The Press., 1889-04-04
MANSFIELD.

tooRREsPoNDENCE.)
 On the last day of March the earth was covered with mantle of snow, and the outdoor look was decidedly wintry. The early songsters were obliged to seek shelter in some lee place and wait till the earth was again uncovered. The roads were getting in comfortable condition over which to travel, but the melting snow has filled the ruts and low places with water, and few more days of mud will have to be endured. As the first of April in Con- necticut is moving day, many will be shift ing places, whatever the weather or travel ing may be.
 If the unpleasantness that exist be- tween some of the patrons and managers of the creamery at Morrow could be satis- factorily adjusted and confidence restored it would be to the advantage of farmers who desire to patronize the creamery.
 A large number of milch COWS are for sale, and at lower prices than for several years. Working oxen are offered at low prices per pair, and but few buyers. Beef is also low in price, except when one gets a slice at the butchers stall. While the prospect is not good for the farmer to add largely to the number of his shekels, yet untiring industry will bring him a good
 
 and buildings beautifed with improve ments.
 Rev. MT. Rice, pastor of Baptist church at Spring Hill, has resigned, owing to i'll health.
 We have heard it said that consistency was jewel of great value, and, if so, what kind of jewels are some members of our legislature to vote to sustain the laws for capital punishment, and then vote to make it imperative in the case of Swift, the wife murderer? It is believed that Swift had a fair trial and was defended by able counsel, and the evidence against him was too clear and positive to admit of doubt No new evidence, as we can learn, was brought out before the committee other than that at his trial before the court and jury. Suddenly an amazing amount of sympathy moved the tender compassion of that august organization, and they pretended to believe that man who procured pis- tol for the express purpose of killing his wife, and, coward like, laid in wait for her, and, as she passed along the walk from her daily labor, unconscious of danger from the lurking fend, he sprang out and shot her in the back. Thus her young life went out at the hands of brutal hus- band. And yet the committee say they do not believe he Knew enough at the time to commit murder in the first degree. It seems strange that the jury that listened to the story of the murder, and all the evi. dence that could be produced, never dis. covered or believed but that he knew what he was doing, and intended to do, when he fired the fatal shot. The case has giv- en few members chance to relieve themselves of quantity of surplus gush oi sympathy for the murderer, but none for his innocent victim and her bereaved friends. Clerk Dimock, it appears, would rather resign than sign an order of court to hang such cowardly brute. We sin. cerely hope that no jury in Holland Coun. | ty will ever be influenced by such sickly sentiments. Hodel shot his wife in bed and piled his little children with their dead mother and set fire to the bed to enjoy the grand funeral fire. At Stafford Springs