Litchfield enquirer., 1864-03-03
To mince OCT buttered mamneries,
 And jugs of worthless spirits frozen
A MAKEUP" BLrNpER,

AAhE'Cf bLCNDEk. A Imaginable mistake is shown in the follow ing mixing of two articles-one concerning 6 preacher, the other about tho freaks of a mad dog-which occurred in hurried makeup" in printing-otice:
 Rev. James Thompson, rector of St. An drews church, preached to large cencourse of people on Sunday last. This was his last sermon. In a few weeks he will bid farewell to his congregation, as his physician advises him to cross the Atlantic. He exhorted his brethren and sisters and after the conclusion of short prayer, took a whim to cut up some frantic freaks. He ran up Timothy street to the college. At this stage of the proceedings a couple of boys seized him and tied tin ket. tie to his tail, and he again started. A great crowd collected, and for time there was grand scene of running and confusion. After d long race he was finally shot by police man."
 It is not stated whether tue following item, which is said to have been printed once upon time, was the result of inebriety on the par! of the printer or reporter
 "HoRRIBLE Yeste,day morn. ing, at four o'clock, P. M. a small man named Jones or Smith, with a heel in the hole of his trowsers, committed arsenic by swallowing Q dose of suicide. The verdict of the inquest returned a jury that ths deceased came to the fact in accordance with his death. He left q child and six small wives to lament the end of hls unfortunate loss. h death We are in the midst of life." THE POWER OF COMMAS. ln the Priory of Hamessa there dwet 6 prior wine was very liberal, and who caused these lines to be written oyer his door: ''Be open evermoce, o, thou, my door, To mono be shut, to honest CT to poor" But after his death there succeeded him an- other, whose nans was Raynhard, as greedy and covetous as the other was bouutful and liberal, who kept the same lines there still, changing nothing therein but one roint, which made them run after this manner: " Be open evermore. o, thou my door, To none, be shut to honest or to poor" The following sentence from recently writ ten novel, shows the importance of punctua ton:
 " He en.srs on his head his helmet ou his ct, armed sandals upon his hrow there was cloud upon Lis right hand, his faithful sword in his eye, an angry glare he sat down." writer, on receiving a copy of his first poem, published Tn a country newspaper, in- dulges in the following REFLECTIoNs An here it is, I'm famous now An author and poet
 It really is in print Ye Gods ! How proud Pll be to show it And gentle Bsssy, what g thrill Will animate hey breast, To read those ardent lines, and know To whom they are addressed !
 Why, bless my soul, here's something
 strange, What can that paper mean,
 By talking of the graceful brooks That gander oer the green .' And here's a instead of 2, Which makes it "tippling rill," "We'll seek the shad instead of " sLade," And " hell" ipsteal of chill" .sThey look so''-what? reoollec,
 Twas sweet" and then twas s'kind,'
 And now to think-the stupid fool For bland" has printed |" blind"
 Was ever such provoking work? LIS curious, by the by, How any thing is rendered blind By giving it an eye ssThe color of the rose'' is 'nose," Affection" is |" aff1iction''-
 Iwonder if the likeness holds
 In fact as well as fiction.
 "T Thou art a friend'-the T is gone
 Whoever would have dreamed
 That such a,triaing thing could change
 $r Il ;,f,,
 "Vhou art the sane," is rendered '.lame,"
 It really is too bad;
 And here, because an is out,
 My lovely maid is mad"
 They drove her blind by poking in.
 An eye-a process new
 And now they've gouged it out again,
 AHd made her crazy too
 "Where are the muses fled, that thou
 Should'st live so long unsung,"
 Thus read my version here it is-
 "Should's live so long unhung.'
 The fate of wonans love is thins"-
 An commerees 'fate ;'
 How small a circumstance will turn
 4 Womau's love to hate
 I'll read no more-what shall do!
 Il never dare to send it
 The papers scattered far and vide
 'Tis now too late to mend it.
 o fate thou cheat of human bliss
 Why did 1 ever write !!
 wish my poem had been burnt
 Before it saw the light.
 PRINTERS VALENTINE The following is a printers shorthand meth cd of setting up his emotions in type:
 2K. f.J.
 An A now I mean to write
 2U, sweet K TJ,
 The girl without
 The belle of U TX.
 lder if you got that 1
 wrote to U b4
 sailed in the KDA,
 And sent by L N Moore. My NJ head will scarce contain
 A calm 1 D A. bright,
 But T miles from U must
 M-- this chance to write.
 And fst should N V IT.