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Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

AN AMUSING INcrDENr.-A few days since as Mir. Henry Wells of stratford, was stherinp nuts on the outskirts of the town, be was startled by the discharge of double gun quite near him. he had scarcely heard the report. when big Dutchman mounted the stonewall close by him, his hair sticking straight up, looking very wild about the eyes, and exclaim. cd at the top of bis voice, "Vere is he :? Witch vay did lie go [" "Where did who 20 ?" says Mir. W. Wy de vox." Fox" says MT. w. /. Il have not seen any fox, I saw gray cat run by me just row." |" No, twas gray vox. T "Oh no, twas cat," says Mir. w., Well by dam, I tot dat vas vox so I blaze away bote barrel at him" After recovering somewhat from his excitement, the Dutchman started in pursuit of other game, muttering to himself, as he went, !" Yell l skare dat cat like de dyvil anyhow.n
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
OLD BAcuEloRs-An Exchange says ;

ObD DASNEiVhs -Au
 " If our Maker thought it wrong for Adam to live single, when there was not q woman upon the earth. how criminaly guilty are old bachelors, with the world full of pretty girls 7.
 Another exchange Eeets the railing accusa tion:
 " Ever since the days of Adam. old baehel prs have been the butt of everybody's ri licule. We protest gainst it. There is vast differ snce between Adam and the old bachelors of OUT day. Adam could aford to niarry--many bachelors nowadays cannot. What with the crinoline, five hundred dollar shawls, dianio bracelets. and pin money, it is no small under taking at this age of the world. Eve had no choice-it was Adam or nobody. She had no chance to get up a Irritation, for there Was mo- body to flirt with. Seeing no other means of tantalizing her husband-a feminine peculari- ty from that day to this-she go: him in . scrape by eating the forbidden fruit. Old bachelors are criminally guilty" are they Give "Old bachelors" the same chance Adam had. and our word for it, a majority of them would put en matrimony in no time." And then the Columbus Inquirer clinches the matter
 'Them's our sentiments" to fraction And it is our opinion, further, that if some l married men were restricted to the same at ! fractions and temptations that Adam had,thefs /, would be fewer applications to put cg matrl. l mony when once assumed. o, for the good old days of Adam and Eve!
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

A Richmond Disputed of the 24th inst:, re- ceived at Fortress Monroe, says that the num- Der of Union prisoners in that city on Friday last amounted to l2,O00. A telegram from Charleston, dated the 23d, reports everything quiet and Gen. Gilmore engaged in putting the finishing touches upon the fortifcations- The Dispatch ominousIy concludes that '' stor my times may he expected soon:
 Gen. Grant has issued an order assuming command of the Military Division of the Mis- sissippi and announcing that has Headquarters 'riH be in tAe field. The following extracts from the diary of . rebel prisoner captured in Kentucky are sug gestive
 24.h da of juli 1863, crossed mountain at big Crick gap. 25 jul. To Williamsburg, driv in picke found they was the 44th o. 18th juli. To london, skirmished sum witt enemy.
 27th. Crosst big Hill driv in some nor pickets attacked enemy near Richmond at day light drove them from position. 18th Juli, got to Winchester, picked up sev Ieral mules and few horses. 29th, 9o'clock, was captured conclude t,
 add that raids in Kentucky don't pa, no how.
 A great mind without the nutrition of adver
 sity. would starye. The paper containing many fine points "A paper of pins.
 What do we often drop. yet never stoop t | nick m IA hint ss 3,ssas z =.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

CArs.-- ArrECr1oN.--Vo VoLuNTEERISG.- August, 1861, German, whose name we for. bear mentioning at the request of our inform. ant, left this city as g volunteer, leaving he- hind him 9 wife and house cat he thought much pf. He made his wife promise, that whenever his favorite cat had kittens she would not kill them, but keep them and their iEl. crease until his-return. Faithfully the woman has kept her word, and this forenoon. as ,we saw ourselves, has about her house in the Third ward, in which sue lives, in shed ad- joining, and racing about the premises. the old cat and her children, etc., etc., to the mum. Der of twe Hundred aud nins cats, cattsGs and kiftens-La Crosse Qemocrat
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

