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Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
Letter from an Iowa Pioneer.
ORANGE TOWNSHIP, Jan. 1878.

ORANGE TOWNSHIP, Jan. 1878.
 EDITOR ADvERTIsER.-Aseve everybody is com plaining of hard times, 1 thought would just give you an idea of how the early settlers of our country fared, some forty years ago.
 I came to this country Tn 1838 crossing the Mississippi river at Lyons, where the only set tiers were Elijah Buell. and a man by the name of Harlan. 1 did not see any cabins after leaving Lyons, until 1 struck Brophy's on Bro- phy creek. There was no road of any kind to follow. The next cabin we found was owned by man by the name of Black, who lived on a piece of land known as the Hatfield farm. From there we went to Round Grove, where we found cabin, but did not stop to see whether any one lived in it or not From there we went to Independence Grove, where we found John Eldridge, his brother George, and David H. Brown. We went from there to Folck's (now Robert H. CampbelPs farm,) from there southwest to Collars Grove, where we found Robert Coldar, M. A. Harrington and William Pearsol, my wifes father. l then staked out my claim, and built cabin. 1 will now tell you how built it. l cut some logs and split out some puncheons for the floor and shakes for the roof, and made door out of box brought my goods in, and moved in and now l can tell you something about hard times. In looking over our supply of provis- ions we found that they would not last over four or six weeks. l was little unfortunate in my money matters, for when 1 went to lay in my supplies, they had two prices for every thing. They would charge 30 much for good money, and as much again for wild cat Michi- gan money that I had. 1 can hardly tell how we got along the first year. The second 1 raised little wheat and little corn, which l hauled to Genessee Grove in H., and had it ground. Our coffee was burnt corn. A part of the time we boiled our corn and used a large grater to grate it to make our bread of, and have ground corn in a common hand mill for weeks at time, and my neighbors did the same.
 When went to make my second year'spur chases of provision, 1 crossed the Wapsie at Oliver Alger's, below. Buena Vista ferry. l crossed on a canoe and was obliged to take the wagon apart and carry it over by piece meal The horses swan over 1 made my pur chases at Rockingham, as that was larger and better market than Davenport
 This, I thought, was hard times. There was no money in circulation. We thought we were pretty independent in cue thing. We had no taxes of any kind to pay: The first crop of wheat I raised and sold, haulted to el, part in groceries and part in dry goods. They would not pay money at all This was No. 1 winter wheat. The only man that would buy at all was J. NJ. D. Burrows. The first pork I sold hauled to Galena, and sold for $1 00 per hundred, dressed. What would my friends now think of hard times if they raised wheat at eighteen cents per bushel, and pork at one dollar per hundred, dressed 1 think they would think, as 1 did, that it was hard times, indeed.
 NATHANIEL BARBER
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
THE WONDERFUL EGYPTIAN BLOOD-PURlFIEI!.
 HENHAR

