Litchfield enquirer., 1836-09-22

. Io!eraose large bundle of rags of every description. l carried them r.. . rsres
 naker' 1 wno bought them at a fair nr;ca .-
 went on collecting, until to rov ora.t ;o,,
 my finances enabled me to nurchsse -.
 so that ! was no longer fovced .~
 them. At length, by diligence ma M
 try, became rich enough to bn~ oUS- n" M
 with two panniers, and this saved me h~,S
 tune and labor. My business increased
 the paper-make:s found that dealt hon. estly by them; never palmed ofr had rags tor good ones prospered, and see the result--in place of being a poor des- pissed beggar, have ten thousand crowns year, and two houses in one of the hest streets fn Paris. If, then, my friend, you can do no better, begin as rag merchant, and here, he continued, is crown to set you up in your new trade; it is more than l had and in addition, please take notice, that if find you here another Sunday, ! shall report you, to the police.' On saying this. the old gentleman walked of, leaving Anthony and myself in state of great sur prise. Indeed, the baggar had been so much interested in the history he heard, that he stood with open mouth and eyes in mate astonishnlent, nor had he ever power to solicit aims from two well-dressed ladies' who passed at that moment. could not help being struck with the story, but had no time to comment on it, as the diligence had arrived, in which I seated myself, and pursued my way. From that period lost sight ot the beggar whether the fear of the police, or the hopes of gaining ten thousand crowns a-year, had wrought tho change, was not aware it is sufficient to say, that from that day forward he was ney. CT seen at the Barrier. @a ,saa
 Many years after, it happened that bu- siness called me to Tours. Tn strollins through the city I stepped into booksel- ier's shop to purchase new work that had made serae noise. found there four young men, all busily employed, while stout good-iooking man was giving them orders, as he walked up and down with as1 air of importance. thought had seen the face of the bookseller before, but where, ceuld not for the moment tell, until he spoke, and then discovered him to bc my old friend Anthony. The recognition was mutual; he grasped my hand, and led me through his shop into well-furnished par Tor; he lavished every kindness on me and. finally, gave me his history from the time we parted at the Barrier. With the crown of the stranger he began, as he had advised him, to collect rags he made money :; became the partner of paper manufacturer married his daughter in short, his hopes were fulfilled, his ambition gratifed, and he could now count his in- come at ten thousand crowns. He prayed every day for blessings on his benefactor, who had been the means of raising him from the degraded condition of common beggar. Anthony is so convinced of the evil and sin of idleness, and of snbsisting on the aims of others, that, while liberal and kind to those who are willing to work, no entreaties, no applications, ever pre- vailed on him to bestOw a single sous on those who would not help themselves.
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 7ransfsrrence cf Vital POwers.-A not uncommon cause of loss of vital powers is in the young sleeping with the aged. This fact, however explained, has long been re- marked, and 1t is well known to every un- prejudiced observer. And it has been most unaccountably overlooked in medi- cine. have, on several occasions, met with the counterpart of the following case. | was, few years since, consulted about pale, sickly and thin boy, of about five or six years of age. He appeared to have no specific ailment, but there was slow and remarkable decline of flesh and strength and of all the faDctions--what his mother very aptly termed a gradual blight. After inquiring into the history of the case, it came out that he had been a robust and plethoric child up to his third year. when his grandmother, a very aged persen, took him to sleep with that he soon lost his good looks, and he had continued to decline ever since--notwithstanding medical treat- ment. I directed him to sleep apart from his aged parent, and prescribed tonics. change of air, &c. The recovery was ra- pid. It is not with children only that de- bilny is induced by this mode ofabstracting vital power. Young females married to very old men suffer in similar manner, .L."~I. -aoA e -.i,e came -cxtents ThUS0 facts are often we'll known to the aged themselves, who consider the indulgence favorable to longevity, and therefore often illustrate the selfishness, which in some per. sons, increases with their years. Dr. Copsland's Dicsi0nsry CURIOUS WILLS.