Litchfield enquirer., 1876-09-21
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It consoles the New Orleans Repwbli- can that Charley Ross will soon be big euough to find himself.
 aA prudent man" says witty French man, Is like pin; his head prevents him from going to far.'
 A lad from the Ridge was in town Sat- urday to inquire when the fall term open ed at the cemetery.
 The pensive mule is not usually regard ed as susceptible to pathetic emotions. And yet he occasionally drops a mule teer. -~
 Call the next baby Elaine, after Ten nyson's heroine. Then when she is cross, call her Madelaine. "You want nothing, do you?" said Pat
 Bedad' an, Ii its nothing ye want, yell find it in the jug, where the whiskey was."
 A young poet of the realistic school writes: "Time marches on with the slow, meas ured tread of man working by the day."
 | The Bafalo Express seriously assever- I crates that the papers read before the Sci ! entific Convention in that city have an weight of pound to the square inch. An Jams is. the name of Chinaman in Nevada. He is addicted to the flowing bowl. and some days it is difficult to reg ognize him from his brother Jim Jams. NIt is believed there is no artist in the world who can catch the expression of a womans face as she puts her nose into ! the mllk-lug and finds that thunder has \ soured its contents.
 Medical men say that when a man is full of whiskey he can't freeze, and the ap- pearances indicate that some of our citi- zens are expecting mighty cold snap, says the Fulton { imses.
 Appearances arc deceitful. At camp meeting it is difficult to tell whether the man on the front seat is shouting glory or has just sat down on a tack.
 An intermission of twenty-four hours preceded the second part of the Wagne, musical festival at Bayreuth, in order, the \ brooklyn Argus says, to give time fol the burial of those who died from exhaus- t1on during the first part.
 A young gentleman, who moves in the ! society of San Antonlo, said the other evening to young lady "The foliage is ! much more exuberant this year than usual" Yes, she answered thouehtfnllv. "au them imported fruits is cheaper than they used to was."
 True Politeness.-Polite youth. ..Ex. cuse me, but you've dropped your cigar ash on your trousers" Crusty Old gent "Well, sir, and what then? You've had : fusee burning in your sleeve for the last half hour, and l never interfered with tyou!'
 | On the base bali grounds yesterday says the Burlington Haackege, a red-ho
 ball struck the batter just where hi. mother used to feel for him with her slip per and the umpire shouted 'dead ball. "Dead ball 1" retorted the striker struck
 "H there's live bali on the grounds that's it.
 Suppose Belle" said poor but hon
 est Chicago youth, to Prairie avenue gir
 oneday last week, suppose that young
 man loved you dearly, very dearly--bu
 was afraid to ask you to marry him be
 cause he was very timid or felt too poor
 or something-what would you think o
 such case. ''Think" answered the eir
 immediately. "Why, if he was poor.
 should think he did just right, in keer
 Ing still about it." The question wa
 dropped rightthere.
 An excellent and honored citizen o
 Louisville was going home drunk, for tn
 first and last time in his life, as he pro
 tests, and no doubt truly, when he me
 Prentice reeling from one side of the wall
 to the other. Prentice" said the elate,
 novice. "I'm drunk r Staggered ane, by this amazing announcement, the veter an slowly drew himself up. with the aid o
 neighboring, picket, and surveying hi disguised friend, said severely: ''Well Josh, l have been guilty in my time c
 many scandalous things, and some out rageous ones, and some d-d mean ones but, thank God, never was drunk!