Litchfield enquirer., 1835-04-23

of Mr. sMartwout, the cOlleeaOr.D 0wsu.. then, say S7OO." "Oh. my dear ns'sm,
 such bid for such a magnificent affair. eos up by one of the royal 0phOIsterers; wen. S7O0-Only seven hundred dollars bid-prav
 loOh st them, Mrs. COnrtly. you won't Ist
 nOt-fO0 dollars n9Ore." "ThanIx ye, ma,am.
 know your taste. Ss0o-ssO-nOt yet half the Price-856; I'll taken Rve bid nOw-86O,
 s65-n"body bids InOre~-going, going-Iasf
 call. Such splendid article, from the Pal.
 ace of MOntmOreney. going for @Ses-cau't
 help It-Sreaf sacrifce-gOiag, gone." Lar
 ry Alderman, or the Fyfes, or any of the N. York uph"lstrrers, would have knocked up :S
 concern equally splendid for 86OO. q. Nuws
 for the paintings. A beautiful original of RaphaeE-the Child eating CitrOn-nsgniA-
 cent" '' Are you certain it is RaphaeI71
 says gentleman in specs. 1'Oh positively.
 sir; we have the certificate from Brussels.
 from Mynheer Wonder Donk Schilmpen-
 nick" ..'rhars all right. sir, I'lI bid you
 SlOO for it." "Only soc bid -E.r Raphaer
 ---inimita6fe coI6ring, diVinely conceived, and only $IOO-te0, so, 40, 5O-thal's brisk 20
 on, sir we: sea"niy one. third yet--6O, TO-.
 2Oo-geing at Ss0O--gOing, going, gone Mr.
 Capias. :: Thank you,: Mr. Capias men of taste know ASJsat a good thing is." It was sold at the Arcade Baths last week for S4e = bat n" matter. Thus they go on. pushing, sq,erzing. josifing each other-rumpiing shAr ladies' rufss, '6serbidding. getting excited by competition. buying things not wanted. and paying far a6uve thtsiT eak,e ; and at ihrex.. they all go home to eiDmr, puilins, jaded ansk iai'gned' and the next morning, they are up, bright and early fer, B. new campaign.
 y ,@z~s N. y. Erening Star.
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 Female. Darmg.-Charies Williams was brought up for trying to steal cloak from fha
 house of MT. Thomas. The females of 1hs. family were in the sitting room atone. and the door ieadingtO the passage was shut, yet one of the ladies' imagined she heard some one g"ing up stairs; without alarming the resi-. she went out of the room, caught sight of a mans feet upon the stairs, and followed him. up closely. but silently. She saw him enter the front bed-rooin, and she instantly went into the room backofh to lock for weapon, 10 defend herself luckily long handieCE broom stood close hy the bed side, and she snatched that up. and aw ated the robbers re- turn from the front room, as he could not go down the siairssa sagsin without passing by fils door of the bedroom where she was siatinn-, ed. She awaited. hreaihless with agitation for mipute ur two. when she heard him come cut of the room, (Whrre he had stolen tbe cloak. and ~was walking stealthily mpnn tip,Ue past the back room door tO go down stairs. when. just as he had reached the head of the stairs, the co,,raseous girl gave him a tremendous blow OH the back with the huie end of the broom, which friied hin to t1,e floor in an instant, and entirely losing his balance, he rolled from the top of the stairs to the bottom, howiug like bpateu cur; bat 4rx.f I ly; in his fali dnwn stairs he dropped thu cloak which he had stolen from the bed room. but he stiIt had another cloak under bis arm and he had just gathered hitnself mp from tin. foot of the, stairs. and was. rushing al0nS the passage. when his f,rmidahle female an,ago- nist camE close an his herls xEd gave itifN an- other hssadaid. iif fi,a taGk: again he hbw4ed, and Fhs timr. hg dr"pped the second ctDak. ihfakingait advisssbl- lv see cure the retreat and safety of. his hlackgusrd body Mp6H any terms but she fates wese nat in his favor. and he had aeareely cleared the stoop of the house, before he received third splow from his inse,erate pnrsaer. which stretched him on the sSle walk. T'hipking he was abont to be murdered in right down earnest the cawardly cuiprit called out '' mur- der and watch"-the watchmaO came up and took him into custady. In the morning he was committed. The second cloak Ia lady's is at the police office awaiting an York Poper. #
 "Husiy Legislation.-In debate the, oih- rr day in tho Maids Legislature something was said upon the Importance of expeditiOn in Legislation. to which Mr. John Holmes made the following reply:
 He was not sure but the old maxim apPIi- ed to legislation as well as to many oti~r things, ..the mnre haste the worse speed" l remember lsaid he) some examples of hurry and precipiiaucy. Last year law was pas sed. which provided that all the Acts should take effect certain number of days after they were published in the State paper. This made the laws al depend upon the Eastern Argus-the Eastern Argus the Law 0f ths Land don't know how some gentlemen will like. that; probably very well; but 1t don't exactly suit me. Twill mention An9fk- CT instance. The town of Boston was .0nce much afitcted by fres-and it was thppght by manyt they were sci by the blacks. aceor- dingiy the Assembly 0f the province of Massa- chnsetts passed law forhidding any biseks to be seen out of dOors after dark, without a lantern" Upon this Cuffee issues out e. qupped wjtR hfs lantern. but do candle id it !! At the next sessiOns it Was enacted that tnere should always he a candle in the Lantefis.-- We'll. Sir. Cuff puts in his candir arcordiag :" iaw,--bvt ..he nO light 'em." Thus they were obliged to enact laws three successise sessiods before they could make Cuf caery . lantern 'Wiih q lighted candle init" s,ss
 In 1877, we think it was, the Legislature Of Georgia passed n road law, which concluded