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Litchfield enquirer., 1878-07-11
Plymouth Sketches, No. 282.

On Tuesday evening, the 2d, the Rev. O. H. Buck, of Bristol, delivered a temperance ad- dress in Terryville.
 On Wednesday, the 3d, our enterprising stage driver and mail carrier, MT. Austin, con- veyed between forty and fifty scholars of the less the dust, is reported to have been very pleasant one. f
 The Fourth passed away with about the usual quantity of noise, the most of which was made between midnight and sunrise by the firing of an old swivel, and the ringing of St. Peters church bell No other bell on the Hill wassallowed to proclaim the anniversary of the Great Jubilee. Many, perhaps most peo- pie, as they advance in years. naturally lose to some extent their interest in these yearly cele- brations, not liking to be disturbed in their slumbers. They consider that daylight, CT it may be sunrise, is early enough to fire and ring. Such should consider that they once were young, and loved midnight noise, and all that sort of thing. Indeed, were it not for the boys, I imagine that many of us would al- most forget that the glorious Fourth had come.
 On the Fourth company of about thirty young people went on picnic excursion to Harwinton, where they got caught by the rain and were obliged to betake themselves to the shelter of barn. This of course made the trip more romantic than it otherwise would have been. The party came home by way of Burlington and Bristol.
 Tam not aware of any picnic having been held anywhere about the Center. suggest that general .one-for all ages, colors, and conditions-be held on the Park, July 4th, 1880; at which time the trees will have be- come large enough to afford a comfortable shade. Let it be a real brotherly and sisterly time with malice toward none, and charity for all." PLYMoTHEAN.
 July 8th, 1878.
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Washington.

WEATHER AND CRoPs.-The mercury has been up among the nineties for several days, the past week, and corn has improved wonder fully. Some farmers have finished having, and some have commenced harvesting.
 INDEPENDENCE. Fourth would have been ushered in with the usual amount of noise, ringing of the bells, firing of cannon, etc., had not some of the powder mysterious ly disappeared. As it was, there was noise enough at the close of the day, but nothing riotous. The showers that came after, in the course of the day, were indeed 8 help, though they spelled the feathers of some of the gay birds and disappointed the expecta- tions of others. A select party visited the Is- land Hotel at Bantam Lake. We have had no report from the party at Benjamin seeley'sl but presume it passed of pleasantly. About ninety persons assembled at the residence of Samuel H. Clark, of Romford Of the con: meeting links of 76 and the present, were Benj.i amin Mason, son of Elisha Mason of revolu- tionary fame, and Col Moseley V. Bronson, a descendant of the Moseleys who took an ac- tive part in that conflict There were also present Hon. Charles Nettleton and lady from New York, and Ralph Smith of New Haven Tables and seats were arranged under the trees in the, yard, but on account of the rain were removed to vacant out-h6use, where not only the necessities but the luxuries of life were provided in great abundance. The visit closed with singing several national airs besides the ancient tunes ofLenox, Auld Lang Syne etc., in which Messrs Bronson, Smith, and Ncttleton with Miss Susan Bronson and some few of our younger singers participated, Miss Minnie Bunnell presiding at the organ The singing was pronounced uncommonly geod. Thus closed the Fourth in the neigh borlood.
 |. PAINTING AND BUILDNa.-T H. Woodruff has repainted his dwelling house E. J. Hurl- but, his barn and store aud Baker 6 Brins- made, some of their buildings at Washington Depot. Mir. J. S. Titus has erected com modious barn, north and east of the one which was burned J. G. Fenn, s. D. Ford and c. L. Ford have shingled their barns.
 l VACATION. Eddie Hickox of Yale, and Les ter g. Ford, are home on vacation. We glad. ly welcome them.
 Dwight Seeley we think is doing an extensive business at his shop neal Washington Depot.
 CoAsr SuRvEy--Some few weeks since your Goshen correspondent spoke of 3 visit tc Ivy Mountain; and of seeing at former visit, a signal west of Litehfeld and of Nit Ton even, and higher than that eminence. We ac- knowledge Mt Tom to be little among the mountains of Conn, and yet we know of nons ] higher in this direction and certainly nont
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Sheffield Scientific School 1

