Litchfield enquirer., 1829-06-11

HAiuul0 AAduoduJs ana Can be SubStan.
 tiated by the most unequivocal testimony.
 A boy living in this village, about is years of age, who is accustomed to walk and converse in his sleep, fell asleep in his chair in the forepart of the evening. In short time he began to talk, and cal led upon boy who was not present, and said, ' come let us.go to school" There were two young men present, who accom- pained him to the school Lone of whom. responded to the name, and acted the part of the absent. On arriving at the school house. where the instructor happened to be, he went in, took off his hat, and took his seat, with all the propriety and deco rum that he would have observed at any time. He said in low tone of voice. :" l must go to studying" and immediately got his slate and book He turned to the place in Arithmetic where he had been cy- phering. This was the 40 problem in the Rule of Three, in Daboll's Arithmetic. on which he had studied the preceding day without being able to solve. The instruct. or came to him, and asked him if he could not get the answer. He replied in the negative. He then read the question. and the teacher told him how to state it. He made the statement; and then said he could not bring the pounds, shllings, &c. to dollars. Being told how to do it, he proceeded according to directions, and brought out the true answer. The teach- CT then sent hum to the blackboard. in order to drill him in the general rules of Ar;hasdsic. He was told to find the sum of 8, l2, 66, and 26, which hc did cor rectly. He was examined in all the rules, from Addition to the Rule of Three: and to the astonishment of all present, gave as ready and correct answers, as if he had been perfectly awake. After sitting some time, he asked permission to 20 home. which was not granted. Upon this. the teacher withdrew to another part of inc room, for the purpose of observing the issue ofthis interesting scene. It seems that a former teacher had had a dificnltv with the boy, and had corrected him This correction the boy had not forgotten. For the sake of an experiment, one ofthc young men who attended him assumed the name of this teacher, and the other that of q. scholar. The pretended scholar suggested to the boy the idea of averaging the pun- ishment he had formerly received, by burn ing up the rods with which he had been chastised. He searched the room until scholars, the-sticks which the present the exultation he could nave 4u.....--cI.:s had the whole been reality. For this conduct, he was arraigned by the fictitious master, for having destroyed his rods.-- He charged him with the deed, but he de- nied it with persevering obstinacy.- it was proved by the testimony of the fc- titious scholar. Anticipating the punish- ment, and not waiting for its execution, he began to cry out, to. writhe his body, and to cringe under the imaginary strokes of the whip, just as if it had been mat ter of fact. Thinking to retaliate this supposed Aagellation, he proposed to the other scholar to assist him in turning out of the house the pretended instructor. He complied and the somnambulist exerted himself with all his vigor in putting him out. During all this time his eyes were closed, his breathing was hard, and he ap- peared every way like person asleep. The next morning he was told of what had taken. place, and was perfectly aston- ished. He had no recollection of any thing since he had fallen asleep in his chair, and was so mortified at what he had done in the presence of his instructor, that he hardly could be prevailed upon to at tend school. This is only ono among many singular instances that have occurred in the history of this lad. He has been known to get up in the night, saddle a horse, ride at some distance, and return to bed again without being conscious of what he had done. When in this situation it seems difficult if not impossible to awake him. Every mode of shaking and roughly handling has been tried to bring him to . state of consciousness, but all in vain. The
 way adopted by his friends is to let him go as long as he pleases, after which he goes
 back to bed, and in about quarter of an
 hour voluntarily awakes.--Mid. Gazeste.
 Improvement in ClOcks.-Mr. Joseph Ives of this village is the inventor and patentee of lever spring clock, which has passed the inspection ofartists and mechan-
 ics with high degree of approximation. The
 wheels are all of metal, the principal of
 which run on friction rollers, and exhibit
 au admirable nicety of finish and work manship. The lever springs carry the striking part as well as the time, and re-
 quire winding only once in eight days
 The whole is in small compact form, light and portable, without the necessity