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Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

 It is said that it is an ill wind that blows nobody good. The fate season having caused a little stagnation Tn the Dry Goods market, Messrs W. B. Hall & Co.,, of the Bridgeport Dry Goods House have purchased about ten thousand dollars in ready made suits Silks, Dress Novelties and Linen Goods. We copy from the New Milford Gazette regarding this firm:
 Facts are indisputable, and low prices, good merchandise, polite treatment and vast assortment ot reasonable novelties, coupled with truthful advertising and honest represen- tations, have made an enviable reputation for the house of Messrs. W. B. Hall 6 Co. D Also from Bridgeport Sun:
 If you want to be instructed, entertained, pleased and pro6ted, go to W. B. Hall & O. $ at once and look at their beautiful Suits, SaQues, DOlmans and Skirts Every day the fact becomes plainer that there is no place like the wonderful bargain house of w. B. Hall & Go. &ss tskAL
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

WILL NEVER! Allow myself to suffe again what have suffered for the last year That vile disease Dyspepsia gave me no com fort. could not eat or enjoy anything The doctors amounted to nothing; nothins seemed to relieve me, until 1 used a bottle o Sulpher Bitters. Four bottles made me well -ShOe Dealer.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

"Must commence with January or July number. Subscribers who are in must make up ST. rearages before taking advantage of the foregoing offers.
 Money should be sent by post-oface order check or registered letter. if possible We take all risks of 1ttarce to the clubbing periodicals but not of mon- ey sent us.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30
.BirCnS.

In Harwintou, June 9th, a daughter to Geo. E., aud Cornelia Cooke
 At Soush Canaan, Juue 21st son to Mr. and Mrs. Robt. P Penaleton, . grandson of the late Erastus Merwin.
 At Goshen, June 19 tn, son to Mir. and Mrs Char les Allyn.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

Ladies who Appreciate Elegance and purity are using Parker's Hair Balsam It is the best article sold for restoring gray hair to iti original color and beauty.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30

FRUIT of the tropics burning cline, Thy wondrous virtues fadeless still, Exert an influence sublime,
 In ministering to human ill; And many a pang along our way Sanford's Jamaica Ginger doth allay.
Litchfield enquirer., 1881-06-30
Deaths

At East Cornwall, June 22d, Henry Clark aged 62 years.
The National tribune., 1881-12-03
ITO be eontinued.)
A SoMNAMBULISTIC SLIPPER.

In small village across the bay from San
Francisco reside well-known clergyman and
his family, which is composed of numerous sons
and daughters, his wife and himself. One of the
sons, who is just approaching manhood, has been
in the habit ever since his infancy of walking in
his sleep. Every effort has been made to break
him of his somnambulistic tendencies, but with
out avail He would arise from his couch at all
hours of the night, wander from one part of the
building 20 another, wend his way to the porches
and piazZas, and was sometimes found perched
upon the top of the house. A short time ago it
was decided by the head of the house that the
somnambulist should occupy the same couch
with his eldest brother and the latter was in
structed in case the boy indulged in any of his
former antics, to administer severe punishment
in the shape Of forcible application of the sole
of slipper upon his epidermis. The elder son
gracefully accepted the task, and promised to
carry out his instructions to the letter. In order
to show that he was not neglectful of the duty
imposed upon him it is only necessary to relate
the following incident: One ght short time
AGO. when both of the brothers were wrapped in
the deep slumbers of early morn, their pater
fdniHas imagined that he heard sounds of dis
turbance in the chicken yard at the rear of
the house. and fearing that his henrOost might
be despoiled, entered the room where the boys
were sleeping and opening the window, peered
out in the darkness to ascertain whether his
apprehensons were correct. The elder son, who
was sleeping on the outside of the bed, thought
the figure at the window was that of his brother,
and forgetting in his zeal to ascertain if his bed
fellow was quietly repOSing or not leaped from
his couch, seized the ever-ready slipper and ad-
ministered severe castigation upon the party
in undress at the window. Before the astonished
father could turn he had received some four or
five heavy and stinging blows and was so sur
prised and astonished that for few moments
he could hardly speak word. The son, when
be realized the situation was almost paralyzed,
and the scene was ridiculous in the extreme
When the circumstances were explained, how
ever, the clergyman fully appreciated the joke,
and narrates it with great gusto to his friends
and acquaintance.
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REVELATIONS OF A MURDER TRIAL,

DR.. Lewis Balch, of Albany, has printed re-
view of the Medical Evidence in the Second
Trial of Jesse Billings, jr," which is full of inter
est for students of medical Jurisprudence Two
of his conclusions are worth noting-that lead
en- bullet passing through bones loses lead in pro-
portion to the amount of bone traversed. and that
a ball fired through glass may make hole enough
smaller than the full size of the ball before firing
as to prevent unfired ball of like caibre pass
ing. In an experiment with ball it was found
that the hole made was too small by one-third to
let the ball pass through.
The National tribune., 1881-12-03
CHAPTER II.