THE Appointing Board will fill the vacancies in the 4 state Scholarships in the Sheffield Scientific Sehoolat their annual meeting, June 18th, 1875 All applications should be led with the Secretary pre- vious to that time. Blank forms for application will be sent, when requested, by GEO !. BRUSH,
 Secretary of the Appointing Board, New Haven. May 25th. 1878. Il-3w
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

@AA 4n d.1ANNn Invested in Wall Street Stocks WIU LS W4UVS makes fortunes every month. Beck sent free explaining everything: Address,
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The Rev. Dr. Cummings of, Massachusetts, Hon. James Black of Pennsylvania, and Miss Frances E. Willard of Chicago, are to be the chief speakers at the seventh annual state tenn perance picnic, to be held at Fenwick, the first Tuesday in August. @'
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Deaths.

At Washington, June 18th, John w. Titus, aged 62 years. s'Where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest"
 At North Cornwall, July 3, Harvey Bald- win, aged "A years.
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Wells Perfume ssHAoKMETAcv is rich and fragrant try it. Sold by Vessels & Gates, Htchfeid, Conn.,, elsewhere by dealers gener- ally.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-07-11
Don't be deceived.

Many persons say ssI haven't got the Con sumption" when asked to cure their Cough with. Shiloh's Consumption Cure Do they not know that Coughs lead to Consumption and a'remedy that will cure Consumption will certainly and surely cure cough or any lung or throat trouble. We know it will cure when all others fail and our faith in it is 80 positive that we will refund the price paid if you re- ceive no benefit. Is not this fair proposition. Price 10 cts, cts, and $1. % per bottle. For lame Chest, Back or Side,f use Sliloh's Porous Plaster. Price % cts. For sale by Vessels & Gates.
Litchfield enquirer., 1878-07-11

Have you Dyspepsia, are you constlpated, have youa Yellow skin, Loss Of Appetite, Headache, if so don't fail to use SHnoH'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
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NEN.RltH BLOOD!

ParsOns' Purgative Pills make New Rich Blood and will completely change the blood in the entire system in three months. Any person who will take pill each night from to twelve weeks may be stored to sound health if such thing is possible. Sent by mail for letter stamps. I. s. JoHi,s0N & CO.,. Bangor Me 13-4w
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-17
The House Presidential Election Investlka-

Mrs. jerks WAS again placed on the stand
and questioned III regard to the Sherman letter;
While refusing to mention any names she said
that the party who wrote the letter from her
dictation was q prominent Louisiana politician,
and that he was in Washington about Six
months ago. Witness stated there had been TWO
drafts Of the letter the first did not suit
her because it was too definite, and she dicta-
ted another, which, she said, was the one q
COPY of which had been read to the committee.
The next witness examined was Albert u.
Haley, a deaf man, who lived in the M II eat
which Mrs. jerks stopped when in Wash ngton
last winter. He testified that the ladyi form
ed him that she came to Washington to assist
Packard in his contest for the New Orleans
collectorship that the Sherman letter was
under her control, and that she had been offered
$1,000 for it: Haley told her il she was oner-
cd 81, 900 it would bring $4,000. and OF
fered to be her agent to negotiate for Its
sale. he understood from her conversation
that the letter had been deposited for safety in
a fre-proof safe at New Orleans, and that as
she had deposited the letter with the instruc-
tions that it must be delivered only to Mrs.
jerks in person she W Juld be compelled to go
to New Orleans for it. This conversation be-
tween Mr.. Haley and Mrs. jerks occurred in a
room at q time when several other persons
were present. Witness had known Mrs. jerks
a long time. Judge Campbell, of New Orleans,
WAS then called and testified that he drew the
form of the protest in 1876 which Anderson
signed, and which Anderson, in his testimony,
said he had not sworn to. Judge Campbell
did not remember whether Anderson swore to
the protest. but said if his signature to the
protest was genuine he did 80 swear. Witness
stated that Anderson had made objections to
certain statements in the protest. After q
short discussion regarding the order in which
.u obopla he aYan1iDaG the cnmmlttD6
adjourned.
Mr. Pitkin was recalled and examined upon
the points DEVELOPED in his previous testimony.
Witness testified he had no doubt OF the legal
ity Of the Packard government in Louisiana;
and that it could have stood without the AID
OF Federal arms. At this point q discussion
arose, Mr.. Hancock Directing to going into a
discussion regarding tho legality OF the Pack
ard government and legislature, and MIR. But
Ter sustaining this branch OF the examination:
Witness testified further in regard to the part
played by the MacVesgh commission. sent to
Louisiana by the President to investigate the
respective titles Of Nichols and Packard. In
answer to a question by MIR. Butler, witness
stated that Messrs. Harlan and HaWley had
told him, after the recognition OF tho Nichols
government, that the leading Republicans
Of Louisiana who had borne ethe brunt OF
work Hould be taken care OF, but MIR. Ander-
sons dame was not mentioned in that connec-
ton. AFTER issuing o subpoena for ex-Collector
Packard the committee passed into the FLORIDA
CASE. William E. Chandler testified and e1-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-17
An Old Printers Story.

