Litchfield enquirer., 1835-05-21

the mouth of Elk Greek when bis horse broke through the ice, and though hs ex- rricaled him he was SO badly injured that he was obliged to leavo. him and taking the bag of corn upDn -hisAsown back, be reached his homo the same day--but noe such home as could afford him comfort and consolation after his excessive toll and suffering. He found family perisbing for the want of food. His wife had given birth to child, not only without any of those comforts, and that attendanee, which in such cases, are usually Indispensable bue destitute of even the eoarseSt food, hefself and family being neAsly in . fanishiug state. The circumstanco which m0st pain- fully affected the feelings oT Tthe father. re maius to be mentioned ant Of food for the nlOghey- kad 1p thS source of ifoulg gshmeng suppiiaFl nl lsRfo f6S ine fant, its condition admitted Qf no substitute.
 and the father soon after. iis arrival was doomed to witness the child expire ofstar-
 vation. 'Ase
 As the supply which Mr. K had
 brought to his family would last but shoFe |time, it became necessary that he should obtain more. The Connecticut Land Com. pany had stored the provisions for the,use of their surveyors at Cloaycland, and Mir. K-- knew that some barrels of saltbeef still remained. Having lost his horse as before mentioned, and being destitute of any other animal, it was fortunate that the severity of the season which had contrib uted to the suffering of the family, by ma- king the ice excenent, facilitated at this time the means of supplying their wants. Taking advantage of this, he went to Gleaveland, 70 miles, aud procuring one of the barrels of beef, drew it home upon the ice, on.a hand sled, in which he was assist- led by. a man then at Cleaveland, from whom wc derive tho above particulars. TIE MOUNTAIN DoCToR.--A wealthy farmer, much affected with hypochondria. came to Lungenau. to consult Michael Scnppach, better known by the appellatioh
 of the mountain doctor. sI have sevsn
 devils in my belly,' said he, mo fewer than, sevep.' 'There are more than sevep,s re-
 piled the doctor, with the utmost stavity;
 slyou count them right you will fnd eight
 After questioning tho patient concerning
 his case, he promised to cure him in eight days, during which time, lle would rid him tofsone of his troublesonse inmates, fat the rate of one louis dor each. <. But,' added he. as the last will be more obstinate and I1ifiieslt to expel tiisn tlie others. \ shall lExpetf tW6 louis doES. for him. The far. mer agreed to these termss fi,e bargain was struck, aHd the doctor, impressing anon all present, the necessity of secrecy, promised to give the nine louis d'ors to the pooi of the parish. Next morning, the imaginary dem"niac, was brought to him, and placed near kind ofmachine, which he had nev- CT seen before, by which means he rcceiv- ed an electric shock. The farmer roared out lustily. 'There goes one ' said the doctor, with the utmost gravity. Next day the same operation was repeated; the farmer beloved as before, and the doctor coolly remarked, Anotheris oT!' In this manner he proceeded to tho seventh....- When he was preparing 10 attack the last, Scoppach reminded his patient that he nov had need of all his courage, for this was the captain of the gang, who would make . more obstinate resistance than any ofsthe others. The shock was at this time 90 strong, as to extend the demoniac on the floor. Now they are all gonen said tho doctor, and ordered tho farmer to be put to bed. On recovering himself, the latter
 declared he was completely cured he paid
 tho nine louis d'ors with abundance of
 thanks, and returned in the best spirits to
 the village. sss,,rs .sss,-.
 Credible witnesses attest this extraOrdi.
 nary cure, which proves the acuteness of
 the doctor, as we'll as the truth of Solomon's proverb, that witha \ fool we must sometimes talk like a fool.
 Life is a fountain fed by a thousand streams that perishes if one De dried. It 1 is a silver cord twisted by a thousand strings that parts asuDder if one bo broken. FmiI and fhouehtless n,ofiais are surroun- ded by innuinsrable changes which, makes it much more strange that they escape so long, than that they almost all perish at last. We are accompanied with accidents, ever ready to crush tho mouldering lsiiements we ,inhabit. The seeds of disease are planted in our constitution by the hand of \ nature. Tho earth and the atmosphere,
 whence we draw our life, arc inpTegnated
 with death--health is made to operate in it's own destruction- food that nourish-
 es the body contains the elements of its de- cay-the soul that animates 1t by vivify- ing fire, tends 10 wear it out by its actions I-deaih lies in ambush about all eur path. I IEe Eys-Ths use ofshades and band-
 ages on every triding affection of the eye is an evil that cannot he too strongly repro
 bated for the action of light and of air. fbeing thus excluded, and the organ rigidly 1. compressed. Oplhalmia. and even total