Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-06-07

Farrell, too, was there and the poor drivs
eIling drunkard, in the arms Of the watchs
was MS wife. IA
While made rapid survey Ofthe scenS
poor Bridget pushed her way behind the
railing. and coming close to where I saty
unfolded the blanket which had supposed
she wore only as clothing, and exposed the
body Of her child. A glance told hers
was no gfodndlcss alarm! The little boy
was dead. The blue contracted lips, th8
deadly pallid cheek, the sunkcn eyes-alf
told Of death. Tho sight Of the corpse
renewed the frantic grief Of the mother
her shrieks filed the room. Suddenly she
ceased, and with her dead child still in her
arms, she made her way back to whore
Mrs. Farrell stood. 20! Mrs. Farrell,
how bad We the heart to do itI'
| Prepared as am now by sad expert
ence, at the sight Of drunkenness, for every
form and variety Of consequent horror, T.
could not doubt that misery had turned
Bridget's brain. Mrs. Farrell murdered
her child7 Impossible
After vain attempts to obtain from either
Of the parties an Ineligible explanation Of
the sad scene before Us, we had to resortto
FCallaghan's children. Their account
will try and condense in few lines, forf
have already far exceeded my proposed
limits. 44
II cfanced that the Celebration day felf
this year on the anniversary Of Callaghan's
| wedding. The happy coincidence was
seized as an excuse for family festival
The usual frugal limits 10 which all three
families confined themselves, was, on this
occasion, to be Utterly disregarded. A
turkey was bought, roasted, and various
other dainties provided. The unwonted
frequency Of Mrs. Callaghan's visits 10 the
grocer's attracted his attention. He asked
the reason, and when told Of the poposed
feast, he praised and recommended his Old
Irish Whiskey so highly, that poor Cali
laghan was persuaded, instead Of the single
modest pint he had intended TO buy, (fors
he and his friends were comparatively tenn
perate,) to take two bottles.
| Reader, need the rest be told2 It were
scarce necessary but for the horrid catas-ta
trophe.
The feast began joy passed TO tumult $,
then came dispute, anger, blows, and a
general fight. Farrell was beaten almost
to mummy by Dennis Doyle. whose wife
(for the women as we'll as the men took
their share Of tho poison, and Of it, fruits(
had her clothes nearly torn form her back.
by Callagian. Mrs. Farrell, after fruit
lessly struggling to FREQ her husband from
the iron grasp Of Doyle, rushed up stairs,
swearing vengeance upon Doyle, his wife
and child. The mother heard the savage
threats against her child, and escaping from
Callaghan, followed Mrs. Farrell TO the
stairs Scarce had she made the first step,r
when from above, the shouts Of drunken
fury arc heard. Another instant and the
I little innocent was dashed over the ban
nisters. He fell dead at his mothers feet.
Lire IN New YoRK.-N ecer ask gues-
tions in a hurry.
tom, word with you.'
BE quick then, I'm in a hurry
sWhat did you give you sick horse s'o.h-r
Ter day
| A pint Of tcrpentine.'
John hurries home and administers the
same dose 10 favoriie charges, who, strange
TO say, drops of defunct in half an hour
His option Of his friend Toms veterinary
ability is somewhat staggered. He msets'
him the next day.
/ well, Tom! n.
well, John, what ID itf'
II gave my horse pint Of turpentines !
and il killed him dead 40 Julias Cesar
| so it did mine.'
| All HONEST CONFESSION.
The following 10 the concluding passags Of long d.
itorial in late number Of the Monmouth Enquirer,
the Editor Of which WIS "born and bred q Demo
GRAFT" He 10, in the language Of the Bucks County
1 Inteifgencer, one of the. TENS OF THOUSANDS
who are daily and hourly casting aside the shackeS
Of party and speaking out in tho voice Of 5'ssd0"
"71e history Of Ge sDosI Sss not q6ord anoGhey ~
stance IN wAick de douOn Of party has BEEN more
rapid, and htoresgh than Tia. # As Van Rarsa party
sss. day. ~. S. aa; | q rssSrs
arisiocraiica and trasnicai hai ssr ssistAa Asa q
speedy dosOaan vii Be cenelasirs egsdsncs Of he
tae indepsndenes and sntsgs,ee q fhe people Of TIC
II A Victim of Publis Ezeeution- learn
by the last Ohio papers that . son Of VIM.
Prior, respectable citizen Of Portage Ccun-
ty, who attended the execution Of McKisson,
4 last winter, has become victim 70 the NOR
bid feeling such spectacles are calculated to
create in weak minds. The lad (cnly 16,1
left his fathers house on the Sd inst. and WdS
found in the woods on the 9th, suspended to
1 a sapling by hickory withe. which he APP
pears to have broken or and placed around,
his neck with his own hands. The knot was
carefully adjusted under his right ear, and
the knees Of the young man rested on the
ground. After the execution Of McKisson, he
remarked that he should be the next one
.hung,as he thought it an easy death, and =
letter he left in reach Of his parents. shows
that he was laboring under monomania or
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