A compositor of the old school, said
to be the Oldest journeyman printer on
the continent, made his appearance, a
few days since, in Jefferson City, Mo.
He had walked all the way from Peoria,
ILL.,, was out of money, and could not go
any further without replenishing his
exchequer. The proprietor of the Tri-
6une gave him a case, and he went to
work with alacrity. His name is George
W. Matchett; he was born in Richmond,
Va, and is seventy-three years old. He
began his apprenticeship at fourteen,
with his uncle, on the Baltimore Society
Herald: worked on an ancient Ramage
press, all wood except the bed, which
was of. stone. Balls made Of poplar
were used instead of rollers, were the
shape OF bowls, were filled with wool
and covered with buckskin. After learn
ing his trade, Matchett worked for the
Harpers, in New York (this was in
1881; the next year for Horace Greeley,
who at that time published the New
Yorker. He then went to st. Louis,
and was employed on the Republican.
Since then he has set type in every
State in the Union. Engaged to be mar
ried at thirty, the guests we're hidden,
the clergyman was present, and every
thing was ready, when the bride, ar
rayed in white and flowers, fell dead
from heart disease. This accounts for
his bachelorhood, and partly explains
his nomadic disposition. AS soon as he
had earned a little money on the Iri-
bune, he set out for Kansas, where he
expected to meet some friends Of his
youth.
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An Old rida Fort.

In Florida, the old fort formerly
called St. Marks, but since the purchase
from Spain, Fort Marion, is constructed
of coquina stone. The following is an
interesting description of it as given ~
a New York paper. This fort is over a
century old, having been built in l756.
It cost immense sums of money, and 10
strong enough to have withstood, in its
time, several formidable sieges. It is
probably the most %stupendous and GER
tainly the most interesting, piece OF ma
sonry in the United States. 1t contains
DUNGEONS which are said to have wit
messed scenes of inquisitorial atrocity,
and whose floors have been stained by
the bloody tyrannies Of q dark and cruel
ace. There are also a chapel and num-
erous euard-rooms for the accommoda-
ton of soldiers within it's walls. The
whole is surrounded by a moat, which
was formerly crossed by two ancient
drawbridges. Modelled after the old
feudal forms of defence, each bastion is
crowned by a turret for sentinels, and
has an air Of antiquity bordering on the
romantic, as we'll as being exceedingly
picturesque Over the main entrance is
engraved, in solid rock, the arms OF
Spain, and an inscription in Spanish,
which informs the stranger that the
fortress was finished in.1756, when Fer,
dinand VI ruled the dominions Of the
mother country. Don Alonzo Fernandez
de Herida was governor and commander
in-chief, and the engineer OF construc'
ton was Don Pedro de Brazas y Garay
It is said that in 1919, when Florids
was purchased by the United States,
many of the old Spanish records, tina
could alone shed light upon the obscur
ity of the early history OF this region
were conveyed in secrecy away to Cuba
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A Bow With q Heart,

