Litchfield enquirer., 1878-06-06
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TTHFYT { Er-Th 0T0H | Itis not easytd catry tW0.bricksuadei the same hat.
 Americans try to be English in everything except the English language
 Mrs. Fortune, of Halifax, has given birth to twins-girls. Of course, Miss Fortunes never come singly."
 < The Philadelphia Bulletin editor recognized long-lost shortcake by strawberry mark near one end . !, A Washington paper says C This office is closed for repairs The Hon. David Davis dropped in on us yesterday" ''' ," N'+~
 The thin, pious man, who is continually grooming over the wickcdness of the world, is pEetronbied with dyspepsia than blessed by rengion
 The quarterly report of the Catholic Total, Abstinence Union of Connecticut shows the' present membership to be 9 597, gain of six ty-one members since the last report.
 A French newspaper points out how the passion for gambling is shown in England so that even in wedding notices it is nccessaryto state that there were ''no cartlsn >g
 A Mississippi judge was just saying that no one but a coward would carry pistol, when his own fell from his pocket and was discharg- ed, and the bullet hit lawyer in the leg.> I E Two hundred and fifty raw doctors stepped across the threshold in Philadelphia afew days ago, and are are now calmly, patiently, even cheerfully, waiting for the first green apples to '9pefn9 f sspqssihnessTI.0 a O1 elsa
 At christening, while the minister was giv- ing the certificate, he happened to say, Let me see-this' is the 30th' s'1'he thirtieth '" exclaimed the indignant mother. sfntleed it is only the eleventh n'%3s4h ! 4 a15 2nate'O
 A New " ork, man has been awarded $11,- 300 for injuries received by an express train. There is good deal of the man left, and htle award is really likely to be the making of him
 That May-Bennet duel wasa sad affair. It is now proved that they fought with cannon at ten paces, which accounts for the shower. of fresh meat that fell in Kentucky some time previously. ag aa g:,.. ,.,-lf rl,-,
 x Since the introductionof female postmasters, girl goes up to the window and says, 'sIs there letter for Miss Margaret Robinson ?" s'Hss, y says the female postmaster, ''here is one from John McJones" |, os A philosopher says: ''We learn to climb by keeping our eyes not on the hills behind us, but on the mountains before us" Another way is to take couple of rods the start, and try to beat an enthusiastic bulldog over nine-foot fence. 9 sr& ..r, T -,,,-og,e cr
 A poor woman in Denmark, saved three children from drowning. The king iheard of it and gave her a medal. We.don't know any, | thing about the valuation of children in, Den mark, but it strikes us that the act was at least worth silk overskirt, with knife plating The item stating that the; pfDlnlSi3tpA ff | stSchurzs is-'shirfsp and tliat c0Hssq sqdettH the clerks in the Interior Departf0ehtABe E4ilk dershirts, has called out the following from 8 correspondent If the clerks in the Interior r sDepartme1t ara ;undershiAsf the purity of the Civil Service fe4nifes tlfst tA they should be changed oftener than once in four years"
 "Why don't you trade with me?" sad a close-isted tradesmantq ' ppblisher.the other have nevet asked me ySSif. } 2 haveaeskeda Al through the papers for an invitation, in the shape of an advertisement, but in vain. nev- CT go where I am not invited, sir