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Litchfield enquirer., 1879-10-16
HarWlnton.
Mir. L. A. Burt has returned to town.

MT. L. A. Burt has returned to town.
 MT. A. w. Buel has removed the tar and gravel from the roof of his dwelling and re- placed the same with covering of tin.
 At our town meeting most of our old off, cers were reelected. The vote on the amend ment was: No. 1, For, 39; Against, 115 ]; Mo- 3, For, 30 Against 1924
 -ls is estimated that about 10000 people attended the twenty eighth annual cattle show and fair, here, last Tuesday Though the crowd was larger than last year, it would have been much larger yet had the weather been more promising in the morning Many were prevented, in consequence, from coming from a distance. 187 yoke of oxen were exhibited, besides COWS, young stock, colts and horses, poultry an owl and two rattlesnakes, by O. A. Manchester, of Northfeld; ferrets etc. All the principal merchants of Bristol, with some from Winsted, were there exhibiting their goods and selling them also, besides numerous other vendors of every variety of goods, with wagons or temporary stands The feelings of your Ply mouth correspondent were not narrowed by the sight of ''greased pig" All gamblers that came were promptly driven from the grounds. Nearly one hundred babies were on exhibition, all looking very tidy and pretty; and one colored baby, which some thought was the prettiest of all. As we looked on their innocent faces, we were reminded of the words of our Saviour, 'Of such is the kingdom of Heaven" Being busily engaged doing po- lice duty. we did not see half that was to be seen, but shall endeavor to give fuller report next week. LITTLE CONNIE.
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can use discretion in placing the teachers, Which would have been impossible formerly Great apprehensiOns were expressed, in the early discussions of the subject, that1the peo- pie of the different districts would not be sat- isfied with the teachers sent thetn; but we are safe in saying that these have proved entirely unfounded, and that the teachers appointed by the-Comniittce have given better satisfaction 1 in almost every case than their predecessors, appointed by the districts. In the manage ;nent and control of teachers, too, and in the enforcement of uniform rules and regulations in all the schools, the advantages are all with the new system. -.-s--@sss=-s-@a
 There are few drawbacks, but they are not very important. One is the practical in- convenience. in large town, of having to sub- init so many matters of detail to a town meet ing. Another, which has borne rather hardly on some of our large village districts, is the difficulty of getting appropriations for large school houses however necessary. No objec- tion is made to an appropriation of $1,000 for school house to accommodate, say, thir- ty children but when we want to provide for tttree haaadreE, in equal or greater need, the magnitude of the appropriation asked frightens the taxpayers and the matter is apt to be post poned without regard to it's actual merits.
 There is little practical difficulty, too, in tue supposed necessity or keeping the advant- ages of the several schools equal. In the large village schools, special studies, such, for in stauce, as drawing and music, could advan- tageously be introduced, and would be intro duced, were the districts independent As it is, there is afeeling that such special advan- tages ought not to be given at town expense
 There are few other inconveniences of even less importance, but we are satisfied that all in time will cure themselves; and that for the town as whole, and especially for the coun- try districts, we did we'll to adopt the Union system, and shall not probably ever abandon 1t. n G
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NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

Great Rsgtain.-Mr. Sanford's American mare Mirth won race at New Market, Thurs day.
 County Mayo, Ireland, is to be strongly garrisoned.
 Mrs. Langtry and another beauty have sued one of the London fashion papers for libel A recent Irish public meeting was attended by 30, 900 people,
 F1unoe, The Cabinet is unanimous for the Ferry bill,
 One of the returned Communists has been elected member of the Paris city government
 Germany. Bismarck has majority of Al members in the Imperial parliament
 1urkey.-The Sultan has ordered 9O,OOO of his regular troops disbanded
 Atgtomist0n. Gen. Roberts has beaten the insurgents and entered Cahul, Sunday, with the Ameer. t. -l4t-
 Iaad5a.-The British Resident has left Buyi- mah.,
 Hdyti.-Gen. Montmorency ia reported elected president
 CaasGdG. directors of the Consolidated Bank of Montreal are indicted for false state- ment.
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DOMESTIC.

