Litchfield enquirer., 1839-12-05

No. ~. NHOEE No. 7OS.
80 a.lial. 81 s. " nisslsts s8 nj affsnA
And away goas yong golden store, sob
repaid, perhaps with some cheeSs, efeSst
: stun, brought ina'diFty pail. win. Here's
a girl came Ia to borrow i 4 wash diSl..e'
J because we've got company" PFesensly
sne came back |" Mother says you've IOfgde
y The pen and ink, ana a sheer a. paiSef
and q wafer" il no unusuals Fenseat. Isrsa
whenlAhe pen is returned. you are rensrSIIT
informed that you sent .an awful 6afl -, y
have been Frequently reminded sOfose al
| Johnston's humorous sketches. A man ra.
turning a broken wheel barrow 20 q Quaker.
with, !" Here I've broke your rotten wheelL
barrow usin' ont. 4 wish you'd get Il mend
ed right off cause | want 10 borrow itaeaisa
this afternoon" The Quaker ID made 10 rs6
ply, Friend il shall be done y ] WIKI i pos
sessed more of his spirit. 81 NJ sa MS slsgf
But did not intend 10 write . chaptef on.
involuntary loans !: have q story 10 Iell. III
Ono Of nay best neighbbfs Is Mr.. Pulls
Doubleday, p long, awkwards honest, hard.
working Maineman, or ManiDte suppose one
might say so goodnatured, that heGnight b..
mistaken for sifnpleton; but that must hg
by those that do not know him. He e quite
anold settler came in four years ARo, bring
ing with him q wife who IL 70, him 40 vinegar
bottle 20 oil.cruef, or AZ mustard 10 the sugar
which is used to soften lis biting aualitiess+e
Mrs. Doubleday has the sharpesf eyes, the
sharpest nose, the sharpcst tongue the sharpe
est elbows and above all, the shafpest voice
that ever penetrated The INTERIOR 81 Michi.
gan. She has o talls straight, bony figure,
in contour somewhat resembling TIVE hard
oak planks fastened together and stood on
end and, strange 70 snys she was full Ryea
and thirty when her mature Rrnces attracted
the eye and won the affections Of the worldly
Philo. What eclipse had come over NJ.
DoubledayS usual sagacity when he made
choice Of his Polly, / am sure never could
guess; but he ID certainly the only man ID
the wide world who could possibly have liy-
ed with her. and he makes her y most excel
lent husband .ss NJ.
Iwns sitting one morning with my neigh
Dor Mrs. Jenkins, who ID sister Of NH. Dsnb4
leday, when Betsey, Mrs. Doubl edRys q Y hir-
ed girl" came in with one OF the shinGles Of
Philo's handiwork inner hand, which bore in
Mr.. Doubleday's well known chalk narks-~
a8 Come quick, Fanny ETA sg4
Aad m Gi,ng b sns granny
| R' day IN tr0dbI6.
And the next intelligence was Of i iiie new
pair Of lungs &c that hitherto silent mansion.
| --latest found : and IL The suppressed DELIGHT
Of the new papa was treat, how much more
was the softened aspect; the womanized tone
Of the proud and happy mother. never
saw b being so conpletely transformed. She
would almost forget 10 answer ms ID her nb-
sorbed watching Of the breath of the little
deeper. Even when Try Ing 70 be polite, ana
/ 10 say what the occasion demanded, her eyes
could noe Be Withdrawn from the tiny facs:sS
Conversation oil every subject but ths ever
new theme Of y babies 4 was out Of the duesl
ton. Whatever We began upon Rhined
round sooner cr later ID the one point. The
needle maY ircrnbles but II turns not with the
less Consistency 70 INC pore -.@s--..
As pass for an oracle in the matter ~
paps and possets, had frequent commune
cation with my now happy neighbor, who
had forgotten 70 scold her hrtsbHndi learned
| the nightly securing Ofthe floor, leet o. much
dampness might be- bad for TIE baby. We
were il, deep consultation one morning on
some important point touching the we'll being
of this sole object Of Mrs. Uoubledays
| thoughts and dreams; when the Aory earna
little Ianthe Howard, dirty as ever, Present.
| ed herself. She sat down and stared awhile
without speaking. b. E0fdiRGre: and then In
formed us that her n,oihef y wanted Mis-
Doubleday 10 let her have. her baby for 4 IA.
tie while, cause Benny's rnolth's % sore
thai" -bnt she had no time p finish the sea,
Irsb NJ sAsr i. rand her ntteancs
tunaielx toc I'M fcr spcech. ana la liis WIS.,
/ " disappeared before Mrs. Doubleday fositIN
| her tongue. philo, who entered on the ~.
slant, burst into one 81 bis electrify Ing laughs
with ,tss Il. fs .ss. 4,
.. Il as isss Z! ss SsIy Y
land / could NOT help thinking that one
must come aWest'' In order 10 learn little
| Of every thing. sSe,l, Hi Bss,4f,s ,sssr,ss
The identical gIass tube which 4 o1sfsd
Mrs. Howard, as snbstitute for Mrs, Doubs
Ieday,s baby, and which has already fTail
as ii Is, threaded the country Tor miles in I'll
directionss ", even % HfitG, ~ demand -
| q maIs on horseback from somewhere near
Dahtorth,s, and asks in my steficls whispsrs
reader must ecne to Michigan. IN, $50,
i..iak,GskeS SisalEts The iims-hod1rta ssiss
ran. Mr. SnoE paid 4 visit ysSlsr9ay Mct1ine. ~.
companisd with full suit. consisting d tha Hon.
Sles, and hs Exissme sIippsrinesA. IA. Mud, Al
though hey met With decided eel seesptioa, ~
they st oncs began y asanme he most deasssabls
siss and hsfcss night munopolisbd ssssy strsss In
sown. much 70 the annoyance u our gocd ciiizsns-
They we're dc market. as ths poss olicssoA
The svss, II dobrs and cas-dooss. snd every Nliese
were sfampIsd under ioot yet 70 gsst . The tsns
cisy shey exhibit. thafw1 don's expect % b "a u
chem until shs ariyal 81 ear Ola isnd Winies, NJ
4. sAcs,fv .~sss.tsl ~ Ill Tas.ss RssYz.sfa III