BETTER THouGHTs.-Thers are moments ip the life of all, no matter whether they are lofty or lewly, when better thoughts like angel visit ants come to the mind aul if they are cher lshed, their visits will not be '' few and far be- twecn.'' As the birsl, whose wing cleaves the upper deep EauSing sometimes by your home to catch the crumbs around your door is lured to the opsn wi dow by the see'ls which day after day you put there to win it from aerial flight becomes less timid until i. comes and taps on the window pane, aud folding its wings. picks the crumbs from vour hand so will better thoughts come the oftener if we open the window of our heart to receive them, welcoming and cherishing them. and turing them to our side. Better Thoughts are angel visitants and the moments when they come to Us are blessed moments.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
LIToHFIELD CONN, THURSDAY NOVEMBER g. 1868.

SHAKEsPEAR's USE OF WoRDs.-He intro duces, indeed terms, borrowed from every art and every science. and from all theoretical knowledge and all human experiences, but his eLtire vocabulary little exceeds fifteen thou sand words, and of these large number chiefly of Latin origin, occur but once, or twice at most in his pages. The af1uence of his speech arises from variety of combinations. not from numerical abundance. And yet the authorized vocabulary of Shakespear''s time probably em- braced twice or thrice the number of words which he found necessary for his purposes ]; for though there Was at that time no diction- aries which exhibited great stock of words. vet in perusing Hooker, the old translators, and the early veyagers and travellers, we find yer bal wealth, copiousness of dicton, which forms singular contrast with pathological economy of the great dramatists.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

VINEGAR SPRING.-The correspondent of the Leavenworth Conservative, with General Blunt, in describing the strange mineral and yet fertile country through which the army passed on its southward march from Fort Scott, says that near Baxter's Spring some of the boys dug into sidehil and struck a gusE- ing fountain of clear sour water-as sour as if half gallon of vinegar had been turned into each pailf4l. It was not astrngent, like alum water, but had the flavor of pure ascetic acid. All sorts of minerals abounded, and sulpher springs are abundant. Coal can anywhere be found by digging few feet. All that remains necessary is to settle it with free labor popg lation.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

THE VIRTUES OF BoRA4-'The washerwomen of Holland and Belgium, who get up their lin- en so beautifully white. use refined borax as a washing powder instead of soda in the propor- tion ofa large handful of borax powder to ten gallons of boiling water; they save in soap nearly half. All the L,rger washing establish ments adopt the same mode. For laces, cam brics. &c. an extra quantity of the powder is used, and for crinolines (reqnired to be made very stiff) strong solution is necessary. Bo- rax, being seainutral salt. it does not injure the texture of the finest linen its effect is to soften the hardest water, and therefore, 1t should be kept un every toilette table.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

Cumpton keeps a nipe-pin alley, and one day he was seen leaning up against tie out. side of it weeping as if his heart would break / Whats the matter 2" inquired one of his friends, who was passing. q Matter enough he said. ..I'm clean doae over; my boy Charley's dead. I'm mighty misfortunate in babies. Just as soon as they get big enough to set up the pins, they dies!" And poo' Cumpton sobbed on.
 < Mrs. Burlington is delighted that Prince Al bert would have nothing to do with Foreign Greece. She always thought hs had bette: stick to his native He.
 There are two languages that are uniyersa 1.-the one of love and the other 0f money The girls understand the one, and the men th
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
DENTAL NOTICE.

