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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-27
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aA K WANT A GOOD AGENT IN every town snd village in the Statesto sell a standard article needed in every family, and som ethins thst will sell: Our agents are making it on all orders over $5 This is no Gift swindle. To the right parties we will offer good induce ments. Suitable employment for either ladies or gentlemen. We pay express charges when the or der exceeds $5.9Sample and terms sent for 50 cents. Call on or address ..a7rlr ,,4p5f.slsg -s-
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Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-27

Coal by the Cargo or Car Load, at the lowest N. Y. Prices. .t Particular attention given to orders by mail or otherwise for coal for family use.
 J. E. DUNHAM, 6-tf 94 Water Street Bridgeport. Ct.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-27

PORTIONS of Haddam and Durham are infested with wild cats, lynxes, &c., and issOffered for their destruction.
 s'leAsoENTnsHAri in Norwich has a commis- sion to raise company in the Cuban ser
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-05-27
Wess@lls &Gates.
.s.l ' sss ...i THE 8 ,i. A Litchfeld Drug Store ]!

|. AR 3ts4tE a84t@ ass sssl$z ssfN 4 Fsss4-As8
 and invite our friends to call and see a store, we'll kept, filled with choice and handsome things. Ne can show more and better, of the following articles than any es tablishment in this county. s- 9.s
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

A TRUE PICTURE.-We clip the following
from newspaper published in a town
where they are, no doubt, boys whose con-
duct has suggested the writer's remarks
The picture will answer for any meridian.
There is no greater danger to the young
man or boy than loose or bad company
Nobody is bad ut once. Wickedness and
crime, although they are not properly
trades, are nevertheless occupations, and
are learned by degrees. The first degree is
id!eness and bad company. These two
lead many boy and man to perdition,
whose starting out was only for fun but
whose end was dreadful reality. The boy
who turks and lounges about with gang,
annoying families, or who indulges the
wicked habit of insulting persons who pass
by his lounging place, or in assaulting peo-
pie who give no ofense, or who thinks ii
the proper sort Of thing to take drink,
when he is out for ''spree" at night, OF
on Sunday is in constant Of danger just the
kind of rows and broils that end in blood
shed and murder. At one end of his career
is this habitual lounging, loafng, disorder,
dissipation or ruffainism at the other, il
he keeps on in the same path, is the prison
or the gallows.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31
WYOMING
KISS HIM FOR HIS MOTHER.

1t was very pretty and very pious con-
ceit of that dear old Lady who kissed the
dead youth for his mother. SO forcibly
has it appealed to popular admiration since,
that no inoonsiderable number of live
young men have bad the same atfectionate
caress bestowed ON them, out OF respect
| for the same venerable relative. A striking
! example of this was afforded a few evenings
since by young lady who enjoys the un-
divided affections of handsome down
town clerk. 1t so happened that some
weeks ago his mother died. His heart
was consoled in this great bereavement by
the affectionate sympathy ofhis employers
fascinating daughter. 1t is not strange
that this sympathy at last stripened into love.
The parents noted and approved their
daughters choice, but wisely kept their
own counsel. The interesting relations
however, were destined to come to light in
way least expected. One evening the
young couple were enjoying a pleasant
TETE-A-TErE in a secluded nook of n parlor.
The old gentleman, happened, by the
merest accident, to step in and take seat
unobserved by the young people. Sudden
ly his attention was arrested by one Of
those prolonged luxurious kisses which on
ly lovers ever exchange.
"What noise is that 90 the parent loudly
exclaimed -..-.- -2
Silence like death r-
Il say Julia, what noise is that ~ --
''S-i-s-sir l.? r."f
What are you doing there ?" p. ..- d..
"N-o-t-h-i-n-g, sir !" 1-....ra e- s
"Only--only William, sir his mothers
dead you know-and---and / thought it
wouldn't be wrong to kiss him for her,
you know, sir u n. r-- ..... 9--
s.'Humph +" and the old gentleman took
his leave, doubtless thinking how fortunate
the deceased lady was to be SO afectionately
remembered O. Picay,me pr b. --t-
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

PUNcTUALIrY.-It may seem of little mo-
ment to be punctual but to use the words
of an eminent theologian, 'our life is made
up of little things" Our attention to them
is the index of our character of the scales
by which it is weighed. Pupetuaity he
quires no undue exerti9n, and its influence
is q most salatary one,e Its cultivation
S; ,ns the more important swe. witness
the deleterious influence of dilatoriness IN
habit, the evil effect of which none deny.
Better late than never" transformed into
''better never late" is an excellent maxim.
Whether we move in the higher walks Of
life, or thread athe quiet paths sof humble
pursuits, puntuaity amply repnys us for
what little effort we make in itscultivatiOn.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

es5f@ The Chilon Wis., Times, in copy
ing, an item from the Appleton Crescent,
stating that Holland woman, of Little
Chute, hal been delivered of three boune-
ing babes alta birth, weighing ON the ag-
gregate twenty-five pounds says .''This
is nothing to what was done over this wav
during ng the war, when the infantry were
Scarce. A Mrs. Patrick Connolly, residing
three miles from this village, had six living
children within eleven months-four at ono
birth and two at the other. Her husband
had been sent home by Colonel Wood, of
the 18th Regiment, to recruit up, and he
did ii nobly. >" '-
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

