Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-09-10

as we'll die one way as anOther-Give me
over to the ghost -
That night Antonio kept watch on deck. |
Few Of the crew slept; for expectation
and alarm had stretched our nerves upon
the rack. AT one o'clock the voice called,
" Stand from under - " Let GO u Scream
ed the Spamiard. This was answered by
shrek Of laughter it seemed as 1.-THE
fiends answered each other from pole to
pole, and the bass was howled in hell
Then came sudden crash upon the deck,
as If our masts and spars had fallen. WEI
all rushed to the spot--and there was a
cold, stiff, gigantic corpse. The Spaniard
said it was thrown from the shrouds: and
when he looked on il he ground his teeth
like mailman. g know him." exclaim-
ed he, 81 stabbed him within an hours
sail Of Cuba and drank his blood for break
fast"
We all stood aghast al tho monster. In
fearful whispers we asked what should be
done with the body. Finally, we agreed
that the terrible sight must be removed
from US, and hidden in tho depths Of the
sea. Four of US attempted to raise it +;
but human strength was Of no avail-we
might as well have tugged at Atlas. There
it lay stiff, rigid, heavy and as immoveable
as If it formed part Of the vessel. The
Spaniard was furious "let me lift him"
said he /; 81 lifted him once, and can do
it again. I'll teach him what it is to come
and trouble me-" He took the body round
the waist, and attempted to move it. Slow
ly and heavily the corpse raised itself up
its rayless eyes opened; its rigid arms
stretched out, and clasped its victim IN a
close death-grapplc-and rolling over to-
the side Of the ship, they tottered an IN.
s slant over the waters-then with loud
plunge sunk together. Again that laugh
that wild, shrieking laugh-was heard
on the winds. The sailors bowed their
heads, and put up their hands to shut out
tho appalling sound.
took the helm more than once after
but we never again heard in the shrouds
that laundering sound, "Stand from Un-
der u
AnecdOte.-An anecdote is told OF a
clergyman, who some years since was
preaching not thousand miles from the
Of city Charleston, one Of whose sermons
was thought TO contain certain number
of personal illusions, and couched in
terms of severe and unmerited rebuke.-
When the congregation was dismissed, al
respectable portion Of them retired to the
porch of tho church, under feelings of
great excitement, where they awaited their
minister, and as hesapproached them, they
peremptorily demanded the explanation
upon which he deliberately drew from his
pocket the sermon that had given offence,
and said, =" you perceive from tho appear
ance of this manuscript that it was written
long ago. Examine it. 1t is not interim
ed-nor has word been preached to-day
that is not written in it. From notes on
the back of it you will see that preached
the same discourse twenty years ago in
the city of London, and number ofplaces,
in the Island Of Great Britain. I am
however, truly grateful that Providence has
directed me in the selection Of the subject,
as it appears no less adapted to this meri-
dian than for that for which it was origin
ally prepared. And now, gentlemen, &c
any Of you consider that it contains re-
marks applicable to yourselves, / hope and
pray that you may make a profitable inn
provement of them. have no further a.
pology to Offer"
! There exists in the canton Of Mascoing
near Cambray, singular custom. called
in the country La Vente des Fillis," (the
sale Of maidens.) After vespers on the
two or three FIRST Sundays after Easter, the
young girls of Noyelles, Mosnieres, Cam
taing, and Mascoing, repair in groups to
the banks of the canal, close to the bridge
on the high road to Cambray. They range
themselves in single files along one Of the
banks, while on the opposite one are pla-
ced the young men Of the same villages.
The two being thus drawn up in regular
array, it not unfrequently happens that a
long, and to tho females rather torment |
ing silence ensues, while the youths are
only debating upon their choice. As soon |
as young man has decided upon the OBJ
ject Of his preference, he crosses the
bridge. and offers his arm to the fair one
who has fascinated him. Should the LADY
accept the profered arm, she quits the |
ranks Of her still unsolicited companions.
and libation to Bacchus, in the nearest |
carbaret, constitutes pledge, that during
the whole of the following year the young
couple shall burn with mutual Aame.-l
The first Sunday, as may easily be suppo-
sed, sees all the preltiest girls taken off,
Eight days after, tho second best are nick