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Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28
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Forks.
From a Correspondent l

The interesting extract in your Magazine e the 26th May, on forks, induces mr to send you few scraps on the history of forks.
 The word fork occurs only once or twice in the Bible once in the Pentateuch, where mention is made of |" flesh forks," evidently i,s- vented to take the meat out of the pot the other instance is in an account of the riches of Solomon's temple, where, singularly enough, the Vulgate has the word farea, which the English translation nders by spoon. Athss neus mentions also the word fork but it does not appear whether it was 5;dcat (with two prongs), or trident (with three prongs), and it is quite certain that the Greeks were ignc- rant of the use of forks in eating. At that time even hucullus was not acquainted with that luxury two-branched instrument or two were found ut Herculancum, but it seems clear that they were not used at table iu any period of tho. Roman history. The first ip- stance that history records of the use of forks was at the table of John the good Duke of i Burgundy, and he had only two
 At that period the loaves were made round they were cut in slices which were piled by the side of the carver, or Ecwyer 1Ianchaas Cutting Squire. He had pointed carving. knife, and saewcr of drawn si yer or gold, which he stuck into the joint having cut oif slice, he took it on the point of the knife, and placed it on slice of bread, which wsa served to the guest This ancient custom of serving the meat on tho point of the carver is still general throughout the continent of Eu- rope. A leg or haunch of mutton had al. ways piece of paper wrapped round the shank, which the carver took hold of with the left hand when he carved tue joint, and such is still the custom iu Lower Germany and Italy. We, who always initiate, and often without knowing why, have imported the custom of or namenting the shank, but the psastration of the fork is decided improvement. Pointed knives are still general on the Continent, it be. ing so difficult to leave off old customs, even after the occasion that gave them birth has ceased. N is only since the psace, when every thing English became fashionable, that round. topped knives have been adopted iD Paris
 Before the revolution in France,it was GUS. tomary, when gentleman was invited to din nor, for him to send his servant with his kuife, fork and spoon or if he had no servant, he carried them with him in his breeches-pocket. as a carpenter carries his rule A few of the ancient regime still follow the good old custom, because it is old. The peasahtry of the IT, ro and of parts of Germany and Switzerland. generally carry a case in their pockets, eoa- taining knifc and fork and a spoon.
 Few use fork so gracefully as an English lady. The Germans grasp it with clenchcd fist. -~.-....--
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28
HINT TO THE W1sE.-Hayiup in r

A HINT TO THE WISE.-H Having in my youth had severe notions of piety, says a eel rbratcd Persian writer, used to rise in the night to watch, pray and read the Koran. One night, when was engaged in these exercises, my father, d man of mactica! virtue, awcke while was reading. Behold" said to him." thy other chiluren are lost in irreligious slumber, while l alone wake to praise God" Son of my sonl," he answered, it is better to sleep than to wake to remark the faults of thy hretbreno
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28

SCIENTIFIC IMPRovEMENr-Pe"cuss caps are now made waterproof by the application of Q fusible alloy to the inside of the cap, which will not explode the powder when melt ed. This alloy is composed of bismuth. tin and lead, and IS inserted in the cap and melt ed. When in the melted state, it adapts 1t. seIf to the inside by Hing the instertices, thereby rendering the cap proof to the adlnis- sion of water to the exploding substance.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28

A PRINTER TO THE LAsr-Dur,Dg the last mom-nt, of. Wmn, Rochester Pr.at.r. who lately died, ne was heard to Say, having re- lapsed into $ ss,n.-dei,r.ous state; "I am m my last ss.ekiuIi-i an cu.n;ug to para graph-a''d sa!,poss I'll l,vv to wait for old death to put in tt.I.e persod.o
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28
CHAPTER II.
THE sIBYL's CIRCLE.

