Litchfield enquirer., 1845-04-24

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 ynf siitiiion Ara}ii ln S6nfte. nReIc sOp Crn Enb nIl.ffU y0ht kNn sn|IIlsl, Nh|.I 1i lhc same lIml yon confer bentfls upon others Many lpalf'4nal. ngap 1eigk G ftsi ls sdycrtiaep'en!s and co1ss' qusnIly lose much profitable eu,esi Ahs linnnnniiy which ir lI|snlaNe1 iH Iho formatihh liem is both nmnstg and Instructive; while tho
 sly wit, or the awfnlly solemn dignity which rhaf. lacfcrize others causes ihe reader 10 cachinae r spite of himselk Queer very queer are many ol
 the adveffisemenis. and we oilen.enioy 9 hearty
 laugh in looking oSer the adperlisemenis in somt
 ufopr exchange papers; especially those published
 in New York.
 Let us examine closely for mcment. A house
 to let, interesting fo those who are not satisie1
 with their present sbOdess old irons isorY, and a.
 bout dozen sofortbs are wanted; apples, boots,
 beef butter. cigars. lard, is offered for sale then
 boy is wsfed for, Ia gFeai many people desire tt
 have boys;) furniture, ribbons iron hoops, guand,
 shawls. crockeFy, duck feathers, dress caps, inffs
 and Oufifs,e each and all present their claims 10
 the public smetliciDes but tshe of whose virtues have been ennrnerateJ, (so the advertisers say ;)4 solar lamps ihe brilIancyoi whose light issaid 10 eclipse the sun; seamen's hats, never known to blow 0ff the head pain killer, which drives all pain away from the human system. and prevents the return of the same satin slippers, young ladies buying which are sure to get hushads spectacles, the need ofyshicb adinonishes men thatthey are fast vending their way to that bourne from whence no traveller returns :" dancing school, de-
 ightful notice to those who love to trip t on the
 light fantastic toe < dentistry believing that den- tist will remove slumps of teeth without pain to the patient, is considered by them proof of -; {; administrators notices, glance at which tells us that ere long our career will be brought to close, and some friend will act as agent m the settlement of our affairs after we gone to our long home; tsrI <1,,n to improve, but in most cases neglect the opportui nifty offered, (see advertsements ) potatoes, bag- ging. bittefs, hams, paper. silk, herbs four ruses, and thousand and one other articles while the advertiser of each article IS ready to dllate upon its goodness and peculiar virtues in glowing terms.
 What medley we have presented you, reader ]; in what singular positions are the various articles placed not sudedly either, but just as they stand in the columns ofthis, and almost every other pa- and oil, ,afe placed cheek by jowl. trlepicture of human society, and the relative position of many of the members of fhe family of mankind.
 Reader, lessons of wisdom may be derived by the refecfing reader of adv eriisements Profits may be secured, where otherwise they would not have ae-, crned Again we aduonish the reader, male aud female young and old, of all classesand conditions in society, to read the land espec- cially the netc advertisements which appear in the !
 Dysddfsf Event !l-4 Mr. Jonatha,l Edwards. one of the most aged and respectable citizens of Virgil in this county, was killed the past week by hisin sane daughter. sgl
 The old gentlemanswas in the act of shaving, when his insane daughter struck him with sharp axe on the hack ofthe neck and head. which pen etEated to the bone. The good old man groaned and fell. when she gasehifn several blows again
 T. .la1s .bo Clat1 t1o,, commenced cutting of his head with razor, and cut to the bone. Having slaughtered the father, she then called her mother who was at neighbors. When the old lady had entered the house, she told her mother that she had killed her father and should fhefskilI her N The old lady seized the un- happy daughter, and pushed her out of The house, and fastened herout until assistanee had arrived, which secured thA unhappy daugl Ter. 2. <
 The fancy offh einsane glfl was, thai 1t was her duty to kill her parents to hasten them to heaven. She said t vas her intention to have killed herself when she had killed her parents. MT. Edwards was asmost exemplary and respectable citlzen, q christian and patrick. The conmunityhas sus- tained serious loss tl the liberty party sincere friend. Coirtle lesidt Issts -apserieans s
 Fatal Accident -- On, Friday last. Ms William Gurley, of West Woodsioic !, met with an accident. resulting in his death, under the Towing crcum- stances. He was about substituting, for the flint lock upon double barreled gun, one for the use of percussion calss Both barrels were loaded, only one of which he discharged, supposng the other to be empty. Hesthen aftempted to draw the breach pin, but findlng that it was rnsted he put the ID barrels in the fire, for the purpose ot buraing of the rust Soon after the loaded barrel was dis, charged, and it's contents. three buck shot. passed entirely through his body. He. went alone in the house at the time, but succeeded in crawling to the door. and beckoning to some chi ildren on the oppo site side of the street, communicated to them his situation. Aid was immediately procured. but the unfortunate man, after lingering in great pain for about twenty hqurs, expired Hart Freeman .I.s
 Rasses3 3s ass ae Wooas. When ths fire was raging ii on the mountains in Dapphin County, Penn, d few days ago, a half crazy woman took two of her chl. dren, one i've and the other three years old, and fled to the mountains, where she was fonnd three days afterwards neorly naked. but the children were uisl sing, ard on the following Monday they were found in the wides regions of that wild countrs 10 miles from their home. They bad been out 'iopr days and -four, higbts-cold nights, too. harefootsd and half naked otherwise, and their clothes De. ing nearly torn of of them by the under brush, and their legs blackened by the ashes of the tinn through which they had Wandered and their flesh a good deal lacerated. They had cried themt selves sick and one of them had taken off it's dress
 to make abed of, and there they lay, at the root of tree, locked each others arms, unable to speak, having eaten nothing it is supposed since they left home. The poor little sli srers were taken tn The nearest house and ccnaiorlab provided tor and are said to be doing well. ss 3ss, ' ssg@
 .s AN ExrENsIvE IviNnFA II. - Some time within \ year MT. Sfefson deceased in Roxb1ry leaving d property of about hall million Of dollars. He dit ed bachelor and without any will. Having no near relatives, his property is now in process Of distributiori among numerous distant kindfed.
 Quite a number of persons, more df less remotely connestsd with the deceased, in Bslehs hsftSw1, Anr