Litchfield enquirer., 1874-09-17
CLIPPINGS.

How to meet man of doubtful credit Take no note of him.
 Goldsmith Maid is 8 musical animal she can heat her own time. Why is summsr like the letter N?-Be- eause it makes ice nice. ...t ........ Fire is said to be dissipated element, because it goes out almost every night.
 When does the wind deserve reproof? When it whistles through the house.
 A competing hotel out West says, gen. erOusly, of another, that it stands without arrival. 4.f... ....1 v' .fi In cold Northern countries, by wise provision of nature, the mountains are clad in frs.
 A youth and @ maiden of New Albany played croquet to determine whether she should marry him. He won.
 Beecher Hilton Tillinghast, of Utica, has just expired at the age of five months. ThepOOr child was too sweet to live. Mfr. Bergh denies the report that he is about to cause the arrest of several large grocery firms for bottling cats-up
 Said an Irish justice to an obstreper- Ous prisoner, on the day of his trial, ''We want nothing but silence, and but little of that.
 Couldn't they get anybody but a hump backed man to play Richard III. ?'" asked an old lady who had been to see Booth play the part.
 ''Write me while I am away" said Jones to Mrs. Jones, after an affectionate g0Od-by. 'Treacherous manp meditat- cd tho lady. "Not one letter does he get He wants to sell them to one of those Western papers. .'
 The old superstitious notion that croc- odiles weep has been exploded by the sci entists ; but it in pretty generally acknowl. edged that sailors have repeatedly seen whales blubber.
 ''Who asked if yer wanted anything P'' said Lowell peddler to lady who said that she did not, as soon as she opened the door. "Mind yer beesnees, and don't refuse to buy till you are asked.
 A Georgia negro who bet ten dollars that General Washington commanded the Federals at Bull Run, handed the money over with the remark, "Well, dis yer hist'ry business is all mixed mp, anyway.
 A charming wedding scene is described by the Arizona Miner: '.The bride in white, the happy groom, the solemn minis ter, the smiling parents, and from twenty i've to forty shot-guns standing against the wall ready for use."
 A Scotchman thus recently addressed his daughter :: ssFat's this | hear we're gaun ta dee, Jennie ''Weel, she replied. I'm just gaun to marry that farm owei there, and live wi the bit mamie ont. 2
 ''You::dont say sol 1" exclaimed Mrs. Smiggins at Catskill, when told the view from the Mountain House extended ovel ten thousand square miles, you don't say so Why, London is only three thousand miles oH- Point it out, pleasep ta-
 When Southern editor points his cam. era at foe it produces startling picture. Here is . Mississippi portrait: Rolta Williams, the pop.eyed, dat-nosed, thick. tipped, chiekeh-stealing preacher, Radical leader and special pet and associate of the pale-faced New England thieves around Jackson. has come to grief at last. v
 -"Papa, do you think that Beech, 'Hush, Jonnnie." ssBut. papa. doni you think Beech--' Didn't you hea, me tell you to stop your noise, sir? won't have you talking about these things 0o in and get your face washed. n And Johnnie, with tears in his eyes. wants te kI.ow why papa won't tell him whether beechnuts are ripe slao9 o3 kiai aoiiaa'l