Litchfield enquirer., 1845-09-25

ations but had no idea that it had been used for such negotiations, as detailed below, by the Bee:
 The telegraph, 1t is said, is used at the present time, for the consummation of quite an ertra-or- dinay business transactiOn. A gentleman of this city, as the story runs, and beautiful heiress in Baltimore, whom he kkes better than himself, not caring to have their sentiments tumbled about in the mail and post oice have substituted one letter ol the alphabet as expressed by the telegraph for another-wholly differently from Morse's-which Is unintegibe, not only to the rest of the world, but to the superintendents themselves. Their messages are handed in at the telegraph ofice,s where the superintendent plays the automaton over them and, at the opposite end, he carefully folds the long strips of paper, on which all the various letters have have been accurately impress ed by the telegraph machine, and sends them tO' the party to whom they are addressed. Thus they talk to each other any, day, and any hour of the day they choose Theother day, one of these cu- rous looe letters fell into old Papas" hands, inc tended for his daughter. The old man is very hos tile to the G,lnerct'0n which he has a suspicion his daughter is bent on forming. He put on his SpectacleS, and scrutiniZed the mysterious budget. Then he took them off, wiped them, and examin- ed it asain. It was all Greek to him. s-l
 JuIe," said he. '' what's all this about 2''-
 <" That Pa? o, that's only some paper from the telegraph office" s.
 s Yes" said he, "I kroso its from the tele- graph office, but what are all these marks upon it }"
 
 the paper passes through the machine"
 They are" said he, very significantly " We'll. what do they mean r s, ....#
 ss La :! now, Pa," said she, '" You must think I can read Chinese ;',-and she absolutely laughed the old gentleman out of countenance. @
 '' should just like to knows" he continued, ss what this reads; and will step to the tele- graph office, and get them to translate it."
 s' Do, faiher,' said the dutiful daughter, "anG please ask them why they send so much of it tosI me-" r.-, ,4 They send it to you. do they" said he- "Yes, yes" " iequire.'' to..
 And he did inquire, and tried in vain to find it out The secret was safe as silver in an iron safe. ..st. ...t4. -i .t '-.
 This may be the first pyiuate alphabet which has been devised for carrying on speculation in secret, but it wiH not be the last 1
 Who acouldnt be member of Congress and ride oa to Washington, getting fifty cents mile for his smooth eircuitous passage-to take there snug room, with its cheerful fire, easy chair and sofa-to retire to rest what hour he pleases, with. out even a mouse to distutb his repose--to rise sometime along in the morning. and in gown and slippers, sip bowl of coffee covered with rich cream-to ride up to the Capitol at eleven o'clock, and fake his armed chair, in hall warmed to mild and congenial temperature-to open his mail, { and peruse sweet letter from his aflectionate wife, u en unfold newspaper and readt the comoli ments of it's editorFon his last speech-No ambulate in the lobby, while some younker is addressing the house, about the complexion of the inhabitants in ! the moon--to ride home to his quarters. and dine on viands and vegetables, warm and rich; with a bottle of old wine to mellow them down to aquiet siesta, and in the evening tothe drawing room, and exchange smiles with the ladies--and when the sessi on is over, to draw eight dollars per day for services thus rendered the country.
 .sg a-- sPens. Enqusrer.
 Editing Paper-I4ear what the "Natonal Intelligeacer," :" published by Messrs. Gales & Sea toh at Washington City, one of the most valuable 1 and ably conducted papers in the country, says a. bout editing newspaper:
 Many. people estimate the ability of a newspa- per, and the industry and talents of it's Editor, by the quantity of editorial matter which it contains It is comparatively an easy task for frothy writer to pour 1nt daily, columns of tcords-acords, upon any and all subjects. His ideas may flow in "one weak, washy, everlasting food," and his command f oflanguage may enable him to string them together like punches of onions; and vet his paper may be | meagre and poor concern. But what is the labor the toi of such man, who displays hls "Ie0ded matter' ever largely, to that imposed on the ju- dieious, we'll informed Editor, who exercises his 1 vocation with an hourly consciousness of its respon- abilities and it's duties, and devotes himself to the conduct of his paper with the same care and assi- duity that sensible Lawyer bestows upon suit, or FHySlCidn upon bdtIents WIttiOut gard to show or display Indeed, the mere scyiting part of editing paper, is but small portion ofthe work. The industry is not even shown there.- The care, the time employed in selecting Is far | more important-and the tact ol good Editor is 1 better shown by his selections than any thing else; and that we all know, is halt the battle. But as we have said, an Editor fought to be estimated and his abors understood and appreciated, by the gen. eral conduct of his paper-ts tone-ts temper its unform consistent course--its principles--its aims-its manlihess-its digniiy-zits propriety.- To preserve thsse as they should preserved, is enough to occupy fully the tjmeand attention of any man.. If to these be added the general super- vision of the newspaper establishment. which | most Editors have to encounter, the wonder is how they can find time or room " to sorite at GUP
 G5-The census of Brooklyn, N. Y just taken. gives population ot 50,925. Population in 1880, 35.236--increasei five years, % ,G92. The Eagle says that the population of Brooklyn including the suburbs. (New York City. &c.) is almost half a million. s g5g ,b E a,-ag aEF A 4
 THe Philosopher and the Farynaan. philos- 1 opher stepped on board a ferry boat to cross a 1 stream, On his passage he inquired of the ferry man if hesunderstood Arithmetic. The man look
 Arithmetic? No, sir! rnever heard of it be. Eore." ,fsEt ,s,qs+ s6 a~q t.i ZEE st4st .
 The philosopher replied, "I am very sorry, for one quarter of your life is gone" &s@t
 few minutes afterwards he asked the ferryman. t Do you know anything of Mathematics }"
 The boatman smiled and again replied, {" No." .a"Well, then." said the philosopher, '' another quarter of your life is lost"r as g
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 '' O no. sir; never heard of such thing"
 ,1Well, my friend, then another quarter of your l