THE SIBYL CIRCLE.
 The next day Honora informed her grand. mother of Godfrey's presence in the town, and Madame Auderly sent her brother Colonel Shannon, to fetch him to Piedmont. Godfrey accepted the invitation. On his arrival he found that General Sterue, the governor elect of Virginia, and his son, had just taken up their quarters, for several days with Madame Au- derly and the old lady, in his honor, at once sent off cards of invitation to some of the neigh bors to visit her that evening.
 When tea was over, the company adjourned to the drawing room, where, soon after, the guests invited for the evening, joined them
 First came Father O'Luberty, the parish priest of St. Andrews Church, at Crossland.
 The next arrivals were MT. and Mrs. Will lough5y. and Mir Heine
 Immediately after them, came Dr. and Mrs. Henry Hawe-the doctor, a man of great fash ion aud elegance, the lady, delicate, pensive woman, with a sort of sac, moonlight face, bcaming softly out between her heecy locks of jet.
 And, last of all, came old Hugh Have, who had been invited as a matter ot courtesy, and was not in the least degree expected to make his appearance
 But he came Bot alone On his arm he brought young girl, uninvited, but whom, with grave courtesy, be presented to hIs hostess as Agnes Darke, the daughter of deceased friend, and now his ward, who had arrived or- ly that morning, and whom, presuming on Ma dame -Auderly's we'll known kindness, he had ventured to present to her.
 Madame Auderly reader of faces, was certainly attracted towards her and after 8 little talk, that confirmed her first favorable impressions, she kindly took the white hand of the orphan, and conducted her to the group formed by the Misses Auderly, Mir. SterDe, Mr. Heine, Mir. Dulainie, and Honors Paule. Under the auspices of Miss Rose Auderly, they were just about to form what she called a sibyps circle, for which purpose, Aessrs. Heins spd sterns were dispatched to bfing forward
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28
saddle and Harness Making.

2 4 HE subscriber continues to manufacture and keeps on hand everythingin in his line of business --and he would invite the attention of the public to his establishment believing that he can supply Harness, Saddles, Bridles Collars. Whips, &c. of as good quality and at as cheap rates as can be found elsewhere. Jobbing and repairing promptly and eatly executed.
 The subscriber has removed to the loft over the hew grocery store of William H. Wheeler, East street. where he continuest to manufacture.
 FREDK BROWN. Etchfield June 1, 1857.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28
H HNGO~AI
Boots and Shoes.

TVHE subscriber mry be found in Lords building, II up stairs, opposite the Enquirer office where he is prepared to make all kinds of BOOTS and SHOES to order, in the best manner and at reason able prices, including Ladies' and Children's Boots and Shoes.
 REPAIRING done at short notice.
 M IFFLAND, Litshfeld, April 2. 1857.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28
Blacksmithing and Wagon Re-
 pairing.
pairing.

MFR H. B. GrBBUD, HAVING MADE AR MI rangements which will enable him to attend to all work in the above Line would respectfully inform the citizens of Litchfeld and vicinity, that he can be found at the building known as Rogers Blacksmith Shop in Spencer street, with every fla eility for quick and thorough execution of Johs. pis long experience as q workman, he trusts, will enable him to give entire satisfaction to those who may favor him with their patronage.
 Ltchfcld April q, 1857. 52tf
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F1A9te1. and Goal.
 yHE subscriber has just received cargo of the
 blue kind of Plaster. Also, . cargo of the best cpftng Mountain Coal. Ad those in want of Coal san n..e tteS summer prices by sending in their or. uese tate month. E. GOULD. Iltehas!d Es,t Ni1l, Foy. r, tes7,
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28
R. MI R RIMAN, HAS just returned from New York with an as- HI BOrtment of

