Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-06-09

We have done that from necesssty. sirs
partly because the price Of rent, paper,
printing, etc. Is raised TO 10 and parely.
TO BE- enabled 70 pay liseysyy sses adsquass-
b for the best articles prodGceable 81 tho
talent Of the country, and 10 awaken that
spirit oflitesature, Of which foreigners have
denied the existence among Us.
Can't help literature, SIR replied the
other; can't help what foreigners say.---
Literary men must take care Of themselves.
Won't pay five dollars for paper; cant
afford it,
.Excuse me sir We asked .ars you
fond Of oysters2'
Certainly
\ or theatres 3
ss Yes. sir
do you like spda-water r
UnNuestionably.'
6 'And mint-j0leps1'
Individually q ss
!. And giDger-pop =
AN excellent drink
And you oiten partake Of these luxu-
ries =
To Do sure
How often r IS. -
Every day. s. n
What do yo0 spend year in such a.
'musementsf Il may be somewhat inn
pertinent question; hNt you are, obviously,
a good-natnred fellow, and viii pardon
what is not intended Us an offence
Oh, certainly, sir |; certainly. Let mo
see-iheatrcs twice week !; one hnndred
dollars. SOda-water, miDt-jplep, oysters,
Floyd's pies, coRee--say dollar ! day.
- Well, sir that is fhFes hnndrsd and
sixty Eve dollars for soda water, EIoyd,s
pies. etc. and one hundred dollars for thsa-
tres: that is four hundred nnd sixty.Hve
dollars for tho stomach, ste., besides board,
rent, etc and yet, for tho pleasure Of en-
couraging the literature ofyour country, ID
support an established journal Of thirteen
years. standing, and acknowledged hy ils
enemies 10 have improved and 10 Be im-
proving every year 10 aid 10 In our de-
termination topay literary men adequately
Cor their time, industry ind talents TO fos.
ter taste and goOd anOrais-for all thsse
laudable purposes for this motive Of pasS
rio,ism aud philanthropy for q liberal ape
probation olthe tolls Of others you shrink
from contributing one dollar per asa'ias.
|. why, sir, the fact is-
This dollar per annum i less than two
cents ON each number A8ef III
- Why, TO be.sure, sirA- sH
Are you married, neighbor r
Yes, and have two sons and three
daughters grown and The truth y, they are
the readers more Than myself I've No
great taste for reading. n. 9sa
-Four hundred and sixty-6ve doIlsss .
year, then, you squander ON yosiTssy TOR
soda-water, Fioyd's pies, and ginesr-pop.
Yet, NOT enc dollar on shs innocent and
iranquil assasemsnis Of your family
Why, sir, the -the-- 1.-the laeE is---s
THE fact is, my dear sir, you are . III
tie ashamed ofthis expose Of your sen.
timents.'
TO be frank with Won sir, Tam. Send
me your papsf. Hare are the i've dollars.
Consider ma perpetual Subscriber. HI
cannot ford II, will retTench my expep-
ses In some other way. / will drink fosr
glasses VI gingsf.psY less . qsasteFslP
Gray Eyes or oil eyes in the world.
gray are at once the most mischlevons and
the most Intelligent. Your blue are holy,
heavenly, as the sky they reject your
large brown, sluggish aud ind0lent. We
never knew On energetic peEs0nA with soft
brown eyes. Year black are egas kssn,
piercing, and fault Gnding but your gray!
Commend Us ID good clear gray eye. eli
Their 10 man Of woman. Such one brisAt
and deeply not. intent rather on seeing than
being seen-- though when seen e = 9exar
forgot,en- such nm eye, beneath well a..
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