Litchfield enquirer., 1872-04-18
CLIPPINGS.

"Golden Words" fsom the Golden Age: | Habit is ten times nature. - Wellington.
 Thankfulness is the tune of angels.- 1 Spencer. .. -,- .. All men well interigated, answer we'll Plato.
 l No mVn needs money 80 much as he who despises it.-Richter.
 None breaches better than the ant, and she says nothing. ng.-Fr0rklie.
 Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors. Elmer SOn.
 The coldest bodies warm with opposi. tion, the hardest sparkle in collision .7et,a6Gs.
 Men trust rather to their eyes than to their ears :; the effect of precepts is there fore slow and tedious, whilst that of ex- amples IS summary and effectual. l.--Sene- | co. ...e. ,-.. | It isa well known psychological fact that the conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them: and that their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they l breathe.-R1chteT.
 The reason why great men meet with so little pity or attachment in diversity would seem to be this the friends of Q great man were made by his fortunes, his enemies by himself; and revenge is a much more punctual paymaster than grat- | itude.-COltOn. @ - From the Yale Courant:
 Miss White, a strapping young lass, some six feet tall, at one of Western Uni. versailles, is nicknamed ."Alba Longa" by her facetious comrades.
 "An elephant sat in swallows nest, s
 Drinking cup of tea; ... sss. And watching delicate hen, that sang
 From the top of neighboring tree"
 The Williams Review is responsible for the following conundrum "Why is Q new born babe like the relief of Lucknow. Because the long expected succour has arrived. - ssssl- A member of the Literature class. on being questioned as to the second theatre with which Shakespeare was connected. hesitated little before answering, where upon the professor suggested "Black. l" Thus treasured, the Literature man con- Oks 9tniG UaaUersity MagQzine.
 From the Week:
 A forlorn widower in Ithaca, N. r., had the words, ''She's in Heaven" cut on the Tombstone of his deceased wife, and, be- low, the saving clause, ''I hope"
 In the Galaxy Club Room, a good story is told of college president, who, meet ing on the cars student whose character for sobriety was not good, and whose then approached him and solemnly and regret fully said, "Been on a drunk?" s'So have l." was the immediate reply.
 So says the Savannah News: '.S. T. Ringgold: Your 'Sonnit to a Violet is good, but 1t is an invariable rule among newspapers to publish no original poetry unless paid for in advance The idea of making 'heifer' rhyme to 'zephyr'is some. thing unique, and would no doubt make sensation. Our usual price for original poetry is eight dollars line, but, as there are extenuating circumstances in your fa- vor, we will print yours for seven and & half. We have unsurpassed facilities for doing this kind of work" a.t ss+ 9.
 Leonard, of the Cleveland Leader, has invented sheet-iron cat, with cylindrical attachment and steel claws and teeth. It is worked by clockwork. A bellows in- side swells up the tail at will to a bellig- erant size, aud, by tremolo-attachment, causes, at the same time, the patent cat to emit all noises of which the living bird is capable. When you want fun, you wind up your cat and place him on the roof. Every cat within half-a-mile hears him, girds on his armor and saIlies forth. Frequently fifty or one hundred attack him at once. No sooner does the patent l cat feel the weight of an assailant than his teeth and claws work with lightning rapidity Adyersaries within six feet of l him are tom to shreds. Fresh battalions come on to meet similar fate, and in an hour several bushels of hairs toe-nalls. and fiddle strings alone remain.