Litchfield enquirer., 1829-02-12

1 wise and all-benevolent Author of h;. -
 lsience. Such is the system which ,hev
 lnal nave eyes to see may see. Plants l which appear worthless in themselves-.-
 those liclens, moses, healhs, ferns, furze.
 briars, and brooms in which economists
 torsooih, perceive only the symbols of q.
 teTnal barrenness-are SO many instr,;;.
 ments employed by Perfect Wisdom, in fer.
 tilizing new districts for the occupation of future generations Of mankind. q. .Revie,o.. Cobbeu'S English Gardener states tha
 following curious fact :-"When apples ar,
 frozen, if they are kept in total darkness
 until af'er thaw, they will lose very little
 of their original favour. If they tIlaw in
 the light, they will certainly rot"
 COWS.
 1 A bushel of potatoes, given half at night and halfin the morning, with small allow ance ofhay,is sufficient to keep three cows day. On that allowance their milk will be as rich and as good, and the quaiititv as great us in the simmer months, when the cows are in good pasture.
 .s s,a- fs@ X. .sss. ~ FIRE PLACES. v An open heart and liberal hand are much better than an open house and larsA fire place. New England fire places. and other contriyances for warming apartments are not, generally speaking, indications of superior skill in the usefdla arts, nor evidence ofparamount acquisitions in the details of practical philosophy. Que would think that the wnrmth generated by the combus- ton of wood, or other fuel, was considered us nuisance, and that the principal object of our culinary fires was to heat inc at- mosphere, and bring on such athaw as would soonest break ap the sleighing. In pursuance of this plan, we (that is some of us) stick our stoves in the throat of our chimneys and turn the heat out doors with all practicable expedition. In lieu of all this, we advise you to have good deal of stove plate and pipe in your rooms which you wish to warm, aud let the pipe go round and round till it has distributed all the heat ! it is capable of giving the apartment, in stead of conducting il to the open airby the shortest possible route. | The following interesting account of the celebrated whirlpool on th8 coast of Nor
 way, was communicated in d letter from
 Capt. Doane, in 1925, to the lase Hon. 4.
 B. Woodward, judge of Middle Florida, ,&
 has been found among other curious papers
 he has left on file. <
 [ 1ke MaelstrOm Wkirlpodl. -1 This won- derful phenomenon that has excited the as- tonishment and wonder of the world, I have seen. There are few ofnly country men who have had an opportunity in con-, sequence of the situation off being remote from any port of commerce. It's latitude and longitude do not exactly recollect.a It is situated between two islands, belonging to a group off the coast of Norway, called the Lovinstaff Islands. Between Dron.7 theim (being the most northern port of con,-
 merce) and the North Cape, I suppose inc
 latitude tobe about 69 north but I will not
 be certain. had occasion some years ago
 to navigate ship from the North Cape to
 Drontheim, nearly all the way between the islands of rocks and the main. On inuv' 4 ring ofmy Norway pilot about the prs, | | cability of running near the whiflpoc' c.i' told me that with good breeseit e 4,,, n approached near enough for exs. >ould bs without danger. at once de, Animation satisfy myself We began Y 1erminea te 1OA. M. in the month ot s { near q aocu a fascinating breeze at sptsemnper, Mist ~ good seamen were y .clth-west. s I've \, .s mate on the quar,e. s.ced af the hsln'-the their stations fov iyi gscks and aii nanos q lot ssandinelr F 4. working ship. and the pi- n;cht h,,a5s x 4n tho bowsprit between lhs vard, ,~;,, ll s.sst Iwent ofl tho maintopsail bnt - n . good glass. I had been ssatsd shr few moments when my ship aentesed 171 dish of the bhirlp0ol she velocity of tas water altered her course three points 3l towards tho centre although shs was going l. g knots through she water. This alarmed } me excesdingly. For . moment | thought , destruction was inevitable. Sha howaver
 answered her helm sReetly, and wa sun a- long the edge-the waves loaned Eoundus in every form, while she was dancing gaily over them. N Ri faas9 4 The sensations experienced are dilii-
 cult to describe. Imagine to yourself an immense circle running round, of . dianle-
 ter of one and i,alfmiles, ,ihe velocity in-
 creasing as it approxipated towards the
 centre, ,and gradually changing its dark blue
 colonrto white -ioaming, iumbling, and e sse .,s,r1 .r, v,.,v~l nsss.enSsa