Litchfield enquirer., 1849-08-16
NEWS ITEMS.

| Fa4her Mathew has thus far administer.
ed the Tiedge TO about 10000 persons ia
this city and the immediate vicinity.
Boston Trans, Tuesday,.
u In England they grow grass on the
lines of the different railways, TO prevent
the dust Using ON the PasSage Of the cars.
A LONDON Journal ANNOUNCED lately thar
hay making was 10 full operation ON the
fine between Exter aus CredRon.
NEWSPAPERS FOR CALI FoRNlA.-The
Postmaster General has decided that the
Postage on newspapers 70 any point within
The U s. possessions In California or Ore
gon regularly sent from the Office of Publi>
carton, need not be prepaid.
" The line of march to the xUld mines
beyond Fort KeaTHey, IS said 10 be dis
linctly marked by the new made graves OF
those &zhO have died Un the road to fortune !
FEMALE EouESTRTANS.-The custom Of
females sitting sideways upon their horses
wlren riding is not universal, though gen.
orally adopted by most civilized nalionS.-
In Wales, in the remote provinces Of France.
ia Spain, and other countTiCs, the women
ride like the men. The custom Of riding
sideways was introduced into England BY
Anne of L.uxembourgh, conSOrt 10 Richard
II, whose example soon caused 1t to be
adopted as the most becoming mode Of ri
ding for women. ,ss
u The Cleveland True Democrat, spea-
king Of Judge Tappan, President ofthe Or
dinance Celebration on the 18th inst states
that on arriving at the mouth of The Cnya>
hoga, fifty years ago, in the month Of May,
. he found there one leg hut-a sort ii %ndian
hOslelry, KEEP. BY Lorenzo Carter
u There have been three national fasts
recommended by the Presidents. besides
that which has been recently reccommen>
ded BY Presidess Taylor. The frst was in
1912, on the third Tuesday in August. The
second was in lSl3, on the SECOND Thurs
on the second Thursday in January.
Ten THOUSAND SERMONS Rev. Thomas
P. Hunt, the Temperance champion. Incl
de1tadly mentions that tTOm April, ls27, to
April, ls49, twenty tive years, he delivered
tea thOasassd sermons and addresses! There
are probably, very few preachers in the
world WHO in the same length of time have
eeen 50 fresRea.ly before the public.
NosILrrY DYING Our" Gaiisnani.s
Guide" e French pamphleO says that
nearly all the old Partisan families are en-
tinct-all the old nobility-and there are
not thousand persons who caa reckon their
ancestors Is Ear back as Louis XIII.
~ The late Miss ABBY Hutchinson,
now Mrs. Ludlow Patton, lies very in Al
the Ho ne Mansion in MAford, Ne II. though
there are gleat hopes Of her recovery.
SINsULAR PHENoAESoS.-We are in
formed BY 8. II. Derby, Esq that much OF
the Indian Corn, the present season, while
II presents fine appearance. is entirely de-
heient in ears. This is not only the case
On hi. Derby's own extensive grounds, bul
to considerable extent, On other estatess-
Sahe1 Mas GnketSe.
q The Lenden correspondent d the Ma.
tional inieliiseucer says" The say En-
gi'sh ladies live in the open air. the daily
fatigue they endure, and the pleasure they
find ie il, would as'onish some of the deli
cate danes near yon, not more, however,
than the healthy feelings aut geod looks
they reap from it would"
.H"O"SaA1 SoN"-Ah e "oIIS hHopdtny
and Homeopathy, with those derived from
them, are in most instances enormously
pronounced. The following divisions show
the true pronunciation, the emphasis being
on the itaiicised syAa5les Al lop-athy,
Homo .op-a>shy, and Hy.drop-a>thy.-.
These words are now in common house,
hold use, and their correc: pronunciation is
therefore matter Of more than ordinary
importance.