Litchfield enquirer., 1865-06-08

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 AceidsntIy, that incorrigible mad wag a,
 oypocconrd'rita ia killing lndividual Dodge who k, we so lateiy put in all the papers, and thu g showed him up to half creation--is down n,
 on us again, with another load of poles 7 Few mornings since, while calmly cositatin
 upon The instability of all subIunary contrap
 t'ons, and invardly debating. whether it wer hest 10 pitch pens and ink out of the window
 hny monkey and an organ and go on a tou
 or )ihe hre company Dodge popped ill upo
 us and put to flight all our pious meditations + "ot i've minutes to spare, old boy ? Say
 he '''
 Mere thirty at least take seat wher,
 from? What's the news {? 'o '''f7'
 Thank you; just from Manchester, N. H.
 which Is going ahead, with grand combined
 double back action rush ]. says Dodge. .f, 5..
 Good J, says we. By the way what have
 you new-anythling rich?' ,s.,.... ..-..,,.., | Did ever tell you,' says Dodge, the scrapes and Covert had last spring, coming from Baltimore to Philadelphia 2 ,..a... ..5-,
 Not syiiabIe--let's have it, if particularly lich.'
 e'' II tell you all about it, my boy ha 1! ha! It was rich very. You know, we-tbat means Covert and Dodge, and those two little twin sisters, the Macombers, finest Iookino vo. men we ever Leheld down to the ,soutb. "ard' Washington City, &c. We'll, I-well say Dodge Dodge, before leaving Baltimore m the morning, received .'at the Post Office letters, papers. &c., from his eastern friends and getting into the cars, lie took a remote sea, put hls valse under his feet, and began to overhaul his documents. The fiery iron horse, so beautifully and poeticaly described bv opr friend Capt. Cutter, of Kentucky, was snaking the cars over the rails, the passengers were and holding around the humorous man Dodge, who needed them not, but kept on reading his papers and pamphlets and look I hg as grave and knowing as an owl in an ivv push. |'''''" a'
 .lt hnaliy did occur to the comedian that he vas rad'i, upon which the vulgar eyes of his e'loW passengers Were dlating to an uucom- non and uncomfortable pitch l! One iudiyidu- Il 'n particular eyed Dodge keen as razor hd' as the chronological developments of this 'erson, in the quick and comprehensible eve I the comedian. proclaimed him an nndasira. ooking person one would like to meet on a lark night and dreary road--our comic friend cit nightly relieved when the fellow got up rom his seat and sauntered away into a for yard car. Presently, however, this foreboding ellow again was visible to the comedian, in Jose confab with the conductor of the train, snd apparently referring to poor Dodge, in con 1ersation with the carman. '']''" l
 : Blast him says Dodge to himself, what s he driving at r '' 7"
 Asd the comic man began to feel very un- serious then felt his long goatee. an his hand over his face, then scanned his lothes, to see if there was anything about his utward man calculated to elicit such marked ttention from stranger. '''" s' @'.'T r
 The evil genius of the doomed comedian [ low bore up alongside of him, while with an nstinctive foreboding of something disagreea- le in the wind, Dodge quickly folded up his apeTs and thrust them into his pockets. e
 How're you ? says the evil genius, with C ob of his bead by way of patronizing saiu- ' a:ion.
 Pretty fair--how're you i? says the disgust. d Comedian. 7F@@ }ii 1s4 "o+i1"" ,h J 'Tolerable you're travelin' North, 1 sdp- ose P 'S "e '' "'H .7.-'A" ''" '' ".' "2'7 Kind O think am' was the, response. B long to the Eastward ? continued the ip- !" ,frogator. - '' s'"''"''. '*'a'' ' '''" 7.f1s Seer Boston, before now said Dodge uieuy. ." a~a& ''ei''+ii''i'''''' s'''i77f'f1' < So 1 reckoned don't like to be inquiisitivye u ? nothing O that sort, Mister but veutur T guess you're in tie book business deal in " acks ?" (tracts) said the fellow, with great v ress and emphasis on the three last words. '' Occasionally replied the innocent and un, '' specting joker In fact, my friend, itis part N | my business making tracks r ''" z" So Ireckoned,' continued the, interrogating n llow, and s'pose you do little shoutin !, r Id singing 'casionally?' ~ r." Yes, little in that way too may ven '' re to observe, sir, singing is another part of S business. says Dodge. @ '' I.' So we 'spesed; great likin' for the nigsers '' or a3e+dss' 'sl+7 r 0.fafi etia ta da&s re Niggers?' says the now little disconcert. Ter, :" Comedian. II i aEa t-7''i h ''tt >s i1sa'a s'f y
 es' continued his evil genius sbut I V " pose pos you folks call 'em coiored folks-brotb- btb !" and sisters maybe ?'i2a@ 'esi lo gshs7i''f I to The conversation was getting beyond dfi,b inc ! T pths of Dodge's good humor - 50 i4f.s5h far 5ha lth d tolerated the bore merely to discover ltba mt to which the fellow was driving bptt1n, bpptt nav " language assumed the shape and toneIofl r insult, without leading, apparent. ie any nearer the fellows object or design and " " comedian felt his eander rising like bottled 4 ast; so he ancorked and opened on ahieber ~ ~ '. a5 43 hsaas'a4 e8eoa Ed sYts| ssa ,4I'N Look here, my friend, itdees strike ne for ;. lly, that cOnsiderinp onr shr;af ooono;.. 1u