Litchfield enquirer., 1876-03-16
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CLIPPINGS.
 A circular saw-a proyerb that goes the TO md of society. ~ Es As s8 -g@.-s-.z< =. When birds soar they warone, but when throat's sore it doesn't. Beecher calls Bowen dismal swamp, He probably wishes he would "dry up'' The proverb says, ''Laugh and grow fat" When a saving of corn it would be if pigs could laugh.
 An English revivalist slid down the banisters of his pulpit in order to show how people went on back-sliding. It is the wife who has the making of a and now and then she makes his wig warm too.
 "What is the interior of Africa princip. ally used?" for asked teacher of a pupil. "For purposes of exploration" was the reply.
 Marriage" said an unfortunate hus- band,s s''is the church-yard of love-" ..And you men. replied his vife, "are the grave diggers."
 ''It doesn't take me long to make up my mind, I can tell youl" said a conceited flop. "It's always so where the stock of material to make up is small," quietly re- marked young lady. -
 Honorable mention is made of Maine servant girl who is now serving her eighty second winter under the same roof She has washed dishes S9, 79O times, and comes yet gaily to her task. Blessed old girl 2IEf fs5EF Ft'T xE.ff
 profane young person describing the looks of newly arrived NJ. c. from the far West as he appeared at the Washing ton depot, says: He looked as if he had come all the way across the continent ~en the hhsurfieaae hs deck of'a hahleslG w A great many fosegin counts have visit. ed Chicago and the Chicago Journal has met them, and it's opinion Is given in two lines and half, viz: "Masy'a man who would fail as a car conductor could take hold and raakea first class foreign count" 1"
 A cheap on his way to Washington, to get patent for a scandalometer incsu- tiously took his machine over to Brooklyn and now he is look Ing for the pieces. lie says it wasn't calculated. to register be- yond the Ten Commandments. ''Call that kind man ?" said an actor, speaking of an acquaintance; "a man who Is away from his family and never sends them farthing? Call that kindness ? Yes. unremitting kindness" Jerrold re- piled. .--.. ... l 1tis said there a 400, 1000 feathers up- | on the wing a silkworm moth, and that | any one doubting the truth of the state ment can easily satisfy himself by count ing them. l A young minister, somewhat distin- guished for selt conceit, having failed dis astrously before crowded audience, vas l thus addressed by an aged brother: If you had gone into that pulpit, feeling as you now do on coming out of that pulpit, you would have felt on coming out of that pull 1 pit as you did when you went up into that pulpit.
 So great is the excitement over the re cent discoveries at Plke's Peak, and so rich ali the country whereabouts, that a citizen of Colorado s erings, as joke, re duced q stone jug in a mortar, carried the powder to an assayer, and was much sur prised to find the jug yielded at the rate of $l7 82 to the ton. The assayer is evi dently determined not to let the new dis trict suffer for want of favorable reports
 An accepted suitor, one day, walking ir a pretty village with the object of his af I G.. lxs~ I~ q n ing the ardency of his affection, said:
 ''How transported l am to have you hanging on my arm " ..... ....... | 'Upon my word, said the lady, 'syou make us out a very respectable couple when one IS transported and the othel h'neiag E
 | From the Danbury News:
 What a curious piece of machinery is { boys brain. A Danbury lad traded of a volume of history for a pair of rusty spurs.
 A neighboring church has got corne player in the choir. and patented chan delier. and has made other preparation, for an active work of grace.
 Over half million dollars worth of rhu barb will be imported into the United States the present year. Boys will please take to the woods.
 Little do rural boys imagine that whil, they are attending school and striving tt store their minds with useful knowledge
 bold, bad men in New York, are raisin, the price of fire-crackers.
 Il The e,is something SO peculiarly delight ful in locking arms with the woman h
 loves, that a man will cheerfully wad, through mud up to his knees2rather thai to have her let go.,-~~..
 The acquittal of Babcock is an unfortu nate episode A free press had alread,
 scented his blood, and unloosed the dog
 preparatory ts hunting him down. Thel it had to borrow lantern and get tn, dogs back into the kennel again It i such disappointments as this that is un dermining the strength of American jour nalism. 2 q HBa FFT9 S94sF l. A Balmforth avenue man found his wifi ! had company to tea when he went hom } the other evening. He slipped into tn
 bedroom to change his clothes. He tool Tho light, as he knew where the clothe 2. were. In afew moments he appeared witl black pants and coat and white vest. H,
 was doing his level best to fasten the vest Iapd came out into the light to sec waa the dickens was the matter with it. Tn
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