Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-07-30


country ~ Il below the blue ridge little be- |
ing known beyond that ridge. He was
the third or fourth settler, about the year |
1857, OF the part Of the country In which
live he died August nth, 1857, leaving my
mother n widow, who lived to l77e with six
daughters and two sons, myself the elder
To my young brother he left his estate on
james river, called Snowdcn, utter the suppo-
sed birthplace Of the family; to myself, the
lands on which was born and live. He
placed me at the English school at Eve years
Of age, and the Latin at nine, where contin-
ued Until his death.
My teacher, Mr.. Douglas, clergyman
from Scotland, with the rHdiments of the
Latin and Greek language, taught me the
French, and on the death Of my father, went
to the Rev. Mr.. hurry, a correct classical
scholar, with whom continued two years
and then, to wit, in the spring Of 1890, went
to William and Mary College, where contin.
ued two years. It was my great good for.
tune, and what probably fixed the destinies
Of my life, that DR.. William Small, Of Scot
land, was then professor Of Mathematics, a
man profound in most Of the useful branches
Of science, with happy talent Of commune
cation, correct and gentlemanly manners and
an enlarged and liberal mind. He, most hap.
pilv for me, became soon attached To me, and
made me his daily companion when not enga-
eed In school; and from his conversation
cot INV first views Of the expansion Of sci.
ence, and of the system Of things IN which !
am placed. Fortunately, the philosophical
chair became vacant soon after my arrival ut
College, and he was appointed to fill tper IN
terius and he was the first who ever gave in
that College, regular lectures in ethics, rheto-
rio. and bellies Iettres. He returned 10 Eu-
rope in l7eG, having previously filed up the
measure Of his goodness to me, by procuring
for me from his most intimate friend, George
Wythe, reception as student at law, under
his direction, and introduced me to the ,ac'
quaintance and familiar table OF Governor
FauQuier, the ablest man who hNdBever filled
that office. With him and at his table, Dr.
Small and Mr.. Wythe, his 0mici omntum no.
roruns, and myself formed p0rtie QtarTee,
and to the habltual conversations on these
occasions I owed much instruction. Mr..
Wythe continued to be my faithful and below
ed Mentor In youth, and my most affectionate
friend through life. In 1867. he led me into
the practise Of the law at the bar Of the Gen
eral Court, at which continued until the
Revolution shut up the Courts Of Justice"
Green Fruit.-It may not be amiss to rC-
mind parents, and those who have the imme-
diate oversight Of children, that unripe fruit
will soon appear In our market. 1t Is prob
able that more children's lives are destroyed,
! in summer, by this cause Of disease, than al
most all Others put together. Apples, which
are shaken from the trees by violent winds,
or fall prematurely by decay, are immediate
| " gathered and brought to market the dis
play Of them IL too tempting to children to
10 withstood; and Of course they are pur.
chased and eaten. Nothing Is more PERM
cious and yet nothing Is more common than
rbidEqn. and S9RBG peEsaRs. . eating h!e
rents would lay more strict injunction a.
gainst this indulgence to their children
They must unless they can make up their
minds to risk their health and their lives.
~ T.. Farmer.
| The Providence papers give an account 0i
the Imprisonment Of poor woman in that
town, destitute Of the most common and Or
binary necessaries oflife, who had been com.
PEELED to consult with a physician once or
twice, for which he charged her SO ; and not
having the means Of paying, was sued for the
snmc. When the officer came with tho writ,
she requested him to inform tho Doctor she
could not pay him In money, but would do n.
ny kind ofwork for him in her power. This
WWu'0 wv WuuWeFS AuU tile OIllcer was com.
PEELED in the discharge Of his duty, and to the
eternal disgrace Of the creditor, to take this
| poor woman upon the execution, with her
nursing infant, and commit her to ial.-
There she remained pcnnyless and almost
naked, for about ten days, and but for the hu-
nnanity Of the goaler, she and her infant must
have persisted.
| NORWICH (ConA Jnlv IN
| We learn with much pleasure, that Mai.
Bache. Of the U. s. Engineer Department,
has arrived In this town, for the purpose OF
making under the appropriation Of the last
session Of Congress, q survey Of the river
Thames. to ascertain the expediency and ex.
pense OF removing the distractions to its nav
igation. The free navigation Of the Thames
10 so highly important to the continued and
increased prosperity Of this city, that we can
but regard with solicitudO the progress and
result Of this survey. It is, Of course, need
less to remind our citizens that every possible
facility should be rendered by them collec-
lively and individually to Mai. Bachc, and
his party 10 the labor which they have under.
taken.
Termination Of frozen Gsh.-In winter the
Canadian fishermen erect huts on the ice of
the lakes and rivers, and cutting hole 10 the
ice, enclose It with screen of straw, sc. to
shelter themselves from cold wind. Sitting
inside the screen. thew sink THAR h.,nLe