Litchfield enquirer., 1831-11-10
WINTER STUDIES AND READING.

WINTER STUDIES AND READING.
 As the cold season advances and the evenings lengthen, it becomes subject of inquiry of some importance to those who have part or all of the evenings at thei: own disposal, to know in what manner this time can be employed to the best advan- tage. Those whose opportunities for ear- y education have not been good, would find il for their interest to devote portion of their time to the acquiring of such infor- mation as will be of practical utility to them in their various occupations in life. Histo- ry and biography, the works of travellers and voyagers, will furnish useful and inter- estng reading. A knowledge of the ele. ments of chemistry may readily be obtain ed from somai0f the many introductory works on that science, and w.ll be found useful. We have gone upon the supposi- tion that the person has toIerable knowl- edge of mathematics if not, make your self acquainted with the more important rules of calculation in preference to pursu- ing any other study. Many commence business with very slight and imperfect Knowledge of mathematics, and in after life have frequent occasions to regret the want of such information. The history of our own country ought to engage par,icu- lar attention. Above all the study of the Bible should be made subject of daily at tentlon. If but single hour each day can bc assigned to reading and study, portion of that hour should be devoted to the perusal of the sacred scriptures. Ma ny complain of a want of time for reading and study. The great difficulty consists not so much in the want as in the waste of time. IL should be rule with every one to suffer no time to be lost, or in other words, to be unpro6,abIy employed. The mind IS active when the hands have noth- ing to do. A person who will try the ex- pertinent of having book at hand to em- ploy the fractions of hours that occur al- most daily, when they have no work to do, are waiting for their meals, G1c. for a sim gle year only, will be astonished at the a. mount of reading that may be thus compass sed, and the quantity of information obtain Worcester Egis.
 ] Bamblebee.-The following is a re- markable instance of the suspension of viz tality in an insect: A common bumblebee was inclosed in bottle of water, closely corked up, and kept for three weeks, at 1 the end of which time it was decanted once more into its native element, and had not lain long in the reviving sunbeams ere its limbs began to quiver, and rubbing it's eyes and cleaning its wings with its soft leg brushes, it rose from its lethargy, buzzing
 it's way to the fields, apparently nnhurt from the effects of the bottle.
 ] Attendance ct SckO0l.-Constant at- tendance of children at school is of great importance, although little is attached to it by many parents. Public provision for schools is of little use, if the privileges are to be abused, as they are generally in this respect. "Thee cannot," tour old master used to say-he was quaker, an exellent man and master, though he violated the rule of the persons in some instances, ] thee cannot form the golden chain of learning without putting in every link ;-- thee cannot go up the ladder of Knowledge without stepping upon every rouDd," was the advice he used to give his pupils who were irregular in their attendance, and of course could not keep pace with their clas- ses. Upon this subject, the Portland Ad- yertiser has the following remarls:
 :" There is no one thing more vexatious, | or more detrimental to the prosperity of a J school, than the irregular attendance ol