Litchfield enquirer., 1846-04-30
CURIOSITY OF A FRENCaMAN..

has this amusing story ia the Editor
Table. ..' t.i i-i .nofg"l'94
"Nothing is more characteristic o
your true Frcnchman than bis irrepress
lille curiosity, which be will offer
CRAFTY at the expense of danger
and sometimes at the risk of his life. II
matters of science, by the way, this pc.
culari:y OF the "grand nation" has been
of great service TO mankind. A friend
relates story pleasantly illustrative Of
this Unsuitable national impulse. AyouLg
| Partisan lawyer, accustomed only 10
French breakfasts, arrived in the morning
at Dover on his way to London, and was
surprised to find a robust john Bull seated
| at a small side table, loaded with meats
and their accompanlments. He survey
| ed him at,entivcly for moment or two,
and then began 10 soliloquze in snn un-
dressed rehearsal of the sparse English ut
his command Mon Dieu y said he,
can il be possible Eat Get gentihommo is
etc heps hreSfls,e? Nesare minds ; L
sink | shall ask heem. Monsieur! am
stranger. Will you 'av &c poil'enesse to tell
me wrZzer Eat is your brektaste or you
dcnav wat YOU eat 2" John rises with in
dignalion, his cheeks disiended with O
large portion ofhis substantial meal, and
is about to resent what he deems an at-
front but his discretion gets the better Of
his va'or, and he sits down again 10 re.
sumo his meal. The Frenchman PAGES
the floor obviously for some minutes un-
ii! his enhanced curiosity overcomes his
temporary timidiiy, when he again ac-
costs the sharp set son Of" perhdious Al
bion - "Sare. if you knew de recon
wherefor' rex quire for know wezzar Eat
is brekfas,e or your denay wat you etc,
you would nv re politenesse to tell me i'm.
mediate, and sans offence. John was ST.
lent as before, but his face actually glowcd
with excitement and suppressed passion
All these evidences of displeasure, how
ever, were lost upon the curious traveller,
who once more addressed his - unwilling
witness,' and this time fairly brought
him to the use Of his speech; for, he rose
in great anger, accused the Frenchman
of having insllted him !; a blow followed,
and Il duel was the" net purporfand up
shot" of the affair. Had the Frenchman's
curiosity been satisfied, he would doubt
less have been more steady handed but
destiny had willed it otherwise. Bulls
bullet pielced him, and the wound was
decided 10 be mortal. Englishmen are
seldom ll-tempered upon full stomach ;
our hero relenled :; he was filled with re.
morse nj having shot the poor fellow on
so slight provoca,ion, and was mostanx-
Gus TO make amends for his fault. ''My
FRIEND" sud he to the dying man, cit
grieves me much that should have been
so rash as TO lose my temper in SO triAing
| IL matter: md II there Is any way in
which I can serve you, rest assured you
have only to name it, and / will perform
your last request" "ViIi you, my 1rien':
ZEN" said his victim, wriihing in the ago
MES of death, "if you will be SO Kind as
tell me wczzer Eat was your brekfnste OF
denay wat you etc, ] shall die YER mosh
| content"
ONE WAY TO NuLLIFY A BAD Lawn
| is known that in New Hampshire, for sew.
eral years past, no corporation has been
chartered without being encountered with
"individual liability" clause, Locofocoism
in that State having had full power to car
nv out all its wild schemes. The Ports.
mouth Journal makes known process by
which this clause is rendered null and void
1t appears that the Directors of the Rail
roads now constructing in the interior OF thu
State, insert in the contracts exceeding one
hundred dollars, a provision that the con
tractors shall release all claim arising from
the "personal liability" provisions of TIT
law, and look to the corporate propert.
only for payment. Here is a clog TO al
enterprise depending upon union of cap
ital, which the debtor and creditor unite IL
removing before an important public i'm
provement can proceed. -.
The Manchester American corroborate
this story so far as the Boston, Concord ant
Montreal Railroad is concerned. and add
that the road is controlled, not by Wings
but by LocoGocos Some of the men whit
helped pass the very law imposing the sin
dividnal liability" are the principal OF
fcers in this very road, and were the first t
suggest the mode of evading it by takin
such bonds as are alluded 10 by the journal
CHRISTIAN DANCING.
poru1uu FOR ATHACT ON DANCING.-l