Litchfield enquirer., 1877-11-15
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Eve inaugurated the fall fashion.

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 Autumn leaves-Just before the first of December.
 There are 1,S45.2 .268 single-all mar riageable-women in the United States.
 Leading idea of the free thinker-What- ever is must be put a stop to at once. A Pennsylvania town has femi-nine, that is, a female base-ball> club. F. Asaginaw schoolma'am speaks Spot ted Tail as 'Frekled Finale; the aborig- inal chieftain."
 '1 need thee every hour" IS the senti. ment of the average country editor to his faithful scissors.
 It is astonishing how soon man ac- knowledges his mistake when he puts the lighted end of cigar in his mouth.
 The Russians captured seven Pashas in Mondays fight, four of whom were Chica. go Bank Presidents.
 A sign on a Rochester street reads "Joseph Amborn. We do not wish to deny the assertion, but we object to the grammar of it.
 A woman may not be able to sharpen a pencil or hold an umbrella, but she can pack more articles into trunk than a man can in a one horse wagon. A young woman has begun the study of architecture in the Syracuse university. She is the first of her sex to enter upon this study as profession, in this country at least.
 When Clsopatza's hair began to, turn. gray, she used to stand before the look: ing glass, with bottle in one hand and hair-brush in the other, and sing: 1T an dyeing, Egypt. dyeing.'
 If you pntstw0 persons in the same bed- room, one of whom has the toothache and the other is in love. you will find that the person. who has the toothache will go to sleep first.
 At midnight, on lonely road: ''You don't recognize me? Why,I you defended me and got me of at the last assizes. Thanks to you I have been enabled to re- sume my avocation. Your money or your life!' ag '.
 ltis feared that unless Prang's chromo factory is re-established before the holi- days the religious papers will deluge the fair land with a lot of poor machine made oil paintings. Heaven forbid. Give us back the chromos.
 An Autumn ManeuvreAShortsighted Captaln-"Who the doose are those? Are they our division, or are they the enemy? I'll soon see! 'Tentionl Fire volleyi At three hundred yards! Ready p'sent."
 There's light dawning in the east" remarks the war editor of a cotemporary, and for the sake of preserving the dignity of the newspaper business, we advise that young man to get home earlier. Distance has only relative value When g man sits down on a carpet tack a quarter of an inch long. it is hard for him to realize that the point of it did't come out at the back of his neck
 A good repartee is told of young man who was reminded that his aunt had paid his debts, and that he should be more submissive to the wishes of his relative. s'Yes. yes, my aunt paid my creditors, but what has she done for me?"
 How many people have an idea that there are some things which are the di- rect gifts of God, while others are the re- suit of their own watchfulness and toil! They resemble the little girl who prayed and said, 70 God! we thank Thee. spec- ially for those rabbits-all but the cage we had that before"
 Aspiring artist to French picture dealer, exhibiting what he considers one of his little masterpleces-"What do you offer me for that, my dear friend?" Dealer (res- olutely)-'I will give you three francs" 'sThree francs! gave you double that for the canvass |" ''Ah. but pardon. Then it had nothing on it 7"
 Governor Rice employs a gentle sarcasm in speaking of the journals of his native land. He was asked, while reading his newspaper the other morning: Do you always read the papers before you go down town in the morning? And he an swered. "Why. of course do: How else should know what kind of man am thls mOrning?"
 A mIlkman was lately seeking the aid of the police to trace the whereabouts of family who had left the neighborhood owing him eighteen dollars Well, suppose there was nine. dollars worth of water in that milk account" remarked the policeman "THat's whore it gals me- that's where it hurts, replied the dealer. s.'They were new customers, and 1 hadn't commenced to water the milk pet. a. When Sumner was young man he went to Washington, where. he met good many politicians ard saw a good deal of politics. While. there he wrote to his again. I have little or no desire ever to in N~kh that have seen of politics has made me look upon them with any feeling other than loathing. The more I see of them themore love law, which feel will give me an honorable livelihood.
 Trowsers are indeed a more venerable article of apparel than is generally sup posed. The mists of antiquity cluster around the earliest mention of these bifur- cated garments; and it is no wonder that Dr. Mary Walker. wants to don the ward robe of glorious ancient days. 1296 years before the Christian era, we are told in Judges, that "Asher continued on the sad sea shore and abode in his breaches"
 In Connecticut district school a few. days since little boy, six years old, was seen to whisper, but denied doing SO when reproved by the teacher. He was told to remain after school, when the teacher. trying to impress upon his youthful mind the sinfulness of not speaking the. truth, asked him if they dld not tell him in the Sunday school where bad boys went who told falsehoods. Choking with sobs he sand: "Yes.- marm,. it is "a place where there is fire. but'T don't just remember the name of the town
 The late Mrs. Jane W-was equally remarkable for kindness of heart and ab- sense of mind. One day she was accosted by @ beggar. whose stout and healthy ap- pearance startled her into a momentary doubt of the usefulness of charity in this instance. Why" exclaimed the good old lady, ''you look we'll able to work. |" ."Yes, returned the supplicant, ''but have been deaf and dumb these seven. years.'i "Poor man, whata heavy affiic- tion!" exclaimed Mrs. W--- at the same time giving him relief with liberal hand. On returning home she mentioned the fact, remarking, "What a dreadful thing