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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-04-14

THE MAILING OF A LETTER. Tine Newbury
 port Mass. Herald relates the following sto. ry of the mailing of letter which many per. sons in part at least, will take to themselves: Last Saturday night a Newhuryport gentle. man, coming to this city, was asked by fel. w-passenger if he would be kind enough to drop letter in box when he arrivedn town. or course he willingly agreed to do so took the letter and placed it in a pocket. On Tues. day morning he put his hand into that pncket and brought to light the Hissive. He had re- turned to Newburyport and forgotten his CT. rand. Wishing in part toatone, he carried it to the depot and gave it to the baggage-master with the request that the latter would hand 1t to some Boston bound passenger, that it might be forwarded. The baggage master took it, and handed it to the first man going to Boston whom he met. perfect stranger.
 This gentleman read the superscriptian, and looked surprised. He tried to smile, but was dumbfoundared. At last, however, he said: "Why. gave this letter msyelf to a geRtle- man on the train last Saturdaynight to post. How on earth came you by it?" The ex- planation was given, when he remarked that the letter had history It was written last week on Thursday by lady and given to a gentleman with the request that he would post 1t in Boston. He courteously acquiesed. put it in his pocket and carried till Saturday morning. He then turned it over to the nar
 rator of the story, who very properly carried it till evening, and, as he was not then going into Boston, he turned it over to ND of our tale, with the results above described That young lady anxiously watches the mails, in blissful Ignorance of her letters wanderings.
 Senator Malone weighs hut ninety pounds while Mrs. Malone tips the scale at two huu-
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-04-14

Senator Malone weighs hut ninety pounds while Mrs. Malone tips the scale at two huu- dred. Hare is . chance for readiustment
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-04-14
Club Prres for fhr best Home and
 Foreign Literature

'sPossessed O, THF1 WING AGE and one or other of vivacious Am' TIcan mol thss suhs' ribet III 6Dd himself fn commend q the rhols situatien "-- Philadelphia EuenfHg Bulletin.
 For $i0.50 THE LIVING trd sftksT of the American s4 montheF Ger Harrer's eskly Bazay1 LIvrNa AaE and the St Aiekoias or Appistsn,s lcsa nal, or Lippineott's MonthIy. h
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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-04-14
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.

In 1880 THE LIVING AGE enters upon i,s hirtysixth year. admittedly unrivalled and cotnuns! esslnl During the year it will furnish it's readers the pro ductiuns of the most emil ent authers, nbOve-nam- ed and many others. embracing the choicest serial and short Stories by the Lending Foreign Novel; ists, and an amount
 UnapprUached by any other Periodical. in the wold of the valuable erary and Scien. tc matter of the day, from the pen of the emOst Essa yisIs scienti Critics DscOVrrefs and E d. itOr., representing every department of Know ledge and Progress.
 THE LIVING AGE is ,teekly nGgarins giving more
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Farm for sale!

SITUATED one mile north of Morris Center ne,r A the east shore of Bantam Lake, cnntaining about 120 acres and is wellsmpp jed th wood aud water yreasopap ple stsrms For fur Der partie euls in qnire of ' NK V E H-3ms
 ~ 2 MRS. A. c RAY. Thomaston, Conn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-04-14

The Volumes of the Weekly begin with the frs: Number for January of each year. When time is mentioned it will be nnde, stood that the subscriber .ishes to commence with the Number next after the receipt of crder.
 The last Eleven Annual Volumes of HARPER's WEEKLY, in neat cloth binding. will be sent by mail, posag- paid by express, free of expense {provdpd the freight does not excerd dollar Der volume). for $700 each.
 Cloth Cases for each volume, suitable for binding. will be sent by mail, postpaid, receipt of $l.OO zach.
 Remittances should be made by Post Office Money Order or Draft, to avoid chance of loss
 Newspapers not to copy this advertisement cit- out the e1pTess order of HARPER BROTHERS.
 Address
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-04-14
Danbury News Items.

