Litchfield enquirer., 1831-06-30

which was very near the prison. The girl,
who had certainly inherited none Ofthe iIinty-
supposed to belong to the prOfes-
sion Of her father, felt an interest in the hand
some prisoner, which was soon increased by
a short conversation " it'll him through his
prison bars. Vow followed VOW, and profess
tatiOn followed prOtestatiOn, declaring his in
nocence towards man, and his devotion to the
kind-heartcd girl, who lent to them willing
ear. agreed finally that, the young la
dy should possess her tathers prison keys.
and that the. lovers should then eiOpe. The
KEYS were procured, the prisoner enfraUchis-
ed. the doors we're again locked, the keys re-
stored, and the happy couple" as the phrase
goes, elOped and got married, and have lived
together since. 1t seems the prisoner had
not wit enough to abandon his old trade, and
he now stands cOnvicted.-N. 7. Courier.
Can't, Crocker.-This venerable captain ar
rived in the packet ship Pacific, from Liver.
pool on Tuesday morning. which completed
his one hundred and sirtieth passage across the
Atlantic. Capt. Croker, has been COM
mander since the year 1899. and with one ex-
ception, never had occasion to call upon the
underwriters for loss or damages sustained at
sea tO vessels under his command. The case
embraced is the ship Otis. Of New-Yoik, ly-
Ing in The Downs. on the nth Of February,
1907. when nearly one hundred vessels were
either lost or injured. The Otis also sustain
ed considerable damage. For Capt. Crock
erss exertions on this occasion. 10 saving ms
ship and cargo from total wreck, the under
| writer's at Lloyd's presented him with nve
hundred guineas, and piece of plate valued
ut fifty gnineas. In the long series OF years
Captain Croker has been at sea he has ira
ded only to Europe, but he has been IN al
most avery part OF the continent. He has
saved the lives of thirty two persons by re-
ceiying them from wrecks.-N. Y. Mere. Adv.
| Youthful Loue.-The following law puzzle
was put to us by young Barrister during the
! last spring circuit. Suppose Jeme sole OF
fnll agc, contracts debt, and then narries a
young man under age; how is the debt to- be
recovered? You cannot sue the wife with
out Joining the husband; and it is we'll set
tied principle Of law, that an in a'st cannot be
sued, except for necessaries. The question
arose In case then actually pending in the
/ Court Of Common Pleas for Pickeus Dis
i ltict, South Carolina. An old lady upwards
OF srty years 0f age, living in that disirict,h at
lygnitten an am0rOus youth Of nineteen, by
whom sha was led to the altar, where mutua
, VOWS passed between them, she to love ant
!, obey, no to comfort and protect Som
time previous to her marriage, this fair dam
+ sci had contracted small debt. on which sh
: was then sued with her husband. The pie
, Of infancy was put in by her espoused IOr
and master, to this action; but We believe
; awaited him not. as there was a proper rejoin
} der, stating all the circumstances.
Granville MoGntoineer.
D. kkT- ,AH.:C~ a Rhn Sfnrv p0n,
, people used to Rnd little grains Of gold in
3 sandpis, which they had to, deliver up to til
! Gom f,reigners. One day, going a it'll
I deeper, they fell Ia with twog good sized iun,p
\ 1t niassy solid gold. The slaves in great de
y light carried the fruit 1T their labors 10 thei
black master, L bsing more than they ha,
found FOR ten years past. and they though
hosy oyerjoyed the pour man would be at be
coming rich thus all at once. But they wer,
mistaken. The wise old king said: Lool
ye. my friends. these pieces are the father ana
mother Of that little brood Of gold grain,
which we have constantly been finding for 4.
ges; carry them back Immediately, and eel
them 10 the very same place. that they may
De able to go on producing fresh ones. '-OE
| Man Of the Mountain. t'.H '.f
! $50 M6 0uCSU@tSS EOs0tCU t&&6 WtUxGE
by Western member Of Congress, rs ex-
Pressise Of his feelings 10 reference 70 the con-
troversy between Gen. Jackson and Mr.. Cal.
noun, may be applied. with mere propsiety i
think TO the war now raging between their re-
tanners. the official and er.c6gcial organs IN
Washington, Ut our beautiful Administrator.
vt 10 kn0wn TO all who are acquainted
with the early history Of Kentucky, that the
first emigrants settled in small squads, like the
arst settlements in all frontier countries. for
mutual defence, The order was, whenever
40 alarm was given. all were to run to that
place. Early one morning the shouts and
cries OF female were heard--all ran to the
spot. When they arrived they saw bear
ana man engaged in combat. They had it
mp and thigh. up and down, over and under.
and the mans wife standing by, and halloo.
'og. flair play! fair play The company
ran up and insisted on parting them. The wo.
man said" no--no--let them fight for it is
the frat fight ever saw, that / did not care
which Nhipped. y r. RI. =
The writer Of an article on Poland, 10 the
Iast number Of the American Quarteriy Re-
Views predicts that the issue 0f the prese Mt
struggle OF this-gallant people, will be unfor-
tunate, and that they will be compelled to
saum" 20 the continuance, il not the perpe-
.u'ty o. their servitude. He then believes,
tnat tne nation Of the Poles, seems destin.
GU 10 sail, from which there will be to them
no further resurrection-that Polish natjonali-
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