Litchfield enquirer., 1858-09-16

@An exchange says Chicago is poor place for yankee. The climate gives him the ague fever The water brings the diarrhea. The food as cooked by the Suckers, produces dyspepsia. The whiskey, tinctured with strychnine makes him era zy. Or, if temperance man. three per cent a month is sure to bring on the blues. The west is rather bad place for eastern speculators just at present.
 fH@ At debating society in Schenectady, short time since, the subject was, z Which is the most beautiful production of nature girl or strawber ry? After continuing the argument for two nights the meeting finally adjourned without coming to conclusion-te old ones going for the strawberries: and the young ones for the giris GYA A young Tennessee clergyman seems to have compressed the whole body of his sermon on deceit in the following: c.. Oh. my brethren the snowicst slirt-front may conceal an aching bosom, and the stiest of all rounders encircle throat that has ma ny bitter pill to swallow
 TaE BEST PARTNERs.-For whist, the cleyerest and most induigent: for dancing, the handsomest and most amusing for business, the steadest and most attentive and for marriage, one who combines the qualities of all these
 Eg7A man in New Jersey killed the favorite cat of his neighhor who sued him for damages The jury decided that cats were not property in that State
 e17The American Board Of Commissioners for For eign Missions opened their forty ninth annual meet ing at Detroit. on Tuesday of last week. The at tendance was quite full The Trcasnrer's statement shows the receipt from all sources to have been S33.480 and the expenditures $37 24l. leaving. with the debt of the previous year, deficiency of $40. 7s0.
 fs5|The haance wheel of John Fitchs model en- zine for the first Philadelphia steamboat, in 17s6 is on exhibition in Philadelphia. Fulon's first steam hcat was not launched until 1SO7-twenty- one years after the launching of Fitchs boat
 ES%A route for the Atlantic Cable has been already p'intcd out. It is through the Bermudas and Fayal to Portugal.
 Es3"Dr. Rogers, a married man, was shot at Port land, Ky by MT Alfred Whitlow, a few days since, for attempting to scducc Miss Whitow. quite young lady, sister of the shooter The Prs cutting Attor. ney, Mir Elliott. declined prosecuting Whtlow, say ing. that he and every other honorable man would have done the same thing under the circumstances. The cas" was dismissed on examination. It is apty that Whitlow did not prove better marksman.
 fs5]A barn of the Hon James Dixon ofHartfo,d was destroyed by fire the night of Sept. 2d. One valuable horse WIS burnt and another so badly in ured that he had to be killed Most of the contents of the barn were consumed Less about S3 eco "snred for $1 900. The fire tie work of in ,sndiary.
 A RIcH SCENE IN CoURT-Durng session of the C rcuit Court in Lynchburg, Va, an Ilishman was indicted for stabbng another the canal. and the only witness Dennis O 'Brien. who re-
 
 new court The recognizance used in the usual form:
 You acknowledge yourself indebted to the Com monwealth of Virginia in the sum of S5O0.''
 Dennis -''I mt owe her cint sir'
 As soon as the clerk recovered from the amuse- ment at the answer, he explained the meaning of the form. and then read it over again.
 Denns.-"I tell ye, don't owe her cint It's more money nor ever saw, my father before me-
 At this stage of the matter a brother of Dennis interferctl. and said
 Ye must just say it, Dennis it's one of the forms of law
 Dcnnis.-But won't I'm dacent, honest man, what pays my debts. and I'll spake the truth. and the devel may drink all my whskey for month, if say owe any body cint Now cheat me ii you can
 FATAL ACCIDENT. NT.-Yesterlay evening" about six o'clock. gravel train coming west ran into wag- gon which attempted to the track at Gougers and instantly killed two persons in it, and wounded two others. The persons killed were Mrs UIrich1 Cassens, and boy about fifteen years of age, named Fnlkert Fokers. Ulrich Folke,s, the father of the boy was badly wounded. having an arm and a leg broken Urich Cassens. the husband of the woman killed, was slightly cut in the head.
 The coroners jury returned verdict exoneratng the employees of the road from all criminalty or blame in the matter.-Jolia (Ill) True Dem., 18th.