Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1830-01-14
4 MODERN BLUE BEARD.

NJ tue Instance OF mllC.
A MODERN Blue BEARD.
We giUe to-day one cfthe most extraordinary
accounts ofthe manner in tchick fond kusb0kO
cOatriVed in Paris, to GMuse himself tUith HI
,ciUes, (for he tickled too to death, that h0,
eCer fallen under our notice. Those tcho haVV
had The experiment Of tickling their feet tried
upon them, eau easily imagine Me refinement o.
that torture .chich a person mast endure. ,eleT
50 bound as to be unable to resist. Whdi pleas.
Wre the demon could huUe taken in the ertdtic az.
oaies of0 IOvety Wom0n, no human mind eau
fancy bMt,thot he did rsUet in them the RurnI.
tiUe renders but too certdin.-N. Y Mer. Ado.
EFFECTS OF TICKLING.
FrOm the Petit Courier DIES Danes Of
Noe. 15th, 1929.
Mrs. do L~~% mixed much with the
fashionable world last winter, accompanied
by her daughter Emily. Young aud hand
some, tho latter was the object Of general
attention. Although without fortune, she
received many advantageous proposals for
her hand-but rs hcr heart remained unaf.
fected, she selected from tho crowd Of her
admirers Mr.. do V"*" as the ono best suit
ed to crafty hor amour prOprc no was
NuOUN "ltyS ItSI auu ICSpSSNcu-~uO UNOt
ed her and would thus make her happy.
Emily made II onfdGmte Of her mother,
who could not avoid expressing her SUR
prise at tho selection. Mr.. do V~~~ had
already lost two wives-there was dis
parity in their ages, and she felt an irwin
chile repugnance, for which she could moi
account, to thoir union. Emily thought
that so good an opportunity Of securing a
rich establishment, might not again pre-
sent--her mother yielded, aud she was
married to Mr.. V*"%. Some time after
Emily's brother urged her to frankly con-
fess to him whether she had realized the
happiness which she had anticipated from
tho union. have indeed said she my
husband anticipates my every wish, ant
would render mo fully happy, but for g
singular request which ho has made, and
which, as cannot understand the object,
troubles mo and have TO refuse il. II
must DO very serious, said Edward. Oh
no. it is very silly, replied his sisicr--you
never would imagine what. Only think
ola request to bind myself with linen ban
dages. In word to DO living copy Of
an Egyptian mummy.
SO extraordinary a caprice, surprised
Edward full as much as it had his sister.
His curiosity was too strongly excited to
DO spent in imaginings, but he urged his
sister TO yield, but with the condition that
he should, unknown to her husband, be
stationed during the operation in an ad-
joining room.
Thus placed, his sister informed her
husband that she had determined to yield
to his request. Wild with joy at this in
formation, tho husband found not words to
express his gratitude, yet promptly CON-
menced his operations. Edward listened
attentively. Profound silence reigncd fOI
some time in the room his sister broke il
ny saying in trembling tone, "and the
arms too 7" lie trcmbled involuntarily a.
if,hcy were TO be- the last words OF his sister
YeS,my dear, replied tho husband gaily,
beg you-head and feet only, free just
like a mummy you know. All was again
quiet--the silence lasted SO long as to
frighten Edward, and no was upon the
point Ut entering the room, when his sis
ter commenced laughing most immoderate-
ly-he felt assured and listened. Emily
stopped, and all was again silent. Again
she laughed, and more immodcrately than
before; aud again all was silent. This
tomb-like repose, broken by loud and i'm
moderate laughter and succeeding the
laughter, was alarming--he knew not
what to think Of it, and burst into the
room. AZ his appearance nj. de V. fed,
and his unfortunate sister lay stretched on
the floor, cold and inanimate. Her hus-
baud had bound her that no might freely
tickle her feet. Another fit Of laughing,
aud Emily would have followed the other
two wives Of NJ. dc V. Tho best attend
ance has but called her to existence, a per-
feet Idiot the nervous system being en-
tirely destroyed.
This adventure known TO all Paris (or
some days, is too well proved to be doubt
ed. We suppress The names, solely out Ol
regard to highly respectable family.
From the journal efIfeahh.
Choice of Occap0tion.-It is "a very
common error with parents, in determin,
ing upon the future occupations Of theiI
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