The Litchfield County post., 1828-08-28

SEAoky hnes. How long this pyrotechnl-
cal exhibition would have continued i
doubtful but the shelf above gave way
and half The edition Of DR.. M'Henry''
Wilderness fell into the conaagratiOn.--
At first we thought il was all put out anC
the firemen Surceased from their labOrS fOI
a while: bat though the Wilderness could
not burn, il became rcd-hot, and cOmmu.
nicated its ardor to The pioneers, which
was in the vicinity, aud which blazed like
the forests on the OtsegO mountains, not
withstanding Precaution lay on the tor
of it.
The confagration now became general
In one corner of the ware house there
seemed to be box of spices which had
found it's way there from neighborlne
druggists store; and in it we saw Lallah
Rookh mounting and cxhaling in light and
perfume.
In another corner our eyes were dazzled
and delighted at ne same time, as the
works of the Great Magician of Scotland,
seemed melting in a mass of golden liquid
light, which mounted upwards and formed
itself into revolving halo, or glory, radia-
ting with pure resplendence, while in the
centre were diScerned the eyes and Inca
ments of countenance both solemn and
attractive. We knew not whether it was
the vision of the sacred birth, seen by the
alchemiSt at the ecstatic moment of sue
cesstul projection--the awful visage reveal
ed in fire in the mysteries of the Egyptian
Isis,--or that of Brahmah as he is to come
according to the Hindoos, in his last Ava
tar,---but it seemed to us more like the
face of an honest man, of genius, and I'M
wearied industry, glori6ed by its circum-
volying illumination, than like any or Ell
Their of those fantastic imagin ations of OIL
den times.
Our attention was directed from this
fine spectacle by a nasty Kissing noise,
occasoned by the explosions of a parole
of old July orations, published about the
time when Tom Paine was abusing Gen.
Washington. These things spit an sput-
tered and stank bitterly and communica-
ted to Eaton's life of Jackson. which ex-
pired in smoke and sparks, like damaged
powder, in style which was neither bea-
gan's book was enveloped in dense smoke,
of dirty color; but sort of crawling
phosphorescent fire seemed running about,
and we did not see what become of it.
Then Obi or three ingered-Jack, Joe
Miller and Noah's Travels, with al the
books the naughty huxter-women used to
sell in the Fly Market, began to burn with
n no;eo l;Eo Tho cr,cLl;nr &C xhnrnS an
der pot. There seemed to be some in
stances Of spontaneous combustion and
it was whispered that some quires of pa
per had anticipated their intened destiny,
having been meant for the Offices of the
Post and the Enquirer.
When Shakespeare took fire, there was
splendid exhibition of phaniasmagoria ; in
which images terrible, sublime, pathetic &
ludicrous, seemed formed advancing, re-
treating and interminging in strange but
grand disorder. They danced a landango
together, moving upwards with wild digni-
ty to their fiery apotheosis.
Milton was consumed in steady, long
continued and great column of fire, which
scared to the armament and seemed to
lick the stars; sounds like the war of
thunder and discharge of heavy artillery
being heard from time to time whose
echoes died away in solemn reverberation
that fingered long upon the ear.
There was one volume which lay by it.
self; and as it became holocaust, path
way of silver light shot up to heaven, as
prepared for its ascension. Around it was
q visible olcrv like that ascending above
the tabernacle from between the over
shadowing wings of the cherubim; and a
midst it the sacred volume seemed to soar,
each leaf emitting lustre which dimmed
all the surrounding blaze, until it was car
ried up through the sombre canopy above,
which opened to receive it, and so vanished
imperceptibly.
From the N. E. Farmer.
SIGNS OF A POOR FARMER.