Litchfield enquirer., 1868-01-23
Miscellaneous Items.

forced his suit with much earnestness. "Och, yer honor," said he tssure I'd be starved long since, but for my cat"
 s.But for what?" asked the astonished interrogator.
 ''My cat, "reioined the Irishman.
 'Your cat? how SOP"
 Shure, yer honor, I sould her eleven times for sixpence a time, and she was always home before I could get there my self"
 The La Crosse Democrat says-"It may not be generally known, but it is fact, nevertheless, that in 1874, the same pen that wrote the Chicago platform on which Clellan's letter accepting tho nomination and kicking the platform to pieces, in or der to catch the war and anti-war Demo- crats."
 In railroad station in England is pla- card announcing "No smoking," posted over an oil lamp. Two Irishmen appear, ono smoking.
 ''Mike," says the other, 'sye're trangres- sin the rules of the establishment.
 ''How is that?" asked the smoker.
 '.Don't you see there?-no smoking"
 "Yis, but can't ye see, ye spalpeen, the remark IS addressed to the lamp-post.
 A negro passing under scafolding where some repairs were going on, brick fell from above on his head and was bro- ken by the fall. Sambo very coolly raised his head and exclaimed:
 "Hallo you white man up dar, if you don't want your bricks broke, just keep 'em off my head"
 "A terrihla traoadv ,vas a,oo+oa o,, tho 18th inst, in Philadelphia. While Mrs. Lucy Graham was in waiting upon her mother in-law, who was lying at the point Of death Rodman Graham, her husband, entered the room, and without any provo cation discharged pistol at her, the con- tents of which entered her brain. Mrs. Graham cannot live. The murderer, who delivered himself into custody at once. claimed that he had done the deep to re- yenge himself for an attempt once made by his wife to poison him.
 Three members of the Irish aristocracy nave lately left the communion of the Church of England for that of Rome. They are Lord Louth, Lord Granard and the Countess of Portarlington.
 MT. Curtis, Bridgeport artist has re- cently.completed two paintings of Elias Howe, Jr., which are attracting much at- tention.
 The amount of taxable property in Corn wall, as returned by the assessors, is $745.- 4O5. 90. The total list of Salisbury ir $l,- 969,373.
 A SPECIMEN OPPONENT OF UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE.-It is singular and suggestive fact that the most strenuous opponents of impartial suffrage are to be found among the classes who would not be allowed to vote If even moderate amount of educa- tion and intelligence were required as a test. A Leavenworth Kansasl paper has Q correspondent of this sort, who, doubt less, thinks the colored citizens of that state far too ignorant to be entrusted with ballots. He writes as follows:
 'KIKAPoo, nov. the 24, 1867.
 "Dere Eur: Will you plese Inform mo weather niggur suphrage Was carrid at The late lection. If sech ignrant peepul IS to voat want to leav this God fursaken State, and Go back to Suthern illinois,
 yours trooly."
 John 0. Calhoun's library is to be sold at auction in South Carolina.
 A duel was fought on the 18th inst. near Patterson, New Jersey, between merch- ant of tbis city and Wall street bank clerk, in which the latter shot the former in the head, ,inficting serious scalp wounds The trouble originated at ball lately held at Irving Hall.
 A gentleman having large six-shooter in his hand was asked;
 ''Pray sir, is that horse pistol?"
 ''No sir, it's only colts.
 Awag passingby house which had been almost consumed by fire, inquired whose 1t was
 Being told that it was hatter's. said. "Ah! then the loss will be felti''
 The Governor of Minnesota in his an- nual Message, comments Gen. Terry for his efficient measures for protecting the iron ter and the route westward of the Upper Missouri.
 The Bridgeport Standard says: "As 8 l specimen of the blunders that occasional ly occur in the best regulated newspaper establishments, we subjoin couple of state items as they appeared after getting some what mixed in the hurry of composition: One of the hydraulic rams made by W. l 5. Douglas, of Middletown, and placed on tue iand or Samuel Ilbbals of Durham, l hos recently 6een renaosed, and e Diron- John son-Ba6cock Democrat, nanaed Cooper, pat iu 1 bis place. Oscar Leach, the efficient and popular Republican postmaster at Durham, has been in almost constant operation or ooer t,rer- y gears, and is aaoao ds good ds euer.
 We see nothing wrong in item No. i. ] What IS there queer about replacing an hy- draulic ram with suction pump?
 The latest foreign duelling sensation oc- cured between Prussian nobleman and an Austrian colonel The quarrel origina- ted in railway train, about an open win dow, which the Prussian demanded to be l closed. Arriving at a station, seconds were. procured, and with all the passengers for spectators, the affair was arranged. Both fired at the same time, and the Austrian fell, wounded in the knee. The Prussian was untouched, and moved of, saying, " Gentlemen, excuse me, but I'm in hur- " to get home, and I must not miss the train" Not yet, not yet, if you please" said the Austrian colonel, lifting himself from the ground, pale and ghastly, stand ingon one leg. C one more round, if you