Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1832-11-29

de @ uetesct has lately read . paper Ut tive
Acadenv Of Sciences at Brussels on this
enhiect. The principal conclusions 20
...l,:.h lie has come are-1. From the pe- 1
rod az birth there exists an equality as TO
,veight and height between children OF both
800 tie medium weight Of boys at Brus-
sels Is Z xiIoerammes 20, of girls 8 kilo-
vrnmn,es IL stleaheight Of boys is DADS,
81 Girls o. 473. 2. The weight Of the iIl-
FAINT dinlihishes little about the third day
after birth. and fhereis no sensible increase
until afier the first week. 8. Atthe same
age the male is generally heavier than INC
female; II is only about the age OF AZ .nas
both are about the same weight 4. WheM
the man and woman have arrived ~ tne.f
complete size, they weigh almost exactly
90 times what they did al the moment q
birth, while their heightis not more than
thrice and quarter what it was at the
same Tins. S. In old age both the man
and woman lose about or z kisogramnles
of their respective weights, and Z centimes
Of their height. 6. During the develope-
ment of individuals Of both sexes, we may
consider their weight at different ages as
sDroportionate 10 the fifth powers l0aI csss-
ou;emes pGssGnces) Of their statures. z.
After the complete development Of indie
yiduals Of both sexes, their weights are
very nearly as the quarter OF their heignt
from these two points it is deduced that
the increase in height is greater than trans-
versely, consisting Of bulk and thickness.
8. The man attains the maximum Of
weight about 40, and commences losing il
sensibly about 60. 9. The woman attains
her maximum Of weight not until So
During the time Of her fecundity, that Is
to say from 10 to 40, her weight increases
very little sensibly. 10. When the weight
IS equal, the woman weighs little less
than The man under the height Of Inn. 40,
over that height she weighs little more.
IL. The mean weight of an individual,
leaving out Of consideration sex and age. is
about A. kilogrammes z; and taking into
account the sexes it Is AZ for the man and
40 kilogramn,es $ for the woman.
F'ive EOinfs.-It having been signiicd
that a Grand Ball was to have been given
at the Five Points, the Alderman of the
Ward. with posse of marshals and watch-
men, proceeded last night to the place OF
assemblage, where grand sweep was
made, consisting of nearly a hundred per-
sons, male and female of almost every hue.
Among the number were three or four
strangers in the city, who were melted by
mere curiosity to visit place of which
they had heard so much through the pub
lie papers, and who were thus by the pur-
est accident, herded during the night with
d gang ofthe yeriest wretches that perhaps
were ever congrcgated in the cells Of q
prison. They wer6 of course discharged
III Tie morning, not d little ashamed when
day light appeared, with the complexion
und appearance Of their companions Of the
night. "A large number Of those appre-
hended, we're sent as disorderly persons
and Migrants, to the Penitentiary for sixty
days.-N. Y. Cowr. E. Eng.
The Winter Fire Side.- Cold winter
is coming long evenings are coming--or
in other words, the period of social enjoy
ment and social Improvement Ito those
who choose) is coming. Reader, have you
secured your winters fuel Z If not, do il
immediately You, ! mean, who live in
the city. TO the farmer, il is the work Of
snow and shedding time" But, readers,
one and all, in city and country-see we'll
toprovide for comfortable fire side--then,
provide instructive books--plan useful stu-
dies, --usetnl labors--attend to the educa-
ton Of your children--inquire after the
poor-contrive the means Of preventing
ignorance, idleness and poverty. Do this
and you need not envy kings their crowns.
or rnisers their gold, IN
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