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Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11
Positive Fat and Comparative Fatter

Among the delegates to the Medical Cou-
vention now in session in this city, says the
Philadelphia American is gallant Bostonan
well known to !ame-~Dr. Moriarty, Physician
to Deer Island Hospital. Dr. NJ is u man of
large heart, and possesses q corporeal frame to
match--the latter weighing four hundred and
ten pounds. OF course SO eephautine figure
occupies some little space upon the sidewalk
aud u space no less material at dinner table
The doctor is guest at the Giraro House.
where he took up his quarters night before |. St.
HIS tirst appearance at the genteman's ordina-
ry was, therefore, at yesterday mornings table.
The DIR. took bis Seat in close vicinity to the
tenor A'nod'o, who, as our opera going readers
, are well aware, is remarkable specimen OF
rotnnd adiposity, weighing two hundred and
eighty pounds, and looking nearly as broad as
he is long.
AS soon as the Doctor was seated, the tenor
dropped the table cutlery from his hand, and
sat with his eyes fixed upon the former in mute
establishment, until the meal was completed
The tenor left the table just as the Doctor was
putting the sugar into his last cup of coffee
aud sought out Mr.. Chadwick, one of the heads
Of the establishment. Ml>tare Chadwick
want von Introduction to re vera big gentle
man vicll sat opposite to me at re table ~
Certainly sir, walk up, " Was the reply !;
and a moment afterwards the greater and les
| ser giants were energetcally shaking hands.
The Interchange of two oblong bits of paste
board having further introduced the parties,
Dr. Moriarty assured the tenor that he was
very happy to make his acquaintance, to which
the tenor rejoned All my vera dear sir, l
am twice glad to know you-once for yourown
sake, and twice because now they can no more
call me Won fat man. Beside you am re rhi-
noceros beside re elephant !"
The Decor laughed heartily at the tenor's
comparison, and both gentlemen made their ex-
it into side room, where a table was graced
with sundry mysterious aagons,with foil around
their neckS The gentleman smiled togeth-
er--who could blame them.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11

How THE BEAR CANE TO HAVE Short
TAIL.-A Norwegian fable satisfactorily ac
counts for the short tail of the bear Thc bear,
it seems was once met by fox who tarred IA
load OF fish, and who, in answer to the ques-
ton how he had obtained them, replied that
lie had canght them by angling. The bear ex-
pressed desire to know an art so useful ;
when the fox informed him that he had only to
make hole in the ice and insert his tail.
" You must stop long enough, and not mind if
it hurt you little" said the friendly adviser,
L" for sensation of pain is sure Sign that
you have a bite. The longer the time, the
more the fish. Nevertheless, when you have a
good strong bite, be sure you pull out" The
credulous bear followed the instructions and
k, pit his tail in the hole till it was frozen fast.
When he pulled, the end of the tail came of
and hence the shortness OF the appeudage at
the present day.-Frass's Magazine.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11
Young Genius.

Mr.. Disraeli has, in his Coningsby, this stri-
king passage -" Genius, when young, is d.
vine. Why, the greatest captains of ancient
aud modern times both conquered Italy at
twenty-five Youth, extreme youth, over
threw the Persian empire. Don John of Aus
tria won Ltpauto at nty-fve-th grea test
battle Of modern times had it not been for
the jealousy cf Philip, the next year he
would have been E,nl error Of Maurta-
hi. Castor de Folk was only twenty-five
when he stood victor on the plains of RAJ
venna Every Que remembers Condo and Ro-
croy at the same age. Gustayus Adolphus
died at thirty-eight Look 1T his captains
that wonderful Duke of Wcinar, only thirty
six when he died. Baner himself, after all his
miracles, died at forty-fve. Cortes was little
more than thirty when he g,zea uon the goi-
den cupaos of Mexico. When Maurice of
Saxouy died at thirty-two, all Europe acknowl-
edged the loss of the greatest captain and pro-
foundest statesman of the age. Then there is
Nelson, Give but these are warriors, and per
haps you may think there are greater things
than war. l do not. l worship the Lord Ct
Hosts But take the most illustrous achieve
ments of civil prudence. Innocent III, the
greatest Of the Popcs. was the despot of Chris
Cardinal at fifteen, and Gucciardn tells us,
baffled with his craft Ferdinand de Aragon
himself. He was Pope as Leo X at thirty
seven. Take Ignatius Loyola and John Yves
ley they worked with young brains. Igna
thus was OILY thirty when he made his pllyri-
mage, aid wrote the Spiritual Exercises Pas
cal (the greatest of Frenchmen) wrote Gro at
work at sixteen, and died at thirty-seven. All,
that fatal thirty-seven which reminds me Of
Byron greater even as E:an than writer
Was it experience that guided the pencil of
Raphael when he painted the palaces of
Rome? He died at thrty-seven. Richeeu
was Secretary of State at thirty-one. Well,
then, there are Bongbroke and Pitt, both
ministers before other men leave off cricket
Grotius was in practice at seventeen, aud at
totney-general at twenty-four. And Acqua-
vlva-Acquavva was General Of the Jcsuits,
ruled every cabinet i'll Europe, and .colohized
America, before lie was thirty-seven. What
career the secret rway Of Europet That
was indeed position! But it is needless to
multiply instances. The history of heroes is
the history of youth"
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11

