The Litchfield County post., 1826-10-24

Rexford, alias Ruford, for grand larceny,
,vas sentenced to the State prison tor eve
wears. This gentleman haviagssartcd from
This yiIlaee upon a short pedestrian exeur-
sion.sf for Sle benefit of breathing the coun-
try air. fortunately overlook Miss Lucy
Bundle, an interesting innocent sort of a
LADY who was returning from a visit here,
antiEke the gentleman employing themeans
ofioc6ni6fion, with which she was ptovi-
ded by the hands of Dame NatQre. In
shoft she was on foot. Our hero with the
p6rest feeling of gallantry could do no less
than politely to pass the good time of day
to her, and ask leave to accompany her
home, "a distance Of about four miles, which
gallant offer, Miss Lucyin the natural kind
cept. Now Miss Ldcy's spfightliness and
her peppers full of fun,' having made
adeep impression upon her tender hearted
and gallant esquire, he signing, vowed 10
Miss Lucy, in the words Of the old song,
and declared, that if they could agree up
on the terms, she should become the part
ner Of This joys, and the wife of his bosom.
'tThese things to hear did Lucy seriously
incline;" and charmed with such dear, de-
lightf;Il. and to an artless maiden, winning
words, the time passed rapidly away until
the pair arrived safely home, for all this
4 time. Miss Lucy said the conversation was
highiyinteresting.''' When home she show
ed him to the sesquare room" where she
prepared tea for him, which they slipped
alone: and there lemaihed for the after
noon ,tete a tete. Lucy had, however, doe
mestic cares to attend to, and in the eve
ming left her dear Augustus, to milk the
cows Our hero for shorttime remain-'
ed1in the square room, but being lonely
when away from Lucy, he concluded to
walk out and enjoy the balmy sweetness
of the fading twilight, and straycd into the
orchard where he spent some time in mu- |
sing on his fair ones charms, and 'compo-
singsa sonnet to the moon. i
4. When, Miss Lucy returned from her rus
tic ayocations,. she found him seated in the
g square room'' reading. Aftera fewmin-
utes conversation, he concluded that he |
must return to Utica, lest his long sojourn |
might cause some fearssof his safety, and
itsbeing a chilly evening, and Lucy recol- |
lecting the proverb in the spelling book,
that warm love soon grows cold" and /
fearing that such a night as this it might,
unless precautions were taken to prevent
IT., generously loaned him great coat, ar
.rayed in the ample folds of which, after the
usual on such occasions, he de-
parted with her good wishes, and four dol
lars and fifty-fvesicents in cash, and one
hundred dollars more in notes which he
took from a trunk in the
'ssquare room" On missing the money
a search was made, and in the orchard un-
der the very tree which had oyershadowedl
him poetising, the pocket book which had
contained ii was found. Then il was that
Lucy began to find out that like many 9TH
ers Of his sex, he was false deceiver; and
after this il was that he was apprehended.
On being charged with stealing not only |
the heart of Miss Lucy, but the pocket
book containing the money, he confessed
the fact, but confession would not appease !
the anger of the injured maiden. On the ,
trial he pied not guilty, but the court and
Jury after hearing Miss Lucy's story, would
not be persuaded that he did not intend to
deceive them as he had done her, which ,
caused them TO convict him as. an example,
TO other faithless swains.-U Utica Int.
1890 II
Sir Isaac Newton lost the use of his in
tellects before his animal frame was arrest
ed by the hand Of death. So it is said of
4 Mr.. Swisset, that he often wept because
he was not able to understand the books
which he had written in his younger days.
Corvinus, ansexcellent orator in the Aa-
justine age, became SO forgetful as not even
to know his own Nance Simon Tourney, +
l III 1901, after he had ontdone all at O xford
Y for learning, at last grew such IN idiot as |
not to know one letter from another, or one |
thing he had ever done.
Trial By Jury IN France.-The follow
ing circumstance, which is related in pa
per Of this morning, as having taken place
at the Court Of Assizes Of Versailles, we
extract although it appears strange 10 US,
\ and we hope the account is exaggerateds
! A girl named Bnisson, was cited before
the court on the eighth, charged with hav-
ing stolen a.watch from the son Of Mr..
o., with whom she lived as servant. II
appeared in the course of the proceedings,
that a certain degree Of intimacy existed
between the girl and the young man. who
had given her the watch, either as an orna.
ment, or to sell. The young man, howev-
or, denied having given it to her; and as