Litchfield enquirer., 1858-07-15


 A young lady belonging to very respectable family in New Haven, wishing to the sights in New York on the 5th, had her hair clipped and don- ned male attre but just she wls stepping on board the cars her father stopped her, and she has been again hooped
 A New Haven gentleman met a Hartfor! friend at Wallingford, on Mondy and crowed over that earth. quake which was n't felt at Hartford ''Oh, but it | was, though" said the Hartford man. "Indeed D said the New Havener; " how is that it was nj in the papers, ooh, yes" was the reply. "we had it in 1858; it an old earthquake that we used UT long ago.
 ,Tae Iowa State Democratic Convention met last week. They nominated a half-and-half ticket-but split badly on platform resolution endorsing Blu. chanan and Lecompton was rejected by vote of 1G9 to l05, whereupon the Buchanan majority withdrew and erganz zed another convention when they passed resolutions to their hearts content.
 It is rather melancholy that the two greatest liv ing novelists, Dickens and Bulwer, are separated from their wives Each of the two seem to be idol ized by almost every lady in the world except the one he interchanged vows with at the altar. LouisUule Journal The largest powder mill in the world is owned bv the Hazard Powder Company of Connecticut An other mammoth concern which has been in operation about seventy years, belongs to Dupont Co., Della ware. These establishments supply and govern al- most the entire market in this continent which was once controlled by English manufacturers Their re- sources are very great They import saltpetre from India and keep their own vessels at sea They have agents located in almost every town in the United States. They supply Mexico South Amer- CO., and much of the African trade, besides the Uni ted States government The superiority of their powder is universally acknowledged.
 The Kansas Herald of Freedom gives a discoura- ging view of the times in Kansas It says:-ss We pity the man who is compelled to raise money now in Kansas. We were told by money lender the other day, that he receiving from 10 to 20 per nar1 for tha pf, been paid at the rate of 20 25 and 30 per cent per month to discount notes. The lowest rates on good security, for the use of money, to range be- tween three and five per cent. per month. Busi- ness in all our Kansas towns is nearly suspended Men with twenty or twenty-five thousand dollars cannot sell property at any price to- realize even few hundred dollars. Real estate can he bought at ruinous rates persons feeling compelled to sell to realize ready money, perhaps to their credit Hardly any branch of business is sustaining itself
 A little son of Rev. Joel Kenney, of Springfield, lost one of his eyes Monday. It was done from the premature explosion of frecracker which he was examining supposing the fuse had ceased to burn.
 The oldest Masonic Lodge in the country is the St. Johns of Boston. Its charter was granted April 30th 1733 by Lord Viscount Montague and it was organized July S0th, 1733 Henry Price, Esq, Master.
 The Parochial Reports of the Episcopal Church in this State for the past year, show the following facts: Families, 8, 445; baptised during the past year, infants, ,141 adults 367 Commnnicants- admitted, 2,012; added by removal 592; lost by death. 198; present number il, ,l05 Marriages 419; burias, 943. Sunday School scholars, O14 ; teachers LILO. Total amount of contributions SIP, ,102.S7.
 On Monday evening" as MT. Thomas Tennison with his wife. of New Haven, were walking in Chapel street, serpent or chaser was fired, which exploded directly in the eye of MT. T., completely destroying it.
 A COW belonging to Adams, at the Adams Hotel, Hartford, gave birth to four calves one day lately For three successive years past, the same COW haG had twin calves
 The forty-second annual report of the Directors of the American Asylum, of Hartford, has just been issued. The number of pupils connected with only are supported by their friends. The State off Maine sends 42 New Hampshire, 19; Vermont, A Massachusetts, 79; Rhode Island Il Connecticut, 46. The expenses of the institution divided pro rata among the pupils, makes the annual cost of each about $165, but as the Asylum has a large fund.- it is enabled to reduce the annual charge to each pupil to $100.
 The Iron Bank, at Falls Village, has delared a semi-annual dividend of per cent, payable on the 9th inst. A
 PATHETIC ExpLos1oN.-A young lady thus ex- plodes on the death of hel grandmother "Shock- ing intelligence how it thrilled my nature, and caused the very framework to tremble! ThatSen- erable form who, in days gone by, dandled, with paternal fondness, the precious who gave me birth, lies in the cold damp of Natures mortal strife.''
 REMEDY FOR STUTTERING.-Ihe following is said to be remedy for stuttering. It is simply the act of reading in a whisper and gradually augmenting the whisper to a louder tone.