Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-09
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 Miscellaneous Items.

' 8 F% s .1egY sac Miscellaneous Items. q Yr999 as siEAIe aaur----s .a1i.sl2 ,yslt ali. iio The piece festivali-A A quilting party. es
 The small pox is decimating Providence. .9 Aromance of the middle ages-An old {, maids loveletter. a 8..Geaaso na | It is hinted that . title awaits Dr. Liv-
 ingstone on his return. .a Hy x
 -. A ,aas sl1s burglary s 9s occurred in Holland
 Hon. E. H. Hyde lately sold COW from ai@hose milk 211S lbs of butter day has been Il made.l .sg9a,I e.ea eA1t aAS.4 ''.h i ,fH The banks and insurance companies of T Hartford have hired special watchmen to J 2 watch their offices. 1aaea sT :. "A It is denied that the partial stoppage of ,. work on the Boston and Erie railroad is a owing to lack of funds. ssfz lz25 .a2 = - .. f1uy turyy 1s5Iorm scholars Who ran 'a away, last week, azs all back .one returned ,w yelqntarialy, the others were caught. .
 Edwin R. Colton, the Springfield express n ma' agent who disappeared two, years since. ' has, returned after trip to China, &c., and .1T IS now n Stafford. ta elodIga ta,ra .a .H The .'oidest inhabitant' of Greenwich has been spinning large quantity of flax
 on one of the old fashioned wheels so off,
 ten seen in our garrets She is 91 years <. old. strong and healthy asssst -.o
 A remorseful greenback turned up at ia a1Wilhmantic, last week, with this inscrip- lo tion: "This is the last of ono hundred ] thousand dollars squandered on wine and 70 women." sAlsa .1i9l3 4'7] '.'
 Ax,T Tusc 1 L
 wrote:-'In this letter I sind ye five ? pounds; but for, fear ye might spend the whole of 1t, Lhope ye'ii remit half of it by -s the next post" s,sEt;.,lg. g.,,o r4sa 3H iala a,Tom," said a little urchin to another,
 does your schoolmaster lever give you any ', rewards of merit?"', 1T suppose he does," i, was the reply; '.he .gives me thrashing
 every day, and says l merit more." @
 Il. In a suit in Chicago in which grocer
 was plaintiff and 8 tobacco-chewer defend f ant, the former showed that the latter had
 chewed 739 plugs in trife more than one {: year. @ i1- 2# '&.sao-l-.- ',. Two years ago an enterprising Yankee :, dollars and began cultivating peanuts. !. x, This year he has sold his crop for $84 1000,
 getting $54,000 profit.
 . A Chicago paper makes the following ta marriage announcement :S" Pride-Still-
 man-Galena, November 18th. No cards. Presents ,$5OO0. Special train. Letters
 from Grant, Sherman, Sheridan" ssf4i ''You say the deceased settled here.
 What do you mean by settled ?" ssWell,
 he was born here-got married here-and
 they buried him here-and if that wasn't
 settling him, then I'm no judge" 1nogA physician walking out with friend of
 his, said to him: s'Let us avoid that pret-
 ty little woman you see jthere on the left.
 She knows me aud casts on me looks of in-
 dignation. I attended her husband" "Ah!
 I see; you had the misfortune to dispatch
 him. ."d f.On the contrary" !" replied the 1 doctor, sI saved him." ''' IT " il.I A few days since two Newark boys of aJ tender yearsl ate aiconsiderable quantity of orris root, which resulted in their being seized with violent sickness. A physician
 was called in, who ct once perceived that they had poisoned themselves. Proper 7 medicines were given, but one of the lads,
 Chambury, has since died, and the other
 is in precarious condition.
 The Rev. Mr. l. = ---- ' famous in his ' day for his eloqdence and tact, was greatly interrupted in the midst of a powerful ser mon by brother who gave frequent ex- prassion to his joy by frequent shouts.
 Leaving the desk, he went to the noisy
 enthusiast and whispered @ few words in his ear which reduced him to perfect quiet. 'What did you say to Brother P---?"
 asked deacon after the sermon 'T asked 2 him for dollar for home missions" re- ,ssugoiats3 Tof ja srglr@IIaq Gsdi.stt rta
 ,acon B., very pious man, was noted @ for his long prayers, especially in his fam
 fly. One Monday morning, the old gen.
 teman and his wife were alone, and, as was his custom, after. breakfast, prayer was offered. There being an unusual
 amount of work that day, the Deacon's
 prayer was short, and seeing his hat and
 milk-pail. he started for the barn. His
 wife, being deaf, did not notice his ab-
 sence, but supposed him to be still enga- ? ged in prayer On his return from milk. ing he was surprised to find her still kneel-
 ing He stepped upz to her and shouted
 Amen" when she immediately arose and