The other day a bit of a boy called at
the side door of a good-looking Cass
farm residence and told such a sorrow
full story that the lady of the house was
not stlngy in throwing provisions into
his basket. Happening to look into the
front yard after q few minutes she saw
the strange boy mixing up with her
three or four children, and she called
out:
"Boy, what are you doing here 2"
"Feedin' these half.starved GILL
dren !" he promptly replied.
"But those are my children !" she
Indignantly exclaimed.
"Makes no difference to me-" he
said, as he broke off another piece Of
cake. "When I find a young'un cryin'
for bread, and ready to swear that he
hasn't tasted pie for over a year, I'm
goin' to stop business and brace him
up! Haven't you got a clean white
waist which ] could put on this dirty
little boy?
She looked up and down to see if any
canvassers for the poor heather we're in
sight, and then she grabbed the broom
and ran the sympathetic boy out Of the
yarL.--Detroit Fir. e Press.
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Cities-Their Girls and Mechanics.

A very general impression is that the
uuietest, most refined, and ladyllke
girls of the Union are to be found IN
Philadelphia-the Quaker City.
The smartest, most stylish, the bes,
dressed, and the gayest, in New York
Gotham. $500,
The most self-suficient and intel
l~ectual, in Boston-Modern Athens.
The sweetest and prettiest, Ill Baltl'
more-M Monumental City.
The most prudish, old maidish, ano
c~raziest on army officers, in Cincinnati
the Queen City.
The most Frenchy, the most langulsh'
inn, the longest hair, and the most strlk'
ing dresses, in New Orleans the Ores
cent City. .
The most diplomatic and scheming, in
Washington-City of Magnificent Dis
tances.
The worst hirts, the most atrocious
manufacturers End heart breakers, In
Chicago the Garden City.
The widest and most daring, in De-
troit-City Of Straits.
The most dashing and the fastest, in
st. Louis-the City of Mounds.
The geudiest dresses and the coolest
couuettes, in Louisville-the Falls City.
The most coqueltish eyes and the
loveliest brunettes, in Nashville-the
City of Rocks. 49,.
The dullest, in Quincy-the Model
City.
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Words OF Wisdom.

People who come to hi Oh words Us
low expressions.
When you have no observers, be
afraid of yourself.
The man lacks moral courage who
treats when he should retreat.
No vices are 80 incurable as those
which men are apt to glory in.
The wise and prudent conquer diff
culties by daring to attempt them.
The true way of forgetting ones own
troubles is to solace those Of others.
Nothing can constitute good breeding
that has not good nature for it's founda-
ton.
The sunshine of life is made up of
very little beams that ARE bright all
the time.
He who loves the good and looks for
the good finds the good and gathers the
good.
Love, like a wart,i is of gradual growth,
and the older it is the more difficult to
get rid of.
Like snow, love levels all inequali-
tee, and covers all unsightly objects
with beauty.
Politeness is like an air cushion. If
there be nothing in it, it eases our joints
wonderfully.
No cord or cable can draw 30 strong
or bind 30 fast as love can do with only
a single thread.
1t is easy to preach, but when itcomes
to practising what you preach-aye,
there's the rub
Ladies are like ~violets; the more mod
est and retiring they appear, the more
you love them.
It is the work of a philosopher to be
every day subduing his passions and
laying aside his preiudices.
Have nothing to do with any man in a
passion, FOR men are not like iron, to be
wrought upon when they are hot.
It is better to wear out than to rust
out. We must not only strike the iron
willie it is hot, but strike till it is made
hot.
It is a most notifying reflection of
any man to consider what he has done
compared with what he might have
done.
Philosophy has not 80 much enabled
men to overcome their weaknesses, as it
has taught the art of c%oncealing them
from the world.
Amongst men of the world comfort
merely signifies a great consideration
for themselves, and a perfect indiffer-
ence about others.
The difference between a wise man
and a fool is this: The former is always
looking for good times; the latter is al
ways prepared tor bad.
They who have experienced sorrow
are the most capable of approaching
Joy; 30, those only who have been sick
feel the full value of health.
Vanity is our dearest weakness, in
whore senses than one; a man will sacri-
fee everything, and starve out all his
other inclinations to keep alive that one.
A great ic ca may be thus de6ned:-It
gives us the perception of many others,
and it discovers to Us all at once what
We could only have arrived at by a course
OF reading or inquiry.
How noble natures - how many
glorious hopes-how much of the SER
aph's intellect, have been crushed into
the mire, or blasted into guilt, by the
mere force of physical want?
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-07-17