UNPoETICAL WIFE-Siebcnba conld never
inspire Lonsette with lyrical enthusiasm of
love in which she could forget heaven and
earth and everything else. She could count
the strokes of the clock between his kisses, and
could listen and run off to the saucepan that
was boiling over, with all the big tears in her
eyes which he had pressed out of her mclting
heart by touching story or sermon. She ac-
compancd in her devotion the Sunday hymns,
which echoed loudly from neghboring apart
ment, and in the midst of verse Intervene
the prosaic question, "What Shall l warm up
for supper 2" and he could never Danish from
his remembrance, that once, when she was
quite touched, listening to his cabinet discourse
upon death and eternity, she looked at him
thouyhtfully, but towards bis feet, aud at length
sad Don't put OH the. left stocking to-mor-
row, must darn it.'
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11
How to Receive Company.

The lamps were lit, and the rooms were in
perfect order-fowers all in their places, and
musicians at their post. The bail would pres
emily begin.
But the husband b the French Journal
ist) found his young and timid wife standing
lost i'll thought, and evidently very much
troubled in m nd With little questioning he
got at the secret How was it possible that
she should say the few words of appropriate
civility to every one of five hundred guests?
b reflected for moment
Here, my carlng," he said, as the wheels
began to rattle and the first guest entered the
hall, two phrases will answer all your pur-
pose. 10 those who arrire, you will say,
What come so late ? aud to those who take
their hare, you will say, What going so
early" And with a smile and cordial tone
of voice you will find this all that is neees-
sary"
Madame BIS countenance Immediately
lighted up, and as the FIVE hundred poured in,
she addressed each individual guest with this
fattering speech of reception. The bail COM
menced with unusual gayety. Every one
seemed to be in state of bssful conpacency
They danced till very late hour, and then
commenced the leave-takngs-all managed
with the two or three little passwords of fat
tering preference and tender moek-reproach.
Never was party more successful What
a charming hostess p "What a lovely wo-
man |" were the EXPLANATIONS from all lips ss
they went away.
For, each guest was made to believe that his
or her coming and going were Of Importance to
the happiness of the hostess. To be content,
we must feel that we are needed.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11
TO A GINNY-EOUL.

7aot comes and sYucwks under his pi"der perodfy ana
mates him mad excoedag'y.
You mssuble speckled crtter, you.
What thunder re sq,nlwking about,
Does any thing hurt you bad? Or do you squawk
That way in GiEny where you come fr, H.
And so squawks now from educational pre2udice?
What mischief do you pull your homcly head
Out n from under your wing and sauawk for?
What S under your wing to make you squawk,
You speckled swine of herd
Somethink offensive recken elsewise
1eu keep it there, for it looks better hid.
what do you get on the fence and squawk for,
Do you see anythink alarmink YOU white gilled
Speckle-feathered, squawking fool!
how do you S pose a teller read or rite
Or sleep. or live, you discordant old busted
Brass French horn, with all keys open
And the mouth piece cracked?
wish could pizen you, you everlasin' perpetual
squawkna machine!
w hat re you thinking about ?-heme?-
You raseally epiome Of Ginny war-gong,
A Congo, tum-tum and conch she'll
And aown-east village brass band
Dry up you speckled parody of machine shop!
10 you think that's music. you outrageous vocal
You boiler makers exacerbated echo atretity
You sqwawking abstract of Pandenfpnium,
10 you think felle aft .rl to furnish o:jacks
And SO forth to chunk you with daily. dog YOU
Maybe ynu think its funny you speckied pagan Of
African extraction
Is your squaw king yeu feared OF me, say
You brazen throated sheet-iron- longed elimination.
o. foul creation? Here's ny biackin' brush at 70!
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11

