Litchfield enquirer., 1834-01-02
No. so. WHO'S No. S94.

prOceededfO open store room ut the 9TH
er end Of tho house, for aplace to retreats.
but 70 get the key had 10 return to the unS
der room, where the bdllf5 ives now more
hot than ever, the ants had commenced an
attack upon the Fafs and mice, and strange
as it may appear, they were no match for
their apparently insignificant foes: They
surrounded them as they had the insect
tribe, covered them over, and dragged them
off, with acelerity and union Of strength.
that no one who has not watched such \
scene can comprehend. did not sec one
rat or mouse escape, and ann sure sawR
score carried off during very short pefi0ds
We next tried the kitchen-for tho storS
room and boys pantry were already occn4
pied; bnt.the kitchen was equally the field
Of battle between rats; mice, cock-roachess
and ants killing them. A huckster negro
came up selling cakes; and seeing the ups
roar. and the family and servants standing
out In the sun, he said All, Misses, you
have got the blessing Of God to-day, and d
great blessing i be- to got such cleahing.s
| think it was about ten, when fifst
observed tho ants; and about twelve the
battle was formidable soon after one o.
clock the great strife commented with the
rats and mice; and about three The houses
cleared. in a quarter Of 40 hour more the
ants began to decampi and soon not one
was TO be seen within doors; but lhe grass
round the house was full Of them, and they
seemed now feasting on the remnant Of their 4
prey, which had been left on the road %
their nests and 50 the Teasing continued
till about four o'clock, when the black
BIRDS who had never been long absent from
the calabash and pois deux trees in the
neighborhood, darted down among thetis
and destroyed by millions those who were
too sluggish 10 make good their retreats.
BY five o'clock the whole was over; hea
fore sundown tho negro houses were clear-
ed IN the SAME way; and they told me
they had seen the black-birds lowering a4
bout the almond trees 40 early as seven in
the mornings j never saw these black
birds before or since, and the negroes as
sured me that they never were seen but &C
such times.--- Domestic Manners and S0ti.
ETY. in the w. Indies.
THE MAN or INTEGRITY.
IL will not take much time to delin0at0
the character Of the man Of integritys -
by its nature It is q plain one, and easily
understood. He Is one who makes il his
constant rule to follow the road Of duty,
according 40 the word Of Cod and Tho
voice of his conscience. point il out 20 him.
He Is not guided merely by affections.
which may sometimes give the color Of
virtue 10 loose and unstable character
The upright man is guided by fixed prin-
ciple Of mind, which determines him to es-
TEEN nothing but what Is honorable, and to
abhor whatever is base or unworthy in NOR
al conduct. Hence we find him ever the
same at all times, the trtlsty friend. the
aHectionate relation, the conscientious man
Of business; the pious worshipper, the pub
lie spirited citizen. He assumes no boz
rowgd appearance. He seeks no mask to
cover him; for he acts no stupid part; but
he is indeed what he appears to be, full Of
truth, candor and humanity. In all his
pursuits, he knows no path but the fair and
correct one and would much rather fail
Of success than attain il by reproachful
means. He never shows us smiling coun-
tenance, while he neditates evil against us
in his heart. He never praises Us among
our friends, and then joins in traducing Us
among our enemies. We shall never find
one part Of his character at variance with
another. In his manners, he is simple and
unaffected; in all his proceedings, open
and consistent.
Wants eff the agss,--~It is mans destiny
still TO DO longing for something, and the
qualification Of one set Of wishes but pre-
pares the unsatiaied soul for the eOpcep-
lion Of another. The child Of year old
wants little but food and sleep, and no SOON
or 10 he supplied with sufficient allowance
Of either, OF these very excellent things.
than he begins whimpering, or yelling il
may be for the other. At three, the Young
urchin becomes enamored Of sugar plumbs,
apple pies and confectionery. AT six his
imagination runs upon kites, marbles. aud
tops, and abundance Of play-sinae. Attsn
the boyxwants to leaye school, aud have .
nothing to do but go bird-nesting and black
berry hunting. Atiifieen he wants beard
and watch, and pair Of Wellington
boots. AT twenty he wishes % cut figure
and ride horses sometimes his thiTst Cor
display breaks into dandyism. and some
times into poetry; no wants sadly to DO In
love, and takes il for granted that ali the
ladies are dying for him. The young man
Of twenty-five wants a'wife; and at thirty
hp wants IN h0 ainWl0 nUnim Er0ss fksrAsr