Litchfield enquirer., 1867-11-14
Miscellaneous Items.

cellaneous Items.
 The examining. committee of the board of school visitors have some queer speci- 1 mems of would teachers to examine for certificates ass teachers Of our common schools. As 8 specimen Fsend you few questions and answers of one of these ap- plicants. The examination was in writing Here 1t is:
 1 O.-ssWhere is Vesuvias?" i A.-"A mountain in Italy. 1 Q.-"Where is Paris
 A.-sParis, capital of Spain.
 Q.-s'What is the capital of Ohio?'' | A.-"Cincinnati."
 There were any number of answers quite as satisfactory as the foregoing. would also say that his examination i'll other branches required to be taught was as un- satisfactory as the above. To think of en- trusting our children's education to man who don't know how many counties there are in Connecticut and where Paris sis de- cidedlY fun to say the least, JUSTIN. Two hundred and thirty seven negroes have registered at the Freedmens Bureau in Richmond, Va., as having been dis charged by their employers for voting the radical ticket. A large majority of them are able-bodied men. General Schofeld says support will have to be provided for them either by the city or general govern | ment.
 1 The builders of the Pacific railroad are now in sight of the Rocky Mountains, and will in few days reach the new City of Cheyenne, where real estate speculation is running high, corner lots selling at $500 and upward.
 1 The adjourned meeting of the parties in- terested in the construction of the Conn. Western railroad from Springfield to Fish kill, was held at Winsted, Tuesday, and q favorable report received from the commit tee appointed to procure subscriptions to the survey fund. Salisbury, Canaan, Nor folk, Winchester, Canton, Barkhamsted, New Hartford and Granby, have pledged the amount necessary for the survey of the line through those towns, and two corps of engineers will be immediately set at work, that the survey may be completed before winter Now let Springfield and the east end of the line come forward to their share of the work.
 -Inchliffe bridge on the Naugatuck rail- road, broken by the recent accident, has been repaired, and trains will run regularly hereafter.
 KENr.-The only excitement in this place since the great murder which is supposed ssMoral Reform" which is to be thrust up on us Whether we are willing or not in the shape of no whiskey and less rum. The facts are these: ''Gov. Englishs new dep- uty sheriff got his ire up at one of the ho- tel keepers, because he would not believe he was deputy, and is now. travelling from early morn till late at eve, with what he calls a petition, soliciting signatures for the purpose of cutting off our daily rations of medicine, but at last accounts, he had three signers, (all Republicans.) Now, MT Editor, we should all like very much to have the traffic in liquor stopped, but do not believe the citizens of this village care to lend their aid to any one who seeks nothing but spite and revenge; and fur ther, who ever heard of sixth rate cop perhead circulating petition for the pur- pose of closing gin mill? 70 consisten- cy, thou art jewel. '-Cor. Bridgeport .Stan- dard.
 SALISBURY few days since, a young Tu, Scythe works at Hammertown, stepped up on the water wheel to hang up a coat to t, prevent the sun shining upon his anvil, ready. started the wheel. The young man was thrown down into the space between the wheel and the Hume, space only four and a half inches wide, stopping the wheel. It took some time to get him out and, wonderful to relate, not bone was bro- ken. and he will be at work again in a few days.
 Shepard Packard had bag of flour and Q bag of bran stolen from his wagon, while left standing in front of the Post Of flee on Saturday evening last. No clew to the thief.
 IN. s. Dexter has finished making sor- ghum The quantity is not quite so large. this year, owing to the wet weather about planting time, but the quality is excellent. Wtusted Herald
 A distressing accident occurred upon Golden Hill, Bridgeport, recently. lit: tie son of MT. Henry Bishop, five years old while in the fountain in his fathers yard fell in and was drowned. The family had just returned from ride-the little fellow among the number. Shortly after he was m1SSlng, ana on SeaTcn WaS 1ouuu aS aUoFe The family were about going south te spend the winter at Pensacola at the resi- dence of Mrs Bishops father, MT. Mallory, secretary of the late Confederate navy.
 Europe is threatened with an oyster famine In the year 1864, 700, 900, ,OOO oys ters were devoured in London alone. In 1s67-S, London and all England are prom ised hardly BOG, ,O0O, 900 bivalves. Oysters are now 2d. or 3d. apiece, and not easily te be had on those terms. The Cancale beds which gave the name to famous Paris cafe used to yield about 5O,O0O,000 oysters year as late as 1850. Four years ago the crop had fallen to 100000 anc other beds have fallen off in proportion. The contractor, the Rev. Demmon Sur. ges whose sudden disappearance caused SC much anxiety last summer has been heard from. He writes from Vermillion, Idaho territory, where he is at work. He say: that drug was administered to him a Norwalk, from the effects of which he die not recover until he found himself il Idaho.
 "Detective" Montgomery, the man who shot Hawley B. Nichols, last July, turned up lately as the victim of Poughkeepsis rowdy house, where he was robbed of hi.