Gaylordsville is cursed with ''cider foun- tain," whatever that may be. Let us spray : Mosquitoes swillbe ugratified to aalear, that the large mosquito ne,tiag mill in Derby is closed because of d strike.
 It is hard to tell what lawyer is going to do. 0nego them from Meritlen is in New Hampshire Jail for horse stealing.
 Providence is interposing in behalf of New Preston. Frank Grant. senior wrangler, has sunk an axe into his foot.
 The dropsy is what ailed St. Michaers organ in !. Litchfeld. Dr. Q. E @iorris,.s DanburB Slapped it and got as qlart oflwa- ter.
 There are twenty-five churches and two hundred and fifty saloons in Bridgeport. The demand generally regulates the supply.
 The newspaper men in Hartford are to re- move ihelinings from their winter clothes, as the taiirs3 offi,ar eityhave stfuok foraien per cent advance.
 .. Common salutation: E. ''How tto you do?'
 Highly intelligent and satisfactory reply:
 ''How do you do?"
 The Springfield Republican says of Meriden JouIhaisnfg se~aisyN- sAi Rta SkE8 O8 tNS way, that town that has calmly Submitted these years to the it,fiictpn .af. two such news. fapers should tsflse any notice of 50 trivial a :hing as small pox.
 A Litchfeld correspondent invites some body to come and starta- phnfograph 9allery. He savs'ii IS good place for phntographer- Undoubtedly. Litchfeiders are quiet peo- fple. used iu sitting still
 Dawn brakes were suddenly whisted~ on Honsat6nic tain the other imorniiig, greatly startling the more nervous passengers. It was supposed there was to he q collision, but it, transpired that the conductor had coughed oufi6s tfeth ftonsi liea reaf pIai ifofni* An &C., tive srrnhsS was made byS Ssbs 1rainnssn for the the rest of the journey the conductor con- fined his remarks entirely ''Chickeis!"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13

80 . week. oi9 day st homo easily made. Cost,y
We .Outat frss. Adarsss TauE : Co. Aasusta. Ne.
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13

action and appeal to the moral forces Of
the age. The necessities which underlie
free institutions and the soundest max
inns Of political economyare their strong
allies. and conscience Of mankind il on
their side.
Plainly, now, the first duty is TO take
care Of the material interests Of the ma
ton. II it were possible to rouse the
public and begin at once crusade i,
execute justice and save the Union, that,
the crisis, would be the first duty. Con-
fiict Of arms and bloodshed may, at any
moment, reveal to blinded eyes this du-
". But while this delusion Of peace
without purity, Of peace not based on
justice, lasts; while the South imagines
the North coward only because she is
foolish, and the North accepts in the
South a hypocrite for brother, labor
claims every ear and every hand.
Public opinion is too strong to be re-
sisted too wise to he long misled. The
people, it has been said, do not see, they
feel. They have felt the tyranny OF a
selfish system Of finance, which corrupt
ed men by giving them free chance to
vt al. They are opening their eyes TO
detect its errors. Sure as the rising OF
the sun, AMI calmly rs morn ripens into
MONDAY, they will get ready for that
keener battle which is impendlng-th
battle for impartial liberty and equality
before the law.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13
PLATFORM OF PRINCIPLES