DARK Hours. We are all of us called mp
on to pass through trials and disappoint
ments We all of us know the meaning Of
sorrow. We have all of us experienced
disappointments and regrets !; we have
seen those we deemed friends, constant and
rue, turn from us, and with mockine
words on their lips, throw our friendship
back in our faces We have seen the sun.
light of prosperity din,nied by the clouds
of misfortune. But we have also known
joys and experienced pleasures. We know
there are true hearts in this beautiful world
of ours. We know that, though the clouds
overcast the sky to-day, the sun will shine
tomorrow.
'Man is born hero and it is only in
darkness and storms that heroisra gains its
greatest and best developments, and the
storms bear it on rapidly to it's, desdna-
ton"
Do not let us despair then, but let us
cherish hope, and with cheerful perseyer-
ance push on towards the goal of success.
we cannot hope to win any prize, no mat
ter how small, without surmounting OBJ
stacles, and overcoming difficulties. ,Ia
s Dark hours must come to all; but they
cannot always last-the Light will come
again-the sun will break through the
clouds, and Joy will take the place of sor-
row, if we will only cherish hope, five do
not give up in despair, nor cease to strug-
gleon. ...--. -..., .-..- .-, ..- In.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

SPECIE PAYMENT. A gentleman stepped
into one of the Port Jarvis lager beer sa-
looms the other day and got two glasses OF
the beverage for himself and friend and
threw down ten cent silver coin. Tie
Teuton never having seen one before as he
has been in this country only two years,
thought he was imposed upon, and it was
sometime before he could be convinced that
it was at one time the currency of our land
and its value was real "NTein Got in Him
mel dis ish der sbeshie payment yats i
reads 50 many dings about, and never sec
no times pefore - - - '--.-',-g
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

PRETTY GIRLs:-An eastern paper writes
thus plainly about pretty girls: cit may be
set down as a general rule that the pretty
girls are those who dress the plainest; pretty
girls do not require the extra adornments
of dress. Whenever, then, we see one of
theguadily arrayed creatures of fashion,
our mind is at once made up that she is
not naturally beautiful Every rule has
its exceptions, and there are doubtless ex-
ceptions, of this one; but in its general
application it will be pretty correct.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31
COAL.
ASHTON, & BBL. SALT
PATENT MEDICINES. DRUGS, and DYES
FLAvORING EXTRACTS, &c., &c,

These goods have been selected
with great care to suit the wants of
this community, and will be sold as
heretofore, at the lowest living rates
for cash or exchanged for country
produce at market prices. Thankful
for the past liberal patronage, | shall
endeavor by strict attention to my
business, to merit a continuance OF
the same, and will try to make the
future still more attractive and ben
efcial to customers.
C. DERRICK.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

csF~ rude fellow, at Richmond, Ind,
who was brought before the Mayor for some
nocturnal spree, was fined S45O for nine
oaths uttered in deiiance of legal warming,
that each one would cost him fifty cents -
He handed out a fye-dollar bill, and as the
Mayor was about handing him back the
change, broke ont, ''No-no-keep it I'll
swear it ont > and he tool, out the balance
in as round imprecltions as ever saluted
mortal ears. ... -7-'-ls-- i+
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31
THE POPULAR CREED.

Dimes and dollars! dollars and dimes!
An empty pockets the worst of crimes;
If a mans down give him a thrust
Trample the beggar into the dust
PresumptOus poyerty's quite appalling
Knock him over kick him for falling.
II a mans up, oh lift him higher,
Your SOULS for sale, and he's the buyer.
Dimes and dollars dollars and dimes
An empty pockets the worst of crimes
know poor but worthy youth,
Whose hopes are built on a maiden's truth;
But maiden will break her vow with ease,
For wooer cometh whose charms are these
A hollow heart and an empty head,
And face well tinged with brandy's red,
A soul well trained in villainy's school,
And caRh, sweet cash-he knoweth the rule;
Dimes and dollars dollars and dimes
An empty pockets the worst of crimes
l know a bold but honest man,
Who strove to live on the Christian plan;
But poor he is and poor will be,
A scorned and hated thing is he;
AT home he meeteth a starving wife,
Abroad he leadeth toper's life
They struggle against fearful odds,
Who viii not bow to the peoples gods.
Dimes and dollars dollars and dimes
An empty pockets the worst of crimes.
So get your wealth, no matter how!
No questions asked Of the rich I trow;
Steal by night and steal by day,
doing all in a legal way;)
Join the Church and ne'er forsake her,
Learn to cant and insult your Maker;
BE hypoerite liar, knave and fool,
But don't be poor-remember the rule
Dimes and dollars dollars and dl mes
An empty pockets the worst of crimes.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

