Litchfield enquirer., 1881-12-22
New Preston. ;

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 First it freezes and then it thaws. This ex- centricity of the weather gives grea. yarie- ty. It also glves the teatnsters an opportun. ity to swear.
 -Mr Charles Lennon. who was reported sick last week. is, we are pleased to state, bet ter.
 It has been, "How much tobacco did you have. How much did you get 'dncked P It now is Where are you going to spend the holidays?r ?r The change is pleasant.
 .--Er R. Hart, of East Cornwall, has been grain and saving wood by horse power for the farmers in Christian street, the last week. News.stha .athes fsrmers-b ye their, work all done they, can spend she short winter days aud long evenings eating apples, cracking bntteFnuts.- and drinking cider Nellie Marvin has closed her school at College Farms in Warren. Some of our citi- zens went up to the closing exercises last Friday and were highly pleased wish them. The great excitement, Friday afternoon was the selling, of one of the horses which ran away and tunloled G. 0 Hitchcock of the tank in Marketable, It was sold at the sign post by sheriff sale at one o'clock D. m This is the wayiit happened sHitchcok when he sued the town for damages was obliged to spec ifv in the writ that the horses damaged were his personal property. so. Messrs, Sanford and Bissell, ,sof Litchield. who had judgment of three hundred dollars or so against Hitchcock levied execution on the thorough bred mare Lady Bondjs At the time for the sale to com- ,nenee, F. l.. Sherman, Esq, appeared and ord cred the sale to stop Tn the name of q. 0! stated could not appear as he was taken sud denly and dangerously sick. But the sale proceeded. nevertheless and Lady Bond was sold to MT. Sanford, of Litchfield, for the sum of two hundred and ten dollars. This is an- other proof of the old adage that calamities never come singly. His horse is sold, and he his suddenly sick. s-- Rev. Mfr. Waite preached again last Sun- day. He has been engaged to supply oar pull. pit for the next six months. 7;~ 1 Ed. Fred. says when his dad licks him he always yells as loud as he can so the old man i'll think he's hurting awfully and stop quick. ID. Buruham has purchased another horse. It belonged to the David Jacus estate. ee -I,,s d,,i,.- .....u .lis uuliest Kind of -duli !. iuvre, anu items are scarcer than the quin- tessence of brotherly love. f-'J." says Judea girls suffer from cold feet. We warrant he'll get his hair combed for that remark. Just think what damper that will be on the matrimonially inclined youths of other villages. What crop of old maids, Washington is destined to have!
 The young man who has been saving wood and threshiug grain hereabouts for the farmers, with his horse power machine receiv- ed the following anonymous verses thro' the mail, the other day, written in delicate fem mine hand: fesi Asr.. -'
 A gay and jolly thresher boy,
 Whose heart is free as air, .-.
 Woulu Idlu . acOrrespOnuenc6 n0iQ
 With some young lady fair. .. t. f.,. Her age should be about sixteen,
 Black, blue or gray her eye, ..ss, -'..fs,
 Bnt stop minute while state,
 tl No sehool na'rnas need apply. n; ... -r. ,f Now, girls, you have . splendid chance
 To cautivate beau, i=,f! .. ..{ ,f ,.... So if you should all die old maids ,rt i...s .- ti.5 It's your own fault you know; et.-'- !. --
 For here offer heart and hand, Ca. .. --...
 And each and all may try; I -a ..Y t:.. !. Butstop. am compelled to stase,t
 No scAooImasms need apply. ! .rt Answer to the heavenly creature.
 Fair unknown, I have just received s- .s..
 Your anonymous verse, fsr i,... eg. 7 .-..s
 And thank my stars, sweet girl, J-s-I seiT
 That the lines are no worse. ,s7-s c -t2 - I'm much obliged to you, also,
 , For being auctioneer, sta. atl .fs n couldn't be sold, declare.
 By gibber tongue, that's clear.
 But before I'm sold to slavery
 i All bidders must reply "
 To some questions I-hold, you're right,
 'No sckootnaayn,s need apply
 Oh, lovely maidens, beauties rare. 5- a. Your cheeks are red, I know, 59
 But is 1t from your own red blood,
 Or do you paint them so |? fa iG.0 .@ Your teeth are alabaster white, " -
 But are they, sweets, your own?,
 s' Is ti.ere within your steel-ribbed breast
 A heart, or lead, or stone !
 Some other questions, too, I'd ask,
 And wait each ones reply
 But hold, fair ladies. hold, I say! N
 "No sehoolmarns need apply.n A* f' 't'4- '
 ''No schoolu,arns need apply.", Just SO, s7aas'
 You seem to know my heart as.a1 ol 4l1
 Such females have learned much too much tr-s B The rulers powerful art. H ait42 tl-%5it
 I'd rather saw wood every day '.-' '.a 7a
 Than run the feaful chance sH "Jf..i 8t
 Of being sold to piper fair ' ''."
 And ever after dance. '.-i -'s...+ -'A Now. fair and unknown auctioneer
 Go on with the sale and cry,
 "Here's man"-But hold, make it plain,
 ''No schootnGrms need apply" spend .he holidays and see the sights. b. ...r PEN. DRAGON. e, t" :oa Harwlnton. Our pastors little daughter celebrated her birthday with party last Saturday. -Albin Wetmore closes his school, nett | week. ..,..... l..., .,r,.;....- -,..-... /. ! 1 Mrs. Chloe Parsons is very sick. F Il -Arandy Barber was so much worse last week, that at cue tune he was thought to be dying. cl t tsz"d sa% <1s~l s!aHi3i f5ss --.tgf # 5.s. sr.ss. g. fet.,s. i 4 ! -Emerson M. Hayes is building new ,hop.a b1a sn cea7oe sitIt q5sss h.s v4.al5s' b9ala-Lf3 aE nihice .f9 sls ,sest5 MT. Samuel Brooker,, of Torrington, is