Litchfield enquirer., 1831-07-14

""gS 0! humanity, as well as painful to the annual. 1t IS uncalled for, and must be considered piece of wanton cruelty. PULL TT UP BY THE ROOTS. Father, here is dock" said Thomas, as he was at work with his father in the garden, 1" shall cut it off close to the root !'
 Mo-" replied his father, "that will no, do, have cut it up myself many times. but It grows again stronger than ever. I'uN a ap by the root, for nothing else will 4 kill it.' ~o ""'
 Thomas pulled and pulled again. at the dock' but tl,s root was very deep in the ground, and could not stir it from its place so he asked his father to come and help him, and his father went and soon pul- led itup.
 1 This dock root, Thomas" said his fa- ther, " which is an evil and fast growing weed in garden, puts me in mind of the evil things that grow SO fast in the hearts of children. A bad passion even when found out IS hard to be removed, it is of no use to trl1e with it; there is no other way to oyercohie and destroy it but to pull it ap by
 You have often seen in our garden. Thomas, that when the weeds are allowed to grow, thSy spoil all the plants and flow. CTS that gfDw near them. So i, is with evli passions in the heart of a child. Ifa little boy IS ill-tempored; we must not ex- pect to find in him good hun,or, cheerful. ness, thankfnlness, and a desire to make others happy. And a little girl who is idle, we need not expect to be iid6striouas neat. or careful As weeds ipi0re the flowers. so bad passions will injure.good qualities. It. child IS undutitul to his parents, and desPises the commandments of God. we might as well look for rose or tulip in a bed of liettles, as hopc to find in his heart those graces and good desires that we love to see growing there. Now this is quite a sufficient reason why all bad passions should be pulled Mp 6y the foot. rE
 s@Every bad habit, every svil passion which troubles you. you should try with all your heart and mind to overcome you should, if possible, tear i: up. But you will find your own strength but weak ness, and you must apply to tha, Almighty friend, who alone is able to strengthen you, and ihe hfe'it fave of sE6 and i ihis is the only sure way of destroying it. as we have the dock, by puAing it Mp by the rOOts.
 YoWh's Friend.
 7he Coat of M0iI.-Just before Napo- leon set out for Belgium, he sent for the cleverest artizan of his class in Paris, and demanded of him whether he would en- gage to make coat of mail to be worn un- der the ordinary dress, which should be absolutely bullet proof; and that, if so, lle might name his own price for such work. The man engaged to make the desired ob- ject if allowed proper time, and he named 18,OOO francs as the price oft. The bar gain was concluded, and in due time the work was produced, and it's maker honor ed with a second audience ofthe Emperor. "Now," said his Imperial Majesty" put it on." The man did SD: "As I am tG stake my life on its efficacy, you will, suppose, have no objection to do the same." And he took brace of pistols and prepared to discharge one of them a z the breast ofthe astonished Grtiste. There . was no retreating, however, and, half dea' with fear, he stood the fire, and, to the in finite credit of his work, with perfect i'm
 punity. But the Emperor was not conten with one trial {; he fired the second pisto at tie back of the trembling artist, and af terwards fowling piece at another part o , him with similar effect: " Well" said thl Emperor, "you have produced a capita . work, undonbtedly-whati is to be the price of itr' Eighteen thousand francs wer' { named as the agreed sum. ''There is ai order for lhem." said the Emperor, "an'
 here is another, for an equal sum, for thu [ fright that I have given you."
 To take out bruises in FIrnitTe.-We . the place well with warm water, then talk t some brown paper five or six times double g and well soaked in water, lay it on tn . place, apply hot fat-iron till the moistur D is evaporated, and, the bruise is not gon' = repeat the same you will find after tw 2 or three applications, the dent or bruise # raised level with the surface or if tn }. bruise is small, soak it well with warm va - ter and apply red hot poker very nca if tlie surface keep it continually vet. an ,. you will soon find the indeatation vanish ,f| ed.-V VincenHes paper.
 One of the best sabstaness for dilutin If ink. if it be-, in the first instance; too thic a for use or afterwards becomes SO by evaps [. ration, is a strong decocsion of eoiIe