The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-10-03

The Merrilnack at Concord rose from
IL to IS feet, overlooking the meadows
and DESTROYING the ungathered crops Of
grass and grain: ssthe boats were seen
gliding over the cornfelds, and the corn,
which in some places was entirely COW.
cred, in others extended its luxuriant
tops above the food, presenting to the
eye scene picturesque and beautiful in
the extreme. - ~
The Simple DOric.--The Plymouth Eng
lish) Journal says, a country mana short time
since, met a gentleman on horseback, and
put the following question to him. Measter,
you ant a seed no such thing as never calf
no where at all here abO,lts ante 2" This is
most lame and impotent attempt to initiate
the following well-knoWn
Simple Yds,keic.-A young man Tor an old
woman, as the case may beg went into pub
lie house near the market in Boston, where
several gentlemen were conyersing on politics,
or the allied banks" - and accosted them as
follows: Pray gentlemen, 'spose you han't
none on you never seen nothing of no box
that nobody left no where about here no time
to day without no hyer ont han't YOU"
Boston Courier.
The late Archbishop Of Bordeaux was re-
markable for his tolerance and enlightened
benevolence. The following anecdote will
not be read without interest. MY lord" said
personto him one day, g here is a poor wo-
man come to ask charity; what do you wish
to do for her 7" "How old is she r. Sew
enty." g Is she in great distress r. ''She says
500 "She must be relieved; give her TWEEN
ty-fve francs.n !" Twenty-Five francs my
lord it is too much, especially as she is a
Jewess.'' g A Jewess ~ Eyes, my lord"
:" Oh, that makes great difference. Give
her fifty francs, then, and thank her for COM
ing" @f8
The late king of England, George III, sent
as present to the Emperor Of China, hand
some town-built chariot. On board the YES
sci which conveyed it lit was packed in sepa-
rate pieces) mandarin attended, to see it
mounted and put together that he might in
form himself of the uses of the several parts.
He readily understood all the rest, but the
two seats, the one within and the coachmah's
seat, covered Of course with superb hammer
cloth, perplexed him. IS For whom is that
seat p said he, pointing to the inside of the
carriage. He was told it was for the Empe-
ror.-'' And that - pointing the coachbox.
For the man who guides the horses" do
you think" said he, with sudden burst of
Indignation, that our glorious sovereign, the
son Of the sun, &c. will allow any one to be
placed higher than himself?"
Home Industry.-The advancement of this
country in manufacturing industry, is, per-
haps, unexampled in history. In the year
1905, the total consumption of cotton, by the
manufactures Of the United States, was a lit
tie more than one thousand bales. Now,
Rhode Island uses more. In 1919, our wool
len factories could not furnish the army with
5000 blankets. During the last war, capital
was taken from commerce and invested in
manufactures. This was the first impulse.
In 1915, report made to Congress showing
that forty millions of dollars capital were in
vested in cotton manufactures, and tioelve mil
lions in woollen. In that year we manufactu-
red 10000 bales of cotton. In 1915, it was
estimated that the whole amount of goods
manufactured in the United States, was equal
to fifty or sixty millions Of dollars. IL is now,
believed that we manufacture, Of all kinds, to
the amount of $50 millions in year, about
IS millions of which are exported, and the
rest consumed in the country. The internal
or domestic trade Of every country, is perhaps,
more permanent and useful than the for
eign. 1t is not subject to the fluctuations of
the commercial world, which frequently break
out and spread desolation around. The Eng
lish Journalists have been consoling them.
selves that our industry was as prOstra-
ted as theirs. The facts which we have sta
ted do not Indicate much depression.
ADVOCATE. tseit. ear
The Malays (of Sumatra) are: the great
est gamblers perhaps on earth /; and when
man has lost more than he can pay, he
sells himself to the winner. The greatest
number of slaves are females, and children
of both sexes, who have been sold by their
unnatural parents to procure the means of
subsistence, or to enable them to engage in
gambling, or in opium smoking. Horrible
as it may appear to the delicate SENSIBLE
ties of Mr.. Roswell Buxton, and other
members of the ANTI Slavery Society, - it
cannot be denied, however," says Mr.. An
derson, "that the existence ofslavery, he
means (the Stare trade) in this quarter, in
former years, was of immense advantage
in procuring female population for Pr
nang - and he assures Us that from ASA
han alone, 500 slaves, principally females,
were exported to Malacca and Pinang, in
the course Of year. Here they got COM
fortably settled as the wives Of opulent