Litchfield enquirer., 1832-09-20

0umDoIdt tells us, mat near no Unare,
the wretched inhabitants bury themselves
in the sand, all excepting the head, in or
der to sleep; we should think that, in such
condition, they would be sorely tempted
70 make no exception.
Ltter0ti. Some have a literary turn
The crGm6us pinguin0lis, like some litera-
ry gentlemen, regards books only with an
eye. TO the binding. Another, called the
learned mite, 0corus crMditus, eats the paste
that fastens the edges of the binding. An
other, whose name we have never learned,
IRels between the leaves and devours them;
bile the Gnobium, an Industrious little
Beetle, determined to make himself thor
oughly acquainted with the contents of the
work, goes quietly from the beginning to
Hthe end. We are told that one Of them, III
a public library in France, went through
twenty-seven volumes in a straight line, SO
that on passing cord through, the whole
were lifted at once. The beetle deserved
credit for this remarkable exploit, being
probably the only living creature who had
ever gone through the book. b.
Spiders. Reaumur undertook the be-
nevolent enterprise of civilizing spiders,
by way of turning them into operatives,
and thereby bringing them into better o.
dor with man; but his good purpose was
disappointed, for though they fully proved
that they were able to work, they had an
unfortunate propensity for eating each
other, which proved to be inconsistent with
the virtues and charities ofindustrious and
social life. Their powers as artizans were
very respectable, but no inducement could
be brought to bear upon them; as for
working for living, it was the last thing
they thought of; for some Of them lived
year without tasting food, or seeming in
the least exhausted by fasting. This in
difference to common wants, is one of the
most remarkable things in the character OF
the race; they never seem to repine under
any degree OF pain or priyation. They
are probably mortal, but itseems some-
times almost impossible 70 kill them.
White Ants are the most formidable en-
envy man has to encounter, destroying pa
pers, provisions, furniture, and every thing,
even to house and home. Metal, glass
and stone they do not eat; why, does not
appear, except it be from principle OF
forbearancc, equally touching and unex-
pected. They have been known to coup
through one leg Of a table and return down
the other, in the course of a single night.
An engineer, in the same space. Of time,
had his clothes, papers, aud the leads OF
pencils, which were all, as he thought, Sc
cured in trunk, eaten by these destroy
crs. When they attack house, they eat
away the heart of the timber, leaving only
the outer shell; but, being well aware that
this process would soon bring the house
about their ears, they fill the cavities as
they advance with clay, which SOON bee
comes hard as stone. Mr.. Forbes remarks,
that in his house at Tobago, he observed
one day, that the glasses Of some pictures
were dull, and the frames dusty. On at
tempting to wipo them, he found that the
frames were plastcred firmly to, the wall
by this sort Of mortar; the ants having
eaten the frames, back boards, and most
Of the paper, leaving nothing but tho prints
and the gliding; thinking, perhaps, that as
tho latter might be Of some use to him, and
could be Of mono to them, it was but just to
spare them.--N A. ReUicw. 14'. sa
Bigofry aud Ckristianity.--Of oil
classes Of men. The bigot receives the great
est share Of our pity. Narrow in his views,
he pcrceives no virtue IN the man who diff
fers with him in opinion. Ignorant Of
himself, and consequently, of the charac-
ter of his fellow men, he is incapable of
forming a correctness of morality. Mark
him in his daily walk His look is austerc
and forbidding- actions regulated by H.
liberal and slavish intolerance. Question
him, and he is as cold and phlegmatic as a
Laplandcr-as frigid as an ice mountain.
At church he is like a statue, without life
and animation-at home slavish tool to
the folly Of his own mind. No ray ofhap-
piness ever illuminated the darkness Of his
soul; but joyless and solitary, he pursues
the path of life, the spectre Of discomfort
and gloom.
How entirely different is the sincere
christian, the humble follower of the
meek and lowly Jesus. In turning from
the intolerant bigot TO- contemplate the
character of tho latter. ii is as though
the vision had at once been changed from
the waste and sandy desert, where no
verdure quickens,' to landscape smiling
in all the beauties ofnature-- peren.
NAL flowers forever meet the eye, and diff
fuse their fragrance abroad to captivate
the senses. Enlarged in bis contempla-
tons both Of the present and future, he
walks the earth as il his views were no