Litchfield enquirer., 1836-07-21

OAHN I'LL "a A4S PIOpCEty IA OCWCSOS Az 4 -
for $25O,OOO. These are the awages of sin, -
for this is the property which he recovered in
law suit from an old revolutionary soldier.
Who being unable to pay his attorney bill at
sight, was sued by the " democratic" candid
ate tor the Presidency, Judgment obtained
against him, his land sold by the sheriff, and
bought in by Mr.. Van Buren,. This is the
mode by which he receives his quarter of
million of dollars, and is enabled to ride about
washington in his English-built carriage,
drawn by four blooded horses! And in the
mean time Gen. Harrison is jeered at by the
maglclan's purse proud supporters because
ne Is poor" has no money at interest, and
never Wrested his property from a revolution
airy soldier for lawyers fee! This is pat
ent Van Buren, denocracy.-Y York Repalb.
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The Dunkirk Beacon states that party of
ladies and gentlemen ecently caught in Dun
kirk bay, one thousand pounds of fish, the
principal part taken by the ladies Of course.
This is the creates piscaattorE feat on record.
Household Affairs Every housewife knows
how to make herb tea. The herbs are put in
to cup or dish, hot water turned upon them,
and they are suffered to steep-why not boil!
Because large portion Of the medical vir-
tues, and particularly the principle of flavor,
the most volatile property they contain, is dis
! sipated by boiling, and the virtues of the tea
lost. In the process of boiling and fermenta-
ton, the natural flavor and aroma of the choi-
cest vegetables are dissipated and changed.
Yet though every woman knows how to make
herb tea, few seem to know how to make green
or black tea, or coffee: or knowing, do not re-
duce their knowledge tospractice. A mista-
ken economy, to get all the strength, induces
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ten the former: and the consequence is, that
instead of grateful, refreshing beverage,
they give us dull, acrid, insipid substitute,
retaining nothing pleasant but the color and
heat. The aroma, which gives the liquor its
| value, and which should be recognized by
the nose as we'll as the palate, is gone-acith
the steam, and with it much of the favor
They do not only boil the strength, but they
acaste it. Now, without intending to infringe
upon the prerogative of the good wife, we do
advise, that she will make her green and
black, as she does her herb tea, 0ithout boil
ing /; and that she will leach her coffee, by
putting it, when recently burnt, and fresh
ground, into strainer, fitted on the top of her
coffee-pot, and turning upon it as much boil
ing water as would suffice i'm the old mode
We can assure our fair readers, from reason
as well as experience, that this is the way not
only to crafty the taste, but to promote econ
| omy. Less tea and coffee are required in the
sleeping and teaching, than in the boiling pro-
cess, and the beverage obtained by the mode
| recommended is more tonic, exhilirating and
pleasant Cultirator.
Important to LorerS.-The author of "The
Doctor" recent work, thus discOurses upon
the amorous era of mans lifa.<-e- 4
"A man falls in love just as he falls down
stairs. 1t isan accident-perhaps, and very
probably misfortune something which he
neither intended nor foresaw, nor apprehend-
ed. But when he runs in love it is as when
he runs in debt; it is done knowingly and in
tentionally; and very often rashly and fool
ishly, even if not ridiculously miserably, and
runously. Many marriages are of this run
ming sort, and there may be reason to think
that they are even less likely to lead to-
will not say happiness, but to very humble
degree of contentment, than those which are
plain business of bargain and sale for into
these latter certain degree of prudence en-
tiers on both sides. But there is distinction
to be made here : the man who is married
for mere worldly motives, without spark OF
affection on the woman's part, may neverthe-
less get, in every worldly sense Of the word,
good wife; and while women continue to
be what, thank Heaven, they are, he is likely
the sake of her fortune, the case is altered,
and the chances are five hundred to one that
she marries a villain, or at best scoundrel. |
Falling in love and running in love are both,
as every body knows, common enough and |
yet less so than what / shall call catching
love. Where the love itself is imprudent,
that is to say where there is some just pru-
Dental cause or impeachment why the two |
parties should not be joined together in holy |
matrimony, there is generally some degree |
of culpable imprudence in catching it, be- |
cause the danger is always to be apprehend-
ed, and may in most cases be avoided. The
rarest, and surely the happiest marriages are
between those who have grown in love-"
Anecdote.-The following anecdote, though
very old, is yet quite good, and we are not a
ware that it has ever been published. Acler-
gyman, who had a considerable of farm, as
was generally the case in our forefather's
days, went out to see one of his laborers, who
was ploughing in the field, and ne found him
sitting upon his plough, and resting his team.
John" said he, {" would it not be a good plan
for you to have stub-scythe here, and be
hubbing a few bushes while the oxen are
resting?" John made no reply, but with
countenance which might well become the
divine himself, instantly returned" Would
it not be well, sir, for you to have swinging
board up in the pulpit and when they are
singing to swingle little flax" The Rev. |
erend turned on his heel, and said no more
about hubbing bushes.
A 7acisurn Paiy-An individual, not abundantly
gifted with that amenty which as necessary for SELF
comfort as il il pleasing to others IN the perpetual in
tercorse of social ife fanced that he had istifabe
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