Litchfield enquirer., 1876-01-20
Because it is hard to raise.

I Ah phtsr oFereOatcpvers a mdltitnde ] whyiasioS hBlIlilega ad 1lD.rs, pole? Because it is hard to raise.
 "Centenniadelphia" is the latest name for the 4aafer Gity"Y =
 Thegbest and oldest advertising medi. um-An old maids sewing circle.
 If you have favor to ask of a man, now be sure and shut the door after you when you go into his office. t4 Says the Graphic: "There 'is gloom in the ruins, since Tweed has resigned, as going events cast their shadows behind" afsGo out young man;, s'te's not here !" said PennsylVanla preacher last Sunday, in the midst of his sermon, to a youth whom he saw standing hesitatingly in the | doorway.
 The wonderful man in Detroit who pug zles the doctors by being able to make his heart shift sides can rest assured that he will be beautifully cut up as soon as he dies.
 A correspondent wants to know the I tbest waystD 'becomesa literary man We'll, the quickest way for him Is to make a, short voyage to sea. He will very likely become a contributor to the Atlantic
 Philadelphia appears for the nonce to have thrown off her sombre Quaker ap- parel, and to have ushered in the Centen- nlal with much the air of venerable old lady endeavoring to execrte some difficult steps in the Can- Can.
 The Woman's Journal is pleased with Governor Rice's treatment of the suffrage queston, saying :o''It not only recognizes the practical importance of woman suffrage as political issue. but indicates an unmis- takabie cordiality of feeling on the part of the goyerlog toRatd legislation in this di- rection."
 't "DEKR J J1cK-Our engagement is of. hear that your fathers brother married woman whose uncle belongs to the whiskey ring It's too awful for any. thing. Iretnrn a box of cardamon seeds 1 found on the sofa where you sat last night. Your forlorn, but resolute,
 EDITH ,pa6liS SssSo osis? ?" sslssa k a s1sStd Young ster at the breakfast table the other morn. ing. Why, of course.I am, responded the father pleased that such an important subject should engage the attention of his youthful offspring, What makes you ask such a question, my son?% 70, noth- ing. " rejoined young hopeful, "onfy I thought maybe you wasn't, as you never have had one at home. "a- st0 EFoff
 A Detroit boy surprised his father by asking: sa -ssnthserado ..EtLs .. y, you like .. @qshss.Ex # And she likes you?"
 'sOf course she does --,.+ Ef-
 "Did she ever say SOP" a-, .a
 Many time, my son. ..a
 "Did she marry you because she loved you?" B ! [ Tha a!boy iooEed the old man ovterr, Wand after long pause asked:
 o. Swell. was she as near-sighted then as she is now?'
 A worthy young lover once sought for his 'S A dame of the blue-stocking school. Excuse me, dear Sir, but I've vowed" '~' she replied,
 "That never would marry fool" ''Then think not of wedlock," he answer 4sv ed, yyfair;r ,. @ArIIKg ,r t1 Eeat VOW was Diana's suggestion,,S Since none but fool, it is easy to swear.
 Would venture to ask you the ques. tion."
 From the Danbury News: York iawyer.- A-d ' S ~@~" @ '@'A@ Professor Lielegg is new German ce- lebrity. Without wishing to appear at all oficious we presume Lielegg is German for Weston. .r< IF q
 Even Bismarck's high position is not immunity from the annoyances of life. 2 On Christmas he received pair. of slip pers two. sizes too small for him.1 JO ] F. T.. Barnum has resolved to be a trav- I cling showman no longer. but when it was announced that New Haven had two legged horse, his wife had to hlde his hat.
 It requires fifteen million, -brooms to snpply the United States flor one vaars A stronger handle would save o-t6irds of this consumption, but We never knew a married man. to recommend the change. | aOne night last week, whom the mud had | reached it's climax, seventeen men with seventeen lamps might have been seen at one time, within the space of block, help fiAg segepteen men to find their dvershoes. It was an imposing spectacle to disinter- ested observer.
 The late Mir. Beebe, of Boston, of whom we have recently spoken, left in his will $5, 900 to ex-Mayor Smith, of that city. in recognition of kindness shown by him to Mir. Beebe when the latter was q youno man. Now if there is young man by the name of Beebe, who languishes for kind and encouraging word. let Ehim losss no time in dropping us line, enclosing I stamps.
 He was avery small boy, with tallowy face and lusterless blue eyes. He was making tracks out of the yard with cat like tread, each foot-step as soft as mud. kHe had som@ ing and9r rsA Ais ,iaEket t which he held in place with one hand
 A window of the house was suddenly l.thrown up, and Ia sharp voice shouted!
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 "Whatl' He had turned around. this quIet stealthy child, and gave utterance to the interrogation with a roar that would have sdismayed yheiler explosion. TT l.. sComa back Sterel" "saids the vbice!
 ''What for?" he yelled. T
 'You come back here if you know when I you're we'll of, young man, spoke the fsVOlce.aas s1- ti4 AGGs 1s, sssG Giept
 He retraced his way. not softly like a cat-faf from It, ana when Ke got into the shadow of the house, pulled pair of skates from under his jacket, and threw ! tham aeAihat thAsst6np and tofelthe can from his head, and threw 1t to the ground. and passionately ipmped upon it. What, Id do yOu suppose, ECoald 4haves -aaadeI 4hat quiet Ettle boy act so?