Or THE NATIONAL GREENBacK.IABoR PARTY,
ADOPTED At MARsHALLTowN. JUNE 2, 1881.
l. The right 10 make and issue money il a
sovereign constitutional power to be main-
tained by the people for the common beneft
We demand tho abolition Of all banks Of issue
and the substitution of full legal-tendcr green
backs i'll lien OF their notes
2. We oppose the rciunding Of the national
icbt or the issue OF Understanding MONTANA
die bonds upon any pretext, and demand til.
payment and destruction Of those OUTSTANDING,
1t the earliest possible moment.
3 We demand gradual income tax where
y capital shall bear just share Of the publ,
burden.
4. We regard the act substituting railroad
commission for laws governing freight rates IL
this State fraud procured by the railroad
companies through Republican Legislature
mi demand its repeal. While we favor lib.ra
national appropriations for the creation and
Improvement Of WATERWAYS, We demand lawf
protecting the people Of Iowa from discrimina-
lion, pooling. watering Of stock, drawbacks 0,
rebates. and al unjust charges on the part u
railroads, unit! such time as tue people, Wiz
ault most of these roads with land grant.
taxes and subsidies, shall own and operate OF
fully control them.
5. We demand revision Of our patent-ri.ht
laws, placing fair limit upon the royalties ei
inventors, and protecting the people from in
iu tlce.
6. We demand that all land grants forfeited
by reason Of the non-fuliilment Of conditions
by railroad companies shall Be Mt one reclaimed
~ The Government, and hencelo,th that the
public domain lie reserved exclusively for home :
steadcrs or &C. ual settlers.
Z. We demand absolutely democratic rules
for the government Of Congress aud State
Legislatures, placing all representatives Of til
people upon an equal footing, and taking fron.
Il committees veto power upon propose.
legislation.
:. We denougcc az most dangerous the +, :
,tric.ions Of the right Of suffrage IN many States
and its abolition III the District OF COLUMBIA.
md demand equal political rights Tor all me,.
and women.
?. Believing that all questions affecting The
onbiic interest should he decided by the people
20 favor the submission Of the proposed con-
stitutional amendment to the popular vote.
III. We demand that all ballots in this Stat,
shall be OF uniform Size, color and material
md that each party having State organiza
Ion shall have one member on the Electio,
Board OF each township precinct.
il. In the furtLeraLee of these ends, VIC AL
the cooperation Of uli MEL and women with.
out regard to previous party utilization Oh
prejudice.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13

free government that the people ever
possessed. With the power to regulate
the value, or quantity (for it is owing to
the quantity OF money in circulation
that the value is dependent upon) Of
money the people could control their
own destinies. II the people had re-
tanned this most vital point, the ability
to pay the national debt, and also debts
between man and man, would have been
retained. But the people have allowed
this power to pass out of their hands
into the bankers hands, hence the
enhancement Of the debts Of the States,
and the reduction Of their ability to pny
the same.
The constitution also says that "Con-
gress shall regulate inter State COM
mcrce." This power has also been
wrenched from the hands Of the people
by unjust class legislation and pnt into
tine hands of railroad corporations, who
use it to the almost utter disregard and
ruin Of the producers OF wealth. They
combine together under the pool sys-
tenn, and rim the rates Of freight traffic
mp to al exorbitant price, thus compell-
ing the producer to take less for his
produce, and the consumer to pay more
for that which he consumes. They also,
under the watering "-stock system, in
crease their stock by simple stroke Of
the pen, and tax industry to pay large
per cent. dividend on the inflated capt.
tai in addition to their original stock.
We see that by fostering these two
gigantic monopolies we give them the
power to accumulate the wealth ont Of
one State into another, and the power
to accumulate the wealth out of the pro-
ducers' hands into the hands Of corpOr-
ate monopolies.
Shame upon legislation that discrim-
mates against the people, their prosper
ity and their liberties, in favor Of gigan-
tic money and railroad corporations. that
are organized for no other purpose but
to Cypress the people and to rob them Of
the results of their labor.
Shame everlasting shame upon the
subsidized press, which should he the
public teacher, to instruct and warn us
# these dangerous institutions, but which
has bound itself hand and foot in the in
terest Of these oppressive powers, and
are bnsily engaged in constructing cum
ningly -dcvised schemes in order to de-
ceive the people, which is both treach-
.rous and traitorous to the fundamental
principles that underlie free institutions.
The National Greenback party asserts
md will maintain that these monopolics
shall not be fostered 10y Legislation, but
that every toiler shall have The result Of
his toll. GEORGE j. CHURCHILL.
new WATERFORD. Ohio
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13
Onlclal Report Of the Autopsv.,

