Litchfield enquirer., 1829-12-10

testimony to tho high eslimation In which he IS held by the Whites and the Indiuns wl'o have the pleasure This acquaihlanco."
 RcpWbIicaH Simpticity--A Richmond correspondent of the Fredericksburg Are. ma, gives some account Of Chief Justice Marshall, whom he saw tn the market buying piece of meat. "Hc had on," says tho writer, "the same coarse dark mixed yarn stockings; the same suit of homeIy black (lar from suporfino) which ho wears in the Convention. As he bought piece of moat, or other provision, he de- posted 1t in basket, carried by servant, ln waiting. But ! am told that 1t is nothing for him to discard tho luxury of servant. and to be seen carrying homo with his own hands turkey or a fish that he has pur-, chascd at market. Would that the simpli- city by which this man so beautifully illus. tratcs the character of republican maeis- trOtc, were more usual in this republican country"
 | Considerations couple of vn.,nr neonlo living near the Potomac, having some notion to try . matrimonial hfc, the young man be- lnS dIdident and slow to conversation about the matter-the lady grew impatient, and to bring the business to a close, demanded more explicit avOwal on the part of her lover, in the following terms: Frank. if you intend to marry me, wish to know it, that may mako preparations 2" long pause ensued; at length Frank broke silence, and exclaimed, "No meat. no corn, and fishing time almost over Good Lord. Nelly, Ican't."
 MT. A. one ofthe Green Mountain farm. ors, had drawn largo birch log to his door gnarly as the gnarled oak l; it had lain ex- posed to the sun during the summer, he not having the disposition to cut 1t suitable for burning in his fireplace. Jonathan, one of his ncighbors, a real bruiser, called to bor- row an axe clear cold morning in Decem. Der. The conversation turned upon their skill in chopping. Jonathan contended that he could cut a log sooner than A. A. thought this fair opportunity to get his birch cut, and offered to bet Jonathan half u pint of Now England that he could chop off tho birch in less time than he could. Jonathan accepted the challenge, took an old axe, none ofthe sharpest. nounted tho log in question, put to with his whole strength, and in about thirty minutes cue. ccoded in cutting asundsr tho monstrouS eye-sore. A. then took his turn, mounted the birch, and after striking two or three blows, with much apparent chargrin dis. mounted, telling Jonathan he had fairly won the bet, but offered # he ould call some warm day, to da,hl~ .La s..A~. Svss. athan saw the joke, and dryly remarked. that hc thought tho next bot he should make at choppng, ho should prefer to try his skill at his own door.-VermORt ksaE. Woman. modest girl, tho prudent wife, and careful matron arc much more sorviceable in life, than petticoated philo. sophers, clustering heroines, or virdeb queens. She who makes her husband and children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than ladies descri-' bed in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with the shafts from their quiver or their eyes. Women are not formed for great care themselves, but to soften ours. Their tenderness is the proper reward for the dangers we undergo for their preservation and tho ease and cheerfulness of their conversation our de- sirable retreat from tho fatigues of intense application. They are confined within tho narrow limits of domestic assiduity. and when they stray beyond them, they move out oftheir proper sphere, and con- sequently without grace.
 Old Maids.-A certain lady, living as some say, in a state of single blessedness- but who was quite anxious to change it... attended a holy meeting, where she keard one of our old fashioned preachers hold forth. On her remarking on the sermon, she observed she liked the minister much, as he prayed particularly for her. How said ono ofthe family, do not recOllect any thing you refer to- 'Why yes,' re- piled she, 'for after mentioning the parish, the sick, the dying, the widow and father less, he prayed for those who had xnmen- tiOnaJlc troubles, and am snre if there arc any who come under this description, thae it is poor cid maids.' 4 long Jacc.-A gentleman having a remarkable long visage, was one day riding by the school, at the gate of which he overheard young Sheridan say to another lad, "That gentleman's face is longer than his life" Strnrk hv inc asrnmwamaes