Litchfield enquirer., 1881-05-05

- A Brooklyn f;shon paper stated that
 maiden shluslf'' WAS d. fashionable e, ,lnr. and
 nDne of the readers had any idea what it was
 like.
 "iIeavenly Jov" is the name of Nevada l town. "Uriucky .Cu>s' is thrs ua,e of a, Arizona ,YSa, but the Alatter place is n,,lel, l ttle best.
 A man in tue suburbs has found a bed of remarkably hae clay m his property. bui is I undecided whether tp start brick yard or a French candy siIop. A girl hearing her mistress ask her husband l |" bring ID tib-y X Sui.' N ilh him VI hen c | came hnlne tn dinn.i, sci two extra plates for the exp cled guesis.
 | "A Mississippi man puts itthus: "At he l earnest srlicila ini. et tl.t se to wh0n, Lowe | money have &c, ms ntrd to becJlie a candi- | dale for county treasurer" The Whitaker court martial vii! cost the government $10O.0OO. Let's see; Shakes l prare said snnrlhing about the ''rich jewell l in an Eihiop's ear" *+5 "t@ xs ''Tn hat denomination do ynn belong ?''
 was asked "f tough l"nking customer who l dropped ia aL d missionary messing in San l Fra,cisco 'llase CompatIy No. 12," was l the prnlnptansMer. e aa .5- sE het' ciivts couldn't find hfn In nine weeks.
 But a shre~d p1lcian g.H lhr mayor toap 1 point ihe man to office. antt lwo hours later 1 he came in on theruH bt sworn in.@@s~ ~@sa~ A three years old' discovered the neigh
 h"rs hens in her yard scra ching. In d most
 indignant tone she reported tn her inothrr that
 t,x.bs
 our grass.
 Specimens of the mcphitic plant known as 1 skunk's cabbage are hriiig sold in the streets
 of New York under th- attractive name of
 California lilies, and they smell SO much better i than the streets that there is quite demand
 for them.
 1 A Galvest'n man named Josephus C. Nor 1 gan, who is alsn great nuisance, is everfast 1 ingly abusing the female sex The other day | he said io J"hn w Saith: ''There would b. 1 fewer evils inzihe world if Il were n,t for
 w0luen." Yes" responded Smith, you
 yourself wouldn, be in .t''
 There will be no ''cnllege student walters" 1 in the summer resort fntelss this year. The
 proprirtrrs of the hotpls fu md that the guest
 were always nervous. for fear tte fellows
 would imasirts atlith.s,vesF ai college and
 send ia phat" on a rising curve instead of
 passing 1t.
 The London Stantlaris refused to publish i report of the university sports. because.
 some of the committee were dscnurie us to
 the reporter. We dn these things better in America. Ihe repnrirr holds his peace.
 writes a fine account If ihe affair. and s, e Is
 the names of the committee wrong.
 There is a marble lamb nn :he tor,bstone
 of an ol, GavestIhtian af,l~ when Gilhoolv
 saw it for the tirs line he exclaimed "How
 appropriafei" .'Was he of a gen,l. dsp,s
 tion ?"z ''Whew! 1 guess not. He would | shoot in a minute, hut he always over fed himself <On slrring lamb and green peas 1 That's what kilhd d him. recknn.' Where the shoe pinches Eidest daughter: :
 '1 think you might let me canie out, mamma l!
 finished my educatien!" Festive mamma (by no means prepared to act the part of
 chaperoDe and wallfower): Mot get. nv
 love. Society is so hollow! really must
 preserve that sweet girlish freshness of yours
 little while longer!" ss
 The daysnf,he sweet girl graduate came
 on apace. aud poens i0s ''ihe siars'' and essays 1 nn 'ahe heailty nf te sour' are heard through
 out the lano Clad ill raiinents of the most.
 delicate texture. elaborate with pnffs and l paiings and rIiffits aud lace and all those I fineries that delight ilie heart of won ankind. l the candidate for graduation for me brief half | hour shines with snperlative hrilliancy Then ahe gs,es buck into the retirement from which she cahe., In few years she will again
 make her ~appearance in public, pushing d. baby earria S down the walk.