Litchfield enquirer., 1835-06-18

your good opinion he puts. on . show of humility and acknowledges himself guilty of thousand faults, but should yOa venture to remind him of one, yOD would offend his pride and make him your enemy. He professes patriotism. and is controlled by ambition. He talks much of his benevo- lence, and is guided solely by interest," He tells you of his love for others as his mo- tive to action, and is actuated in his appar- ently benevolent works, by selflove, an unsuitable vanity, and thirst for praise. In short, man is an ill0sion. He is the per- sonifcation of contradiction and absurdity.' and conteiled by ten thousand conflicting passions and desires-his life is a continu-. al series of exertions to appear what he is. not, to promote his own selfish views and to gratify his vanity. @ l Contest with Whale.--Wh WhaEers form. n distinct class. When several vessels are. assembled Ut any of the places of rendez-s vous, the oldest captain in the company is styled the admiral. They have suppers. on board one of the ships every night, to-
 which all present areinvited, by hoistinga q flag before sunset. ! attended on one of those occasions, and was much amused by the peculiar slang of these people. 'Come.A said the captain. take a cigar; you'll find 'em pretty much half Spanish. guess.'
 I inquired of one who had been relating some exploits with whales, whether he nev~ CT felt that he was in danger l. Why,I | always think, if have good lance. the fish is most in dangern I asked another whether he ever met with an accidcnt?sI can't say exaetfy as how have, though came plaguy near it once. You see, we
 was off the coast of Japan, right among shoal of whales, and all hands was out in the boats, except me and the cook. Twas lookin' at the creatures with the glass, and saw one on lem firt her tail agin boat, ! and it was caution to see the scatterment she made of her. All the boys were set a
 swimmin'; so the cook and me jumped in-
 to boat and picked 'em all mp. Direct l ly, the fish blowed close to us, and took how to strike whale as well as any man
 but the creatur canted the wrong way, and
 I know how sperm ought to cant; and
 comin' at us full tilt, with her jaws as wide
 open as a barn door, bit the boat smack in two in the middle. Tben she chawed up
 one end on her, and by the time we got
 hold on the other, she came at us agin, and.
 making another bite, took me by the back
 betwixt her teeth, and shook me as pup-
 py would a ball ofyarn and, I guess, she
 wouldnt have dropped me if the mate k-1.-i. ~J. -tssrts Hssd SaIuVs
 ed in his lance till she was sickened As good luck would have it, we was all pick-
 ed up without any accident but I've got
 five of her tooth prints in my back to this
 day. Three Years in the Pacific. .
 "A place for svcry thing, and every thing in its place. Whoever in the outset of the
 business of life will resolve upon pursuing some system in regard to that business, and
 will carry into effect his resolution, will as-
 suredly find his account thereby. System
 is the great promoter of order and the right
 hand of despatch. Nothing without it can
 be pursued unless obstacles intervene, and
 with it, an obstacle can scarcely impede.--
 One of the rules, and quite an important
 one, to get at this system, is to have a place
 for every thing, and have every thing in it's
 place. During ovr scbool-boy days we
 were under the discipline of a tutor who de- lighted in aphorisms, and had theR placed
 about his room in tue most finished ehirog-
 raphy. One that hung directly over our desk, was that placed at the head of this , article. Often since, on observing negli- ] gence among men, has this maxim come up in mind. When we have seen the imple- ments ofa farmer scattered around his dwell ling, his barn, or barn yard, or perchance suffering injury in the open fields, we have thought how important to him would be the
 practice of tllis rule, a place for every
 thing, and every thing in its place'-how
 much vexation and time, and how many
 steps it would save him. When we have
 seen the merchant careless of his bills and
 receipts, leaving things at loose ends, we have said to ourselves, take care--it may
 all go along smooth, but if you should be
 compelled to pay the footing up of a round bill twice over. you would ,hen think "a
 place for every thing, and every thing in its place. is certainly best. When we hear
 men bargaining 10 some amount and trust- ing their agreements to memory. sss think on paper is 'the place for it. for while it may turn ouf right, yet memory is So liable to be warped by interest that it should not be trusted too much. When we enter the shop of fellow mechanic and see his tools
 lying about hither aHd thither. and perhaps an apprentice looking for something that is
 missing. we want to whisper in his ear a