Litchfield enquirer., 1864-08-11
\ 2 < A. Wards Opinion on Matters and
 Things Generally.


 tist and admired the large yeller handbills, which not only air gems of arte in theirselves, but they troothfully sit fourth the attractions of my show-a show, let me here obsarve, that contains many livin' wild animales; every one of which has got Beautiful Moral.
 The hanbils is sculp in New York.
 &, annooally repair here to git some on 'um.
 $, bein' here tho't i'd issoo Address to the public on matters and things.
 Since I last meyandered these streets, I have bin all over the Pacific sloapes and Utah. I Icum back now, with my virtoo un- impaired, but I've got to git some new clothes:
 Many changes has taken place even during my short absents X sum on 'um is Sollum to contemplate. The house in Tarveek street, where I used to Board, is bein' torn down. That house, which was rendered inemoriable by Twin into it, is "parsin' away parsin awayW But sum of the timbers will be made into canes, which will be sold to my admirers at the low price of one dollar each. Thus is changes goin' on continerly; In the New World it is war-in the Old World Empiresi is tottern' and Dysentaries is crumblin.' These canes is cheap at dollar.
 Sammy Booth, Duane street, sculps my han bills, and he's an artist. He studied in Rome State of New York
 I'm here to read the proof sheets of my handbills as fast as they're sculpt. You have to watch these 'ere printers pretty close, for they are jest as apt to spell wtrd rong as anyhow.
 But I have time to look round sum. and how do find things9 1 return to the Atlantic States after absence of ten months, and what State do find the country in? Why, don't know what State find it in. Suffice it to say that do not find it in the State of New Jersey.
 find some things that is cheerin,' partc- larly the resolve on the part of the wimmin of America to stop wearin' furrin goods.
 never meddle with my wife's fxings. She may wear muslin from Greenland's icy noun tains, and bombazeen from Injy's coral strans, if she wants to; but I'm glad to state that superior woman has peeled of all her turin clothes and jumpt into fabrics of domestic manufacture.
 But, says some folks, if you stop importing things, you stop tue 2eyenoo. That's all fight. We can stand it if the Revenoo. That s all right. We can stand it if the Reyenoo can. On the same principle young men should continue to git drunk on French brandy, and make their livers as dry as, corn bob with Cuby cigars. because 4suth if they don't it Will hdrt the Revenoo. This talk bout the Revenoo is of the bosh boshy. One thing is tolerably certin-if we don't send gold out oI the country we shall have the consolation oi knowing it is in the, country. So say great credit IS doc tie wimain for this patriotic move-and to tell the trooth, the wimmin gen erally know what they're about. Of all the blessens, they are the suthinest If there het never bin any wimmin. where would my chil dren be today7
 But hope this move will lead to othe moves that ar jest as much needed, one c which is a genral and thurrer curtainment C :, expenses all roupd. The fact is, we air ge tin ter'bly extravagant, and onless we paw ] in our mad career, in less than two years tl