Connecticut western news., 1884-04-30
An Interesting Relic,
A Paper Published fin our Grand
 fathers Days"

A subscriber has brought into oul office copy of the Litchfield County Post, published at Litchfeld, Sept 19, 1928, by s, S. Smith, who was also e,litor it was then in it's third volume. A paper which dates back near ly sixty years never fails to attract atten- tion, especially if'it falls into the hands of one whose memory carries them back to the time of publication, and we have made brief review of some of the per sons and facts mentioned in the paper, which may prove of interest to our older readers.
 The Posts makeup was not unlike our papers of the present day, the first page being devoted principally to short stories, etc. On the second page, Foreign Intelligence" occupies nearly three columns and contains news from London, bearing the date, July 30 ; Vienna, July IF ; Bucharest, July 10;- news nearly two months old, which was considered in good season, in the days of which we write. Under the head of County News" is long account of a great freshet on the Connecticut river, ill which the river rose eighteen feet above its usual height, and had already done great damage. In political news there is long editorial on the recent nominations for governor and lieut.. gov ernor, of New York, of Thompson and Granger against Van Buren and Pitcher, and the editor, although conceding the state to Van Buren, shows a decided preference for Thompson. The tariff question seems to have been agitated at that time as well as at the present, and half column is devoted to the discus sion of that question, pro and con.
 About one quarter of the paper is de- voted to advertisements, among which we notice the card of the Litchfeld Law School, then an institution of national fame, and in which many of the most famous statesmen of the day were edu- cated the Goshen academy, the Ply mouth high school, and B. Gibbs select school ill Milton; also have adver- tisements stating terms, etc. David Sexton and Ezekiel Knapp are mention ed as commissioners on the estate of Timothy D. Northway of Norfolk j; Moses Camp and Samuel Camp of Nor folk are also mentioned as executors on another estate. John Adam and William Adam advertise 6 '' Great Bargain for Manufacturers, which consists of & ''slitting mlll, saw mill, dwelling houses and land situated in the town of Warren and belonging to the estate of the late Samuel Forbes, Esq of Canaan" and 1t is furthermore stated that |" manufac- turers from the east would do well to inspect the above sites, as in these days of American industry good water privileges are becoming quite avaluable and safe property" The advertisement is dated at Litchfeld. August 5, 1928.
 Litchfeld seemed to be quite centre for stages to start out in all directions and numerous routes are advertised, one in particular attracting our attention was the Accommodation stage, through from Litchfeld to New York in one day." making connection at Bridgeport with steamer for New York-quite a comparison with the present mode of travel
 Taking it altogether it is very inter esting copy and must bring up many "reminiscences of the past to those whose memory extends back fifty years.