Litchfield enquirer., 1880-04-22
New Preston.

springlike. We have experienced to or three fair to middling thunderslorms which tick led the agricuiturists immensely, as most of them have sowed their tobacco seeds, and if the weather proves favorable for them and and they come up all right and do well, that is all that's needful in this present life. Cab .bages, corn and ''taters' are of DO account provided tobacco meets our expectations. Tobacco, tobacco tobacco! We've heard it discussed, and discussed again, till it has be- come ''sing song' and buzzes in our ears continually, and obtrudes itself npon us at seasonable aud unreasonable hours. Why, at church last Sunday, happening to glance out of the window at the green turf and warm and bright sunshine we instlnctively, mo not exactly that, but unpremeditatively, e., We did not wish to but couldn't help it. thought it would do to dispense with hot-beds as tobacco plants would push forward rapidly if not tenderly covered with glass such war.u and beautiful days. Then we fell to gazing about the well-dressed congregation and abstractedly wondering how many of the
 
 ing of the very same thing. Just here our inpious train of thought was interrupted by gentleman expectorating into that article of church furniture called, vulgarly. a spittoon, such quantity of nicotine as would lead one to entertain serious apprehensions of another deluge, and corroborate the story that man in New Milford offers to flood the whole state of Connecticut with tobacco juice if any body can be found who will buy him the tobacco. This brings to mind that the greatest difficulty which the managers of the Metropolitan Muse tim have to contend with according to the city papers, is tobacco juice. Harper's Weekly, speaking of it, says, ''To the sham, of the American public, it is tobacco juice-the marble floors are everywhere detiled with tobacco juice. In vain have scores of spittoons been provided, little or no attention is paid to them. We understand that now notice has been placarded in the museum instructing the police to turn out of the building any one found splitting upon the floor, an order which 1t would be well to have carried into effect in scores of places. And 80, for the sake of tobacco, we lost the thread of the discourse, and having lost the thread missed the whole sermon. We count ourselves blameless in the matter though, for if there had been no tobacco, &c., don'tyou see, we never should have heard the word
 New Preston was considerably agitated, last week. Nearly half of the inhabitants of this village and Marbledale were summoned by the State to appear at Litchfeld to testify in the case of 'State gs Watson Cogswell." About fifty witnesses in all from this way visited the county seat by invitation and much against their wills, but when the law says to his servants Ego" they goeth, and 'come" they cometh, and they disobey not. MT. Cogswell was tried upon the reputation of selling spurious liquors unlawfully, as this town voted no license, and the jury's verdict was guilty" The fine and attendant costs must make snug little sum for MT. Cogswell to pay.
 Jerome Graniss' two sick horses are SUD- posed to be better, but their condition is crit ical Rev. H. Upson's horse, of which we spoke last week, finally died. We hear of no new cases.
 ID. Burnham's new goods have arrived and the ''spring opening" has commenced.
 The measles are fourishing up in Christ ian Street. Mrs. Eleanor Woodruff is enjoy ing their society at present, and next week Horace Bristol says he expects to wrestle with them, and perhaps others will step into the arena and strive for the belt also. We never cared for belts and such trumpery of thls world, and we shall be content to watch the strife from a safe distance.
 Charles Leavensworth of Norfolk was in the village for day or two last week.
 Henry Beeman is in Burlington visiting MT. George Edwards.
 Miss Anna Lancashire was at home over Sunday.
 Miss Josie Brewer, who has been the guest of Rev Henry Lancashire for few weeks, has returned to her home.
 A. J. Bolles, who has been spending a few weeks here among his friends and rela- tives, has gone to East Hartford to work at marble business. He can cut anything from toot-stone to a rose or stone angel.
 Mrs. B. Griswold IS visiting at her moth- CTS in Bridgeport. PEN DEACON.