The October number OF the American Jour.
nal Of Medical Science contains the Official r.
port Of the autopsy Of President Garfield. Thia
report ID BY the surgeons in charge, and i
quite full and comprehensive. The appear
ance Of the body before the autopsy il told,
the manner in which tho antopsy was made
il detailed, and al the pus cavities
alterations, fractures, etc, are described
at full length. Il appears, as here
tofore stated by the physicians, that the bah,
after fracturing the right eleventh rb three and
half inches to the right Of the vertebral
spine, went oblquely forward, passing through
th. body OF the first lumbar vertebra, and
lodging in he adipose connective tissue
Immediately below the lower border OF
tao pancreas, and about two inches and
q half to the left OF the spinal column.
Here, the doctors again declare, the bah was
between thepoint at which 1t had fractured
the r.h aud the point where it had entered the
yertabra was considerably diiated, and pus from
IT bnrrowod downward through the adipose tis-
sue behind the right kidney, and thence found
its way between the peritoneum and the
xhich extended almost TO the groin.
The doctors again declare that tho
immediate cause OF $685. was secondary hem
orrhage. which proceeded from O rent nearly
fonr-tenths Of IN inch long IN the main trunk
OF the splenic artery. Tho doctors declare that
tins renl must have been made several DAYS
before the death OF the patient. The physi-
clans also describe the condition Of the vital
or -ans. which were more or less diseased.
Iii's last official statement OF President Gar
fields physicians further proves how false were
the Official bulletins and how completely the
PHYSICIANS we're 1t fault ~ to the location OF
the ball aud the direction which it took after
entering. II IL really surprising that Gen.
Garfield lived 90 long - he did, considering
the multitude Of alterations pus cavities, eto..
which the fatal bullet had generated
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13
Air Your Houses.

Too many houses are built up the
back In America. There are nothrough
draughts. Front and back open, and y
current set a-eoing--that'e fresh mir.
Air stagnates, and curtains drawn,
blinds down, carpets on floors, doors
closed and one bit of a window just
opened; goodness where's the life
to come from to breathe in SO many GU
bic inches even Of oxygen? Now. then,
in the morning open the street-door for
an hour and set something airing, some
current into those stagnant air layers,
that stuff each other up, and can neither
move up nor down, nor in nor out. La
dies are faint, children droop, babies die
and oil for the want of little fresh
air just passing through the house.
Look to it, ond open your house door
the first thing in the morning, and il
you can set current going, do IL.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13
TAKE PARTICULAR NOTICE.

Dr. r. addresses I'll those who have inquired them
selves By improper lnduigences and solitary habits,
which ruin both mind and body, unh ting them for
business, study, society marriage These are some
early habits Of youth, viz: Weakness In the back and
limbs, pain in the head, dmness Of sight. loss Of
muscu ar power, paptaion Of the heart, dyspepsia,
nervous irritabiity, arrangement Of the digestive
functions, debility, consumption, sc.
sD- r. SAN correspondence win receive prompt
attention. Address
T.. N. EISHDy.AT.r, M. n,
Sur2lcn and Medical Institute,
29m6 BuFlina ton, Iowa.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13

Graduate Of one Of the most eminent colleges OF the
u g., has effected Of the most astonishing cures
that were ever known; many troubled with ringing
In the head and when asleep, great nervousness
being alarmed ct certain sounda with frequent
b.ushing, attended sometimes with arrangement Of
the mind were cured 1t once,
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13

An American traveller in Europe
speaks Of tho fine appearance Of the
many soldiers. He finds the French
soldier to be short in stature, nervous in
action, quick in movement and less care
full in dress than the Germans and
Italians. The German soldiers are large
and intelligent and take pride in their
dress and bearing. The Italian soldiers
arc young and fresh looking.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13

Or. FlshBLATT,

Persons ruined In health by nnlearned pretenders,
who keep them trining month after month taking
poisonous and injurious compounds, should apply
immediately.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13

shift into any other employment. Very
few families OF wOrkingmen have means,
when turned out of work, to travel hum
dreds Of miles in search OF new employ
ers; hence the majority of the employed
are chained to one place and one trade.
Saying to such men, "You will have NO
voice in fixing your own wages. and You
shall take what is offered to Won or
starve," is slavery. No American will
or ought to submit to that. II the day
ever comes when by any means Ameri-
cans are obliged to submit permanently
to that, republic will here be impos-
sible. The only just, safe and lasting
basis of peace is that which calls labor
INTO conference and allows it q full share
in settling the rates of wages.
We abhor and denounce all violence.
every assault on private right or prop
erty. on the liberty Of the individual
worklngman, aud, above all, on life.
but these outbreaks are transient and
cxcestional. In spite OF them every
thoughtful man must rejoice that the
laboring men are awake, intelligent and
independent.
We rejoice in the clear Judgment
which enables the workingmen to dis.
cover the danger which threatens. We
rejoice in his readiness to resist state
q affairs that degrades him, threatens
81 undermine republican institutions.
ani 10 condemn his children 10 want
ignorance and dependence. 1t is one
OF the chief benefits Of education. civil
cation and progress that they make
and are intended to make such violation
II RIGHT. such inirstice and oppression
dangerous and almost impossible. The
Inevitable dangers land there are newt.
allie langers) which attend snch inius-
tire are enough 10 rouse the keenest
anxiety Of capitalists. That is enough
10 quicken their consent to do Justice.
We counsel workingmen to frown on a
resort to violence !; it can only delay the
remedy they seek. Let them rely on
agitation. discussion and associations for
autnal help aud protection but only
such as discountenance violence and alb
stain from all interference with the
rights and free action Of individual
workinameu. Voters under q repre-.
sentative government. units N political
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13

