Litchfield enquirer., 1880-10-14

ding He merely run his fingers through his
hair, wiped the per SEPARATION from his brow,
showed his chair back and CALCULATED, "Well,
this is pretty warnl," and, trusting to the hon.
esty of the prominent democrat, let him do the
adding on his own account Thus it came
about that in severals instances 10 and Is were
made to make 40, instead of thirty as they
should have done, thus making ten more
votes than there really were for the democrats.
In some instances the combination. IL and Is
was added correctly and only ten added where
it would seem to do the prominent democratic
soul the most good, yet, Notwithstanding this
new method of counting the republicans won
the day. The paper on which this remark
able adding was performed was accidently
left at Union Hall by the aforementioned
prominent democrat and fell into the hands
of republican who felt that every mans
vote ought to be counted precisely as it was
That evening, as soon as the vote had been de-
cIared at Washington the prominent democrat
discovered his loss and drove post haste to Sc
cure the paper but, alas +! it was gone. Next
day the prominent democrat with his republic
can brother counter was around bright and
early and demanded the paper of the republi-
can into whose hands it had fallen, but the
republican said he should not surrender it
unless compelled by the law, SO the inventor
of 10 and 18 make 40 went away full of wrath.
The next evening about dark the prominent
democrat met this same republican, who still
holds the paper in his possession, in the street
in front of the post office, and commenced to
threaten him with his usual vehemence and
profanity, that if he didn't give up that paper
he'd wish ''he was dead and buried" Two
young republicans seemed especially under his
wrath, and such language as this prominent
democrat used towards them would be dis
grace to nim-provided anything could dis .
grace him. Such low, vile, mean, abusive,
scurrilous, despicable language we never
heard. except from the same man. When he
found that threats and vile language did not
seech like a whimpering school-boy pleading
for new top, Its my paper, you stole it,
and you know its mine, why don't you give it
to me when | ask for it?" and Uice gersG.
Forty drunken meu could not have made more
noise than he did, but as most of the citizens
of New Preston have heard this escaping of
gas for years. no one was seriously scared.
12 and Is make 40 is the way they count
when the republican shoves his chair back
and lets the prominent den 'crat d. all the
figuring. We hope it will be seen to, that
none of this new ailition is allowed at the
next November election. We first thought
we would Use the names of the parties con-.
cerned in this IL and IS make 40 business,
but everybody knows about it, or if they do
not, they will, as new count is to bedemand-
3D. We wish the republican and this prom
inent democrat c)nd explain away the pecu-
liar crookedness of this IL and Is make 40.
Either it was done pur posely or it was not.
Which? We knc W nat we believe.
The mill owners have shut the water
back at the lake for a few days 81 that own
ers along the stream Can make necessary re-
pairs Mr. Noble B )lIes is taking the oppor-
tunity to build new DAM and E. H. Beard
sley is making some repairs upon the dam at
the tanning works.
Mr.. Milton P. Hover. of Washington, ID.
c., is visiting at Mr.. Marcus Woodin's' All
his old friends are glad to See him.
PEN DRAGON