Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-08-28

pense. its sources have been also sought
| from its central parts. Its entire course
is, at length, known. And we may now
appeal with full certainty to the Balize and
Itasca Lake, as its most extreme points,
At the latter, IL is placid basin Of trans
parent spring water. At the former, it is
as tnrbid as earth in suspension can make
it, and carries forest of floating trees on
its bosom. Below the junction of its pri-
mary forks, it expands at very unequal dis
tances into eight sheets of clear water, each
Of which has features worthy Of admiration.
Four of these, Lac Travers, Cass Lake,
Winnepec, and Lake Pepin, are lakes Of
handsome magnitude, and striking scenery.
The number Of its tributaries Of the first
and the second, and the third class, is SO
large that il would furnish labor of some
research, to determine it. The Missouri,
the Ohio, and the Arkansas are of the no.
blest class. Whoever has stood at the
junction Of these streams, as the writer has
done, must have been impressed with an
idea of magnitude and power, which words
are incapable of conveying. The broad
est parts of its channel lie in the central
portions of its valley. Its depth is great
in all its lower parts, and increases as it
flows on to the Gulf, and its general de-
scent and velocity are such as to appear
very striking characteristics. Noble views
arrest the eye of the observer, in every
part of its diversified course. Originating
in heavy and extensive bed of diluvial
soil, superimposed upon primitive strata,
it soon wears its channel down to the lat
ter, and after running over them for sever
al hundred miles, plunges at length, at the
Falls of St. Anthony, over the carbonifer-
Dus limestone formation, which is so prev
aient and so valuable for its mineral de-
posi,cs, below that point. This is finally
by diluvial and alluvial banks,
the latter of which are semi-annually en-
riched by fresh deposites, and exhibit
delta as broad and as exuberant as the
Nile. Like the latter, it has its cataracts
in the Falls of St. Anthony and Pukaiga-
ma, and in numerous lesser leaps and cas-
cades, where its current is tossed into foam
and threatens destruction to the navigation.
Such are its physical traits, aud these e.
nough in their character, magnitude, and
variety to lead our contemplations irress-
tibly, through nature up to natures God.s
Good Sense.-The difference between
The learned man aud the man of sense is,
that the former is apt, without the possess
sion Of the latter quality, to make merely
a vast display Of intellectual lore, without
any portion thereof for the benz
eft Of those to whom it is made-and al
though he may possess q small ,aanai4e.,---S-
nv slsIAls.-,act and prudence-yet 1t IS SO We
is valued no more than a pdGnW aQitestss
which is uDperceivably melted up Into a
hundred weight Of lead whereas, possess
sed Of moderate share Of good seDse--he
would have made less display of his
knowledge, but greater quantity OF good
sense like the small portion Of gold united
with moderate share Of the less valuable
metal. Whereas, without any learning
whatever, the coin of common sense pas
ses always current, for more than its intrin-
sic wor,h-and history aud experience ar
raw before US numbers, who, unblest with
a liberal education and the advantages Of
refined society, have passed for stars Of the
first magnitude in the literary and moral
armament, when thousands, infinitely their
superiors iu at,ainments, dragged along in
their solitary orbits as unenvied satellites
too dull and dimiu0tive for observation.
Epsaing Star.
A Predietion Verifed.-Tradition. has
preserved a singular anecdote Of John
Thacher, "A son Of one of the first settlers
in M chusetts. He was married, in 166l, ,
to Rebecca Winslow, and, being on his
way to Yarmouth, with bis bride. they stop
ned for the night at the house Of one Col.
Gorham. at Barnsiablc. In the merry
conversation with the newly married coup
le. an infant was introduced, about three
weeks old, and the night of her birth was
mentioned to Mr.. Thatcher: he observed.
that j. was the very night on which he was
married, and, taking the child IN his arms.
presented it to his bride. saying. Here,
nv dear, is a little baby, born on the same
night we were married; wish you would
kiss her, for intend to have l,ei for my
second wife, Il will. my DEAR she re-
piled, 'to please you, but hope i wall be
long before your intention is FULFILLED. -
Then, taking the babe, she kissed il hear
tiIy, and so gave il into the nurses hands.
This testing prediction was eventually YER
fled. Mr.. Thacher's wife died. and the
child. arriving at mature age. actually be-
came his second wife in 1684.--SGlsm Mer
never had view Of my soul. saysth'
Emperor Aurelius, and yet highly vain
liz. because it is discoverable by It's opera