Litchfield enquirer., 1880-05-20

] rain here within the last two weeks.
 : PLYMoTHKAN.
 May 17th, 1880.
 | New Preston. '~'s- l The country is out in it's new spring suit and takes all the gless off the faslfon plates in the i magazines and their numerous followers The air is laden with the perfume of blossoms and every where filled with the inspiring sense of life, but if is very dry and the agriculturists cry for water. The past week has been pret- l ty cold with strong northerly winds, which at last cu;minated in frost last Saturday morn- ing, which, it is hoped, was not severe enough l to damage fruits.
 e. w. Pickett at Elm Shade Mills is pre- pared to sell all grains and feed at the low est market prices, and also to docustom grind ing Tn satisfactory manner at short notice.
 Last week, while preparing to blast rock, when holding the augur for Henry Zigles to i strike, Geo. McCann had his right hand very badly smashed by blow from sledge He carries the injured member about tenderly and carefully at present and it will be some time before he can use it. s--.
 1 We would suggest to farmers that, instead of building scare-crows of an old calico dress and their wife's cast-off winter hat, they or der of the milliner the latest new spring hat such as we noticed some ladies wore at church. last Sunday. and if the crows go within two miles of their corn fields we'll eat crocodile, 1 discover perpetual motion. or find d politician who cannot tell lie. s..
 1 Miss Anna Lancashire is at home for a short visit.
 In MT. s. G. Hot's yard there is curios- l ity in the form of cluster of blossoms which have appeared on the body of an apple-tree l about four feet from the ground and six feet from the lowest limb. These blossoms have burst out upon the trunk of the tree with not a leaf or twig within several feet of them, aud will be watched anxiously to see if they may not come to be apples.
 Let's see, the courts have been in session all the week, and * x those stars indicate ten or l fifteen minutes we first employed in raking our head and calling together our scattered 1 ideas, and now having run our fingers through our hair like a distracted lawyer, or mighty statesman, we will proceed to say that-Geo. Brague brought suit against Frank Grant to recover wages due him for labor performed about two years ago in erecting Grants house at Waramaug Lake. The amount sued for was $1075. The case was tried before G. C. Wbittlesey Esq, on Monday the 10th inst, G. c. Hitchcock for plaintiff, O'Hara for defend ant. Judgment was $3 9 and costs for plain tiff.
 On Tuesday, the 11th, the case of State us Frank Grant for fishing in Waramaug Lake with nets unlawfully, was tried at Union Hall before Justice G. c Ford, G.. c. Hitchcock for State. 'OHara for the defendant. The coun- sel for the defendant asked, after some points in law had been pretty freely discussed, that ! the complaint against him be dismissed The motion was granted and Grant was -discharg- 1 cd. .
 On Wednesday, the case of G. c. Hitchcock to recover damages of Frank Grant for non- fulillment of contract was tried at Union Hall before G. c. Whittlesey Esq. Complainant for self, O'Hara for defendant. This trial occu- pied two days and no doubt, was highly in- teresting to lovers of abusive, scurrilous and vile language, and indecent, low, opprobrious and insulting personalities. On Wednesday 1 %tn eor fbo lofo es and easily succeeded in impeaching Mir. Hitchcock. On Thursday the plaintiff as easily succeeded in tmpeaching MT. Grant, and so after the opposite impeachment forces had charged and clashed and wrcstled and rolled in the dust to their own and everybody else's satisfaction, the case proceeded to it's close. The amount of damages sued for was $50 Judgment, $5 and costs for plaln- tiff. To-day (Monday) G. c. Hitchcock's action of trover suit against Frank Grant to recover some ox-chains will be tried at Union Hail.
 You will readily perceive that all these suits are heavy affairs and involve principles that nightly concern the people at large, and we feel proud of them, It is not every village of this size that has that within It of cankered disposition which at the least touch will bite like an adder and sting like nettIe, stands ready with fangs agape to devcur friend or foe, is busy with selfish schemes and contemp- tible. plots, ignoble and belittling methods ; and is full of sordid motives venom and spite, malignancy and mischief. However, as the old adage reads, "what can't be cured must be endured" Yet, as Emerson says, If somethl ng could be done to get people out of the quadru- ped state to get them washed. clothed, and 1 and set up on end to slough their animal husks and habits; compel them to be clean 1; overawe their spite and meanness, teach them to stife the base and choose the generous, how much better it would be- But bad behavior the laws cannot reach. Society is infested with rude, cynical, restless, noxious and frivo- leus persons who prey upon the rest; contra ;iictors and railers, who, like terriers, con- cieve it the duty of a dog of honor to growl at any passer-by and do the honors of the house 1 by barking him out of sight; men who neigh like horse or swell up and croak like toad when you contradict them, or say something which they do not understand; overbold and persevering takers who give you their society in large satnrating doses; the threatners, the revilers, s,-these are social inflictions which l the magistrate cannot cure or defend you from" If they could it would be comsum- nation devoutly to be wished, meanwhile we suppose the people of New Preston will be obliged to ''grin and bear it."
 At the town meeting, Saturday, the ques- tion of building the proposed continuation of the highway about the lake was voted to be indefinitely postponed, or something else Anyway the whole project went overheard, all through the exertlons of one man we nearly believe for, repeatedly, c. c. Hitchcock has