The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-09-05

openln the great mucklen ely mouth o. her,
like that o. a QUILL trout in Tarras moas, as
if she ware ettlin TO swallow the minister.
NOrth.-James, James, spare the softer
sex
,, toneoherd.-But the curiousest thing to
observe about the lasses when they are get
tn orGWsy during the sermon, is their
sell ilst giazedness comes over Them,
ana the IDS Ia down, and are lifted IN at
the rate Q about ten in the minute. Then
the poor creatures gle their heads shake
unwilling to be overcome, try to End ont
the verse the minister may be quotins but
a. in vain, for the hum-nlin stiffness of the
kirk subdues them into sleep, and the sound
o. the preacher is in their Tugs like that O.
a waterfa'.
:, North. - four words, James, are like
poppy and mandragora.
Shepherd. Altogether incon-
scious O. what they're DOM, they fix their
glimmerin' cen upon your face, as if they
were diyn for love o. you and keep mid
noddin upon you for great course. You
may gle bit LAUGH at them wi the corner
g your ee, or touch their fit WI yours
aneath the table, and they 'llnever sac much
as ken yu're in the same seat, and finally.
the soft-rounded chin draps down towards
the bonnie bosom; the blue veined violet
eye-lids close the twilight whose dewy fall
II was sac pleasant to behold the rose
bud lips, slightly reveal teeth as pure as
lily leaves, and the bonny innocent is as
sound asleep as her sister at hame in its
rockin cradle.
North. My dear James, there is So
much feeling in your description, that, bor-
dcring though it be on the facetious, it
yet leaves deep impression on my mind
Of the Sabbath service in one of our lowly
kinks. FIJI
Shepherd. Far be it frae me or mine,
Mr.. North, to treat WI leyity one sacred
subject. But gin folk would sleep in the
Kirk, where's the harm in sayin' that they
do so? My ain opinion is that the MAR
dourly, you set yourself to listen no very
BRIGHT discourse, as if you taken an oath to
devour't frae stoop to roop, the MAR cer-
tain-su You are o. fa'in over into deep
ang sleep. The vera attitude O. leaning
back, and stretchin' out your legs, and FIX
ing your cen in ac direction, is MAST
dangerous attitude; and then gin the min
ster has only haction--and Joking down
MS head, or see-sawing wi his hauns, or
eanin' over as if he wanted to speak wi,
he prccentor, or keepin' his cen fixed on
the roof, as if there were hole int lettin'
ia the LIGHT o. heayen--or turnin' first to
the ae side and then to tho ither, that the
congregation may have an equal share O.
his front physiognomy as weel's his side
lace--or staunin bolt upright in the vera
middle o. the poopit, without ever ance
moving, ony nair than gin he were. a corp
set up on end by some cantrap, and lettin
out the dry, dusty, moral apothegms VII 40
continued and monotonous grin-oh Mr..
North, Mr.. North could seven an evil
conscience keep awaik under such sopori-
fees, ony mair than the honestest o. men,
where the bauns cried for the third time,
and he gaun to be married on the Monday
morning r;fs t;s8 8a a5s.t S
B Noyth.-Yet. after all, James, 7 believe
country congregations are in general very
attentive. s, s4< , sa8 .,9
Shepherd. -Ay. ay, sir if twa are slee-
ping, ten are wauke and Iseriously think
that I0air than half o. them, that's sleepin'
enter into the spirit o. the sermon. You
see they a. hear the text, and the introduce
tory remarks, and the heads; and a'in
asleep in a serious and solemn mood, they
carry the sense alang wi them; neither
can they be said no to hear an accompany
ing sound, so that it wadna'' be Just fair to
assert that they lose the sermon they did
ma listen to-; for thochts and ideas, aud
feelings, kept foatin' doun lang the stream
O. silent thocht, and when they awaken at
the amen,' their minds, if no greatly in
haze been tranquilieezed ]; they
join loudly in the ensuing psalm, and With
outremembering many O. the words carry.
hame the feek o. the meaning o. the dis
course, and a. the peculiarities O. the doc
trine. s IA 80
y u.s. MADRID. % issy
The following interesting account of the
city Of Madrid, is extracted from q letter
of an American gentleman to his friend in
this conntry-it exhibits lamentahle view
Of the present state Of society in that an
cient and celebrated city. IN, ss4a
!" Of1this far-famed city. once the resi-
dence of the richest, most brilliant and
most influential court in Europe the capi-
tai of a kingdom on whose possessions the
sun never set and whose power was al
most commensurate with its extent, there
remain but scanty traces of what it once
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