Litchfield enquirer., 1835-01-15

S"SONAss requested to say, should be IiuIe careful. On Sunday week lady was knocked down by the shaft Of sleigh striking her, and considerably hurt by the carelessness of one of these modern Jehus.
 Fire.-We understand that the store of Dr. Lance- lot Phelps, of Hi,chcOcksViIle destroyed by fire early Saturday morning Iass! Most OI the goods were rescued.
 1 The Legislature of New-York convened on T'ues- day of last week. Charles Humphrey, of Tompkins county, was chosen Speaker by vote of 92 to 3D. The Governors Message delivered the same day. With the exception Of the usual tirade against the U. s. Bank aad the Senate, which seems to be mat. ter of course with Governors who wear the Jackson collar, the message is devoted to the affairs of the S,ate and is that interesting document. considerable portion s devoted to the subjec, ot sclOOIs the canals, the State prisons Gc. The Arr gus gives brief fsyOOpsis Of that part oft relating the fiscal operations o the common schools and canals, which we annex. The state prisOn at Auburn has 650 prisoners Mount Pleasant 82s. The income of tue two priSOns, beyond the Ord"ary expenses, hae been duriog the year $26S9l 52-and over all expen- ses, ordinary and extraordinary, $6786 4. This in- cludes repairs made io the prisons, Sxc. -, {" The Message, alter recommending provision LOT a0ppying competent teachers Of cotnnOM sctuols>Aa measure of great mpOriance--stales that the whole number of towns and Wards in the state (836l have made report for 1883 to the Superintendent Of Com mon Schools that there were 9865 school districts, and the whole number of chhlren instructed in the common schools, 5Sl ,24O. The money distributed lo these schools, in that year, amounted O the amount contributed by the inhabitants of the districts, was $398 l37. These two amonnts have been expend. ed nearly exclusively in payment of the wages of teachers. it is estimated that the whole amour" ex- l .A~ not lees than Sl ,26O, ,OOO The number of academies is 67, and the number or ncademica students 5506- Sincel827, the number of facademies and students hos sse more than d"SOe Sss is'sS n s sys New. York and the medical colleges; and the num- ber OC students ll3S.
 "The income from all the canals and he canal fund for the las. fiscal year, was $ ,8l3418. The canal charges upon it, ,O35 664 The entire canal debt, on the S0ih Sept last, was S7 0S4 ,999 for the pay. of which funds had accumulated On that day to the amount of f9S, ,002 576.
 "The Bank Fund amounts to $2se. e.O46; and has increased during the last year more than $lOO'OOO"
 Though the following article written come days ago, it is as correct now nc lheh:- .#
 Ertract from Major Do,cning's WashingtOn Corres-
 pondence-SargransJ Joel Doscniag.
 and % aSS%ss"ed oser "ss , ao"dsy, "%o"sH . only Th"r.day "oon. Inever see set Q. "a"1s turn Sn
  up in Downingville, when we are logging. is 10 turn out about an hour before day and feed the cattle. ami knocA on the tea kettle aud ge, breakfast and yoke up and be ready to start into the swamp a. sunrise, and there we suIash away and eN and haul logs ul | noon. Then we knock off and hai, the cattle about an hour, aud while they are eating we 70 into the camp and swallow our pork and beans aud all reahy l ,o Iurn out and go tO work by l o'clock. Then we stick to h ,i gets to he SO dark that we cant tell bear from pine stump halt d"Sen rods o, aud the" we hna up for the night, tie up our cattle and fodder cm and Eo into supper. And thea we have a niHd to get an hoWr lw" and chat about hs that aud lols
 er and tell stories Rnd sing songs, and may be play morning aud hang on the len.keuse and fodder the cattle, whose business s h. provided we get V good nighs sleep and he up and a, again by daylight in the | mSrnins We'll now this is nO more like the wny Conercss works |, then wants tail. every bii and gr",". ., l.. ..,,;...a c,,,;, ,..k o ... how easy these Congress lks their money, 0r rather hew pasy they get , fw for their earning oG my l conscience won't let nc cay that yet awh'le. Aud then again don't suppose you'd be as'cn'shed a! neither for you've beeO here and know how 'is--au, i, would asonish Unce Joshua, Gr he is hard work. jug nan and always thinks dollar day is fair wages for a man that works from sunrise to sunset. Well now these Congress me" have e,gh' dollars aay; nay work or mt, Sundays and ail. Aud now i' sel' you how much they've d"ne this week Tor their e'gNt dol. lars day. Some'imes they've held Q" M an hour and some,mes not w,ore than half an hour. The hardest days work they've had tis week waa that day they read ihe Presidents Message-f'r that took them an hour aud haf besides good deal "f scratching ale tePMards io write on em and senh em 70 their coneu en,s. But ,nke day with nno'ter l rh"u'd think they had worked abOWt an hour day, and they have kept 1t lour days, and now have ad"nrned over 'ilI Monday, making RboU, four hours work ior the week. Well now let us Rgure up li',se and see how much ~ comes t0. Seven days ai eight dollars day Is fifty. ax dollars. F6y.sx dollars for f,nr hours woik is 1 four,een dollars for an hour! Now who wouldn't fight hard iO 20 Congress ir he cnn get his bread hntereti like that And when we colne 10 reckon np all hands here, i,'s Gaol 0f sam that comes 'o 1 every week. The wages of Congress, n I've Rgured it up right, is much sixteen thousand dollars l week-and ifihey slonl work more than tour hours in . week. yoM that makes fDUr thousand doIlhrs nn hour Now ii kinder strikes me that them iha' pays the money would ihink n ought Co be pretty good hOur's work be worth iweniy.foUr ihousand dollars Bat howsumever they say they are goi"g 10 take hold hy and by when they get their hand n li!- oyer they they going o work hve or s'x hours a day, and long towards the end ont ten or twelve hours, and 6Hay to top of with, jest as he.r time fairly out, lhey'lf work all Wght hammer and tongs. Now ,hia makes me think of the way Ell Johnson, when he was . boy used iO do his steats You know Bill used be lazy cuF and always lei hls work H. lone till the asi minute. reuemher one time hle a: .her away 10 he gone three days. "nd give Fill hie sient to resp of rye while be was gone.- He didte dide, says Bill, do lhat in one day, and get dose by the ddie of the aerWoen, easy eD. eugh Well, when the old man had got home. he called ap Bill, and asked him 6 he had hnished his sient the irsl day Why, cir says Bil. t was . little ciaudy, and thought the 6sh would bite we l wea, 6shiag. Well did you finish h ihe second day Why, DO sir, says Bill, coughing and manning, , the hoys iuraed out and played ball that day. and
 wanted to play ball, aud % ~ens. We'll said h's Ia; iher, chawiBg his cud Of tobacco Ike all natur and sha yyorda Bill.