Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-05-19
o. WHOLE No. 5I8.

tdea--these may try Irritation for efGect-
! they can hardly suffer- from being few
degrees more contemplate in the sight Of
the n.en, who have disregarded. and now
only laugh at and dispise them. But tha
true woman OF America-wheret the ser ara
treated with the honor due 10 them-,he
woman Of understanding, Of intelligence.
intellect, the woman Of real charms. he
they Of body or mind---tlat woman would
be worse than an idiot were she to throw
away all the advantages Of which feminine
sspr'ghti'ness and infnitive perception. fem
mine grace in person, and feminine delica-
cy OF soul, render her the adored mistress
Tor the sake of an exhibition Of herself.
when however sparkling she may fancy It
IN moments OF folly, is a lasting stigma ui,on
her fame, and certain cloud upon her
prospects. ss
Age Of 1rees.-Gen. Dearborn,s ese.,,
~ the last number Of the Horticultural Reg.
IsteF, contains many curious and interest,"
ing facts III regard 70 the longevity Of for
est trees, which is. very accurately and ea-,
silly ascerlained by numbering the annual
circles exhibited by a transverse cut thros
their trunks. Some Of the cedars of Monnt
Lebanon, measured in 1860 by Maundrell
and Pocock, we're found to have been near
" 500 years old-the English yew trees Of
Fontaine abbey, in the county Of York.
had survived ~ centuries, those in the
churcbyard Of Crowhurss, in Surry. AGO
years-that Of Fotheringill, in Scotland.
from $500 to 260O--that Of Braburn. i'm
Kent. 5000. These travellers describe
two other trees Of a most remarkable char
aeter, the Baoback, estimated to be $50
years old, and the cypress Of Taxodium.
in Mexico. III feet 10 inches in circuns-
ference. still more aged. A sycamore near
the ruins Of Heliopolis. according to tho
tradition IN Egypt, existed before the visit
OF Joseph and Mary, aud they sat under itx
shadow and drank water from neiehbor-
ing well. Another Of the same species.
termed the sycamore Of the Bosphorus, and
computed to have been 1920 years old, has
disappeared, leaving ten sprouts which
spraDg from the stump; one of which be-
ing measured was found 10 be 1850 yearg
ofage and il IS possible others equally old
have been destroyed, and that the present
trees are the second remove from the par
ent stock. The celebrated chesnnt of Mi.
E,na, 266O years old, grew from the stump
of felled tree.
| In America, more than hundred and
forty different species Of trees attain an ell
ovation Of thirty feet aud upwards ]; while
in Europe only thirty-seven grow 20 that
height, but eightecn ofwhich enter into the
composition cf forests, and only seven are
employed for domestic or maritime purpo-
scs. There are stated to be So species of
The oak, in North America, II Of the pine,
and Of the maple. We have II species
Europe, tho variety commonly cultivated
there being native Of Persia.
| The car of Jnggernaut is nnonstrous
vehicle, gigantic 10 lis Dimensions, and as
ISOLATED in the mind with images ofhorror;
it is sort Of platform. forty-three feet
in height and thiriy-five feet square, nov
ing upon sixteen wheels, each six feet and
a halfin diameter; the ornaments with
which it is decorated are by no means
splendid. its principal attraction being a
covering ofstriped and spangled broad cloth.
The neighboring villagers have their fields
rent free upon condition Of attendance at
the cars Of the idols. This duty, at pres-
eni esteemed a privilege. is not exclusively
| confined to those who are so well reward
ed for its performance but before the
whole ceremony concludes, the zcal of ma
ny Of the deyotees is so completely exhadst-
ed, that the rdths would scarcely reach
their destination were il not for the seryi-
ces which Brahmins can command. IL
takes 500 men to put each car Of Jugger-
nau, in motion. and when the idols are fair
ly established in their places, the shouts and
cries Of the frenzied multitude are such as
TO lead US TO fancy that the whole Of Pande-
moniam had been let loose---an idea which
is strengthened by the fend-like fingers Of
Jogies, Gossiens and other religious naendi-
canis, whose grim visages lighted up with
a frantic Joy, gives them super-human
appearance as they cheer on their insane
followers to acts Of horror. Though the
ponderous wheels of Juggernaus no longer
GO crushing over the bodies of PROSTATE
victims, the fury and excitement with which
tho assembled crowd rush to the car, i tru-
" appalling. Insplaces Of very inferior
note. there IS something ffightfui in the moi
sy, numbering progress Of the cumbrous
ratk, surmounted BY 4 hideous idol dragged
about in honor Of The festival; but in llss
very heart and centre Of this abominable
superstition, the celebration becomes per-
fectly terrific, and the senses overwrought.
faint and scken at the view. The scene
nv Of the place, its bare sands, the snrging
ofthe ocean in the distance, the drenehiRg
rains, damp gales and sudden tenpests &c
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