Litchfield enquirer., 1877-08-16
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 f The greatest pleasure some people find in religion is the reflection that their neighbors have none. -ss ..g .,@ se.r.. The Nahant '.sea serpent has been captured. 1t is horse mackerel and weighs 1.500 pounds. '''"s When can you be said to swall ow glass goblet. - '' '7>'' s'@ '' 4- ' '' 2. '' '1 '-~ The fellow who on Wednesday morning said 1t was nip and tnck, went and tuck mp. ,'i"s t.e' TIE 7.5fF ss'e'77 E. 1 ,S, ' Some persons are beginning to enter tain 8 suspicion that the civil service re. form is a good deal like the Irishman's flea, ..-z...... ss .< al, It was MT. Emerson, we believe, who made the remark that ''old age is not disgraceful. but is immensely disadvanta- | geous."
 Speaking of dancing. a clergymen hit | the nail on the head with the remark that f'people usually do more harm with their tongues than with their toes." A | A witness on the stand, in reply to a question as to what the character of MT. | - was for truth and veracity, said, rWell. I should say that h c handles truth carelessly," s>.>
 I Rufus Choate once said that when he had been on the Rhine two days, he knew the whole river perfectly; couldn't have know it better if he had been drowned in it., ...e.... -s. :, .....'a l IA dog ran mp Chatham street yesterday l with naene, meme tekel tied to his tail. ]" 1 New York Herald It is painful indeed to see upharsin off such an incomplete af- fair as as @tblsifSf paragraph. Al ' A curious case is before an East Indian court: A iuggler in the performance of l 6n9 pf his trickss gave s gun to a bystand- er and asked him to shoot. The result was a dead iuggler, and now the question Is whether the bystander can be held liable or not. .. | Ina discussion in Board of Alderman. while they were debating proposition to supply a new style of lamp posts, one member got up and innocently remarked that he. for one, always found the old ones ''good enough to hold on to. s1
 All in the days work. -G Gigantic foot man--"Did you ring, ma'am?'' Tender. hearted and impulsive lady: "Yes, Thom- az. You see this poor kitten the children have found2- It.ia motherless! Get some
 milk, Thomas! New like it's mother-and feed it?"--Punch. &1 .Exxt> !, | Major Daniels, one of the candidates for the Democratic nomination for Gov
 ernor of Virginia. in fervid speech de.
 clared that the Confederate currency and
 bonds would be redeemed in the coin oi
 heaven. That sort of coin wouldn't be 1 cur ent in Virginia.
 | Literary young man at party-"Miss Jones. have you seen Crabbe's tales?" Young lady scornfully-"I was not
 aware that crabs had tails" Y. M.. cov- cred with confusion-"I beg your pardon. ma am; should have said, read Crabb's Tales?' Young lady. angriiy y-scornful-s
 "and was not aware that red crabs had
 tails either"
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 The Secretary of the Interior must be
 the busiest official at this season. T The sea-serpent has kept out of sight
 since the riots begun, and the gmilitia
 were called out. He says there is nd
 knowing who'll get shot.
 It is when @ man wakes up late, in the
 night and gets to thinking, that he real,
 izes the magnitude of time and the dreadful insigniicance of himself. A queer genius lives in yermont.-a man ] who has not spoken directly to anothel man in twenty five years. This must be , George Francis Train. F J. E. Morris, of the Opera House Mu
 sic Store, whose name is a household word
 In all this part of the Stats. furnished q
 Bacon & Karr piano for recent concert ( by the Litchfield Sextette Club in that
 place, and the instrument is highly spo ken of by the EssqaaSrey. @.@ ar -@~
 A Danbury man who went to drue : store to have prescription prepared, see ing nobody but clerk present, said--s "Young man are you keeping company
 with girl" X
 .sYes. sir, answered the clerk with . ], blush. [; Do you think the world of her" ] 1T do" said the clerk, firmly, although blushing considerably. He
 "Is she in town?" pursued the custome, . anxiously. .xks .'No, sir; she's away on a visit" s'Thst will do" said the man, decisive ly. You can't fool around any prescrip- ton for me-" And he went away.