Litchfield enquirer., 1860-04-19

HFIELD, CONN.,, THURSDAY
 halfa-crown, smelt at it, then banged
 down again upon the counter, exclaiming t
 another gentleman in black. who was rollin
 up mems merinos: Look herev Hit hin
 againv responded the supervisor of the woo
 len department. Its the worst I hay
 heard for long time,' drily remarked
 third gentleman in black, busily engaged il
 silks, or folding and unfolding handkerchief
 l looked from one speaker to another, aut
 inquired: Whats the matter with it? D,
 you mean to say it's bad one?' That
 do,' said glover No. l. The worst I eve
 tried returned hosier No 3. Nail him! mysteriously muttered the roller up of silks
 Fortunately. I had money on my person,
 and could pay for the gloves in sterling
 coiu of the realm. Nevertheless, had ten
 dcred bad half-crown to respectable
 tradesman, who looked at me as one mar
 might look at another while still uncertain
 about letting a smasher go loose to practice
 upon society afresh. Had policeman pass ed the door, might have been handed over
 to him. It beloved me to tender some ex planation. I said I knew where had got
 ten the counterfeit coin. I daresay you do, remarked the glover with sheer. It was on the other side of the water,' said I. Sur. rey side, of eourse,' chimed in the folder ol mems merinos. The glover coughed, and hemmed, and exchanged winks with his as sistants, and the trio joined in jeering fit of laughter.
 l left the shop in towering passion, and as doubled my fist in paroxysm of rage, split one of my newly purchased kids from thumb to little-fngcr. rushed back to the bakers shop, holding that rascally coin in my hand, sooth to Say, not at all improved by the glover's rough handling. The head of William ". had received sundry scratch es upon the royalty retreating brow; the lion upon the reverse side had been deeply bitten into by the hosier's canine tooth. The met al looked white enough. but it felt greasy to the touch. I found the bakers wife. or up to her elbows in the business customers, weighing quarterns and halfquarterns of that compound of fusty flour, bean-mcal potatoes, alum, bone dust, and lime, called cheap and wholesome bread in the great metropolis; the loaves were light, and required make-weights, which usually fell to the lot of hall-starved chiI dren, clinging to their mothers lalk shirts Did you say biscuits, sir?' inquired the as muttcred some words, iE- tended for her private ear, over the counter. was compelled 10 speak out. and was as. tonshcd at the cool and deliberate way in which she took my communication. Was not mistaken in the shop? There were oth- CT shops in the neighborhood' She would cali Mir NJ, the baker 'He,' she added significantly, would speak to me- and pres ently Doughnails Himself emerged from the lower regions. A glance at that mans beet ling brow, uncertain eye, sickly skin, bare and spider-lke arms--stuck upon his hips akimbo--his defiant attitude behind his bask- ct of rusks, convinced me that had but a small chance of negotiating an exchange of bad for good money. He began by con- the coin with curious and medi- tative air; held it up to the light, as if he was not sure that it was not made of glass; put it iuto brass ey-teSter upon his bent it, then affected to catechise his wife or shopwoman loftily, aud with a nagistcrial air. Did she ever see that coin before?' The woman of course responded meekly that she never had see'd it, Of course not said Mr. DoughnaiIs, turning to me with great asperity and indignation. We don't do those sort of things here. No, sir; try it on elsewhere--an old game, sir a stale dodgc' Hereupon l felt myself call ed upon to remark that it was bad enough to be robbed, but to be iusultcd was unpar- lonablc.
 The loud words had already attracted public attention; 8 crowd began to collect at the door. 'Itswon't end here,' said I, de pend upon it.
 Leave the shop!' bawied the baker, white with virtuous indignation,
 Don't upset yourself about such triae, my dear,' interposed the shopwoman.
 Your name? l insisted--.your name?'
 Look over my door for it. I'm not ashamed of my name; all the world can see it!' responded the baker
 Here poor miserable-looking woman, with child in her arms, and halfquartern loaf in her skinny hand, attempted to create ! diversion in the bakers favor, whereby she might earn crust for her children. o please, mem,' she exclaimed, did you see my change, mem--the change you gave me rolled up in paper, mem? put it on the counter just as this person mysef1 came in- to the shop, and it's gonc-O dear, o dearv
 'Send for pleessmanp suggested anoth- CT staunch customer; and in the midst of the clamor, left the shop, vowiug that would post off to the magistrate, aud was further advised by MT. DoughDails to go to Bath, get my head shaved, my ears put further back
 looked about the streets for policeman for some time. As usual the biue-coated of the peace was not to be found Near the New Cut discovered the glazed top of a hat slowly emerging from some area-raiipgs; then the red beefy cheek rose level with the pavement; constable of the K division stood before me, while a maid-ofalI-work secured the area gate be- hind him. The policeman said that he could not leave his beaf to conduct me to the police-court; but he favored me with a few directions how to find that court, which helped to bewilder me- l was to go straight ahead as far as the Compasses then bear to the right, as far as the Globe; take the sec ond turning from the Goats Head, and in- quire.