To explain romance Of which I believed Tom
to be the hero, it is necessary to dip into the
chives of the past. When Tom was about to en-
ter his teens, a widow lady and her only child a
daughter of about eight nine years of age, came
to reside in q small house named Rosebank Cot
tage belonging to me- that stood about mile
from the entrance to Atheling Park. They were
evidently in poor circumstances, and the small
rose -embowered cottage had apparently been
chosen more on the ground of economy than as a
desirable residence; for although picturesque in
appearance, it was very lonely, being situated
some distance from the village, and also away
from the high-road. They appeared, however, to
live very happily; and a friendship was soon es-
tablished between the pretty little black-eyed,
gipsy- looking brunette and Master Tom, who was
in the habit of riding in that direction to and
from the school at the neighboring market town
where he was being educated. Many halfhour
did he loiter away, while his pretty little play
fellow had scamper on his pony's back, needless
of the flight of time and the masters ominous
frown and threatened birch and amply reward
ed by awakening the saucy, happy laugh of en-
joyment that rang so joyously from his little
comrades lips, and her mothers pleased words of
thanks as she saw the bright looks and rosytinted
cheeks of her darling.
Time crept on, and Tom returned from college
to find his little child-mate, Jessca, a beautiful
young woman, in whose presence he felt as shy
as she apparently felt bashful in his. But he was
panied by the altered looks of the mother; and
his dire apprehensions of an approaching calam
ity soon received a fatal confirmation. Before
many months had passed, Death had claimed her,
and Jessica was now an orphan. Her only rela-
tives were some friends of her mothers who re-
sided in Paris They came forward in her trou-
BILE, and generously offered her an asylum with
them; which Jessica thankfully accepted The
evening before her departure, was returning
from days shooting, through small wood near
Rosebank Cottage. AS 1 approached the house,
the clouds rolled from the front of the moon and
The National tribune., 1881-12-03
THE BOSS STATE FOR SIZE,

When Texas was admitted into the Union
there was stipulation that its territory might
be divided into five States of convenient size;
but the consent of the people of the present
State is necessary to this division. The subject
OF carving four more States out of the present
one is discussed in connection with the talk of
admitting Dakota. Texas has population of
1897, 500, and contains 274,356 square miles of
territory, enough to make five States larger than
Pennsylvania. The obstacle to the SUBDIVISION OF
Texas appears to lie with the people of the State,
who have decided preference for letting her
remain as she is
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LIFE.

Life is so cheap and yet so dear,
We prize it, but we scorn it too,
And plod our round from year to year
With little or to hope or do:
zach day brings frctful cares and mol,
And sorrows come, and joys depart,
And we grow old with weary toll,
Or else from listlessness of heart
What matters which? What matters how?
Time heedeth not our fitful moods,
But stamps its signet on our brow
In city life or soltudes;
And we grow old; yet scarcely feel
The incessant whirling of the wheel,
Nor heed the traces that declare
We are not now what once we were:
The world has worn us to its ways.
"Do this" il says, and we obey;
There is no freedom in our praise
And little courage left to pray.
At moments with a sudden pain
We grasp and cry for youth again,
And wonder whence the JOY has gone,
Which we were wont to feed upon;
When Love with life walked hand in hand,
When twas boundless bliss to dare
The mighty peaks that guard the land
Where wisdom dwells serenely fair
Dear Heaven! how strong and rich we were,-
For Joy breeds strength, and hope gives power,
And knowledge Is the young rlans uo"er'
And youthful dreams are fair domains,
And happy thoughts are golden grains
The dreams are gone, the rapture past,
Each year moves calmly like the last,
The sea that foamed with deafning roar
Creeps laggard-like along the shore,-
We tread the footsteps of our sires
With petty aims and mean desires,
And idly act our little part
Like puppets fashioned for q show
Teach U.s. o Lord! how great Thou art,
That we our greatness, too, may know.
-SpectatC
The National tribune., 1881-12-03

