Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-10


 Personal 1elescopic O5sercation. 1.-The erec- ton of the great telescope in the Cincinnati Obser vatory has given rise to an infinite variety of teeS- trial observations -more, wesare inclined to be- lieve, than have been made in any celestial direc ton. Prentice, that mad sWag of the Louisville Journal, has made it a theme of constant fun, and has perpetrated various jokes at the expense of his friends and to try the credulity of his readers His last squb is indeed droll one, and runs to the ef feet that his contemporary Trough, of the Cincin- nat Enquirer, went to look through the big tele- scope. He took his seat and began his astronomi-. cal observationss There were several gentlemen near him, who were greatly ediied by the running commentary he kept up on what he saw He re- coiled from the telescope after he had looked into if for moment and swore he esaw the ugliest man ever made. AgaiA he looked and said :--
 n see something that looks like man--no it's Eure like baboon dressed in human clothes. It's got ears as big IS old Smiths jackass. Iehu what anugly mouth it looks as if it had fed on nothing but green persimmons and horse radish for month. Its eyes keep falling dowa as if he was afrfid to look an honest man in the face One eye squints, the other jumps about like pea on a hot shovel.- The critters bumps are awful, the lying bump sticks out like wen, and the stealing bump is so big that he would make mighty bad customer for the bank. I'll swear that it is the man in the moon I'm looking at the old fellow had better wear a mask sssSy "A .Mr. Mitchell continued Brough, taking his eye from the telescope, is that fellow the man m the moon y As Brough very innocently put this inter- rogation to the Professor, the whole company, which had been consulsed with laughter while lis tenng tothe editors brilliant astronomical remarks. roared aloud. For five minutes there stood Brcugh looking us vacant as an apple dumplng at the up- roarious astronomers, wondering what had got into the fellows. At length one of them having become sufficiently composed said: Why Brough you're | hoaxed.s s<~8ss
 sIisaxed r repeated Trough, looking as flat as one ofl his own editorials.
 s<Yes, hoaxed,' replied the astronomer. You've | been looking at yourself
 l And this was true, for some wag had slipped looking glass into the tube, and poor Brough, in- stead of describing the man. the moon, had given pretty faithful description of his appearance. He pulled his hat down over his ugly eyes, rammed his fists into the depth of his breech hes pockets ,and hrngng his usual way, left the observatory muter- ing curses, against astronomers, telescopes, and | men in the u@on.
 4 Quaker yNaniage.--A correspondent of the Zion's Herald gives the following description of wedding at the Friends meeting house in New Bed ford. The parties were Dr. Benjamin F. Hardy | and Miss Sarah Coggleshall.
 The hour appointed was eleven in the forenoon At that hour large assembly convened within the | walls of plain but somewhat ancient edhce. Af- ter the lapse of few minutes, the bride and bride groom, attended by their friends and elders of the | church, made their appearance and seated them selves according to the usages of the society The bride and groom, with the elders of the church, sat on platform facing the audience, while the friends of the parties sat immediately before them. The dress of the young couple, though rich, was l plain; and their department and manner grave, as became the followers of Penn and Fox. was never so struck with the marriage ceremony in my 1 life before nor did sec smile of levity m the l whole assembly.
 Alter sitting in silence fifteen or twenty minutes, | an aged man-probably the leader of the meeting l arose and made few sensible remarks on the gen l eral importance of covenant keeping after which | the bride and bridegroom joined hands, and each in an audible vo,ce promised to be faithful to each l other tiM death should separate them. They then severally signed printed covenant, on parchment.
 believe after which the covenant was read ip the hearing of the meeting. It was read by tbE Veher- able Mir. Sherman. the oldest printer 0i ne"sPa- per in New Bedford.
 The audience were now invited 10 repair to central part of the house, where, a table oe'hg placed the covenant was laid on 1t, ana those wno II were willing to do appended fhair names to u as witnesses. The ceremony of wnss1,n hrf ney. erthe,ess interesting The company began so M Were ,I inc house in silence, before half the~''-'' inserted. -+ -5"t1
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 ,rs Dull that we have heard of, IS related by the Washington correspondent of the Baltimore Sun' l who yo1ches for the truth of it. son of me Emerald Isle lately arrived in Boston, and wrote 10 relative living in Washington, requesting m's advice and assistance in procuring work. me hostage of the letter was 25 cents, and the reciP
 ent wrote back that as after the first of July the
 hostage on letters would be reduced, he should
 postpone answering his letter until thai time'
 An Irish bar keeper in one of our taverns, say:
 tbe P;asb,reh .4mevican. in what IS now the
 burnt district, was told by his employer when the danger from the fire became imminent, 10 taK'
 care of the books. The next day. he was askes
 what he had done with them? Q. locked then
 up safe in the drawer,' said he. here IS the Hoy
 There was at Boston a few years ago. tailor
 an Irishman by birth. doing business in Ann-sfreei
 without much capital or credit, who IS the owne of a granite block on Milk-st, called the Dow doin Block one of the finest in Boston. som
 time since he bid of at auction piece oi real es
 tate in fashionable part of the city, m the vicn ity of Summer and Bedford streets. at $9o'oo' which was cashed on the spot. He ilas slnc lerected upon it brick block oi sixteen super four story dwelling houses. He has ossades Ie. G
 idence of his own suitable to BIS weaisn, anu oI
 Tor two other dwelling houses. and piooaoay moi lloose change, for he is now on a vis.t 70 EusoI ,v with his family. This man IS AnaIew CaIne y and the bulk of his fortune was made m suPpI.
 ling the Navy with clothing -.HssSo~s'0" 11e'