Litchfield enquirer., 1841-05-06


both until such time as the marriage con-
tract with one of them could be annIlled-
This she did, and she Immediately applied
to the Legislature for a divorce from her
first husband.
Mrs. Herrick is represented as lady Of
great mental and personal accomplish
ments, and undertaking piety. She has
never had any children by either husband.
Jim SQueerS.-JaMes Squeers, a bilious
looking little man, with face having as ma
ny wrinkles and ravines in it as there are in
IL French loaf Of bread, was yesterday up
before the Recorder. -....,f, -.....
"Squeers," said the Recorder, "James
| Squeers-is not that your name :"
"Why, that's my nat'ral nane," said
Squeers, "but they calls me Jim for short"
$50, you've been taken up again, fnd,"
| said the Recorder.
"Yes, finds have" said Squeers. "and
it's all the fault of that bland old watch
man. He never let's Teller enjoy his nat
raj rest, no how. Last night was lying in
the square, as quiet as Cat at milk pail
4 had just taken as many toddies as made
me feel comfortable, and was indulging in
some reflections about the chances of war
with England, the failures of the mail, and
some other phenomena OF nature, such as
| the absurdity of temperace societies, when
up he comes, and says must come along:
but told him to walk off, and never mind
me. "The night" says, is fine, Charley.
and do so like to look at them ere stars
Why, they may talk Of gas lights and new
lights, and you haint invented any thing to
beat them yet, and don't know as you will
in hurry. doesn't want TO hear lecture
on the movement and beauties of heavenly
bodies, just now," said he, "and If you wants
to deliver one. you'd better look out for lar
ger audience"
"And have listened to enough on the
subject, too" said the Recorder. "What
are your
II am a scholar and q gentleman" said
Squeers, assuming On extra quantity of dig
| nifty, though where he got it was more than
we could learn.
"Keep order, sir" said the Recorder. ~
ask what is your business-what trade do
you follow % .. -
"May it please your honor, % said Squeers.
I'm dandy's ultmatum, o propagation Of
fashions, and renovator Of dilapidated
wardrobes, or, in the vulgar language Of the
day, I'm tailor and scourer."
"Oho! you are. are your said the Re-
corder; then that accounts for your being
se,oed up last night. Pray where do you re-
side z" , +. n. .-..-... VI. 80. .....f.,
III beg" said squeers, "you won't press
me OF that subject" 1~,
"Well, why were you lying in the square
at so late IN hour J" said the Recorder.
"The fact isl said Squeers, "to be above
board with you, had wetted my cloth rather
sRssaaknss kGras l Frb b h EH
when I'm SOBER"
swell, should let you 60 this time, will
you promise not get tiPsy again 7" said the
Recorder. .r ..F
~If d." said squeers "may my meas
ure lose its pliancy, my shears refuse TO cut.
die, like my jokes, be without point"
"YoU may co." said the Recorder, 40
Squeers hoped out Of the office as light
footed as if he were second edition Of Mon
sieur Sullivaine.-N. O. PicGyane.
Nep Plan Of Cowrtship.-At a wedding, re-
Gently celebrated, were present some TWEEN
ty five young persons, all of them in condi-
ton which, for various reasons, they gene
rally concurved in regarding as undesirable,
viz. The anengaged. One of the gentlemen Of
the party, suspected the prevalence among
them of feelings, that might easily be ex-
changed for others infinitely moro fixed and
agreeable. He accordingly proposed the
u
confidence, whose duty it should be to re-
ceive from each individual folded paper
inscribed with the name of the person hand
ing it In, and also with the name of the per-
son of the other sex whom the first would be
willing to marry. The President, in addition
to the restraints of his own sense of honor,
was to be put under solemn pledge Of eter-
nal secrecy. All refusing to accede to the
proposition were for a time to leave the
room. Those whose choice was reciprocal,
that is, whose papers contain the same tao
names, were to be privately informed while
the selections Of the others were to remain
unGiSclOSed.
The result was, that the trial was made
all shared in the experiment; and eleven
couple were found TO have made themselves
happy and their several unions were subse-
quensly cOnsummated. e p. u
Valley cfthe Mississppi. THE balance Of
political power in this country will soon be-
come firmly fixed West Of the Allegheny
Mountains. The influx Of population Is so
rapid, and the extent and fertility Of its soil
so great, that the destinies Of this country will
shortly be determined by the voices Of the
people living in the Valley of the mississippi.
This stupendous region is pronounced oy an
crudite foreigner, the most magnificent dwell
ling place prepared by the Almighty for
comparatively speaking. il is a mighty des-
crt, only a stupendous moral waste. The
geographical extern. Of this Valley b vast.
and the number and size Of the prairies
which irrigate its soil, almost exceed compH-
tation. The moral culture which should be-
dffused there, is important in a ratio pro-
portioned to its boundless necessities. Mis-
sissippi Valley exceeds that Of France more