Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-02-10

with comparative speed (aking ours at
twenty, and its own at 3O) of nearly City
miles all hour u
From he Ladiss' Magazine.
Man might be initiated into the vari4
cites and mysteries ofneedle work (; taught
to have patience with the feebleness and
waywaTdaccsss 8! f infancy; and to steal with
noiseless step about the chamber Of the
sick, and woman might be instructed to
contend for the palm Of science, to pour
forth eloquence in senates, or to wade
through fields of slaughter to a throne.--
Yet revoltings of the soul would attend
this violence to nature this abuse ofphys-
ical and intellectual energy; while the
beauty ofsocial order would be defaced and
the fountains of earih's felicity broken up.
" We arrive, therefore, ut this conclu-
sion. The sexes are intended Cor differ
cnt spheres, and constructed in conformity
to their respective destinations, by Him
who bids the OAK brave the fury of the
tempest, and the Alpine flower lean its
cheek on the bosom of eternal smows.'-
But disparity sloes not necessarily imply
inferiority. The high places of the earth
with their pomp aud glory, are indeed ac-
GOSSlOAU OutJ W. tHG budICU va HUJUILiOu UT
the grasp Of power; yet those who pass
with faithful and unapplauded zeal through
their humble round Of duty, are not unno.
tced by the Great Task-master's eye,'
and their endowments, though accounted
poverty among men, may prove dnrahlH
riches in the kingdom .! Hsaven.'
A Sisters L0ce.--Thcre is no ptrer
feeling kindled upon the altar ofhuman af.
fections, than sisters pure, uncontamina-
ted love for her brother. 1t is unlike all
other affections $50 disconnected with
selfish sensuality; so feminine in its deve.
lopement; SO dignifed, and yet, wi,hal,
$" fond, SO devoted. Nothing can alter it,
nothing can suppress it. The world may
revolve, aud its evoIutions effect changes ia
the t"rrunes, in the character, aud in tho
disposition OF the brother, yet It he wants,
whose hand will SD speedily stretch out as
that of his sister; and ii his character is
maligned, whose voice will 50 readily swell
in his advocacy.3 Next tn mothers TN.
quenchable love, sisters IL prc-emincnt.
1t rests SO exclusively on the ties of com
sanguini,y for itssustenance, is so wholly
Invested of passion, and springs from such
deep recess in the human bosom, that
when a sister once ftndly and deeply re-
CARDS her brother, that affection is blended
with her existence. aid tho lamp that nour.
ishcs il expires only with her existence.
In all the annals Of crime it is considered
something anomalous To find the hand nf q
sister raised in anger agpinst her brother,
Of her heart nurturing the seeds Of hatred.
envy, or revenge, in regard to that brother.
In all affections Of woman there is dcvu-
iedness which cannot be properly apprcci.
a,ed by man. In those regards where the
passions are not all necessary in increasing
the strength of the affections, more sincere
truth and pure feeling may be expected
than il such as are dependant upon each
other for their duration as we'll rs their fe-
licilies. A sisters love, in this respect. 10
peculiarly remarkable. There is nO self.
ish qualification in it's outpourings; it lives
from the natural impulse; and personal
charms are not in the slightest degree ne.
cessary to its birth or duration.
House Of Reformation. person liv-
ing not thirty miles from Boston, hearing
that one of his neighbors had killed an or.
and thinking that piece Of surloin would
make a good Sundays dinner. called
companion and proceeded, after the fami-
~ had retired to rest. 10 the barn WHARF
the or hung suspended, with stick hUs
tween the tanks in the usual way. II was
agreed that he should mount the cross
stick and cut away, whilst the osher kept
watch. He had scarcely commenced OPP
sratioRs when she stick slipt fiom under
him, ihe ribs closed la and fairly locked
hins inside the carcase. his arms extended
above his head and his feet projected from
the neck af the animal. His companion
Aed, leaving the prisoner TO be released
from his cOn6nemens BY the owner Of tho
OF, who, upon opening the hsrn aE aunrisa.
greeted him with q hearty " Coed mpgn-
ing."-1NaascvRe.