Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-30

his masters house, he opened or Ieaped the gate, proceeded at his usual pace directly to the church, and passing by the door, as if to let the good folks get out, stood still in the shed. Here he remained very quietly during the morning and afternoon services, hen he returned without loss of time, and with as long face as the best of them, iO his mas ter's house, and there awaited further orders.
 4 Pick POcket.-A young merchant in Mar ket-street, walking up that street between Se- cond and Third streets, on Thursday last, near noon, observed two men before him, one of whom abstracted something from the pock- ct of gentleman passing them with a travel
 ng bag tn his hand. The young man imme- diately cOllared the thief and the companion, after having vainIy endeavOred tO extricate his cOmrade, sprung over into the market and escaped. The young man dragged his priso- ner along till he overlook the gentleman whose pocket had been robbed, who carefully ascer- tained the safety of his purse. examined his l pockets, and declared he had lost nOthing.- l Of course the thief was liberated, but scarce
 y staid long enough to vent nasty maledic- 1 ton, when he took tO his heels and made his
 escape. The next morning, the travelling
 gentleman. who said he was clergyman, l called on the young man who had arrested ! tIC PCh~HuGnStS tO pay Abub uG HnO nSNOd1iy 1 forgotten Testomeni, hound up like pock.
 ct book. which he had in his coat pocket,
 and which he did not discover the loss of ill
 sometime after the occurrence above men 1 toned; and this no doubt was what excited 1 the cupidity of the thief. Should the latter 1 carefully study the contents of his prize, it 1 may possibly prove the best speculation Ofthe kind he has ever undertaken.-PhiInl. Ado. Spectacles.-Those whose avocations or amusements render the assistance of magnif
 CTS necessary, ought to bear in mind that the lower the degree of magnifying power pos- sessed by their glasses. the less the eye will be fatigued by them, the less constrained inc position of the body in using them. and the larger, as well as more uniformly distinct, the field of view embraced by them. Where on- ly moderate magnifying power is required, l would recommend, instead of single mag l nifyer, the use of spectaces of nine inches fO 1 GUS, which will enable the eye to be directed to minute objects without weariness, for a longer time than if an eye-glass only be used, l as well as being of C:ateral benefit in prescrv- ing one of the eyes from becoming injured by being constantly unemployed:
 Curtis on the Eye.
 Pension Fraud.-From a letter received from the United States District Attorney for Vermont, in relation to the fraud lately dis covered to have been perpretrated by Robert Temple, we learn that "sO great was the con-
 idence in Temples honesty and integrity, that upon one occasion, the clerk of the Probate Court, heinz about tO be absent for a few days, left some blanks, with the seal and his signature affixed, to be used in his absence, should occasion require. It is presumed that these blanks went into the hands of Temple. Upon another occasion, when the clerk was confined to his house by illness, Temple call ed upon him with pension papers made out, represented that the proof had been taken by | the Judge. and upon this he attached his sig ] nature. Temple could at all times have ac- cess to the seal ofthe COurt."-WIdsh. Globe Merited Pu,iishment.- Monday evening a well dressed citizen was seen to pass down
 South Main-street, having under his protec- tiOn two ladies who were in all things entitled to the protective gaIlantry Of a man of honor.
 As the happy trio passed along the streets, they ndulged a merry, bu: yet delicate and respectful mood, and seemed to be above the cares and hardships of world like this. At the moment they approached the Custom House, the ladies were unceremoniOusly as- sailed by brace of rascalons, who, in their fOndness for a spree, attempted to tear them rom lnelr protector Al the instant me gem tleman, " "accoutred as he was," turned upon l the assailants, and with one well directed and Herculean blow, laid the 'frst bravo" at his feet. He then turned upon the second. and
 with almost unequaIled despatch foored him, and left him apparently dead on the spOt.- l Having accomplished his work, the gentleman 1 took his fair friends under his arm and quiet
 ly proceeded on his journey. At the hour of ten, the writer of this article saw the scoun-
 dreis lying in the street, in the condition of Col. Crockeit's plate at Gen. JacksOn's levee
 --,oeU licked, and unable to commit any fur
 ther depredations for the night.-forov. Jour. l 4 Mirocle-About the beginning of last
 week, a deaf and dumb printer presented him-
 self at our office, asking charity by writing and by signs. We asked him if he would
 work. He signifed his assent most readily
 and willingly, and accordingly took his station
 at the case. For several days he worked ve-
 ry faithfully, with all the imperturhahle gray ] ity of an Eastern Brahmin. keeping pencil and.paper by his side for the purpose of wri- ting down his few wants and wishes, which l he deemed it. necessary toy communicates, ln-
 deed, he seldom wrote any thing but "mo-
 ney" and "copy," and his rigid features seem l ed never tO have relaxed into a smile or ga
 thered into frown. On Saturday lasa, one
 his co-operators jogged him with his el-
 bow, and by signs drew his attention to some
 matter which he had in his hand. Johnny
 was completely taken hy surprise. and to the