Litchfield enquirer., 1866-10-04
" ] E No?.' a144, a;I-I E,
Miscellaneous Items.
'.., - ,Iy.IIH0D We have before seen instances of literal inos. almost equaling the following q v1t

II dhhClus .WCut OCHOCtutcly VI CuUVRAu8t tt block aud cut off his right hand at the wrist. He struck two or three blows, before 4, accom- phsbing bis object. F He had been insane fora some years, and on being aaked why he com; ;, mitted the deed, replied the Bible say if thy hand offend thee, cut it off and, cast it :, from thee.' ,.i-e-
 The N. Y. Times thus speaks of a Louiss villa Seoass;o, ,, . l---lt1 yg"A g-n' ylf1n w s'rr.o .ir --, ,ggr3. pIGi The Courier for seemingly sinister pts.-.f
 poses. Publishes names and addresses of ,all ! l the Philadelphia Southern Loyalists. q +, ,so l The Courier, eharacteristicaly, urges the President no logger to recognize the present Fpiece of a Congress until it admits the South ern members-to protect himself by denying.
 it's legitimacy and authority, and resisting its
 arbitrary and illegal enactments.'a <, !yl a!sst A woman in Charleston begged for $50 to bury her husband. A benevolent lady visited : her home to take her the money. In dark { ened experiment. lay the corpse, the widow was
 crying and everything looked m melancholy. She
 left tine $90 aud departed, forgetting her para
 sol. Returning she found the corpse carefully
 counting the money. .c 'l
 A tourist at Niagara Falls writes that when :, he sees the approach of man. woman, child Q or Indian. he puts his hand in his pocket, and ]
 nqures, We'll how much 9 . a s1. hlg ot ala
 A New Jersey Eeditor had occasion, a few days ago, to refer to Prometheus. and tearing
 that no intelligence of this ersonage could
 have come by the oyly route known to that State i, namely, Camden aud Amboy. be proc. eded to enlighten his readers as to, the aniec dents of the legendary hero. 'Promelheus, he wrote was Roman. who was chained to q rock for killing and eating a vuture. the vulture beind q considered, among the Romans, a sacreg |, bird. .,.. ....,. > ,..,,.... r n.
 Dr.. Bushy Illustrated a sound .prirciple
 when hls school was visited by the King, and
 the Doctor marched into the roon before bis
 ma jesty with his hat on. When reproved for
 his disrespect to royalty, he ap,iogized by
 saying T could never govern fhls herd of boys if allowed ,hem to think there was any
 man of greater authority than Dr. Busby.
 It said that the existing bargain between
 sleeping-car pate0tees and the railroads yis that
 the former shall furnishlthe cars! keepthe upholstery and bedding Tn repairs, !whilelhe ! railroad lcompany shall furnish the motive
 power and keep the cars in repair "Tne an.
 nual profit on each sleeping car, to the paten-
 tee is abort $6 GOO. There are over threef hundred of them in use, and all owned by, one
 com pany. 7~' F''''
 It is the duty of each member of the Mount
 Holyoke female seminary to write ah Q rtidal letter stating whether sheyis married or single, how many children she has, and other partlcur
 lars concerning her status and progress. A young lady of the class of 1861 has just writ ted to the class secretary that she is not mar ried, but that she thinks she can see little cloud that ariseth out of the future, like, . mans hand.
 John H Surratt, the principle confederate of Booth in the assassination of Lincoln, is now living in friendly EuropeaB country, and Secretary Seward knows his whereabOuts.-- 7 At least Geo s Boutwell, said so in a speech at Marlborough, Mass G"9' ...'f'aa 1'.Al ''
 A conductor on the Cambridge horse rail fl road, who has late y experienced religion and b joined the church has been discharged because of his refusal to work on Sunday, The uper: 7 intendent told him that while the cars run on Y, Sunday, they must have men who were, willing 9 to work on that day. taloqza juaga,S7,s
 A Philadelphia police officer, aganst whom a charge of shooting man was preferred left
 his post of duty Wednesday yAstepped on board a ferry boat, leaped into the water and was drowned. " s''.s7'7i e. ,'iq ''A' '''
 A lady in Lafayette, Ind, recently in prepar- | ing her Sunday dinner put some beans in apot to bake. In hurry to get to church she inc advertently put her hymn-book in the pot and a wrapped piece of pork in her pocket hand-i kerchief and took it to church with her. Her modification was intense upon discovering her mistake duringservice, so was her husbands at 3 the singurlarly pious composition Of his repasti
 They do things in a hurry in California as |, by the following programme .of q pleasant little affair: San Juan Nevada stage k, robbed at A M of $3,000; reward offered at "A M robbers shot and all the money re- . covered at 2 P M funeral of the thieves at { . P M. ''.i '''" ''N'''" ;
 A man out West says he has, moved so often during year that whenever covered wagon ; stopped at the gate his chickens would, fall on their'backs and hold ont their feet, in order to be tied and thrown in.qns req 'o a,sacJ ors .s,.
 An editor afflicted with hand organs thinks the rinderpest cannot compare with the grind; :. pest. .. ,. '' '.A'' 1'' Y
 It was a.miserly old woman who with her last breath, blew out an lnch of candle, Be cause,' said she, q can see to die intbe dark r
 Why did Joseph's brethereh cast him into :, the Pit? Because they didn't want him in the ', Family Circle, gc.q g.l ssDose oi j., .ge sl9si Q
 A voice from the tombs Gen Mcclellan writes home from Europe that he approves ' Philadelphia Convention No.I aut1 g a'fa }ji
 There is . chap in Philadelphia who says s, he never minds the hot weather sc long ashe is with his wife, She is such an intense scold: H ffsI shall be at home pextr Sunday, g yoangji Iady remarked, as she followed to the door beros' beau. who seemed to be wavering in his atr 9 tachment. So shall l.. was the reply y,s,, c,
 A t;mid gentleman some days ago met oeuei ! of our bluff. burly doctors, who is mors notedi, for the force than the polish of his language. when the following colIoquy eusded 'Doctof,9 what shall take for the cholera 7sdThs' 'cbol4 lo era have you got the cholera? No, slsWell take the cholera first ,; ,.t .t,, .,
 The Mobile Times says :sAa collision occusdl red on the Mobile and Ohio railroad near De. Soto, resulting in killing seven and woubdiug seventeen persons, and the destruction of sev.e1 eral cars. 'ti'M. 'i'h!'ssH.s1 eal or
 Recruiting flor the regulars army insall secs ? lions Of the cOuntrvi is erfo0ressiu0 with 0fati f