Year: 1859

DIVISION OF LTTCHF1ELD COUNTY

 The Legislative Committee, on this subject have agreed as the petitions are of an adverse nature and no notice has been served on the adverse par ties that they should be continued to the next Le- pislatllre and have further agreed to recommend the superintendent three jolly good fellows,' W. w. Eaton, Edmund Perkins, and A. P Hyde, to visit the County and report their opinion about it to the next Legislature. It is expected that the Committee will visit inc County in the month of August and the inhabitants are warned to be ready to pay them proper attention. The idea is a noble one-three full blooded, whole souled men, to be sent to rusticate among the hills of Litchfeld at the States expense !-Ne0 Haren Journal

 We shall be pleased to the tlrte jolly fellows named and the good people of Ltchield County will treat them with all becoming attention" if they have an opportunity. Ii a better place can be found for the County Seat than Litchfeld Hill we shall be very much mistaken, though Blue Swamp is a little more central. Tke idea of half shire towns, or division of the County, looks to us as merely ridiculous and we have no doubt such will be the opinion of the "Committee," if the Legislature shall appoint them, which we shall not believe uatil the vote is taken

 The printed petition which has been circulated in several of the towns for signatures being of an adversary nature, those who have been busy in ScnullS tncln III GO tue OuSnC to nave known, that action could properly be had on the iect, until notice had been served on the ad- verse parties. Though we have no special obec- ton to the appointment of a Committee to visit tho County at the expense of the Commonwealth, and have fears to the result of their investi gations it seems hardly creditablc for the Connect icut Legislature to be sending out jolly'' commit tees or sober committees to ascertain the wants of the people of Litchteld County, so indefinite an application as the one which has been sent this year to the Legislature. A friend has sent us a copy of this petition, which we print as curios- ity:

 10 the Hon. General Assembly of the State ef Conneec

 The undersigned, inhabitants of the town of -, in Litchtield County, respectfully represent, that public convenience and necessity lmperiGusly demand change of the present site of the County Seat thereof and either the substitution thereof of two half shires at such points, or of two Counties by division in such manner as will best suit the wants and interests of vast majority ot the clt- zons thereof

 In 1850, petition was presented from the neigh borhood of New Milford, for the formation of a County from the western part of this and few towns of Fairfield County; but it received so little favor, that the matter abandoned without a hearing. remonstrance was then sent in, drawn up by the late Judge Church, ill which the applca- tion opposed, among other reasons 1" Because the present County of Litchfed is ancient Coun- ty of reasonable and convenient size Because that County at great expense has erected, and has now in good repair convenient Court-H House, Jail and Wolk-House, with all the modern improvements and equal to any other in the State :-Because tEe proposed new County will be, If constituted,) narrow and dminutive County, too small for useful purposes, and will be subject to continual embar- rassments and taxation And because to consti- ute such County will lead to further ds,nem- berment and speedy destruction of the old and long venerated County of Litchfed, and work tie entire loss and sacrifice of its present public buildings and property, and will unconstitutionally invade Senatorial Districts and will greatly increase the judicial expenses of the State, now oppressive-will needlessly multiply Court Houses, Jals and Work Houses, and without producing any essential ad- vantage to the State to individuals except such as may be the incumbents of host of new offices which will be rendered necessary thereby" These reasons applicable to the present effort to di- vide the County, as to the made in 1S;0 and when he matter is seriously undertaken will prove effective in inducing the Legislature to let we'll enough alone"