1His 4nconaparGbIe DEPURATTTE is q pOtrerfH ALTERATITE, TONIC, DI- URETTC, DIAPHORETIC, aud -iPERI- ENT, combining ciTttes Schfch render tt inrGIMabLe aud SGeCer- -f0tIt"g, 01ad bH {tS continued ttSe tctu thoros0hty eradd- cate GH diseases Of fhe 6ioOd. It's tngrc- SEie1stS are Of e purely hdrInless csfTdc- fiOll, the products OGthered Jro''s re'aOfS E9yptiGn PrOrinceS, Gnd srherc thero ts fem, tt neCer TdiLs in cjectiHO ttat dtseosS through the medium Of the SkiH, Or eE- polling tt thro"0h the 's.Hmy aud rorio1s fheir pToper "orE'gf Gnd J.ineii.n@i con: dttiOn. 1 ve'.y Srief = spGee ST ,tnse ... sriH doubted reIia6GIity and srO,sdcrIWi eHra- fice properties, tt 6ein1, most WnqHCsfioH- and the greGtest dtscoUery or tIo Pres-rb age, in the treatment oT ereTy dtseass aCliere the blood itself ts PriSH0rtIy thS ECROFULA aud the thousand and OHo causes that lead to thts terrible 06ficfioR, Of ichich GH cigiIised coNaEsnsstiies are cd thsa the " Sins h ,; oL ,.d shs za@shsrs @ shan ENFEEBLED COMPETITIONS ft fS e potrerftsL TejWrendtOr, c0"SiHg fhe trrccA Of ntGIt once more to GSS"anc the God-ItkS
 For CUT1NEO US DISEASES, URIN- ARY DISORDERS, CONSTIPATION OR COSTIEENESS, LIKER 1ND & hLDNET OTS DERIIiTY. RHEUM TTSM, GLANDULAR ENLARG EMENTS, EPI- THELIOMATOU CANCER, NC URrT, AFFECTTONS OF THE BONES. INDO- LENT ULCERS, FEMALE COM- PLANTS (GSsd to thc OeSstIeT Sec C is q boon long sought for by sensitiVe, sSss~er- ti6le, and delicate IentHIes, as tt f9kcs ALL FORMS OF CHRONIC DLSEASB IN WHICH THE BLOOD IS THE SEAT OF THE TROUBLE, it S iUUGIWGbte. 4 11ersererauce arith this remedy SCIu proco q 11Osifice. aud 30ernl0neHt casVe (ow CHILLS and FEVERS and 0U MALA- RIAL POISONS.
 Thousands Of Testimonials attest ehs trsGth or these ctGints.
 Price, Que DOItar, iss LGrOO bOttEsD OT aio, bottles. &S,
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07

together powerless to captivate Chowder, who has given out that he never intends to marry, and who entertains sincere and respectful friendship for Obadiah and myself. Edith, therefore, has abandoned the pursuit, and, as she has made sufficient number of aristocrat- ic friends of her own, has parted company with Flora, and has obtained quite anindepend- ent position both in London and Paris, at which gay capital she is at present disporting herself with some newly y-arrived Americans, to whom she is temporarily attached. It remains, there fore still matter for conjecture to what na- tionality her noble husband, when she finally captures him, will belong. Mamma has writ ten to Flora, proposing visit; but Flora wrote back that she had not single room in the house to spare. When the latter heard that all London was talking about the remarkable lecture which Obadiah delivered the other night at the Royal Institution, she was foolish enough to give us an opportunity ofrefusing an invita- tion to Huckleberry, with which she thought to honour US. We finally met at the South Kensington School of Arts. Perhaps ought to have said, what my modesty shrlRks from, that was as much talked about by this time as Obadiah. In fact, without meaning It, we had suddenly appeared upon the social horizon of certain class of London society which brides itself upon it's intellectual attachments, and had taken it by storm. This led to our being forced upwards, whether we liked it or not and upon the evening in question: was conscious of sort of buzz of admiration go- ing on in my immediate vicinity, when Flora rushed into my arms and was further con- scious that it was l. and not she, who caused it. I went and saw her next day, and made the discovery which suggested this record ot my tender recollections, for 1 thus became aware that I had developed great deal more heart than I ever imagined possessed, while she seemed entirely to have lost any she ever had so went home to Obadiah sadder and a wiser woman.
 thought my little history would convey moral if it were written, which my readers could find out for, themselves, the more espec- ially as Obadiah said he did not mind the pub licity of so much that is usually considered confidential, if thought it would do any good. So have written because l hope it may; not to the society of London-I almost fear that is past redemption but to my own old society, to which these tender recollections more espec- ially refer, is still young and fresh enough to improve. have not meant to expose it's faults ungenerously, or to dwell too severely upon it's weaknesses. At all events, will comfort my self with the refection.that those who honestly feel that have maligned them will be far more likely.to forgive me than those whose consciences convict them, and to whose for giveness, therefore, 1 am indifferent.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

