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Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27

DANDEL1oNs FOR RSALAD.-Everybody knows that dandelions boiled make good greens. but few have learned to use them as salad. While they are young and tender they arc preferred by many persons to lettuce. As they grow older they become tough and bitter. Try tham ------- --
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27

sg An analyzing dame reports that "she has heard of but one old woman who kissed her COW. but she knows of many thousands of young ones who have kissed very great calves. ,"
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27

Tom-Don't you think some verses wouli touch her, Charley-..Oh. hang your verses, Tom, if you want to enjoy life. drop poetry and gals altogether, and join fire company. 2
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27

B0- Why does father call mother honey :? asked boy of his elder brother. Can't tell 'cept it's because she has large comb in her head.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27

What particular endearments passed between the fairies and their poet, passes my pencil to delineate but, if you are curious to be inform ed, must refer you. gentle reader. to the "Plea of the Midsummer Fairies most agreeable poem lately put forth by my friend Thomas Hood of the first half of which the above is nothing but meagre and g harsh prose ab stract. Farewell
 The aoords of Msrcury are harsh after the songs cf Apollo. CHAs. LAMB. A
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27
J. F. WALKER,

over the rost Office, South.st., Litchield, Ct 'e Manufacturer and dealer in .a Saddles, Haraess, Brides, Halters, Whip Lashes, Sockets, Surcimgses, Orma.
 ments, Trimmings, 6c.
 Rossmnn's oil Hacking .- for preserving, softening, and renewing the appearance of Harness, Carriage tops, &c.
 Made to order all kinds of double and sin. lie Harness of superior style and workman. ship, and of the best material.
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27
IT. O. Nash.

A TTORNEY AT LAW. and Licensed Pen tA sion Bounty and Claim Agent. Kent Conn, "" Gm34o
Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27
William Knapp.

A TToRNEY AND CoUNsELLO OR Al LAW A ....8 ,.g... New Milford, Conn.
 Particular attention paid to the collection oi ~ASlms. u.if 1t,e77 ...-a- -a. ooN
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Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27
Wm Fl. lSranNil.

nNEALER IN FOREIGN and STAPLE DRY D Goods, Groceries, Crockery, Glass Ware, and Yankee Notions, No. 6, West Street, one q DOT west of the Court House, Litchfeld Conn
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Litchfield enquirer., 1865-04-27

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 ADVERTISING. f0urteen lines or less-1 week, 100 Zach week thereafter, er,...............,. 25 Probate and other legal advertisements,
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 BOOK AND JOB PRINTING. All kinds of Book and Job Printing neatly and promptly done. Business Cards, Wedding Cards, Bill Heads, Labels, Ball Tickets, Handbills, Psmph- Let's. &c.,, &c.. done in the best style, and as cheap as at any office in the State. Orders by mail or otherwise respectfully 20 licited. ..... ,,. .. All Jobs returned c. o. D. ......
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ARCHITECTURE

ARCHITECTURE
 R. w. HILL, u. Asohiteot G Building Superintendent. t.l s- DESIGNS, PLANS, .-el Specifications and Working Drawings furnished Also, careful estimates made on cost of
 Buildings. Special attention given to .aa @s-t Country Houses, lt ROOMS, NO. g BALDWIN'S BLOCK, l~- u- WATERBURY, CONN., f. Waterbury, Feb. 2ad, l965. ' 46 6m.
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ssy- All advei itisements to secure insertion,
 should be accompanied hy the Cash.
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BOOK AND JOB PRINTING.

4.. E. w. seymour, A TrORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, A Litchheld. Conn. .....
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22
The nayeapOrt M0dus GEeranii.

