Litchfield enquirer., 1881-03-10
WESTERN CORRESPONDENCE.
LYONS, Feb. 20th, 18S

Ed. EnQ.-Thanks to your Goshen cores pendent, who keeps us so we'll posted on the movement of the spheres l, had the satisfae- tion last night, to witness the superb grouping of the four planets. The coy little god planet condescending to put ln an appearance just long enough to greet her rival sister above, and show her bushes, in a fine atmosphere, and then quickly retiring behind the curtain 1 shall watch out for her again tonight as I suppose the opportunity to witness the four Pplanets in such close proximity seldom occurs in life time.
 We are having an abundence of snow Real old fashioned snow drifts, that blocked the railroads for days. A lady living five miles in the country declared she had zig zaged around through the fields twenty miles in trying to reach Lyons. rET, ---r~ r
 In addition to our prospective pork packing house, building association has been found ed, limited capital, $500, 900. who propose also to 'push things"
 For many years Lyons has had the reputa. ton of being dead town-killed by her sister city, Clinton. But the new railroad has given us new impetus, which in connection with new manufacturing enterprises, is waking up the dormant energies of our citizens, and it looks as though we might adopt the last words of the immortal Webster, (according to the account given by a countryman), as "he rose right up in bed and exclaimed I aint dead yet."'
 PERSONAL MENTION. time since wrote you pretty full account of our lady lawyer Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, meeting Ter long lost, and supposed dead, husband, in a church tout west" Since then she has been giving much of her time to the Temperance work. Last week she was invited by the August Cook Committee" Boston, to occupy the Monday monday Hour" at Fremont Temple, to reply to the erudite Chancellor Crosby of N. Y, who three weeks before had created such sensation on this same platform, trying to prove that the Bible does not sanction total abstinance; that science does not require or ap- prove it; and that Prohibition is failure and unconstitutional. Although very brief notice had been given, the Temple was packed and hundreds turned away. The Massachusetts Legislature attended in body, the President ot the Senate occupying the chair. It is said her effort surprised herself and all her friends, and elicited the epigrammatic comment of Miss Frances Willard. sA Complete An swer." After the lecture she was overwhelm- ed with congratulations and feted and toasted as only Boston can, when pleased.
 Last week had another pleasant call from H. A. Hull, an old. Litchfielder, and his youngest son George, who by the way, is a ''broth of a boy," ''little thin in flesh" his father said, lowing to severe tusse with the Minnesota humps" or something of that sort, but could still kick the beam at, 180 tbs. They had been on an extended tour of five weeks up north among the snow banks where they do not consider the weather extremely cold, till the mercury gets down into the 40' Both were travelling in the interest of the Leather Betting Go. the elder from N Y., and the younger for a branch House in Chicago, breaking the young man in suppose The former has been on the road seven or eight years and has learned all the inns and outs of the trade. He and our friends, Moore and Burnham, are veteran in their respective lines of business, and have the s.bulge" on the young ''fellers" that start out in opposition. If any one supposes that experience does not count on the Road" let him try it few weeks by the side of one of these ''patriarchs' and see how soon he will get Cleft" The borrowed phrase I got from keen observer, who asked me who my patriarch friend was, after Hull left. The fast approaching snowey diadems of our three Litchfeld Co.,, .sTravel- lers, who have been so long in the business, reminded me that the term had not been inappropriately applied, and as their praise IS in all mouths, concluded to give them the benefit of it. As an indication of the amount of business MT. Hull is doing he tells me that he has sold over twenty thousand dollars worth of belting in Lyons and Clinton alone, and he has the range of the whole Western country. They promised to come and spend the evening with us, but did not make it. and ii this happens to fall under his eye, he may understand from it, that owe him a grudee and now we are even.
 In consequence of the floods last spring which killed the grass and vegetation, in the hay producing portions of our vicinity, we anticipated hay famine. But the good sleighing has brought in hay from twenty miles around and although it is high in price there is no dearth. The farmers take back with them mill wood, which they buy for 25 cts. load at the mills. and 80 kill two birds, etc hear that nver q thn,,aoxa le.xa. l....