Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1836-05-05

Thy counIenance clOOded-eHwrapI in q Storm
Chill frost thy companion. attending, came on,
And haass about with tlee-and will till ye're gone
why stay ye here scowIing, SO gloomy and cold,
And white as ghost IN lie winding sheet rOrd!
Those signs Of thy exit 10 gladnese seen,
That spring may succeed thee-the season Of green.
Then fare thee well, win,er-'o hid thee good bye,
Grieves NohOdy's bosom and moslens eye
With patience we've borne with thy cousin like stay,
TIL we are impatient 10 have thee away.
WAYS and Means.-Two lrishmen who were travel
ling together 60, out money, aad being in want Of
drink Of wl,iskey, devised the following ways and
means:-Pairick catching frog out Of the brooks
went forward, and the frs, iavern he came to asked
the landlord what creature that was. "It is q frog.
replied the landlord. :. No sr,' said Pat, "n is a
mouse" "Ii is frog" rejoined the landlord. g Il
is a mouse" said Pat. and will leave it to the first
traveller that comes along, for pint Of whiskey."
agreed" said the landlord Murphy soon arrived
and to him the appeal made. Alter much exami-
nation and deliberations il decided 10 be mouse;
and the landlord in spite Of the evidence Of his
paid the bet.
In case spectators should a,,emp, to bring lots in
Jackson city into the New-York market, il may he
well 10 add TO their certificates the testimony Of Mr..
Pey,on, on the floor Of the House, in regard 10 the
fertility Of the soil. He said upon fair computation,
the whole $40 acres might possibly produce 60 bushels
Of frogs acre, and agators sufficient fence in
the whole cy.-Noah.
We learn from The Richmond Enquirer, that Gov.
Tazewen resigned his Office. in letter addressed 10
the members Of the Council, the 30ih nlt. The
Lieut.. Governor, Windham Robertson, will act as
Chief Magistrate Of the Commonwealth until new
election.
We are authorised TO state, that the wafer will be
let into the State Canals. that they will all he in u
navgable condition the 25h April.-Aibany Ar.
Two gentlemen the city Of Bath having high words
at coffee house, one Of them the NOR
oing taking the mean revenge Of ehalki"g rascal''
upon the street door Of his opponent. The later at
forwards called his house, aud informed by the
that his not nj home, but asked il
he would leave any message for him. 81 No." replied
he, "you may tell him merely called ou' Of conpli-
,nen, having been informed that he left his a,
my door this morning."
The Convention Of the State OF Delaware. assem-
bled Mt Wilmington, Wednesday last, aud unani.
mo"ry nominated William H. Harrison. and Fraacis
Granger candidates for The Presidency and Vice
Presidency ofihe United States.
Tw" individuals sustaining heretofore n respectable
character, have been arrested in New.llnmpshirc and
carried to Salem, Mass Tor trial, a charge Of haV.
ing cold The flesh Of sick years since come
person la that town, which pui up with quantity
Of some two or three hundred bnrrels-no part oil
which the has been able sel from the impos.
siby Of asceraining into which of the barrels il had
been packed. If this crime DO proved upon The ac'
hNoa IN han. ahnit havh hco .h.J
with exemplary severity.
PRiyrERs-naind your "spnces."-In one Of our ex'
change papers noiiced advertise headed al
follows -" SHEEP & CAT Auction" Al first, We
did know but that this strange auction had been
got up to accommodate come Richard Wilmington
who wished obtain a supply Of feline stock for q
sea voyage. On examination, however. we found
that we had mistaken the character Of the advertise
men, and tina. iis singular appearances owing 10
trick Of the composior, who had neglected put
space after the letter &C." thus SHEEP sc AT AUG.
TIoN."-Nantucket Inc.
The Mississippi.-The Grand Cult Advertiser ol
tie 2lsi u states that apprehensions by well inform
ed persons entertained that there would he an
overflow of the river. During the preceding week il
had risen Eve six feet, and within three or foul
feet Of extreme high wafer mark. Three more fee
would mandate many river plantations, and a rise o
six would produce "a general overflow. The edi,o
Of the Advertiser however predicts that no overflow
will take place. a.s .. 49,
ExsensiUe Bank Robbery.-The vauit Of the Mer
chants Bank Of Providence burglariously eniere'
between Saturday aight and Monday morning last, ~"
robbed ofbIls ON the several banks Of Rhode ISLAM
and else and checks the amount Of 1885, 2O8
IS besides $40, 1877, SO ia gold sovereigns rewar
Of $40 900 Is offered Tor the recovery Of n the money
and proporlionate sum for any part thereof N,
trace Of the bold burglars had The last advces beef
obtained.
| The body Of man Was found hanging in Lynn
Woods. on Sunday, SUPPOSED 10 have been there sew
eral days. CIRCUMSTANCES Indicate that The wa
| Mr.. Geo. r. Heath, printer, Of Boston.
| Libsrty.-Edmund Burke justly observes. Whs
| 10 liberty without wisdom add without virtue Iii
the greatest Of ell public evls-for s folly. vice. an
| madness, without tuition restraint. Those WIN
know what virtuOus liberty is, cannot bssr 70 see
dsgraced by incapable hands, account OF the big
sounding words In their mouths." !" this country w
have abundance Of proof that the most clamorous I'D
voeaes Of democracy the most violent OpPesers
wholesome laws; and while they are railing aga"'