Litchfield enquirer., 1840-10-08
CONNECTICUT.

l :hat l"cofocoism has faint hope of succeeding in that sate by still hank or silent rush to the Bal i"t Boxes on the day of election, hoping that the | Wings may he caught mapping! But they are Ges- tined to n sore disarpoinrmrnt There are 3eOOO supporters of HARRISON and TYIER in that state and II one t1"nsnnd "t i"m stay away, they mnst he sick S'r Ihcu:Hnd is Ihe hwest majority for Harri- son that they will hraroi. Ee watchfn, friends. l ~. |. Log Cabin.
 The friends of Harrison in Cennecticut are awake. They uWICratam. the r'nvt rpnIs of the enemy, and are prepared to meet hn in his fn'I strength at the hnlM boxes. The loros whcu lcv arrive the polls, 1 will find no oppnrirniv for still hunt At the little town meetings, the whGs will be on hand. to secure an honest Board of Registration And n, the Great National contest in November, whig will be at his post. Old Connecticut WILL DO HER DrTy | HarYOrd Courier. l AN HONEST coNrEss,oN.-A delegate from town in this county 10 the loco fnro Convention which met in this city yesterday to romirnte a candidate for Congress in rhis district, called upon friend, and re- marked, thnt he had been sent delegate from his town-hut said he, it is of no use, we hope to carry the district but we must have candidate, to 1 keCp up show.
 His friend then asked him what he thought about the Presidential election? Oh, said he, Harrison must come in-there can be no doubt about it. Well said the gentleman, von don't fine does come in do yon: Why, said he, don't belitre it uiH do any harm z! The above is a fact-N IT, Pullcd. Old Connecticut, what compliments you do receive about these days! At all the Whig festivals your banner takes the lead. 'The land of steady habits put the ball in motion Connecticut passed the first decree of condemnation upon our corrupt rulers.'- The sons of the pilgrims in Old Connecticut were the pioneers in this revolution That's the way they talk about you nll over the country. They give you the post of honor without dispute. Isay, Marm, are you going to keep this post None of your hid -nid-nodding' till after November.
 Bridgeport Standard. PRETTY WoMEN-" Of all other views man may in time grow tired, but in the counennnce of woman 1 there is variety which sets wearness at def ance." The divine right of beauty, says Junius, is the divine right an Enelishman can acknowledge, and pretty woman the only tyrant he is not author ized to resist.
 | Anecdote ofthe King of Prmssia.-O On the eve pre- ceding the day of his death. his Majesty, who had been accustomed to hear the working of pump which stood in the yard of the Palace, and to which the public allowed free access account of,he | excellence of the water demanded why it was he no l longer heard it. On being informed that it was lock- ed mp, lest the noise should disturb his Majesty, "Open 1t immediately" replied the King " 1 will not have my people, because I am i'll, condemned to | drink bad water"
 | "TnE TWO FAT Boys.''-The next House of Repre- scptatives will not be quite crowded the present -as those two fat boys," Albert Smith and Dixon H. Lewis, will not be members. Petersbnrg Intel A friend in writing from Fayette county, Pa, n- forms that Gen. John II. Eaton, the Biogrnpher of Jackson, and ex.minis,er to Spain, delivered very able speech on the 10th inst. in Uniontown to the whiss, in which he denounced in the strongest terms the impolitic measures of the administration. He bore the most decided testimony to the republican principles and bravery of Gen. Harrison, and in the peroraton of his eloquent address, avowed his deter imitation to support him heartily and zeaously in the ensuing contest. The writer adds; "Some of the remarks of Gen. Eaton, confirmed mo in an opinion long entertained and frequently expressed that Mar. | tin Van Buren has ever been the most inveterate enemy of Gen. Jnckson."- Wheeling Gas. Mortality among he Smiths 1.-The Wings of Vermont pu. extinguisher upon the political life of John Smith. The Wings of Maine have just per. formed the funeral rites of Albert Smith.
 l FATAL SHoT.-A Mrs. Mlligan was shot dead few days snce while standing at her door in Cleve. land, Ohio by rife ball, which was discharged by lad named Fisk, at a short distance from the house The ball passed through two board fences, and the direction was thus twice changed before it struck Mrs. M. who expired immediately.
 The Boston Transcript mentions the fact that the editor of the Nashua Telegraph found, in his office,
 the other day, "a most beautiful ivory and gold mounted cane, made of lance wood." with his name and residence, and Presented in lS4O." inscribed upon it. The Transcript is not willing that the editor of the Telegraph should enjoy his good luck in peace, but tantazelh him as follows: The Nashua editor, though in good is not in great luck, a west ern one, some two or three years since On going home one afternoon he found couple of little boys, about an hour old, and fancied not without reason, that he saw inscribed, on their infane countenance,
 in egibe characters, Chips of the old block" The Nashua man readily guesses who presented him with the cane-and the western man as readily guessed who presented him with the boys.
 The Newborn Sentinel says" Dr. Duncan is an abolitionist hypocrite he may take either horn ot the dilemma" Let him take both. He is never satisfied with taking one horn when he cnn two. 1 Prentice. The editor of the Ohio Statesman al Columbus, has been severely logged by Midshipman Schenck, of the United States Navy, for brutal assault upon the l reputation of his mother.
 1 Casually-Last Tuesday, Mir. John Benton, ol Guilford, was instantly killed in the following manner He had been the sea shore for load of weed, and on his return home, when the west bridges, he attempted to get down from his load, when he fell and one of the wheels passed over him, crushing him tc death instantly. His age was about 50.
 The N. Y New Era calls Gen. Harrison a ras cal" Gen II. most certainly is not rascal, bu, we have no doubt that by the 4,h of March next ne will | iHrn out One.-Prentice.
 l Picfure-A fair young girl is leaning pensivey on the easement, gazing, with thoughtful brow, up- | on the scene below. The bloom of fifteen summers