Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-10-15

clared she would not endure tho insult of
being asked to pay her board. True to her
word, she dressed herself and retired in aS
many gowns, aud other articles, as there
are folds in a twelve yard dress and LADY,
like, as she no doubt thinks. took q walk
from which she has not returned leaving
nothing but an old bnndbox, the contents
Of which on opening were found to be old
news. papers.
Sho has doubtless sought new field of
action, where she can impose again upon
the credulity, and draw upon the purses of
tho honest aud unsuspccting. Ii is really
hoped this notice will benefit this city, II
not tho public at large.-.Al6aay Adeer.
NATcnEz, August LIST.
A pretty young widow Of nineteen years
of age, and comedy young man of,weniy
two, strangers to each other, had been
committed to prison for separate offences.
They were brought to the bar for trial,
when for the first time they saw each 9TH
cr Both were convicted and sentenced
to Imprisonment for one week. As soon
as the sentence was pronounced, our swain
stated, that during thoir trials they had a.
greed that solitary confinement might be
amelioraled if the Court would grant thor
request, which was, that before they were
conducted to prison, they might DO permit
ted to go to Justice OF tho Peace to be
married. This was readily granted by the
Court; the parties having committed mat
rimony were committed to prison, and by
order Of tho Court enjoy the same a.
partmcnt. This is vast Improvements
upon tho Lynch code.
Il Great Poet Some time ago, when
Sir Walter Scott was going to London
by one Of tho smacks, the porter who car
ried his baggage on board, was informed
that he had been working for tho greates,
poet Of Scotland. The man Of burdens
gave look first to Sir Walter, and then
to the speaker, that Matthews only could
initiate, and exclaimed, "That tho great
est poot III tax my doUy that Sandy
Tamson, tho fireman o. tho Thano o'Fiie,
is u head taller. An for strength, dell
take mo If no wadna lick twa o. him"
PrOnuncidtiOn.-Some weeks ago, nn
article appeared in the Now-York Courier,
purportiug to DO let,or from French
man, describing tho difficulty no had in
learning to pronounce tho English Ian
guage. The words which no pointed out
us giving nm tho groatcst difficulty, were
those ending in O-M-g-h, and truly tho va
riety of pronunciations ofwhich those four
lcttors arc susceptible, is enough to puzzle
any foreigner. Ito tells us,,hnt on his pas
( sage from France, tho captain said the sua
was ruff, and rs this word was spot
r-O-M-g-h, no could not imagine that putt
ting til before it could alter tho pronun-
ciation. H0 found however, that when no
proposed to friend, to walk MrMf Wash
ington Square, no was not comprehondcd,
and was given to understand, that no should
say thrOo. Surprising this second pronun.
citation to DO truc one, for words Of tho
Same termination, he made tho company
at dinner table look about them in We
~ laughing manner, because no asked for
slice of ham cut next tho hoo. There a.
gain no was told that h-c-m-g-h was pro-
nounced hook, but this new pronunciation
did not answer for tho next case where
o-w-g-h occurred, for in speaking Of dough,
no called it dock. Being set right again
upon this word, no heard u lady cough,
when, by way Of showing her how apt a
scholar Ee was, he remarked to her that
she had got very bad ko. This error
was then corrected, so that when no took
occasion to say the meat on the table was
tender, no said, it is not toG. Hero he was
again put right, when no found himself
back again upon the captains original pro-
nunciatiOn, an observance of which, led
him to excite tho establishment of man
ptoMghing in field, by asking him if that
was not a plnF which he was turning up tho
ground with.
Who could imagine that any language
should DO so pronounced, as to permit four
letters to have five distinct sounds? Aud
yet we see, O-w-g-h pronounced uf-OO-
Ock-O-oE. Is it any wonder then, that
foreigners should be so annoyed in learn
ing English ?-Phil0deiphiG Gazette.
SLEEPING ON HORSEBACK.
Mr.. Jones, who went out to the Medi-
terranean in the y. S. Frigate Brandy.
wine, has published two interesting vol
umes, entitled " Sketches of Naval Life"