Once q Week gives the following cxpia-
nation Of the manner in which the Owen
port Brothers produce their great cabinit
manifcs atoms.
The cabinet is so made, without que
or screws. that it takes to pieces very
readily; so that it may be packed up in
Il box. This is extremely useful to the
brothers ina much IS the seats are fasten-
ed to the back and front by small lemons
slipping into mortice holes. These holes
are shallow of necessity, as the cabinet Is
50 cry sight (made only to exclude the
Iight. We now come to the various holes
drilled into the seat, to run the ropes
through; by this cunning trick the hro tn
ers can on he bound to the seats and not
70 the cabinet: the seats are Immediately
Olsen aged (t'.is thrust is generally ap-
piled to the lecturer when he puts bis
arms in, as he always does Just before he
shuts the middle door, the Brothers can
then stand up with the seats bound to
them, and move about the case. and then,
''''iib - IhNN f''t' tAitF iiNh INV Ai'7Ai VI
mcnts up in their mouths and one shakes
the bell or the tambourine, while the other
scrapes the Guitar on the mysterious bar
aho mentioned genera ly with one
hand) This accounts for the Imperfect
ton Of the music On the sigral being
given. the Brothers sit down again and
shuttle the lemons into the mortice aoles;
Of course the instant the doors are open
ed the Brothers are found just as they
were left; and at the moment the middle
door Is opened, and the light turned
on out flies the tambourine aud bell.
propelled by a deZtcrous jerk from the
Brothers mouths. 1t viii be seen that
sealin. the knots, flling the Brothers
hands with -four et,, makes no difference.
as the knots are never united at all during
the concert
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

\ SPECIE BASIS The new Secretary
Of the Treasury, Hugh McCuroch, in
some remarks in response to an address
from the other officers Of the department.
on the occasion OF his accession to the of.
fee, said
NV chief aim will, Of course, he to
provide means to discharge the claims up
on the treasury at the earliest day prac-
ticablc, and institute measures TO bring
The d"si"es Of the coUnt,y gradraly bach;
to a specie basis, the departure from which,
although for the time being necessary, is
no less damaging to tie people than ex-
pensivc TO the government
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

r&y~ The Canadian Confederation Pro-
ject has been defeated in the New Bruns-
wick c'ections, the candidates in faror Of
it having all been left in minority. No
doubt the New Brunswickcrs think that
in the new con(ederacy their little prov
inco would be T. mere make weight in the
conflicts between the two Canadian prov
inccs. This sentiment has been manifest
ed more or less in all the smaller PROV
inceS, though none of them have been
bold enough to vote against n project ap-
proved by the home government, except
New Brunswick. The latter adioins tho
State Of Maine, and has more Of the feel
inG in favor Of annexation to the United
States than prevails in the other prov
inces
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22
Employment Of Women In Paris.

am induced, writes correspondent,
TO say a ward upon the very numerous
employments to fema'e in France, which
are no. omen to them at home The books
Of nine tenti1s Of the retail shops in Paris
are kept by women. do not remember
which is not presided over by woman
The box-cffices of the tn atre are tended
hv women-not only those of the evening.
but those open during the day for the sa e
of reserved places. The box openers and
audience seekers are women. And not
on do women act as sellers in such estab-
lishmen's rs are naturally fitted for them,
iut even in groceries. hardware shops.
wood var $, fruit shops. hutchereS, etc
In those places the boo k-keeper is wo-
man, fenced in and separated from the
rest hy framewol k of glass. The ticket
sellers Mt the railway stations are princi-
pallv women. have had the p 'easure of
purchasing seat daily of q good~lookinc
Young person of about tytcTtv-fo years
From appearances I should say she was
engaged to the conductor of the four
@ clock train Women even guard the
stations and some Of the less frequented
crossings Women cry tie rate Of eX-
change every afternoon after the Boursc
hours and more numbers of the news
papers are disposed of by the women than
bv men. never vet saw a newsboy in
France. In the porters lodges in the city
there are as many porteresses as porters,
and landlord would prefer to take for
this service q woman without q husband
than man without wife In small
houses, where only one person is requir-
ed, that one person is n woman. Omni-
bus conductors submit their way bills ut
the transfer Offices to women for inspec-
for rides Mt MontmorenCv, ard saddle
them too. Women undertake the moving
Of furniture, agree with you as to the
price, and you find them quite as respon>
sible as men. Without multiplying in
stances, YOU will see that q number of
avenues are open to the fenalee here,
which in England are closed There are
other capacities in which women are en-
p'oyed in France which | trust and be-
lieve woald never be accepted hy women
at home; brigade of street-swecpcrs
contains an equal number of males and
/ females. There are female chiffonniers
and old clo' women. \ complete estah-
lishmcnt of fruit and vegetable peddIer
consists CT a cart n man t. shout and sell
and n woman and IA horse harnnssed in
straps to dra.. In the country women
labor in the field, and thrash and winnOw
in the barns. ! might say that from 4
motive Of pity ! employed an old grand
mother TO weed an alley and tend a straw
berry Led and hawthorn grove, in which
] take IN unnatural interest considering
that they grew on land not on my own.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

