Litchfield enquirer., 1879-04-17
LYONS. April 3rd. 1879.

Ed. Enq.-We've a new post master but no recollection of other changes. The old F. NJ. had held the office for twelve years, drawing his salary of about $2, 200, year through all satisfaction to patrons and the Administra- tion, it was considered sufficient reason fer a change civil service to the contrary notwith- standing The lucky man is the senior editor of our leading newspaper, and it is thought it has fallen into deserving hands.
 We have been reinforced by another Litch- field county man, Dr. Fuller, dentist young man from Winsted. He is fitting up fine rooms, in new brick building, centrally loca. ted, corresponding to rooms in the old building which has been occupied by dentists, for the last quarter of century. I expect we shall all have to go and have our teeth pulled to test his proficiency.
 Since writing you last, our municipal elec- tions throughout the state have been held, turning mostly on licence and prohibition. About two thirds of the cities went against prohibition, many of them changing from prohibition to license John w. Drew, the great Temperance reformer, who has been working so successfully in this state and has just closed successful season in Des Moines, adding 4,OO0, signitures to the pledge, eschews prohibition and politics, and works on the line of moral suasion. There are a great many -ho ;,, fo of., hibition, where it cannot be successfully en- forced. And the number is so large, that wherever the subject has been instruodced into Club Rooms, it has generally created divisions and harm to the Clubs, and the cause, and it IS working disaster to the Republican party here, who in the main favor temperance. It is many sided question: and difficult to ad- just. l was brought up on temperance, and a prohibitionist on principle but as to the policy it looks like an open question. When I turn back the pages of history to boyhood, and re- call the names and careers of my school mates who were brought up on temperpnce princi- pies, and those who were not, the results speak volumes Tn favor of temperance; and as I mentally call over the roll, Iinvoluntarily wish could extend the hand to each one for a ''shake'. At Clarence in this state the Women had an Election of their own on the license question. They had their separate ballot box es, and conformed to the rules and regulations of the polls in all respects. There was good order and Harmony. Ninety votes were cast every one against license.
 The recent petition of women in Illinois, which festooned the Halls of their Legislature for the prvilage of voting on this question and the ia ilure in the Mass. Legislature by only one vote, to grant them this privilage shows that the day is not far off when their voice will be heard on this question, and with no uncer- tain sound.
 Some recent experiments in sewing wheat and oats together have been very successful, producing better quality of wheat, and more of it, with fair crop of oats. As the labor of preparing the ground is no greater for the tive crops than the one, it looks like project wor- thy of investigation.
 The ''drive well' patent appears to be the biggest bonanza of the season. 1 saw the statement that it had cost the state of Minn over two millions of dollars, and was told tha agents in some parts of our state were deposi ting from three to four thousand dollars day ia single bank. In many places the farmers are combining to resist this claim and it is a wonder that more of them do not, for it seems to be pretty clearly established that many were in use before the patents were applied for, ont of them just across the R iver here at Fulton And if tue decision of the Court in relation to the Estey-Burdett Organ case is good law, the same principle will apply in this case A novel claim was decided in our courts not long since. man ''broke'' piece of land fol another, and failing to get his pay, put a me chanics lien on it, and the Supreme Court sus | tained the claim. It was the first of the kind in the state, and the court gave it careful at tention.
 hear of novelty in the way of ''hart times parties" Every one is expected te gc dressed in the poorest clothes they can scar, up. 1t may do for novelty, but can hardly become popular.
 Alter season of moderately warm weather 1t suddenly turned cold last night, and froze water inside buildings, snow is reported al around us and it is cold to day. The river ii uncommonly low for this season and is inter fearing with the logging interests again, jus when our mill men were anticipating a goot harvest ot logs and busy season.
 Our nimrods have been "ia clover" thi spring-wild ducks and geese have been & plenty that the former have been hawke. about the streets at ten cents apiece, ''three fo quarter" It is not an uncommon thing for