Litchfield enquirer., 1834-09-25

Necessity Ct bcSng SCeH 'eJOymed.-The young are apt to disregard the value of
 knowledge, partly, we fear, from the per-
 tinacious constancy with which teachers,
 parents, and guardians, endeavor to impress
 them with its inestimable worth. 'Knowl-
 edge, better than house and lands,' is the
 title of one of the first picture books pre-
 scented to child, and it is the substance of
 ten thousand precepts which are constantly
 dinned in his ears from infancy upwards:
 so that the truth becomes tiresome and al-
 most detesred.
 Still itis sober truth-of which every
 young man should feel the force-that, with
 the single exception of good conscience,
 no possession can be so valuable as good
 stock of Information. Some portion of it
 is always coming into use, and there is hard- ly any intol nation which may not become
 useful in the course of an active life.
 When we speak of information we do
 not mean that merely which has direct ref
 erence to tnar's trade, profession, or hu-
 siness. To be skilled in these, is a matter
 of absolute necessity, SD much so, that we
 often see, for example, the merchant be-
 ginning the world with no other stock than
 good character and a thorough knowledge
 of business, and speedily acquiring wealth aud responsibility, while another, who is
 not we'll informed in his business, begins
 with a fortune, fails in every thing he Iun- dertakes, causes loss and disgrace to ali
 who are connected with him, and goes on blundering to the end of the chapter.
 But thorough knowledge of one's busi- ness or profession is not enough of itselft to constitute what is called a we'll informed man. One who possesses this kind of in- formation only, is generally regarded as mere machine, unfit for society or rational enjoyment. A man should possess cer- tain amount of liberal and scientific infor- nation, to which he should always be. ad- ding something as long as he lives; and in this free country, he should make himself acquainted with his own political and legal
 rights.
 Keep thing seven years and you will
 have use for it, is an old maxim which will
 apply admirably well to almost any sci-
 ence, language, or art, and in few years you will find it of service to you. This truth is so important that would add to.
 it, by way of commentary, employ that leis-l
 ure which others waste in idle and corrup-
 ting pursuits in the acquisition of those
 branches of knowledge which serve to a. muse as well as instruct; natural history. for example, or the numerous kindred , brances of study.
 hish Sympathy.-A party retiring late from a tavern, in rather boisterous state, : were stopped by some watchmeD. One of ! the bon vivans recognized in one of the watchmen certain melliAuous tones which fevd %Eoh hay of rsv CT Of Blarney. You are from Cork, ; said the man in custody. Faith you may say that,' replied Pat; 'and many fine nursery, there.' Muiligan's narsery,' said
 the captive, finding he had touched the string that reached his heart: true.' he . continued, am the son of MT. Mulligan.' The son of ofMulligan,' repeated the watch- man, relaxing his fingers which had awk- wardly compressed his cravat. 'The son of Mulligan!' y said Pat again: 'now. faith. if l could swear at all at all, I'd say you are Master George, that has been so long : abroad The very sanse,' said the cap- ] tive, with an indicative sigh. The hand of Pat fell by his side argumentatively :- :, Why then Master George, the devil . !, foot of you I'll put inside the watch-house :, this blessed night. Master George-do you
 see that lane-run you divil down there, , and don't let me see your face t1is night: : : I'll look out fora prisoner in place of you. So scizing sober passenger by the breast, no hurried the unofending substitute to the
 watcb-bouse, rebuking him for. his trying : to get away! sCome away said Pat, or , I'll knock you to sn,ithereens.' 3 Irish Nenfhy Magasias. ! Original Anecdots.-A gentleman found !, that species of vegetables called onions. 7 were in the habit of disappearing from his garden without an assignable cause, excep, . the agency of little negro of his. He D accordingly applied the hickory very plen- }, tily to the supposed delinquent. notwith- standing his lamentabIe protestations oi It innocence. A day or two after, Ire was [. surprised at the entrance into his room of d the negro, preceded by formidable stench. d and bearing in his arm certain grey ani- |: nal, known commonly as the PolecGt.- e Here massa,' cried the negro, Il tole d you, you whip mo for nothing. Here lem l. chap that steal the ingy1m. I smell lse - bref.'
 = Cicero hath observed that no class of