The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-12-05

cnuad,,,e. which. when any ore has bcca /
confined on an nninst accusation, demands
his release from duranee BY the taiFest
r,a;d of the canton, who, in token Of ae-
initial. presents him with a rose
An eyes turned on the happy Clara,
who. receiving from the Landamman the
rose (which bis adjoining garden supplied)
placed Il in her lovers hand. Conrad
Meyer, taking from his withered finger the
w.dding-ring, which, since the death Of his
beloved partner, had nevcr before Quilted
it, handed it in silence to the delighted A
logs, who, reverently kissing the pledge of
thirty years. connubial happiness, transfer
red it to that zyouthful hand to whom he
owed more than life,-liberty and honor!
| The Landamman ledthe procession, which
triumphantly proceeded to the village
church, and, acting as the father OF the
Young man he has since befriended through
life, ne sanctioned with his presence GER
emonv. still remembered in the Engadine,
in its German and Italian dialects, by the
names Of "ROsen- HinGth," or " Nozze
della ROsGr' ~
The brother of the deceased (whom no
one recoIlected to have seen in court after
the production of the mute witnesses of
Alloys innocence) was some years after
wards recognized as lay-brother Of La
i Trappe. Soon after his disappearance, a
letter was received, indicating the spot in
i the garden where he had secreted bis BROTH
er,s little wealth. This his aged parents,
considering it as the price Of their sons
blood, were equally unable and unwilling to
appropriate. They allotted part of it to
the erection. of a small Hospice for travel
lers on the site of their sons murder, and
divided the remainder between the two
young men, whom their humanity had near
| ly involved in his catastrophe,and who We'd
with eacli other in their efforts to supply
to the aged and broken-hearted couple,
the place of their lost children.
Homer Comb.-Wax may be extracted
from Doe combs, in the following economi-
i cal manner:-Have on the fire an open
Vessel of boiling water, and standing by the
fire an open vessel Of cold water !: put the
comb, IN close canvass bag, into the boil
ling water, and repeatedly squeeze it down
i with stick orlarge woodenspoon; the wax
4 will come through the bag and swim on
the surface of the water by repeatedly
n squeezing the bag, and skimming, every
Iparticle of wax may be obtained when con-
Igealed on the cold water, it may be taken
off, again melted, and cast into moulds o
any convenient shape for sale.
Lastinct.--The following fact goes far
toward proving that instinct differs chiefly
lindegree from reason:-A few years since,
a pair of sparrows, which had built nest
in the thatch roof Of house at Poole, were
observed to continue their regular visits ia
lit long after the time when the young birds
81 took flight. This unusual circumstance
continued stronghold tie year; and in the
winter. gentleman who had all along OBJ
. served them, determined on, investigating
{ its cause. He therefore mounted ladder
and found one of the young ones detained
prisoner by means of piece of string
Eor worstcd. which formed part Of the nest,
+ having become accidentally twisted round
its leg. Being thus incapacitatedf from pro-
curing its own sustenance, it had been fed
by the continued exertion Of its parents.