Litchfield enquirer., 1832-02-09

fellow. About this time Jacks father died, leav- ! ing him ten thousand dollars as his portiones. whereupon a particular friend of his fno. 1ey always brings particular friends. ! who could feel tlIe pleasures of hope,' as well as Campbell could.write them, suggested the expediency of his employing bis capi- tai in the manufacture of new article to be made by steam power: there was not the smallest doubt of fortunes being real- lzed in short time. The offer was ac- cepted, the money was expended, the pro- Ject failed; they went too much upon tho hlgil pressure principle-their boiler burst. the manufactory went to the dogs. and Jack went to jail.
 Here our hero could have enjoyed him- self m meditation and solitude: bur not being quite so fond of meditation as MT. Hervey, nor quite, as much attached to sol- itude as Mr. Zimmerman, he was happy to scrape an acquaintance with the iailorS daughter. He told the circumstances of his life, and related what he was pleased to call his misfortunes !; he spoke of many deadly breach of trust; she loved him for the dangers he had passed.' and he loved her that she did pity them.' Low ing souls sle had few dollars in cash. and he wanted to cut the jail, so he mar ried her.
 Although, lkc Mr. Cobbctt, decidedly favorable to the matrimonial state. I do. not think that our friend, good easy man, was sufficiently cautious in his selection of companion. Why notl you ask, . Was she vixen l'-no, reader, she was as gentle as dove. Was she fool z no, she could talk like a book ..Was she artful y-no, she would tell all she knew, and more too. Well, then,' you inquire again, what is your objection to her7' Why, to tell the sober truth, she had queer sort of a way of looking at the stars; of exciting her imagination without re6ning her sentiments; of-excuse me for mentioning it-of taking glass too much ;-there, it's all out. s
 But, my lady readers, do not scorn her. doubt not that some of you have been in- toxicated with Aattery, which is just as ex- hilrating, and often as dangerous in its el- fects as alcohol itseIf
 But what did Easy do ! Did he remon- strate ?'-no, he was too gentle. Did he get in a passion 2'-no, he was 100 kind; she was eloquent, he was yielding. She drank-he drank. Have you never heard of female influence?
 Her career was like that of comet. fie- ry, short, and somewhat crooked and she soon run out her money and her exis- tence.
 Since that time Jack has kept an auction store, and lottery office has been su- pernumernry to, playhouse. and is at pre- sert runner to steamboat. He..is now at the bottom of the hill, gets many hard rub, and serves many good turn, but has never lost his good nature---his ruinous pli- ability of disposition. l would rather,' as Mr. Hackett says, be whipped by salt-sea roarer; be a dandy without whiskcrs; fool without vanity; Duchman without a pipe, CT a Frenchman without fiddle, than a Cery clever fellow. s14
 The story is most veri,able, and tho moral is plain.
 Eloquence of De V1itt Clinton Pleas ure is a shadow ;. wealth is vanity; and power pageant; but knowledge is extat- ic in njoyment---perennia in fame, unlim- ited in space, and infinite in duration. In the performance of its sacred offices, it fears no danger, spares no expense, on,its no exertion. It scales the mountain, looks into the volcano, dives into the O. cean, perforates thescarth, wings its flight into the skies, cncircIes the globe, Cx- plores the sea and land, contemplates the distant, examines the minute, comprehends the great, ascends to the sublime--no place too remote for it's grasp--no- heavens too exalted for its reach.
 The versatility of Franklin's genius Is best indicated in tho variety of uses to which his head is put in every community. As a printer, his head adorns the printing press,-as a philosopher, the studio.-as moralist, the hall of the thsologian,--as politician, the desk of statssman---as m. industrious man, the shop board of every good tladesman who minds his business.- We have seen his head, made to adorn these several offices and vacations, and one of the northern papers under our hand, employs it to recommend the spectaclessof a shopkeeper, because the old patriot in- variably wore them.-C Charles. City Gag.
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