Litchfield enquirer., 1880-10-28
city, Charles being the sixth person who has
gone from Nav Preston there fES5

gone from New Preston there Es{
-PUzzLE, IL PLUS Is EouALs401. We did
not expect to say any more on the subject, but
the wonderful ''15'' has given away entirely to
the more mysterious figures IL and IL. In
our account of the 10 plus IS makes 40 bust
ness, week before last, in which we were care.
full not to mention any names, it seems the
facts therein stated excited the umbrage of
certain person who was foolish enough to put
the coat right on and find it an excellent fit.
We feel sorry to pity him, but facts are stub
born things: =
The republican counter button-holed us, a
few days since, and had little private CONVEX
sation about the affair, and wishes Us to say
that he didn't ride around the next morning
with the prominent democrat looking after the
teIl-tale paper. All right, we're glad of il. If
he did not He further wanted us to say 1--WE
tried to have him send his own statements to
you for publication but he wouldn't) that Che
wanted US to give name but wU'h leave II
out as we have everybody else's thus far) the
recently elected republican registrar of voters
from this side was the man who made the mis-
take, and originated the peculiar addition by
which 10 and IS were made to make 40, and
not the counters themselves. He says, this
then elected registrar spread himself all over
the table," and then he showed back and let
the registrar do the counting When they
came to adding the registrar said, "12 and IL
are 49," and the prominent democrat set it
right down without so much as either count
er questioning its correctness, not only that one
time but in nearly every instance, and thus
our newly elected registrar of voters became
the originator of 10 and IS make 40, without
having been appointed counter and having
no more business with the votes than the jack
daw had with the peacocks feathers if it is
so. We should like to hear the the newly cleo
ted registrars side of the question. And If
this is the true version OF the affair, what bus
ness had those rightly appointed counters. du-
ly..sworn to allow third man, not sworn, to
do the business for them? However, netwith-
standing this Or that; somebody to blame or
not; mistake or no mistake; d-n fools or
wise-heads somebody hurt or not; OF great
importance or of No consequence, the fact re-
mains the same, frat the counters of the town
officers" box made, or allowed somebody else
TO make, 10 plus IS equals 40. ''Pagn.am qai
meruit terat."
Thursday night of last week we attended
the Democratic rally at Union Hall. There
was quite an audience present consisting of
many republicans. G. G. Hitchcock acted as
chairman and arose and made a daZzlingly
brilliant speech on the country papers and
their correspondents, and then he pitched into
US in his usual courteous, mild, bland, gentle
manly manner, as that scurrillous, ill-bred,
low, vile, mean, contemplate correspondent.
of the Litchfeld Enquirer, Pen Dragon" etc.
etc., too numerous to mention. All of which
we considered as the man did who had been
kicked by the historical, long-eared mongrel.
1t makes US think of the story of the frog who
would be as big as an OK When told how
large the OK was, the frog very conceitedly |
croaked.a as he began putting and blowing him |
self up, ''Was 1t as big as this ?" 20, much |
bigger" said the other frog, "As this them"
cried he puff g and blowing again with all
his might, 90 ever so much bigger" said the
other, and the silly frog pulled and bowed |
harder still, and at last burst himself into |
fragments. Let the chairman burst. The |
stars will continue to hang in heaven till their
time comes. Why, Mr. Editor, you cannot
imagine how bad, how very bad your cores
pondent feels at having such uncalled for |
epthets heaped upon him. His appetite has |
fed and ''Tired natures sweet restorer,
balmy Sleep" has deserted him entirely. And |
again we think, this time, of the old fable Of |
war breaking out between birds and beasts, |
when the lion summoned all his subjects to |
appear in arms on a certain time and place. |
Among those who made their appearance on |
the field was an ass Some of the command |
ers were for turning him away and discharg- |
ing him as utterly unfit for service. do not |
be too hasty," said the lion, 'the ass will do |
very well for trumpeter." So let the chair
man bray He trumpets we'll
Well, after his brilliant effusion, the chair
man introduced the speaker as "a second VIM. |
Eaton" The speaker commenced by saying |
that he should fling no mud at his opponents. |
We tried to keep count of the number of times |
hecalled the Republican party thieves and rob-
bcrs; )" counted up to twenty five, andthen stop
I'D, to hear him say that he ''saw General
Grant drunk as an owl, in New Haven, last
week" The argument which followed was
of piece with the opening remarks, and it
VIM. Eaton, No. /, is no better than this !
Wan. Eaton, No. Q, we shall be very glad to
see him retire from the q. S. Senate in March |
next. L. II.