MeWAl TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($25) 4y} Cash. will, for the next six monts,
 IFIKU pay for full Set of Upper Teeth, ss f< Cant GSid, aud warranted to fit, and nsis better than any made for the same price . Hartford, ss don't as yet, for the want of baslness. whip the Cat to get work.
 af will be found at the old Stand whese have bcsu forsthe past live years. over the Post Of. ecs, South Street, LitchheId.
 Thankful for the liberal patronage have Fecsivea for tpsrs past, I hope. by closest ap- 6pivs eontin1)t sef tho sams.
 Xf1rko6l1. u-o3 \
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

A young man and female once upon time stopped at country tavern. Their awkward appearance excited the attention of one of the family, who commenced copversation with the female by inquiring how far she had trev. alad on that day2 .TnveledP exclaimed the stranger. somewhat indignantly, we didn'ttr travs el, we ridr
 eIxMovEABIE AS A RocK."-Gep. Thomas, in the midst of his deadly 6ght with the overs whelning masses of the enemy, sent thu; im' mortal dispatch from the front to Gen. nose' crans II am here. with my column as ,hs movable as q rock ]" 'H On the occasion of magic lantern .axAihi. ion. the scene of the children of Israel rr4a9- ;nr the Red Sea was given, and the smal children were asked if theycould tell what it represented. One little fellow immeMasely sang out: Burnside crossing the Asppsnans
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

NEGRO Wrr.- How much you charge, Mas. sa Magistrate, to marry me and Miss Diuah r .Why, Glen, I'll marry you for two dollars.. Two dollars. What you charge to marry white folks?'
 We generally charge thom five dollars Clem.' .s. Well, you marry us like white folks, and I'll give you five dollars, tpo.'
 Why, Clen, that's curious notion, but as you desire it, I'll marry you for live dollars
 The ceremony being over, and Ciem end Dinah made ona, the magistrate asked Tor ms aOh, no, Massa, you no come to dc gree. ment-vou no Kiss de bride. ,,f
 Get out of my office. you black rascal yeu Y And 50 Glenn and Dinah got married for nothing, - M ad M 4ss %,
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

MASSACHUSETTS DEnocRACY.-The Democ- racy of the Bay State, which has never been as ultra as that of Connecticut, has cut loose from the valandigham clique, and added ta their platform the following noble resolution
 Resolved, Tha, ;n this emergency it becomes the duty of every lover of his country, in obe- dience to the recent appeal of the President, to give efficient and cheerful aid in filling up the ranks of the army by voluntary enlist ments.
 Let the part, in other States follow this ex- smple and the war would soon come to ter. imitation.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

'' PA KNOWS WHAF's GocD.--A little boy of three summers had gone to bed with his par ents, tired, cross. and crying, from the romp iags of the day, and on into the night kept uI his peevishness, until his father was satisfied that the difficulty had degenerated into sheer ill-nature. Having exhausted moral suason he gave the youngster Q thorough skipping. The little fellow lay sobbing few moments, and then turning to his father and throwing his arm about his fathers neck, be said in a new found tone of cheerfu!ness. "Pa, you do know what's goon for me, don't you ?"
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

A jolly fellow had an office next door to a doctors shop. One day, an elderly gentleman of the old fogy school, blundeled into the wrong shop. Is the doctor in ?''
 !" Don't live here" said the lawyer who was in full scribble over some old document Oh ?a thought this was his office 2
 " Next door,"
 " Pray sir, can you tell me has the doctor many patients ?''
 {. Not living"
 The old gentleman told the story n the vi. clnlty, and the doqtQr threatened the lawyer with libel suit.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
An amusing thing occurred in the 24th Ohio

An amusing thing occurred in the 24th Ohio
 A soldier in passing the lower part of the encampment, saw two others from his eompa. ny making rude coffin. He inquired who it was for.
 " John Runce," said the other.
 Why, replied he, "John is not dead yet. It is really too bad to make man s coffin when you don't know whether he is to die or not"
 Don't trouble yourself,' replied the other, "Dr. Coe told us to make the coffin, guess he knows what he gave him.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

