Litchfield enquirer., 1866-12-06
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burclaries in Middletown within the past week. IT 0AtITI 15
 Messrs. Wheeler and Wilson manufactur- ed 1900 Sewing Machines during the month of October. .> -,ts
 Cricket Con: What passage of Scripture proves that St Paul was cricketer? And Paul stood up before the eleven and was bold" q s.5;,. .".s r r.s .s
 "My son, hold up your head and tell me who was the strongest many Jonah" 'eWhy so?" sCause the whale couldn't hold him after he got him down." a
 A man got drunk at an election, said it was owing to his efforts to ''put down party spirit. ~ . @-''-'' A..
 A lady once remarked that 'scarelessness was little better than Q half way house be tween accident and design"
 Men are called fools in one age for not knowing what men were called fools for as- serting in the age before, s.4
 The Nashville Union says that the health of Hon. Cave Johnson forbids the hopes of his friends and physicians that he can long survive. s, l.--
 The postal service in the eleven seeded States, which before the war never paid ex- penses, has netted over $200, ,000 profit dur ing the past year. rr.
 A train of cars with crude petroleum took fire on the New York and Erie Railroad near Adrian. Twelve COTS were entirely de- stroyed. ....-...
 In the pictorial edition of Webster's Una bridged Dictionary, of 1865, curiously enough, the word unabridged" is not to be found. T'r'' rl tasF .r.G t., r.t
 Dr. Williamson had quarrel with one of his parisoners by the name of Hardy, who showed considerable resentment. On the following Sunday the Doctor preached from the following text which he pronounced with great emphasis, and with a significant look at Hardy, who was present: s'There is no fool like the fool Hardy"
 It a significant fact that Francis Thom- as, the Representative from Western Mary land has steadily voted and worked, in and out of Congress, for negro suffrage, and he is now reelected by over two thousand ma jority. Although this fact was heralded against him night and day through the campaign, he has carried every county in his district o, t."a .s
 NEW ORLEANS, Wednesday. Nov. 21
 Andrew McCullum, sugar planter of Louisiana, who went to Brazil, with view to emigration, has returned, and pronoun-' ces against it as unsuitable and less favora- ble to the Southerner than his own country.
 AScotch preacher took his text from the Psalm of David, 'I said in my haste that all men are iars." He paused, re-read his text, and then looking round on his flock, remarked: 'Did ye, David, my mon? Gin ye had been here, ye might have said so at your leisufe:"'
 The receipts of Madame Ristoris perfor- mances, from the date of her American de- but to the present time, amount to $780, 000U Yesterday she commenced an en- gagement of one week in Baltimore, and on Monday Dec. Sd, will make her first ap- pearance in Washington.
 The late furry in stocks at New York has passed over. Evening Post says that the losses of unsuspecting parties must have been immense, and that the entire losses for 8 week are at least twenty millions of dollars. eh -.s- -sa -'.
 Coleridge was descanting in the pres ence of Charles Lamb, upon the repulsive appearance of the oyster. 1t isn't hand the advantage of you in one thing" "What is thatp" queried Coleridge, who, as every one knows, was an exhaustless talker. ''It knows when to shut its mouth," was the reply.
 MIR. E. CHAppEL SMITH of Uncasville, while at work on building in Occum, g few miles above Norwich, fell to the ground fractufing his skull, and breaking several ribs. It is feared that the injuries will prove fatal. ....>...
 There is now but one revolutionary sol. dier inscribed on the rolls of the pension of6ceASamuel Downing, who enlisted from Carroll county, New Hampshire, but who now resides at Edinburgh in Saratoga coun ty, New York. In 1861 there were 63 off cers and soldiers of the revolution on the rebel States and have not since been heard from. / In 1862 there were but 30 survivors of the 49 residing in the Northern States In 1868 there were but IS, in 1864 there were but 5, and in 1865 but 3. Since ther William Hutchins of Maine and Lemue Cook of New York have died, leaving but one survivor of that patriotic host which Washington commanded.
 In one of his European letters George Al fred Townsend thus describes Rossini, the composer;
 '.His face is large, puffy, heavy, but full of a good iver's wrinkles that look like dimples. He wears black wig which re' duces his age twenty years. This man hay ing thrilled civilization with his numbers, suddenly ceased to sing and for mans life time he has written no music. There are rumors current that he has vast stores oi compositions with which he is to burst up- on the world again; but, whether from an inert nature, adequate success, or fears to hazard present fame, Rossini, continues to be shadow rather than mana dumb el- oquence, 8 golden bowl broken. His house at Passy, in the environs of Paris, is beau tiful. He is happy, as it seems, and much beloved. H
 The .Bat and Ball" closes for this sea- son. In it's last nnmber ia aan editorial from which we extract the following:-
 'sBut there is one atrocious habit which is creeping into this, like all prominent and fascinating games; namely, using the game as medium for gambling, and also, the selling. of games by members of the promi nent clubs. If the rumor is correct, very few of the champio ionship games between the