Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1829-07-16
MISCELLANEOUS.

"What veiy tedious, loEg day it has
been ~ exclaimed Jane Carly, as she Ian
guidly seated herselfO the sofa, and drew
her beautiful white hand over her face, to
conceal yawn she could not overcome.
"You are fatigued withayour exertions,
/ presume, ;" said her uncle Jacob, looking
compassionately upon her. "Permit me
to inquire what have been your employ
ments during this long, tedious day e.
Employments r. repeated the young
lady, coloring. 20, for that matter, un-
cle,. cannot remember all have DONE"
" Bot you can enumerate some things,
no doubt. Have you walked, or rode, or
read, or orked?"
81 detest walking when the wind is so
high, and the streets SO dusty. Why, no
lady of fashion would be seen abroad to-
day, uncle," replied Jane, with great VIZ
vacity.
Sand so of course, may conclude you
have neither walked nor rode," observed
uncle Jacob, as he very composedly put
on his spectacles, and surveyed his niece
through them, with an air as deliberate as
a fop levels his eye-glass at the. theatre
Jane however shrunk more from her un-
cle's scrutiny, than she would have done
from fop's-" Well, reading and working
may be performed when the wind is high
and the streets dusty"
Jane was silent, for reading came next
in course, and she was too well acquainted
with her uncle 70 attempt 70 impose on
him by pretending to read books, which
she knew only by their titles, or the re-
views. Some young ladies may think Jane
very conscientious. They see no harm
in palming off little ofthat smattering Of
knowledge, which they gain by mingling in
society, as their own. Why could not
Jane have named some book which the
old gentleman never heard Of and then,
If she did mistake names, rnisapply char
acteFs, and lmisquOte sentiments, he would
never have detected her. Many a young
lady has thus ratified away, 70 her own
great delight and fancied importance. when
readily discover she was ignorant whether
the authors she SO iainiliarly named, wrote
in prose Of poetry, Or whether the book
she pretended 50 lately 10 have read, wssI
a sermon or song.
The, truth is, Jane read nothing but
novels and as she had, only one week
previous, solemnly promised her uncle not
to touch work of Rction for \ month, she
did not daFe u acknowledge she had pass
ed the whole 81, the forenoon porting over
"A Marriage id High Life" She would
as soon have confessed she had spent the
hours planning when her own marriage was
to be.
ssHaye you read Iieber's travels yet ~
resumed uncle Jacob, attempting, by Q
question, to oblige his niece to converse
TfI sNo--not all--not much,' returned
Jane, speaking very quick. " ! always
hated, diary. II looks SO methodist,
and mechanical. think no author. cal
be so particular. without having, in all hi
actions and speeches, reference to the note
book. Can thoughts be free. when one j
subjected to the trammels Of entering then
all on the diary, as regularly as q merchau
would his accounts / would. not, for thu
universe, undertake to be thus particular
and / always pity the writers Of such mi
: mute facts TOO much to enjoy the informa-
ton their labors would otherwise afford
me-" IN b.4a..., gs4 .,t.,.,..a sgtsr-B7
iii. But there is one care that frequently
Expresses you, which the good bishop sci
dom If ever appears to havO felt. He neve
had to endure very tedious. long day.
said uncle Jacob, smiling. # "4
"Will keeping diary always preserv
ms from ennui ~ demanded Jane. ii
"The endeavor to have something wor
thy to record, would preserve Us my dear
. The industrious aud studious seldom com
plain of, aivery tediosss, long day. III
osa" Now shall hear that saying Of min
for this whole season, ] presume. }" reptile,
the laughing girl, as she took her uncle
hand, and affectionately pressed it betwee
both hers! !" Yet ] said it merely becaus
did not at the moment, think of an
observation more wise. / forgot how yer
circumspect twas necessary to be-
" When conversing with your old fash
toned friend" interrupted her uncle
9 Well, well, forgive you, and if ] love
Won less ] should be more indulgent .
!, ,your little foibles. But. Jane, in this ag
\ of energy and improvement, nothing strike
ne marc unpleasantly, except gross vice
than 10 see young persons idle, and hea9
their liStlesb complaints Of the tediousnss
Of time. can very well believe, that tn
days must be tedious and long to those o