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, 1879-07-19

The HlGHEsr POSSIBLE ApPEAL.-A
Rhode Island Sunday school superinten-
dent last Sabbath, in a touching mission
airy address, told the children that away
out west, far, far in Illinois and Iowa and
Nebraska, there were people who had
never been to a clam bake. Ard when
the contribution-b went around after
that the nickels rained into it until ii
weighed ton.
, 1879-07-19
4 DEMOCRATIC O.SA.s.-In the extra

A DEMOCRATIC OASAAN.-In the extra
session the democrats reached the prom
ised land for which they had so long, so
braveIy and so heroically struggled, am'a
successive storms Of calumny. SANDER,
gross Misrepresentation and shameless
misuse Of power or the part Of the oppo-
sition. The house was democratic, the
senate was democratic. Truth, crushed
to earth so long, had risen, grandiy
risen, while errur writhed and died among
his wurshippers- Ii for no other reason
than this fact Of the restoration OF demo
cratic supremacy in the councils OF the
nation the extra session OF the forty
sixth congress would live forever in Amer.
lean political history.
, 1879-07-19
Wu,, Has BEEN GA1SED.-The f,

WHar Has BEEN GAISED,-The hrst
session of the forty sixth congress ended
a. 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. In spite
of the reckless den.agogues who have led
the obstructionists and procured re'"es
from tn. president, the democrats have ";
obtained the passage Of laws which VIII
prevent the use of troops and d-Pnty
marshals at the polls during the coming
year and give the people Of the southern
states impartial jurors-Boaon Post.
, 1879-07-19

QUININE is on the free list at last, and
a man now shake with ague without The
additional depression caused by the
thought that the medicine to cure him
costs a great deal more than it should,
m-rely because cue or more medicine
makers want to keep foreign prepara-
tions of the drug out Of the country.
, 1879-07-19

ABOUT this time of year city people are
getting terribly anxious about the vel
fare of the country COUSIN THIS anxiety
and solicitude will grow as the season
advances, and, when they can hear 1t no
longer, they will pack up four children
and two trunks and go cut and see about
, 1879-07-19

Ir our hostile and uncertain Indians
could only be hurried up to the border now
to meet the Canada Indians, who have
crossed in search of game, they might get
fighting enough to satisfy them for the
season.
, 1879-07-19
AxEyoRB1rASr CLAM. 1t is now sait

Az SExoRBIrANT CLAIM.--lt Is now sald
tha, the body of Alexander I. Stewart Is
ready for delivery to the owners OF tne
cadayer for $1,000. This is exorbitant.
Since the tomb was riled the body must
have been damaged materially both 6y
wear and tear and natural decay When
it was fresh it might have been worth the
amount claimed, hut time has deprecia'
ted it's yalue.-CAioayo Times.
, 1879-07-19

Mr.. LEWIS, of the Detroit Free Press,
says: lone reason why Southern negroes
have been rushing into Kansas Is because
some one started the story that Kansas held
camp meeting every week in the year, and
that there was no charge Tor lemonade.
, 1879-07-19
CAMPAIGN TIT SDsa NEGLEc1ED.-W,

CAMPAIGN IHt NDSH NEULEcI HD.--"
wouIdn's presume To dictate, but take
the liberty Of suggesting that the cipher
dispatches are falling into cold neglect
We know that the time and space OF rad.
ical editors and organs is severely taxed
with defensive labors, just now, bat II
ought to be possible to rnuse th- enthu-
s;asm of the masses by republlshing thoss
awful ciphers at least once month
WaAhin. .yton Post.
, 1879-07-19

A TENDER HEARTED woman in Monroe
county, Mich. has her daughter play on
the melodeon while she wrings hens
neck. The hen is thus ushered into the
unknown with spirit softened aud sub
dued.
, 1879-07-19

immediately to the circulation Of the
country and to be paid to the soldiers
Other important things have been accom-
plished. The extra session has been sro
due i've of great good to the country
Ciacianati Enqsirer.
, 1879-07-19

no C,pvrp can knock hole in a silver
dollar every time 80 can we, every l'hie
We take our girl down street that boasts
of a nice cream saloon-and deuccd Dig
hole 1t Is, too.
, 1879-07-19

