The Litchfield County post., 1827-07-26

| enabled to climb the perpendicuarland smooth surface of the ice-hilis among which they liye.-Some kinds of lizards have the same power of climbing, and of creeping with their bodies dOwnwards, along the ceiling of room. In the large feet of these animals, the cOntrivance is easily observed of the two toes or tightners, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down, and the air excluded in the act of walking or climbing; but it is the very same, only upon larger scale, with the mechan- ism of fy's or butterhy's foot; and both operations, the climbing of the sea-horse on the ice, and the creeping of the fly on the window or the ceiling, are performed exactly by the same power, the weight of the atmos- phere.-London paper.
 AWFUL OcCURRENCE.--Ont the 2Sth A. pril James Ackley, a collier, in the service of Mir. Scrowcrott, of Hindley near Wigan,died under circumstances extremely awful. Ackley was person greatly addicted to the vice of swearing. On the 22d uIt. his wife was taken i'll, but he had no sympathy for her sufferings and told her that she was ' foring." On the Sunday following she died. On the next day the son paid him a visit, and the father said to him ''John, thy step-mother hath tricked me, thought to have died first, but never mind, l shall die before they take her out of the house." At this time he appeared to be troubled with no complaint but that what he called his d-d asthma. His son earnestly re- monstrated with him for his wickedness.and implored him to think of future state, but without effect. He said thereSwas '.nei- ther God, nor devil, nor heaven or he'll" that if there was one he was an unjust one, or he was asleep and had forgotten us. The son nl- ho hardened in unbelief. On Tuesday the 27th he was often heard to mutter dreadful oaths, which were principally directed to his chil- dren. On Wednesday, the day on which his wife's funeral took place, he lay on the squab Ia sort of sofa,) quite speeches.. A neighbor who came to attend the funeral said it was time to serve out the bread, Ia custom on such occasions in that part of the country,) when sudden change took place in his bo- dy. All the persons present arose to look at him; he presented dreadful spectacle, when, awful to relate, in less than two min- utcs he breathed his last. 1t is more easy to conceive than to describe the feelings of the bystanders on witnessing this awful visitation of the Almighty ty.-Mancheste Mercury.
 WondertM recipe.-A remedy for the bite of mad dog has been discovered in France The Roman Catholic missionaries at.Nantes seem to be trading company, Ethey sell re- licts, chaplets, and even "letters of Jesus Christ :" one of which was found in the cha pei of St. Hubert. the lst of Feb. 1926 its sold as preservative against hydrophobia! It concludes as follows ;--" All persons who shall carry copy of this letter about him in honor of St. Hubert will be preserved from the bite of all mad animals. All persons who can't read may say five paters and five ave marias, d uring five Fridays. in honor of five wounds of Jesus Christ as it is marked in the
 letter. Approved by the grand vicar-general, at the holy see; signed Dubois and Maler, bishops and archbishops of Paris. price one penny." Certainly no one can be cured at a cheaper rate, and have such letter into the bargain. How it came to be found out that this letter was. good for the bite of mad dog we are not told. '..
 Effects 0f Iutemperdnce.-A widow woman between forty and fifty years of age, residing dren's sake we forbear to mention, retired to a state of intoxication. About midnight she arose, left her chamber. and knocked for ad- mission, (to obtain, as she said, light,) at the door of another apartment of the same house. Not being able by her entreaties to obtain an enterance, she declared with aa oath, that unless her request was granted she would throw herself from her window which rash determination she deliberately put into execution, by forcing off a part ofthe window easement in the third story, taking out the lower sash and placing under the window n large trunk, from which she jumped into the street. The fall upon the pavement caused the rupture of blood vessel, and though
 medical aid was immediately called and eve ] ry means used to restore her, she lived but a ] few hours.-Bos. Iray.
 l From the Baltimore Gazete.
 In the Mercury of the 17th May,published at Vera Cruz, we have the following account of the ascent of Messrs. Wm and Frederick
 Glennie, in the employ of the mining compa-
 ny and MT. John Taylor of Mexico, to the
 summit of the celebrated volcano of POpOca-
 tepetr It may be proper to remark here,
 that ofthe many attempts that have been
 made to reach the top of this stupendous
 volcano, the present is the only one that has
 succeeded. The account is given in an ex tract from the journal of the gentlemen who
 conducted the interesting enterprise. On the
 morning of the 18th May they left Mex
 icO, provided with all the instruments neces-
 sary for the prosecution oftheir design; such
 as barometers, theOdolites. chrOnOmeter,
 SSc. and passed the night at the Village of A.