Litchfield enquirer., 1832-01-05

si sstsssN " Wslut1 ANtthauWefts Ak llMplaSA ! Ia separation between tho employment oi Eintellectual beings and tho gratificasion ot their intellectual faculties, and demon-
 strates that they have yet something to I learn before they canarrive at the highest
 enjoyment of which their nature is suscep- 1 tible.
 We do not propose to hand round a lwaiter of psalm hooks to n collection of
 men and women mingling in their circles EOf social intercourse, nor to interrupt the fllilaEity Of gay spirits and buoyant feel- ings hy stepping amusement; and calling the nonlpany to prayers. To every thing thefc E a season, md this is not the lime or placOsf for acts Of public devotion. But we boast of being an educated people 1; and howe4ar pleasant or proper it may be
 to throw of tho traDmels of learning for
 occasicnal relaxation and amusement, rep ular appropriations ofmuch time to lisiless vacuity of mind, t0 utter Ifivolity and fol-' ly, to useless, idle unnoa ming, convcrsa-
 ton. that has no merit while 1t is passing,
 and brings no qualification when it is bust,
 is beneath the character qf un; educated
 community. With such modes at. social
 entertainment as ske VsS tue habit of sustaining, such a boast is a very unrilcan.
 ing pr very exiraTsgaht gasconade. or
 what consequence issit that we have
 schools of all kinds, from inc infant school
 to the university, lectwfcs and sdiscourses
 in abundance. kahks everys where. news-
 papers ana panhillhis Ike leaves bf Va
 lombrosa, daily jnlrAala, weekly maga-
 zines, learned aappt | and critical qaar- lys. without ep 5, iif We ind ,gneycfthclnss. that instructiof nlE vF aud learning
 hard work; if NH ketsrid soi It Nsa trouble. as speedily as we my; If we shake off our
 harness and delightedly roli on the green
 grass, like an overwnrked animal, when he
 frees hin,selffrom the drudgery of his daily
 task If the results pf education do not
 enter into the constant occupations ofpleas-
 ure as well as business if they do not mix
 in with the affairs of common life, if they
 do not utterly unfit us for grossncss and
 barbarity, and coarse an inelegant elnpioy-
 lliAiit, if they nre mere decorations, ass.lm-,
 as IS . isdsf Of holiday dress, and put ofT md fulded I'D the moment we get n chance ! " ID free, they are not Qf the value they
 were supposed To be, and do little beyond Serving, as an excuse for the affectati0n of
 pretending to be pleased with tl,en."
 l. Amesicaa SIX Vesting.-The editors E'of tho Courant, in their last paper, state
 that thny were shewn a few days since, at the stOFaOf Messrs. Pratt, Howe E Go. in 1 Hartford, n piece of Silk Vesting, of a. good quality, manufactured at Mansfield, Conn. It was gratifying evidence of Ithe progress of manufacturers in our State. The editors then copy leitcr,s dated Mansfield, Nov. 24, 1881, from corres- 1 pondent of tho New York American Ad-
 vocate, which gives a history of the Silk
 business in Mansfield. It appears that
 above 70 years ago Doctor Aspinwall, a
 natiyc of that town, urged on by patriotism,
 exerted himself to introduce the culture of
 Silk. He succeeded in making small be- ginnings at New Haven, on Long Island,
 and at Philadelphiasaby causing mulberry
 orchards to be planted. The Rev. Doc
 tor Stiles, of Yale-C College, was lis warn, ]. and useful coadjutor. Half an ounce ol mulberry seed was sent to every parish it l Connecticut, with directions how to pro, ceed in tho culture of the trees and in rear ing tIIe silk worms, tGc. The legistaturs were induced in 1782 to grant a bounty oi ,l raw silk but in n few years, from some V cause which does not now appear, Ina
 bounty was withdrawn. The Silk raisini
 was not pursued to much extent except ii 4 Mansfield. In l7o3, there WIS raised in 4 that town 265 lbs. raw Silk, and the con
 tinued attention to the business in tIiai T town was probably owing to the presence and zeal of pr. Aspinwell. There has
 been regular but slow progress in tue bu- siness there up totiie present time. The most that was ever raised in one season J was 32OO lbs. and that was last year. Il .J has been erroncously stated in the newspa. l, pers that five tons were raised, and solt for SS5 900. This was an gossip. A !, few indiyidnals have lately established small faetcry under the direction of MT i, Edward c Golding,a a regular bred EngIisI ! manufacturer of Silk. They have 8! :. swifts for winding hard Silk 32 spindle < for doubling S4r for throwing; 84 fo h spinning g for soft silk winding, and . , broad and I fringe silk loom. They hay e machinery enough for 30 looms; have onl \ II hands at work, but conld employ 50 | ,. advantage; cocoons, are worih @S a hnsh 1. el have on hand between q and 500 bush o els. The most perfect of the cocoons ar : selected for breeding; will haie put in - week usually, sometimes in 2z hours ! n miller is so prolific as frequently to la , 500 eggs. The eggs are of glutiinos
 substance adhere to whatever placed nI