Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-01-20

ioWIug queSlIOnSs w udI ouSIHeSS wac you
follow gin We had the mind Z In answer,
"A farmer Q. Ha' ye got any siller %
Yes, two hund, ed dollars by overwork in
my fathers employ, and can now earn en-
ough to support the whole family aud you
too Some snuff was used by the Scotch
man on the occasion, and in reply, after
long silence, he said Draw lad-he dinna
need my care'-but slowly aud carefully
he asked aflerward, SHOULD the auld man
come to want and should the BARNES lack
porritch, what should ye do, gin ye had the
sillcr! 2 Feed, clolhe and watch over them,
was the prompt answer. Gang your
ways my noble lad leaving his SCOTCH
and there is a reward above and below, be-
You'd that which can afford The pale
young boy was next brought to him. His
name was Henry there was thought on
every lneament of his face weakness for
agricultural pursuits in his limbs, but intel
lect seemed to have embodied his whole
frame. From this figure it would have
seemed, that he was formed to have been
early translated to another sphere. He
never was cast for farm house-he seem-
ed more like the elements Of an exhaa,ion,
to DO carried on high from its precincts,
than as one doomed to delve amid earth.
The old pedlar asked his father, and what
do We Ca this y The father said he could
make but little of him, as he was to weak
even to manage a fail or plnugL-he was
given to study ofbookS and such nonsense,
and even when they had sent him out of
the fields from home, he would sit up ill
twelve o'clock at night reading. 1t had
spoil him for business, though he must say
he was kind and obliging to all around him.
II he was like the elder brother for BUSH
ness, should never fear wan'.' The
pedIar placed his eye upon the boy, who
was sitting in The corner Of the room read
ing his book, aud as he looked at the vast
ed lad, u twinkle of intcres, like sunbeam
through the corner Of a cloud lit upon his
brown hair from the eyes Of the pedlar.-
There was that visible, aud plainly visible,
which interests all who are not strangers
to the strange formation ofhuman intellect.
l, was something far beyond human rea-
soning, which like Tie stamp Of heaven,
impressed kindredncss on the heart that
called the pedlar to show kindness to the
boy. He came to him blushing, and the
pedlar told him that he had things to sell,
and asked what he should prefer? : a rib
bon for Maria The pedlar replied can
gle We guide one for the sma' sum o saxty
cents The little fellow declined, rs he
had but sixty two and n hall, aud he owed
his mother four cents of the whole. The
pedlar fumbled over his pack, told his
youthful trader, there was one ribbon worth
a the sIler which he had to gi' him, aud
he might pay him when he liked-when
he were able-or il he would take it from
an auld Scots podlar as free gift and g.
ii to his bonny sister, he were right well
come.' The lad hcsi,a,ed and then bowed
and received the ribbon. At this time
the family were close around this strange
dealer Of pedling wares. The father told
his story Of being in Scotland, away from
his ship-of being robbed upon moor
of meeting with stranger his present guest
of his park and grounds, aud hospitality,
and courage of his friend there present,
who had furnished many years since, the
means whereby he was now at home, un-
der roof of his own-that all he possess
ed belonged to the pedlar before him, and
that the least he could do would be to sup
ply all his wants even at the expense ofall
that little he possessed.
1t was rather laughable than otherwise
to see the good dame at once respectful
and generous, offering her store Of goods
stockings by the barrel, cheese by the ton,
butter by the frken, and catnip by the bale.
Next Nathan, the six foot fellow, offering
to work for him FIVE years Cor his vicl-
uals,' as he termed 1.-THE boy stood with
tears in his eyes in tho corner and said
nothing. my young BARN. quoth the
pedlar, Gamma ye do naithing for your ia.
TIERS frien'2 for-Lye the ribbon I gle ye 2
No. said he. Il can only give you my
gratitude VERY weel said replied the
pedlar, but your sma' shins can bring me
my pockmanteau.' II was brought Instant
" by the sickly messenger. What have
YOU read my little frien'r Shakspear,
and Burns, and Cicero The twinkling
eve Of the Scotsman looked closer at the
boy. Vera wccl, and then ye ken the
Latin; and how does the Grafton against
Cataline beginr 'Cano arma virum'-
Tout tout mon, that is Virgil The
| youth turned to his sister and burst into
tears for his wild mistake. The pedlar
called him again and asked him what was
the beginning of Cicero Quosqoe tan
dem abutere'-' Stop said the pedlar, ye
| I'LL .nI whan + lack for the