Litchfield enquirer., 1830-08-19

balI-room. Beware of making youEself foO
 cheap among them by your attentions for
 too much attention often produces cons
 tempt and \ cannot bear the idea that
 my boy should be slighted by any girl.--- Remember that if one won't marry. af,- other wilI,' and that there are as good fish
 n the sea as ever were caught Ifany one should slight your addresses, be. of ike
 cannon ball---neyer smile on her again,
 t'Il your are certain she has heartily re-
 peEted. Mrs. L-- once told me; that
 gentleman asked her to have him--4slse re- piled. Sir, I will thank you if you never
 mention that subject to mo agaiD.s To
 which he answered; Madam, am glad of
 ts for if you had said yes, know not how
 ! should have got off She never was
 more mortified in her life, and HI engape
 she did not treat her next lover in ike
 manner. Now, Jasper, continued my nn-
 cle, if you Eaafry, I hope you will get d
 girl that your uncle would be glad to offer home to in bis barracks---none of these flirting iaybirds who appear like wax ig4 ure, only fit to be looked at. Let her he one Gift so be there should be no cook ih the camp) who will get you supper after you return from the field of battle or fa. tigue duty. Be sure you marry for love. and that your girl loves you for where there is mutual love- all is harmony and peace---- ~ Mind ye, don't get < virago: to be locked to saeln an 0se for life would be misery indeed-.-you would be finger post by which an your acquaint- ance would be directed to avoid like miss fortune. No virago shall ever have ra- tion in your uncle's quarters. Marriage is honorable--'tis source of happiness when congenial hearts get together, but horrid! oh horrid /! when persons of opposite tenn pers are linked together by it---it is worse. than going to battle with rusty musket, an empty cartridge box, and tight pair of shOeS.
 Money is useful, but never let that bS an object with you in making choice of ' 'wifes Icould never agree with Dr. John- son, that fools marry for love, wise men for money! 1 would rather see my boy married to neat, worshy, agreeable girl, without cent, than to q rich. slOvenly, giddy ffirt. Though soldiers have to pus np with SO much in tents and barracks that is not 50 clsanly. yet none more admire cleanliness than they. While travelling, have lost many good looking. meal. fir see women always neat, clean, and tidy in their houses. dress, and cookery. A slut ! despise, as much as do coward in bat- lle. Now, my boy, you know how to fnan- age to get you | wife that your uncle would be happy in seeing yon have. Bring such an one to the barracks as soon as you please, and while receive my pay or ra- lions, she and you shall share with me.
 Local Attachments. s.---The S5th number of SilIiman's Journal of Science in an arti- .le under the head of < Architecture of the United States," has tse following just ai@
 Place in a village handsome public or pillar, ar church, and d0 not hesitate to say, that all other things being equal, those villagers will be bound more to one another, and to their village than those of another. Place by another a group of trees, with a tountain playing m their midst have beneath them tasteful seats, and make it place to which expe- rienced and prattling infancy will go Tor company or amusement; spot where tn0 villagers will assemble in the evening for cheerful conversation, and venture to say that these people will love their homes more. and think loss of changing; will in'-
 prove them more that they will be wiser ; | that their taverns will be less fsequentr
 ed, and that every good feeling. VIII pre- vail among them, than would have been tie case without. Place in a town or city,
 spot with spreading trees. and pleasant walks between. spot which would serve
 as an agreeable promenade. and the teei- 1 ings of that people will flow in kinder and smoother channel there will be more happiness than there would have beem otherwise. It is delightful amusement
 to saunter along the French Proseeaads about sun-set, and observe tho kappy
 groupes of all ages that throng them; to
 watch the rapid sale of bouquets, at the
 platforms which line the sides (Aowers
 only are admitted there } as m American looks ai the cheerful scenes he must think
 wi,h pain of his own cities, where every
 thing seems calculated for dull labor, or lynx-eyed gain. lt is doubtless ewing. iIa
 some degree, to tho provision of s0eh psa-
 ces in foreign counties, that their natives resort less to taveEns for amnsemeht than
 Wish us and that insOxicaaien consequent ly is less frequently seen.
 Tho French have their Boulevards; tne \ Al che Eamfla0 their