Litchfield enquirer., 1843-08-03

1 A GoOD RsAsoH.-An old farmer who had a fund tOf shEewd sense, and prominent person in town affairs. being one year Select Man." had to ure. side Ovct the annual meeting of the ci,izena, and after he had read, among other things, the names which ha been put into the jury box, man eos up and asked why his sOn's name had DO, been put in as candidate tor juror. To which he immediately repIied-the Select men considered the office of iuror as requiring great prudence, discretion and nelli. gence. It wasa situation demanding judgment, cau. 'l"n cear sense integrity. mness and juss regard tor the rghts Of others then turning to the inquirer he added, "ia Gn WhicR consider yowr sOa 6ef. cicHs" Turning to the people with impuden, cool. ness which lcannos describe ne inQured-" ls there any O'hsT persoH who wishes to know why his name was not put into the box?'
 A MAGNIFICENT FLowER.-The great American Aloe, tAgave American,) which is 90 exceedingly rare. is about blooming in New Orleans. The pa,roon of Albany has one, which lately bloomed. of great beauty but the one allude to, at present. is 10. cated in New Orleans. It has over 5000 flowers in rich and fragrant blossoms and stands 90 feet in height.
 RUSSIAN RAILwAY.-upwarde of 5000 laborcrs are employed upon the railway from St. Pc,ersburg to Moscow. The railway is five hundred miles lone, and will Do completed in about two years. Ths is the railway on which our coun,ryman, Major Whist. Ter, formerly engineer the Boston and Albany rail. road, is engaged.
 LEMONADE SueAR-They have opened in New York. place for the manufacture and sale of spe. cies ofsugar with which the acid of the lemon has been so nicely combined, that when put into water, makes capital lemonade.
 Bathe your neck, back of your ears, chest, arms, and back with cold sDoser, every morning, and you will generally keep clear of colds, rheuma.isms and that exquisite agony, the ,oo,h.acte.
 IMrRoBABLE SroRlEs-Mr. Du Solle declares that a woman in Wisconsin, who was lately attacked by bear, inthe woods, 90 abused the poor animal with her tongue, ,ha. it died at her feet!
 DEATHS PosrroNED-1n an English paper, short time ago, after long lis. of births, marriages and deaths, appears the following strange notice eev. eral deaths unayoidably deferred"
 Died in Kennehunk, Me-, on tho S,h uls, Mr. S. Hart. aged 73. It is worthy ot remark that Mr. H. never purchased or used segar. glass of wine, or other spirits. during the whole of his life, not. whs,andins his extensive intercourse with society," and that he never required medical assistance till within few weeks of his death.
 CsrRy.-The Frankfort Commonwealth tells us hard story-A needy man went to notorious sha. yer n that neighborhood to ee, note done having which Necessity agreed to pay. On casting the in. tercst however, was found ,ha, it ate up hc DhOe nosc and 20 per cent OUer.
 AN EXTRAORDINARY Cow-Mr. Ira Felson, Of Del. chcrtown, Mass. has raised Durham COW which is now eigh, years old, and weighs l74O pounds. On the 2Jth she brought cali, and inc Uwrer iIa thc curiosity 10 measure her bag; it was two fec, in depth, two fee. long, and eighteen inches in width! -'rhe calf was then put upon one side, and thirty pounds of milk taken from the other side at tho came time {! After the calf had done, twen:y..wo and a hn pounds moro were taken from that side These facts are aues:cd soi .hc Mort hampton Democrat. by twsntyfou. of the most respectable citizens of Belchertown, some of whom we are personally nc. q,ain.ed wi,h.-Bny Stdse Democrat.
 VERY ExcusABLr.-A Boston correspondent Of the llngham Patriot says that wealthy gentleman, whose daughter was recently married, made his son. ,n.aw present of an elegant gold watch, enclosed in $500 note, on the back of which was written the very unnecessary request Excuse ike wrapper."
 AN INDUSTRIOUS MAN.-Judge Coqui,t, of Colum. bus. Ga, recently spoke for several hours before the Supreme Court at Pcnuscola, on an important law case, and n the evening he preached to c crowded audience in tho Methodist Episcopal Church.
 PRICE OF PASSAGE TO EUROPE REpUcED.-An the London and Liverpool packets in New York have reduced the passage outward to $75. lIas stood 800 for some time, without liquors. Two or three years ago tho price was 90 guineas.
 A wise hes.hcu, who had evidently the elements of true wisdom within him, thus prayed:
 "Great love, this one petition grant;
 (Th0u knowest best what mOriAIs want;)
 Asked or onasked, whats good supply
 Wha.s evil-to our prayers dcny."
 One Mir. Brown at Boston, has been engaged to walk with Ellsworth. the celebrated pedestrian one thousand miles in as many hours. line accomplish. ss the feat he is to receive 50 per day. If unsuc cessful nothing.
 A JOLLY PLACE TO EDrT PAPER.-The Kalida tO) Venture says. 'we hope our friends will overlook our irregularities for the past two weeks. We are now permanently located in the county jail, wish stuff. cient force to insure the regular issue of our paper n future
 At the late Gloucester sssizes perSon was tried for forging five pound note. The jury could not de- eide what verdict to give, they ultimately agreed to toss sp for it, which was done. The man was found guilty bus has since been psrdoned.
 John Sldsl, ,he successful candidate ios Congress, exander SldeM Mackenzie. John is the oldess-Al. exandes added .MacKenzie' to his name. and there- by obtained fortune.
 A soeiety has been established in London, for the p.o,eeeion oi Mllhners apprentices. Ihe ocgece of haNkN NOkNO aO