Litchfield enquirer., 1836-11-24
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 ..s.,,Iv urged in palliation ot 2 sIt;t,,,es
 ..~ ss he short sentence wh!cn as,.. CO,.J q fine Caution to this article. ~ IS a D,UI7 oI7 occa. ward by all classes Of PeOp,i Considered a ely.s' I:S .,se-as gnu if a person who fnanlIesIs V.lILu ,S,'.jic,uDl of Judgment, methoo' or ll Sscn a ;o The ordinary transactions ol nie' dusp,y.t ,;,t time in abundance to do any tnlng' anJ n, do if aceM too, which circumstances may
 if a person fails to keep an appointment; even of pleasure, and is half an hour penlho inc stated time, the excuse always onere1 with unblushing boldness is, have so mucn to do. and so little time, that declare IL was impossible for me to be punctual to my "P- pointment." .-;a;no
 fla friend promise to execute some uh,d n;ndoS sovv;ce and neglects to do it, when remlhdeu ,c ofh;s renissness, he always shelters hlmse,, !, beh;nd inc hacknied excuse, "I had not tune.
 Jfa mother neglects her children ana SUI SUI, f.rs them to wander through the streets Wla" ragged clothes, hair unconbed, ana laceS s ui, ;s washed, she is exceedingly sorry' Dut snI tIas S so much en0aged with her various dutles, !n1' a che had moi time to attend to the oear A''ie creatures" s.;lI roore i'm. portart duty, and entirely neglects 10 aetenu H to the moral and religious instrucuon UA nel children. she affects to regret 1t exceedingly, hut ss she must trust altogether in Providence for their standing and happiness in society. sor che really has not time to attend to il"
 And this excuse is often made by the mer- chant. the lawyer, the physician and the cler- ovman, for neglecting some important social or oor moral duty. It is, however, an excuse of a frivolous nature, and one which should ne- yer be urged by sensible man. It is tanta- mount to an acknowledgement of idleness, negligence, or incapability, and under any circumstances will create impressions unta- vorable to the individual. It is we'll known that those individuals who have done most for the benefit of mankind. or for the advance ment of their own reputation, never com plained of aoGnt of time.-BOstoo Journal
 Cannibals. The memoirs of Mrs. Ann Hodgson, comprising an account of the com- mencement of the Wesleyan mission among the Greuua tribes of Southern Africa, con- tains the following incident in the lives of that lady and her husband the Rev. J. Hodg- son :-@ Rose early, and pursuing our jour- ney. we soon reached the spot where we had designed to sleep. On approaching the wood. was surprised to behold a fire, at which two females were occupied in cook ing, while man was laid apparently asleep near them. The two women attempted to conceal themselves under a bush, supposlng, presume, we should pass them unobserved.: Upon going near the fire, however, we found them employed in cooking the leg of hu- man being! We were now satisfied of this being a part of the retreating enemy, di- vision of whom had evidently rested in this
 place, probably on the preceding day. Hor-
 TOT struck at the scene before us, we hasten
 ed back to the wagons, to consider how to
 act and having determined on leaving the place as soon as possible, the necessary ar- engagements were made without delay. But before our departure, Ireturned to the wretch ed beings near the wood, and now observed the skeleton of a full grown person, part of the body of another-and a leg and an arm
 having been cut of the head was opened,
 and the bowels having been drawn out, the
 internal part of the body was exposed to
 view! One of the women was roasting part of the leg upon the ashes, and the other en. gagged with the man in eating, with savage greediness, the portion that had just been cooked was sick at the sight, and felt what cannot describe, especially on seeing the man break the bones of the deceased with stone and suck them with apparent delight. My abhorrence of their employment, mani fested in the most unequivocal manner, made no impression upon them. The man scarce ly regarded me, and the woman merely look ed on the dead body before her, and pro- nounced the name of the deceased, who I be- lieve had died of hunger or fatigue and these three persons had probably remained behind their companions to save themselves from similar fate by Preying upon the dead"
 A Der6yshire Farmer.-Blunt was a regular EnpliSh ch,lrchman If fhe r;ohf old fa rIoor ish religion that is, he held the Sabbath as e kind @ soeekly scraper, on achich to free the soul from the dirt of the last sir days' sin. He went to church with his men in the morning he had the Bible to read to both men and maids for the exact space of an hour in the after noon; and after that they were free to gos- sip, sleep, or go accounting, as best suited their inclinations, till six o'clock Evening ser- vice he made them all attend together while he himself either rambled about his home- stead to look after things little, putting flake into the gap of a broken fence, or giving the neglected waggon-wheels an occasional lick of grease; or else he smoked pipe, and drank his own ale-always out of silver tankard-until his nose grew ripe, and he sli- ded into nap to conclude with. In doing thus, he believed he fulfilled the main scope of religion Ae pau ss kka has best coat, o,s and of lcitk the dag and for the rest of the week he violated some half-dozen of the ten com mandments with the most Christian confi- dence and indifference. ce.-Bilberyy IhurlGnd.
 METHOD OF PRESERVING FRUIT.
 .Nch upon the best and most perfect of the iaaU N you would preserve, which is not in the
 sd .s aS nSsun,see, or the skin any where scratch ~ ana broken, whilst still hanging on the uSe. 70 nor touch nor gather it with your