Litchfield enquirer., 1831-07-14
A RITE

"Ohl Oh! I'm BIt,sn ,o ss.,h T,.a dead man-I haS'nt two ho,lrs "a l;ve- 1Ii 0ear " wildly exciaiIiied an honest coun. tryman, not hundred miles of, as he rush. ed into the house one dark eveGing-.sI'SG been bitten by rattle snake !,' By rattle snake !'' asked some oue present." are yO0 sure it was a rattla snake ?'' ~
 '' Sure! Oh Lord! I'm too sure | heard him rattle and felt the bite as plain as day."
 |" Then it's gone case with you," req piled the compassionate neighbor, s' and the sooner you make your will the better 's
 Oh! that should be cut of in the prime of my days by such a cat-a-stro-phei that should ever live to die bv the bite If rattle snake that it should he mv f.,A in go ou1 oi me world swollen like bladder aud speckled as a sarpent!'
 But where is the wound, Mister-"
 Here! here on my instep-I had nd stocking on. Oh! pm dead man there's no help for me. See how my foot
 "Alack alackaday poor man. I,.p;,v you, upon my soul do. But there's na helP-a rattle snakes bite is fatal-all ina medicine in the world can't cure it. Yoi might as well undertake to call a man from the dead as to euro the bite of ratti6 snake ]" la
 But where was the snake 2'' asked S considerate man among the crowd who had run il on hearing of the fatal accident.
 Where was the snake, do you say G'' returned the bitten man in great agony- weeds."
 "We had better go and kill hiH,'' said the considerate man, before he kills sorae. body else.''
 "Oh mercy !'' exclaimed several voices. " wouldn't go near him for all the world .'' {" Nevertheless the prudent man went: well armed with club and furnished vitR a lantern while some others cautiously followed at distance to see the result. 'Ihes man soon deserted tile cause of ths mischief still lurking aMong the weeds: but instead of striking the blow, he merely gave whistle, and returned to the house.
 |" Have you killed him i'' asked the wo1nded man.
 "i" Wnys you fool you, tho rattle: snake is nothing but poor old seq tang Asn, that had made her nest among the weeds, and merely pecked your foot t5 Keep you from ireading op her.'' ".:The devil she did v exclaimed ,hs man with the swollen foot, leapinQ up tw6 feet high, "then twas no rattle snake af. sesuhg nan"shd dfhh bbinthe ,hh hhsurma ri,,,,lt!! ,lt! But I'm perfectly well now---,my fd6t aiit swelIed Bit-the old setting hen, hey !- Hoo--hoo-hoo !-But d|n her! say, for putting me in such fright for nothing."-N. Y. Constellation.
 Negatius Goodness.-Somep people seem to plume themselves upon the notion that they never did any harm, though every boz dy can testify they never did any good. So far as public evils canbe cured by ,let- ting them alone, so far they are excellent reformers. An editor lately closed Hat. terihg obituary by boasting that the deceas- ed had never made an enemy during hiS life. Another editor remarked that in all probability he never undertook to do any good in the world, for no such persoR ever failed of making enemies. There is some truth in this. Jenkins, the celebrated wri- ting master, used to say that ifpeople eveh suspected man of trying to do any good; they would try to kill him. Perhaps it was in revenge for this testi. mony, that the people called Jenkins crazy;
 History is-alas too much on the side of Jenkins in this matter. Whoever did any good, or attempted any; without bitter ops position iron, enemies, coldness from friends, and secret hindrances from profess ssd supporters /? a
 Never, did any harm Never made any; enemies Is this thy utmost claim, most worthy citizen [ The same may be said of a barber's block, doll; wax image, d cabbage head. Most worthy citizen thOd shalt be enbalnied. Thou dost deserve | statue, that is thou dost deserve to haUc, what thou hast been, a BIockskeGd. | Gsaiss cf Tsmpssaaes. l ---z-~-. ft-
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