Georga's new Constitution cost her $46, 740.75.
 Conkling appauded Blaine's speech. Friend ship is sweet
 Uncle Sam has paid out $999, 900, 900 in pen sions since 1791.
 The Union club of New York spends $5O,- 900 on servants alone.
 Mir. F. T. Barnum has cattle ranche in Colorado, with 4, 900 cattle on It.
 The heaviest cat at the Boston cat show weighs IT pounds and ounces.
 Hartford coal dealers have advanced the price of coal fifty cents ton.
 The Rev. w. H. H. Murray is paid g., 900 a year music in his church costs $6, 800.
 The aggregate wine product of France for the past year amounts to 1, 222, 0O0 900 of gal lons
 Collections amounting to $30, 900 were given last year by St. Patrick's church, New Haven. A bill is pending before the Virginia Legis- lature that prohibits infdels from holding office in the state.
 Every member in the lower house of the Mississippi legislature voted infavor of remon- 
 Printed circulars savagely attacking Schurz have been sent from Chicago to all the men- bers of congress. {. Prof. Peck, who is connected with school in Homer, Cortland County, has been fined $250 for severely whipping pupil.
 Some statistician has calculated the cost of the fifteen Legislatures now in session, and finds that it amounts to $3S, 900 day.
 Two special officers armed with shot-guns, are waging war of extermination against the unregistered dogs in Bridgeport.
 Dr. Pusey is in trouble The attention of the house of lords is to be called to his book on the confessional. Many of the Middletown firemen are indig- nant because a keg of liquor was left at each or the hose-houses election day.
 The Virginia Senate with the praiseworthy conviction that economy ought to begin at home, have passed bill cutting down their own pay one-third.
 Judge Humphries of the supreme court of the District of Columbia appeared on the bench Thursday in a state of the densest intoX- ication.
 It is hinted that ''the Persimmons, who fig ure in Miss Irene Macgillicuddy's tender recof- lections are the family of our late minister to England.
 It made the southern democratic senators uncommonly pleasant to hear Blaine accusing Massachusetts of reasonable sentiments in 1872 It was nuts to them.
 Senator elect "Cerro Gordo" Williams, of Kentucky, married a widow lady several years ago, and it is said he owes to her large share of his political success
 Diphtheria is making fearful ravages at Fer risburgh, Vt Over twenty families have been afflicted in nearly every case by the death of every member but one.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07

In the TWISTED District Court Solon E. Johnson sued Burritt Roberts for subscription to the late Litchfeld Sentinel, before justice of the peace. Roberts appealed and won his case. Judgment for Roberts, $12.S5.-The marriage of Miss Lizzie N. Phelps of this place, and MT. Edward l.. Soule, of Boston, Mass, was a quiet and unostentatious affair." The state grand lodge of Masons at Hartford last week elected Dwight Phelps of Winsted, Grand Master for the year.-Social Hop this week Friday evening at City Hall-Nescs- We understand that Mrs. George P. Hatch, will receive $3, 900 from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, of which her husband was member, and $2, 900 from the Masonic Mutual Benefit Association.-We made men, tion in our last issue, of burglary in the East Village whereby the Rev. MT. Miles lost watch and sundry other articles, Sunday even ing of last week. Constable F. H. Ryan set himself at work investigating the matter quiet ly and last Wednesday succeeded in capturing the burglar at Colebrook River. The offender proved to be one Patrick Cary.-Hera1d.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
BRONCHITIS AND LUNG
 AFFECTIONS.
TRACHEEO

4 sIi1Hf So-callcd cold scilE offtIHses lead to q serious cough, srhich, GHearsG for Op. badly tFeGted, mast hnre bat O"S s.esuIt-if ppsmst PrentHdte fJI q Seffied rdsc of BRONCHITIS, Of trlt6s iS Ir"rsr, rhS deadly CONSUMPTION. To IH sWEcri"U from harGSsin0 cough GH6 ~GPerfor"sto"t TRACHEON offers q sound, reliable, as'd a,erns0ssest relief. It 0siOssser'fs rrPre'o- ration, and eHGbIcs the f0fir ',f Co s:rtS. that terriJIV septic dePosit, trhtc'i' T tsIs sr;fhorst j,tdici0us fFeufHseHf, 0USf eOSs- snmnicGfe its poison fO Ae resie"idr sab- silence Of the lang, dcgc"rr0tif'y G'sd d1- sfrOuigl0 that AIloSt eSSeHftot CT orgahss 1nG stIfin0tes only iIt 0H rGriY aHd WE- timely deGfh. TRICHEON hdS Mo oqHut, s,tWch less e 8HperiOF, mad it's mae tr'u eDt OnIg remore fEe deposit, thereby 0Hordthe 0reGt 4eTief, but hPGis the aseIs6rahr aad feaVes tHc f9atient tH possessions OT Lc"i'hS
 Price, FTfSv Cents pes' bottle, or SL< koftLes. SC. 50.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
Modern Connubial Evolution, or Cooling
 Down.