AQUEER ExPEDIENT. An Ilishman lost
his hat in a well, and was let down in
bucket to recover It; the well being deep,
and extremely dark withal, his courage fail
cd him before he reached the water. In
vain did he call to those above to pull him
up they Lent . deaf ear to all he said, till
at last, quite in despair, he beloved out /:
''Be ST. Patrick, if you don't draw me up,
sure I'll cut the rope"
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

Ia I'd thank you fer another piece of
that mince pie, said Dubbins to his land
lady. Owing to the peculiar arrange
ment of the programme no piece can be
repeated at this entertainment" calmly re-
piled the landlady.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

p. Bss~ An exchange, in an article upon the
proprety of round dances, gives the fol-
lowing, which is worth thought:
f1'Afew years since man wen known in
society,--not young, and who did not
dance- vas sitting at party, near young
lady, and watching the mazes of Ger
man" He turned to her, knowing her
well, and said: ..- -
Il wish you would let me put my arm
around your waist
OF course she looked at him in amaze
ment :, .s ---r o..
'Oh, said he, you know can't dance,
but Idonjt see the difference. All these
young men have their arms about the girls
waists, and why should not 1 have the
same privilege though I sit still ?"
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

ESsF- The indianapolis Mirror says =
The other day, at the general immersion
of sundry and divers converts of the col
ored persuasion, an antiquated Dinah, as
she arose from the solemn ordeal and near
ed the banks of the raging canawl," ex-
claimed ''Oh, good Lor', if Ia known it
was rs good as it is, I'll gone aud done it
long ago. ..-.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

Izg~A lady of dignifed demeanor, having
lost her way, said to urchin in the street,
boy, want to go to Dover street. y
''WeI, marin" replied the boy, coolly
walking on, why in thunder don't you go
there, then ?" FL.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

.1sE~ Is there any person You would
particularly wish me to marry?" said
wife to her dying spouse, who had been
somewhat of tyrant in his day. MARRY
the devil, if You like" was the gruff reply.
"Oh, no, my dear, you know it is not law
full to marry two brothers, a.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

Hag@ See here, mister" said an Irish
lad of seven summers, who was driven up
a tree by dog. ''ff you don't take that
dog away III eat up al your apples"
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

nA- "Aw exclaimed by English cock.
ney to western traveller in England
''speaking-aw of the law of prinogenature,'
ave you hentail in America 9'li fsHen-
tail, " said the American, looking at his in :
terrogator with curiosity; mo, sir, we
have the cocktail in America, and a very
popular drink it is" aE--. II -af. f-s
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31
HnetrU.
From the Scranton City Journal
AFTER ALL.

| BY STELLA OF LACKAwANA.
What is it worth, after all
Life, with its rapture its ache, its hurry
Life, with its conquest, its welfare, its worry
Slipping so soon past recall?
Over and over again,
Going and coming, and coming and going
Knowing so much i'll enough worth the knowing
Ending in folly and pain.
See from the far-stretching shore.
Hither and thither, forever and ever,
Hope-builded boats down a measuroless river,
Drift to the great nevermOre.
Fair as picture It seems
Shore of youth where the tide sweeps grandly
Shore where the breeze tells Its story blandly-
Shore of magnificent dreams!
Down 'mong those surge whitened sands,
Silvery shells with pearltinted lining
Only halfhidden their exquisi shining,
Wait the light touch of our hands.
Little it matters at last
We may not linger-still moving-still moving,
Onward and onward, or hating, or loving,
Leaving the shells with the past
Battling, with resolute oar,
Billows that mock and that rock, and DER ride US,
While helpless voyagers perish beside US
Perish in sight of the shore.
BE our cup nectar or gall
Be the way cloudless or gloom-arched and grooplng
Dark with despair, or triumphant with hoping,
What is our life, after all?
Make it the most that you can
Sift from the dust every possible treasure
Weigh it with full, aye, munifcent measure,
Dross, only dress, fellow man.
Is there no island, o, Fate,
Sheltered among the sweet silences yonder
Shut from unrest and low passions asunder,
Where souls, world-weary, may wait.
Till from the calm-tempered skies,
Something akin to repOse, slow descending,
Fall like the mist where the waves are blending
And the wild fever strife dies?
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

pzs@ An Ohio girl astonished the hand
some young men OF Cleveland dry goods
stoIe, the other day, by asking for 'three
yards Of Grecian Bend"
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

by" Anew hand in Boston shop made
terrible rough work in shaving n customer
When the haggling ended the victim ask
eds5 t-4 a-s5 aaa G-
"Did you ever shave anybody before p
eyes, sir"
,"Alt! did the man live ?"
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

