Litchfield enquirer., 1867-07-18
Miscellaneous Items.

d1s Having planted himself in chair at one of the tables he was confronted with, What wlH you have?' The hungry one fastened ms eyes on the attdche le soup and said: What have you got that's good?" Oh we've roast beef, corned beef, roast mutton. boiled cur1ew' What the dickens is cur lew, said the stranger. 'Curlew?-why curlew IS bird something like a snipe.' Does it fly? Yes Did it have wings?' Yes. Then don't want any curlew in mine; anything that had wings. and could fly, and didn't tleave this country, I don't want for dinner.'"
 Alexander H. Stephens is in worse health than ever. He suffers terribly from neu- ralgla, but works at his new book about the civil war whenever he can.
 queer looking customer inserted his head into an auction store, and looking gravely at the knight of the hammer, in- quired: ''Can bid, sir?" Certainly" re- piled the auctioneer, ''you can bid. 3 "Well then, said the wag, walking off, 'I bid you good night
 The Windham County Transcript and the Mlddletown Constitution, two excel lent weekly papers, have been lately en- SCu improved.
 July 7th was the hottest day of the sea- son thus far. The thermometer at noon was from 92 deg. to 96 deg. in the shade according to locality, and as late as ten deg. ''D'''' " The people of New London were so re- !olced because the Pequots won the base paii champlonc hip. that they sat up all nlghtto express their feelings. Wednes- gay night crowds paraded the streets with drums and flies, and large bonfire greet ed the train on its arrival with the cham plons at 5 o'clock in the morning.
 The Hartford carpet company at Thomp- sonv1lle contemplates commencing to run It's works night and day, in anticipation of extending the works. Contracts have been made with Woodward X Brothers for the erection of several new and first class tene- ments
 The Paris newspapers are filled wiih in- cldents connected with the sensation occa- stoned by the representation of Victor Hu- Sos He'mdnt One line, which was sup pressed at the first representation of the play, had been restored. An attendant walks Tn and addressing Don Carlos says
 The Emperor Maximirian is dead referring to some old fellow whose very bones had crumbled into dust ages ago But the words run through the audience like an electric shock. This was on Thurs day, June 20, and perhaps many of those present at that representation will hereaf- ter connect the shudder, caused ty the recitation of the line, with the fact that the body of the unfortunate Austrian prince was then lying, scarcely cold on the soil of Mexico.
 The Waterbury club beat the Empires, of New York, on the 4th of July, by score of 19 to II. On the 9th the Empires beat the Monitors, of Waterbury 30 to 22. The Empires were two behind at the com mencement of the ninth inning.
 The new boat for the Yale university is forty eight feet long, twenty-four inches wide and modelled quite closely on the boat running the race in 1865. It was made by Leighton of New York Dennis Leary, the celebrated New York oarsman. has been engaged to train the freshman crew. Both crews are rowing hard every day and are doing we'll.
 Sixteen years ago MT. Robert F. Penny left England and sought home in this country. He went to work in New Britain and last week was informed that $2.5OO.- OOO was waiting for him in England.
 Clarence Il. Upton, @ student in the scientific department of Yale College dis appeared on Wednesday night last, under circumstances which lead his friends to fear he may have destroyed himself.
 The American Pin company of Waterbu- ry, in order to increase their power, are putting in new high pressure engine of eighty horse power, built at the Washing ton iron Works at Newburgh, New York
 Among the awards of prizes at tho Paris Exhibition the American sewing machines received 8 prompt and generous recogni- tion. The award of the gold medal to the Wheeler x Wilson company of Briggeport. has already been announced. The impor- tance of this award, considering that there were eighty'two competitors for the prize, IS manifest The machine was among the first of its kind in this country, and has al- ways held high place in the public esti- nation on account of the simplicity of its construction and general adaptability to family use. The thousands of persons in the United States to whom its use is famil jar do not need the testimony of the Paris jury to it's superior merits, but the award will carry with it in foreign countries { weight which will ensure it's general adop tion.
 A Agentleman was promenading a fash ionable street with bright boy at his side when the little boy cried out, "Oh, pa, there goes an editor!' "Hush, hush," said tn, other, ''don't make fun of the poor man God only knows what you may come te yet"
 Yale will not play Harvard for the ches championship this year.
 The Illinois legislature is going, by specia train, to St. Louis, to see Black Crook, I the report is unfavorable it is intended t, pass an act prohibiting its exhibition in Il linois.
 The Pittsbusg Post, Democratic paper advises its party, in case Grant is nominat ed by the Republicans, to abandon thei old ideas and vote for nina signifcan fact, foretelling the impending dissolution of the old worn out Democratic organiza tion.
 Two patriotic members of the Hous,