Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-08-23

of falling a victim to the cholera himself !!
Men, women and children are seen. scour-
ing the country with this charmed turf in
every direction, each endeavoring to be
foremost in finding of unserved houses
One man yesterday, in the Bog of Allen,
had toEun thirty miles ere he could fulfil
his task. The stories of it's origin are va
rious, but all agree that one piece of turf
was blessed by priest, and sent through
the peasantry thus, where it multiplied it,
self and its powers of agitation seven-foId
in every new band. Nothing like it has
been heard of since the time of the clan
gatherings. The police are on the alert,
and messengers have been arrested from
Kilkenny, where the blessed turf arrived
at noon on Monday, to this city, where il
came pouring in last night. The auihori-
ties are suspicious Of Whitefeet conspiracy
and secret intelligence, but nothing has
transpired yet to warrant this view of the
affair. The higher classes receive the
blessed turf, and laugh at the thing as a
hoax on the peasantry, without troubling
themselves in transmitting it further, but
the poorer houseliolders are one and an in
motion to avert the cholera, and the curse
of disobedence attaching TO neglect. No
one knows where the holy fire was first
kindled. There are various accounts; it
is said that it was irst sent from KilMayne,
from the Blessington, from New Ross, and
from Roscrea that lightning consumed
houses in New Ross, and that the holy
turf was first kindled at its fire, &C., but it
is certain that the whole of the central
counties of Ireland are thrown into a SIM
gular state of agitation. Yesterday, along
the whole line of the grand canal from
Dublin to Sllannon-harbour, people might
be. seen running. e.
The Captain of one of the packet-boats
that arrived in this city last night, saw a
turf-cutter running along the bank ia tho
Bog OF Allen, to whom he owed some mo-
ney for fuel. He called TO him. Paddy,
get in, and Ill pay you now / can't
replied Paddy, still lunning; I've TO
serve seven houses yet with the holy tHrf,
and I'd rather lose the money than earn
the cholera The priests, into whose pa
rishes the wild-frc has spread, confess
themselves as ignorant of its origin as the
peasantry are.-IImes.
Dyspepsia Brcad.-A writer in tho
New-York Constellation, has invented
some fine dyspepsia bread, Of which he
thus speaks - The principal ingredients
are white cotton rags, ground to fine del
icate pulp; small quantity of saw-dust,
made from the purest yellow pine; little
chloride of lime, and a little plaster of pa
ris. These latter constituents as you well
know, are disinfecting agents, and there
fore very proper to guard the stomach a.
gainst the deleterious effects which, may a
rise from the other articles Of diet. My
bread contains no yeast, but is raised by
means of a lever, ofthirteen horse power.
COmposifion.-The exercise Of the fac
ultics, in composing, whether in prose or
poetry, has wonderful effect in strength
ening and facilitatingtheir operations. II
is for this reason that the composition of
letters, declarations, disputes, and orations,
form an essential part Of education in all
well conducted seminaries of learning
In attempting public instruction, young
men are taught by their masters, but in
committing their thoughts to paper they
teach themselves. - The man. says DR..
Clarke, 'who wishes to become eminent
in any profession, must read much, think
much, and write much,' those last of tho
exercises Of the mind of which it is capa-
bic. DR.. Priesily has made it "A constant
practice to write upon every subject which
he wishes to understand perfectly, and to
this thirst for extensive and accurate
knowledge may be ascribed, in part, his
numerous publications. Every wit is
drawn from the ends Of the fingers by
means of the inkstand. DR.. Arbulhnot,
tho friend of Swift, never said witty
thing in company, but his miscellaneous
writings show that he possesses that talent
in an eminent degree. The wit and sat-
ire of Peter Pindar flows likewise on pa
per. In conversation, it is said, he was
not distinguished by them from other men.
Baltimore Herald.
MERCANTILE LIFE. a
The life Of merchant, is necessarily a
life of peril. He can scarcely move with
out danger. He is beset on all points
with disappointments, with fluctuations in
the current of business, which sometimes
leave him stranded on an unknown bar,
and sometimes sweep him helpless into the
ocean. These vicissitudcs depend on
causes which no man can control: and are
often so sudden that no calculation could
-. Il III avoid than ~ IT.. .:sL