First week-Dear, dear, dearest, Mary. Second week-Dear, dear Mary.
 Third weck-Dear Mary!
 Fourth week-Mary!
 Fifth week-Mary, you are mistaken Sixth Week-Mary, that is silly talk Seventh week-O woman, you talk like fool {!
 Eight week. want the buttons sewn on my shirt cuffs, by.
 Ninth week-Take away your cold hoofs! Tenth week-What! Cold meat for dinner Don't you know good beefsteak from bad one ?"
 Eleventh week-You'r a-fool
 Twelfth. week-( Separation. Mary goes home to herfather.)
 Twelvemonths Grand finale John calls on Mary with revolver. Bullets blood and police. .-G Grdplic.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
DYSPEP SIA.
 GASTRON.

GASTRON is q safe, speedy, 0Hd post- flee cure for th0t most depressing OI 0tI- nents, and e brief course OT tTeatsnest SrtIS restore tue diOesfice OrOons Co tAetr PrtS- tine strength, and OrOSa,Ote the healthy acfiO1, or the stomach 0nd iHfestiHes. Tho saerrOus irrftG biIity OT literary 0sSd GIS persons pursuing q SedeHtdrU uIes ts SpeediLg TeInOced by fhjs 0geWt. The stomach is restored to hedIth aud the heB- note Of tue system GriU once mOTc respond ih the perfOTmGnce or t0bOr.
 Price, One Dollar, is large bOtfIe' or aiac bottles. S6,
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
PREMIUMS.

New subscribers {applying early) for the year 1878 may have without charge, the numbers for the last quarter of 1877 of such periodicals they sub- scribe for.
 Or instead, new subscribers to any two, three, or four of the above neriodicals may have one of the -four Reviews for 1877 subscribers to all five may hove two of the -four Reviews" or one set Of BacK woods Magazine for 1877,
 Neither premiums to subscribers nor discount to clubs be allowed, unless the money is remltted d- rect to publishers. No premiums given to clubs. To secure premiums it will be necessary to make earv appIicatto the stock available for that pur pose is limited.
 THE LEONARD SCOTT PUBLISHING co
 fl Barclay Street. New York
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
PILES. HemOnhOidS. PILLOW,

Mdny causes feSsd to produce ShSs pGtn- fIGI aud distressing St0te. 1hc blood ts TetG~ded in its retHTm; tue foo JreQgeSs aGse Of drastic pasrOGtiUes tends to produce congestion Of fte bOtrels, torpid GetiOa sf t7se ItceT, aud 1auNter0uS other c0ases are the source 0f this cOntpL0islt, and hithertS SIothjSsO eGectW0L has been pPesrnfed e the public, scItich arOWId Sap1dly aiIeeiGts symptoms aud ultimately prove ass eject SVe cSSre. ISs PILLOW zee haVe e fesNedB 4rhich 1sOt only GctS almost tNsfatffB, bNt 4riEL romOre fhe largest fHp,Ors OT tSss i'"Ffs have received not OnIy bc,sFis, eat Nave bee. radtcGtiy eMred' hasc oes" S., SsS.rIa ..'T s1ent surgeons fhGt fhc onIg relief Ney crer could eppect tn IiTc, trO'sId be LR aA operation, dHd Te'hort''0 tt "r hefa Trot' ed the Enife This remedy hGs been hatte6 4cith deIiOht, and Is notc 1,rcscribed by smGny prGctiSiSaO phUStcidns, trho are eog- ssizGHf Of itS tyIeriis. as hc O"Iv k"otSn sure cure for PILES.
 Price. FfIfv Ce"ts per FacL0Gc, Or Si.1 TOT $S'0O' s
 THE ABOTE REMEDIES ARE fhoTeHSgk in the cradir0fiOn or fhe egiEFsr- ent and c0riOWs 1ndlGdics desao HsI IasssSsI, GSed GTe the s'esHH oT f,atien!, ssarShI"g, embracing q period or 0tdaH Le0ra, lJs Europe aud An.ericT.
 IT the Spcciftc directions are eoRSplie! 1citIt, thousands of 7eHtisnfS sriH bear tstt- saess to their 9~Idticc atcf.ifS, ana eOrTab- OrGte every assertion. Hhcre there ors 9n0ny complications or d'Sc"Sc, asd l,a- fieBttS deSiPe, DLs. CH H-fNlBL&E ert1 be pIeaSed to gics aH ;HiOrnsafiea, a.,& frcGst Ly letter # necessars.
 DeScriptiUe and Eept0H@tOFy Cirrg- LaF or the 06cVc FepacdieS Schs Oss raes.at Of stGn,p. IT tAe OPRIETI MEDIC1NES gre R0t on satc as sa..s. PGrttc"Iar dr"O1ist's, se'sss 0Tacrs e. DIR. CHANDLER.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
VEGETINE.
 WHAT IS NEEDED.

