Litchfield enquirer., 1877-09-13
CLIPPINGS.


 Every dog has it's day; but every cat it's
 night.
 When the sky is filled with white
 clouds, nature may be said to be in it's
 shirt sleeves.
 A Massachusetts girl earned five dol
 lars and the gratitude of neighboring far
 mers by killing potato bugs. Then she took the money and bought her lover Q flute. Let us draw veil over the scene.
 A squaw in Central Michigan had pap-
 poose on her arm, exceeding white for Q
 member of it's race, which fact induced gentleman to ask if 1t was not halt breed.
 No" replied she, "half Ingin and half missionary"
 Animals may think, but sometimes they
 do not think very fast A COW got into Q James street garden, Friday, and it took
 her half an hour to make up her mind
 where to go out. A man and dog were flooding her mind with information all the time, too. l
 A stranger arrived in St. Louis, took Q look at the city and shot himself. In his
 pockets were foundthirty-fve cents and Q
 stub of lead pencil, which caused the coroner's jury to return a verdict {: AssOhi. cago editor-couldn't stand prosperity. At duel the parties discharged their pistols without effect, whereupon one of.
 the seconds interfered, and proposed that
 the combatants should shake hands. To
 this the other seconds objected as unneC.
 essary, 'sfor. said he, their hands have
 been shaking this half-hour. ,......tr ..., It is beautiful starry night, and the Seniors are out singing. FIrst Senior (who studies astronomy)-"Look up there and see how beautiful Orion looks" Second Senior (who does, not study astronomy, .bnt who has a streak of Irish blood)-"ls that O 'Ryani'' Thank the Lord, there is one .1rlshman Ill heaven. ,&ssseT4 0eatza t1. It was very careless to leave the parrot in the parlor Sunday evening. but she never thought anything about it until Monday morning, when he reused the whole house by making smoking noiss and crying; Darling Susie! darling Su- sieP' He kept it up all day, too, and the old folks are much interested in the case.
 "Mr. Blank appointed foreign minis. tor, eh?" remarked old Mrs. O., ias she glanced up from the paper she was reading "Why, he's no minister. He's only lawyer; and they do say that he can swear like Q pirate;" and she stopped reading to mediate upon the degeneracy of the pulpit. 5 "Why is this called, Jacobs ladder ?..' asked charming woman, as she and he were going up the steepest part of the Mount Washington railway. '.Becanse, !" he replied, with lock, that emphasized his words, ''there are. angels ascending and descending occasionally" He sqneez- ed her hand. quo o~4 ss,lH9l-3 1fti hiRC , Astalwart man rushed into . doctors office in Newark, Ohio, the other day, with the cry: "For Gods sake, pump me out quick = "What is wrong with you?" inquired the doctor. "Get the pump ready while am telling you. I'm burning up inside. Hurry. I took drink down on Gingerbread Row. They have put aj job up on me. I Iam poisoned" :" The doctor suddenly interp6ked: s'Why, smell something burning mysalf;" and i, opening the patients waistcoat found a hole three inches Tn Giametef burned ia She shirtfFont. While tee stalwart oiais-a a vas taking his drink he had dRonped. Q cigar stump betweea hia vaistcoak and eAirt. "Didn't you smell smokeY' asked the doctor. You're right, I did; but thought it was coming out of my mouth"