Litchfield enquirer., 1881-09-22
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til the last vestige of the rum power is swept from our midst"
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 a'Annotahe4tp 'Annotahe4tpus cavity" as Jones remarked m when he looked at his consumptive wallet. Amah feels boulder when he has the rocks in his pocket
 AVassar college girl upon being asked il she liked codfsh balls said she never attended any. Jamfull is the name of a. Colorado town which has population of only twenty-eight Jamfulls. 1 Young men who practice at the bar every night will eventually build up basine ss in the criminal courts.
 It cost the government more to find out who 1 bit off Whittaker's ears than it did to fit ou, the last Arctic expedition, and now it doesn't | know.
 Thirteen American preachers got in from Europe the, other day. Perhaps the, devil | won't have4ny Indian simmer this year, af- l ter all.
 l Paul dld not mean that wine should be 
 wrote, ''Take little wine for thee stomach's | ache" ssssg zH < F& What is the difference between laudanum and Abraham of old? One is the juice of the poppy, and the other the poppy of the Jews.
 The Norristown Herald discovers that the malariasat- W Washington never attacks the office seekers. Most of them were not born to be drowned or physicked to death. A brother in weekly prayer meeting in New Jersey arose and said "Brethren when I consider the shortness of life feel as if l might be taken away suddenly, like thief ID the night" ES z
 The .doubting Thomas of Chicago does not believe that aJoehua's sun stood still Fogg says he doesn't either. He knows that bis son never stood still, and ali the powers of earth wouldn't make him.
 Detroit young man denouuces the poke bonnets because they chafe his ears" Here, now, is a question for scientists Can they explain how it is that poke bonnet worn by one person can chafe the ears of another per son not wearing it?
 It is difficult to explain the workings of the youthful mind. A boy who will listen indif. ferently to the sublimest truths of theology, will be aroused to the acutest interest by the progresssof" a catapillar oyer the collar of a hald-headed 'map in the pew in front of him.
 Disappointed: Felicia asked her brother to buy a science monthly for her because it had an article ona' Ancient Methods of Filtration. ' When he brought it home she said he washor- l rid and mean because it turned out to be on "Ancient Methods of Filtration" - It is said that tight lacing checks cerebration. It also checks circulation and respiration, and and although it may promote Irritation and adoration, also produces palpitation, ossifca- tion and murderation Altogether. waist at. tenuation is not worthy the self qualification which it costs.
 Turks at French banquet-Toward the conclusion of the feast g, Frenchman selected a tocthpiek from a tray lying near him. and who declined his offer. excIaiming, 'sNo. thank you; have already eaten two of those things, and want no more" l "My brethrep," said a western clergyman: ''the preaching of the gospel to some people is like pouring water through a sponge-lt 4 snaks in and stays. To others 1t is like wind blowing through chicken coop. My expert. ence of this congregation is that it contains more chicken coops than sponges." | A Vermont man recently went and paid fol a $5 watch he stole, eighteen years ago. He stated that he wanted to free his mind as he had been in hell ever since he stole it. If il takes eighteen years of he'll to make a Yer. mont man give up S5. there appears to be a basis for the belief that some Vertnonters are penurious.
 Cobblestone's First Reader is for very young children, and carries the infant mind Alphabetically as far as F. The s'Second Reader" gets it to Q. The ''Thrd" finishes the alphabet. The s'Fourth Reader enables the pupil to spell 'c-o-w." The Fifth Reader enables the pupil to spell the plural of s'c-o-w ;" thus, ''c-o-w-s!" The Sixth Reader"Ttwo hundred pages-warranted as to binding, to fall to pieces in six weeks with careful handling enable the dear little pupil to read three sentences in words of one | syllable. The Seventh Reader;" the schol- ar now advanced, and reads sentences like these: Education should be cheap. but school books should be dear to every parent '' | ''Beware of the child of one book A good many books in series are better for the chil. | dren and far better for che schoel-book pub. llsher and the wide-awake member of the school board"