Mr, George R. Young, of Philadelphia is dead.
 The cotton crop reports for the month of September show that from 25 to 40 per cent of the crop has been picked
 General Grant was given the compliment of public reception by the merchants of San Francisco, Thursday, he has now left for Oregon by steamer.
 At the Jasper celebration in Savannah, last week, there were more that 15,O0O people present.
 The American Board of Foreign Missions held an interesting session at Syracuse.
 The tteV. MT. Hayden was discharged Wednesday, the indictment beiag auaslled Un technlcaiity he was at once rearrested.
 Heavy forest fires are burning in St. Law renee County, N. Y.
 Senator Conkling, Mir. Beecher and W. w. Hicks addressed great meeting in Brooklyn, Wednesday.
 William Saunders, of Washington, address ed the Horticultural Society at New York, last week, on the culture of the tea plant
 The Faneuil Hall Democrats have nominated John Quincy Adams for Governor.
 Robert w. Steele, book-keeper for Isaac Smiths Son & Co.,, N Y., is reported to have disappeared with $60, 900 of the firms mon ey.
 The American Board began it's sessions at Syracuse on the 7th inst. with 5000 people in attendance.
 Twenty-Five millions of called bonds are to be paid off in gold. a p.
 There is much excitement in Georgia over the failure to convict State Treasurer Ren- froe
 Over eight millions acres of public land have been sold during the year past. The coal compact has proved failure. ..
 Blaine has been speaking in Iowa. - Murphy won the O'Leary belt. Four men have been killed by collision on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. Gen. Merritt has reached the White River Agency where he found the bodies of Agent Meeker and eight others.
 York.
 Ohio gives Foster Republican, 25, 900 ma jority and elects Republican legislature.
 W. B. Hall & Go. of Bridgeport seem to have great success with cloaks-Suits and Black Silks. Since their opening, their busi- ness has steadily increased The following is from the Berkshire Courier of Oct. 4th.
 LARGER THAN EvRR.-At no time since mess with the same measure of satisfaction that we now feel, as we are about to enter upon the transactions of the fall of 1879. As an illustration of the upward turn that affairs have taken, we would call the attention of our readers to the steady increase of the busi- ness of the popular Bridgeport dry goods house ofMessrs. W. B. Hall & O.. It is said that throughout the usually dull month of August, their sales have been larger than any month yet. It would pay to visit Bridgeport just to see their six elegant show windows y..
 Straighten your old boots and shoes with Lyons Patent Heel Stiffeners, and wear them again. ss. r.nra 5 294w t1
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J. B. Sharpe has exchanged his coffee mill for new and larger one, and now has the | largest one in town. The pews in the Congregational church
 were rented last Monday afternoon.
 HI. D. Hine has purchased building lot of B. J. Stone on East street. .ass
 Joe has finally closed up his five cent store, and removed to Great Burlington, Mass,
 there to sell twenty-five cent article all for | five cents. 7' | The Temperance Union hrld it's regular .mee'ii'g last WeC!ne sday evening. The guar. tel singing was very fine. l,... =. ......... f-.., -Thc Mas,,na lleI,l ll,ir first meeting in | their new rooms over f4an,ion's store last
 Week Monday evening. The goat was very | ra:npant. .a - r..-.+.....- l Over two hundred tickets were sold at the railroad office, this week, to the Dan5ury Fair
 -~Pinafore" is to be once more played | here. \ travelling concern comes here next
 Thursday evening ani plays tin the Town Hall! ...........,.- .a.,..... The rcsi,lrncc of A. II. McAIahon has been
 treated to d new coat of paint, and smuch im-
 provement is visihle thereby. t.-& s4 .ds Mrs. Grcr proposes to erect new house
 on the corner of Church and East streets. ! Last week Tuesday evening, Mrs. Janies ! Iny,, ,I v,>t. IT,
 1 ana Mrs. John h. hn"sules arrived here from
 Bowie, Md, and are visitin, relatives in this
 place. ..- ...., ....s
 -Boardman's bridge, which was damaged
 last winter by the ice, is being repaired by new timbers, and the piers, are being strengthenedt to avoid further damage by the l ice. a T laa t.ss es>5 MT. and Mrs. A. G. Barnes have returned
 from tie West, the former bringing with him | a fine drove of cattle l i-C. B. Logan has purchased building lot on East street, and will soon erect a new | house. ...
 l Rev. Dr. Wells preached in the Episcopal
 church last Sunday. -ssi II f .rt There have been some changes in the l Center school. Miss Jennie Gregory retires l from room No. 4, and Miss Bennett is promoted | to her place. Miss Mary A. Blinn takes Miss Bennetts position in room Mo- 9. The teach
 CT in room No. i, Miss Brewer, continues as | formerly. '- The daughter of Ezra Hendricks, who
 has been dangerously sick for some time, is slowly recovering. f fe v4
 e. w. Hall, while chopping wood, made a miscalculation. and stuck his knee instead, cutting quite gash. ! aa 5H al
 Will and Frank Isbell, of Woodlawn, N.
 r., made flying visit here last Friday
 Mrs. John Hunt is rapidly recovering from her recent illness.
 The Victoria Loftus troupe showed in the Town Hall last Friday evening The attend ance was very good.
 Eli Roberts, of Second Hill, hiledigging dirt, cut his foot with spade, inflicting a painful and severe wound. Ea The ladies of St. Johns Guild held anoth- er of their entertainments last Wednesday evening. A little dancing was indulged in, Roy,
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Thiers' Histories.

