Litchfield enquirer., 1832-11-08
, from the Nese. YOrk Constellation.
 THE BERKSHIRE GOLD-FINDER.

feet high, standing on, his bare soles, for shoes he had none. He was gaunt and slender, ahdr his arms and legs composed the greater part of him. His hair, which was long and blowsey, was naturally of a sorrel color, and still retained that hue near the roots. but was faded almost white at distatce from his head. His beard which had bcenuneYenIy clipped with the scissors, was senlewllat of the same, shade. His nose was short, his chin was long, his mouth was wide, his teeth were snagged. His dress was liusey- -wolsey, originally dy- ed ofa but,ernut color, and seemed to have belonged to his father. The skirts of his coat came midway 10 his cali, while the lap- els only reached half way to ,le bottom of his waistcoat. His pantaloons secmedt to be re.reating up his legs, his vest was without any collar. his shirt was woollen, and. his neck was bare. He was a natyce of5one of the mountain towns in the west part 'of Berkshire, and had come to. the LyceuIn, bright and early, on a very important er- rand. 'sssaa % '-t < ''@.4.
 . *' Whereabouts,' said he, addressing one of the students, is the head man herca- bouts 2
 'Whom do you mean 2 said the student.
 Why, the headmos, man here among you, returned ,he stranger, what is't you call him ttere--,he confessor.'
 Tho professor you nean!'
 Exactly so,' returned the nntyve. i've got alhing want to show him
 4 sWha, sort of tlIing2'
 'rhat's what I've cane to ax about I've got it in my pocket; but I don't trust every body with the secret, not by darn'd sight. It's worth a fortin any day. Why, there aint none of your rocks nor stones here, staring about upon the minerals in the cabine,-' thal's any touch to i1.' a.'~
 No! And yet we have some valuable specimens here.' r. .-~ ........
 ' Do you call these valleyable? Why, if you was only to see what I've got in my coat pocket, I guess you'd J open your eyes,
 The student now began to feel great curiosity about lhe secret ,Of the strangers pocket. especially as that part ofhis coat, where he indicated the pocket to be, hung down considerable lower than the other as
 if burdened with some precious weight, which possibly might turn out to be gold. He therefore pressed the gawk for sight of it. ..-....
 'Wcll,' returned ,he fellow, seein it's you, l don't care if let you have a glimpse at it. But you mustn't tell nobo- dy. I've never showed it to no livm crit ter, but daddy and mamma, and sister Bets, and two or three of the ncighbors.'
 Tho student promised to act with all due discretion, declaring the sccre: would be as safe with him, as if entrusted to tho keeping of inc whole world. Whereupon the stranger, no longer hesiiating, stopped to one side little, and ihrustiDg his hand into his coat pocket, brought to view n stone, of a yellowish appear ance, mixed with red and gray, and which. the student presently saw was composed partly of iron. t.ts,..,., ...
 'There 7 exclaimed the natyve, as he showed the specimen, ..what do you think of that. ha2 2
 sTha,'s wonderful! upon my word,' said the student, affecting to start with ad-
 sIsn't it nowl' said the gawk; did you ever see the like of that before ! ha How ysller itis. Don't you think that's the rale s,uff?'
 No doubt of it. s,.. s-1 s.. .a
 So I told our folks. Says I. I'll lay my head against noggin of cider, that bit of a stone is nearly all pure gootd. They laffed a, me. We'll, says I. you may laff as much as you please. By and by, you'll tell another guess story; and then them may laff that wins: So put it in my pocket, and of comes this mornin bright and airly, 10 see the confessor here, who, they say, knows ihs name of every rock and stone in Berkshire, to say nOthin of those in Hancock, aud New Lebanon, and them oat-of.tile e-way towns. But when shaii | see the confcssor1 I'm all-ferdly in tie notion of nialein my fortin now and when that's done, you won't catch mo mak- ing brooms and baskets, as do now. I'll live like day-5ob then. I'll warrant ii.-- I'll eat as much cod-fish and mince pies as can siuffdovn.' .eaY v
 sHaye you discovered any other specie u,cns of that same gold ore r.
 Have l! Faith. Mister, ' guess | have, more than you can shake stick Af. | mean to go home and buy the land that bears it. if I have 10 mortgage my coat to pay for it. But where's the ccnisssor a--- l want to make sure that this is rale goold, before ! buy the land.
 ? The student laughed in his sleeve, and directed the, sanguine gold-dndef to the professor of mineralogy.a He stalked q. long into the presence of the latter, and |.