WATCHES AND JHwEt,RY.
 Spectacles from 25 cents to $1O the pair-Plated Butter Knives, Spoons, Forks, Sewing Birds and Napkin Rings, violincello Strings, Violin Strings Bridges, Screws Tail Boards and Resin Violin Bows and Tuneing Forks, and Clarionet Reeds, and vari- ous Articles too numerous to mention, at the low est prices
 2 eI<tchfcld. May fs, t857. tf4
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28
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 Advertising. Fourteen lines or less-1, or weeks, .....$1 co Six continuance thereafter, per week, e. 20 Probate and other legal notices at the usual rates Yearly and other regular advertisers charged cording to space occupied. as.4.l..s s G HassiAs Adsatsesaas ssa 5s accompniisd vih As ssoMsv Co secure insertion
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BUSEyvESS CARDS.
E. cRossMAN,
 SuccEssOR TO c. M. HooKER,) % ID e n t i st


 E. CRossMAN, 6yl succEsson TO c. M. HooKER)
 ID ID e n t l st
 Office in South street. over the Post Office.
 All operations on the Teeth carefully performed, and warranted to give entire satisfaction.
 have endeavored to satisfy myself to the skill of Mfr Edward Crossman dental practitioner, and think can safely recommend him to the citi- sens of Iitchfeld County as one who merits their confidence and patronage. c. M. HooKEn.
 Hartford Cona., August 10, 1857. 2 Dr. E. w. Blake, VNTHO has for period of ten years, been Resi- w dent DENTIST of Ltclfeld, thanks his friends for past favors, and will endeavor to merit a acontinuance of their friendship and patronage.
 October 8, 1856. 1yoM Kc V. SEYMOUR Attorney and Counsellor IIsat Law. Mtchfeld. Conn,
 m ENRY 8. SANFORD. Attorney and Coun- y U selor at Law, Notary Public and Commissioner for New York. Office at New Milford Conn. O EORGB A. HICKoX, Attorney at Law M Office in Seymour's Building, South street. Ltchfield, Conn.
 TU UoL1sTER & BEENdAN, Attorneys and Coun LII selors at Law Frederick D. Beeman, Con- missioner of Deeds for the State of New York Office In Seymours Building, South street. Iitchfeld Conn., ORossN6ANs Shaving, Hair Cutting and Wig 0 Making Rooms-under the Mansion House, Ntchfeld.
 ID oBERT M. TREAT, Manufacturer of corn lO shellars, churns, safety tug irons, &c.,, South Farms, Conn.,
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Dr. E. w. Blake.

IN ". SEYMOUR Attorney and Counsellor ELsat Law, Litchfield Conn,
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n II ENRY g. SANFORD Attorney and Coun- U U selor at Law, Notary Public and Commissioner for New York Office at New Milford, Conn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1858-01-28
THE BRIDE OF AN EVENING.

New Preston, Jan. 6, 1858.
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VOtS Q.

Iitshfield, April 2. 1857.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-03-18
temperance 9f(atter>
From the Spirit of the Age.



Father, can YOU calmly reflect upon the
probability of that well beloved son of yours
becoming a worthless druukard, or bear the
idea of your cherished daughter being the
wife Of brutal sot? Such 4 prospect would
torment you with sorrow before its coming,
and render you miserably unhappy. And
vet, how unconcerncd you arc in reference
to the subject of temperance, and indirectly,
to the welfare of your children. You live IN a
land where drunkenness abounds and where
the temptations to drink are found on every
hand. Your son is cxposcd to these tcmpta.
tons in every form, and yet you stand aloot
from the organizations of the day designed
to suppress these evils, and arc even so
t~houghtless as tospeak reproachfully of them.
You do more than this; you so far forget
your parental responsibility as TO drink a
little now and then in the presence of your
son, and may even give the bcwitchlng cup
to him. Pursuing this course, what may
you expect? Your son is influenced by your
example more than that Of all other persons
he can scarcely believe that you would
do wrong, and he adopts your sentiments as
correct, and your actions as proper, What
is the result? Your son is on the high road
to ruin ere manhood is reached, and Will
probably die a drunkard. Are you wholly
innocent of his transgression Have you
not been the means of his stumbling and
fall? Suppose he should cast his dim eye
upon YOU as he lies at the gloomy threshold
ola d~runkard's grave, and say, " father, you
taught me there was no harm in drink
Spare yourself these unpleasant feelings
of throwing the entire weight OF your lntiu-
cnce IN favor of temperance and for the SUP
preston Of drunkcnness. Even if you arc in
the habit of taking 4 social glass with your
friends, you had better abandon it, together
with the slight pleasure attending the custom,
than to have troubles and sorrow overflow
like a flood in consequence of seeing your
son ruined and lost forever. Do all you can
by preccpt and example to soberize the COM
munity in which you live, and to Danish
drunkenness from its borders, lest your
daughter we'd a man given to strong drink,
and brutal and savage conduct towards his
wife. Much depends upon your example n
this respect as regards the future happiness
and welfare of your children, and if you
rightly consider it, you will study to indoc-
trinate them in the principles of temperance,
rather than standing aloof from the reform
yourself, and speaking in dcrision of the Of,
forts of those who are striving to turn aside
the curse from their homes and from yours.
For the safety o fyour Owl household, oh
lend a helping hand to stay the progress Of
this monster evil that is s%hadowlng with an
unbroken cloud of sorrow: so many otherwise
sunny homes in our land.
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JAMES NJ. EDNEY,
MERCHANT,
IG .L0UN.STEEET. 81. N.


