Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-02-28

gia, who recently resigned his Office, has !
made an amusing exposition. He says, that |
his receipts as Postmaster were nothing at all, !
though he was expected 10 do the drudgery
Of the party, and, that when he had bern Of
ficiaiing about q month. The Department
furnished. Shortly afterwards, when there
were nut five dollars of the public money IN
his hands, the Department drew on him for
$50 more, which he also furnished. Hear
ing subsequently, that third requisilon was
about to be made, he backed out from his Of
fetal dignity as precipitately as possible
This wasa hard case. The closest par1l-
lei to it that we have ever seen, was that of q
large stage traveller over muddy road in
New-Jcrsey. Soon after starting, one of the
stage wheels dropped into mud-hole, and
the passenger, az the solicitation Of the dri-
yer, got fence-rail and helped to pry !, out.
Il guess said the driver, after the job was
finished, you mought as well bring that ere
rail along with you, there's another hole
ahead. Accordingly the traveller, not in the
best humor, tr1dgeG along half q mile ON
foot under the ponderous rail, and again re-
lieved the wheel. He was now about to take
his seat in the vehicle, but the driver called
out 10 him There's another hole yondcr-1
guess you'll have to take that ere rail
along with you, and, as the road is muddy,
you'd better 60 a FOOT Look We, sir thun-
dered the traveller at last, provoked beyond
endurance 60 to the devil with your old
stage! I've no objection at all to walking,
but as for paying stage fare for the privilege
of walking the whole distance with a big
rail on my sboulder-I shall do no such.
thing - Louisville Journal. ,',',' ~. :
Precocity for Mathematical Stitdies.-Some
fVpo orst cSr HSuO
! w-Haven, whose humble vocation was ven
ding CLAIMS, were observed examining some
cross pieces of woeSl which they had notch I.
| ed, and over which they had suspended
Irvine with its weights attached. On in.
quiry it was found this was rude appara-
tus of their own invention, by, which they
could ascertain with much precision the
time of the phases of the moon and of high
and low tides. Their object was to assist
them in their business Of clamming along
shore. Satisfied that the astronomical re-
suits which these young untaught American
urchins Of district Of country celebrated
ed, were surprisingly accurate. several gen.
tlemen of liberal feelings had them placed
in the Lancasterian schools Of the city Of
New Haven, where they now are at the head
of their classes, and where we learn they
have made astonishing advances in the &C
quirement of mathematical sciences
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THE WAY TO SETTLE D1FT1cULTlEs.E
Two neighbors (who by the way were
brothers by marriage,) had difficulty re.
speeding their partition fences. Although
they had mutually erected q substantial
fence four and half feet in height on the
line separating the sheep pasture Of one
from the grain field Of the other. yet the
lambs would creep through the crexices and
destroy the grain. ssg - ts1a i .ai.
Each asserted it to be the duty of the 9TH
Ter TO chink the fence--aiter the usual pre-.
liminaries of demands, refusalss threats,
challenges, and mutual fecrimination. they
resolved to try the glorious uncertainty OF
the law"-they we're however persuaded by
their friends to the more amicable mode Of
submitting the difference to the final deter.
minatipn Of a very worthy and intelligent
| neighbor, who was forthwith conducted TO
the scene Of trouble, and in full view Of the
premises, each party in turn, in speech Of
some length, urged his claim, asserted his
rights, and set forth the "law and the facts
at the conclusion of which the arbitrator
very grayely. remarked Gentlemen. this
case involves questions of great nicely and
importance not only to the parties ~ inter.
est, but 10 the community at large, and It 10
INV desire 10 take suitable time for delibera-
ton and also for adviSement with those who
are learned in the law and most expert IN the
customs Of good neighbors; in the mean
time, however, / will just clap q billet or two
of wood into the sheep holes'-and in ten
| minutes time with his own hands be ettccta.
ally closed every gap. 5os.s .gG.. IL.
The parties silently retired, ench evidently
heartily ashamed Of hts own folly and obsti:
macy. The umpire has never been called
upon to pronounce final judgment IN the
case--so the law remains unsettled to this
day. Vermont Patriot. ,arWas ia.3'@ r
Fatal Accidental deplorable accident,
says the New. Era, occurred Yesterday morn.
Ing (the 22d) on the Harlem Railroad, which
resulted in the death, in most awful man
ner. of Mr.. DGniel Fisher, Of one of the New
Haven line Of stages. About @ O'Clock, just
before the cars were ready to start, Mr.. Fish
er drove his stage down the road in tho d.
rection of 10Th street, where as he was en-
deayoring to cross the track, the locomotive
Of the Harlem train Of cars struck his vehi-
Gle, and threw him under the train, mangliiig
the lower part OF his body 10 such . shock
ing manner as 10 occasion his death In six
hours afterwards Mr.. Fisher, who WINS per-
fectly sensible to the last. excnlpated the en-
gineer from all blame. il was also proved
that the alarm bell had been ringing q lon
ger time than usual. The deceased has left
two children-his wife died about six months
ago.-N. Y. Erp. 6da 5aiaaq 3xe8 sdy
The Legislative Riot in Indisns.---A letter
from indianapolis. in the New. ALBANY Ga
zette, contains o full account Of the late dis
turbance in the Indiana House Of Represen-
iatives. The affair. it appears. occurred on
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