Litchfield enquirer., 1866-11-08
ndIsoellaneous Items.

1odv who possesses one thousand acres of
 1and. presents sufficient ground for an at tachment.
 Shakespeare says that esuse strengthens habit" Somebody states that he tried the experiment on coat, and 1t did not sue ceed at all.
 An extensive confagration occurred in New Orleans Thursday night, destroying property to the amount of three hundred thousand dollars.
 R;stori. within forty-eight hours after her arrival in New York, received twenty boxeg containing materials for cleaning the teeth" 2'f- .5Esf& l1i
 When Judge Wilson began to sentence Col. Lynch to death his voice trembled and he was quite affected; but when he recount ed the doings of the Fenians in Canada he got angry and excited.
 l. s.Now, my little boys and girls" said teacher, s"I want you to be very still-so still that you can hear pin drop" For 8 minute all was still, when little boy shriek- ed: "oLet her dropr
 2aissWhat is that dog barking at?" asked 8 flop, whose boots were more polished than his ideas 'ssWhy, replied bystander 'sbe- cause he sees another puppy in your boots. , '' Parties engaged in sinking well in Nc Lemois cave in Walker county, Ga, struck a vein of flowing oil; the location is about 15 miles from Chattanooga; the discovery creates 8 sensation. eae sf A drove of 1000 sheep passed through Washington last week. They were driven from the West, and will be disposed of in the state of Virginia for the purpose of stocking the farms of those deprived of stock during the rebellion.
 Steinway & Sons new concert hall on Fourteenth street, N. Y., was inaugurated on Wednesday night by Middle. Parepa. The dimensions of the new hall are Length, | 1123 feet; width, 75 feet; height from floor to ceiling, AZ feet. r.. -3s. 2iIn Nebraska official returns elect John Taffe, Republican, member of the XLth Congress by 748 majority. The Repubi- can majority in the State Legislature is 19 on1 joint ballot. ... ...
 We are disposed to regard with singular favor the radical office holder in Ohio who on being assessed to aid the Johnson ticket sent the required amount in rebel currency That man has a delicate susceptibility to the eternal fitness of things s.-Detron Post A couple were divorced in Michigan last week after only twenty-fo hours of mar ried life. The wife left her husband on the ground that he was bald-headed and Cath olic, and would not give her deed of his farm; the court gave him divorce.
 'I think I have seen you before, sir; are you not Owen Smith?" "Oh yes I'm owin' Smith, and owin' Jones, and owin every body"
 , An old joke new-faced. The first shape of it was the best:
 Owen Moore has run away g' ;os IT Owin' more than he can pay. oa The Indiana Supreme Court has decided that the 'sblack" article in the Constitution . of that State is void, as being in conflict with the National Constitution, and that any citizen of the United States, who has resided in Indiana for six months, no mat ter what his color may be, is citizen of the State.
 According to reports made by the Chica- go builders, over s, 1000 new buildings have 2 been erected in that city during the past 'ysar, valued at nearly seven millions of dol lars This inaludes eight new churches five public school houses, three public, buildings, and over one hundred business 7, blocks, .,a;. .,-s. e. ..u.. '" LORD CocKBURN AND THE SHEPHERD Lord Cockburn was once sitting on hill side with a shepherd, and observing the sheep reposing in the coolest situation, he . observed to him: sJohn if I were sheep l would lie on the other side of the hill '' The shepherd answered: Aye, my lord; E, .butrif ye had been sheep ye would have had maire sense." GENERAL GRANTS POLITICS. Phila- delphia Press says that Hon. John l.. Tho mas representative in Congress from the . Second Maryland District, and candidate for reelection, had recent conversation with General Grant in New York, in which 7; the latter explicitly and voluntarily took ground in favor of the constitutional amend.
 ment, and declared that it would be fatal
 to the South if they refused to adopt it. ! fl Deacon s. very fond of bivalves, and on one occasion he ate and overloaded his ''ca- pacity'' to such an extent that he was sore 4 distressed. His faith in prayer, however was strong. Leaving his party, and being { followed by some younger members little way off he was heard to supplcate thus
 
 tony, and will never eat any more clams!'' tsThen, pausing an instant he, added: ''Very few, if any-Amenp'
 A BULL FIGHTER KILLED IN THE ARENA. = At Nismes France, last month, bull fight was killed in the arena by furious bull. Three tame beasts had been killed, and the brutal lockers on cried s'Bravo" but the fourth turned to bay. The man, instead of watching the bulls movements, and hold :" ing his hoop on one side so as to avoid <, the rush, held it in both hands exactly be- \ fore his breast, and the bull, after, running his horns lv1rn through the paper trans6xed /. him. .s.f- ,.-i5.1.'s5. ,.. ..- s 'Boo SURPRISING. It is actually surprising how 'a soon our people have learned to prize that a invaluble article known as Goes Dyspepsia Cure. It certainly acts like magic, for it
 will cure the very worst cases of dyspepsia
 and enable the patient, who has lived for
 years upon Graham bread and the plainest food, to eat anything he chooses without
 fear of distress. It is considered the most yaluble remedy known for all diseases o1 7. the stomach and bowels. 2
 THF RIGHT OF SECESSION CONFIRMED = ' The eorlrt of Appeals, the highest judicial