The Litchfield County post., 1827-03-29


 mon avenue, to the stomach of each unhappy wight. No sooner was the prescription an- nOunced, than it caused universal insurrec- ton of that abused organ throughout the dO- miniOns of the dragon ;-and we are persua- ded that the consequences would have been fatal. had there not rose up mighty man of valOur, usually known by the name of .' Inde- pendant ElectOr;' who made oath that he would slay the monster without sword or staff" And SD Independent EIector took the materials of which a certain excellent prepa- ration ;s composed, called ''the rcpuhiican district ticket ;'' and |" did seeth them tOgeth- CT, and made Jumps thereof;'' and went out to meet the dragon. So soon as the monster saw him, he gave terrible growl; his eyes flashed with indignation; and after the man. ner of Putnam's celebrated wolf, put himself in an attitude of springing upon his adversa ry;" when Independent Flee tor dashed the preparation into his throat; and the dragon fell down, and ''burst asl,nder."
 DANIEL.
 Nota Jena ;-The obsequies will take place on the first Wednesday in May next; the procession will move from the Court House in Hartford, by torch light, precisely at eleven o'clock F. M.; the near relatives in Litchieid county are requested 10 attend without fur !her notice. D. THE WOLF AND THE FOX :--4 F'd5le.
 Some thirty years ago, a WoIfw a large family, lived in the vicinity ofa Fox, with a progeny equally numerous; and were joint tenants of considerable territory, through which they roamed with entire freedom in the pursuit of game. For time the two families went on with good degree of har- 'nony but causes of difficulty arose, by which they gradually became estranged; till at length they broke out into violent quar- rel. The chief ground of dispute between l them, wasthe division Of the prey; in relation to which, they were mutually jealous; and were, contra pacem, guilty of cel tain rash pro- ceedings, which all discreet persons (whether bibed or quadrnped,) disapprove. Pretty soon, however. after they commenced the bu- sin"ss of "trying which could do the other the most harm," the Wolf, being by nature a more powerful and ferocious animal than his antagonist, obtained the mastery, and got the control of the whole territory; so that the unhappy Fox was obliged to scnd for his life. The Wolfcontinuedt to enjoy the victory for number of years, and greatly tyrannized 0, CT the Fox, denying him a participation i the products of the field ;-so that it was ex- treme'y difficult for the family of the latter to ! subsist, being compelled to resort to all the little arts and chicanery of their nature, to ob- 1 tain the common necessaries. During the I continuance of the It Sn of MT. Wolf, his 1 neighbour Fox suggested that their territory should be distyicteL; and that suitable ror- ] tions of it should be assigned to each family, so that they might reap the advantages to which they were respectively entitled. INis, MT. Fox said. was reasonable ard just; and that although Wolf had the mastery, yet his family was large, and it was not right to com pei him to commit petit larceny every time he wished to pick geose's wing. Fox made sundry very earnest applications on this i,- teresting subject: his appeals were frequent; his entreaties importunale; and every time he preferred petition, he took especial care to add the emphatic words, ''as in duty bound your orator will euer pray" But to all the eloquence of Fox on this interesting subject, that arstocratic parsonage, Sir Nicolas Wolf, replied m scripture phraseo!ogy, nay, nay ;- possession is equivalent to nine points of law and whatever game there may be found in these regions is destined exclusively for my capacious maw. The project of districtng the territory, however, was more especially resisted by certain bitter individuals in the Wolf family, who were so greedy that they could not consent to see others participate in the spoil. Constantly traducing neighbour Fox. they stirred up the most violent conten- ton, and were the sole authors of many fla grant acts of injustice, committed upon the unoffending members of his family. The lat ter, however, in the mean time, impcrceptibly gained strength of which their adversaries, resting in presumptuous security, were not