Litchfield enquirer., 1829-05-14

months WItn a c0H$tNM& 3uU &f6at lMpfOweS ment to the last, and lave no doubt might with increasing bencfs. have kept it for month longer. |. No on,s, without the prpot' can believe how astonishiRgly it will im- prove in tenderness and dlagar, after being kepta due length OftiNse and 1t d0nblless is much more wholes0ns6 than the recent, rank, tough hecf. that is hberiously mas ticated to become cansc 0f dyspepsia in some, and bilious levers in others. as tho town doctors assure us. beg iu recum- mend this kcnping oi beet ta all hnuse- keepers, in town ~ country satisfied that after one faie trial, they would nO nisara feed on a recently slaUgl,tpEea ox than they would on m Abyssinian sseak with Caflfa- rian garnishmcnts.
 NEW ENGLAND CHARACTER.
 IL will De found dificult tos any ans N, present on paper to the sensc of the read. CT an adequate idea of the genuine New England comic features so much depends upon the tone of voice, flat and quaint, UT sharp and squealing. upon the look, soi- cum and arch: and upon tho pronunciation, which all know was very peculiar But difficult as 1t is, the effort has been made tn several instances, and a few very taith- ful and curious dramatic specimens have been presented in print There are, too, several living hpnorists about New York, who arc in the habit Of entertaining their friends with New England stories, which never fail of producing, in the language of play bills, !" unbounded applause" 1" The reader has no doubt often heard the ex- cellent tale of Deacon Amasiah Bigelow, who, whh his company from Bark shire county, Massachusetts, was Ut tho taking of Burgoyne. Arrived on the bat- tie ground in the midst of the peril, he re- fused to take hold tiM he had seen Col. Warner.' 2" | shan't at,ack no attNck, l" says he, "till I sec Col, Warner" Soli- cited by an officer oM horseback to make an onset upon party of Hessians, he ask- ed ss are you Col. Warmer? my name is Deacon Amsziah Bigelow, from Bark- shire county, Massachusetts, ,and those men arc all from Berkshire county, Massachu. setts-thcre ant coward hair among us, not one we are all from Berkshire county; but | sha'n't attack no attack till I see Col. Warner---they say he's 2 fighting man." Col. Warner came and as.
 signed him a station, when, having drawr Enp his Berkshire men " intoa solid hollow
 square," lle made . speech and offered [ tfong pr1yer. aud then showing his mon shs Iensmy hc bid them go Ut 1t God Al. mighty" l" says hc, }" will go before and HI 20 behind, and the day shall De onrs."s X,
 Lastly, for this occasion, for I may trouble you again you approve of my story telling, ! give the following domestic specimen of brother Jonatllan as lle ls. The reader must imagine much or to will gain nothing. Brother Jonathan had met an old acquaintance, and amidst much talk, the following occurred. The tone of voice is somewhat drawling and guttural, and the look deep and grave. sa e.st
 II got to be about five and fnrsy and thought I'd.get married--and got nnaf- ried. used to like fourth proof you know, but after I got married, my wife wouldn't let me have no fourth proof; and I suffer- ed dreadfuily, I tell ye. One morning ! got up. with d desperate dry belly-ache, and I felt dreadfulIy, and asked my wife if she hadn't go. no fourth proof so give me, and she said she had'nt--And ' felt dreadfully. And [ thought I'd go over and see Patience Hildreth. Sc went to and she gave me a chair, and she asked how did, and I told her felt desperate- ly. And | said Patiehcel ! and she said what -she's . willin cFitcr--and nsk'd her fl slic hadn't got no fourth proof and she said slle guessed shehad: and she went down to the suttle and she brought up q decantes that held ! guess as much as thfeo pints: and | tuck 1t, and ! shuek her, and she bore u bead ! tell ye. And | said Patiencsl and sh6 said what--Now she's a Willin cfitOF, and always ready to hear what | have to say and asked her If she had'nt got any tlmbleF 70 give me. and she said she guessed che had. And she went down io the suttles and she brought up . tumbler thas held as much as two pinss. And I tuck t upaDd shuck her aeain-4-and she bore bead. And turned out as much, near upon't as four lfineers-4ond | ask'd her if she hadn't got no water and she said she guessed she had but told her I guessed is didn't make no matter, for [ didn't see 10 where for nobody to put nonc---aDd drink'd her down at one swig, and she went like ile, And, wllenaI got 80 | could spaall. said Patience and she said ~iIai-~and told her # my moslser had given ne such milk IS that, I'd kept { stream of is
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