Litchfield enquirer., 1838-11-08

OQUEEZkNG THE HAND N u uus Aat0sy
that we have understood the strange cOn>
s.ruclions that are sometimes put upon
squeeze Of the hand. With some persons
it is entirely eqaivalent 10 . declaration Of
love. This is very surprising indesds-
We must take hold Of alady's hand, like a
hot pOtatoe, afraid Of giving a squeeze, lest
We should burn our fingers. Very 6he. tru-
ly! Now It was our aUcient custom 20
squeeze every hand we got into our clutelS-
Fes-especially fair one. Is It not ,
wonder, that we never have been sued for
breach Of promise We would not give
a scapper nail for one of your cold formal
shakers Of the hand. Every person who
protrudes one or two fingers for yonr touch,
las if he were afraid Of catching some cuA
taneous distemper,) should 70 TO school
awhile to John Quincy Adams. He shakes
your hand with a veDgeance--aDd shakes
your body with it, unless you shall happen
to be, as thick set % himself. Well. there
is nothing like it; it shows a good heart
at any rate; and we would rather man
should crush the bones Of our fingers and
shake our shoulder out Of joint, than that he
should poke out 4 reluctant paw. as ifhe
were about to come in contact with bear
or hyena. The ladies' may rest assured Of
.his. that "a man who win not squeeze their
hand when he gets hold of il, does not de-
serve to have such a hand in his possession,
and that he has q heart seven hundred and
forty-Iiine times smaller than grain Of
mustard seed Saturday Nisiter. ~ = u
Berkshire Pigs.-Mess. Brintnalls, Of Canterbury,
Orange, who have stock Of these pisp from original
importation, cite the following the weights 70 which
they have attained ut the sges noted one under two
years old, weighed 652 lbs; one four years old 702
lbs.; one three years old, $50 lbs TIVE eighteeH
months old asa and 432 10 lbs &C. 5d tra.l95fFe
Singular Case.-The Louisville Journal says =:
"a Mr. Edmund Keene Burke. Of Mobile, . most nm
flal young reprobate, was recently ridden on rail
by the citizens Of that place for breaking couple Of
bis fathers ribs and running away with third-shae
is to say, he ran away with his old fathers young
wife, his own stepmothef, and married her ~
Benjamin Rathbun, accompanied by the sheriff Of
Gennessee county, arrived in our village on Saturday
afternoon last, in the stage from the west. Mr. r.
was under restraint from the officer accompany-
ing him, and on reaching the American hotel, was
left free to himself receive the salutations Of seyer
al acquantances. In obedience to the mandate Of
law, he coon after walked to prison.-Asburn Ns.ps.
Resignation Of Mr. Kilgore.-The Hon. Mr. Xii.
gore, Conservative Member Of Congress from Ohio,
has resigned his seat in the present Congress because
Mr.. Swearingen, Loco Foco. has been elected to
Congress in bis district, thus shelving there msjori-
~ for the ub!Treasury. Cambreleng and Moore
never thought ofrssgning their seats and unless such
men practice what they preach, Mr. Mlgore has done
a very silly thing.-N Y. Express. tle8 n5
Mon. RAn-Tha dnalnrn TNr,, Hoaaa AZ n,,,nN
have entered into compact, t6fy dollars penalty for
each Infringement, % be given to some charitable in
sttusion1 to close their stores on every Wednesday
evening, from October 8. 1885. TO March 90 1882
Their object s tho mental and moral improvement
livered on those evenings ~ Pr 3-aki" ~? .sssii
Illinois Election.-In speaking Of the manner in
which the election in Illinois was conducted the ed.
tor Of the Sangamon Journal says !" The editor Of
this paper last week. with one Of the contractors Of
the North Cross Rail Road, examined The poll books
Of this Spung6elO town, and found, that as the re-
cent election nineteen Of his hands voed-shas they
all voted the Loco Foco sicketand that Of these nine
teen persons, only were legal voters SEINE fur
Their important facts in relation to this matter may ap
pear hereafter. We presume that an examination Of
the votes given on other sections Of the road will Ok.
hbi. results not dssimilar to those herein noticed.
love the wealth and apparent prosperity ofmy
country; but love, still more. her Independence
Give us poverty and an humble destiny, if you will
rather than to have our people wear tho badges Of
vassals, with ell the gorgeous Iiosry Of bondsen.
envy nothing European bat their glorious literature
Rude as many suppose us to be, still love the hills
and the valleys OF my own country, because il was
the home and the country Of those who once flashed
on high the sword Of freedom in the war Of our revo
luton. Independence orepr p my cosnssy. j. the fps
and dearest sentiment Of my heart.-Pickees. afw
The Valley Of ne Mississippi. A writer in the
Knickerbocker speaks Of the mississippi valley 40 one
that has no parallel on earth. lie Length may be es
mated At not less than two thousand Eve hundred
miles, and its main breadth at fran twelve to 6ftssn
hundred. He adduces many facts to prove. that is
was once covered by an immense ocean. and that the
great change was brought about by sspaaaed and
long convulsons. He Describes this valley a. not
only the delightful the richest. and the airess
portions ofihe earth, buscapable Of sustaining popa-
la,ion Of hundred millions. ! yfFef l Fsti=l
Heps Deferred. The ,Windham County loco foco
editor, after giving ihe result Of de town meetings
around him, and admitting the great prepondsssncS
Of hoco pocOism, % he terms it, says by way ofsn.
enlargement to the yanquished--a Well lss them
have the ofices-they will soon quarrel abeut de har-
vest ns1s spring" 80 the reaction that was to be-"
this fell il deferred to April Thank e, gea.Isnen.
karDord Times and ihs IoUa Msss;ses. Tho last
Hartford Times publishes . liss Of % towns which
they say "last spring gave federal lmeaning Whig)
alorities, and have now; ct the late town meetings.
elected loco focc pwn officers. Both Of these asser-
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