An ELoPEMrsT FRpsrRATED.-An English
girl, near Manchester, tied string To her
toe and left 1.-THE string not the toe-hang
out Of the window for a gentleman Tread to
pull In order that she might net miss her
music lesson. The rector OF the church
tAusl;canl, i; is further stated, refused the
cnapie the sacrament. And this reminds las
of :, little story. Once upon time yonng
ladv, " no desired 20 get up with the lark III
order I" 90 IN eloping tonr, ai"g.se,i the
E. dish girls plan. anil the lover WIS t" he
o.: u.,I:d a. diyhre,k a. give The 81 mai. The
s;ri.;g ascl for the pc.lii communication was
a stout car.i, and one end was drnppsd oat
OF the riIird story widow iato the bacS
yarl a:ld lhe other attached 10 the damSe: j
creat TIE. Ani the legend rams tnat 4
kesII,y -oa. Of the Wiil!an, persuasion arose
early pcxt mcrniEg Ia look for the early
worm. As it were, aad wandered Into the
ward after eating MP I'll the tomato cans,
brrrel slaves, and broken crcckery ware,
II. found tt;e string and took il Ill rs desert
As sncm rs the string was drawn taut the
,aa. stnud up GA lis hind legs and gave the
striug all inpulSirc Jerk. The girl aw"ke-
The ga. gaze another Sudden pull, and the
maiden Jumped out Of bed with i smothered
cry If pain Then she stopped down Ia de-
tach the cord Just as the ridiculous beast
gave another violent jerk, and she lost her
equil,5riuln-an her tne, too, almnst-the
cord cutting into the tender flesh. She
spramg to the win:nv and called i'll a coarse
whisper, stop pulling, Charles: I'll be
down In : minnie" Then she made another
effort to unite the card, but that d.a!Gl,cai
goat gave his head several angry hobs, and
each tirne the girl gave cry Of pain. Again
she softly called out IN the darkness ::
:" Charlie, if You don't stop jerking in that
way FL not come aovn .t IL She was
answered by another savage pull, and the
cry cf anguish that escaped fr'm her lips
brought her mother INTO the room with a
look of alright and lighted lamp. The
young lady fainted, the elopen.ent was
nipped in the bud. and the disappointed
maiden's big toe w@s sore for two weeks.
The goat escaped.
, 1879-07-19

The Elmira Gazette PHILOSOPHER says no
never yet saw a worklngman who hated
kings and queens bad enough not to take a
coupl- from the bottom OF the pack Il an op-
portunity offered.
, 1879-07-19

A CHILD without legs has Just been born.
Thank he4.el - SAID the weeping iather,
"this will never be champion pedestrian
, 1879-07-19

As. searecrow in the democratic corn
E Id the presidential veto WASH much OF
a success.
, 1879-07-19

Lnus all be merry; brighter days are in
store for US, A Philadelphia organ grinder
has been arrested.
, 1879-07-19

THOUGHTFUL Invalid took coffin
.lono when he went from Boston to Flor
ida, and his bodJ vas returned In IT.
, 1879-07-19

Bias stream lived a rugged dame,
Whose life scanned one Of woe,
And needl IS To mention here
Her days were passed sew sew
Button second thought well let
somebody else finish the story.
, 1879-07-19

EMERSON never packed more sense into
a sentence than when he wrote, Good
manners are made up OF petty saer1hee.
, 1879-07-19

The Oswego Record doesn't believe that
onr lives are always what We make them.
Sometimes a woman sticks her haad IN and
spoils the Job.
, 1879-07-19

SAN Francisco has Hardly Ever tenn,
perance club.
, 1879-07-19

Iii peculiar feature Of the butter
market tha, a bad article outranks good
one.
, 1879-07-19

To make the true Maltese cross, stroke
his fur the wrong way
, 1879-07-19

The difference between duck and girl
is that one is killed to dress and the other Ii
dressed to kill
, 1879-07-19

To change window glass to tin: Leave
the window opeu when it rams, and 1t viii
beat in.
, 1879-07-19

No man is offered SO many cigars - the
man who doesn't smoke.
, 1879-07-19

To make manso-Read him your last
pocin-
, 1879-07-19

Little hits Of lemon, little chunks Of ice,
Little water'n sugar makes you feel so nice,
Little grains of sugar, little drops Of rye
Makes the rosy proboscis and the bieary eye.
, 1879-07-19

A LAGER BEER sign in New York reads,
" Five Hundred Men Wanted-With
Five Cents Capitalize Unload Schoon-
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