aGa- The grain crops the ensuing sum-
mer certainly ought to be very abundant,
if any reliance can he placed on the or
dinary Indications. The snow has been
on the ground plentcorsly ail winter, COW
ering and protecting the grain from tho
Ice and severe cold weather. and rains
have been also quite ho,ry. Next sum-
mcrs harvest should he a suporlbundant
one. furnishing us surplus for exnort
equal TO any we have had for long time
past When this harvest comes to market
we shall ha' a much lar@er southern area
open 10 us than at any time for the last
four year
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

I'D shot her. retorted Dodd madlv.
'as | suppose yon have done, but we are
only even now. IIeiler for flly is only
tit for tat
"Neighi,or Dodh thou knowest me not,
if thou thnksst would harm a hair Of
thy heifrr'- back. She is in my farm yard,
and not even blow ha. been struck her,
where thee can get her al any time !
knew the shot my fIlv, but the evil OF e
prompted thee to do it. and lay not evil
in my heart against my neiehhors. !
came TO tell thee where thy heifer was,
and now III 20 home
Obadiah rose from his chair ana was
abon' to descend the steps when he was
stopped by Watt, wh' hastily asked
." hat was vonr tiilv worth y
a hundred d"lIars is what asked for
her" replied Obadiah
Wait moment, said Dodl, rush IT,
into the house, from whence he soon re-
turned, ho ding some gold in his hand.
"llere's the price of your FLY and
hereafter let there be pleasantness be-
tween US.
"n iIlin-lg heartily" answered Law
son, graspins the profered hand of the
other, let there be peace between us.
Obadiah mounted his horse and rode
home with n light heart; and from that
day to this DoIi has been as good a reigh>
hor 5 one could wish to have being per-
fectly reformed by the return Of good for
evil
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

fEs3~ y gay and festi e. magician, who
calls himse the Great Coryphaeus Of
Occult Art. in entertaining the Canadi-
ans. His agent announces that his lun-
inous lectures have, rariphrlsically speak
ING, p'ace.i perishab,e reripeumoniacs on
the platform Of health, and his unap-
proachable art has convulsed the cheeks
Of tie sourest vinegar faces into paroxy-
Sms Of cachination, and transformed the
heophilanthroPists from the aphelion to
the perihelion Of joy and enjoyment -
Children under six feet, twelve and !, ha'f
cents
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

n ties, if whole, are not considered as
mutiIated nor is an evidently accidental
injury. not reducing the note hv more than
one tenth its original size, regarded as
mutilatiotf.
"A | Fractional Currency. not mutiloted
when presented TO an Assistant Treasurer
or Designated Depository of the United
States. or Nationa' Bank designated as
Depository Of the United States, for re-
demption. must have been assorted hv the
holder, according TO denominations with
the faces, and upper sides in correspond
ing order in the pacNa ca.
When presented in sufficient numbers,
each package must cofsaiu one hundred
pieces; 1t must he secure pinned, with
paper strap Mt least one inch wide, and
on the trap must lie written, in ink, the
number Of pieces, denomination, date of
deposite, and the name Of the ewner
The entire deposite must he securely
done up in ere package, and upon the
wrapper, endorsed with ink, date Of the
deposite, the amount contained, and the
name ana residence Of the owner
No less sum than three dollars will be
redeemed, and packages will be paid for
in lawful money Of the United States. in
the orler as 70 time in which they shal
have been received, as soon as the cur
rencv can he counted and pissed upon.
Fragments ola note will not be redeemed
unless it shall be clearly e'ident that they
constitute one-halr or more Of one riginal
note; in which case, notes, however mutilrt-
ed, will he redeemed in proportion to the
whole note, reckoning by fifths
Mutilations less than one-t tenth will be
disre@arded, unless fraudulent; but any
muti.ation which destroyes more than
one tenth the original note, will reduce
the redemption va ue Of the note by one
fifth its face value.
All Government Officers will receive for
public dues all United States Notes Of the
several kinds, and on account for which
they are respectively receivable, as per
Treasury Circular Of October 9, 1862, in
explanation OF the rules promG gated May
Is, 1862; no matter how badly delaced or
torn they may be, so long as their genu-
ineness can be clearly ascertained. and so
that it is certain that not One-twentieth
part thereof is missing. But all such
notes as are unfit for reissue, SO received,
should he kept separate and distinct, and
as occasion may require, he returned to
retired from circulation. Fractional cur
rency, from which not ont-t'aM part Is
missing, Will be received in the same man
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22
Get Ennngh SIeer.

