Litchfield enquirer., 1832-06-07
HOW TO BOTHER A SHERIFF.

HOW TO BOTHER SHERIFF.
 Dr.. J-s having just finished q digging his potGtOes," thought fit . few days since, to make m attempt to raise himself little in the world, and for this purpose. withthe aid of a ladder, he ascends the roof of a barn, where he was getting his talents in the very laudable business of mailing shin- gles. In this situation, he received visit from an officer of law, for the purpose of arresting his body by virtue of an execu. Ition remaining nnsalsfed. Tho officer made known the object of his visit, and perhaps. not duly considering the did'er- ence betwaen the situation ofa man Onithe barn aud U n,an on the ground, stepped down from Inc ladder. Whereupon the Doctor forthwilll drew the ladder up to the roof of tho barn and being seized with . sudden fit of industry, fell 10 shingling in lcontinently, observing that he had no time to como down, and that if tho otficer had any particular business with him he had better come up and attend to it-and at the samo time utterly dsclaiming the oblis gation on his part to furnish said officer. { with n ladder for that purpose. The oii- cer remonstrated--the Doctor shingled l The one ayoasgd not come down, tho other
 could not get up sand as thcre is something frathcr peculiar in the position ofthese two ,] parties in relation to each other, itniay af- ford matter of curious speculation, to , leave thein in that posiiion---so they are {, accordingly lefts-- YeOmdn's Gag.
 ] AlUertisements -It is stated and probe
 ably with a close approximation tp truth, 1 that the newspapers Of tl,e city 0f New- .l York contain fnqr6 zdpeg gessss ttan alI lthe nowsPapefs n Great Brisain and Ire; 1 land s \ sss x M N
 The chief fcsson sof ihis is vsfy plain. in the British tax upon them linus, all an nual advertisement tlsas would coat tIifty two dollars in New- ork wonlu cosf 900 dollars in England.
 The different character of the pssple Of Iil,e two countries may partially be 8steons-. ed for this small matisf III England the son ofa pauper hecO1ies . paups tho son of chimney y-sweepefs | chimney -sweep- er--the son of a bishop, . priest, with . fat living in the gift of his pastoral lfayher-s and the son of n lord, lord !; but with nsE there arc rapid changes, that require dl'peys tisements tout of a country sutyeycf waa made the first man of his generation, wilh- out precedent and yet withoutsuccession-~
 of journeyman printer, one of the sonnd- est philosophers and brightaSl ornaments of human nature of his day--a bIaeksmifli, one of the bravest and best qualified gene erals and gentlemen of his time . school- master, tho second President of the Unit cd States; a cobbler, one of the ablesi and most reyoluse of the congress Of '76, and SO on, witIiout number. There is aiways some novelty before us, some nov husiness [started, new goods made. new city built ID, \ new canal dug or road or bridge maae.-. \ and the marchof mind' would be skee'.. cd, werslit not for adpsFtissMenis.
 A Ekeepish Trick. On Friday aiiss. 1. moon, tiyemen belonging to two Caps ks16 fishing yessels lying in Newport wer6 kl-
 rested ihAhe Neck brought tp town, as,l
 arFaiRhod before tW0 1nssieas 'o& q lcharge of stealing Wool ky pllz s 'aH il from the back ofslivs shstp, saEeH2.12 " the flock of c. s. Hazard. Ihbx \; sa6 ! ed guilty, and were muleted IT iii 0 046f ;. lin thss sum of $25.
 s1 A person impeFsinenil9 axcostsd m Bishop of Asapll in the eliQrehsyard IF i was taking walk pftaF tlle conl;l5 ,iof . las follaws srs. My Lord does i..& 1sH - wear viz like you, 0f IS lia bad s6I { led l'' \. Wait sRkile, niy man. Xs| .k Epselales z and ysg sse V