Litchfield enquirer., 1867-11-21
THE TWISTED HERALD.

The editor of the Winsted Herald thus wittily discourses regarding the recep- tion by the press of the report of his hay ing left the Herald:-
 It is pleasant thing for man to be re- ported dead-lost at sea-blown up on a Mississippi steamboat, or something of that sort,- and then come round and read his own epitaph. Although We still brandish the editorial quill of the Herald, and are likely to for some time, yet q story has found it's way into the papers that we have got through,-and we have been much amused at the obituary notices elicited by our supposed editorial decease Here is one we have seen in the Couront, Palladium and some other papers:
 "Mr. T. F. Vaill, editor of the of the Winsted Herald, has resigned his position. The Herald has done very we'll under his management in preserving the character it acquired under Mir. Clarke as spicy and readable county journal"
 Now that shows discernment. We have the highest respect for the editor who com posed 1t, and for every one who copied it. We read it with sensations like those ex- p erienced by the experienced bv tn arch bishop when Gil Bias stroked him the right way of the fur. Here is another from the Windham Go. Transcript:
 "Lieut. Vaill, editor of the Winsted Her. aid, has resigned his position. He had a difficult place to follow the spicy and orig inal Tom Clarke, but he has succeeded we'll and should not leave the brotherhood"
 We have always said, and always svM say that those fellows of in the eastern part of the state are the dearest headed men we ever knew. We don't believe that the com bined power of the army and navy could force us to surrender our exalted opinion of Brother Stone. But here comes another from the Bridgeport Farmer and Hartford Post.
 "Mr. T. F. Vaill, editor of the Winsted Herald, has resigned his position.'
 That is commendably concise. Whether any more ought to have been said, depends on circumstances: It was probably abridg- ed from the Courants notice because the scissorer could not concur in the compli- mentary part of it-while on the other hand, he refrained from saying any thing that wasn't pretty, in accordance with the dear old friend, the Waterbury American, "AoAA ~ oAAOoS0 VO oSptkA COAA WOltn
 CT. F. Vaill, who has made weekly apol- ogies for the last year in the Winsted Her, aId, has resigned his position. The Herald has been nothing to speak of since Tom Clarke left it to go into the hoe business
 Old Esop tells of lion who had kicked the bucket and lay dead in his den. Pro- found sensation among the acquaintances, and a lively discussion of the character of the deceased by the apes and parrots. A neighboring donkey (who had alwayssbeen respectful enough during the lions life time, heard the report. cautiously approach ed the silent domicil, peeked fn-saw the old customer flat on his back. with his paws in the air-approached-listened-nosed him until perfectly assured that all was safe-and then turned tail and bestowed such shower of kicks on the defunct re- mains as was fierce to behold" We make no pretensions to being lion either alive or dead; but if anybody says that the oth- CT party to the fable lives down the rail road we shall not deny it.