Mr.. ALoorT told the Concord School
Ct Philosophy that Actuality is II
thingness Of the Here" In the east
this sort Of thing Is culture, here ia the
west it Is drunk aud disor,lerly, with
nns q ton dollars " thirty days in Jail. -
@'s0ks sum
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-10-13

been usually men who have grasped the
most and ground labor the hardest, and
those who have believed them have been
duped.-- Winstsd Press.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-21

million Ire duke would NJ DOUBT do the thing
rpiendldly Mob dy dreamed for an Inst M
that the J urney wOn'd be made otherwise
thhn I the dukes own expense, auI evriy-
body was content Now The duke as returned
the representative Iurney has been made
win all due SplendOr, IN ROme's m llionaire
rspresentit We hns pre- ,ented A. is little bill Of
1000 francs for bis expenses.
Malone N. " Palladium; An accident
the details Of whlcl cannot ba recited . hout
shudder, occurred on Saturday last about n
mile west Of MO0er'r Forks, on the line OF the
ORdensburg ami Lake Cham plain railroad,
AS the mall train moving east rounded n curve
at that point, the engineer saw TWO children
playing on or near the track. They were
James Higgins and Phoebe Baxter, each be-
tween ana years OF age The engineer
sounded his whistle and used every m cans to
warn them away and also to stop the train
His efforts were fruitle-s; the children seemed
bewl ldeied aud paralyztd by fear. The train
passed completely over them, On stoppi, & the
train and returning TO he fatal point Il was
found that the boys head had been completely
severed from his body and had rolled q few fe
down the bank The little gld's forehead
was crushed In a fearful manner, her brains
being scattered around the ground, one arm
cut completely of, a d The othsr run over by
one If the wheels. Both of the b dies We're
also badly mutilated IL other ways.
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-07-21
CATHOLIC COLONY.
A Glowing Report of the Success of
the Families in Kansas.
st. Louis Po:t-Dlspatch.

une I'D fANnsaS.
st. Louis Po.t-Dlspatch.
This morning the committee of the Catho-
lie Colonization society that visited the
colony in Kansas returned to this city. The
psrty WAS composed of Fathers Butler and
Lssry, M ssrs. E. G.. O'Oonnor, McKeenan
and McGrstb. Shortly after Mr.. McGrath
arrived he was met and glowinely desrribed
the prosperous condition of the colony
"Why, one year ago." said the gentleman,
81 saw the site of Butler City. 1t was the
most desolste spot of prairie you could want
to look at When we arrived there this time
did not know it. The people have raised a
beautiful crop, built forty or fifty houses
and as neat u little hotel as one would want
to see. The railroad runs right into Butler
City. end the colonists could not be induced
to como back to st Louis under any consid.
Grafton The society is getting along in iirat>
class style Ofthe Is 900 acres OF land 1000
acres ara in cultivation with the best of pros
poets. TIE people get five cents a pound for
their hogs as they stand on the ground.
If they have another good crop they
will be able to pay off every cent of indebt-
edness on their land in twelve months. They
are delighted with their condition and pros
poets. They have bad three fine crops, forty
odd births and not single death. They
have every thing that farmers could have. ex-
cept graveyard, for which there does not
seem TO be the least need, and the only
chance is that some old grandmother will
drop IF from old age. The health and pros.
poets of the colonists are unequaled."