You've budded and grated Trees will require early
attention in rubbing off the shoots that spring up
from the stocks; and young transplantei frnt trees
for gardens and orchards should have useless shoots
taken off, and long pinched back so as to form
regular symmetrical heads
Thinning fruit on trees may seem like very un-
necessary operation after the past two three
winters, which in many places left little for thinning
But there are some trees, and in places, which
are heavily set this year. and in order to have good
fut, and to prevent an improper exhaustion of the
tree, they should not be permitted to overbear. We
ere not sure that the unfavorable seasons which
have lately occurred have not, on the whole prov
ed benefit to orchardsts, by allowing their trees
to recover from the effects of hard cropping One
of the easiest ways of thinning the fruit is too thin
out the bearing shoots and this is especially the
Case with peaches it should be done in SPRING but
it is not late after the trees are in leaf an
other evil of overbearing is glutted market one
year and a scarcity the next, which might be pie-
nted at least in part by lessening the amount in
abundant seasons
Mulchng should not be forgotten. 1t should be
e~formed as soon po sible after hot weather APP
pr'acEes As often it is performed. it is not CUM
plete and thorough enough. The mulch should be
at least i've or six inches thick after packing down.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11
Whole No. 1926
Boards and Smooth Chins.

DR. Dixon of the Scalpet has rather q
trencham Way Of expressing his views of men
aud matters, but he hits home," as the car
penters say now aud then. His last number
thus graphically presents the recprocities of
Boards and Smooth Chins &c Why do you
allow your beard to growI' said smoothly
shaved gehtlt man, with pair OF light blue
eyes, and beautiful red cheeks, and light blue
cravat, and a sheer on his lip, to dark-eyed,
swarthy and bronzed young man, with glo-
rious beard aid superb moustache, the eye OF
the falcon, and the nostrll of war horse q
hard worker at his trude--that of q printer
and the father Of two children. TO improve
my appearance said he 9 to avoid catarrhs,
to please my wife, and to save time And
why do you shave !? Because it is the Gus
TOM replied he. / think you are mistaken
replied the printer do you not shave because
you fancy it improves your appearance p
| why, yes replied the shaven gentleman !;
that, too, of course, is part of the reuSon.'
The printer, like most truly elegant men, was
IL natural gentleman, and made no further It.
ply but he might have said, with truth,
You have told two falsehoodS, and you are
vain man, an ignorant man and a fool. You
shave because your beard is light color, and
you uare not wear IL you are VAIN lnal, ne
cause you shave to make yourself lock better !;
therefore you have told two lies ; you are an
ignorant man. because the color of Your beard
harmonizes with that of your eyes, lips, aid
skin, aud no other color would, and you do
not know it ; and you are saucy man, be-
cause you are ignorant, and sneercd at NE.
You are an indolent man, because you waste
a haf-hour thrice week, patting your face
aud contemplating its beauties, whilst am at
work. You are continually suuifiing with q
catarrh in your nose, and You look like a baby
with your face just washed by your mamma Z"
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11

WEEDs-Those who have visited the nursery of w
Reid, at Elizabeth, New Jersey, have seen twenty
acres free from weeds, We once heard the question
weeds SO thoroughly pulled? He said they were
pulled but that the cutvator and other tools
were run between the trees and crops so Frequently
that the weeds were disturbed and destroyed before
they became large enough to pull. The only ques-
ton in our mind was, Twill SO many disturbances
Of the SOIL as would be necessary to destroy all weeds
be paid for by increased cropsr' Our experience
since has proved. that row crops of all kinds pay
better profit when the soil is frequently disturb
ed to destroy all the weeds, than with less num-
Der of disturbances and this, too, soil naturally
as full Of weeds. as any other we have ever seen.
1t must be admitted however, that hand hoes are
not the implements with which to disturb row crops
or to destroy weeds among such crops, with the sin
gle exception, perhaps of few weeds between plants
In the rows
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11

