Litchfield enquirer., 1844-08-29
A HUSBAND ADVERTISED.
The following advertisement appears in Can,

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 Look ost for Hsm.-Absconded from my bed and board on the morning of the 20th instant one Hen, " Griffiths, my lawful husband, being married to him on the 30th May, in the church of St. Mary Magdalene, Picton, by the Rev. Wm. Macauley, after living with me but 21 days from the time of our marriage. The said Henry Griffiths is an Eng lishman, by trade shoemaker, just six feet high, perfectly straight, walks erect, and is remarkable handsome figure; wears large bunch of hair on brown, approaching to sandy color, with cap set foppshly on one side, and has the appearance of dashing fellow blue eyes, projecting eyebrows very low projecting forehead, round countenances rather aquiline but small, very fair skin thin whskers, rather lighter color than his hair, and is about twenty-five years of age. He formerly be: longed to Her Ma]esty's Dragoon Guards, and IS familiarly known in Kingston as 'sThe Oxford Blue." He is sometimes profane-in fact, he can "swear like trooper" His military walk and figure will distinguish him among thousand. have now reason to believe that the said Grifiths is in the habit of thus destroying unsuspectng fe. males as he travels, and take the only method left of stopping his career of infamy by implor- ing all editors in Canada, the United States and Texas, by their abhorrence of crime. to copy this notice, that the retribuive vengeance of an outrage and broken-hearted female may follow him into and also all editors in Great Britain are requested to confer the like favor, in justice to our sex.
 ALICE GRIFFITHS.
 Picton, Canada West, June 24. 1s44.
 4 Court i,, Iotcn.-The following Imaginable ac- count of court in Iowa is given in letter from the Upper Mississippi We know not the author, but he is good 'un:-
 "Iowa is now the finest frontier country in the West, and is settling up very fast. Judge Williams related to me some amusing acenes that he witness sed, when he first started on his circuit, for the purpose of organizing and holding his first courts among the rude frontier people. In many counties they had not had time even to erect any kind of shelter for court house. The best provision that could be made, was to form seats of logs, beneath the shade of large tree, with raised seat near it's body for the Judge The Sheriff would open court by mounting stump or mound, near by, and cry- ing, ss Oh yes, Oh yese' sc. announcing to the whole universe that the court was then opened, and inviting all who had business to attend. The Clerk sat on block of wood, and used shingle on his knee for desk. After the Grand Jury were empannelled, and charged by the Judge, they were sent in of the Sheriff to large hollow, or ra- vine in which they could sit in conclave beyond the view of the Court, or spectators. A small hollow rayine, appropriated for the of the Petit
 Jury.
 The grass grew very tall in the neighborhood, and 1.-the Jurymen lay down in ring in the grass, they could still more perfectly exclude themselves from observation. The Judge said that, one day after having charged the Grand Jury, and dismissed them to their quarters in the large hollo,e tall, raw boned, HOe Yankee looking man, with hat ill hand, addressed him as follows =" May it please your honor, wish to speak with you." "Ordcr sir, what is il" "Judge," continued he with the ut most gravity, "s 1t right for fellows to snake it in the grass?' " Howl What is it sir?" :. Why you see'' said the Yankee, " there's some fellows who's tarnal fraid the Grand Jury will find something agih 'en, which they desarve, and they are shaking up to the Grand Jury, their bellies in the grass, kind of trying to hear what the Jury are talking about. "No,' respondc,l the Judge, with as much gravity as he could command, !" do not allow of Snaking.", Here MT. Sheriff, go station guard around each JaIys hOliOsc, and if man is found {" Shaking" have him brought before me, and I will cause him to be punished. Indeed, if this Snaking' is persisted in, I shall recommend a special Act to be passed, making it misdemeanor."
 The fact was the Judge said, there were pres- ent at the time, some barefooted rascas, who were probably justly suspected of horse stealing, and had -" snoked if' on the Grand Jury in order to find out whether the Jury intended to present them ;-- and if SO, to gain time by this claudesne warning, and flee the Jurisdiction of the Court. by escaping into Missouri. ~
 American Theology is receiving much attention in England. The Foreign Quarterly thinks it not very strange that with 39 theological schools and 123,6 500 theological students, there should be de- cided taste in country Gof theological discussion and research Among our writers best known abroad for their eminence in this department, are Dr. Dwight, Dr. Charming; and Professor Robinson.
 The, notes of Albert Barnes, are highly spoken of by the reviewer. The sermons of Dr. Kirk are also noticed, but not favorably "They will" says the critic, take the lowest shelf of the American classics" The inttoduclion, by Dr. Cox, is pros nounced to be written In language which cannot be called English and it is impossible to say which predominates; "the fine or the grotesque, the lu- dicrous or the lofty"
 The work of Mir. Coleman, called "A Church without Bishop," is declared to be production which cannot be permitted tto remain unanswer- ed with safety" It is calm, judicious, and schol- ar-like.
 IAe Devil in Me Rum The following anecdote is too good to be lost:
 man who was in the constant habit of going to neighborng tavern in the county where he lived two or three times day. for his glass of gtog hap- pened one day at the tavern just as travelling ventriloquist entered the bar room. The man cal. led for his gtog; and was in the act of raising it to his mouth, when the ventriloquist threw his voice round the mans feet like the growing of an angry dog. The man stopped raising the tumblef, and looked round for the dog, but could see none He again attempted to raise the tumbler to his mouth, which produced sharper and louder groisl from the supposed dog. He stopped again; and became frightened. and inquired what that could !- When voice from the glass of grog replied, ana rum. and rum is the DEVIL! The man dropped the glass and left the house in great terror, declat= ing that he would never taste another drop of liz ouor while he lived The ventriloquist soon after left the house without explaining the cause to any one. All the people in the bar room were much terrified. This occurred several years ago. and tc- port says, it has had very happy effect in the