We have often heard young men re-
mark that four or five hours Sleep was all
they wanted, and al that the human sys.
tenn required. The halit Of going with
on. sufficient sleep is injurious Thous-
ands, no doubt, permanently injure their
health in this way We live in fast age,
when everybody seems to he perecrting
the order of nature If folks will be per-
sistent in turning night into day, it Is not
to be wondered that few last the allotted
term of life; no matter what NAV be the
mans occupation-physical or mental, or
like Othellos, gone" and living in id E.
ness-the constitution cannot asst, depend
upon IT, without a suficiency Ct regular
and refreshing sleep. Joe Hunter. the
great surgeon, died suddenly Of spas
modic affection of the heart. disease
greatly encouraged by want of sleep. In
volume just Published by a medical man
there is one great lesson that students md
literary men may learn, and that is, that
Hunter probably killed himself by takin.
too little sleep. -Four hours rest NJ night
ana one after diuner, cannot he suficien.
to recruit the exhausted powers Of tho
body and mind" Certainly not; and the
consequence was that Hunter died early
If men will insist in cheating sleep, her
twin sister Death will avenga thc insult
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

THE NEW CONTROLLER OF THE TREAS
URy.-lIon Freeman Clark, who is to be
appointed Comptroller Of the Currency in
place Of Mr. Nc ulloch, to be named as
Secretary Of the Treasury, Is the present
member Of Congress, from the Monroe
and Orleans District, and gentleman of
6rstclass financial ability. lie has been
a banker all his life-formerly in Orleans
comfy, and for the last twenty years in
Rochester. He is thoroughly versed in
all the intricacies Of the science of f.,
nance, and viii bc found fully up to the
arduous and complicated duties of the
sfhce-Atbany Erenin2 Journal
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22
IuroErArr To ALL-It Is general

INroErAsr To Alt Is generally
known that MI receipts for money over
so must 10 stamped to he valid, but it is
not known that all letters acknowledging
the receipt Of money, in sums exceeding
So must also lie stamped. If \ addresses
a letter to B saving, Your letter Of Feb
i. enclosing 500 on account, has been
received, it has been decided that there
i no difference from one where he writes.
Received from 3 SI0Q or account =
Both are receipts
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22
Terms of Advertising.

Professional end Business Cards not exceeding six
HR-s. $40 per year
rr=lvs lines NIHpar-h tc-e. compact matter, or
ssir EN- .val'nt in -oace. vii he counted square
Estray ti-es. published four weeks. - for s'neie
.n'mll -ai fifty .nts for each eddtonai animal In
same notice
Ee-al <D'ic~s at statUte rates
Special Noti~-s lea led and havns nrec@dsnce OF
srli.a-v -dverts--n -nts 80 per cent advance on or
binary
AIv-rti-e,aenrs not acc mraned sith directionsw II
BE inserted till forbid and charged 70 accordingly
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

naa- The imports on Nassau. the great
emporium for rebel blockade runners,
were 81. So a20 in 1861, and Sol .476.jS0
in 1864 Real estate advanced 100 per
cent. during the same time Probah Y
the people there Will rat start a snhscrir-
tion rn -,isa statute of General Terry
or Admiral Porter, and get Lord Wharn-
clife to take charge Of the fund.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

COOP FOR BRowNLow.-In sni. for dam
ages for imprisonment and for persecu-
tions at the hands of certain prominent
rebels Of Knox lille, during the early days
of the rebellion, Parson Brownlow ba.
been awarded the sum Of s25 coo. to be-
raised from the properties Of the motor
ious J. c. Ramsey, Sneed, and some
others
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

