Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-02
New Preston.

Hammocks begin to blossom out under a good many shade trees.
 Charles Patrill and family have moved to Hartford.
 J. B. Wilson is fast bringing his house to completion. It will be the largest and most commodious of any about the lake.
 D. Burnhans residence ilas received it's finishing oriauent a; the hands of Dougal the one armed paiDIis,, and We heard man remark who is competent judge of such matters. that it vas the handsomest place in the village. We fully agree with him.
 We hear that there were 255 school teach. CTS at the convention in [itchield, last week. Whew, what gatl.=Fing nf brains was that {! Judging by spgctaclrs and nose glasses one would think all Boston was let loose. I'm agnatiOn fontly sloOps t0 trace tic words of learned length and laundering sound which amazed the gazing rustics ranged around" One gentleman who has been in the school business for forty long years told us he never
 
 life. The Conkling ard Platt lantrum sinks into utter insigntidance before it. Then there is another thing which we should like to tell because we have it on good authority which we dislike to tell for fear the parties interested will be made vain thereby, and outsiders become uutorgvingiy jealous; still the fact is, person amply qualified to judge says the hands0mest lady teachers present were those who are natives of New Preston. 0 my Garry the news 10 Mary :" Horace Bushnell laid stone wall and built dam across the Aspetuck here ill New Preston. George Washington, the father of our coun- try, took supper at the old Cogswell place, about hundred and three years ago. Pres ident Day played hide and seek here when youth. but of all the g,oFies of which we can boast this latter is the greatest.
 Ice cream freezes and soda water fizzles at D. Burnham's. Sweetened wind is mighty gay for hot day.
 Horace Bristol, of Christian street, is fast getting ready to scorch batch of brick. In due time he expects to have his brick yard in full blast
 The hot weather starts out the city folks. The Sherman House has ten or twelve guests.
 There's one thing we are particularly glad to chronicle, and that is, we haven't heard of lawsuit in two weeks, No, not 30 much as a rumor of one. May this state of things continue indefinitely.
 Henry Brown, his numerous friends will be glad to hear, is able to ride out and take little exercise. We hope his improvement will be sure and rapid
 e. E. Beeman has been suffering from an attack of the quinsey, but, we are glad to state, is now better.
 Mir Charles Lennon, also, has beea sick but is now able to be about again
 We were considerably interested in Ear mer's" article on Does protection help tar mers?" He says ''It can hardly be expected when the manufacture can bid fifty dollars month, and the farmer only twenty five, that the farmer will secure the help he so much needs" Exactly. And he wouldn't if he and the manufacturer bid even money. Why? Because mechanics generally work ten hours per day-sometimes twelve-while the far mers have no stated hours of labor, but work their hired help, twelve, fourteen, sixteen or eighteen hours per day. A mechanic always knows when his days work is done, then he can dress in his best and stroll or ride out. A farm laborer neoer knows when his days work will be finished, and as for dressing up and riding out, that is out of the question: for there is at least four hours work at chores to be done before bed time. Men do not like to work twice as many hours at farm labo, for half as much as ten-hour mechanic rece yes, and not till this wide difference in labor and recompense therefore, in some manner reme. died, will poor, poverty stricken men take kindly to farming. We wonder if farmer" runs his hacienda on the ten hour plan If pro- lection will bring about ten hours for days labor at farming, we say let's protect; but let us be farmers anyway, however the vane points.
 Miss Bertie Corning has returned from several weeks visit in New York City.
 PEN DRAGON.