Litchfield enquirer., 1879-01-23

We have felt compelled to suppress con- ments of other correspondents, to the extent ot column or more in all, upon the tenderness that is evidently growing up between Little Ghonnie and Pen Dragon. We also suggest to the principals in this affair, that their in. terest in each other seems to have reached a point where it's further development could be better furthered in some other way than trough the columns of a newspaper We publish Judge Davis excellent address 1 m eur first page To some of his Connecti- l cut statistics, however, we must demur. Any sincrease of crime in 1873 must have been due | tosome ether cause than the substitution of oul present Local Option law for the old Prohibi- tory Statute. The latter had become practi cal dead letter long before it's repeal. Congressman-elect Smith, of New Jersey, who would more naturally have represented Utah, tried recently to acquire a moderate coat of social whitewash by inviting Gov Mcclellan and other leading Democrats to a grand ball on St. Jackson's day. With a sin yular unanimity tle more noted of the invited guests respectfully declined to participate.
 The investigation in Louisiana continues to disclose abominable acts of interference with free suffrage in that State It is proved that a large number of negroes were massacred with the view of frightening the rest into refraning from voting at the last election.
 Two daughters of Senator Sergeant of Cali fornia have been educated as doctors in Wash ington, mainly at the Howard university
 Mir. Orville H. Patt was elected L. s. Sen ator by both Senate and House on Tuesday lty strict party vote.
 The Hayden murder trial will begin at New Haven on the 10th of next month
 New Preston.
 The weather? Oh Yes, rather wintry. An other cold wave from Manitoba. More, and then more, beautiful snOw.'
 "A smooth white mound the brush pie showed,
 fencel ss drift what load"
 -T OuFleeu lucues Ol lCe anu INelVG lncneS of snow makes pretty good selghing on the lake. which all citizens with fast horses seem to thoroughly appreciate.
 We are pleased to chronicle the fact that Henry Barney is the happy father of boy, who first gladened his parents household with his presence on the 14th inst.
 fan 1,ll has been spoken of hprosorore, was aole to DC at the village for the first time, Saturday. We are glad to see him out again, and hope his re- covery will be sure and speedy.
 We should have mentioned last week, that Or. George Brown Jr., of Washington, has taken rooms at H. A. Bennett's, where he may be engaged to wage therapetic war against all the ills that flesh is heir to, during Dr. Ly- mans absence at Hartford.
 The T. W's went to Gaylordsville as per agreement, Friday night. They report having an interesting and an unusually successful meeting They reaped harvest of fifty-four signatures to the pledge. The New Milford Young Peoples Temperance Union have been invited to come here and conduct a temper ance meeting, next Friday night, the 4th inst. It is hoped every body will be present.
 At the fellowship meeting, Wednesday, Rev. MT. Thrall of Washington delivered powerful discourse in the forenoon on mans love to God and Gods love to man. It was deeply thoughtful sermon. In the afternoon the two subjects for discussion were first, The relation of the church to the temperance cause; second, How can the church best reach men, and bring them to Christ ? The first question was argued at such length as to ex- Jude the last and the discussion, instead of reaching the high plane of thought that it should have done, dwindled down into mere antagonistic repartee an1 personally resentful, anilnadverting remarks and, at last, culminat- ed in the frivolous, unsettled and altogether irrelevant point. whether COW can get drunk by eating apples or not When the chairman called upon Mr. Thral to speak we expected to hear some remarks en temperance worth listening to. but he excused himself and main tained, as he always does, that mysterious fine reserve and noble retioence" on the sub ject, and we were deemed to disappointment. If he is a temperance man at heart, as we sup posed all vicegerents of Christ must consistent ly with their religion be, we know he could speak powerfully and successfully for the cause, while, on the contrary, his stoical si- fence may have pernicious influence. Many were disappointed in not hearing him on this theme.
 A. c. Lemon lost valuable horse, last week. It died very suddenly of some unknown disease.
 Here's a crumb of comfort for married men: Next month women say the least of any month in the year. Why?
 -Profs. Gleason and Newiin. the celebrated and unequaled horse educators, as their hand bills euphonisticaly put it, held forth in our vil- lage, last Monday, at Union Hall, in free lec- ture, There'll be no more balky horses now, and equinia shall be known never again!