Litchfield enquirer., 1833-08-08

he would ple each each Ofthea sermon the
 Sunday after the joyful occasion; and that
 they should have tho privilege of choosing the text. a's r -s''f t}
 After the due preliminaries of coursship. lke appointed time for the espousals of the elder daughter Mary arrived, and she was united 10 Mr. Cranch in the holy bonds,
 with the approval, the blessing, and bcne-. dictiOn of her parents and all her friends.
 Mr. Smith then asked her, F Mary, my dU-
 tiful child, | am now ready to prepare your scrmoa for the next Sunday; what do you select for your textl's My dear father |
 have selecled the latter part of tho 42d verse of the tO,h chapter of Luke. .58 Mary, hath chosen tke good Part schich shGN acDcr De takeM from ker.oa ..slit VI
 Very good. my daughter said her fla ther, and the sermon was preached. aay Ete Mr. Adams persevered in his ;sais in de- fiance of aIlopp6sitioh. ftwas nia N years lafter and on a very different occa lon, and lin resistance of n very different opp position, that he uttered these memorable words, .'siak O. stcin, Ice or de, snrgiue or jperish, \ giUe my hcGTt end k0ssd tO tltss siisdSure.' y Bat though tho nteasmrg was different, the spirittwas the same. Besides he had al- 9ready carried the main poiat oftke attack, lthe heart of tho young lady -4and be knew the surrender of tho citadel must ioilo After the usual hesitatioa and delay that at ienf such, an unpleasant affair, MT. SR,itL, seeing that resistance was frni.less, yielded tho contested point withas mncl, grace as possible, as many a prudent father hFs done, before and since that time. MT. Ada ans was united to the lovely Miss Smith,
 Alter tho marriage was over,, and all things settled in quiet, Mrs. Adams rcmark- cd to her father. you preached sister Ma-i ny a sermon, ol the occasion of her mar riage, won't, you preach me. one likewise ' { Yes, ny dear girl, said MT. Smith, choose your text and you shall have your sermon sWeH | have chosen the S3d verso of the 7tt chapterof Luke.'a Aea@ I Fos JOhn came neither eating bteGd 6v. drimkipg viac, aud ye say, he hath q adeUis. The old lady, my informant, looked me very arcl,ly in the, face when she repeated this passage and observed, if Mary were the most dutiiul of the daughters, I guess the other had the most witt ssliS,F #rd
 II cannot ascertain whether the last ser-
 mon was ever preached. -eo @p 't'aT'-~
 It may not be inappropriate hero to re-
 mark, now well these excellent ladies justi- fled the preference of the distinguished in- ldividuals who had sought them in marriage. Of them it will hardly be esteemed extray- agant eulogium, to say, that they were re- spectively, an honor,so their husbands. the boast of their sex, and the pride of New
 England. Mrs. Adams in particular, who iron, tho elevatcd position in which she was placed bcioro inc world. was brought more llconspicaoos before tho public eye. was supposed to hold tho sane elevated rank with the gontler sex. that Mir. Adams did among the men, aud she is reported to. have rendcred her husband much assistance in
 his multiplied labors of the pen.
 SLEEPY DAVID" JR. faa We don'i, ut this moment, remember the time when there has occurred an op-
 pormnity moro fit fora broad laugh at the lcxpense of somc of our neighbors, than that (which befel on Tuesday last, at a horse race in this vicinity. The story has been
 told US very much as follows. ,s.a baa.... I Some ten days since, there came to one
 of ous village taverns conatryman, having Ewith him two horses, for whichs as well a' Efos. himself, he beSpoke suitable refresh
 ntehts. Inthc .6atward appearanceo of tIit
 man tlere was 'nofhing yery remarkable
 except, perhaps, hs was what one wo0lt call man Unpracticed bn the world s ways
 and, if not actually cloWnisil or bungling
 he was, in his address. qoito m a,shGadl lgenilemaD.i His two horses, the one black land the other q sorrel. were well enough; quite clever animals ; but, as the groom al
 the stable afterwards said, :" There didn't seem to be any thing alarmng about them ?
 Tho gentleman desired 10 sell one, of Both 1 of the horses; and, us Ire said, "pfetty mid-
 ding kinder soonish too, for having time Twas coming on, and he must be backstc
 Yarn,ount, or his folks would think darn'd
 strange ont" He, however, received nc
 offers. 1t was in nvaim that no declared the
 horses to be worth more chan they seemed
 to be- q For Y said he, how in fury dt | you suppose they could look so slick and ti. dy as your Lowell hosses when we have
 done all our, ploughin with them thi
 Spring, besides going twice to Canada, am
 haMiDg up the winier's wood last fall.-- 4 But don't you worry, that arc black hors'
 will drive as neat in gig as the best Q Ithcm, and as for tho sorrel, if he won't m
 some it is because the horse is scored. ."- One of onr knowing jockies took the hint |is l1s.n will he [" said jockey. "Yss; tha he wills said inc unhandy gentleman