Litchfield enquirer., 1862-02-27
WHOLE NO. 1920

It's fearful dawning is just begun. Soon the vail will break upon the air--soon the fire and, sword will scourge and purify--soon the hour of meeting will be here, if it comes at all--aud then, your long years of watching, waiting wist. fulness' and wondering, if it ciH come, Will be over. t..--. Be patieutl Aunt Rosa--There's agood time coming, 4 s. -.-sr Yes dars good time comin, press de Lord for dat echos Uncle Dick from out the chini- ney corner. ? -l.2 yas
 OK KrssNd.-1t is . custom handed down to us by the Greeks and Romans as to the trus signifcation of which we are not perfectly clear. Probably it is symbolic of the suns rays greeting the earth and if so, doubtless was received with other sun-worship from the 0rientals. t't
 Herr Hacklander, an eminent writer, speaking on the subject of kissing says: There are three kisses by which the human race are blest {; the first is that which the mother presses on the new born infants head the second, that which the newly.wedded bride bestows on your lips; the third, that which love or friendship closes your eyes when your career IS ended" After which rhetorical flourish, he adds: But l, moro blest than other moffals. have to boast of tho fourth kiss of bliss, that of Father Radesky.," Herr Hacklander wrote description of the bat tie of Novaro, which brought him, among other distinctions, q Kiss from the old field marshal.
 Our phlegmatic German comtemporary's catar logue is sadly incomplete. We have great mis- givings that he has never been a signing lover,n never attended " husking bee," never joined c jolly sleighng party on bright moonlight night, when the lads and lasses were packed in like figs in drum, and heard reports strongly resem- bling those of six shooter" whenever bridge was crossed never heard of Sidney Smith Is kiss, the memory of which lasted forty years, that of Alain Chartier, which endured for four hundred years Nor has Herr Hackland read our poets Shelly, Leigh Hunt or Tennyson. Now for our list.
 The first lesson which the infant is taught is to kiss it is at once the language of infancy and the currency of childhood. The little passion- less face, as it rests upon it's mothers bosom, Is moulded into smiles by kiss, and thus by loves fruit sweet echo is produced. ss ' ll.
 Who shall tell the mystery, the deep love and earnestness the quiet joy, the proud hope of q mothers kiss, and what brow or cheek, of all that have gone forth into the wide, wide world, but wears this heavenly jewel, as impefishable, although dimmed at times, as the glance ofa diamond. An
 Then there is the lovers kiss, the first oferings he makes upon the altar where he worships, and no maiden ever yet unlocked her heart, but tG hios WttS tLitb lloW Oub 11H JUN sant, do you remember the kiss Fatima received from her lover? Listen to her description:
 "Last night, when some one spoke his name,
 From my sweet blood that went and came,
 A thousand little shafts of flame T
 Were shivered in my narrow frame.
 Oh fire once he drew,
 With one long kiss, my whole soul through
 My lips-as the sunlight drinketh dew"
 A friend of ours says that was the strongest kiss ever heard of. Mercy to us what a suction the fellow had
 Another variety is the kiss universal. It isa salutatiOn common among the ladies, and occurs generally upon every encounter, ,wheth- CT in public private, and is excessively violent after an absence of three days from each others There is no particular form insisted upon in this off.hand nocuiation; it is simply fire, and fall back. .-.-
 The electrical kiss is performed by means of the electrical stool. Let lady challenge gen. tleman unacquainted with the experiment to give hera salute. The lady thereupon mounts . glass stool, and takes hold of the chain connect ed with the prime conductor. The machine be- ing then set in motion, the gentleman approaches the lady and immediately attempts to imprint the seal of soft affection upon her coral lips, spark will fly in his face, which generally deters him from his rash and wicked intentions.
 The kiss sentimental" is too delicate to have much character It is careful where it settles like a butterfly, and is to be rendered with sigh and upturned optics. It occurs most commonly by Pale Moonlights" in grottoes and shady re- treats. A hot sun or boiled dinner is perfect also be inappropriate in a thunder shower or up- on trough road.
 If our space permitted, we would dilate at length upon the stolen kiss, the Judasaical kiss, the kiss absolute the husking bee kiss, and vari- ous other varieties that have been given or ta- ken from such a pair of lips as Leigh Hunt de. scribes:, s,sg.g7,5,,ssysss ss ,z..
 Her lips were red, and one was thin,
 Compared with that was next her chin, 54
 Some bee had stung it newly" s4 4z
 Gentle reader, do you remember pr. Holmess paragraph on this pleasant topici He says Athe memory of kiss that Margaret of Scotland gave to Alain Chartier has lasted four hundred yearss and put into the head of many ani ll-favored poet whether Victoria OF Eugene would do as much by him if she had happened to pass by him when he was asleep. And have we ever forgotten that the fresh cheek of the young John Milton tingled under the lips of some high-born Italian beauty, who, believe, did not think to leave her card by the side of the slumbering youth, but has bequeathed the memory of her pretty deed to all coming time? The sound of 6 kiss is not as loud as that of a cannon, but it's echo lasts good deal longer.
 Here is what Philadelphia poet friend of ours has written about kiss: fa+ 'is Hsis do assure thee, love, each kiss of thine, sS
 Adds to my stature, makes me more man; Lightens my cares, and draws the bitter wine
 That was drugged with while my nature ran It's slavish course. For didst thou not entwine
 My cunning letters break the odious ban That quite debased me? free this heart of mine
 And deck my chains with roses? While I can I'll chant thy praises, till the world shall ring
 With the great Glory; and the heaping stone Of future honors, for the songsaI sing, ,-.-
 Shall miss thy poet, at thy feet to pour A juster tribute at the gracious spring
 Of my abundance. Kiss me, then, once more. With the following charming extract from the Rev. Sidney Smith, we conclude our already, perhaps, too lengthy paper. He says:
 " We are h favor of a certain amount Of shy ness when kiss is proposed, but it should nos be too long, and when the fair one gives 1t, ie. be administered with warmth and energy. Les there be soul in it. If she close her eyes anu sigh immediately after it, the effect IS g: h,,. She should bacareful and not soboer :n H':. give it as a humming runs ms pI. an ,n'o ,s honey -suckle-deep, but deiicassi, ss,;..aJ yvs much virtue in kiss when wen l.s.S.. " have had the memory of one we rece,soa a ,n Ius vouth which has lasted us iorty years,au " os- };ova # will be one O. the last tn ngs we lltnnk of when we die" e ie,a sFsst ,r,a Charleston Courier of the I: tn inst. pub fishes a long editorial on the recent reverses to their arms at Roanoke Island ard Fort Henry.