BUCKHoRN CHAIR FOR THE PREsIDENT-On
Saturday We saw great curiosity i'll the shape
OF chair made entirely of elk antlcrS, aud de-
signed as a present to james Buchanan, Pres
ident OF thee United States. 1t arrived here
on Saturday afternoon on the steamer Goliah.
1t was made in the northern part of Huulbolt
County, by Seth Kinman, hunter, who has
arrived with it IN this city, Ell route for WASH
ington. 1t is mainly composed of four massive
buckhorns, with the antlrrs branching as appro-
priately as if the whole affair were the work of
u carver The two largest horus compose the
hind legs and they incline backwards very
gracefully at the top and meet together SO as
to form an arch The two other horns COM
pose the fore legs aud sides, and extend back
so as to lap Oh aid firmly fasten in the forks
of the back part The feet are original III
stead OF taking old anters, the hunter shot the
largest living bucks, and cut the horns out of
their heads with about three inches of bone al
tached This bone is solid and white as ivory.
and the ends Oh VIII CHI the chair rests are form
ed into the shape OF deer's hooIs. The rungs
or rounds are made of straight pieces of hcrn
and so neatly jointed that there is no outward
evidence of 1t. The small horns which project
from every part of the chair have their points
polished like ivory. The seat is Of white buck
skin, prepared expressly for it by the maker
San Francisco IIGrQM.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11
II e r M 8.
Subscription Per Annum.
The Plague. 4

There's curse in our country, baleful as death,
The brother of sickness, and pain
Itenters the village with poisonous breath,
And scatters its blight on the plain
1t breathes of the graveyard of bosoms oppressed,
And burrows passionate line,
Where virtue, and innocence wecps Ter the breast
Devoted to lewdness, and crime.
Where the thriving farm house nvitngly stood
With its warm shelter buildings around,
Overbrowed from the hill by the dark waving wood
And in peaceful security bound
The barn door swings loose, and the half-famished
Looks out on the garden in weeds, COW
While near to the door-stone, the mire begrimed
Unheeded, her progeny leads, sow,
There's shop. where rose with the earliest light
The murmur of labor and thrift
But the spectre has cast its benches the blight,
And scattered its wOrkmen adrft
It's master has left off his apron, and now
Sits down in the sunshine and breeze,
And with stammcIing accent tells mournfully how
He suffers gnawing disease
There poor sckly child totters out thro that door
From whence jeers, and obscenity breke;
But I'll wager my cottage, and all Of my store
He carries the plague in his cloak:
He shuns other children and mournuly keeps
The track of the highway alone;
o. poor little child how humanity weeps,
For the night that awaits you at home.
There's a widow who late to the sepulchre gave
The last Of the children she bore
10 him. who reeled from the half-covered
And reeled in to the Rumsellers store :; [grave,
There's shade in her eye, and one scarcely can
blame
Who has known SO much sorrow and care,
If to drown out the knowledge of anguish and pain
She quicks follows after him there.
Where yonder dark hospital frowns on the street,
Through whose windows the bars are revealed,
With delicate chain slightly over their feet
. The nvalids go to be healed.
The farmer goes in and the poor sickly one
And he who sat down in the breeze
TIE widow who gave to the graveyard hel son
And he who retailed the disease.
Christ! that this earth where thy footsteps have
Where still is thy history told. been,
Holds creatures that boast of the stature of men,
And yet murder their brothers for gold.
There's curse in our village baleful as death
The blacklist that's under the sun;
And men who insult you with poisonous breath,
And sell women and vagabouds rum.
E. C. G..
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11
From Ballou's PICTORIAL
Bantam Stream.
BY II. WARD.

BY II. WARD.
Upon thy fowery banks stand,
Dear River of my native land;
And see thy crystal waters glide
Serenely to the silver tide
Of yonder Lake, whose mirrored CLEAN
Rejoices still in Bantam Stream.
How oft in boyhood's sunny hours
I've wandered mid the woodland bowers
That overhang thy banks so green,
And charm to JOY each well known scene !;
While life was all an Eden dream,
AS then unused by Bantam Stream
sat beneath the cooling shade,
And every rural scene surveyed
The fragrant flowers in Summer bloom,
The whispering pine trees soothing gloom,
The vines that shut each darting beam
From glaring bright on Bantam Stream.
The wild-rose sheds its perfume STILL
And daisies crown the sloping hill,
And all along the dewy meads
The lilies hang their dropping heads,
And all the charms of Nature seem
To revel wild, By Bantam Stream.
The milk-white Blossoms of the thorn,
The golden grain and emerald corn,
The sweetly scented birchen groves,
Where birds rejoice to sing their loves
All these. and more, fondly deem
A paradise, by Bantam Stream.
But, ali long years have DER me flown,
And oft L We wandered sad and lone
Far from my native scenes away;
And now again declining day
Dispels the sweet, enchanting dream
Farewell! farewell dear Bantam Stream!
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11

sg- A Big Ok is now on exhibition ct
Springfield. The Republican, says it is about
the size OF one of Sands, Nathans & Cos big
ge>t elephants, and moves pfacidly about IS
much as QUE Of the elephants would do: It is
said to be the largest framed OF in the world,
and weighs, though far from fat, 1900 pounds,
measures SIX feet seven inches in height at the
shoulder, grts ten feet, and is thirteen feet in
length from stem to stern Well fa.ted it
would weigh in the neighborhood of 5000 lbs.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11

