Litchfield enquirer., 1878-10-31
CLIPPINGS.

A SOn-nebTyOur nelgnDOr preCGy OauShGer.
 A profane upstart The man who sits down on bent pin.
 Lawyers are never more earnest than when they work with wil-that is, if the estate is valuable. ev -a e.. ss4v4r ee E~,s
 Puck says that the women who believe they are entitled to all the sidewalk must dodge a little for paint pot
 American hams that don't find market are sent to Europe and bring high price as West failure hams.
 Johnny was whiped at school for a piece of mischief done by another boy. Verdict, a misplaced switch. - ,S84kl LL15@ JUG There is many man strong enough to hold q bull by the horns, yet not strong enough to hold his own tongue. 4J1Ao
 A notary public is nc doubt a well-meaning fellow, but he protests too much to make him popular in mixed society.
 What an effect climate has on natural de- velopment In California they make alchohol out of beets. Here we make beats out of alec hol.
 sUneasy lies the head that wears a crown,"
 The poet says in numbers sad but wise;
 If that be so. how readily 'is shown ts ..-t
 That Butler wears no crown-so easily he lies.
 An editor with nine unmarried daughters was recently made justly indignant by the misconstruction his contemporaries put upon his able leader on ''The demand for more men. " Instead cfhaving the fats stamped~ssT ssT'his is a dollar, "s''This is fitre" would be much bet ter. Then if they didn't pass as money, they could still be used as litres-cigar litres, you know.
 Editors are generally poorly off for cloth ing. When you hear of them having two suits you can calculate that one is the suit he wears every day and Sundays too, and the other is libel suit.,
 Little Freddie was talking to his grandma, who was something of sceptic Grandma, "No." 'sTo the Baptist !" 'sNo." ''To any churchs" 'tNo,' 'Well. grandma, don't you think it's about time to get in some- where ?"
 The editor of a backwoods paper is reported to have discovered New Testament on his desk the other day. He at once wrote an elaborate review of it, and was very much dis appointed when the foreman brought his copy 
 It was in Chicago. The lady was leaning on the arm of an elegant and wealthy young man, and leading her little daughter by the hand, when suddenly the child cried: ''oh, ma ma look there! See that gentleman that's passing. Don't you know him ?" "-no, my child" "Why, mamma, he was pa last year.
 U;,;+or, f-o,,, +bo oo,,o+rx, o+ +l,o 3oo. of o Southside residence to a German next door: : ''Jane not at home, did you say?" 'Nein, Chane's nod at home." "Where is she ?" ''Shes gone the cemetery down." s'When will she come back ?'' "Oh, she won't come back any more; she's gone to stay; she's det. |" A Norwich tenant has been importuned so frequently for his rent, that in climax of ex- asperation, the other day, he turned op the landlord with the cogent and conclusive retort ''Now you needn't put on so many airs, old man. Why, I owe enough in this town to buy up all your old houses"
 gentleman, being threatened with an infectious fever said to his little son. who in an affectionate mood wished to embrace him, ''You mustn't hug me; you'll catch the fever. |" Willie, standing back, looked in amazement upon'his papa, who, by the way, is pattern of propriety, and quickly asked, "Why, papa, who did you hug ?"
 The leading clergyman of Albany is devot- ed equestrian. A new horse had been sent him from the stable and the gamin who brought it was shouting ''Whoa, Emma ?" The rever- end gentleman. in all innocence, asked if that was the animals name, and was told yes. Riding through the park, the bystanders were cenvulsed to hear the good dominic repeating in excited tones: "Whoa Emma! who En- ma 70