VERIcr OF JURY or Boys.-When Dr. Nathaniel Prentice taught school in Roxbury he was very much Gvorite, but his patience at tinrs would get very much exhausted by the infractions of the school rules by the scholars. On one occasion, in rather wrathy way, he threatened to punish with six blows of feru!e, the first boy detected in whisper ing, and appointed some detectors.
 Shortly after, one of the deteetors shouted
 Master. John Zaigler is whispering.''
 John was called up and asked if i1 %As a fact. John, by the way, was favorite with both teacher and schoolmates.
 Yes,'' answered John '' l was not aware what Was about. 1 was intent on working out sum, and requested the one who sat next to me to reach me the arithmetic that contain ed the rule wished to see.
 The Doctor regretted his nasty threat, but told John that he could not suffer him to whis- per aud escape the punishment and he con tinued
 "Iw wish could avoid it, but cannot with out forfeiture of my word, and the conse- quent loss of ny authority. II will" he con tinuej, "leaye it to any three scholars you may choose, to Say whether or not omit the punishment"
 John said he was agreed 10 that, and imme- dia.eiy called out C. s., T. b., and D. F. The Doctor told them to return a verdict, which they soon did, after consultation, as follows:
 The masters word must not hs broken. John must receive the threatened six blows of the fcrule; but they must be inflicted on vol untary proxies and We. the arbitrators, will receive the punishment by receiving each of us two blows"
 John W ho had listened to tho verdict, step ped up to the Doctor, and with optstre,cAed hand. exclaimed
 :. Master, here is my hand. They shan't be s'ruck blow. will receive the punish lnent."
 The Doctors, under pFetense of wiping his face, shielded his eyes. telling the boys to go to their Seats and he would think of it. l be- lieve he did think of it to his dying day, but the punishment was never inflicted.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
David C.. BucklcY.

HEALER IN HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
 III of all xiwis anl wicos. Chalrs, Tahrs, y.urrans, Be lstca'ls and C"iiins. Also. l'ictnc Fran-s. r,ilot StAnlS :Md Sofas made al,l s,ll with n,r,tness, elegance and despatch. Warehouse, West st.. Ltchfcld, Conn. 1yS9
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
lsisllOD & s'edgWick,

TAEALERS in DRY GOODS. READY MADE -D Clothing B'ots and Sh cs. Hardware, Crvckery, Gruccrics, &c., Sc, West Street Litchtieid, Conn.
 c. D. BISHOP. T. S sED6WiCN.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

Take pint of pulverised charcoal, and put it in . small cotton bag then drop it into a barrel of new cider, and the cider will never fsrmsnt. never contain any intoxicating quail. ty, and the longer the cider is kept the more palafa ble it will become.
 \ Louisville paper has some answers to cor respondents, among which this is ono :--sJen uy-Ministers are not more addicted to lissi patton than men of other professions. A fev ot the Kalloch typo take gin toddiss and ibsr ties with females, but the great majority Q them aEe as good g lawyers and doctors. l you wadt true christian, marry an editor,'
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
FREDERICK B. SWIFT,

ATTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC. Csmmis.iensr ef Deeds for Every State and
 1trritory;
 200 Broadway, New York, If 10 First FlooR-Rca
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

DEALER IN FOREIGN and STAPLE Dry ti,,rls. Groceries. Crockcly, Glass Ware .,ud Yankee Notions, No. $, West Street lst d .,r west of the Court House, Litchlield Conn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
G. G. MEADE, R. E, LEE.