John d. Fox, father Of the spirit rap-
ping girls. lately died in Wayne county,
New fork, aged 16 Mr. Fox was never
carried away b. spiritualism, but lived
and died dyvout Methodist.
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

One reason why children die is because
they arc not taken care of From the day
of birth they are stuffed with food and
chnkcd with phvsi", sloshed with water.
sullocatcd in hot looms. steamed in bed
clothes. 80 much for in door When
permitted TO breathe II breath Of pure air
once or twice during the cold months, only
the nose is permitted to peer into the dav-
III \ little later they are sent ont with
no clothing ut all on the parts Of the Lody
which neei tae most protection. Bare
Ic-s. bare arms, bare necks, eirtcd mid
die, with an inverted umbre Iii to collect
the air ard chill the other parts of the
body. \ stout strong man goes out in n
cold day with glo ex and overcoat, WOO en-
stockings, and thick doubIe-soled boots,
with cork between and rubbers over The
same time a child Of three years old an
infant in flesh, blood. bone aud constitu-
ton, goes out with shoes "a thin as paper,
cotton socks, les unco cred to the knees
neck bare, an exposure which would dis
able the nurse. Kill the mother outright
and make the fathcr ~ in~ali for weeks.
And why? To harden them t, a mode
oc dress which they are never eynected
to practice. 10 accustom them to cx-
posure which n dozen years later, would
he considered downr;rbt c,o.crv To
rear children thus for the sIauobter nen,
and then lav it on the Lord is too had -
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

sg- The Northwestern Sanitary Com
mission gives notice that 100000 bushels
of vecetal les are wanted Immediately at
Nashville, for Gen Thomas army, which
i. being largely increased
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22
THE EaYONET CHARGE.

Not sound, not breath,
All as still as death,
Aud "" stand on the steep in our bayoncts'
shine;
All IS tumult below
Surging friend. surging foe;
But not a hairs breadth moves our adamant
Waiting 50 gr.mly.
The battle-smoke lifts
From the valley and drifts
Round the hin where we stand, like pail for
the world;
And a glimpse now and then
Shows the pillows Of men
In whose black boiling surge We are soon to
be hurled,
Redly and dmly
There's the word Ready, all
See the scrried points fall
The grim horizontal so bright and SO bare!
Tleu the other word-IIa
We arc moving Iiuzza
We suuf the burnt powder. We plunge in the
glare,
Rushing to glory
Down the hill, up the glen,
Der the bodies Of men.
Then on, with cheer, to the roaring redoub'
Why stumble 50. Ned
No answer-Te's dead
And there's Dutch Peter down, with his lif,.
leaping out
Crimson and CORY,
On On DO not think
ofthe filling hut drink
or the mad. living cataract torrent Of war.
TN TN Let them feel
The cold vengeance Of steel!
Catch the captain-he's hit 'Tis scratch
nothing more
Forward forc-~r,
Huzza, Here's trench ,
Tn and out Of it Wrench
From thcj,w of the cannon the gucrdon Of
Fame
Charge, charge With yell
Like the shrek OF a she'll
Der the obat,is. on through the curtain Of
fame
Back again Never
TIC rampant, 'Tis crossed
It j. ours Il j. lost
No---a' other d.sh now and the glncis is won
Iuzza, Wuat dust
IIew them down. Cut and thrust.
4 t-i-g-a-r, brave lads, for the red work is
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

One Of Garibaldis Generals has been
arrested in New Haven for keeping bar
bers shop open on Sunday, and ~e"sn.
charged because be did
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

Eight English con icts, discharged from
prison after serving portion of their
term, arrived at Castle Garden. New
York, on Monday, from Lonion. They
were sent to police headquarters Their
passage 10 this country was paid by the
Prison Aid Association OF England. 1t is
understood they will be sent back % Eng
IapI
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

John {. Fremont was fined So recent
ly, by Judge Mullen, of the New York
Supreme Cou~t, for on-attendance as a
Juror
Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-03-22

Twenty-pne thousand dol ars have been
subscribed in Boston towards statue to
Edward Everett