Litchfield enquirer., 1875-03-18
CLIPPINGS

A AOOSC pupcE-u uOtUu WurraUG.
 Old time rocks-rocking the cradle
 Ann Eliza Alimony they call her now. How to signal a bark-pull dogs tail. Lament of the sidewalk; Everybody IS down on me-"
 The New York Herald calls nhim the the Bowen of contention.
 The novel for policeman-'.far from the madding crowd"
 Adam was proudly conscious that he never made mistake in his boyhood.
 The sentinel who did not sleep on his watch had left it at the pawnbrokers.
 The sea-faring men of Newfoundland call pastors the shippers of the churches. The MiIlerites now keep the day on which they are going up profound se- cret.
 There is an Amenia man who yells in his sleep: 'Mr. Evarts, your objection is overruled."
 dressmaker's apprentice speaks of her cross-eyed lover as the fellow whose looks are cut bias
 A dollar store is place where you can get twenty-five cent article you do not want.
 A young man has sued his barber for cutting off his moustache. The barber says he didn't see it.
 The lady who advertised lecture on the subject of Moods, :" was disgusted at not having the first person present.
 The family of the late Oakes Ames pro- pose to place memorial window to him Tn the church at Easton, Mass.
 One of the editors of the Tribune is an ardent and immovable believer in Mir. Beecher's perfect innocence.
 Some who expect to go to heaven will enjoy 1t mostly thinking about the poor sinners who have been shut out.
 ''Is there any man in this town named Afternoon?" inquired Mississippi Post. master, as he held up a letter directed What is the difference between A tube and a foolish Dutchman? One is a hollow cylinder, and the other is a silly Hollan- A man may forget his business. his fam. ny. ana all sacred obligations of life, but he always remembers where he got that counterfeit bill.
 It has been discovered, after much h. borious research, that the mummies of Egypt are all that is left of some of the ''Eirst families"
 The best way to play billiards is to sit m high chair and make remarks. be- cause then you are certain to win, howey- CT the balls may circulate. z T.~ 3 F A Colonel Forney appears in the person. e,s of the Italian papers as Capitano Giovanni Fornez, and he is in danger of being mistaken for bandit.
 An English judge has recently defined genfleman as a term which rssiucludes anyoody who has nothing to do and is outside of the workhouse.'
 Why did you pass yesterday without looking at mel" said beautiful woman tO Talleyrand. ''Because, madam, if I had looked I could not have passed"
 They take census in Rhode Island as they take contested vote Tn town meet iog-the people stand up until they can be counted #a @ faE~ ss-t
 The Nashua fellow who lodged five bul- lets m ms body, Intending to commit su- icide, is all right again. He'd better try kerosene next tune. A bride in Indiana, after the conclusion of the marriage ceremony. stepped grace fully forward and requested the clergy man to give out the hymn: ''This is the way I long have sought. Sunday school teacher to pupil-.Now, my hftle man, can you explain to us the can9e of Adams fal1?" Little man, lem. pnaflcaliyl s1es. sir; cause he hadr,t any ashes to throw on the sidewalk. ,