F. S.-The line through Pennsylvania has been discontinued in consequence of a pain ful collision which occurred there in July last, but as such things have been carefully avoided eyer since, and every precaution taken for the future, it is hoped that an indulgent public will not remember that unfortunate occurrence to the prejudice of the company.
 DUSN BROWNE, Secretary.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

JpsT AS WELL TO DO IT IN HCRRY.-Why you see, when my man came courtin' me, l had not the least thought of what he was af ter-not l. Iobie came to our house, one night after dark. and rapp,d at the door. l opened it, and sure enough, there stood Jobie right before my face and eyes. Come in,' sez I, an take cheer No, Lizzie, sez he. | I've come on an arrant, an always do my arrants fust But you had better come in and take cheer, Mr. W--.' No. can't The fact is. Lizzie, I've come en this cortin' business. My wife's been dead these three weeks and every thing is going to rack an ru- in right straight along. Now, Lizzie, eff you'll hey me, and take ceer of my house an my children an things, tell ne, an I'll come in and take chair; ef not i'll get some one else tu.' Why, was skeered and sed-'if you cone on this cortin business, come in I must think ont little. No, cant till l know. That's my arrant, an can't sit down till my arrant's done.' l should like to think ont day or two.' No, you needn't Lizzie. you. then.' So Mr. W came in. Then he went after the Squire, and he married us , right of, an went home with Johie that very nite l tell you what it is, these long cour:- 1 ins don't amount 10 nothin' at all. Just as we'll to do it in hurry.
 One of our principal recruiting offices vas recently the scene of quite an amusing incl dent.
 So, sir. you have clapped your dirty soeer trimmings on me hoosband. have yep
 Who is your husband!' asked the officer.
 Billy McMurtee, and bold boy he is, so phase ye. But it's dirty thing of ys, my pretty man, to take him from hIs wife and children
 Cant be helped said the officer, it's toe late now
 Then take the baby. too 7 cried she, as she forced the little one into the arms of Leuten ant Adams. Take lem all 5; Ill send you four mose to-day.
 On she ran at rapid pace, leaving the un lfortunate officer with the new recruit squalline J iu his arms. Doubtful of it's value ta the ser vice of the United States, he sent it home by its father:
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
Mansion House,
Wm. H. Dranlan,

Gs SrENcE ,pRDpEIE TOR, LII rCHFIELD Ss Conn. d2
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

THE GREAT VIRGINIA EXPRESS LINE Dunn Browne, the popular Army correspon dent seems to be responsible for the following important announcement: GREAT POTOMAC AND RAPIDAN THROUGH ROUTE - lrompt,.ess aud Dispatch Meade < Lees Through Expiess, weekly line, be- tween Alexandria and Culpepper; sconnec- tions with principal points North and South Especially the Old Capitol and Libby Prison )
 The subscribers having completed their ar engagements and gotten their line into running order, will hereafter, until further notice, run their machines (tha Army of the Potomac, 2 and '' ''Army of Northern Virginia,'0 every week through from Culpepper, Va. to Alex andria, Va, and vice versa, giving their per sonal attention to the running of each train, Lee preceding Meade at a proper interval on the out trains, and Meade preceding Lee with similar regularity ou the in trains. The per feet familiarity of these old stagers with the whole route in question, and the frequency with which they have trave-sed it, enable them to calculate with perfect accuracy the time of arrival at the indicated points. Having got ten up all their locomotives and rolling stock regardless of expense, and putting them through night and day alike, they are enabled to disregard the ordinary drawbacks of weath CT, state of roads. &c., as those who do a smaller business cannot.
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
CHARLES KlltOHBERGER, Boot and Shoe Maker.

DoorS & lSIIOEs made m the best man. n ne-, and ut the shortest notice.
 Mems, Womcns Children's Boots, Shoes Slippers. Caters aud Brogans.
 iS- Give him a call, and try them on.
 Litchfeld, July goth, ls6l. u-l3
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05
VIM COTHREN.

