Litchfield enquirer., 1878-11-21
rCLIPPINGS.

fr Ehe nah who has persistently sclosed the door all summer, now leaves it wide open.
 Dancing has been introduced into the army, Probably you have heard of it's squad drills.
 When the Sultan loses his temper the ladies ef the hoasehold speak of him as a harem- scare 'em fellow ~ ( Wade Hampton faced cannon courageous and cool; He charged on the fort and fought many duie, But he's lived to be hove of and kicked by amule.
 Now that Talmadge's salary has been raised, just I G SSe $ds 5ffs'ITf' f''4 'A4Bf0YYSI f " A'u'n OS rAEpody\ asked av Bslsimore boy. frhsY had found the Sationrs s"Didn't knows he Twas lost, was the boys reply. :. tape gpermits the Indian to starve and then Kills him if he thrashes around and makes q fuss about it. e
 Mrs. Burlington says that the only way to prevent steamboa&explosions is to make en-: gineers pile the yaterfod shore. 4AAbOlh fenoG teadins a iekspaper headline "War against the Afghans," said he was glad of it, he never did like them circus blank cts" f -.vMrs. Tamadge having claimed that hen has four gates the Buffalo Express 4hopeS Szthey open outward, so as to give easy egress in case of fire.
 Said lady to the famous actor Garrick ''I wish you were taller" 1" ttMadame," replied the wit now happy | should be to stand higher in your estimation"
 Adam must have been happy when he got ,somebody to ,fnd fault with when thiAgsdi1n Jgo'rght. And poor Eve she had to fay 1t all to the devil
 .r1It seems to occnr to Mr., Bergh that he is perhaps carrying the war into too remote an Africa when he has luggage man arrested for cruelty to hai: trunks.
 @Father, to sleepy boy-"Come, James, you ought to be up with the lark on such beauti- full morning" Matter-of-fact boy-"That's all right but hew'm1 going to, get np there ?"
 "How shaifI earn a living ?' is the title of an article in contemporary. Perhaps it never occurred to the writer to go to work That is. the best way we know to earn living. ; "sandy, what is the state of religion in your town?" Bad, sir; very bad! There are no Christians except Davie and myself, and I have my doubts about Davie."
 A patent-medicine man posted handbills in every available spot in the village the other
 
 enough medical information in them to run an eclectic college.
 J. A lady had invited gentleman to dinner on particular day, and he had accepted, with the reservation, "If Pm spared" ''Weel, weel, " said .the lady, eff ye're dead I'll not expect ye."
 She was a noodle and he was a noodle, and when their marriage was announced Sim mons, who knew and appreciated them both, exclaimed with tears standing in his eyes,
 Two souls without a single thought? When man is hanging by his toes from the cornice of high building and expects momen- and so thoroughly satisfies him as the sndden discovery that he is safely at home in bed
 Here is an extract from genuine love letter which the London Christian Signal vouches for: Dearest love, I have swallowed the pos tage- stamp which was on your letter because knew that your lips had touched it." After this the deluge.
 A Tallahassee minister who had held nu- merous night meetings in order to arouse religious enthusiasm, and the work progress ing slowly, bewailed the return of his Iabors in only converting half a,dozen souls, thus .t1 tell you my hearers it don't pay for the gas."
 A gentleman in New Orleans was agreeably surprised to find plnmp turkey served up for his dinner, and inquired of his servant how it was obtained. "Why, sir" replied Sambe ''dat turkey has been roasting on our fence tree nights. So dis morning 1'seized him for de rent of de fence."
 A squirrel saw man late in the fall with out an overcoat. Said he to Mrs. Squirrel: 'Geing to be mild winter this year, Nancy men go without overcoats" Moral-It is as easy for the squirrel to tell what the weather will be by what the man wears, as for the man by what the squirrel wears
 Farmers in the vicinity of the lakes where ducks do congregate are having their cattle measured for sheet-iron blankets, to ward off the shot. of hunters, Some are driving their cattle to the woods until the season Is over, while others, who have tough old steers, let them graze around the lakes,r and, pick ,stl& shot out of the hide and sell them again.
 Every day we have evidence that the small boy has no soul. The other day. crowd gathered around farmer whose wagon load of butter and eggs was fast in a mud hole, and while some suggested that he pull his horse gee, and others that he pull him haw. the ever present small boy yelled: 'It's no use, mister. Yer old hoss ain't stout enough. Take him out an hitch in roll of yer but ter"
 Rudolph Graves had not been married long not lsng enough to have become an expert nurse. In fact this was the first pledge of love that had blessed the Graves union, that Ru- dolph, with total failure to regard of recog- mise the responsibilities incurred, promised to keep for an hour, during his wife's absence shopping. Whensshe returned she feuhd Ru- dolph playing the garden hose over baby. He had tried everything else, he said, to keep it quiet, and this seemed to .sootheit.s @5 s~sA E X. had summoned cab and was we'll on his way when the horrible suspicion that he had left his pocketbock at home on the piano became terrible truth. oHf, coachee." he on pm op-Pve dropped a fifty franc piece in the straw here. Wait till ], run oyer to the shop opposite and get candle" So saying he sprang out-Of the vehicles and was neither sur Fprised nor displeased to see the ceachman whip up his horse and disappear round the corner at a ?: 2:1s44 gait N, IS,
 The Catechism ought to be handled with 1 great care. A little girl asked, "What is the sesSa OA A1essAlA AuC RCOC CHILL, who had learned her lesson by rote, got lit. tie mixed and gave the answer to another question as follows: 'It is state of torment into which souls enter to prepare for another and better world" The priest who had ob- served but. not experienced, simply replied. with sigh ''for aught know you may be perfectly right" and went on with the exami! nation.
 g0 Dramatic criticism in the near future: 'eThe part of Cordelia, perhaps the most affecting of all the mighty masters creations, was sustain edbg princess robe of swhitei poult 6e sole. trimmed with large punches ecru, turned up, and cut bias: diamond ornaments. The un- yielding, never-wavering purpose of a fiendish Goneril found and admirable exponent in a heavy robe of black orgafdie with fan trail. knife plating and pompadcur corsage and the respective costumes sustaining them, more detailed description of which is, owing to the crowed state of our columns deferred to a more fitting opportunity"