OUR Ir,-Young men. don't stand in
front of the church door on Sunday, gap
ing at ladies as they come out. 1t don't
look well. We know that some ladies are
curiosities to look at, the way they dress,
but it shows impudence and ignorance to
gap at them like lot of baboons. Quit
il.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

n9 f'Do you see anything ridiculous in
this wig?" said brother judge to Cur
ran. Nothing but the head, " he replied.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

RSy~ It was not Mrs Partington who
thought ED" must be great newspaper
boy, because his name was attached to so
many paragraphs in the papers.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

aHS$ This is capital ale !" said an old
topper, ''see how long it keeps its bead y
''Ah, y said bystander, 'but consider how
it takes away yours !" -0e..s-
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31
Wise & qtbsrGise.

pz5~ \ fiourishing business. Ornamen-
tai Penmanship ~.-- 4. ...-.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

rA- A hint to ladies' How to prevent
gray hairs-keep your head shaved War
ranted not to fail.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

RE5@ Motto for fashionable young lady
'tNeyer too late to mend."
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31

BeD~ 4. good way to find woman ont
Call when she isn't at home.
Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1869-03-31
}}ayoming 4mnrrat.

democratic weekly
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f.leI every Wodnes-
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3Y HARVEY SEEKER
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20
Highest Insurance Authority

In this country says. In the June number of the
opinion was expressed:
Ifthere is any great benefit in mutu.
al association, any great advantage to be
derived from scientific organization and
a chartered source, tending to mitigate
the sulferings, lessen the privations, and
add to the peace, security, and happiness
of humanity, we are prepared to show
that these blessings flow in all their full.
ness and purity from this excellent, pow.
erful, and fourlshing company, the Etna
Life of Hartford"
I" No institution has brought more
prompt, full, and grateful relief to the
hearts of the bereaved and desolate, and
none has been more uniformly distin.
guished for the enterprise, wisdom and
equitable liberaIity with which it has
fulfilled the purposes of Its formation.'' -
"Its success has been almost unbound.
ded and beyond all precedent. Eight
years ago, in 1861, it issued only $50 pol.
icies, received an income ofseventy.eight
thousand dollars, and possessed net as.
sets summing up to something over two
hundred and eighty.One thousand dol.
lars but last year, 1868, it granted 49,
337 new policies, more than any other
company, except the Mutual Life; re-
celved an income exceeding six millions
dollars, and had amassed solid. securely
and profitab bly, invested net assets amount
ing to over Ten Million Three Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Dollars. And this
wonderful ratio of growth has been sus-
tanned in 1902
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20
A WOOdcOck WOOing.

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ihe iose man een .,,a"a dsons ,oa ~ ane
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OF a''factLns MAJ Mii 1 iePIii ~ ea..y
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pailee ,Se, - .arnI h,oa.;n au ~ so" a .eS r.n'
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companieo Dy VIM ~hlms,cai s,ru!tins, as IL
sne performer g giea.,y S aoml.ea DIS own per per,
h;saW TO- snSdns, mus r;sd. 'GuS ~ au;e
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tpa u b;Io o" s,rai % m.nmer anu "suei n.;, hs a
.ne "nile ~ a sPiial hlanher' uhtii he at
The weekly standard., 1869-10-20
Ladies' Beware.

The German papers relates curious in:
stance OF the effect of the chemical change
sometimes wrought in the cosmetics, SO free
ly and extensively used in the toilet of our
fashionable ladies of the present day. An
American lady, young and handsome, re-
std1ng IN 15nucn B.tiez, r.i-i-.rx = A.,
bathe in the waters of the celebrated hot
springs of that city, not being initiated in
the science of chemistry and of course ig-
norant of the effect the sulphuric fluid
would have on her painted beauty washed
herself all over in the heated water, imme-
diately after, although no particular change
was manifest in other parts of her body, her
face which was before prepossessing, now
presented rather repulsive appearance.
She was changed directly from fair and
beautiful Caucasian to dark and ungain-
ly Ethiopian. The sulphurous gas develop
ed by the spring, wrought chemical change
in the Poudre de Riz and altered its color
to complete black. She was greatly
alarmed at such sudden transformation Of
her beauty, but learning its cause. resolved
never again to resort, to such loathsome
and foolish practice, During her stay in
Baden Baden, she was recognized bv the an.
propuate title of La Divine de Rouge et
Noire. V-5Irea ~