"A TToRNEY and Counsellor at Law, Notary
 IA Public. Commissioner for the States of iIew York. Ohio, Michigan. Indiana, Illinois, Ana MIscons'CIand Licensed Pension, Bounty sad Pstent Claim Agent. All business en-. txgsted to me, will be promptly and faithfulIv attended to. sU.zS. Tax stamps for sale. m hst as issued by Government. Woodbury. Nov. 27, 1862. s2yl
Litchfield enquirer., 1863-11-05

s..- J. Fs w ALkEN. ..+ Orsr the Post Office, South st., Litch6eld, Ct.,
 Manufacturer and dealer in Ssddies. H,myess, Bridles, Halters, Whips.
 Lashes, Sackets. Surcingles, Orna. -ssA aseats, 7fimmiags. dc.
 szss Ksossmsm's oil BlackipH For preserving, softsning. and renewing the appearsucs of Harness, Carriage tops, &c. Made to order all kinds of double and ein sls Harness of superior style and workman sbin- and of the best material. 3m9
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-02-06
Sherfs Sale.
10y virtue Of seven Executions 20 me
ID directed from the Randolph Cireuil

DY virtue Of seven Executions % me
ID directed from the Randolph Circuit
ana Common Pleas and WAYNE Common
pleas Courts. / will expose 10 sale a. the
door IN Winchester. Randolph
County. Ind. on Saturday the Ith day OF
Februarv. e63. between me hours OF 10
O'Clock am and 1 o'clock p m OF said Jay.
the followin real estate, situated IN Ran
dolph county, Indiana, " Wit:
1 mart of the southeast quarter OF the
southeast quarter OF section thirty-iour.
township nineteen, range fourteen. east,
commencing six and half rods north Of
The sonth-east coruer OF said land. thence
west sixtv-four feet, thence south twenty
t.et. thence east sNty four feet, thence
north twenty feet 70 the place Of begin
Ming: also. part Of the south east quar-
ter OF the southeast quarter oi section
thirty-four, township Nineteen, range
fourteen. east, commencing az the south
east corner of said tract and running north
eirhtv-seven feet, thence west siXtv-f0ur
4 feet, thence north twenty feet, theaoe
west one hundred and sixty feet, theme
south six and a-half rods, thence tast one
hundred and seventy feet TO the place OF
beginning, excepting the ground where
the Masonic Hall stands: also tie undi-
vided GRe-third part,of part of ihe west
half Of the southwest quarter section
twenty Tour. township nineteen, range
thirteen, east, commencing nifty ous rot'
south OF the northwest corner Of sais
land, thence sOutn t">~.- one rods
/ thence east twelve rods. thence north fv'
rods, thence west two rods, thence nOrtl
/ sixteen rods. thence west ten rods 20 tn
place OF beginning, together with Tx
interest in the remains OF burnt saw
mill also the undivided one half OF tw'
acres of land out OF the northeast corhe
OF the southeast quarter OF the south
east quarter OF section four, in TOWNSHIP
nineteen, range thirteen, east, togethe
with like ipteres. in the remains OF
burnt saw mill.
Executed a. the property Of Benjamin
Hunt. Levi c. Harris and Elisha Shoe
maker, ~ the suit of Henry Silk IT a..
K. w Booth ei al, Miller Brown
Lewis Burk and Marcus Ferhe'mer.
A II JENKINS,
Jan. IA, ls63 . Fee - Sh'TRC
Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1863-02-06
SHERlFF'S SALE.

OY virtue OF decree and execution to
- me directed from rhe BIndolpl Com.
mon P.eal Court, Wili expose u sale al
t4e C'Ht II use. spoy in Winchester,
Randolph county, Indina. ON SATURDAY,
tte lllh IA, ot February. 1858. between
the hours OF i0O'ciock 90. IN ami 4 O'clock
r.. "a. 90 sail ddt, the ip.iuaiug real 60.
t'te, situated ia Rluiolpl county, Indi.
tDa. ID WI;
the west half OF the sou;li- wcs, Quar-.
Ter OF Section twelve az. m township
twenty -. OF Range thirteen >l3', east,
containing : acres. more or less.
TX cuted a. the property ct William
". Higgins ami E.mira Higgins AZ the
suit OF Levi Waltz.
a. Il. JENKINS,
Jan. 81, GO. 29.e,S5 50 SAL re.