Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-09-21
THE SABBATH,
SALMAGUNDI.

vloLArNG THE STATurE.-Under law of the Col
ony Of Connecticut, relating TO "young men and
maiden s," at Court held May !, 1860, "Jacobeth
Murire and Sarah Tutte were prosecuted for sitting
down on chest together, his arm about her waste,
and her arm upon his shoulders or about his neck,
and continuing in vt. SINFUL posture about half
hour, in which time he KISSED her and she KISSED
him, or they kyssed one another, as We witnesses
testified Sarah and Jacobeth were each of them
sentenced to pay 20s to the treasurer for not keep
ing " within the statute" ...
To find one who has passed through life without
sorrow, youmust find one incapable Of love or hatred
of hope or fear-one that hath no memory of the
past and no thought of the fuure-one that hath no
sympathy with humanity, and no feeling in common
with the rest Of the species. ..... ..
A woman in Philadelphia lately applied to ma
gisrae for warrant to arrest the devil The Off
Ger declined for want of jurisdiction.
The Tyler editor of the Hartford tCOnn) Eagle
has run away. We don't blame him, poor elbow
The county Jail, the galeys, or the state prison, is
nothing in comparison to the misery which man
must feel who edits Tyler paper.-Loa0el ADJ.
The debt Of the City of New York is said to be
1923 100000 on which has to be paid annual inter,
est OF over $l,OO0900.
FRrgNDsHrp-It is material in the preservation OF
friendship that openness of manners and temper on
both sides, be cultivated. Nothing mere certainly
dssolves friendship, than the jealousy which arises
from darkness or concealmcnt If your situation
oblges you TO take different side from your friend,
do il openly. Avow your conduct and your motives.
This is the only way to retain the esteem of ycur
acquainiaaess.
"Wi YOU clasp my cloak, sir ?" asked young
lady Of the gentleman who was to accompany her
home from party. ayes, and its contents" replied
he, putting his arms round her waist
THE MooN.-An old lady once argued that it was
impossible the moon should contain inhabitants; for
said she, what becomes of them when there is no.
thing left Of it but little streak r
Such BIrE.-IIenry Vandervoort, Esq. Clerk OF
the Court Of Sessions. New York, while OF recent
fishing excursion to Horizons Point, in Long Island
Sound, caught Sleeps head fish weighing lopounds
II ounces, and black fish weighing pounds
ounces, ct one and the same time, on one and the
same line, but with two seEerate hooks, one bated
with clam and the other fidler. +
'You, Jim-if you don't behave yourself III give
you good whipping
well, ma, wish you would, for you have never
given me any licken' that called good VT
FoR FARmERs-rt is stated that COW fed on to-
mato vines will give more milk, and yield butter OF
finer flavor. and in greater abundance, than on any
other long feed ever tried. 1t is thought, too that
more good food for eatte and at less expense. can be
raised from given quantity of ground well planted
with tomatoes, than from any other vegetable known
in the southern country ---NeO Geneses Farmer.
IMEoRrANr DrscIosuRE--SearS magazine. in an ar
tice on the language Of birds, says -: Not only the
wild bird but our domestic poultry are heard to make
some very significant remarks. LISA remarkable
fact, that the common duck invariably calls out
lQuacs, qGGck. quaek " whenever a Doctors suiky
passes by their flock. But the most extraordinary
of all the speeches of the feathered tribe is that OF
chau,icleer, which may be regarded as deciding
controversy that has long been waged in the civilized
community. Old chandelier awakes m the morning.
flaps bis wings and voofeFates at the top OF his voice
- Women rule ke-r-e!' Immediately from neigh
boring roost another answers, SO they do h-er-e!
This is 40 sooner uttered than third responds at
considerable distance. So tAeydo eUeTy 'O-h-e'e'
An exchange paper, speaking Of iron cradles says
that the babies rocked in them will probably be men
of iron nerves" And we may infer that the gals
will all be iron hearted.
Shave you got your task, this morning, miss r
said one of the lady teachers of public school, to
pupil. "No ma am, said the artless girl. but my
sister Ellen has got the influenza"
PERTINENT QuEsnoS.-T'he Salem Observer asks
There has not been, until quite recently an estab-
Ushmeu, in Boston for the manufacture Of alleged
Mexican dOllarsi and whether the manufacturer
has No, been employed TO make them expressly tor
the South AmeriG an market, BY men who stand lar
in the commercial world r
The Rail Read Bridge crossing Bear Grass Creek
al the upper end Of Jefferson street, Louisville n.y.
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