Litchfield enquirer., 1876-04-06
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TAs man who had . project on foot wSzA t0 . corn doctor
 ACs1sovd N. e man tried long Ez@a to open the first postal card he ever Eec&SvSd
 nh4a essa toand that in nearly every civilized coansEy the tree Chat bears the @0@k fEuit for market is the axle-tree Mexiro is a lazy country, but the sight ef drove of Texas cattle will fill a Mex snMn wlkh the enterprise of a fruit-tree Ps1aIex.
 Do they ever bark ?' asked old Mrs. DoEkna. gazing at pair of stuffed sea dags In the museum. "No, num-" said kizaKhaz, '-nOt nov. their bark is on the seA-
 What is conscience 2" asked a school master of his class ''An inward moni toE. replied a bright little fellow. ''And what's AOnitor?". ''One of the iron elads
 At httls gathering. the other evening. somebody asked . man if he was fond of opera He said he was, passionateIy. He alw4ys likedthat part where the lady rides around and jumps through the hoops.
 We had supposed that the other noble Roman of modern times was slightly giv en to exaggerati0n. it is true: but We were little prepared for the official state mens that there is a surplus of 10. GOO. 900 tires iE the Eternal City.
 We don't believe Pendleton's chances for the Presidency are ruined, but it would be better, perhaps. that he should wait until after dark to gun.
 4 doctor attending punster who was very Ill. apOlogized for being late one day by saying that he had to stop to see a man who had fallen down a well. Did he kick the bucket, dOctOr?" groansd the s'when, he said violently, .'when are you going Co pay me that little bill I've dunned you till I'm tired and mad. Now, l want positive answer-when will you pay it?' By love ?" was the reply, "you must take me for prophet. How can tell?"
 It would be we'll for people who get up school catalogues and the like to make a note of . remark in the Pail Mall Gazette. Speaking Ofa society" article in an American paper. in which all the women s names end in ie, it says that 1t clocks to an Engsish reader like a list of the bal. let-girls engaged at a theatre devoted to opera bOuffe.
 That is rather a good suggestion of the Bulletins about Butler "Why not make him Grand Vi1ier to the Goddess of Lib. erty. keeper of the American eagle and custodian of the national liberties, while we lean back in luxurious confidence and let him urge the nation on with increased rapidity toward its manifest and glorious destiny?"
 That was not an illogical reply of a boy m Burlington. Vermont, who when asked by his teacher what accustomed. the salt ness of the ocean. after reflection advan ced with some confidence the opinion tha 'it must be owing to the cod-fsh.". s
 The present situation of the Republican party seems to be accurately summed ur in this terse sentence by The Cleveland Herald: ''The party is now either to b, reformed from within or smashed iron without"
 Tue Cincinnati soft-money organ ha, been too mad thus far to say much abou the abandonment of the rag baby by tn, Pennsylvania Democrats. It merely re marks in . bitter way that they wer, ''either terrible liars last year, or they ar, terrible liars now" The observation an pears to have a grain of truth in it.
 At MORRIS Matthew Lewis has pu, chased the farm known as the Waeone place. Considerable sickness prevails a present, although most of the patients ar, improving. .-Mrs. J. M. Benton received the prize for spelling last week.-Amer ic0n.
 At the BETHLEHEM conference of Con gregational churches held on Wednesday March 15. the morning subject for discus sion: "How may we improve the ordinar, means of Grace" was opened in an abl, manner by Rev Allen Mclean, pastor O the Litchfeld church. The afternoon subject "What now hinders the church ii converting people2" was opened bv Re, J. L. R. Wyckoff, of the North church Woodbury, ina thoughtful address. Tn, attendance was good, and the services very impressive.