Litchfield enquirer., 1845-08-21
THE WAY TO CURE A C1CAR.SMoKING ... HUSBAND.


 ! returned. Perhaps there had been more than usu- al solicitude about the shade ot a ribbon or the ad jnslnent of curl, but if there was, looking glasses "tell no taes," and her neat and plain attire would not proclaim the fact to ordinary observer. She started nervously he entered but she controlled herself and greeted him kindly and calmly as usu- al.
 "Well, my dear," said he, advancing gaily, eel l have not been smoking to day.'
 ooh. thank you, thank you, dear husband" ex- claimed Emeiine in the fulness of her heart, "you l will never smoke any more, will you :' and her soft pleading eyes, were raised to his with an ex pression that amply repaid him for the sacri6ce.- Days passed, and the young wife felt happier than she had felt before for her hearts idol had re- lnquished even his favore cigars, and for her sake One evening as he sat by her side, she thought he seemed unusually depressed aud her cheerful smiles and animated conversation failed to restore his wonted gaiety. She did not ask the cause, but she almost felt as f she had been selfish in exactng such sacrifice as she knew it to be- At length 1 he arose-' Emeline, think must have a cigar" No word of fond entreaty stayed his course, and he soon returned ''I have got one bunch, they will | soon be gone. and then will smoke no more.'' 1 He looked up in her face, but he could not read here. It was not grief, disappointment, anger or 1 love, but most marvellous camness He was a. bout to retire to his studio, where he generally in dulged in the luxury of smoking, but soft voice | recalled him. "Will you not stay with me" "I thought" said he hesitatingly, "I thought l smoke was very disagreeable to you" "lt will be more disagreeabe still if it deprves ! me of my husbands company" said Emeline, as she gently drew him back into the room, and pla- | cling luxurious rocking chair for his reception, 1 seated herself by his side. .r ,.,. .... She then selected two cigars from the lot, light. ed one and placed it to her husbands lips, and per- 1 forming the same operation with the other. com menced puHing away with the gravity of an eXperi- enced smoker. Both maintained the same imper- I aanoh coN h. l.~l up every instant to see her give up the attempt and she still smoked as il it had been habit for years 1 At length bursting into an uncomfortable fit of
 laughter, he flung the remnant of his cigar into the ! grate, eXcaiming, Emeline, you have won the day-it you will leave off smoking, will" E "Certainly, always initiate those love; but had we not better smoke this bunch, it is pity to | waste it.'
 "No; we will keep them in remembrance of our mutual promise.
 "Well, then have been thinking as sat smo- king, how much did you give for these cgars'' l "And you smoke four in day, that is moder. l ate allowance, is it not?" l "It is."
 | "Then twelve cents day is forty three dollars and eighty cents year; the same for myself would make it eighty seven dollars and sixty cents. Am l not a good arhmetician' In one of my rambles the other day, met with poor old woman, who with her little grand daughter lived in one ofthose | little wooden houses just over the Schuylkill. soon recognized her as being the Mrs. Ellison of whom you have spoken as being so kind to you when a child She is in extreme poverty, and of course feels it more severely after life of alnence Now you remember that pretty little white cottage near our country residence; it is to rent, very low only fifty dollars, and is plenty large enough for Mrs. Ellison and her little girl. Now our cigar thirty seven dollrrs and sixty cents would he some reliet to her. Then she would be so near that we can in at any time, and see tha: she is comfor table. What do you think, dearest, of my plan }"
 Don't yom do I-When petulent individual 1 politely observes to you, You had better eat me up, hadn't you 2 don't you do it.. I When clique of warm friends want you to start a paper to forward particular set of views, and | promise you large quantity of fortune and fame 10 be gained in the undertaking-don'tyou do it.
 When you have any business 10 transact with a modern fnancer, and he asks you to go and dine with him, don't you do it.
 I If on an odd occasion your wife should exclaim to you 'now tumble over the cradle and break your neck, do !'-don't you do it.
 l Should you happen to catch yourself whistling in printing office, and the compositors tell you to whistle louder--don't you do it.
 When you are shining very expeditiously round towr, in search of somebody with something over, who can assist you with loan, and you are sud- denly anticipated by somebody who wants to bor- roV from you-dont you do it.
 When you are offered great bargain, the value of which you know nothing about, but which you are to get at half price, being as it's you'-dont you do it.
 When messenger from your next door neighbor comes. requesting the loan of your morning paper. just as you have set down to read it-do it by all means. Always lend your newspaper. When young lady catches you alone, and lays violent eyes upon you, expressing 'pop' in every glance-don't you do it.
 If our collector should chance to call upon you, requesting the payment of little advertising bill or asking half dozen of your friends names as subscribers-do it-do it !-Es. P0pe. The Clock Trade This branch of business is still going upon wheels as heretofore, at New Ha- ven. The Courier, in description of Jerome's factory, says he anticipates making this year fifty thousand clocks, and these 10 be turned out by I some seventy-five hands, He yearly consumes of the various articles used in the manufacture of clocks, the following enormous quantities :-50O,- GOO feet pine lumber ,000 feet mahogany and rosewood veneers 200 tons of iron, for weights; 100000 lbs of brass: 300 casks of nails; 1,5OO boxes of glass, 90 feet per box 800 gallons var nsh 15,000 lbs of wire 10000 lbs. of glue 1; 30,oO0 looking glass plates; $2, 400 paid year. ly for printing labels, and for screws, saws, coal and oil. Workmen employed, 75; paid wages 1 yearly, $30. 900; clocks made per day, 200 per year, 0.0OO. The greatest bulk of clocks are de- signed for European markets He has already re- celved crders from houses in London and Birming. ham, England, Scotland, and from extensive deal- CTS in Canada.
 The Springfield Republican says. on the other hand = ..- r.. s.,.-- .r
 "We understand that many of the clocks. or clock makers in Connecticut. have lately "run down." We hope the wheels will soon he in mo. ton again. else our " steady habit" neghbors will