Litchfield enquirer., 1879-11-20
CLIPPINGS.


 took place in Washington on Saturday.
 CLIPPINGS.
 Proverb in Paris-Worth makes the woman. Cats have no fixed political belief. They're usually on the fence.
 The Haytien government makes revolu- tion as easy as coffee-roaster. |. Speaking of nautical terms, was Noah's wife his first mate?
 A Vermont editor claims to have seen a rainbow at night, and the temperance people despair of him.
 ''No news is good news, "says an old prov erb, which accounts for the fact that some publications are rated as good newspapers.
 ''I am broken man," said poet. ''So I should think" was the answer, ''for have seen your pieces"
 A scientific journal predicts that ''the fuel of the future" will be water gas. The Bible, however, teaches that the fuel of the future will be birthstone and sulphur.
 ''Isn't that your friend, Mime. S., who is dancing there? ?" ''Yes.' '"That's a fright fully ill-made dress she has on." .'Yes; but if it wasn't it wouldn't fit her."
 ''The only jokes women like to read are those which reflect ridicule upon men," 'Yes," says a contemporary, lon taking up paper woman invariably turns to the marriage col umn."
 A Musician of the Future. Prigsby-"I- a-confess do not care for Mozart. He's-a too tuney for me! !" Miss Smart (innocent ly)-"Dear mel And is that-a-the result of defective ear, in your case or is it mere- ly for want of proper training?" Utter col lapse of Prigsby.
 He took her fancy when he came;
 He took her hand, he took kiss
 He took no notice of the shame
 That glowed her happy cheek at this. He took to coming afternoons;
 He took an oath he'd ne'er deceive;
 He took her fathers silver spoons,
 And after that he took his leave.
 A Eureka, Nev., coroner, after summoning jury and over the corpse swearing the same, remarked: "Gentlemen, if you have any doubts as to the man being dead just walk down to the doctors office and examine his heart, which has just been removed" The jury with one accord came to the conclusion without further evidence that the man was de- funct.
 OUR ANNEXED SISTERS. "Where are you going my pretty maid ?" ''Im going to the annex, sir, she said. "What to do there, my pretty maid?" 'I'm going to be cultured, sir" she sad. q hot 'Chinese and Quarternions, sir" she said. ''Then whom will you marry, my pretty maid ?" ''Cultured girls don't marry, sir," she said.
 An elderly gentleman whose genial face is frequently seen at his club, but seldom at church, was gravely taken to task the other day for not attending more regularly ito the pulpit minstrations of his clergyman. ''You ought really to be one of the pillars of the church" was the gentle persuasion used upon this gentleman, whois short and stout. ''Thank you, '" was the quiet response. ''You sec am not much in the pillar way; am buttress of the church-always outside"
 They were looking at the hippopotamus at the Aquarium. Said she, Augustus, dear, did: river-horse." "Well, isn't he made up wrong, or deformed, or something of that sort ?" 70, no; that's the only model of blood stock they have in Africa he isn't very pretty, is he ?" "Weil no, not very; but do you know he reminds me of you sometimes, Augustus, dear ?" How' aearie2 When he shuts his eyes and drifts into those delicious phases of "a view?" No, you old blessing, it's when he yawns."
 A Danbury boy was discovered to be s'play- 1 ing hockey" yesterday by an uncle. He was working volocipede in the suburbs. It was | supposed by the uncle that the boy had taken advantage of his fathers being out of town for the day. But the young man denied the impeachment, and claimed that he stayed from school because of a sore heel-not sore enough to prevent working velocipede, but too sore for study.
 MY Coop WOMAN, Why are you so out of sorts never able to tell folks that you are well Ten to one it's all caused in the first place by habitual constipation, which has no doubt fin- 1 ally caused deranged Kidneysand Liver. The | The sure cure for Constipation is the celebra- ted Kidney Wort. It is also specific remedy | for all Kidney and Liver diseases. Thousands are cured by it every month. Try it at once.
 | According to the latest advices from China, the imperial troops have not yet succeeded in subdulng the daring insurgent Lii Yung Choi, who still holds his ground in the province of Kwangsi, while at the same time he maintains his claim to the throne of Annam, thus defy ing both China and the vassal kingdom of the south. Nevertheless, the Imperalists have succeeded in capturing Lii Young Choi's fami- l iy, which they regard as an important success, and which, judging from Chinese custom, is certainly a various serious matter for the fami- ly. The former Governor of Kwangsi has been deposed on account of his failure to sub due the insurrection, and veteran soldier has been sent to take his place.
 A letter of an old Flemish traveller, Cocks,