Litchfield enquirer., 1860-12-13
ssRs& Ssss 'aa On oc' sitting. forhis aine room.he l

ling room, he looked at hlSG watch and sad NJ. Peale, my time for sitting, has expir led, but if three minutes longer will be o
 any impof oftanee to you l will remain ant make up the time by hastening my walk up
 to the Staee House where Congress was ir
 session s I know Eexactly how long itswil ltake to walk there, and its will Datodosfol
 me, as. President to beE absent at the, hour ef meeting" Mrs. Washington was as re
 ma mmarkable for paactuality as l,her illustrious husband. At one time. during. the Gene
 ral's absence, he wrote to Her to get MT.
 James to paint her portraits in an1iaiaturo, land to send it to sEi,n. d Mrs. W ashington
 wrcre note tothe artist, saying .Sthats her presence at home asTEindispspsable when the General was away, and it would not be
 coayenlent for4lesto attend at his painting room. She srequested hin, therefore, sto come to her house for the sittings, and of.
 fered toaaccominetlate herself to any hour when it would suit him toAte away from h;s studio, h reply, Mr. PeaEc appoiatsd .seE5 en o'clock in the mornings7 " hen she. left
 hone to Keep his engagement for the first
 sitting, 1t occurIed to, him that the lady fmight not be quite ready to see him atsso
 early an hour, He walked On aaecoraiaglyp more slowly than Iustials Mrs Washington
 met 1ihu with tfie Observations & Mr. Peale, IhaEei been in the kitchen to give my. .er= ders for the day have readsthe. newspaper, and beard my neice take her lesson .on the
 harp, and yet have waited oa y ou twenty
 minutes. The gentleman, oofHemrse,g felt texceedpgly mortife ahadre,narke,staa atn if Ishis sengag cement had been with &Geueral Washington. he should have felt the impor.
 tance of being punctual gi to stha minnfe e. Sir" replied Mrs. Washington, 'sI am, as punctual as the General.,0 1t. may be ina gined 'thatrMr. Pealc took care to be at the house thenext day at the time appointed
 A HUcksTER yOUrDoNE. down in
 thessn1art village of Cilcinnati there yege- tates a certain hotel Keeper, who, for cute ness, is |" some" you may depend Having been frequently Imposed upon while supply-. Ting his beautiful larder with the article of geese, by the wide awake. Buckeye" huck- sters, he deemed 1t high time to try if cheats ling wasn't asgame that two could play at. So one morning, bright and early, lie pre- sNAtCa piftiiSS'i oeaofoF VisSa okttHc numerous farmers wagons surrounding the market. squares, with a--"I s-s-say, frieud g-g-got. any g geese ?'' (Hhs poor fellow has got
 Charles Lambs defect of speech. na-f s,.-.
 V" Yes, fine lot" ss.s sv-vq r.......
 Ww-welI, I've g-g-got up at. my h-h-
 house the all-fEedst set of b-b-boys for g-g- geese you ever d-did see, and l want to h-h-head 'em off a few with some. tough ones---c,c cant you p-pick me out asfew old h-he fellers ''s' @- | ;ffw 'gasi {as-G s-..
 -" Well, 1 don't know but assght ind oue, ortwo,"s and so, turning over his. pile of poultry, he collects on fone side of his. .wag7 on some eight or ten geese, whose claim to the. title of :" old e-felIers" needed no cor roboratire proof. of ".Nootka Sonlid Con vention,", oys Treaty of Florida, ,"hebut might justly be pronounced clear aand un-l questionable" Sa'a@f rea aaassssl g F. 5.-. # "Miue host'a eyed the progress of sepa-. ration with evident satisfaction. .-ss s,.-r = ,,,-. i" Are -those9nll tue tough ones you've got FDSa o.ae ass.. a7sys., sv.6 s,J,. ....,....
 Yes, sir, and nsd5 ro'' p3 - d didn't d'l know
 hadFso many"T E'... 'Sa &'''1@15s i7 P r "Weli," was the reply" g-guess III take tue other lot v 'an asst, ,wr... 1 -'-E#er5z e c --ss-F.4.