Litchfield enquirer., 1864-03-10
WHOLE NO. 2O26

l A SINGULAR ADvENTURE.-Once upon a time traveller stepped into Q stage coach. He found six passengers about him all gray healed and extremely aged men. The young est appeared to have seen at least eighty win ters. Our young traveller, struck with t1e sim gularly mild and happy aspect which distin- guished his fellow passengers determined to ascertain the secret of a long life and art of making old age comfortable, he addressed the always led regular and ahstemious life, eating vegetables and drinking water. The young man was rather daunted at tbs inasnuch as he liked the good things of this life. He address ed the second. who astonished him by saying hc had always eaten roast beef and gone to bed regularly lnddled for the last seventy years. adding that all depended on regularity The third bad prolonged his days by never seeking or accepling office, the fourth by reso- lutely abstaiping from all political or religions controversies and the fifth by going to bed at sunset and ris ng at dawn. The sixth was ap. parently much younger than the other five h's hair was much less gray and there was more of it-a placid smile, dehotng perfectly easy conscience, mantled his face and his voice was 1 iocund aud strong.
 | They wers all surprised to learn that he was by ten years the oldest man in the coach. 1IuV " yOu uaV6 IuuS pTcSSTVSu tu0 i freshness of life 2" exclaimed our young tray. tler.
 The cd gentleman immediately answered hIm by saying:
 have l.anh water and wine-I have eat en meat and vegetables-I have dabbed in politics and written religions pamphlets have sometimes gone to bed at midnight and got up at sunrise and at noon," he then fixing hs eyes intently upon the young man couclu- ded with the singular remark But always pny promptly for my newspaper !'
 lIoNE MUs1c-Wo take it to be irae, that wherever you Leur a good deal of music in Q house, that house is tenanted by "hap;y family" If you hear a domestic going gles- fully about her work, and Tightening her la hors with song, you may take it for granted that she has neither discontGnted temper nor a scoldirg mistress. Girls that don!t like their places" are far more likely to go mopiug about the house than 10 hum a pleasant dtty or carol ( roundelay. Then if you hear tho young ladies of the house, without the ac- compartment of the piano. trilling a popular air or merry catch, you may be sure they arc i;gh:-hearled and happy, and as good as they ure cheerful And what stronger I-oof of happiness all round can there be than the evening social concert, when old and young n ale alil female, make melody with the'r y..- ces ms in their hearts? In some houses hn- very pnrrinm of the cat is '' musical, nos musica,' while the warhliug of canary biru s swee,er far than the most Guicet uf operatic vJi,es. And the great recommendation of home music is that it i7 cheap as well as i2y- speaking and joy inaI firing.
 A CUTE WIDow-lt s said that a man Gu lls death bed called his wife to him and said " leave ny horse to my parents--seH him, and hand the money you get for him over to them. But my ddr leave to you; dispose of it in whatever way you may think best" This the wife promised to obey, So in dre time alter.the death oI her ford, she staited out to find Il market for her animals How much do You ask for your horse ?' inquired a
 irmer. !" cannot sell the horse alone" she replied " but will sell the dog and hcrse at a far price for both. Give me $l00 for the dog. and Sl for the horse, and we Can trade on those terms ; and the cute widow conseien- tiously paid to tho parents the Sl she recev- ed for tho horse, and kept herself the SlOO she received for the dog. ''
 The New York News, differing in no way, except in talent, from the most rabid of the Richmond papers, thus closes full report of the dolngs of the Connecticut Democratic Con. yertion with an alluson to Mf. Eaton
 "T'he Hon. W. w. Eaton closed the bail. The readers of the New York Daily News the world over know all about him He will appear at the Chicago Convention, and if any War Democlat desires to cross swords with him, they (sic) probably can have an opportunity. He is q lighting peace man." Let him alone"
 TIE OLD LADY or LONDON AND THE TEL EGRArH WiREs.-Au old lady in London had given permission for some telegraph wires to be placed on her house, where they were sup ported by pole. After these had been in position a few weeks, tine old lady waited up. on the principal telegraph authority, and sta tel tlat she had complaint 10 make. "The fact is sir" she said, "them telegraph mes segcs won't allow me to get auy sleep oi night lays awake, atossing about: and can't get wink for the noise. At first, sir, I did not mind tas much, and things were not as b@d as they are now; but lately, sir, thete have beeu deal more messages do,.s think either, sir, that you are aware of what's said along them wires thore's u much that hadn1 ought 10 be, for can assure you, sir, that Very much that's said there-and have | to lay and listen to--no respectable woman bad ought to hear. So I've come at last to complain to you, sir. hoping that it may be stupped.' .s'.
 The gentleman to whom this singular com plaiut was made, was, of course, aware that the noise complained of was the wind cu' tine wires the messages of doubtful character were the emana,ions of fruitful imagination on the part of the old lady. He, however. pacifed her by stating that, in future, young wo;nnn of great responsibility were 10 be sub stituted at the office for the young men wLo formerly worked the lines.
 Doctor E. S Stuart, one Of the United States sutgeons, living in Twenty-egh:h street, has made report as to the value of pensions that ought to Le awarded to soldiers annually who have served and suffered in car .rmies-viz For the loss of both eyes, $277 50 for ono aye, Ss4 7j for both arms, S217 50; for the right arm, S83 26 for the left arm, s64 75 :; for both hands, S222 ; for the right hand, $64 75; for the left hand, $55 50 for both legs, Sl36 90 for one leg, s64 75 for both feet. SS3 26 for one foot, S37.
 To MAKE CIDER VINEGAR R-Alnoqt eysty family in the country have the rmateria1 fer manufacturing pure cider vinegar, Ii lu.y z.I only use them. Common dried apples sTita 6 little 4io'asses and brown paper are aH yoa need to make ths best ciderivinegar. Sopt your apples few hOurs--washino and rubbing