Litchfield enquirer., 1868-11-19
miscellaneous Items.
Colebrook gave one vote for Chase. Josh Ward will train the Yale crew of

A lunatic in London paid many pounds for hairpin which fell from the locks of Nilsson. a,o A rural joufhalist denounces the death of Miss Barber as 'ill-timed.
 In the lunatic asylum in Massachusetts, Grant had IA votes and Seymour 13.
 It is stated that General George H. Tho mas voted this year for the first time in his life.J S-~ Sketchley's spite that Americans didn't go to see his exhibition of himself has talk en the form of bilious book. Are the Pagan and Romish religions related, since the one is Maru-olatry. and the othes Pony-theism?
 Charles Dickens is to receive $40. GOO for his series of one hundred farewell read ings
 Guizot completed the eighty second year of his ageon the fifth of October last.
 A Berlin engineer has invented a military land torpedo. which he pretends will blow up whole battalion.
 The Emperor Francis Joseph has just sent to the Pope, as a mark of flial devo- tednes, a magnificent Roman Missal, on which the best workmens of Vienna had been engaged for several years past.
 A deeper reverse of fortune could hard ly be imagined than that which has befal- len the Foscari family. The King of Italy sent them 920 the other day. to relieve their necessi ties, and Venice paper states that they were recently competitors for the post of housekeeper of one of the palaces given by their ancestors as a school for high class instruction.
 The spinning wheel used by Queen Ma rie Antoinette during her imprisonment at the Temple, and given, after her execution, to one of her ladies in waiting, has just been inherited by granddaughter of the family recently married to Hungarian of high rank. This relic was to be seen last summer at the Universal Exhibition, and excited much interest amongst lovers of historic souvenirs.
 A league against tobacco has just been formed in France Each member engages not only to abstain from smoking, but to use all his influence to discourage the hab- it among his friends and acquaintances. The subscription of three francs per month is to be employed in publishing pamphlets and books wherein the deleterious effects of tobacco will be duly pointed out, expos ed, and demonstrated.
 A PISTOL PnANT-A few evenings ago the librarian of the Long Island Historical Society was startled by the report of pis- tol in the book alcoves. He made search but discovered nothing, and at the time no other person was in the rooms. The next s,day the assistant librarian heard similar Areport, and close investigation revealed the cause. An exhibitor had placed in the rooms case of tropical plants, among which was pistol plant. which is sort of nut At certain stage of its growth the shell of this bursts with violence, and with sharp sound exactly resembling the re- sembling the report of pistol. The shiv- cred shells of these were found in the bot tom of the case.
 A striking contrast to the statistics of ed ucation in Prussia is furnished by Belgium where the schools are still in the hands of the priests. Of l3,774 inhabitants of Rou- lers, 9,849, or 70 per cent, were shown to have grown up without any schooling what ever. In other places, chiefly of the man. ufacturing parts, the proportion varied be- tween 31 and AS per cent. Of the artisans themselves, 100 only out of 1000 could both read and write, 50 could neither read nor write.
 If Renne is as good looking and has as many good qualities as may be presumed from using his Pain Killing Mrgic Oil, we don't wonder at his popularity. His Magic Oil, as pain-kllllng agent, is 8 success. Everybody that tries it says ''It works like a charm" Sold by A. 0. Smith.
 The Plug Uglies and the Blood Tubs, the Dead Rabbits and the Short Boys, the Ear Chawers and Nose Smashers, and all the other classic Democratic societies for intellectual Improvement which flourish in New York, evidently remained at home on Tuesday last and failed to repeat their pleasant October excursion to Philadelphia By aid of the gentle influence and mild persuasions of these learned organizations, the "city of Brotherly Love- gave Dem ocratic majority on the 18th of October of upwards of 1000; at the Presidential ele- tion the accomplished gentlemen aforesaid majority for Grant in the city of 5,S12 From which we infer that the Democratic leaders are in favor of preserving the pu- rity of the ballot box. ."-Ha,yordP Post
 Dr. V, fashionable physician of Paris, whose love of fees is as proverbial as the clinging affection of his patients for Due de K. The Due gave him a napo- leon. Dr. Y prefers two; so going out he dropped the one on the floor. The Due helped to look for it. The doctor picked it up, but continued his search. q thought you'd got it," said the Duo; ''what are you searching for now?" "Oh," replied the doctor. stIm looking for the otherl" = A ghastly scientific discovery is reported , from Turin, where Professor Casturani the celebrated oculist, has found way of kill ling animals by forcing air into their eyes a few seconds, and almost without causing them pain. Experiments were recently made at the Royal Veterinary School, and it is said that they have fully proved the truth of the professors invention. Within the space of few minutes four rabbits, three dogs and a goat were killed in this manner The most remarkable fact is that the operation leaves absolutely no outward trace.
 There are one hundred and six thousand three hundred and ten women who earn wages in Paris. This city cannot show
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