Litchfield enquirer., 1853-09-15
A Tarhpfl1e and . Divorce.

humored man. beloved by all who knew him, and a certain Dr. R., one of tlIe handsomest men alive, and gentleman all over, met few days since in Trenton. It was during the session of the Legisla. ture. which as every body knows, is, whenever 1t happens, great feature in Trenton life, and a pregnant item in the
 history of New Jersey,
 | Both Captain and Doctor were borers Hobby members: not for the benefit of 1 their own pockets. but of the public, and
 that portion of the public comprised
 within the limits of Camden. which as
 you know. is a great city, located oppo~
 site to the retired hamlet of Philadelphia.
 The Captain was boring for Camden as
 the seat of government, court house and ljaiL for the great county of Camden. The Doctor was boring for Long~a> Coming, being large city, composed of blacksmiih's shop and two frame houses, and located somewhere between the extreme limits of Camden county and the Atlantic ocean.
 In Q word, the site of the county court house, was 8 disputed questionable citizens of Camden wanted It in Camden; the voters of Camden county. just to l spite the Camden people, wanted it in
 Long-a- Coming. We'll, the Captain witt
 his hearty honest face, and the Doctor I with his honest very handsome face. came to Trenton, as lobby members, to press the respective merits of Camden
 and Long~a~Coming upon the notice of
 the great Legislature of New Jersey. A week, two weeks, three weeks, month passed, and yet the Legislature took no action. and Camden was still without a
 seat of government, court house or jail. T The Doctor grew impatient meeting
 the Captain one day. in one of the pas.
 sages of the singularly peculiar capital of New Jersey, he said to his friend, You gre here for Camden, for Long-a- Coming and here we have been for a month. Allow me to ask, in the most delicate manner, why in the deuce don't
 this Legislature take some action in the
 matter, and let us go home Your bus>
 mess is suffering. and my patients are
 dying, and yet here we are, dancing at
 tendance on this cursed Legislature. Why
 don't they--the assembled wisdom of
 Jersey, say Camdenl or Long>a.C Coming,
 and let us go home 2
 | The Captain drew his young friend
 into the recess of cor ridor, and looked | at him queerly with one eye half shut
 and his mouth hxed on decided
 pucker.' s#. I s The fact is, R, said he, you are Igreen. Are you not aware that this is a great country, that New Jersey is a great State, a New Jersey Legislature the tallest kind out of jail ? The Doctor confessed that he was aware of some of
 these points, but dark as to others; he
 had some conception of how the Icthys osauyas--a big animal, with a hard name.
 known to geologists. which had the
 whole world to itself, few million of
 years before Adam--how the Icthy0saW
 ras looked when he was about, but Jersey
 Legislation was an animal which he bad
 looked at on all sides, but could not un. ) derstand. Whereupon the Captain took the Doctor good humorsdly by the arm
 and led him into aretired place. where g lighted candle shone upon the, honest , countenance of bottle of real cham 8 pagne--made in Newark, but labelled - France
 Over this bottle the Captain proceeded
 to give the Doctor some idea of Jersey Legislation. If you could have seen the fine Roman features of the Doctor. and the good face of the Captain. q httle ruddy. and topped by hair which vas . partly gray, you would have enjoyed the startling narrative which fell from
 his lips.
 Albany is great place. so the Cap.
 tain began; Harrisburg is another great
 place Legislators can be had there. in , great quantities. at reasonable prices, but Trenton is tAs place
 :, Expound r said the Doctor. Upon 1, which the Captain illustrated bis tex. by
 the following narrative.
 T 'One winter there came to Trenton two men named SmilE and Jones. who had, both of them, designs upon the Legislature. Jones had . bad wife. aud !. was in love with . pretty woman he 3 wished to be divorced ftom the bad wiie ! so that he might marry the pretty 2 woman, who. bye the bye, vas widow. with black eyes. and such bust there fore. Jones came 10 Trenton for divorce. Smith had good wife. plump as a Z robin, good as an angel. and the mother of ten children, and Smith did not want
 to be divorced, but did want to get the
 charter for . turnpike or plank road 10 extend from Pigs Run to Terrapin Hcl.
 low. Well. they with these diifefen, . I errands came 10 Trenton. and addressed lhe assembled wisdom with the usual ! argumenas-- lat: sappers. mainly com
 posed of oysters, with ! ich back ground | of steak and venison q: liquors in great
 plenty-from Jersey lightning, which is . kind of locomotive Ut full speed a Ws . n ,.E