Litchfield enquirer., 1829-01-29

if they have a mind to take the trouble, let them tell forty lies week to hide that their great grandfather made leather brooches for living. What dO I care Can't I know that am the happiest of the twol Ant as free! And haven't as much weight iii the Government as they haver You talk like a book, Mir. Bond; but, after all, don't like to see their car riages and footncu rolling by my old hay cart
 'Very like, very like, ncighbor Jones <; for, as Aunt Scuy says, there is great deal of human nature In mdn
 Women in their nature are much moro gay & joyous than men; whether it be that their blood IS more refined, their flores more delicate, and their animal spirits more light and volatile or whether, as some have imagined, there may not be kind ot sex in the very soul, lShall not pretend to determine. As vivacity IS the gift of wo- men, gravity is that of men. They should each of them, therefore, keep a watcrupon the particular bias which nature has fixed in their minds, that it may not draw too much, and lead them out of the paths of reason. This will certainly happen, if the one, in every word and action, affects the character of being rigid and severe, and the other fbeing brisk and airy.
 Men and women were made as counter parts to one another, that the pains and anxicties of the husband might be relieved by the sprightliness and good humour of the wife. When these are rightly temper ed, care and cheerfulness go hand in hand; and the family, like ship that is duly trim med, wants neither sail nor ballast.
 There are some reasons why learning seems more adapted to the female world than to the male. In the first place, be- cause they have more spare time upon their hands, and lead more sedentary life. Their empIoyments are of moro domes- tic nature, and not like those of the other sex, which are sometimes inconsistent with study and contemplation. A second rea- son why women should apply themselves to useful knoweldge, rather than men, is because they have the natural gift of speech in greater perfection. Since they have so excellent talent, such a copio verbosem, or plenty of words, it is pity they should not put them to some use. Ii the female tongue will be in motion, let it be to the most advantage. Could they discourse about the spots of the sun, it might divert them from publishing the faults of their neghbors. Could they talk oft different as poets and conjunctions of the planets, they need not be at the pains to comment upon dress and trifles. In short, were they furnished with matters of fact out of the arts and sciences, it would now and then be of great use to their in vention.
 The late King of Prussia rung his bell one day; nobody answered. He opened the door and found the page asleep on the so- ia. He was going to awake him when he perceived the end of bill sticking out of his pocket. He had the curiosity to know the contents he took and read it. It was a letter from his mother, who thanked him for having sent her part of his wages, to assist her distress, ,& besought God to bless him in his filial goodness. The king retur- ned to his room, took roleau of ducats, and slid them with the letter into the page's pocket.-Rcturned to his apart ment, he rang so violently that the page awakened and entered. You have slept well,' said the king,--lhe page made an apology, and in his embarrassment he hap pened to put his hand into his pocket and felt with astonishment the paper of money. He drew it out, turned pale, aud looked at the king, burst into tears without being able to speak word.-'What is the mat ter,' said the king; 'what ails you?' 'Ah !! Sire, said the young man throwing him- self at his feet, somebody would wish to ru- in me.-I know not how this money came into my pocket 'sMy friend,' said the king, God often sends us good in our sleep, give it to thy mother, salute her in my name, and tell her I will take of her and yeu.'
 trust in God, that the time is very near when our patriotic and conscientious mer- chants, will no more vend ardent spirits in the common way of pouring out these streams of fire upon suffering community, than they would now sell arsenic by the pound, or retail hogsheads ofnitric acid for the daily use of our families; when re- spectable tavern keeper will no more think
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