Litchfield enquirer., 1849-10-25

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"Fudge!" replied his companion,
change hands then, don't stop"
stake the saw yourself, then; can't
stand this paint
And while the discounted burglar
withdrew to groan over the supposed
cut, the other took his place with the saw,
and in a moment after received a few
drops of the fiery liquid upon the back
of his hand, and was soon groaning with
agony.
course this saw! 1t has cut me too !"
groaned the second thief.
And after sundry oaths mutually ex-
changed, until the first and worst attack
of pain was over, they renewed the at
tempt to make on entrance.
The clerk permitted them to 60 on
while uninterruptedly, knowing that at
any moment he could stop their efforts
by crying out, but he hoped to hear
some Waterman passing the front of the
store, upon whom he would call to Sc
cure the rogues, and he resolved to wait
for this until it would do to wait no lon
ger. But soon the burglars had so much
enlarged the hole that they gould short
ly be able to enter by it themselves.
Seeing that he must do something to
stop them, the clerk crept in the dark
close at one side of the window, and ut
tered low, but fierce gyowl, in imitation
of dog. Both of the rogues stepped
back at this unexpected interruption.
Hang it, Bill, there's cursed dog
in there. l didn't know that the Her
berts kept one" said one to the other.
"A dog? that's bad. Curse'em, if it
was man, why shot or dirk stroke
would fix him; but dog is quite anoth-
er thing, for if we shot him he'd be sure
to half kill one of us!'
Bow, WOW, WOW !" cried the clerk,
with all his power, as he saw them pre-
pairing to resume their work.
"Confound the dog" exclaimed both
"Never mind go head, Bill, and gel
it open, now. I'll fix him when We get
in"
The burglar addressed as Bill. thrust
his hand in once more to wrench off the
last piece of wood that obstructed their
entrance, when the clerk. having already
armed himself with large pair of pin
chers, seized the robbers hand as tho in
a vice, and sat up such an outrageous
barking that the whole neighborhood
was alarmed. "
"Eor heavens sake, Jack, lend US a
hand here; this cursed animal is biting
my hand off, said the burglar to his
confederate.
"Pull it away-pull it away quick"
II can't"
"Give it a jerk!" said the other.
| 1000! can't murder, murder"
This cry, added to the believing Of
the supposed dog, soon brought the
watch in good earnest, and the thief who
was at liberty to do SO, ran for his life.
The Waterman showed Bill Skies that
he had been bitten by pair Of loincers.
This is fact, AMI occurred in New
York, during the winter Of ls4l ; and
Bill Skies served out his Imprisonment
at Blackwell's Island. ...
Men ,UiM Idils.-A French scientific
comm ssion has discovered 4 race of mer
in Africa, with tails, and no mistake. A
report was lately made to the Academ,
of Sciences thereon. They are one remove
from the baboon, scarcely so handsome OF
human as the ourang -outang, but cap tall
like negroes They are terrible savages
and one Of their Peculiarities is a fondnes'
for raw flesh, especially human fesh.-
When they are kept as slaves, If rot stuffed
with raw meat occasionally, they are dan
gerous as beast Of prey. The slave-tra'
ders, on this account, refuse TO buy them
as they do not want their stock 10 eat each
other up.
The description OF them says that the
proluns a tion Of the vertcbial column gives
each individual male or female--a tail OF
Two or three inches long. They are called
Ghilanes, and are rarely more than five feet
high bodies lean and seem weak: arms
loug aud slim forehead low and receding :
ears long and deformed: mouth wide, and
furnished with teeth very sharp.