Litchfield enquirer., 1880-08-19
CLIPPINGS.
Pressed for tilne-Mummies.

Landlord, this egg is Old" 'Impossible
sir; it was laid by a very young hen only las,
| spring"
Beans are not very largely cultivated in
| Russia, owing to the irreconcilabe aversion
| that exists there to the Poles. =. }
"Now this is what I call business" remark
ed an undertaken, as an unfortunate gentle
man stepped into his store and died.
If you find it impossible to raise grass III
| your yard, just lay it out in beds and plant
garden seed. Grass will come up then.
The Boston Globe says that a promising
young horse in South Boston has been named
| DR.. Tanner, in hopes that 1T will make him
| fast.
The Individual who saw mouse fighting
| with piece of sLmburger cheese readily re.
allied that the battle is not always % the
strong. go ( II It. ~
Harvesting begins in England this week
| If they prefer it, however, our British cous-
ms can 60 fishing, and we can ship over the
requisite amount of cereals. And do it cheer.
fully, ON the usual terms.
A southwestern editor, speaking of a large
and fat contemporary, remarked that if all
| flesh was grass, he must be a load of hay. II
expect | am" said the fat man, ''from the
| way the donkeys are nibblng at me-
The man who loafs his time away around a
one-horse grocery while his wife takes in wash
ing to support him can always tell you Just
what this country needs to enhance its pros
perity.
Misunderstanding to our concert, Mr..
Brown" Mr.. Brown-"Wen- think
not" Amateur-'.Why, / thought you were
fond of musc!' Mr. Brown-s'Well, yes :
you see, that's where it is" = (Anateur would
like to ask him what he means, but thinks it
best not toy
A preacher at a Sunday school excursion
described heaven as an eternity of picnics-
and several young men, members of his con-
gregation, who luggcd baskets weighing
nearly a ton each, and climbed high trees to
put up swings, have left church. ..... 81
Your future, husband seems very exactng :;
he has been STIMULATING for all sorts of things"
said mother to her daughter, who was on the
ma" said the atfectionate girl, who was al
ready dressed for the wedding, ''these are his
last wishes.
Just before visiting the menagerie Johnnie
had passage-at-arms with tire young aunt
who assisted at his toilet, and with whom he
flew into rage. Arrived at the menagerie
Johnnie was immensely interested by strange
foreign animal with long. 1.-THE body. "What
animal is that, mamma? ?" he asked. at is
called an ant-eater my son." After long ST.
lence-'' Mamma, can't we bring Aunt Mary
here some day?"
The telephone is getting to be pretty gener-
ally laid between churches and chapels and
fhn Of thn oil to In hn1r
"Chants, hymns and lessons are distinctly
heard, bat only ii very little of the sermon. !"
ibis will prove a great temptation to some
people to stop at home when we consider,
too, that the collection plate cannot be sent by
telephone<but there, let US impute no mo-
tives
The small boys yearnng after barbaric
freedom is his governing principle. Give him
blue shirt, a pair of trousers without gal
lowses and straw hat for clothing half
peck of raw potatoes dozen red herring and
bunch of matches, for cuisine and an old
tent for habitation, and he shall be happy as
lord Put him in his best clothes, with starch
ed collar, bosom and cuffs, and he will pine
like pucked flower. !. IT, fItkII
He opened the door cautiously, and pokiug
his head in in a suggestive sort of way, as if
rinktum 2" ''The what, my friend ?'' us
this the rinktum -sinktum-s anctum, or some
such place, where the editors livc?" This is
the editorial room, yes, sir. Come in. " mo;
L guess L won't come in. wanted to see
what a rinktum was like, that's ALL Looks like
our garrett only wuss Good day." tiist t'.!I
Brown is rather timid man and is devoted
to the society of ladies. He was sitting in a
certain piazza at Newport last week, gently
bleating as is his wont. when letters arrived !:
Excuse me moment" said the blond daugh-
ter of the house, IT must read this letter from
dear Estelle. She is bored to death. You
know, at Lebanon, or at some awful place of
the kind" Brown is not a clever man, but
he has long neck and sharp eyes, and he OBJ
served that the note paper was headed: Union
Club, Fifth avenue and twenty first street, 4"
and he inprudentiy asked if there was a
Union Club at Lebanon Brown left Newport
that evening sadder if not wiser
A consumptive-looking man, lame and fee
BILE and carrying a pint bottle, full of some
thing, halted pedestrian on Bates street yes
terday and said-'I found this bottle on the
corner back there, and l wish you'd tell me
what's in it," The other took it, removed the
cork and snuff, in full breath. The next
instant he staggered against wall, clawing
the air and choking and gasping andsit was a
full minute before he bIurted our-rWhy, YOU
internal idiot that's hartshorn" "Weil, Pm
perfectly willing to take your word for it
without extra insults" observed the invalid in
an injured voice, and he took his bottle and
walked of like man who had been abused
without the least excuse
A NEW METHOD IN MEDIoINE.-By this
new method every sick person can get a
package of the dry vegetable compound, Kid
ney Wort, and prepare for themselves six