Litchfield enquirer., 1834-05-01

whence issues many streams of wreschedne.a and
misery and death. Then, and NOT ill then. will Won
folly have accomplished your object.
Aiev words 10 those who friehSe, hut have no,
joined society, aad have done.
You are lrieNd4 to Temperance. Yop believe in.
and net yourselves upon the principle OF total abs,i
nence You are sensible Of the evils resulting from
'neemPerance, and you desire reformation. But in
what other way eas reformation be effected than by
the formation Of societies. there be any better or
any o'Ner' point 1t out ~ not why etend aloof7
40s are conscious that there two opposing par
Nes: 10 one Ofihese parties eEesy Iadivdua beonps.
Nne members Of The temperance society compose the
one' and those who are not members she other YOU
exert an influence. and you may judge for yourselves
whc: party has IT, when tell you that we 60 10 lie
man who makes moderator ofspiri,s, and ask him
TO Jo" the socieyhe points us TO you--he tells ua
you are as good and astempefa.e as any member-hai
You belong 70 his pary--,hat you can abstain from
drinking without binding yoprselC he can do the
same, and thus he continued. lrinkips and drinking
tll be becomes drnnkard, all he jwha hiding him.
selfbehind yOas Put your names upon the paper and
you take away shiding place. Your example may
induce him 10 Put his there also. Remember too ,ha,
ifall had said as you are had done asyou
are doing, the reformation which you now behold,
would never have taken place. The celebrstions Of
this day, you would never have Witnessed /. will not
DO. You mnst awake: the alarm has long been sound
iag-an innumerabe host are gathered-your assist.
ance 10 demanded. and slumber yon must not Join
with the society and help il onward. Then sooner
shalt you, with alb the members ias society," he per-
mitted TO hail with rapures Of delight ala. GLORIOUS
morn, which shalt be ushered in upon naion whose
motto is temperance. and whose practice IL total abs,i-
nence from arden. spirits: And then from that dsy
forward, ON each succeeding anniversary long after
you shall have been gathered to the dus. of your "a
eheTa, your children will shoai hosannas in land
which You have emancpated. And m tina, shoui NO.
cends to heaven. you with angelic voices shall ,e-echo
il back TO earth. Think sha, when YOU close this
period OF existence. il will be bl0ed from YOUR mem.
ories, Tor YOU will fnd recorded upon the pages Of
the books Of the everything God and with an ASSEM-
bied universe shall read i. through eternal ages.
tE y&
Prodigy THE celebrated child. VIM.
| Manuel, who is able, at the age Of 8 IL
years. 10 read with flueIicy, either Welsi,
ar English, placed before him IN tie usual
or in an Inverted position, on Monday was
brought to our office, by his father, who is
a miner, from Holywsll, and with, nlacl,
ease read passages from books III four diff
ferent positions bot he appears 10 prefer
reading upside down. His father stated
that attention was FIRST attracted 70 the roa-
S din q Sf s ss piaggss ifs saa FefR
cd without any particular instruction, not
having been at school q single day. He is
fine child, the picture Of good heaith.--
During the past week he has been examine
ed by the Bishop Of the diocese and most
Of the gentry in the neighborhOod. who
have ell expressed their astonishmenf and
pleasure. 1t is sometimes with difficulty
he is persuaded to read, as he takes great
delight 10 running about; but when his res
luctance is overcome he appa1s to read
| with great avidi,y.-C Chester Coaranf.
igl.4 THE BURGESS, rs. OLD MILL.
The following, which was cut from the
Wyoming Herald, we think is quite an APT
and pleasant similitude Of the Kitchen Cab
met and the u. S. Bank. We think We
are correct in attribntina it to the ready per
Of Asher Miner, editor we believe, Of tim
old and patriotic sheet.
"A village had large MIL, that accom-
modated many; it was under lease for
given time and the rent had been paid il
advance---but there we're number o
hand-mills and samp-mortars in the neigh
borhood that ground and pounded q it'll
grain. This, &c don't disremember, wa
in the reign Of Aitila, whose lofty spiri
may be gathered by his declaration to Wiz
gillus-sWhat city, in .he wide extent o
the empire can hope to exist, if it is on
pleasure that Il shall be erased from tn,
earth = but that is depression. Well tn
chief Burgess of the village took il int,
his head that the Mill was nuisance, ant
J should be put down before the lease expir
} ed-s What power has that accused Mil
Ter = said be-, The fellow can take double
toll--he can grind, if he pleases, only 70
the rich, and by refusing 10 grind for tn
poor man starve him and his pretty chill
. dren and loving wife all to death 7 Aw
ful!' cried his toad-eaters, who before ha
. never dreamed evil Of the Mill or Miller
1T is an aristocratic concern said III
Burgess, for It grinds with foreign mill
stones, and will ruin our liberties A
bominable,' roared out his partisans. TIL
Miller tried 10 defend himself did va
ever hear such impudence,' said the Bus
gess---s what, dare deny my. assertions
charge me with falsehoodi' With that b
rushed into the Mill with sledge-hamme