EpUYS and forwards every kind of merchandise
Id for ~ per cent. Cnmmis&icn. Refers to Cows.
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A BEAUTIFUL HEAD OF
RICH GLOSSY HAIR,
COMPLETELY PRESERVED
TO TIL G.

1 Up vho that is gray ~opil p3thaye j ge2t2raI
IA to former color! or bald. but would have tnc
growth restored, or troubled with dandruf
and itching but would have it removed, or
troubled with ~scrofula, scald head, or other
cruptions. but would he cured, or with sick head
ache, (neuralgia) but would be cured. 1t will
also remove all pimplcs from the face and skim
Prof. Woods Hair Restorative will do all this, see
circular api thc following.
ANy aRBoR, November 3, 1900.
Prof. 0. j.. Wood--Dear Sir: l have heard
much said Of the wonderful effects of your Hair
Restorative, but having been so often cheated by
q~uackery and quack nostrums, hair dyes, &C., 1
was disposed to place your Restorative in the same
category with the thousand and one loudly trum-
pcted quack remedies, until l met you in Law
reIae county SOME months since, when You gave
me such GS$araac2 :s ilddec,l tue trial Of yOAr
Restorative III my l~ainiiy-frst BY M good wife.
whose hair had become very thin and entirely
white, and before cxhausting one of your large
bottles. her hair was restored nearly pits original
beautiful brown color, and had thickcned and be-
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because of its healtbful influence upon the head
and mini. Others pf .ly family AMI .iriinls sr1
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and | can and do most cordially and confdentially
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sickness or age to original color or beauty, and
by all young persons who would have their hair
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.iery truly and gteatf4iiy yolfs,
SOLOMON MANN,
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Amusing 8eaolng~
p1JNcH's CHARGE TO THE JURY.

