Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-11-05
% THE LAST TIME"

ccd where the awful doubt is converted
to tremendous certainty-Mot the sick
patient on the bed Of death, whose pulse
; beats family, and whose subsiding pain
, seems to annonce the coming Of release.
He may linger for hours; he may recover
--thc ray Of hope beams, and those who
{ love him share his brightness. His hours
: are not numbered. The sinking mariner
, clings to the last fragment of his ill-fatsd
ship, and holds on while nature gives him
strength and as he mounts the topping
wave, strains his anxious eyes in search Of
assistance. A vessel may heave in sights
! he sa0y be drifted TO some kindly shore
. has fate is not decided.
r The unhappy wretch who alone lives
his last day hopeless and in unmitigated
misery, is the sentenced convict on the
eve Of execution he sees and hears all
that is passing around him with the terrible
. consciousness that it was for the "last
} time"
+ He beholds the sun beaming through
the bars Of his cell, in all his parting bright
ness, and knows he sees his golden rays
for the "last time )" he hears the prison
clock record the fieeting minutes--how
lastly fleeting to him throughout the
night each hour sounds to him for the "last
time" Seven strikes upon the bell-at
eight he dies
His wife, his children, his beloved pa-
rents, come to him he stands amidst his
family in the full possession of his bodily
health and mental faculties. He clasps
. them to his heart-they GO; the door OF
, his cell closes and shuts them from his
sight he has seen them for the "last
, time"
: Hc is summoned to tho scaflold--the en-
CINE of death stands ready he feels the
pure air Of heaven blow upon his face-the
. summer sun shines brightly; for the IS last
time" he sees the green fields aud the trees,
and ten thousand objects familiar to US all.
The cap is drawn over his tear-fraught
\ eyes the objects vanish, never, never.
= to be seen again by him. He hears for the
v " last time" the sacred word of God from
u human lips; in another momOnt the DEATH
It struggle is on him, and he breathes for the
,, I" last time!"
it To him alone, then, is the e9it from
J. this world Of cares regular and certain in
Of every other case, it is mystery when the
a last time" shall come.
ne The Fvemchman and tRG P:gs.--.A
Frenchman one day seeing sow and q
&c. litter Of pigs pass, stood for sone time ad-
miring them iill he found an opportunity
m. Of popping one under his coat, and rum
ill ming of with ii. This he attempted, but
GU was pursued by the ostler, who overlook
of and seized him with the pig In his posses.
c. sion. He was taken to Bow-Street and
,ir fully committed. When the trial came on,
Of the circumstance of the theft being eleRfly
ou proved, he was found guilty, and asked
tx what no had to say why sentence should
10 not be passed "Me lord, I will trubble
IS, your attended, two tire word vat sal say.
III French jenteman-I no understand vat
" you call de tief in dis co6ntre. Mais vii
., tell you bout d'aHaire, and you vii find dat
,r I am innocent. Me Tor, I never tets pig
in my lifetime" Why, il was found up
ID on YOU" "Oh. certainly, but TAX him
is vid his own consent" How do you
70 mean" "Vy ven vas see de mamma
z pig, and bis shildrens, vas very much 10
i love wild him and dis littal pig, look in
l. dis face, say you pretty little fellow, Wit
d you come live vid me for one month He
says, week week So I have take
It him for week, dat's ALL"
HOLY Waser.-A very good story is re.
lated by Lambert in his travels, respecting
the efficacy Of Holy Water. "a friend
+ of mine (says hey was once present at the
I house ola French lady in Canada, when
, violent thunder storm commenced. The
shutters were Immediately closed. and the
room darkcned. The lady Of the house,
not willing to leave the safety Of herself
and company to chance, began TO search
her closets for tho bottle Of holy water,
which by sudden fash Of lightning, she
fortunately found. The bottle was un-'
corked, and its contents immediately spFin-
r kIed over the ladies' and eentlemen-Itw was
;; most dreadful Storm and lasted consid-
E cradle time she therefore redOubled her
sprnklings and benedictions at every clap
OF thunder or fash oflightning. At length
the storm ceased, and the party we're prove
identially saved from its effects whiek the
. good lady attributed solely to the precious
water. But when the shutters were open
ed, and the light admitted. the company
found, to the destruction Of their white
|. gowns and muslin handkerchieis, their
coats. wais'coats, and breeches, that in.
stead OF holy water, the piOus lady nad
sprinklod them with INK.