A gentleman writes us regarding 1liers'
 History of the French Revolutioa and the
 First Empire. quoting a. statement in the N. r. Times that, ''rhier's accounts, also, of
 any battles in which the French were engaged,
 are for the most part thoroughly nntrustwor-
 thy" and asking the following questions: 1 ''Do not American writers and historians as
 rule give credence and adoption to Nj;
 Thiers' works on the French Revolution and Empire? Are not those works in fact treated
 as more reliable and impartial and therefore used more as an authority by our best Ameri- | can authors than are Scott, Alison, and other | English authorities? In short, is not the gen. | eral sentiment of students of history i'll this | country turning more to regard the best | French accounts of the wars from.1793 to 1915 1 the more trustworthy Of the two great sides of dispute ?" ..-
 We have never read any part of the thirty
 volumes of Thiers' histories and are therefore | 1ttle qualified to speak of their merits. We find his History of the Revolution spoken of
 in Zells' Encyclopaedia 'as highly appreciated
 for it's brilliant style and Historical accuratenexs. | Scott's work does not deserve the name of a history. Alison, though very prejudced l conservative, is an honest, painstaking writer, but person of extremely moderate abilities.
 We suspect that the Times remark about Thiers is the work of some Englshman, many of whom are now found writing for our American daily journals. Thiers was an ardent Frenchman and no doubt his work has strong French coloring, but we imagine that his means of information were superior to any enjoyed by the English historians of the period.
 Our American writers now do better justice to this great reformatory epoch of modern history than was the case in years past when the French Revolution was bone of contention between Federalists and Democrats and when Federalsts wrote the histories of the perlod from British point of view. a
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Litchfeld County Archdeaconry.

The annual meeting of the Archdeaconry of Litchfeld County was held in St. James Church, Winsted, on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. The clergy present were the Archdeacon, the Rev. Mr.. Seymour of Litchfeld; the Rector, the Rev. F. w. Harri- man; the Rev. F. D. Hartman, of Winsted; {; l the Rev. Messrs. Betts of Pine Meadow, Cool ey of Roxbury, Sherman of Wolcottville, Peck of Marbledale, Stone of Bantam Falls, Lins- ley of Riverton, Walker of Lime Rock, Sturgs of Kent, and Bodley of Canaan of the visiting clergy, the Rev. Messrs Bostwick of New Britain. and Hooker of Central New York.
 On Tuesday afternoon, a business meeting was held at the Rectory, with an essay by the Rev. F. D. Hartman, on the relation of the laity to the clergy. A discussion followed, in which most of these present participated,
 At 7.3O p. m., service was held in the church. After Evening Prayer by the Rev. Messrs. Belts, Hooker, and Cooley. Missionary ad- dresses were delivered by Messrs Sherman, Walker, and Bodley. On Wednesday, at g. 30 a, m the Holy Communion was celebrated by Archdeacon, who also preached the sermon, from St. James 3: 26 He was assisted in the service by the Rev. Messrs. Peck, Stone, Linsley, and F. W. Hartman The closing meeting for business and literary exercise was held at the Winsted House, an invitation to dinner, having been kindly extended by the proprietor. ,.a...
 The entire session was an exceedingly pleas ant and profitable one, and the clergy separa- ted much gratified with the hospitality of the members of the parish and the many eviden- ces of its growth and prosperity. The mission work. of the county as we'll is in most excel lent condition. The next'meeting will CD. V.) be held in January 1880, in St. Johns parish, Pine Meadow, ~ H.
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18th DISTRICT : F Senatorial Convention.