Alter dinner an oration was delivered by Judge Merrills of Hartford, who told many anecdotes of Old Barkhamsted, mentioning among others their first Parson, Rev. Ozias Eels, who was a practical joker, it seems, and kept his wife at work a whole day boiling spring water supposing it maple sap! Among others present was Mrs. Rose Terry Cooke, a lady who has painted Barkhamsted more faithfully, if we are not mistaken than all the adresses and orations that ever have been de- livered or are likely to be delivered about the stiff old Puritans who used to inhabit there. <
 The grandest of all our celebrations, the greatest Connecticut has seen for the past cen tury, is set down for Wednesday of this week at Hartford Not less than 5000 veterans are expected to be in line to escort their colors from the Arsenal to the Capitol. Three splen- did arches are to span Main Street. Hartford expects twenty-fv thousand visitors. Din- ing tents have been prepared which cover 30. 900 feet of ground, and the tables take 15,000 feet of lumber. On Wednesday night the Capitol is to be lighted with electric light, and the Old State House is to be illuminated from top to bottom. For the veterans of the war it will be the crowning reunion of their lives. All the old Regiments hold their annual meet ings there that day they are entertained by the citizens of Hartford; and they march after their old colors for the last time. Propitious weather is all that is needed tO make this map nifcent celebration perfect success
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

There is what strikes us as another fatal defect Tn our friends system: How are the best skilled experts: to know whether ''pa- tient's" special moral obliquity is cured, till he is put to the test3 We have known repeated instances of horse-thieyes behaving admirably in prison, and beginning to steal more horses within few weeks of their discharge. Half the inebriates discharged from asylums ''cur- ed' seem really so till old associates and old associations drag them down. Would not the same thing happen with the criminal on his discharge as ''reformed?"
 In one point only would we be willing to give up something of the rigorous caution of the common law and of the jury trial An habitual criminal, after repeated convictions, should be subjected to subsequent detention on very slight evidence of relapse, and should be given treble or quadruple the usual term of confinement; perhaps, they should even be subject to summary committal on suspicion ED. ENQ:]
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18
DOMESTIC.

The Republicans have large majority in
 the Maine Legislature aud have thus secured the election of their State ticket Last week President Hayes attended the opening of the Cincinnati Exhibition and at it's
 opening he made speech. The Wisconsin Democratic Convention
 nominated ex-Congressman Alex. Mitchell for
 Governor and adopted long platform , . The Maryland Greenbackers have nominated Howard Meeks for Governor The hearing of the application of Mrs. Sprague for Trustee has been further post
 poned.
 John Shillito, of Cincinnati, the great mer-
 chant, is dead The general proceedings of the Social Sci ence Association began at Saratoga, last week. Wednesday, paper by President Porter was | read President Gilman made the annual ad- dress.
 Certain bondholders of the St. Louis, Alton and Ierre Haute Railroad claim that their
 bonds are worthless through MT. Tilden's fail 1 ure to record the mortgage The Wabash and the Chicago Railroads have made an end to their quarrel, and rates | will be restored. The Democratic State Convention at Syra cuse has renominated Governor Robinson Clarkson N. Potter was nominated for Lieu tenant Governor: whereupon the Tammany ueiegdtcS OOiCeu rom the convention, held a meeting of their own, and nominated John Kelly for Governor Resolutions in favor of the Metric system were adopted by the Social Science Associa- ! tion, Thursday. The loss to the revenue from the reduction
 of the tobacco tax is at the rate of $9, 600 ,OOO year.
 General B. F. Butler was nominated for governor of Massachusetts, Friday, by the Greenback State Convention. Secretary Sherman says that the silver dol lars are going out rapidly. James A. Gary has been nominated for Governor of Maryland by the Republicans of that State. 4@
 The sum of se, 900, 900 will be paid out at Washington for arrears of pensions in thenext six weeks .' Jefferson Davis has written letter saying that he is not 8 candidate for the United States Senate
 Silver certificates are going into circulation at Washington the same as paper curreucy. H. J. Gully has been acquitted in the Chis- olm case. Great preparations have been made for the
 reception of General Grant in San Francisco. He is expected the middle of the week.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK. FOREIGN.

GreGt Britain. Great distress is apprehend. ed in the northeast of England.
 The Mayor of Middleborough calls on the Government to aid in relieving the distressed people in that town.
 Five persons have been killed by colliery explosion at Leycett, Eng.
 Fyonce. .-Blanqui has been defeated at Bordeaux.
 A festival is proposed to aid our yellow fe- yer sufferers, in Paris.
 Russia. and China have concluded treaty which settles the dispute regarding Kuldja
 Spain.-Spain has arranged for loan to send troops to Cuba.
 CG7a0d0.- Secretary Evarts visited the Toronto Exhibition last week in company with the Governor-G General.
 A grand review was held in Toronto. Mon day in honor of the Governor General
 AtghGaatstan The British forces are unpre- pared to march at once on Cabul
 Reports differ as to the complicity of the Ameer for the late massacres
 Atric0.-King Mtesa, an African king, has abolished slavery in his dominions
 Cu6o.-Many of the slaves have begun tofly from the plantations others have demanded freedom.
 Eighty insurgents have surrendered.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18
PROBATE ADVERTISEMENTS.
DISTRICT OF L1rcHF1ELD, ss. Probate Court,

