Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1834-06-19

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the bright Orbs that were directed towards
It. Having selected large portion Of
plate. with seeming air Of nonchalance,
To the value Of Eve hundred dollars, she re-
qaested the sh0pman to have Il carefully
packed up, and ready for her 10 place Ia
her carriage BY the time that she returned
from her airing excursion. The obliged
store-keeper was, Of course, all Obeisance
and ciyaays and most politely escorted her
70 her carriage, assuring her that every
thing should be ready TO the scruple Of I
minute. Immediately after she had gone.
he perceived that shH had left her reticule,
and aware that he must keep ii until her
return, he bethought himself that lie had
better take a peep within its easements that
he might ascertaim tae nature OF its cnrren-
jcy, and be certain that the fair purchaser
who had left il was able to pay foF The laree
Amount Of ware she had purchased He
opened the reticule and perceived therein
"A $1,000 note on the Bank OF. America,
which he pradsnfly had examined and Il
proved TO be genuine bin.
Not long after, our blooming heroine re-
turned, apparently cast down With uneasi-
ness, and demanded with something Of
pensiye tome, if she had not left het4seti-
cule upon the counter. Judge Of her Joy
when he produced liz B! Sheghen opened
herreticnle and handed him a 81 600 more,
which. OF course, he politely changed for
a $500 bill, for which lie most courleously
thanked her, witha bow that actually reachs
ed 70 the counter. Evefy article was scru-
pulously removed in trice 10 the curricle
nf thn l.1,, 49, 49,. II ~ -.N SIsa n
thanks, compliments, and invitations 10 call
again, she was handed to her seat, not
without genlle squeeze &c the hand, that.
she would not forget the kind store which.
she had so greatly benefited aud obliged.
But as the calmest sky is frequently o.
ID an instant BY ffowning clouds
from the East, SO was the countenanee of
the salesman changedi nto tempest OF cha
grin, when he learned, after sending bis
note 70 the Bank, that il was sheer conn-
terfeit and deception, which the adroit ii,
dy must have hastily paIinaed of for the cur-
rent bill which he had the sagacity to send
to a broker for examinations. Regret was
useless, The cunning bird Ind flown, md
with her carriage, silver plate, 1--WE hundred
dollar note, and tho shower Of gracious
compliments which had been poured into .
her ear.--N. Y~Stdr,
Females raated N tie West.-A gem
.leman who writes fram Galena. sayss--I
The number of males il proportion ID
twelve) or widows Of fifty. are alike snap-
ped % With avidity BY the disconsolate
Iii the mines few years since,
their eyes were 50 seldom cheered with the
sight Of the better part Of creation that
was told by borderer. he travelled tweA-
" miles, only 10 get . look At a petticoah
where ii was rumored that there was actu$
ally one in the neighborhood.' In all the
new States viriuous females are wanted by
the male population, thousands Of whom
live III state Of single blessedness' from
sheer necessity. The old maxim, that
every Jack has his Gill; i. not consider
ed sound among them. i there no way
TO furnish these men with wives. from the
superintendent stock IN the Northa
A similar state Of things exists IN New
South Wales; and it i mentioned that
within twelve-mnnth, two or three ships
have sailed from England for that quarter,
carving as passengers from six to eight
hundred Young women in search OF hpsy
bands. On the Isl :of lay q ship sailed
from Gravesend for Hobartstown. with 29O
healthy girls Of good character. Thee car
60 which preceded them were readily ta-
ken up. and well married, soon after their
arrival 81 New South Wales; and this fact
Of itself was enough to induce others %
press on 70 the same glorious destination.
Boston CoW Gas,
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OLD BACHELORS. sss
/ |" In the vast h0wer-6eld of human af-
| lection, the old bachelor is the very scarce
Lcrow Of happiness, who drives away the
little birds Of love, that come TO steal tho
hemlock seeds Of loneliness and despair.
Where isathere more pisiabie object in
the world, than the man who has no ami-
able woman interested II his welfare -
How dismal does hixdesolate room appear,
when he comes home At night, wet and
hungry. and finds cold hsartll-7a barren
table-and lonely pillow, that locks like
J the white urn Of every earthly enjoynsent
| See the sick old bachelor in the dark ct
l,ernoon Of life, when his heart j. sinking
| 20 is sundown! Not solitary stafpf menl-
ory cleans over the dusk Of his opening
lgraye-no weeping wife, 10 bend, like I