Litchfield enquirer., 1864-11-10

lsz- l A LoNo FACE "A well-known ffeuuentsf oI lhird street, stopped yesterday in . barber'g shop. close to the North American building. sat in shaving chair, drew a newspaper ffoRi his pocket and instructed the knight Of tha razor to take of his beard. The barber va an Aff.can. He simply replied, "yes boss,S and procured his implements. The customer was duly shaved. His face was wiped. and hs tarose, donned his coat and hat. :" How mucbf" he asked, in q dolorouS voice. as he adjusted his shirt collar. -. Eileen cents, boss"
 "Why, thought you shaved for ten cents at this shop"
 "Dat ar's the average sah," was the reply, Ten cents is dc price of shave in dis yer shop. You come in here, sah. and read d1 news of Sheridau's victory, and your face rot | SIX inches longer dan whea you came in. If yer face was like it was afofe yer read das yer news, ten cents was the price. When you commenced to read the defeat of Early, den s yer race stretched down about four inches--. shave" Si fi". -''''A '" se"'' VI" 's' VT VI
 The customer couldn't r,stra;r . ,,;.. though he was copperhead, and the N. ss lim was made by nigger. He laid down the Tee. and walked out. He was one of tho.. gentlemen who go their length ou McCiellsr. and who of course shudder tt every victory nf the Union army.-PhilddeipAia NortA As,or. ican. '..-
 HE WANTED TO KSow.-The Cleveland Her. aid is responsible for the following rather tough story: va... 4ia ..t.........
 A few evenings since the express train on the Lake Shore Railroad was tearing along between
 Mentor and Painesville at a tremendous rate. The train was the " lightning" and . little behind time. Suddenly man was observed
 at s me distance ahead, waving his hat and , gesticuiating wildly, The alarm whistle vss , sounded. brakes put down, and engine re- . versed. Fifty heads were protruded from the , windows 1u sudden alarm. and when with
 scorehed brakes and jarring motion the train
 approached halt, dozen men jumped of and , rushed with the conductor to learn what immi. { nent danger had been averted by the thoueht- fulness of the countryman.
 Slowly the countryman replaced his hat on
 his head and wiped his heated face as he re- n piled to their excited interrogrtions. Said he . II was thinking of going to Erie some timo 5 price you'd tax a fellar for going" In one minute more the train was tearing 2 along eastward, whilst Q very muddy coun- ' trylnan was picking himself up out of vet p ditch, and firing whole battery of curses after the fast disappearing conductor. MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY. We find tho fol. . lowing singular announcement in an old ex- s change papers: = MAnnIED.-In the public highway at Green Hollow, in VoluDtown, Ct on Sunday. the [ 5th inst. abont o'cl ak P N. the rain pOur- ing in torrents from the cio,ais. with high winds frcm tho sontht:.st. by Elder CIsat lvs $. l Wsaver, while on his way tv attend the fls- nsral of Mrs. Amy Gallup. wife of BrniAtnit, . Gallup. 2d, Esq. ., of VUluninwn, who died No vember g. aged 26 years, MT. John Tanner, of !, the former place, to Miss Mary Garter, of Hop r kinton, Cou nty of Washington, and State of
 Rhode Island. [No cards singular couple got married in Chester y County, Pennsylvania. some time ago, merely s making the following declaration is ths pres e ence of friends:
 o We. Orses $ Murray and Lydia P. Ja.
 cobs, make known to lLese uur iirlids, that
 We have chosen each other iur cUtiugal evm- I panionship-in prosperity. aRd advelsiay, iA D life and untl death, We a>E 10 liepnse. w.
 submit to Be dictatiup. We Low to se aathor-
 ity. We recognsse no Go,i nor Almighty pow. , CT to guide or gnafd us Our promises ase to ourselves and each nther-nut to others Oup trus. is not i othsr, but in ourselves snNk s.,sb I otker."
 What shsee words ii sam n.. when hv
 introduced himself to Eve and which read Ths same back all iorw ard ?" M;.,:air ,! m Adanit'
 E,e's reply is sat to have he"n- $ ] trust the time will n vrr b.
 When n m,t Esrc .i.tdn for thee. , Caleb Whitf"rd. Of puni'ng n'norioty. enc0 observed young lady r'rirsiIy a, W"rk knSs- r ting some fringe for petticoal, and asked her
 what she was doiag.
 " kuottins. sir" replied she. Pray. Mir. 2, Whi,lord, c;s,, ycr knot ?"
 ." can not, Madn.n," answered he.
 The following conversation took place near
 lobster stand. in August =. { Customer,-Are lObsteps good this time of ' year? .-.-..- .f ss-..s
 Dea!er.--Yes, if they are fresh. ..s
 Cust,nser-l have henrd that folks onlf 5 eat them during nsoI.ths in which the letter E occurred! s ea'er.--Wellthen they are good ttls month Spelling the month) O-rg.ust. 2 Customer.-well, III take this one. put ting his hand on good looking one. ORIGIN or Trlr WORD Nnws."-" NeWs' ls not as many imagine derived fsoini the alice tive new. In former times It was . prevalent ) practise to put the periodical publications of the day the cardinal points of the compGsRt
 thus.
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