Litchfield enquirer., 1881-02-17
New Preston.

New Preston. Mr. Vennor! our millers have an elegant | suficiency. They are satisfied. aS W. Burnham returned from his western trip on Thursday of last week looking as
 hearty as usual. He reports lots of saow, freezing weather and plenty of business m that part of the country.
 Thursday evening we attended very enjoyable whist and euchre party at Dr. E. r. Lyman's which was rounded of with a sp.en- did supper and ice cream. We didn't get euchred but twice either. F Est
 70 yes, it thawed and it rained, and it rained and it thawed, and by carefully select ing the thinnest places one could navigate the slush without getting in over the tops of rub Der boots, but make mis-step and there was no telling where one might sink to. The lake which was very low has risen about two feet. which is one good result of the thaw which should have saturated us in January. This is another confirmation of the truth of the old sdage, Man proposes, God disposes.
 Last week we said, "Some witnesses for the state swore that the knife in court was the one Grant had in his hand at the time of the af- fray," which was 8 mistake. They only swore that he had knife in his hand, but whether that one or not, of course, they could not tell.
 --Soule Bros & Co.,, of New Milford are making some repairs on the residence of G. c. Hopkins at Lakeside. l
 Owing to the very unfavorable aspect of the weather and the psor travelling, the sales of candy at the post-oface last Saturday night were extremely light and indicated decided hesitancy on the part of buyers. Never mind, boys, this weather can't last always, and there are more Sunday nights coming.
 The case of State vs Frank Grant was tried before Justice Geo. s. CogswelI at Union { Hall. last Saturday. G. C. Hitchcock and i Hollister for state, OHara for, defendant. In the quarrel of W. Cogswell and F. Grant which took place awhile agoit must have been that Grant broke the peace for at the trial Saturday he was placed under i've hundred dollar bonds to keep the peace. Mir. David E. Meeker furnished the required bonds. It's | poor rule that won't work both ways. Now l that Mir Giant ia under bonds to keep the | peace We suppose that Mr. Hitchcock and other of our meek and iowly citizens will hereafter take of their apparel, go to bed and sleep in peace. If we were going to the law we should as soon expect justice as to pur- chase winning ticket in the Kentuckey lot tery. We should want to enquire at the out set, ''Com'at thou with deep premedtated lines, with written pamphlets studiously de- vised3 If thou canst accuse, or sught intend'st to lay unto my charge, do it without invention" But we are no lawyers,- "Betwesn two hawks, which flies the highest pitch, Between two doss which hath the deeper mouth Between two blades, which bear the better temper; Between two girlss which hath the lnerriest eye; We have. perhaps, shallow spirit of judgment Hut in these nice sharp quillets of the law, 1 Good faith. We are no wiser than dsw." q"
 Let the opposing parties fight it out if the public, which is the town, is willing. They must eat the goose of their own basting.
 Owing to the recent thaw the roofs of houses in Warren begin to appear above the drifts, and the inhabitants are enabled to 1 crawl out of the second story windows and view the surrounding country .s. is.I
 If everybody did not get down their to-~I bacco, this time, it is because they rested on the Seventh Day. ,cn ..u,oou
 The only thing brought out. Of any con. sequence, by the lawsuit Saturday was iti,e I fact that Cupid" was over at the .'Acade,ny',i speaking last Wednesday night 3EHI
 On Monday, Jan. 3lst, there occurred one rve I of the most mysterious crimes ever con- mitted in New Preston We refer to tlief attempt of some unknown person or persons to poison the fariiy of Dr. E. F. Lyman. which we have heretofore refrained from mentioning, thinking that, perhape, the ends of justice might be better furthered and the perpetrator captured by observing a proper silence. As near as we can learn the facts are these, That Monday night, while the Doctor, his son, and the girl employed by them to do house. work
 were away, some unknown person entered the house, rummaged the drawers in the secretary, and in the wardrobe, misplaced books. poured part of pot of cream into pair of rubber boots, and otherwise disarranged things gen. erally. On returning and finding things in I this condition it was supposed to have been done by someone who wanted ts play mean and low trick. and not till Wednesday follow ing was poison discovered. That day. be tween meals while the men folks were away, the girl ate some bread and was immediately taken sick. She said she felt just as the dog
 acted, which was poisoned by some one eight | or ten days before, and becoming alar ned at
 her strange feelings ran to the nearest neigh bor saying she believed she was poisoned. The neighbor administered an enletic which
 saved her life. On examination it was dis. covered that the loaf of bread had strychnine enough in it to kill half dozen persons. doughnut also had had piece cut out of it, l the deadly .strychnine put in and the plug carefully re-inserted. Of course all eatables in thai. house were burned up or otherwise safely
 disposed ot.. A. piece ot brown paper was
 found with. words, evidently. in: 2 disguised hand, to the effect that the person had got him
 where he wanted him and hoped it would serve him as it did the dog From this it would appear that the poison was meant for the Doctor. It is . very strange affair indeed,
 for the doctor is not known to have an enemy
 in the whole wide world. And any person
 who would attempt ts poison in this manner,
 and not only imperil one life but many others, isa fiend toe black for existence even in the
 regions of the damned Internal torments
 would be altogeth too sweet for such person.
 We hope the small clew to the perpetrator of
 this deviiish attempt at murder will be follow ed with uDswerving persistsncy till he is dis