The Litchfield County post., 1827-01-12
B.-Do you take the newspaper, neigh

D.-Do you taKe the he"sPdPo''"0'Su- bor 4 i?
 A.-No sir, I do not take them myself, but | now and then borrow one, just to read. Pray sir what have newspapers to do with the education of children!
 B.-Why, sir, they have vast deal to do with it, I assure you l should as soon think of keeping them from school, as to withhold from them the newspaper. Indeed anewspaper is a little school fitselt. Be- ing new every week, it attracts their atten- ton, and they are sure to peruse 1t. Thus while they are storing their minds with uS- ful knowledge, they are at the same time acq quiring the art of reading &c. have been surprised that men of understanding should overlook the importance of news paper in a family.
 A.-In truth neiehbor E. I frequently think I should like to take them ; can not we'll afford the expense.
 B.-can't afford the expense what, let me ask, is the value of two or three dollars year, ill comparason with the pleasure and advantage to be derived from a well conducted newspaper ? As poor as I am l would not for fifty dollars year, deprive myself of the happiness enjoy in reading, and hearing my children read and talk about what they have read in the paper. And then the reflection, that they are growing up intelligent and useful members of socie- ty-Oh, don't mention the expense; pay it inadvance every year, and you will think no more oft.
 Al believe you arc right. I now be- gin to see my folly. will go home and order the printer to send me his paper m- meJiately.--
 Singular Preservation. A few days ago a very amusing and somewhat dangerous occurrence took place at d small circus in the Bowery, in which there is an exhib;- ton of wild beasts, such as elephants, ti- gers, lions, &c. The keeper of the col lection one day went to dnueI, as usual, under the impression that his four footed actors were quite snug in their cages. IL was not so. The cage that contained a tiger and tigress, was in a state of de- cTepitude, so that the terocious couple hroke loose. If their keeper was to eat his beef steak, Mir. and Mrs. Tiger thought they ought to have something fresh too.- Accordingly, being free as air, they cast their eyes round the habitatiol, as a gor- mandser would in cook-shop, and so sc- lected fine foreign animal, called a Lama, on which to dine. At the approach of the tiyering couple the poor lama got scared and set up grunt. It would not do.- One of the tiger family i've have tiger families elsewhere) sprung at his throat, brought him down, and tapped his jugular vein in twinkling. Here both the ani- mals slipped away with great perseverance,, as fast and as cordially as the cobler and his wife hung over cider barrel in New Jersey, which they soon emitted of its con- tents. The heart of the poor lama was soon drunk dry by these two feline topers In the mean time the keeper had fin ished his dinner, drunk his glass, and was putiing away at the but end of Spanish segar, when he entered and found the woTk that had been going on. He was a. larmed at first, but his personal courage did not ooze away, as Across did in the play. He ventured into the ring with moose to fling over the heads of the two ferocious animals, while they were sucking out the last drop of blood from the poor lama.- The tigress finishing her repast sooner than her mate, turned round while the keeper was in the very act of catching them, and made preparations to spring upon him, in the same way that a cat does when 'e sees mouse. The keeper felt tlc dan ger of his situation, but with great pres ence of mind he made retreat behind his elephant, who, from the other sido of the circus, was looking on the scene with great con,posure. The tigrcss did not forgo her intent. She made spring at the keeper, past the elephant, but just at this moment, the sagacous animal observ- ing. it would seem, the danger ofhis keep er let out his trunk with the swiftness of an arrow from the bow and pitched the tigrcss to the further end ofthe circus.
 A wonderful hurley hurley was now kicked up. All the monkies and balloons scampcrcd up to the rafters, and the glar- ing eyes of the enraged tigress struck dread into the whole, except the elephant, who folded up his trunk with neatncss after his feat, and the lion who sat in his cage on his hips like dog, looking on with great dig nifty and composure. The keeper now run out from behind the elephant, and ap- preaching his trunk, uttered certain words