Litchfield enquirer., 1867-07-11


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 s-A gentleman being requested by piou.
 eho to remember Lots wife, replied that It was all he could do to think of other mems wives.
 AS proof of the benefit resulting from ad vertlslng, an exchange says that a notice in tue paper asking a wife, received answers rom ntteen hundred husbands anxious to nspose of theirs at any price GEN. RosEcRANs.-TH Alta Californian l says" We have observed in A number of 1ntenor papers intImations that General hosecrans would be offered and possibly accept the nomination of Governor of California, by the Democrats. We have it rom good authority that this report has no foundation in truth. Gen. Rosecrans Will not. on any account, accept that or any other nomination from the Democra- cy. If he could be induced to run for of flee at all, it would be on the Un- lon tlcket; but his business and inclina- tlons are both averse to political life and he IS not at all likely to become the can didate of any party. At the same time hls sympathies are wholly with the Union cause"
 General J. l.. Alcorn, United States Sen- ator elect from Mississippi, has been deliv- ering an address in Memphis, Tenn, in which he contended that the Democratic party had no further claims on Southern men, that President Johnsons course had been of great injury to the South, and that It was the duty of all to sincerely comply With the reconstruction policy of Con- gress.
 Tom Thumb has raised moustache
 The oldest of the associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States James M. Wayne-died Friday afternoon at Washington. He was a native of Geor- g1a, and resident of Savannah. The fifth Judicial circuit, comprising South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida was the District over which he presided. Judge Wayne was in the seventy seventh year of his age, and was appointed to the bench by President Jackson in 1885.
 BARBER PUzzLED.-Three brothers bearing remarkable resemblance to each other, are in the habit of shaving at the same barber shop. Not long ago one of the brothers entered the shop early in the morning, and was duly shaved by a Ger men who had been at work in the shop for day or two. About noon another broth cane in and underwent similar operation at the hands of the same barber. In the evening the third brother made his ap- pearance, when the man dropped his razor in astonishment, and exclaimed: "Nell mine Gott! dat man has the fashtest beard never saw. I slaves him dis mornin.' slaves him at dinner times, and he gomes now back init his beard so long as it never vash!'
 AN ANECDoTE OF BIsMARCK.-A cores pendent of the Courier des Etats Unis tells characteristic story of Count Bismarck. 1t appears that the Count is not fond of ices and confectionery, but that he has healthy German appetite for beer. On the evening of the ball at the Prussian embas- sy he called for his favorite beverage M. de Guilty took him into the garden and showed him keg snugly placed under tent. Bismarck drank, lit cigar and sat down: Whenever thirsty promenaders ap- preached the tent he courteously filled their mugs, not neglecting his own. In thus useful and innocent ocupation he spent the greater part of the evening. THE DOMINION OF CANADA-Last week the new Dominion of Canada was formerly inaugurated at Ottawa. Lord Monck took | the oath of office as Governor General MT l Macdonald was knighted, and Mir Cartier was made Companion of the Bath. It is said that Lord Monck will remain at the head of the government for twelve months only, and will be succeeded by the Duke of Buckingham, with the title of Viceroy The only Lieutenant Governor appointed is Sir N. F. Belleau, who is the executive for the Province of Quebec. The respec- tive commanders of the forces of the other provinces will for time be acting Lieuten- ant Governors
 A FREAK OF THE TELEGRAPH-Abouta a fortnight ago two wires on the New York Central railroad began to act very unreas- sonably. At 10 o'clock in the morning they would ''strike york;" and resume at four in the afternoon. A careful examina- tion of the line produced no result. The superintendent himself looked into the matter, and saw nothing It was com plete puzzle.
 An old Albany operator, however. was more successful. About sixty miles west of that city he found a point where the wires passed over the roof of building, almost touching it. As the sun rose the wires fell. and at 12 o'clock they lay snug ly together on the tin roof As the sun fell they cooled and rose, and by o'clock were in their proper positions. Of course, the trouble was no sooner explained than rec tifed.
 Avery Imaginable incident, says the Ma rysville (Cal.) Appeal, occurred at one of the photograph galleries in this city, on the 10th inst:
 "A country gentleman went in to get his two boys taken. In order to have the boys properly prepared, he asked for Q basin of water to wash their faces. The artist in- formed the customer that he would find wash dish in the other room, and he retir- ed and gave both the boys clean wash.- After the pictures were taken, it was notio- ed that the lads began to grow black in the face, and continued to get blacker and blacker The true state of the case imme- diately occurred to the operator-the boys had washed their faces in. the wrong dish, a basin of chemicals prepared for pictures. There was no remedy then for the accident. The silver wash was turning the faces oi the boys blacker and blacker, and there was no other way than to let the chemicals perfect the work. The gentleman left with his boys, and by the time he reached home his wife had couple of nice mulatto chil dren,"
 'What does the minister say to our new cemetery?" asked MT. Hines. ''He don't like it at all; says he won't be buried there n, 1opo ho Evns co;1 Mr.