The Litchfield County post., 1826-08-29

over known in this section Of country,
Summer season SO dry as the present.
The-corn-felds we are told, afford but a
wrctched prospect il being past the pow
CIR Of tho fine showers which have fallen
within day or two to benefit thai which
was planted early The streams have
been SO dry that people in some of. the
nelghbourmg counties were Obliged to GO
~ or 30 and even 60 miles to get their
corn ground! The high prices Of proyis-
IONS OF all kinds consequent of this state
OF things, added to the scarcity Of fruit.
has caused much distress among many poor
lpeoPle in this town and neighbourhood. and
probably in other places. persons in
town can be aware of a. fact which wa
heard from undoubted authority, that a
whole family in this vicinity has been found
preparing little thin Cruel, as the only
provision for sick man, his. wife and FIVE
children! who knew not where they were
to get even that much for their next meal !
Cannot soineshing be done by the more
fortunate to. relieve such cases Of unparal-
A stranger. On Friday week. SONS
persons in the neighbourhood of Bobb,s
mill, four miles from York, in Pennsylva-
mia, found a man wandering about the woods
| in a perfect state OF nudity and deranee-
ment. He was conducted to the Poor
House, II was with difficulty that so much
as his name and place Of residence was
got from him. According to his account,
his n;sinc is James Bennett, and he is from
Baltimore. VA few days previously he was
at the hotisc.of Mr.. Leeder, about two
miles from this place, where, although the
reception was declined, he left his watch
and pocket-book. He at times here, talk
cd rational enough but he would break
out in fits, occasionally shedding tears,
which Showed him to be under the great
est agony of mind. His clothes, which are
said to have been Of the best, and of eve
Try particle of which he divested himself.
have not been found. This is truly case
where one may say: Who can enter into
the Affections Of the mind? Who can de-
scribe the agonies Of the heart
\ York Gazette.
Capt. Rodgers Of the packet Bee, on his
way from New London to Sag Harbour, was
told boy was overheard. Discovering that
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OF go rods from the vessel, was sinking, he
jumped into the boat, and dropped her into
the water, calling for the oars, which were
thrown to him, but oyershot him some. dis
lance, and fell into the water. He then Jump
nd soteshnard with all AIS clothes on, swan
about four rods, got hold Of an oar, regained
the boat, and made his way to the spot.
The boy had gone down four times, his hands
only being above water,. the last time. On
reaching the spot, 10 feet water, and so mud
dy that nothing could be seen, he dove his
oar, 10 feet long into the mud, to make fast
his boat, then Owed, and feeling the oar, haul
ed himself down, and felt the boy under the
eel grass. With much difficulty he brought
the lad by the head, when he found that
the boat had drifted SO far as to- be beyond
IthcSareach of recovery. Hestruggled hard.
not being able to swim, and succeeded in hOl-
ding up the boy, till boat from the shore
relieved him. He was SO exhausted asSnott to
be able 70 stand for some hours, and the boy
who had been under water from rs to 20
minutes. had his knees drawn nearly upto bic
stomach, 50 stiff that il was impossible 10
bend them. BY rubbing him constantly for
nearly four hours, with brandy, he was resus-
citated, and Is now doing we'll. as
In l779, two hundred pounds Of sewinS
silk were made in Mansfield, and in 1910, the
marshal who returned the census in Windham
county, estimated the value p sOduced at Ss7
| SIS.
From the New England farmer.
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