Litchfield enquirer., 1835-05-14

g jewelled form, oflast ight'sentertainment : They were pallid and exhausted; their eye their hair, their dress, all en diskGbiNe 1, both with hectic congh-both looking s, 1. wo-begone and spiritless, as if they hat just escaped from the siege of Troy " Have yoo slept well, girls l'' said tho anx. ions parent. Mot a wink father: we
 tossed and tumbled, and worried for severa
 hours, but not wink of sleep; oh, my
 head, my head-and oh, my bones, my
 bones!" Probably your restlessncss a.
 rose from eating too heartily at supper. g
 No such thing, father; why, only ate l a little chicken, salad, wing of a turkey.
 some jelly, . few macaronies and mottoes.
 a dozen picked oysters, and drank few
 s'rsSsss praiene, that's all executing sponge cake or two, and glass ofleinon- aue 0ufing dancing, and little ginger |sweetmea,s; there's Lizsy ate twice as |. farsab. aa II did.', Esg 1. 7. - '"sS '' "s of a-la-mo beef, tnreU pre...--,-----
 ives, some blanc mango, two plates of ice cream, a little floating island, and some tuf-
 les, in bon bons-oranges, plumb cake. and
 custards during the evening. I'm sure I
 don't care much for solids" "And did
 you dance after supper 2'' "To be sure
 we did one cotfilion. one contra dance,
 the mazourka, and a gallopade.
 The murders out No wonder that
 headaches, and sleepless hours, after 90
 much eating and then dancing on SO much .eating-churning these singular masses q food and contradictory condiments m a
 delicate female stomacls. with scarcely suf-
 ficient gastric juice to digest the wing of a
 pheasant. That's the way our girls kill themselves prematufeiy; that's the cause of our heavy weekly lists of interments of the many cases of consumption, unchar- itably carried to the credit of our climate. Alas! how many charming women are
 hurried to the grave by carelessness: by
 the bewitching attractions of fashion by keeping late hours; by their clothing, and
 by eating too much. The observation made 1 by strangers, is 'how pale and thin your ! ladies are. Why will they not have reso- 1 lation enough to discard these seducing and destructive allurements why not enjoy life soberly, discreetly, prudently2"
 What can be more agonizing to true af- 1 lection, than to see the girl, nourished with
 tenderness in infancy amiable, intelligent and accomplished, gradually sinking into the grave, ere she reaches the age of wo- manhood! !! the pride and delight of fond
 parents and numerous friends,-the rose which early bloon,ed, daily fading in the ] brilliancy of its colors, and dropping like
 the lily of the vale !---to see the eye, once SO brilliant, sunken, heavy and dull, and the lips, once so ruby, now thin and pallid !-
 to witness the being so beloved, 50 cherish-
 ed, the victim ofslow, but unerring disease. not constitutional, but brought on by neg lect, by fashion to see the vision recede
 from the sight, step, by step. until evening 1 frowns upon its setting glory and the tomb
 closes upon it forever !-.N. Y. Star.
 1 Maternal Affection of the M;ssissippi Kite.--Early one morning, whilst was
 admiring the beauties of nature. as the veg
 etable world lay embalmed in dew, heard
 the cry of a bird that mistook for that of
 a Pewee Flycatcher. It was prolonged, I thought. as if uttered in distress. .Afler
 looking for the bird long time in vain, an
 object which had at first supposed to be
 something that had accidentally lodged in
 branch attracted my attention, as tho't perceived it moving. It did move dis
 tinctly, and the cry, that had ceased iron.
 the time when reached the spot where \
 stood, was repeated, evidently coming from
 the object in view. I now took it for a
 young one of the Chick Wills Widow. as
 it sat lengihwise on the branch. ] shot at
 it, but perhaps did not hit it, as it only O.
 pened and closed its wings, as if surprised.
 Atthe report ofthe gun, the old bird came.
 holding food in her claws. She perceived
 me, but alighted, and fed her young with
 great kindness. I shot al both, and again
 missed, or at least did not succeed, which
 might have happened from my having only
 small shot in my gun. The mother flew in silence, sailed over head just long enough
 to afford me time to reload, returned. and : to my great surprise, gently lifted hsl young, and sailing with it to another tree . about thirty yards distant. deposited i' } there. My feelings at that moment ! can- not express. wished had not discover- /; ed the poor bird for who could have , witnessed, without emotion. 90 striking an , example of that affection which none but 2 ; mother can feel; % daring an act, per- , formed in the midst of smoke, in the pres , once of dreaded and dangerous enemy. 1s7 ,Ils.Es AaasSsas Qsa;nt Prousrbs.-Eat and drink witt
 your friend, but transact no business witl him. if is not hv saving honev honey