The name Minnesota, FIRST applied TO the
Minnesota river. has its origin in two Dacotah
words" Minnee," water, and "Sota," viii
fish, like the soil.
Litchfield enquirer., 1857-06-11

The aphelion Of the comet is computed at more
than 36,000,000 miles beyond the orbit Of Jupiter.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-12-25

Nsw York, Dec. 23.-The barque Alnah
was seized yesterday by the United States
Marshal. The vessel is supposed to be con-
nected with Gen. Walkers Nicaragua expe-
dition. About fifty passengers were on board
when she was seized.
WASHINGTON, Dec 22.-In the Senate to-
dav, Kansas affairs were discussed.
To the House, the Senate's Treasury note
bill was considered, and it was adopted by a
majority of thirty-two.
The House also passed the resolution to
adjourn after Thursday, until Monday, the
4th January.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.-Advces from Kansas
state that Gen. Lane, the free State hero, was
recently shot by one of the government Off
cials.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22.-There has been an
outbreak at Fort Scott, in which several lives
were lost. Troops have been ordered there.
Arrivals from the Plains state that por-
ton Of the United States troops have met
reverses in their march.
The Mormons threaten to attack Fort
Laramie.
New YoRK, Dec. 22,-Sales Of Cotton 900
bales, with dropping market. Flour sales
of 1900 barrels, ut decline Of from 5 to 10
cents per barrel. Wheat buoyany sales 81
500 bushels.
SAVANNAH, Dec 22.-Sales Of Cotton 500
bales, dull and declined l.8. Middling Fair
10 cents.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-12-25

ABRoGATloS OF VESERATEp LEGAL
PRIsciPLE.-That old principle of English
law which says that mo man shall be put
twice 10 jeopardy for the sane offence
principle that dates beyond the days of Al
fred-has been abandoned. The Law Times,
a periodical published in London, in noticing
the verdict Of recent criminal trial says:
"The courts have gradually restricted the
meaning Of this once cherished maxim, until
in the case now under consideration, it has
been reduced to a nulity. We are not pre-
pared to say whether such n result is desira-
BILE, or If it is not for the public advantage
that persons accused Of crime should be sub
jected 10 continual trials until a conviction is
obtained. Our present purpose is merely to
record the fact of the humiliation of another
OF the famous old maxims of oar jurispru-
dence, in the hope that the spirit and letter
Of the law may be brought into agreement,
and that one impartial rule may be applied to
all offenders"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-12-25

RsLlEF OF THE PREssURE.-A Woriem-
burg correspondent Of m Illinois paper says
that the Corset manufacturers in Germany
feel the effects Of the present financial trou-
bles more than any other branch of industry.
Many manufactures having orders on hand,
have been obliged to discharge their hands
and suspend operations.
SO ii appears that while the panic has ere
ated serious pressure among one sex, it is
likely TO relieve II among the other. AN Ill
wind that blows nobody any good"
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-12-25

TUssLE WITH BEAR-A HARD Story
Mr.. r. J. Church, of Industry, says the Port.
land (Me.) Transcript, on his way home from
the woods, recently where he had been log
gng, in the vicinity of Moosehead Lake, DIS
covered moose, at which he discharged his
gun and gave chase, when lie was suddenly
attacked by bear, which gave him no time
for other means of defense 10 thrust his arm
into his open mouth aud seize the roots of
his tongue which he held on to with DEATH
like grasp, till old bruin, in desperation,
drew up his hind legs and gave him kick,
whic threw Mr.. Church twenty feet of,
leaving the bear to run one way while he ran
the other-neither wishing to renew the ac-
quaintance.
The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-12-25

A Word TO YouSe MEs.-If you wish
for clear mind, strong muscles, and quie,
nerves, for long life and power prolonged un.
to old age, avoid all drinks but water, and
mild infusions of that Auid shun tobacco and
opium, and everything else that dsturbs the
normal system; rely upon the nutritious food
and mild dilueht drinks of which water is
the basis, and you will need nothing beyond
these things, except rest, and the due moral
regulation of all your powers, to give you
long, happy, and useful lives, and serene
death nj the close.