The Republican Convention for the 18th Senatorial District will be held at the Clarke House. in Winsted, on Tuesday, October slst, 1879, at Ii o'clock, a. m., for the nornination of candidate for Senator for said district
 J. F. CALHouN,)
 R. ROCKWELL, Dist. Committee.
 J. s. WETMoRE
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Registrars Notice.

THE undersigned. Registrars of Voters for the first
 voting district of Litchfeld. hereby give notice that they will be in session Thursday, the 16th day of October, 1879, at the Town Hall, from nine o'clock in the forenoon, till five in the afternoon for the purpose of making list nearly perfect prac ticable of those who Electors in said district and who will be entitled to at electors meeting to be holden on the first Tuesday of November next and for the of receiving the applications of those who have never been made electors in said town, and who claim that they entitled be made electors - A. B. SHUMWAY, l Registrars
 Ii. H. PRESCOTT. ] of Voters.
 Litchfeld. October 9th. 1879. 29-lw
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Eli, D. Pratt, !
 yS, ORDER OF N1fIGE

Edward Pratt
 stite of Connecticut, County of .iisltI, ss. lit h. ieLI, Ocobui 10th, 1879.
 Upon the itien of the saii Ella D. Pratt bra for therein set forth, for divorce from the abd tward J. Pratt by her petition brought to YeOer, A. D.: !S79 it appe, ring to and beug found ny, the subscribing authority tat the said respond ent is residing in D irts unknown t, the petitioner and is absent from this s. .. and when last heard from was in Woousocket, Rho ie Isand.
 Therefore. Ordered That notice of inc peniency o said petition given the said respondent by the pc tioner causing this order of notice to be published in the hftchfeld Enquirer newspaper published in Ltchfield i'll Ltchfed County, four weeks successive A D. 1879, and that copy of said paper containing said order of notice be sent to said respondent at Woonsocket. State of Rhode Island.
 VIM. L. RANSOM, Clerk of the
 29-4w Superior Court for Litchheld County
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''fhe Voice of W orship." by L. o. Emer- son, is among the latest of the claimants to popular favor in the line of musical pubIica-
 tions. The name of the compiler has become household word," and is sufficient guar antee of it's merit. It is work of some three hundred pages, neatly gotten up, and publish pd by tue famous firm of Ditson & Co. Bos-
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The Peruvian ram Huascar, which has been been captured. It was decidedly the finest ship the Peruyians had, and this result will go far to decide the contest between Chilli on the one side and Peru and Bolivia on the other.
 The Prussian elections have resulted in an- mother victory for Bismark. One of the prin- cipal results of this victory will no doubt be found in the adoption of his plan of govern
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The Butler campaign in Massachusetts is getting spirited, Butler and Simmons leading off in flashing style against the regular organi- zations, particularly the Republican. Still it is pretty hard to make sensible men believe in Butler the Reformer.
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The Cincinnati exposition has called out an enormous attcndance-abo 32O, O,000-an average uear IA, 900 day.
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Senator Lamars great speech has finally been delivered, and he is not so vigorous either for or against the Yazoo plan as has been at different times reported.
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Regie trars' Notice.

THE undersig ned Registrars of Voters, for the 2d "A district of Litcheid hereby give notice they will be in session on Thursday, the 16th day of Octo- o'clock in the fol enoon till five in the afternoon the purpose of maktng list nearly I'rnU cabe of those who electors in said district and who will be entitled to vute at electors meeting to be holden on the first Tuesday of November next and for the purpose of receiving applications of those who have never been made electors in said town and who claim that they entitled to be made electors, .
 A. M. TURNER, Registrars
 GARNER B. CURTIsS,( of Voters.
 Ltchtield, Oct. 9th, 1879. 2s-lw
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A slip in the indictment in the Hayden case has necessitated the framing of new indict- ment and the calling in of a new grand jury. The trial is expected to recommence on Tuesday or this week.
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Aa1CARI0.

