Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1831-01-06

sISS "a tug MdiaydnS 10 throw the UpaS
gum into the springs and rivulets in order
to poison them. The other parts Of the
Island Of Java are remarkably healthy
prolific and rich in soil that produces an
abundance of the finest fruits--Ssuch as the
cocoa, palm, shaddock, oranges, lemons,
citrons, tamarinds, rnangoes, pine apples,
bananas. sweet sops, grapes, custard apples.
melons, poemgranates, igs; aud the deli
cious mangosteen, esteemed the best fruit
OF the east. The tree on which ii grows
is extremely beautiful, and gaily arrayed
like the orange tree, in the spaneled vest-
ure OF fruit and flowers. -Lomdon l'apers
kfkTRIMoNY.
a friend writes to US, on this important
subject, Gas if we were not the most con.
tirmed bachelors that ever went alone. y 10
inquire as to the choice of wifa-wheti,-
or he ought to look only to beauty Of face
and forms or to beauty Of mind and man
ners; or to neglect an opportunity in ei,h-
err Of these points, and wait till he could
meet with female in whom they were all
combined. Now, we tell our friend, that it
is hardly possible to conceive of woman
with beautiful features, who is deficient in
mind. And it is equally difficult to think
of a woman ola noble mind whose features
could be displeasing. And taking these
for granted, the third object, il admitted
with them. Again he asks, do you think
it prudent. when a young man cannot see
his way clear through to independence,
for him to attach himself to a wife. VIII
she assist his prosperity We answer TO
this-if woman would not give heraotis
sent to the union, without warrant for
wealth, fine horses, attendants, and equip.
age along with il, she ought to live and die
an old maid, and be hanged to hers What
feeling is it, that induces her consent ia this
case2 Is il pure disinterested lovee No.
it is shallow and vain ambition, as far
from love as wc are from matrimony.--
Give Us that girl that thinks not Of geld
she that would leave friends ard home, and
all that she holds near and dear, and go
with the man other choice to the uttern.Ost
parts Of the earth; she who would smile at
the frowns Of fortune, aud when health
and fame, and friends had forsaken her
husband, be call the world unto him.
such woman as this---and these there are
III abundance-is worth oil The sacrifices
that any man can make. There il bright
and dark side to almost aIf things--and
TO mnsvimony among them. Ii has It's
pains as well as us PlRasnFes---its Fears rs
we'll as its hopss.s But III is our candid d.
pinion, that man lin ordinary circuUHtan-
! ccs, who is in health, and in situation com.
| fortably to provide for himself, can with
these same means maintain wife, and enc
joy more true happiness in week, than
crusty old bachelor would from July
to eternity. If his means should at FIRST
seem to be inadequate 10 the maiUtcnanco
Of a family, let him go and marry, and he
will fnds what all others have found, that
in proportion as his wants Increase, his en-
pacity TO supply those wants will increase
also. Tie energies Of human nature are
constantly developing. 10 meet natures fex
quirements. In health, he would have
companion; in adversely, 4 helper; in
sorrow, friend and Ia sickness, i minis-
tering angel, to watch over, and nourish
him. II was childish thought Of ours. at
a different period, that we should never
wear the matrimonial chains, unless they
were made Of gold. We now think that
wealth has very little concern with happi+
ness Providence Patriot.
F1tract from the ". E. w. RSciei0.
s"s War may stride over the land with
the crushing step Of giant sstilence
may steal over Il like an inUisi6ie curse
Reaching its victims silently and unseen
unpeopling here village and there city
until every dwelling IS a sepulchre Fanl-
inc may brood over II with long and wea-
ry visitation, until the sky itself 10 brazep,
and the beautiful greenness gives place 20
parched desert--a wide waste Of unpr0-
ductive desolation. But these are only
physical evils. The wild flower will bloom
in peace on the field Of battle and above the
crushed skeleton. The destroying angel
Of the pestileuce will retire when his err
rand Is done, and the nation will again
breathe freely-and the barrenness Of "a
mine will cease 1t last--the cloud will be
prodigal of It's boarded rain--and the viii
devness will blossom. Bot for moral de-
olation thore Is no resiving spring. Let
the moral and republican principles Of Our
country DO abandoned-Oug representa-
tives boz in unconditional obseqtionsnass
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