H. R. STEVENS, ESQ. -
 Dear Sir,-Abont one year since found myself ln feeble condition from general debility. VEGErINE was strongly recomme ended to me by fri 'nd who had been much benefited by itg use. procured the to health and discontinued it's use. feel quite con- dent that medicine superior to for those complaints for which it is especially prepared. ana would cheerfully recommend it to those who feel that they need something restore them to perfect health
 Resnectfullv yours U. L. PETTINGILL,
 Firm ofsE. M. PettengiH Co.,, No. 10, State St., Boston.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07

l AsmMn Can't be made by every agent every mouth %EEAHAk in the business furnis but those will NH ing to work can easily dozen dollars 8UUU day right in their own localities. Have room to explain here. Business pleasant
 and honorable Women, and boys and girls do as we'll as men. We will furnish you completed Outfit free.
 The business pays better than anything else We will
 bear expense starting you Particulars free Write and see. Farmers and mechanics, their and
 daughters and all classes in need of paying work at
 home should write to and learn all about the work at once, Now is the time. Don't delay. Address,
 1y44 TRUE CO.,, Augusta, Maine.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
VEGETINE. SAFE AND SURE.

MR. H. R. STEVENS,
 In 1872 your vEGErINE was recommended to me, and yielding to the persuasions of a friend, sented to try it. At the time suffering from general debility and nervous prostraton, supernduc ed by overwork and irregular habits. Its wonderful strengthening and curative properties seemed to af feet my 'debiltated system from the first dose; and under its persistent use rapidly recovered, gaming than usual health and good feeling. Since then have not hesitated to give vEGE TINE my most un- qualified indorsement. being safe, sure, and pow eru agent in promoting health and restoring the was only medicine use; and long as live never ex- pect to find better
 Your truly, W. H. CLARK,
 120 Monterey Street, Alleghany, Penn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine

eB-These Reprints aae NOT SELECTIONS; ; theE give the originals IN FULL, and at about ONE THIRD the price of the English Editions.
 The latest advances and discoveries ill the arts and sciences the recent additions to knowledge in every department Of literature, and all the publications as they from the press, fully reported and discussed in the pages of these periodicals in lan- guage at clear, forcibe and cOmpr' hens1ve. The articles commonly more condensed and full of matter than the average books of the period.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
VEGETtNE.
HER OWN WORDS.

bALIIMOKE, ND,, F6U, 10, 1oIIs MR. H. R. STEVENS,
 Dear Str.-Since several years have got a and very painful foot. had some physicians, but they couldn't cure me. Now have heard of your vEGE- TINE from lady wbo sick for long time and be- came all well from your VEGETINE, and I went and bought me one bottle of VEGErINE and after had ed one bottle the pains left and it began to heal and then bought one other bottle, and so take it yet. thank God for this remedy and yourself; and wishing every sufferer may pay attention to it. It is a blessing for health.
 Mks. c. KRABE, ess West Baltimore Street.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
5 5 B 5 B 8 5 8 5 5