DIsTRICT OF LITCHFIELD, ss. Probate Court, D Sept. 5, 1879,
 Upon the application of Wm. J. Hall and Everett H. Wright, showing to this Court that he Guardian to Henry w. Parmlee, and that said Wright is guard- m to Cornelius Parmlee, minors belonging to said District, and that said minors tho joint owners of the following real estate, viz: certain tract of land in Warren, c. nn., which conveyed to said minors by EraStus M and Esther A CogsWell by deed dated 9th March, 1868, recorded in Warren Land Rec ords vol. 12 page 123 and in said deed described as containing 32 more or less, bounded north on Erastus Curtiss' heirs land, east on land of R. O. Marsh and Samuel E. Tanner, south on said Tanners land and highway. and west on said Tanners land Reservng for said Tanner the privilege pass on the usual wood road from his Evertt house to and from his wood land, and also the right to said Tanner to take water from either the brook the spring on said land in pipes inch in diameter to bring the same in the most convenient place across said land valued about one thousand dollars, and showing just reasonable for selling said real estate play ing for an order, and that they some other meet person be empowered to sell the same per appca- ton e dated the 18th day uf July 1879 more fu- ly appears,
 Ordered, that the foregoing application be heard at the Probate Office in Ltchfeld the 9th day of October 1879 at o'clock forenoon and that notice thereof be published in public newspaper near the place where such real estate es at least three weeks successively, before said time assigned.
 Certified from Record
 GEO M. WOODRUFF, Judge.
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Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18
HARwINTON, Sept, 8. 1879,

 ED. ENQ.-I send you few items mostly personal" overlooked by "L. G."
 Mrs. l.. Gridley is spending the summer at the west with her son and other friends. Her daughter and granddaughter have just return ed from the seaside
 Mrs. F. L. Pond, with her daughter and son, of Winsted, have been visiting at her mothers, Mrs. c. Holt.
 Mir. Albert Williams, who has been sick a long time, is now better, and would thank all those who have so kindly assisted to his hay. Mrs. l. Chamberlain and Mrs. Phoebe Ad- kins have both been on the sick list, but are recovering.
 Mir. V. D. Coy lost a very valuable horse on the 31st, ult. One law suit in the fifth district has been set tied and withdrawn from court, but there are several more from that district waiting for trial. SOUTH EAST.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

Nihiism is still spreading in Russia Their organ "Land and Liberty is always finding its way to the bureaus of the highest officers of state. The evils of Russias despotic gov ernment are so great that any party which at tacks them vigorously cannot fail to receive much support
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18
Registrars Notice.

T7HE undersigned Registrars of Voters for the first ! voting district of Litchfeld, hereby give notice that they will be in session Saturday. the 18th day of September, 1879, at the Town Hall, from nine o'clock in the forenoon till five in the afternoon the purpose of making list nearly perfect prac. ticable Of those who Electors in said district and who Will be entitled to vote at electors meeting 70 be holden on the first Monday of October next, ana Tor the purpose of feceiving the applications of thos who nave never been made electors in said town anu who claim that thsy entitled to be made electors ,Eh t9 A. B. SHUMwAY, Registrars
 .tt4 Il. II. PRESCOTT. { of Voters.
 Litchfeld, September 3d. 1879. 2SzW
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18
The Saturday Magazine. BosToN: FRED B. PERKINS. EDITOR.

THIS is bright, readable, weekly selec- ion of the best short stories, popular science, and agreeable information from the English magazines, papers, weeklies, and other tlrst- class sources.
 Its brief and lively papers suit people. It is instructive and entertaining, without being heavy, dry, silly, or sensational It is now offered to the SUBSCRIBERS TO THIS PA PER, at the special rate of Three Dollars a year, full price is $3.5O payable at the office of the Litchield Enquirer.
 As there are no long combinations, subscrip- tions can begin at any time. But now is the best. Get it 4-3m
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

Amo:g the weeks corrections of recent news of Mir. Carlyle is not as dangerous as former reports had indicated. It is also believed that the death of the Boston artist, Wm. Hunt, was accidental, and not suicide, as has been gen. eralIY reported.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

