.-Longfel-
low.
Charlie Ross father compares
his quest for his lost boy, to a
search in the deep, dark abyss by
the light of a taper, where he hears
now and then a little voice in the
darkness crying, This way, papa,
here am ;" and when he goes in
the direction of the sound he finds
it is only the voice of his own hopes
and the whispering of his own
heart.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-11
Kew Watches are Made.

1t will be apparent to any one, who
will examine a SOLID GOLD WATCH that
aside from the necessary thickness for
engraving and polishing, the large proper
ton Of thesprecieus metal used is needed
only to stiffen and hold the engraved
portions in place, aud supply the necessary
soidity and strength. The surplus gold is
actually needless, so far as UTILITY and
beauty are concerned. In JAMES BOSS
PATENf SI1FFENED GOLD WATCH
GASES, this WASTE of precious metal is
overcome, aDd the SAME soLIDITY AND
STRENGTH produced at from one-third to
ODe-half of the usual cost of solid eases
This process is of the most simple nature,
as follows:-A plate Of composition metal,
specially adapted to the purpose, has two
plates OF SOLID GOLD soldered one on each
side, The three are then passed between
polished steel rollers, and the result is a
strip of heavily plated composition, from
which the cases, backs, centres, bezels
&c,, are cut and shaped by suitable dies
and formers. The gold in these. cases is
sufficiently thick to admit of all kinds of
chasing. engraving and enameling; and
engraved eases have been carried until
worn perfectly smooth by time and use
without removing the gold These cases
are for sale by all jewellers, and are guar
anteed by SPECIAL CERTIFICATE to
WEAR FOR 20 YEARS. If your Jew
eler does not keep them, send to HAGsToz
u THORPE, Ledger Building, Philadel-
phia, for illustrated catalogue.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-11
THE VICTIM

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giving to the aged early wrecked of
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John Bengston. y