Litchfield enquirer., 1835-07-30


 wiOg, 10 enrich themselves wiilI the ruins of their neighbors. These busted them selves as eagerly and cheeffnlly as 50 many driven on shore; plunging into the cells of the broken honey combs. banqueiiDg gree- dily on the spoil, and then winging their way full freighled to their homes. As tn the poor propretors of the ruin, they seeqa- ed to have no heart to do any thing, not e- ven to taste the nectar that flowed around theIN, but crawling backward and forward, in vacant desolation, us I have seen q poor l fellow, with his hands in his brooches pock~ ats, whisiling vacanily and despondingly about the ruins of his house that had been burnt.
 It is difficult to describe al1a hewildef.. ment and confIsion!ofthe bees ofthe bank rupt hive who had been absent at the ca- tastrDphe, and arrived from time to tina with full cargoes from abroad. At first they wheeled about in the air, in the place where the fallen tree had once >reared its head, as. tonished at finding i, all vacuum. At length, as if compFehending their disaster. they .setlled down in clusters on a dry branch ofa neighboring tree, from whence they seemed to contemplaiO tho prOstrate ruin, and to buzz forth doIefnl llamentatioas over the downfall of their republic. Itwas a sceue on which the < melaqchoiy Jaques' might have ,noralized by the hoar, airs
 We now abandoned the place, leaving much honey in the hollow of the tree. It will be cleared of by varmint,' said ono of the rangers. :What yerMin r said I.-- ' Oh, bears. and sknnks, and raccoons, and possumss The hear is the knOwingese varmint for 6nding outa bee-trre in the world. They'll guaw fur days together at the trunk, tillthey make hole big enough to get iN their paws, and then they'll haul out honey, bees and all.' iM ConsOiafion.--While General Green of Rhode Island, was independent ofall par ties, he had a capital knack of soothing the disappointments of beaten candidates, and on such occasions, used to tell favoriie story, in style of inimiiable humor, which reconciled every body tothe loss ofofice. We can give nothing of its spirit-merelY the outline. Afield slave asihe south, to whom, meat was | rale blessing. one day found il his trap plump rabbit. He took him ont alive, held him under his arm, pat- ted him, and began ta speculate on his qualities. O how fatl berry fatl the faitest,g sbber did zee! Let's see now how cook him. roast him no, he so fat, lose all he grease. fry him sah, yes, he 50 berry fat he fry himself Golly, how fat he be! No, l wont fry him, I stew him. The thought of the sayory stew, made him forget himself, and in spreading out the feast in his imagination, his arm re- faxed, when off hopped the rabbit, and squat.ipg at 3 goodly distance, he eyed his late ownpr with great composure. The negro knsw there was an end to tho matt ter, and summoning all his philosophy. lso thus addressed4the rabbit, shaking his fist at him all the lime You long cared, white whiskered, red eyed son of . gnl, you no SC berry lat artsr all, noader,' Adrian and tke Orange Stand.-Adrl- en. the magician, went up the other dayto an orange stand in Broadway, and taking up an orange in his hand, asked the man who stood by, vat you take for de orangel'
 "A sixpence.' ~ Adrien pnlled out sixpence, paid it, and then took small pen-knife. divided the orange very neatly if two, and 10 and behold drew out 2 half dollar from the centre, at least tn all appearance, The orange seller stared q little. but said notb- ing. Adrien put the half dollar into his pocket, and tossed tho two halves of the orange into the gutter. 1ts s stVat you take for annodler oy de or. ange asked Adrien. ai#R A sikpence,' said the man.
 Adrien pulled out his sixpence second time, paid, cut the orange in two, took af- other half dollar out of the cut, put it into his pocket. and tossed the orange into the guitsE, The orange dealer brsaihed hard- et, and stared wilder. 1fa3 Kyat you take for 2 tuTd oy de orangeIs again asked Adrien. .,3 es't N ae7
 Y No, no. my old boy, says he, you getne mora of my oranges at that price.' He picked them up in basket, rsp homa with them ig bis wife. Here. Margery, said he, breathless, here's two hundred oran. ges, each of them with half dollar in its boweis--come get a knife. and help me to I pick them out.' Margery stared.
 s Haste, haste,' said he, and immediately began slasbing away among his oranges.- Tho first was cnt-po half dollar appeared. Another. and anciher, and another still DO half dollar. .s. .l N. | sI. sha .n.n ...1 sS .n;I Ma.aapw sH