Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1833-11-07
A Me,u oduenture.-We heard Of a linlc

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occurrence which took place in Oswego
some day last week, which is too good to be
lost. 1t was something after this scr, -
An Irish woman, Ia the upper part Of the
village, who had more children than spare
moments to take. care of them, heihanght
herself at Il busy moment ofa way in which
she could keep one Of her little blessings
out Of mischief; SO with all a mothers
care, she put hin. very snugly in a barrel
near the door, the lower portion of (which
was full Of rags. Fur some time the little
fellow was as happy as could be desired.
and the good woman almost ban;shod tho
thought Of him from her mind. But at
length, thinking To go out and praise him
for his stiffness, she looked about for the
barrel-but ID, it was not there! Barrel,
child and rags, had all vanished together!
She became alarmed, and fnr some time
ram about. sinp.iring for tho dear little
jewel, sure thai he was,' until after soa,e
time spent in this way, It was recollccted
by some of the neighbors, that the barrel
had been seen an hour or sn before, roll
ling with considerable speed down the bank
adjoining the house, into the river. All at
once this flashed across her niind--the bar
rel had been carelessly placed npon
poisc, on the verge ofa hiil@-by lhunlerry
movements Of the boy il had been started
from its place. aud tho lille darling was
probably before this time hfelcss corpse
beneath the waves. She hastcned down
the bank, which in this place IS not far
from one hundred feet hjgh, with descent
of from 20 to 80 degrecs-and there found
her little fellow just crawling from his play
house, which was partly floating in The wa.
ter. What adds to- the singuiarity Of tho
affair, is tho fact, that just before touching
the water, the barrel must have taken
leap of an abrupt cliff Of about 10 feet;
and IL is one of the remarkable things that
the little fellows life was preserved; ba.
not only this, we believe he received not
the slightest injury. Mothers should take
this as warning 10 be cautious how they
barrel up their children for although Ia
this case Il did not end fatally, yet il is not
every boy that will bear such a banging as
the ono in question must have experienced.
srs Aatura Free Press.
SERVANTS. From tho time of father A.
braham, and that is going back as far as
the revised statutes will permit, servants.
or as they werc genteelly called in the POI
lite age of the Patiarchs hand maids
we're terrible nuisance. By the bye, nc
cording to Grayelius, a hand maid in those
times answered to our chambermaids, or
the English maid Of all work ) there were
not hired cooks in those periods, for the
good book informs that our mother Rebek-
all cooked tho savonry meat herself,
which, according to the French, is their
fric0ndedM, and answers to our English
stesc-lew housewives, nowadays, under-,
stand preparing sayoury meat. But let that
passive we're about TO say that our SER
wants, or help as they are singularly cali
led, to denote their utter helplessncss, are
becoming daily more intolerable. They
are so saucy and independent, that we frc-
guently expect them to say with Loony. in
the play, I'll hire you for my MASTER
Few girls from the country cmigrate to tho
ci,y-ihey are afraid 10 trust themselves
amongst Us, and instead ofbouncing ruddy
innocence from the interior of the State, or
from Down East, we have shoals Of inno-
cents from foreign clines, who, without the
least experience, are ever ready TO UNDER
take any duty, and who, ON pinch, would
have no objection to hire themselves as
colorcd cooks Of capacity and good char
actcr, and the moment they are initiated
in all the mysteries Of the kitchen, they dis
charge their employers, and get another
place, for the sake Of novelty. Then the
blacks, or sladies Of color they are the
most intolerable in their claims and preten-
sions, and make us half wis.,, for The zeal
Gus, attentive and trusty slaves ofthe South,
who are always willing and civil. A lady
Of color in these times has her milliners and
perruqpiers, and wears bishop sleeves
broad as pulpit cushions, and has her wool
dressed q Ia Gree. The inter impossible
" Of combining them to ,he cuisine, or com-
pelIng them 10 fulfil their contract asd du-
~, is felt By every housewife. When the
colored gentry arc dressed for 9 walk in
Broadway. or an evenings soiree at a
friends, no treaty or negotiation, no re-
monstrance or claim, can keep them at
home, mo- matter how greatly their services
are required.
We have been thinking that little law
might be- useful tn this class OF our fellow
citizens--someihing Of the nature ofa con-
tract between master and apprentices
something whereby Incidence and impu-
dcnce might be punished. We shall con-
splt The Regency on the expediency Of stch
law; and though they make ne money by
il. yet they may, percl'ance. get better