The six unhealthest cities in the world are st.
Petersburg, Charleston, Malaga, Alexandria, Wait
zen, and Buda-Pesth
Sydney, n S. W., is to have the largest electric
light in a lighthouse in the world. The merg-
inc beams is said to have luminous intensity
exceeding 100000 candles.
The Fontane locomotives in use on the Canada
Southern Railway are capable of fattaining speed
of ninety miles an hour
have notissed one thing-that the most vir-
tewous and diskreet folks we have among are
those who have either no pashuns at all, or very
tame ones; it IL crate deal eazier tew be good
dove than decent serpent.
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have got into with some wretched girl. But
what do | care for that? WoollastOn, I daresay,
will soon make that straight for you for I'll be
bound she's no better than she ought to be-"
The hot blood rushed over the young mans
face at the insult implied by his fathers words
and tone, as he brought his clenched fist down
on to the table with ringing blow that made
the china and glass shiver and dance "Father"
he cried in passionate angry tones, chow dare
you utter such an untounded slander! | will
not listen to such words-nOt even from you.
That wretched girl, as you call her, is as sacred
to me as if she already were my wife, which she
shall be before many weeks have passed over my
head, so help me"-
"Hush!" | cried, as / stayed the utterance of
the holy name that on his lips. "Not that,
my boy.-Be calm Remember that you are
speaking to your father
"Ay-and he shall remember it," came from the
Squire's thin boodless lips as he turned his cold
gray eyes on his angry son. "Begone, sir, from
my presence! No child of mine-though he be
but my only one-shall use such language to me
with impunity. Begone, sir; and never darken
my doors again until you have learned the respect
due to father, and are prepared to accede to my
wishesn
Tom rose to his feet, and his face paled at his
fathers words Like most of his high-spirted
temperament, Toms anger, once vent had been
given to it, quickly died. "Do you mean it.,
father?" he asked in wistful, reproachful voice,
as he turned his warm loving eyes to his. Tom
was tender-hearted, affectionate fellow, and
knew, must feel his fathers conduct blow that
was hard to Dear. He might strike in anger, but
not in revenge. The implacable spirit of the old
man, however, was cast in different mould. He
screwed up his eyes, and pursuing his lips together
sat as il no one had addressed him. Tom waited
a moment and then he said: You will shake
hands, father, before l go-will you not?" He
advanced a step toward him and held out his
hand. Come, father he cried with manly spirit,
as the Squire still sat with unmOved countenance
"dOnt bear malice. | am sorry l cut up rough
and spoke disrespectfully; but [ could not keep
quiet when you spoke SO unjustly of one who is
so dear to me. I'm not going to ask you to take
me back. I have a fair amount of brains, and
daresay l shall have no difficulty in making
home for myself and-her." How brave and
hopeful his young voice sounded!
But the hard old man, whose life's affections
had been blunted by his accursed thirst for gold
had no echo within him to the appeal thus made;
hence he ignored the outstretched hand, turning
his head away so as not to see it.
With sigh, Tom left the room. waited pa
tiently for some signs of relenting; but the grim,
hard featured face was immOyable
"Ungrateful boy!" at last was the muttered
exclamation we heard the sound of Toms foot
steps dying away in the distance as he crossed the
flooring OF the old hall on his way to his rooms
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dollars.

dollars"
The stranger looked at the cards some time,
and then dashed his fist on the table
"You played fair, did ye?"
II did," replied the editor.
Slowly the stranger pulled out greasy wallet
and laid down twenty dollar bill.
The editor gave him the change, and the man
went out, still running over the cards and Won
dering how it happened.
Il thought he was sharp and he was only
fat" said the editor explaining the circumstance
later to the cashier, as he handed in the twenty
for change.
Like to Oblge you, old boy" smiled the cash
ier, but that twenty is a counterfeit?"
Parties having business with the managing
editor for week or two will please come armed.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The National tribune., 1881-12-03

