Litchfield enquirer., 1833-02-21
No. 81. WnoLE No. $40.

rIly, as though want and misery were to
them strangers; while the capitalist, who
has q his command hundreds ofthousan1s
OF dollars, is comparatively wretched in his
! feelings -imagining himself bankrupt.
and depriving his family of the common
necessaries Of life. So we go! 1t IS
queer world, and the people who inhabitit
exhibit akqueer combination of virtue aud
vice, Of happiness and misery, intelligence
and ignorancc, iberality aud meanness,
fair dealing and fraud, temperance and de-
bauchery, economy and extravaganza, re-
ligion and infdelity and yet no one can
doubt that we are all sent into the world TO
answer wise purposes. Without these stri-
king contraries in the human character per-
haps our pilgrimage on earth would be one
of insuferable dulness. 1t is we'll then to
take the world as we find it, and not CONF
plain because it is not precisely as we
would like to have il. 4 s.s.g e,y
Character fla KentuckiGm.---Th Ken
tuckians all carry large pocket knives, which
they never fail TO use in scuffle and yon
may see gentleman seated at the tavern
door, balanced on two legs Of chair, pick-
ing his teeth with knife, the blade of
which is full six inches long, or cutting the
benches, posts, or any thing else that may
lie within his reach. Notwithstanding this,
the Kentuckians are. by no means more
quarrelsome than any other people of the
western states, and they are vastly less so
than the people Of ireland. But. when
they do commence hostilities, they fight
with bitterness, as do most Americans, BIZ
ting, gouging, and cutting unrelentingly.--
The Yankees never bite, gOMge, scratch,
nor eat, when they quarrel--they only
hammer prodigionsly with their fsts--ahd
are generally satisfied with the first knock.
down and treat. Farren's Rambles.
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MORAL.
| Though few there be that care 10 be virA
tuous, yet fewer there are that would not
desire to be counted so.
We must not walk by example, but by
rule.
They that drive away time. spur free
horse.
| As often as man lays out for God, he
| lays up for himself.
| We are never well informed of the truth
till we are conformed to the truth.
| A conceis Of knowledge is the greatest
enemy 10 knowledge, aud the greatest arr
gument Of ignorance.
They that presume most in prosperity,
are soones. subject to despair in adversely.
| AS they who for every slight infrmity
take physic to repair their health, do rath-
er impair IL; so they who, for every tribe,
are eager to vindicate their character, do
rather weaken it,
1 Honesty is the best policy. and limos
cence the best wisdom.
+ Improve the wit you have bought at a
J dear rate. and the wisdom you have gained
! by sad experience.
Be cheerful, but not light; solid. but
. nor sad.
Speak not we'll Of yourself. nor i'll Of
others.
| Speak Of peoples virtues, conceal their
in6rmiiies |; ifyon can say no good, say no
i'll Of them. $3.50 sa
Torender good for evil is God-likes ID.
render good for good is nan4iike to reslz
der evil for evil is beast-like to render
evil for good is devil-lke.
| Garry yourselves respectfully towards
your superiofs friendly towards your
equals condescending towards your infs-
lriors; generously towards your enemies
and lovingly towards all.
1t signifies nothing to say we will not
change our religion, II our religion change
not Us. fe tt as
Ifa man lives and dies mere professor,
it had been better for him IL he had lived
and died mere heather.
!, Dick, said master to his servant, have
i you fed the pigsl Yes, Massa, me fed um.
J Did you count them, Dick2 Yes. me
, count um all but one. All but one Yes,
Massa, all bat one--dare be one little
J speckled pig he frisk about 50 much me
couldn't count him.
Negro Philosophy.-John Canepole was
, small man. a pocket edition of human
, Iity. He had black servant vine xas .
/ stout fellows and being 4 privileged Joker,
! Sambo let no occasion pass animproyeds
where he could rally his master upon his
] diminntive carcase. John was sick, and
/ seat Sambo for the doctor. The faithful
! NEGRO loved his master, and upon the ar
rival Of the physician looked upon his face
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