Litchfield enquirer., 1867-12-26
Miscellaneous Items 1.

pression of extreme fright, and stammered out:-"Haven got paid yet; but if you'll stop me tomorrow night, you'll find it"
 Not liking the playof the .sLady of Lyons" as performed at Salt Lake, an aged Mormon rose, and went out with his twen- ty-four wives, angrily stating that he .''wouldnt sit and see play where a man made such @ cussed fuss over one woman"
 Dickens, it is stated realized $2O, 900 from his four readings in Boston. l
 An Iowa editor says he doesn't know how good poet Fitz Greene Halleck may have been, but he was rery good gen. es'm. AP PaEudium.
 sThe Tables Turned" in which little girl and her mamma are in the drawing room, nurse just entering. Nurse-'Djd you sing, ma'am?"' Naughty Little Girl-'No, I rang. Take mamma away please. She's| very cross and disagreeable. Aquatic Sports-A race between two milk carts.
 A lady walking out with her little girl and boy, purchased the latter rubber ba.- loon, which escaped him and flew up into the air. The girl seeing tears in his eyes, said: "Never mind Neddy; when you die, and do to heaven you'll dit it. | Why do you always buy seeond-class ticket?" asked gentleman of miser. SBecause there's no third-class ticket" was the unexpected but satisfactory re- sponse.
 At county fair in New Jersey, little boy who was wildly running about and bawling loudly, was inquired of why he wept. The following reply touched all hearts:-I want my mamma; that's what's the matter, told the darned thing she'd lose me.
 What is the difference between a watch maker and 8 jailer? The one sells watches and the other watches cells.
 The village of North Stonington came near being destroyed, last week, by fire in the house of c. E. Hewitt A gale was blowing at the time, and but for the early discovery of the fire, a serious confagra- ton would have occurred
 ". c. Faxon, captain of company M., First Connecticut Artillery. having been applied to by the widow of Frederick Rich ardson of Danbury, a member of his com pany, for papers necessary to establish her claim for pension, sent them with check for $50, the latter, he writes, |" as 8 slight acknowledgement of my appreciation of your husbands services and fidelity as a soldier" .--.-..
 A Connecticut paper-the Norwich BuL 5rsn-describes curious dramatic enter tainment recently given in the Second Bap- tist Church of Noank. The story of Jo-4 seph and his unfraternal brothers was rep resented in very good style. The church choir acted as " orchestra. A trahsparen- of the play in brilliant letters. The Sun day School children were in ecstacies of dehght. The fact that the performance sos--Eva Ou 6undoy evening show the cour- age of the Noank Baptists.-N r. Euen- ing Pest.
 Parties in Bridgeport are engaged in ssaf SseSR JaRt nSy nn8yeltX a,uig in the shape of rubber. hardened by the addition of tin and iron in the composition, and is cast in mould. It is the invention of Dr. Camp bell of Newton, N. J.
 In New London boy named Charles Lewis was struck in the eye with snow ball containing stone, thrown by another iad. and 1t IS feared he may loose the sight of his eye.
 Montreal special says two children were eaten by wolves in the woods in Saint Melchie. on Thursday. The mother had narrow escape.
 Volunteering for the papal army is quite animated in Canada.
 ''The Whirligig of Time" The Brevet Major General R. O. Buchanan, lately or dered to the command of the military sub- district of Louisiana, years ago was in command of two-company garrison post for which Lieut.. U. S. Grant was anarter- master. Grant was little negligent of duty, and resigned, one day, lest he should be courtmartialed by Capt. Buchanan, who was famous old martinet. During the war Buchanan was most of the time at Fort Delaware, ranking as lieutenant colonel; Grant was in several places, and ranking higher and higher at every change.
 When Andrew Johnson was governor of Tennessee one of his friends said to him. 'Mr. Johnson have you any idea who will be the next President?" ssNo have not. <" answered Mir. Johnson; 'sthis thing you C4A bAs EreSluency mas got to 'SlOShlng round' so indiscriminately of late that there is no telling where it will strike-so much so, indeed that damned if feel safe myself" It certainly 'sloshed around most fsarfully when it struck him.
 AN ERA OF PoLITENEss. Foul language has been banished from the Austrian camp. By an imperial edict all officers are required to address common soldiers as "you" and not as thou;" the latter formula indica. nng excessive intimacy or contempt. Su- Penors addressing inferior officers, sub-of- ncers and soldiers, are also in future to add to their names the title of their rank Swearing at interiors is strictly forbidden. It IS pity swearing at the men could not be forbidden in our own army.
 C.H. Hopkins, Jr, 1Iad Robert Hon. 6ns, the former the son and the latter inc nephew of Col c. Fl. Hopkins, assessor of Internal Revenue, were arrested in Savan- nah on Saturday for an assault with intent to murder John E. Hayes, Editor of the Savannah Repubsican. They were released on bail. bat were re-arrested and lodged in jail, to await the result of Mr. Hayes in-