The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-10-25

the Mosaic God. lie attempted to show /
that religion was opposed to morality, and
consequently injurious to society forgetting
to tell us how happy France was, while
weltering in blood under the influence of
this system.--'fhe audience in general see
med to accord in the speakers sentiments;
and those men Of such stupendOus reason,
and mighty intelects, were often cheered in
! their bOldest invectves against Christians &
! their God m
| I'D considerable portion of the Club were
men of from ~ to 60 years of age, whose
countenances indicated that but few of the
tender sensibilites Of our nature remained to
them; but that they had become harden
ed in sin, and were ready for any enterprise
| in their masters service. Others were young
men and boys; who were thus early taught
to ridicule that precious Book, which has
conferred innumerable blessings on the chill
dren of men, and the Divine Saviour who has
granted so many consultations to his followers,
through all the trials Of life, and in the So
lemn hour of death. With such comforts
these men are wholly unacquainted. Their
boasted deity, which they call Nature, can
not confer them; and it is greatly to be fear
ed that they will make the awful discovery
too late, that their God and Saviour whom
| LN6y nave utSplScu Is dDle ~
execute to the utmost, all the threatenings
of his Word. To see worm of the dust,
dying mortal, thus trhing with all that is
good, holy and lovely, and endeayouring to
draw into the dreadful vortex, every one
whom he can influence, cannot fail to excite
pity and indignation in every good mans
mind. But such men there are in the midst
of us, going themselves and dragging others
down to pedtion, even while surrounded by
all that blaze of evidence which has so clear
ly exhibited, and is now exhibiting, the divine
authority of the Volume which they affect to
despise. P.
From the ". Y. Commercial advertiser.
PLURALITIEs in THE CHURCH EsTAB-
LISHMENT
One of the great evils of the established
Church of England, is the allowances of plu-
ralities in liyings. 1t has been long, loudly,
and bitterly complained of, and we have a
statement before us which is sufficient to bear
out all we have ever heard on the subject. BY
this statement it seems that one dignitary of
the church, (whose name is not given) beside
| the profits of his own Office, which average a.
bove $4,000 per annum, has one son who
enjoys six pieces of preferment, amounting to
near $4,000 year; and another with 5, in
value about as many thousands. A deceased
Bishop and his family at his death enjoyed
upwards of $4,000 per annum in the church;
and the Morning Chronicle says, ave be-
lieve there are living instances nearly, if not
quite as gross as that to which our attention
has been directed. Those who seek for the
principles and the practices of religion in the
Gospel-who judge fits purity and simplici-
ty by the dictates and example of its Divine
Founder, can hardly imagine that they are
contemplating any of the consequences aris-
ing from such a source, when such things as
these, present themselves to their considera
ton"
INCREDIBLE STORY RELATING TO THE
POISON OF THE RATTLESNAKE.
To give you an idea of the long time this
poison retains ITS property shall relate a GU
rlous, but well authenticated. series of facts,
which took place in central district of the
state of Pennsylvania, some 12 or is years
ago. A farmer was so slightly bit through
the boot by rattlesnake, as he was walking
to view his ipening corn-felds, that the pam
felt was thought by him to have been from
the scratch of thorn, not having seen or
heard the reptile. Upon his return home, he
felt, on sudden, violently sick at the stom-
ach, vomited with great pain, and died in
few hours. Twelve months after this, the
eldest son, who had taken his fathers boots,
put them on, and went to church some dis
lance. On going to bed that night, whilst
drawing off his boots, he felt slightly scratch
ed on the leg but merely mentioned it to his
wife, and rubbed the place with his hand. In
few hours, however, he was awakened by
violent pains, complained of general gidd-
ness, tainted frequently, and expired, before
any succour could be applied with success;
the cause of his illness, also, being quite a
mystery. In course of time his effects were
sold, and second brother, through ial af-
lection, purchased the boots, and. If remem-
Der rightly, put them on about two years af-
ter. AS he drew them off, he felt scratch,
and complained of it, when the widowed sis
ter. being present, recOllected that the same
pain had BEEN felt by her husband on the like
occasion; the youth suffered and died in the
same way that his father and brother had
These repeated and singular details being rl-
mored in the country, a medical gentleman
called upon the friends Of the deceased, to in
quire into the particulars, and at once pro-
nOunced their deaths to have been occasi0ned
by venom. The boots that had been the cause
of complaint, were brought to him, when he
cut one of them open with care. aud discov-
cred the extreme point OF the fang of rattle
snake issuing from the leather, and assured
the people that this had done all the mischief.
To prove this satisfactorily, he scratched with
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