Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-25

a strong appeal, but it was pretty evident that there was more passion than self defence i'll the performance, and the Justice sentenced ing to some $12 more.
 Kilbourn for State; Graves for prisoner.
 New Preston.
 MR. EDITOR We were just on the verge | of despondency, not having the remotest idea what we should do for items this week, when, hastened to our rescue by kindly giving free circus" at Picketts market, Friday evening when there occurred a raving rumpus between Dennis Havicon and Garry Cahill. AS Ham, let said. SO it vas" words, words, words" :" but who started the talk or what it was all about we have not been able to ascertain. But Cahll threatened to scatter the brains of MT. Pickett and Havicon to the four corners of the earth, and offered, in language more forcible than elegant, to C thrash " the whole crowd if they would but step out doors, and closed the performance by wonderful display of the acoustic properties of the human voice in vio- lently, inelegantly, but oh ! how expressively! consigning the whole congregation, principal actors, spectators and all, to the internal re- gions. For all this, officer A. H. Wyant came over Monday and arrested him on con- paint for using abusive and obscene language and threatening assault took him before Justice ~ hn r,Y,t lpHn bonds to appear for trial this week, Monday, 22d inst but we go to press so early that we shall not be able to gi i've report of this, prob ably, very interesting trial.
 But the end was not yet. The very same evening, after the arrest, war broke out anew. | That barbarous barber from Thomaston, like the barbarian barber that he was, assaulted Mir. w. D. Sperry, who, the corner lyceum, after an al-nights' session for the investigation of the facts in the case, ayers, was sitting on the stoop at Pickett's store, quietly and peace fully smoking a cigar, and kicked and beat him in shameful manner till the bystanders interfered and collared the Sarbarous barber. During the melee one of the glass in the front windows of the store was smashed by the bar barous barber going through it at lightning speed, assisted by a tremendous blow from some indignant looker-on. Mir. Sperry was so severely injured that he was confined to his house all the next day. These proceedings, of course, gave rise to another complaint, and the next morning, Tuesday, Mir. Wyant was over again on the warpath, but, alas, too late !! the boIsterous, broilsome, bruising, barbarous barber had "slid " for York State.
 But the end was not yet The very next night there was another street brawl ushered in about half-past nine o'clock by the unearthly cry of "muIder!" loud enough to have come from blast furnace, cutting the startled night air like a knife and awaking the whole village with alarm It proved to be F. Hoffman threatening to kill Frank Brown for throwing rocks at him. etc., and of all the cursing, bel lowing and raving that the ear of man ever heard, that was the most hair uplifting. He was so frantic and furious in his efforts to get at MT. Brown that it required two men to hold him: There couldn't have been more noise or & worse if the inmates of the inner chamber of Hades had been loosed A great crowd of ex- cited men, attracted by the fearful noise, gathered to the spot immediately, and though their was great excitement, luckily, and con- trary to expectations, the tumu1t was quelled without anyone getting seriously hurt. This row was brought on by heated discussion about load of coal which Hoffman recently hauled from Washington Depot for Brown.
 But the end was not yet. The next night the wave of belligerency which, it seems, swept over the village from the north directly south, broke forth with renewed vigor on Elm street. The two contestants thIs time were Albert Barney and Frank Keeler, and the subject under discussion was an old spade. Keeler said it wasn't" Barney said "'twas , Then, "you're liar," and "youre another " Once more, with few expressive adjectives tackled on, and then Keeler "planted" one scientifically in Barney's dentals, knocking the gold filling out of two' and the recipient over a pile of brick. Barney grabbed stone and sent keeler |" sumner" just under the right auricular, and then the cannonading became spirited. and would have continued, perhaps till this time, if dlsinterested parties had not separated the warriors. No complaints or ar rests have arisen from this fracas, as it is SUD- posed the beliigerents themselves have re- ceived redress for all fancied wrongs and full and complete satisfaction.
 But we think it is high time these disturb ances were stopped. It is not creditable t, people who wish to live in peace and quiet ii this civilized country, to allow themselves tc be disquieted in such unseemly ways. Sucl things may do for brutes, but if men won live in peace, why not make them The COT ner lyceum, on the strength of its searching investigations, ventures to suggest that eide and strong drink have much to do with thes broils, but as this town votes "no license," O course that august body is, for once, mistaken But what's the use of voting no license .an' then winking at wickedness? We do hope thi respected town will vote "no" on the licens question, and then have gumption enough t, sustain it. Let us take little of Shakepeare' advice
 | "We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
 And let it keep shspe till custom make it Their perch and not their terror.n < 7 \ About fifteen persons from here 'attendet | the parade at Hartfor5 loot uaak All ropor