Litchfield enquirer., 1833-11-21
Extract from a Ssudsnt's diary.
QuisqNe sibi-eUcry man for himself

1 S1eN~ SeUe-COCsy HttStS yOT NtHtSeHs
How often have l stretched my mouth
from ear to ear, when classmate Of mine,
Ned Wilson by name, shouted suuisoue
sibi,' as he appropriated to his sole use and
behoof, plate of cake or "a dish Of pre-
serves, which was intended to Gil the
mouths ard tickle the palateS of some half
dozen of his table compartments 1t was in
vain that the plunderer was inexorabte and
defended his conduct with philosophy as
sPccious as that held to by one Mr.. Angus
tus TOmlinson, of whom honorable mem
zion is made in Paul Clifford. recoilect,
at the time agreed with the majority and
condemned Ned; but since have grown
wiser in the ways Of the world, have en-
tertained higher opinion for the senti-
ment OF that sage philosopher Sallus;.
Study men, and you will observe that ev-
cry one is more or less influenced by sell
fshness. The politician, who climbs up
the ladder of distinction by pretension to
dlsinterestedness and zeal for the public
welfare, no sooner reaches the top round,
than he leaves his constituents to accom-
plish their own measures, fills his pockets
with money from the public treasury--and
IT asked to give reason for his conduct,
cooliy replies, squisqne sibi.' The mer-
chant, whose conscience becomes scared
in the ordeal ofthe world, aud will snip ain
inch too short-give little weight aud less
change-generatly consoles bis customers
with many sage remarks on the dull times
and want OF cash, and winds up very pa
thetically with the caption to our article
| quisque sibi.' The unfortunate client if
he dares to demonstrate, when the lawyer
eats tho oyster and gives him the shell, is
generally comforted with '',is perfectly
right sir-~quisque sibi.'
Take it in high life or in low life-from
the lisp ofinfancy to the trembling response
of old age-Aand you will find the universal
rule Of action is 'quisque sibi.'
/ must own that | have not only adopt
ed, but once, at least acted up to this gol-
den rule.' The story is a short one., 1
will tell it, kind reader, and have done.-
My philosophical friend introduced me to
what he called nymph, "a most beautiful
order of bipeds by the way.) with whom
he was desperately in love. Strange as it
may seem, the disease was contagious, and
caught it. Three months after / had
shown premonitory symptoms, our conf
plants came 10 crisis. Ned lost his
nymph and gained pretty wife and thir-
| ty thousand dollars. The fellow had the
impudence to charge mo with perfdy.-
Pshaw cried I, as laughed in his face,
every man, Ned, upon your theory must
take care Of himself, and I shall always
view that day as the most fortunate in my
life, when | heard you shout quisque sibi.'
Geology.-It is well known that the
bones of animals occur in countries where
animals Of the same species do no longer
! exist. One mode Of accounting for this fact,
given by M. Culver, appears so natural.
that we shall quote his own words So For
example, let us suppose that a great irrup-
ton of the sea shall now cover the CONT
nent Of New Holland with mass Of sand,
or other debris; the bodies of kangaroos,
wombats, dasyuri, peramels, flying ptalan-
gista, echidnm, ard Ornthorynchi, will DO
buried under it, and it will entirely destroy
every species Of these genera, since mono
OF them now existsin other countries. Let
this same revolution dry up the sea which
covers the numerous straits between New
Holland and The continent Ct Asia il will
open way for the elephant, the rhinoce-
ros, the buffalo, tho horse, the camel, the III
ger, and all other Asiatic qnadrupeds, who
will people country where they have been
hitherto unknown. "A naturalist afterwards
living among them, and by chance search@
| ing into the depths Of the soil on which this
new Datura lives, will find the remains of
beings wholly different. That which New
Holland would be in the above case; Eu-
rope, Siberia. and great part Of America,
are now and, perhaps, when other coun-
tries, and New Holland itself, shall be ex-
amined, We shall find that they have all un-
dergone similar revolutions. could al
most say, a mutual exchange of producl
tons; for, carrying the supposition still
further, after this transportation Of Asiatic
animals into New Holland, let us imagine
a second revolution, which shall destroy
Asia, their primitive country, those who af-
forwards see them in New Holland, their
second country, will be as embarrassed to
know whence they came. as We can be now
to find the origin Of our own. '-Atheaeum.
DR.. Franklin.-Th leading property
of Doctor Franklin's mind. great as it was
the faculty which made him remarkable,
and set him apart from other men-lhe
generator, ia truth, Of all his power--was
good sense--onIy plain, good sense--noth-
sn.A. - -. r.