To all who are suffering from errors and indis cretions of youth, nervous weakness. early decay loss of manhood, &c., I will send recipe that viii cure you, FREE OF CHARGE. This great remedy was discovered by missionary in South America Send sef-addressed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH T. NMAN, Station D. Nec Fork City. {
 43-1y.
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Emigration is increasing and comes largely from England and Germany.
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s"0 Ao"AhS pEoPeEty DeOngng to said company viz: 6 New Buggies, l Unfinished Buggy, Unfinished Business Wagon, Unfinished two seat Pleasure - Wagons,
 Second Hand Buggy, l Second Hand Top Buggy, l Second Hand, four seat, three Spring Wagon, l Second Hand, three seat, three
 Spring Wagon (nearly new) l5 Sleighs may also be offered. 7 Blacksmith Tools, Carriage-makers Tools, Wagon < Sleigh Trimmings. Also the Equity of Redemption in all the Compa- nys Real Estate viz: One House, Carriage Repository, other buildings, and tour acres of land
 Two shops with fixed machinery, other buildings, water privilege, and one of land.
 Wood lot of l5 acres
 If very stormy the next favorable day,
 ARTHUR D. CATLIN, Receiver. Litchfeld, Sept. 23, Is79 26-sw
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New York has adopted sufficiently vigor- GUS usury law. It makes it 8 state prison offence to lend money on more than six per cent interest
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We are glad to see the reports about Mrs. Langtry the English beauty, contradioted. The rumor regarding her divorce originated in ''society" journal.
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Nothing certain is heard of the veteran aeronaut Wise who went up from St. Louis, last week, with companion. It is believed that they came down in Lake Michigan.
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Hamilton Ward, Conkling nominee for Attorney General of New York, is stumping the State and abusing the Administration with vigor that ought to be highly satisfactory to his DatrOn
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East Mill.

F AIR WA RNTNGI
 A CCoUNTS due for Flour, Meal, Feed and Grains A of over thirty days standing, will be left win an attorney for collection the 1st of October Io save costs, therefore, payment may be nude to Cherles Adams or Henry w. Adams No credit can pc gwen hereafter for more than 30 days. zo-SW Sept. 2a. lR62. -LLn
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The Smith will case, at Norwich, after sev- eral disagreements, finally results in verdict sustaining the will.
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There have been over 400 deaths from yell low fever at Memphis.
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Southern cotton mills seem to be doing a thriving business, increasing their manufac- lures over quarter during the past year. American cotton manufacture, in fact, is gain ing heavily on British
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About 10, 900 people were prsentat the Dan- bury races of Tuesday.
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The Republicans have made tremendous sweep in the recent Colorado election, gaining 2,OOO on their large majority of last year.
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The nomination of John Quincy Adams by the Massachusetts. Democracy will probably draw off considerable vote from Butler.
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About five sixths of the claims for pension arrears have been settled at an expense of about 21 millions.
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The Tribune staff correspondent in Ohio expects the election of Foster by from l0,OOO to 15, 900 majority.
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The New Haven Register has been sued for announcing an elopement that failed to come off
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Little seems likely to result from the inquiry into the election of Senator Ingalls,, of Kan sas
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A heavy immigration is setting in from ritories. The Dominion government is trying to pacify their Columbian subjects by build- ing 127 miles of the Pacific railroad-not far on the long journey for which it is booked.
 Kansas beats the notorious wooden ham and wooden nutmeg of Connecticut. A farmer, there recently tried to cut into prize pumpkin for a few seeds, and found the whole thing made of wood. It weighed 230 lbs and was over seven feet in circumference and had been extremely successful at local fairs.
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A new oil region has been found in Trum- bull Co.,, Ohio, and one of it's pecularities is A we'll of the finest lubricating oil, flowing five barrels day, ready for use on the incest ma ehinery. Spectators have leased 2000 acres in the vicinity at enormous prices, for the oil brings $16 barrel, while that of the Penn sYlvania oil region brings less than 70 cents.
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Of all fancy fowls we should judge that the ostrich is the most expensive. A pair sells in South Africa for over thousand dollars, and choice feathers sell for over $500 a pound. Ostrich farming is now quite business, and the price of the birds has gone up enormous