The estate of Mark Hopkins, of San
Francisco, is worth 10, 900, 600, and men
able to qualify as bondsmen in twice
that amount could not be found in the
county. To get around the difficulty
about s., 0O0, 900 in railroad bonds were
Withdrawn from the property and dc.
posted in a bank. Then Charles Orocker
and Leland Stanford qualified in $40,
5000 each.
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The Isle Of the Long Ago.

Oh, a wonderful stream is the River Time,
As it flows TIN ough the realms of tears,
With a faultless rytnm and musical rhyme,
And a broader sweep and a surge sublime,
AS it blends with the ocean of years.
How the winters are drifting like flakes OF
snow
And the summers like buds between;
And the year in the sheaf-so they come and
go
On the rivers breast, with its ebb and flow,
AS they glide in the shadow and sheen.
III.
There's a magical isle up the River Time
Where the softest Of airs are playing
There's a cloudless sky and a tropical cline,
And 8 voice as sweet as a vesper chime,
And the Junes with the roses are staying.
And the name of this Isle is the Long Ago.
And we bury our treasures there:
There are brows Of beauty and bosoms OF
NOW
They are heaps Of dust, but We loved them SO
There are trinkets and tresses Of hair.
v.
There are fragments Of song that nobody sings,
And a part Of an infants prayer,
There's a harp unswept and a lutte without
strings,
There are broken vows and pieces of rings,
And the garments that she used to wear.
There are hands that are waved when the fairy
shore
By the mirage is lifted in air
And we sometimes hear through the turbulent
Sweet voices We heard in the days gone before
When the wind down the river is fair.
VII.
Oh, remembered for aye be the blessed isle,
All the days Of our life till night,
And when evening comes with its beautiful
smile,
And our eyes are closing in slumber awhile,
May that Greenwood Of soul be in sight.
B. F. Taylor.
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An editor in Michigan thus bids fare.
we'll to his readers, his paper having e1.
PRED: "Good-byl Toll the bell gent
" This is our last kick. Handle ua
with carei Lower us gently to rest
We die a natural death. The wolf is.at
our door! Bury US under rose bush.
Listen to the mocking bird"
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For upwards of thirty years Mrs. WINsLOWs
SOOTHING SYRUP has been used for children
with never-failing success. It corrects acidity
of the stomach, relieves wind collie, regulates
the bowels, cures dysentery and diarrh9s'
whether arising from teething or SE o Saa : G haIt1s
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HANDY TO HAVE IN h HcUsE.-Ihhre Is
nothing like Grace's salve for the immediate
relief and speedy cure Of Burns, scalds, Flesh
Wounds, Cuts, Felons, Salt Rheum' Ulcers
Erysipelas, old Sores, &c. Is cents a box
Sold BY druggists generally.
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"Do fish sleep ?" is a scientific Dues
ton. eff they don't, what are they
doing in the rivers bed ?"is the funny
mans addition, and because they can't
climb o tree is the universal answer.
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p.rfection in Cookery.

Perfection In Cookery.
The nearest approach to perfection IN articles
desi1ned for kitchen use is that OF Dooley's
Yeast Powder. With very little experience the
housewife or cook is always sure OF delicious
biscuits, rolls, bread, cake, etc., every Tune:
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cHEw
The Celebrated
"MATGELIse"
Wood Tag Ping

TEE PIONEER TOBACCO OoNRANx,
New York. Boston. and Chicago
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Parsons Purgative Pills are 9 priceless boo
to the people of the South and Southwest
They efectually prevent fever and ague eng
ral malarious diseases, and cost only2b cent