Another Hall for the ladies attending the lectures of the Association for the Higher Ed ucation of Women is about to be opened at Ok ford. It is expected that the hall will be full at the opening. This association has in 8 view to give women like course with men in the great English Universities. Cambridge has similar arrangement.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

Col Smith, husband of Horace Greeley's daughter, proposes to lecture next season upon the True Ideal for American Youth" In one of the advertising notices of him occurs this man in America, the Queen of England going sO far, it is said, as to pronounce him the handsomest man in the world" This could not have been said of the late Mir. Gree ley, yet many would have preferred hlm as a lecturer tO handsomer men.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

A London paper attributes the spread of rituaism to idle girls of the wealthy classes. There are ten women of this sect to one man, and most of them young women.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

HAKPEK's contains: On the Skirts of the Alps OIIus-)s Painted Glass in Household Decorations Gllus. ); The Connemara Hills (lI1Ss Fifty Years of American Art, III IIIuz- > 4 RambIe in Central Park Gllus. ); The Two Burdens; Through Texas Gllus. ); White Wings (continued); The State of the Alcohol Question; Belle's Diary; Young MrS Jardine CeOntinued); The Revolution in tie Life of Mir. Ballingall; Mary Annerly (e71Einaei(s Editorial Articles.
 Publisaed by Harper Brothers N. Y. $4, 8 year See ERq Clubbing rates.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

X curious application of the Sunday law has been made by the Indiana Supreme Court in declaring subscription to church on Sun day void, and that even a subsequent acknowl- edgement and promise will not make it valid.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18
A CARD.

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 4S-1y.
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

The efforts of Dr. Leonard w. Bacon at Norwich to enforce the law against Sunday ex- cursiOns has not been successful Mayor Wal Ter, of New London, however, had one or two excursion managers arrested and fined; and, in testimony of his lively appreciation of the versatile Thomas, Dr. Bacon professes a great desire to vote for him for something. That is just what Waller wants, and when he heads the democratic State ticket in 1880, the Rev Doctor will have a chance to stump the State for Waller, and the Good old Sabbath !'' a combination that ought to draw.
 The COurant's Boston correspondent s'Tem- pletOn" does not consider the danger from Builer by any means over. Republicans are md as earnest and united as last year. He thinks that the State could be easily won with Fierce As the nominee but that ii would be dOahsfuI with Long. Yet he believes that Long will start the convention week with larger number of delegates than Pierce:
 As wrIte Mir. Pierce has the majority. I dO nd think this will hold up to the day of the convention My belief is that Mr. Long will go tC Worcester on Monday with ma. lOTItY Of the delegates Whether this will be So O0 Tuesday is another matter There will tE before that time a comparison of opinion @zEs0ng the delegates that ought to, and be- heve will. affect the result 1 do not feel it safe to predict more definitely than this.
 The Atlantic tells wicked little story which the COngregAtiOnalist copies, no doubt with re- gres. Uf two women talking up young lady AbOuttObemarried- ''Is she pious2'' asked one |"
 Wel-sheis 'PiscOpal pious," replied the OtIser- And the CoRgregationalist follows this up win still more disparaging anecdote, of a gentleman who made fine religious address somewhere West, and was at once claimed as Methodist by 6 warm-hearted old lady in his andienee ''I am an Episcopalian," said BgUtkeT C. ''Be you ?'' said the amazed wo- man Well. you're the first Christian Epis- crfal I ever met '"
 The Courant gives queer account of the preservation of the flags of the Sixteenth Con- necsicu1- This was one of the regiments iu Plymouth, N- C., in April, 1864, when they were attacked by the rebels in overwhelming fOrcs- Gen Wessells (Of this place) was in command. and refused to surrender, but the rebels ssOrmed the works. Finding further resistance unavailing, Sergeat Latimer and Corporal Forbes tore the flags from the staffs s1d>r terrific fire; the colors were then torn up. and the pieces concealed by the soldiers Oa their persons The strips, torn into shreds, were distributed among the members of the regiment and dconcealedin various ways through the weary days of their imprisonment in An. dersOuviIle, Charleston, Florence, Salisbury, and Osher prison pens. These pieces, now gathered from widely-scattered sources and tGsfefuIIy combined, form therestored colors of the Sixteenth Connecticut Sergeant Latimer Is dead. but Corporal Forbes, now of the Hart ford POsG- will carry the cOlors in the grand pzr1te-
Litchfield enquirer., 1879-09-18

Tn a suit between an employee and employer regarding package of bills found in bale of papers the former was sorting, in was decided that the hills belonged to the employee.