Litchfield enquirer., 1865-01-12

the sea in ships gather in the place to listen to his beloved counses ! and at regular inter- vals. us often as the Halcyone is in port, the young clergyman is certain to look down froih his desk on the attentive faces of Jack Hard. siar and Captain Norwich. The sailor far away on the stormy deep, thinking of nother, ssi CT, wife, remembers likewise another who is dear, and comments with them to Gods keeping the Edwin in our story.
 
 X yonng New England mamma. on the in- porant occasion of making her little boy bis first pair of coinred irowsers, conceived ths idea that it would be more economical to mnke them of the same dimensions behind and be. fore, sn that they might bs changed about and wear evenly; and SD she fashioned them. Their eff ct, when donn.,l hy the little victim, was udcrous in the extreme. Papa. ut first sight "t the baggy garments. so feartuly and vobl derIully made. burst into roar of laughter, and exclaimed. Q my dear, how could yod have the heart tb do itS Why, the poor littls fellow won't know whether he going to schoGl UT coUliag home. Little Plgrim.
 According to our exchanges the collection of the s,ecini income tax develops remarIa. ble degree of poverty in quarters least expect ed. In Cincinnati one of small tax payers who has passed heretofore for rich man. found his note refused at the bank on the ground that he was too poor ID. be tru stcd, or had swindled the government in his lncome return, ard in either case he was not a safe man 10 len1 money to- In New York . smilar state of things exists. and people supposed to be well of: have incomes, so they say, Hardly sufficient to he worth noiice. One man, who was sup. posed to have un income of over one hundred thousand dollars, from unencumbered real es: iate lives like an English nohlenan ou about twen,y-eight hundred dollars per year. and al- ,ither supports a'luXurions town house and country pl4cs on the predictions incDnie of ninety-elght dollars and two cents, from which is to be deducled the stun of two dollars and ninety four cents los his bleeding country. received in New York. states that an order was just rec.ivei to place the rebel prisoners at that polnt on reduced fa,e. in retaliation for the brutality shown 10 our soldiers in the pris. on pens of Georgia and South Carolina. Oa the day t!ie letter wa5 written hard bread ana water were dealt ont 10 the two hundred and fifty or llIrn rebel officers now held at that point. in compliance with that order. This salutary policy. will be continued till the gov ernment receives satisfactory assurance of . th .nge of tactics in the treatment of Union sol. tilers in the hands of the eneriy.
 Bob how is your sweetheart getting alrr ss' <. . Pretty we'll guess; she says l Eslej.,'L csl any more"
 One of the pastors at ilis i5,nsrirg i,n If as,vi.Se in Madden, Mass. UhriSsiass d,y. said he ,sssl,. esl to acknowed&e lA( very gegeroas present Q. pai af 5a9ies. y it,le ,isurblsr and son. 'SSSs pFohf *&i nSi q Site to Do remembered in tlat edls.
 The PfoSiJ ,s Journal states -ha. Rdsssll Nogash,ll wl3s recently dted at Newpart. left $50. .0a0 l,,r the poor of aGcity and s20,0o0 to the Woaisn's Aid Spcialy, bsSides sduis tor other charitable purposes.
 Artemus Ward notifies the gentleman who left phosphorus in his bil at the St. Gicn0las Hotel. that il hs will lsLve his name with Gen Dix, he will hear something tO his ad- vantage.
 RESTRICTED GExr.--" Old Bumblebee," was the cosnomrn oi Mir. r. of Newburyport. He gained the title from the fact of his catching Q humbebee, one day. as he was shingliny his barn. and AS he was attempting 10 destroy the insect with his hatchet. cut off the ends of his thumb and fotefnger, letting the iusect go unharmed. Other rnishaps happened to the old codyer on the same barn. In one of his abslrscluns he shingled over his spare h .chet and cutting square aperture in the building te let little daylight in, this man actually set in wooden pane, as being economical and not likely to be broken Uncle T.. in one of his obllvions freaks, nailed his left arm SD firmly betwixt tive bsards of ieuce he was putting np. that he had to calf tur help 10 get extricated from his self i'm. ruf q huff nn ha gate instead of the post. But the rarest freak of s<il was when he ran through the streets wil4l his hands about three feet asun. der, held before hlm. begging the passers bl not to disturl, him. as hh had got the nIesstifS or Il dourNay with him!
 TuosE TEEru.-A chap down in New Haven had courred girl, giving her large number of presents 70 keep her admiration all right difference arose. snd squabble was the result: Offended lover calls on Miss Mary Ann. and requests that dress pattern be given her last week. She passed over the demanded dry goods I'll take that photographic album, if you please. She extracted the pictures amt rerurned he volume. Give me hack that ring No sooner said than done. Now l Just want you to take out those teeth I paid thirty dol lars for. and give them back to me m spout four seconds 2 This was too much or gum game, and the female beat nasty retreat.
 D,yvsr,c RECIPES IN FULL. BY J"5H EiL. T. Ncs Few sarve up cowcumbers-pick em when the dew is on them. pair em neeily. slice em thin. add sau!t. and let them stand for 50 ninnits. pepper em freely, add good sharp vinegar. anll ,hen--rise up the winder kare. fully and throw em out.
 To maik wotermelons the old fashioned wa, steel em by munelite. and eat em ia the next lot.
 Lobsters want tew he piled whole till they be ded. pore ice cream over em, send for the docktor, eat em before going to bed, and tell your friends the next da that you have been | threatened with an attack of the -rehbels.
 Few remove goose pimples--skin a goose.
 Few kurc hams--bath sm in liostettir's Bit iers.
 Few bring up child in the wa5 bs shous6 s.s.-- xel fhak ,uan uarnAlH u.