Litchfield enquirer., 1880-03-04
CLIPPINGS.

The Vennor boom has been hauled off for repairs.
 Glad tidings to Ireland-'H Hark the Her. aid angels sing!"
 Millions for foreign heather, but not cent for home sinners.
 Beware of brokers pools. Their margins are always treacherous.
 The person who retires with the sun must have.a warm ed-fellow. F' E
 It is easy to breakfast in bed if you will be satisfied with few rolls and turnover.
 Mrs. Burlington says Ike has bought horse so spurious that it always goes off on a de- canter.
 Eggs have dropped" remarks an exchange We'll, isn't that less trouble than toshave the old hen hand them down ,a>sE "a <z, A Ess@
 Bob Ingersoll's lectures: "Hell," "Burns. " Paine. Nothing could be more consecu- lively logical aud orthodox. .~-
 The Sultan is said to have over three hun dred cooks. Goodness gracious What kind of broth must he be compelled to eat?
 child being asked what were the three great feasts of the Jews, promptly and not un. naturally replied: Breakfast, dinner and supper" e.
 A Syracuse boy put his sistsr's switch into cannon for Wadding on the Fourth. He said that was the proper way to bang her hair. r Good tailors generally do profitable busi. ness, while others never succeed. In this an- other instance of the survival of the fittst ?''
 The Maryland legislature has passed q bill prohibiting public swearing If such, law ever lights in Connecticut two-thirds of ofiusepoft WILL oie poor. ..f~ .. g. s.,.-.r,iu.
 In the report of 'swelr wedding it was written, "Her dainty feet were incased in shoes that might have been taken for fairy boots but, the. compositor made it sread.s shoes that might have been taken for ferry boats. 1"
 New York inventor claims to have dis. covered process for making all fabrics wat. erproof; but what is more needed is an invefh tion to make milk cans waterproof AOr the COW. We believe that it has never been def, nitely settled whether the water leaks through the COW or the can. .slG -
 Tradesman (to country customer who has come to complain of the quality of his lucifer rnatches); "Not light? Why, | have onl9 to draw them smartly across my cord brooches. and they blaze instantly Customer :, HYes but what's that to me? can't come matter O four mile for your old brooches every time we want light"
 The following anecdote is told by an Amer ican preacher: He was praying, and in his prayer he said; II pray that the power of Satan may be curtailed 'eJust 7thenx ans old darkey in the congregation cried out,s ssYes3 amen! Bless me Cut him tail right smack smoove off"
 A son of the Emerald Isle, meeting acoun. tryman whose face was not perfectly remem. <. bered after saluting him most cordially. in. quired his ualne Walsh" said the gentle. man. "Walsh-W Walsh, ? responded Paddy :: ''are you from Dublin7 Iknow two old maids there of that name. Was either of them your mother ?"
 Passenger sitting in the car reading Harper's Bazar: curious passenger in the next seat tr9- ing to get good look at tn full-lengfh fashion plates on the first page. By and by he breaks out, Stranger, will you let me look at that thar Police Gazette when you get through with it2"
 Doctors declare, :" says The. Chicago Jour- mai, ''that electric light will eventually de. stroy the eyesight." When Edison heard the remark he retired into his intermost laborato- ", and when he had shut aud locked and put chain against the door, whispered to him. self with sardonic smile, first catch your electric light.''