a little philosophy inclneth a mans mind to
atheism, but depth of philosophy bringeth mems
minds about to religion.-Bacon
Bob Ingersoll has a little philosophy
Cleveland's Chisholm monument fund now
amounts to about $11,0OO
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nance The cackling sounds of his chuckling
laugh, mingling with the merry peal of Toms
full-toned joyous voice, reached me as I sat
watching them. Just at that moment the SOL
itary fly" that the village possessed, drove by
1t had but one occupant, lady, dressed in the
deepest mourning. She raised her veil as she
passed, and l saw that her face was wondrously
fair and beautiful. Madame Favre!" I ex-
claimed to myself as she inclined her head grace
fully to the Squire, who eagerly responded to the
salutation. With gentlemanly courtesy-al-
though stranger to her-Tom raised his hat
and met the tender, pleading glance of her who
perchance, would prove his destiny, and seal his
earthly career for good i'll, the record of fate
might have decreed for the house of Atheling.
The National tribune., 1881-12-03

Our portion is not large, indeed,
But then how little do we need!
For natures calls are few:
In this the art of living lies,
To want no more than may suffice,
And make that little do.
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need not alarm yourself There'll be no difficulty
with him; and Madame Favre must be hard to
please if he can't win her; for TOMS likely
fellow with the lasses"
"But supposing he refuse" suggested; and
mans shrivelled face and glittered in his cold
unfeeling eyes, that bespoke relentless determi-
nation, if his will should be thwarted. Trust
me to deal with him." he said in grim tones, as
he added with cynical laugh: "Your fears are
groundess, Woollaston. He likes comfort and
ease too much to oppose himself to me, when
poverty miserable, biting poverty-would be
the result; for II would discard him for it.
Yes l would cut him off with -
"How did you meet with this fortunate lady?"
l asked with covert irony, and anxious to lead
the conversation into less unpleasant channel.
Il met her at Fecamp, where that dolt-headed
doctor sent me for my health; but don't grudge
the expense since it is going to bring me so good
return. 1 was out walking one day." he con-
tinued, "and she was few yards in front of me.
/ should not have noticed her, had not a savage
looking cur attacked her I drove the brute
away with my stick, and her gratitude for my
protection made her rather friendly with me.
We met several times afterwards, and she told
me who she was and all about herself, her youth
of penury, and then her uncle's unexpected
legacy She had been married only few months
when her husband was killed in battle, and she
was left a young widow, unencumbered, and with
a noble fortune of forty-tive thousand pounds in
good and sound investments, in addition to the
small pension that [ suppose she would receive
from the French government as an officers
widow. / at once saw what q capital wife she
would make for Tom and as she was now i'm
patient of the retirement in which she had lived
at Fecamp since her widowhood, and was think
ing of purchasing house in England, invited
her over here, and have placed the dower-house
at her disposal-yOu know it is just vacant
while she looks about her. Rather skllful
diplomacy eh? Your inquiries satisfy me that
her fortune is safe Yes; she is fine woman
and so you'll say when you see her. She ought
to be here by now. She was to arrive by the
noon train. Perhaps 1 shall meet her. wish
Tom were here to 60 with me-"
Buttoning his coat across his chest, the stoop-
ing and weather-beaten, but still hale old man
picked up his ivory-handled stick, and taking
leave of me, marched from the room. heard
him pass through the outer Office and into the
street. as the gathering of horses hoof smote
my ears. Raising my eyes from the musty law
tome into which had been diving in search of
an abstruse point of law that was puzzling my
brains [ saw, through the window, that the
horseman was young Tom Atheling on his roam
mare He stopped when he saw his father; and
the old man stood on the side-path talking to his
-, Nth how'd Ln y,o++n1 Whnn+nar'c
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A FRIENDLY GAME.