Gentlemen of the jury: You are sworn
in all cases to decide according to the evil
deuce; at the same time, if you have any
doubt, you are bound to give the prisoncrth the
benefit of it. Suppose you have to pronounce
en- the guilt or innocence OF i gentleman ac-
cused of felony? You will naturally doubt
whether any gentleman would commit such
offences-accordingly, however strong may
be the testimony against him, you will, per-
baps, acquit him. The evidence of your own
senses is, at least, as creditable as that OF
the witnesses, if, therefore, your eyeslght
convince you that the prisoner is a we'll
dressed person, you have a right to presume
his responsibility, and it is for you to say
whether a respectable person would be like
ly to be guilty of the crimes imputed to him'
In like mauner, when you sec a shabby
looking fellow in the dock, charged tor ex-
ample, with sheep stealing, the decision rests
with you, first, whether or not that indlvldu-
al is a ragamufin, and secondly, how far 1t is
probable that a man of that description would
steal sheep. Of course, as has been before
said, YOU will always be guided by the evil
dence; but, then, whether the evidence is
trustworthy or not, is a matter Tor your prl-
vate consideration. You may believe 1t II
YOU choose, or you may disbelieve it; and
whether, gentlemen of the jury, you will be-
lieye it or disbelievc it, will depend on the
constitution of your minds. If your minds
are so constituted that you wish to lind the
prisoner guilty, perhaps you will believe 1t:
if they happen to be so constituted that you
desire to find him not guilty, why then, very
likely YOU will disbelieve it. You arc to tree
your minds from all passion and prejudice
if you can, and in that case, your Judgment
will be unbiased but if you cannot, you will
return a verdict accordingly. tits not, strict
ly speaking, for you to consider what will be
the effect of your verdict; but If such a con-
sideration should occur to you, and you can
not help attending to it, that verdict Will De
influenced by it to a certain extent, You
are probably aware that when you retire, you
will be lockedup until you ~contrlve to agree
You may arrive at uananimity by fair a,s-
c%ussion, or by some of you starving out the
others, or by tossing up; and your conclu,
sion, by whichever of these processes arrived
at. will be more or less in accordance with
YOU oaths. Your verdict may be right 1t
is to be hoped it will; it may be wrong; it
is to be hoped it will not. At all events,
gentlemen of the jury, you will come tosome
conclusion or other; unless it should so hap
pen that you separate without coming to any
verdict.
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9tpartment.
From the Carolina Spartan.
w HIGH is I G.?

A writer in the "Cotton Planter and Soil'
utterly repudiates the idea that "Cotton IS
King" The true kings, he says, are "Cor"
md HoyS." But if this be true Of Alabama,
with its mildcr climate and its frcshcr lands,
much more must it hold good of the up-coun-
try region in South Carolina? If there
King Hog imposes upon King Cotton a tax
not to be borne, what should be thought OF
his exactions here, where, King Cotton Is
is poor and his revenues small. The Israel.
ties conquered Or, King Of Bashan, and
enriched themselves with the spoil. But
Hog, King of Bacon, is making alarmlngen-
croachmcnts upon our territory, is reducing
us rapidly into subsection to his swlnlsh
majesty, and bearing off an enormous annual
tribute to enlarge and adorn PorkopoiIS, the
Sebastopol of his dominions.
1t is time that Southern chivalry were a.
reused, and anew "war of Revolution" were
proclaimed, If We must have 4 swine king,
let him be a "noficc," not 4 foreign king
Il Southern, not q Wcstcrn-onc "to the man
or born"-rcared also among US, acquainted
with our institutions and favorable to their
crfcnsiou ; one who will reign dmon!g us,
not over us-onc who will not be so cxactlng
in his demands, or who will at Toast spent ms
yerenue omony his 0mn pcoplc, instead or
carving it off to enrich other people and
other lands.
While we have no hostility to others, we
should have compassion on ourselves. Eve
ry one remembers what 4 "panic" was crea-
ted last fail, when, in eight tines, the re-
venues had to be raised for his foreign Pork
ship. The results arc still severely felt
and it is questioned whether King Cotton
will be able, in 4 whole year, to repleplsh
the Golfers which were then exhausted
A ~ccartain "~tea-party" once cast a whole
cargo of their ~favorite "leaf' into the briny
deep, lest Il revenue should be cXacted for
its use. The lesson which that transaction
teaches should not be forgotten. But there
is no necessity for pricahon in this case
They would go supperlcss to bed before they
would be taxed. We can resist those foreign
exactions, and yet be in gravy up to our
eyes. Nor will any war result in this case,
as there did in that. Or should there be a
oskrimmagc," it will be only among the swi-
nish hcrds-.Southcrn against UtStc|" -
but none need fear the result. only ht o"r*
Je weU fed, and Mey ~W a$surediy ~t" Mc
day.