Litchfield enquirer., 1835-06-04

II 4 PhrenaloRise PIszzla6. &Am0Ug sflle tlif
 fsrent deviees fallen upon t6 eoninrs none, 4 from the pockets sfthe creddlous. phFsnula ly is tue fastest and most approas |. Sprcu
 iatDfs. sFyiihg themselves pfIlfsasfs, under take tO dsscfibs the characteF and capacities I of all whose cFanigms ,arH suhjsctedtO theiI manipulation. 4aike fortune 4tellers they afS IamasseIloGsIy true sod of course ali who afs tanxi0us fur the deyeiopement of their secret
 talents tand prOpensilies. repair 10 the Phre'
 nologists. One Of thesa professors settled al Rochester, N. Y. He b6asted gtGatly '6F his
 ability iO discover the characler when hind EfDldsd :; and was invited by svag .t.s accom- ] pany him tn the jait asa proper theatre foE
 the exercise of his talent. Accordingly after flying bis eyes V ith a baDslage he wNs led ip-
 tN a cell, where were fnur 0fsfivn RpOst exem-
 plary and,repntablet citizens Oft!:e town. pla-
 ced there purpOsely, and on whom the Doc
 tor, presenting them to be 1elons, discovered
 the nanst felOnieAs developments and descrih-
 ed as thieves and mnrderers of tbs w1rSt de-
 scription.. Affer the ehnpiriG had lheen thus lcompieieIy exposed, the handage was reun0v- ed, and he was left 10 digest his disc0mfture as best he snight1 = ,s
 < 4 Miser,--No bump seems to be 50 gepe.1 ally despised tast dhat of eOyetonauess. Fl lin Enot by this mean acqoisitisenesss fora man may love 'to aS9biFe for the .ptrltose of dis Pensing and not boardiug. But thei real aya- ricious man is the derision and despise (tO make an Amesicanisnn) )Of every one. or alt she, real misers of whom have heard, the
 most true to his vocation, and uncomprOmis- ing in his principles, was the late R. P. Bos- ton or MedfNrd, Mass. Heswas rDan of fine talents. perfect nprightness. and with nothing faulty but his love of money. m This passion had run into insanity, andin rrspectto wealth, ' respect him as a ilionomaniac. During the latter years Of his life he had a yearly income like S3O.OO His property; was invested in Bank and Insurance stocks in IB0s- ton, the interest ofwhict he collected in per sop Ypon the dividend day., foFsto lose days interest was something he wOGld; never have -dared fo dc. esresided in Medford, t6 al void Boston taxes. and made his bargain af SO much week, to go without supper. and candles, and fire in the evening. From Ned! ford he used to walk into. Boston, generally getting into some cart if possible, before com. ing tntths ahFiage. so as to. avoid the nenr of to1l.s Many anecdotes are. current respecting him. but | give only one. He had walked in from Medford z one spring morning, and had spent the forenoon i'd, bnsiness lin State; street. Toward moon t heinz warms he be- came hungry and faint, for he was near 60 years old, Ibelieve. Unwilliag to encounter the expense of a dinucrs in town. the old man. about two o'clock eet out for the eonntry.--f As he csmc near the bridge he was tetnptrd.I j being very faint, by some oysters upon fine board hard by, aud stopped 70 inquire the, price. How do you sell yoiir oysters " 7 said he to the man at the board; Six cents Ia dozen for the small saHdg tsyelse for ahe sR..
 gry wretch looked at ihe sQ Ystcrs, and thO'f.
 yoa let vne ibave dozep of the large for ten cents r. said he. 1" "N0,T wonf." replied the
 oysternaD. crOssly. Again the miser tho't--s
 he could not save two cents. that was clear.
 hut perhaps he might 0kE, and that would pay his toll, 80. said he, ' suppose I take half dozen of each. will yon let me have them
 for eight cents !" :. Blast yon," answered
 inc man, s"I've told you the price. if you
 won't pay that, you shan't have any. ."-
 While he was thus speaking. drayman atop ped as he passed, .t0 have d0zen oysters.
 and steing the old man, and how hungry and
 wfetched he looked. the had the St. Yitus'-
 dance,l & thinking him too poor io buy the
 oysters, he pulled out a Rp, a1d tbrowingait
 down. bid the man give him the old fslinw a
 dozen. jumped upon his dray and was off, uO IDIOT UHIStsS VSuNHcW uto uCusutttv6 UdtIl
 and took up the money. "Shail ithaye the
 half dozen of each for s8ecents ?'' "No, yon
 Jew !'' cried the other. = Then FN jkeep she
 money,'' said he, dropping it into his pockef,
 and proceeded on his way an hungered. He crossed the bridge rejoicing. hut so weak was
 he before be reached home, that he fainted in the road, and was found there and carried home ny milkman. .,ast eletbs
 Was this contrmptible? I am half inclined fn think not, hut rather pitiable, being hut a form Of insanity .--C ineinnaii Chronicle.
 .Banks ef N1ctoandland. Tho hanks ex- tend over n space df 10000 miles, and are from 50 to 45. fathoms below, the surface of the ocean. a The shoals are inhabited by innu- merahle tribes. Ofmusclrsant clamsat0 which it is favOrite residence, as they can easily bury their sheils.in the soft sand. They have eIsrpies to contend with. The cod6sh re- sortato, this coast to prey upon them. They keep a constant watch, and swim about n foot above the snhtnarine sands. When muscle opens ito shell. it is immediately seized and devONred. At other fimfs, the fsh 6o not
 wait. They asep provided with horny pro- tuberancs round their mouths, with which
 they burrow in the sand. and eapture the mus
 cle in his she'll. Tho fisherman of various na.
 tions, English, French, and American. who resort to these banks. take annually from eight to ten millions of Ash. On opening them. they rAhds the remains of 20 ar 50 muscles in \ each. Sonye times the muscle sheils arc fo0hd