To the Working Class.-We are now prepared to furnish all classes with constant employment at home the whole of the time, for their spare mo- ments. Business new, light and profitable Persons of either easily earn from 50 cents to $5 per eye2 ing and proportional sum by devoting their whole time to the business Boys and girls earn nearly as much men. That all who see this notice may send their address and test the business make this paralleed offer: To such not we'll satisfied we will send dollar to pay for the trouble of writing Full particulars samples worth several dollars to com
 mence work on and copy of Home and Preside, ene of the largest and best illustrated Publications, all sent free by mail. Reader, if you want permanent, profitable work, address, GEORGE STINsoN X Co.,, Portland, Maine. 1y44
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PEE@CRTPTIoT


APPROPRIATIONS
  of 
   : '' ~ Tartar Soda, Spices &c.,, &c. FINE FRENCH CANDY. A POUND. athom6Oto 6 osDcntsp mot nly o All My Goods Have Been Markedi D90aWn a the r.s
  iEVerm ' Sell Strictly Pure 0n0 Genuine.  fhrncu Goodso t the amou
 DontO heap
 T.. F.. CU E TT S, CORNER OF MAIN AND STS., BRIDGEPORT. CONN.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
VEGETINE. ALL HAVE OBTAINED RELIEF

SOUTH BERWICK, ME-. Jan. r, ls72 H. R. STEVENS. ESQ.
 Dear Sir,-I have had dyspepsia in its worst form for the last ten have taken hundreds o1 lars' worth of medicines without obtaining any reef In Seprembe last commenced taking the vEGErNE since which time my health has steadily improved. Nv food dieess we'll and have gained fifteen pounds of flesh There are several others in this place takll VEGE11NE and all have obtained relief.
 Yours truly. THOMAS E. MOORE,
 Overseer of Card Room Portsmouth Co.'s Mill
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
Naugatuck Railroad.

ANCVO6CVOONA AVSVAAA OSVNA" ~ ommencing June 18th, 1877, trains will leave !OLIrCHFIELD STATION as follows: 7.05 A. M.-Freight Train for Bridgeport. 7.30 A. M. Passenger trains for Bridgeport. and 1 35 P. NJ. ] New Haven (througR car), connect
 ing at Bridgeport with Express
 trains to New York; at Waterbury
 for Hartford. 4.5O p. .M.-Milk train with thpassengercarattached
 connecting at Bridgeport with ex-
 press train to New York, also with
 steamboat leaving Bridgeport at Il
 p. m. (Saturdays excepted). On
 Sundays milk train leaves Bridge
 port for Winsted at 700 a. m., re-
 turning leave Litchteld at
 4.35 p. m.
 FOR TWISTED.
 10 50 A. M 12.19: 4.5O: 715 P. NJ. WATERTOWN & WATERBURY R. R. Trains leave Watertown at 7.35 A. M., and 1 45 P. M, connecting with passenger trains to New York and Hartford.
 Leave Waterbury at II .36 a. m. and 6.35 D. m., on arrival of trains from New York. Stages to and from Litchfeld connect with all trains at Litchfeld station. Thomas stage for Bethlehem and Morris leaves Watertowndaily.
 Stages for Woodbury, HarwintOn, Otis, Cole brook, and Goshen connect with 1910 a. m tram from Bridgeport.
 Discount of cents made to Passengers par. chasing Tickets at the Office.
 GEO. ". BEACH Superintendent. Bridgeport. June 25th, 1S77
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-02-07
VEGETINE. THE BEST SPRING MEDICINE.

H. R. STEVENS,
 Dear Sfr-This Is to certify that have used your .Blood Preparation in my family for several years and think that for Scrofula Cankerous Humors or Rheumatic affections cannot be excelled and as blood purifier and spring medicine is the best thing have ever used, and have used almost everything: lean cheerfully recommend 1t to any one in need of srel, a medicine. e4aA=. ~s4~ s~A~s Sae@ @