Litchfield enquirer., 1834-10-09

the habit of paying for every article we buy, at the time. If we do so, we shall seldom purchase what onr circumstances will not afford.
 This is exactly the manner in which Jack Bell proceeded. Habit, str"ngthen- ed, by long continuance ; and supported by reason, become second nature. His busi- ness prospcrcd; his old purse became 6l- led with Spanish dollars; all his purchases being made for cash, were favorable, and ! by always knowing how he stood with the world, he avoided all deraneemen1 in his affairs. He is now the Squire of village, with good property, profitable business, and the respect of all who know him.
 Old Paper.
 fin Erreclo:mobic Drmmkard.--We do not know when we have had our feelings more shocked than by the sudden appari- tion into our chamber, the other day, of a poor miserable wretch in tat,ers, in state of deplorahle indigence and inebriety. His face was bloated, of a purple red, and swol- len out of all natural proportions, like some poor ielon that had just been cut down from the ealIows, his eyes were g!arng like balls of fire and protruding from their sockets, while his dishcveled hair, knntty and il- thy, hung in scattered rineles from his temples, or Aoated in confused disorder " like d meteor streaming to the wind.".- His garments were ragged and torn, aud his neither ves,ment, hrre and there rent asun- der by its own rottennesS, or the unnatural distensions which his unwieldv, dropsical limbs had attained under constant reple- tion. As he staggered to seat he mutter- ed forth somo inarticulate sentences. by which we recognized, with pain and hor- TOT under his hideous shape, more frightful than Mlton'S Dedth begotten by Sin, one whom we had once known and seen in bet ter days, and who, presuming upon the friendly intercourse which had then subsis- ted between us, had thus unceremoniously obtruded himself into the room. Many years had elapsed since we had met him, but we could not repress a bitter tear at the rcmcmbrance of what tue poor fellow had onco been in his prosperous days when he was the pride and solace of his parents, an honor to the honorcd profession to which he belonged, and to the truly re- spcctable and extensive circle among whom he moved. Alas what changes have pass sd ovcr him What dark clouds have ob- scurcd the bright horizon and sunny skies that once smiled upon him A poor mo. ,her's heart broken, and borne in grief to her grave! Discarded by sisters, and bro- therS, and friends, and relatives, fnrlorn, unhappy wanderer over the earth, without shelter, food, or even the tear of pity to weep over him, who, by his own suicidal and desperate abandonment to the most beast'y of human vices, had brought down this nbject misery upon himself, and made him a loathsome object of scorn to his fe,- low creatures. Had he in early life foIlow- ed the path virtue, he might have form- ed some eligible alliance, and passed qu- e,ly down the stream of time, in the enjoy ment of the inappreciabe blessings of do- mcs,ic happiness and conjugal life. It was otherwise-and no fair hand, nor eye of fearful affection was here to administer balm to a heart too scared and callous and debased to respond to the sympathies of pride or of feeling. Yc, was there still a slight elimmering of that fire that once an- imated his bosom, and which even cruel and abject misery had not entirely extin- guished. He imploringly begged some small charity that would appease his hunger, he said, but which was doubtless to be bestow- ed on the same vile passion which had de- s'royed him. Still he revolted at the idea of becoming q tenant of poor house, how ever comfortable his residence might be made. He shuddered, more, perhaps, al tho prospect of being subjected to tl,e sur vci!ance of the discipline which would de- prive him of the means of gratifying lis morbid appetite for spirituous drink. and which now was the falaI poison that he con- slanlly hankered a(ier, and that prcdomi- mated over and obliterated every honora- ble emotion or aspiring thought that once burned within this ruined tenement of a great and noble mind.-N. Y. Star.
 What o'clock is n?--When ! was q young lad, my father called me to him that he might teach me how to know what O. clock il was. He told me the use of the minute finger and the hour hand, and de- scribed to me the figures or the dial plate, until ] was pretty perfect in my part.
 No sooner was quite master of this ad- ditional knowledge, than l set off scamp ering 10 join my companions at game ot marbles; but my father called me back again stop, Humphrey said he, have something more to tell you.'
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