Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-22
CLIPPINGS.

stanley's motto just now: Nik dssperae- dunn. 8
 General Miles has the advantage of Mrs. Potiphar. He captured Joseph.
 We made the Hessian fly a hundred years ago, and the insect of that name has been pla- guing the farmers ever since.
 c. A. Dana's income as editor and stockhol- der of the Sun is said to be oyer $50, 600, but he earns every cent of it.
 He murmured 1T am aaaan of quiet tastes" then went behind the door, took flask from his pocket and tasted something sz59s:F
 The old ten eommandlnents were 30 person. al that modern reformers have been obliged to set up new rules on different alley.
 ( The handsomest man on the floor of the House varies according to the number of the female correspondents in Washington.
 Times are so hard that some of the most gifted orators on the platform announce that they will lecture this winter for chickens, ap- ples and cordwood
 A Texas exchange says: ;'tW. P. Toodle, a Houstonian, has been fined $1O0 for shooting one William Burton in his trestle-work." In what part of mans anatomy is !" his trestle- work P
 A young lady, while on her way to be mar ried, was run over and killed. A confirmed old maid savagely remarked: ''She has avoided a more lingering and horrible destiny"
 Stanley has discovered fifteen million hither- to unknown heathens, and every married man will have to renew the old struggle to keep his best plug hat out of the box which the ladies' faliuui0passv saoaiotv is n1akinU Irr1 It is said that Jeff Davis has about finished his memoirs, and is now trying to determine in what dress.to bring them out. The black skiEk and shawl that he wore toward the end of his memoirs would be neat thing to adopt. E
 A man out on West Hill kissed his wife by mistake the other day, and for time the sad affair threatened rupture of domestic amity. But that was because in his apology, he ex- plained that he thought it was te hired girl.
 Mrs. Belle Lynch, who, on her husbands death, assumed charge of the paper at Ukiah, Cal, of which he had been editor, cannot com plain that she is not treated with perfect equal ity and just as if she was man. Already she has been thrashed by two indignant readers and the people have solemnly resolved to drive her out of the country.
 There. was a slight shock of earthquake about two o'clock yesterday morning, but as we didn't get up quite as early as usual we missed it. An earthquake don't attract much attention in a town where there has been as much fever and ague as we have had in Bridgeport lately, but in some sections of the State it was generally noticed.-St0ndGrd.
 One passage in Gen. Buffers speech at the meeting of the Massachusetts delegation at Washington, Saturday night, excited a great deal of lnerriment He began his remarks by saying that he was pleased to meet with his colleagues from Massachusetts, and that he could not remember that he had ever been call ed to a conference with them before, unless it was to consider the preliminaries of some fu- neral.
 A Warner lady stopped the milkman as he was passing the house the other day and in- quired the price of milk by the quart, putting up her ear trumpet to catch the reply. The milkman drew quart of milk and emptied it into the trumpet, and the result has been that he has to go mile out of his way to keep out of sight of the lady, who sits on the front porch with a shot gun watching for him to pass.
 When an aged and dusty looking patriot ina fringed duster and low shoes came up to the polls this morning and deposited his ballot for Tflden, Hendrick and Reform, saying with a o0N1 cWCCt cLIIAC fW Sl lobAtuuC GAio1 AAO hOpCu they would stand a little better show this time, as the Republican papers hadn't lied quite so much about that income tax business this cam paign, it brought tears to the eyes of the hard ened cr0wd.-StGnddrd.
 Of course President and Mrs. Hayes laughed when they read this little paragraph from the Boston Commercial Bulletin: "I declare, I ] am glad to get home, said Mrs Hayes as the President put his latch-key into the front door of the White House. Now, Rutherford, you just slip down to the butchers and get good thick slice of steak, stop at the bakers and get loaf of fresh bread, and drop into the confec- tioneras and buy cream pie, while I put on the kettle and start fire in the range and we will sit down to good square lunch. I am tired to death of Georgia bacon and Massachu- sets pork and beans.'" s