"Say, mister" said a tall, sunburned man with
q wide -brimmed hat, as he edged his way into
the managing editors room yesterday afternoon.
"Say mister, do you know anything about
keards?r
why, yes" responded the editor. II know
how to play everlasting and old maid and
things of that kind; why?"
That's just what want to ask about. Now,
In playing old maid suppose the man who holds
the age antes, and passes on the draw, whose bet
is it?"
mat isn't the way play it," said the editor.
IN my game the player who has queen after
the other cards are played is the old maid'n
ferhaps It's everlasting that I'm thinking
oi' hu'e" 'ne stranger. "Supposing in ever
lastlng you should catch an old maid on the
draw and when the rest of the keards was
played you found you hadn't filled, What then ~
Il don't see how that question could arise in
that game" said the editor. "Mavbe Won ara
thinking of the game called poker"
"'Poker'! what's that?" asked the strancer
looking up in innocent susprise.
"That's where they have ages and fulls and
that sort of thing"
ado you know how to play it, stranger?7 asked
the tall man, drawing out pack of cards. "Will
you show me hOw?"
The editor ran over the cards and dealt two
hands rapidly.
"Now," he explained, "two pairs beat one pair,
three of kind beat two pairs, flush beats
threes, and four Of kind beat a flush. What
have you got?"
The stranger laid down a mixed hand and the
editor explained that it was worthless as his own
hand held pair
"Lemme deal 'em once" said the stranger run
ming them off clumsily. Give each?"
"Yes," replied the editor, seeing that he had
gotten hold of sharper and making up his mind
to teach him a lesson. Five EACH"
"Now what do we do?" asked the sharper
"If we were betting, I'd have to ante dollar
and you'd cover it with two. Then if 1 wanted
to come in I'd plank another dollar, and then"
"Hold on! hold on don't go so fast You put
up two dollars at different times and 1 put up
two all at once That it?"
"Yes, and then we draw"
Lies try it once, for fun, if you don't mind"
said the sharper with unnatural eagerness
"An right" smiled the editor and he threw
two dollars On the table, which were promptly
covered.
"Now you say we draw. How many do
take?'
"You may take what you like, I don't want
any" replied the editor. II stand pat"
"Then I'll take one keard. Do we be. Iiow ?"
eyes"
The stranger bet cautiously, and the editor
raised him. and was seen until there were fifteen
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before me | saw Tom Atheling. Poor little Jes-
sca was clinging to him, and tears were gllsten-
ing on her rretty cheeks as he held her to him.
Then, as his Iove-enraptdred face was pressed to
hers slowly Setraced my steps, and sought an
other and more distant path rather than break
rudely upon their happy young dream. My
withered old heart had once known its romance,
and the mystic melody was ever ready to sound
at the touch of ofsympathy.
To return to my narrative. The next morning
after Madame Favre's arrival, | was sitting i'll
my Office, expecting a visit from the Squire, who
had made an appointment with me about some
matters relating to one of his leases, when mes
senger arrived from the Hall, asking me to go
there, as the Master was prevented by slight
cold from coming to me. Several things detained
..-.- -h1 morning md it was not till after
r.#a.. tua. was free > attend to the message.
arrived at 10 Hall, was at once
@-s.a INTO the picture sque old diningroom.
She ..-..lns af the mid lay meal were still on
.sa ra.ia at which Tom 7as sitting with an un-
''.a.a. aua. on bis aaul ONE face. The Squire
q as# v.s apparently .au3 ing under some excite
.e.5 H.. his .ga aaz d lit, and his mouth was
l.ctja 5uBous portent. Yet, how well
.a.rr tgyu r,s>s matched with the appointments
f the wainsroC ng Of richly carved oak
covered G.a lIs and he ceiling, which-with
ne -pne HGs. af fhe Ha lscoting-was divided
..t. p#.s gr which had been painted series
.s T....T o tae chase 6e age-blackened wood,
wish rt. elaborate eerFln S of fruit and flowers
... lalsa t"e tuH., forming rich and
a.n..v ...s....sN lle to each time -mellOwed
H..myu t.e EaH.ors skill. Tom, with his
....a .- r.a| .- a hunters pink, looked
as if he had stepped forth from one of the pic
tures and his fathers thin, spare, but dignifed
figure, as he leaned forward in his large, old
fashioned chair, and with a black velvet skull
cap crowning his snowy hair but added to the
completeness of the scene
"Perhaps you may be able to instil little
sense into this son of mine," the old man began,
as l entered.
l was about to make reassuring reply, for I
could perceive that 1 was approaching troubled
waters, when Tom interposed. "Had we not bet
ter stop the discussion ather?" he said in quiet
tone.
"Stop it? MOI" shouted the old man angrily
II will have it settled now, once and for all.
What have you to say against Madame Favre!
Nothing. Most young fellows would think them
selves only too lucky to get the chance of wooing
and winning young and lovely woman with
nearly fifty thousand pounds in her pocket Bah!
I've no patience with such folly"
II know nothing of Madame Favre, father
said Tom, save what you have told me. But,
as I have already said to you, it is out of my
power to become sutor for her heart and for
tune" The almost unconscious stress that he