Litchfield enquirer., 1837-03-09

| "" PSIisHcu Oy lne nan0 OI ml0~ "ie"t assassin, who broke into his house for pl""oer' and sacrificed the owner of it as "e sI"Sl,e" c"nvuisively bundle of Ex-
 from beneath his pillow, where ho LnaS,
 they were every night placed co~ E..sa. security. O0S'
 Four little old men, of wi.horcd apDe,r- ance and decrepit walk, with cracked vo;. ceS' and dun rayless eyes, sat down by the mrrcy ot heaven, (as they themselves trem- ulous'y declared) to celebrate for the Gfti. eth time the first day fthe year, to observe the trolic compact, which half a century apo they entered in;o at the Star and Carrier at Richmond |! Eight were in their graves! Yet they chirped cheerily over their glass, though they could scarcely carry it to their lips, fl more than half full and cracked their jokes, though they articulated their words with difficulty, and heard ca ch other with still greater difficulty. They num- bled, they cla'tered, they leughed, if sort ot strange wheezing might be called a laugh and when the wines sent their icy blood Ill warmer pulses through their veins, they talked ct their past as fit were but vester- day that had slipped by them, and their fu- ture as ii it were busy century that lay before them.
 Al length came the last dinner, and the survivor of the twelve, upon whose head t"urscore and ten winters had showered their snow, ate luis solitary meal. 1t so chanced 1t was nt his house and his table 'hev had celebrated the first. In his cellar. ,oo' had remained for fity-eight years, the oo'tle which they had uncorked, recorked, and which he was then to uncork again. It stood beside him. With feeble and reluctant grasp he took the frail memoriar of a youthful VOW, and for moments 'mem- ory was faithful to her office. She threw open the long vista of buried years and his heart travelled through them all. Their tns'y and blithsome spring their bright and tervid autumn; their chill, but not too fro- zen winter. He saw in mirror how one by one of their laughing companions of that merry hour, at Richmond had dropped into eternity. He felt all the loneliness of his condition, for he had eschewed marriage. and in the veins of no living creature ran drop fbood whose source was in his own! and as he drained the glass which he had tiled, to the memory of those who were gone,' the tear slowly trickled down tho turrows of his aged face.
 He had thus fulfilled one part of his VOW. and prepared ,in'selfto discharge the oth- CT, by sitting the usual number of hours at his desola,e table. With heavy heart he resigned himself to the gloom of his own th"nghls, lethargic sleep stole over him. his head fell upon his bosom--confused im- ages crowded into his mind-he babbled to himself-was silent-and when his servant entered the room, alarmed by the noise which he heard, he found his master stretch- ed upon carpet at the foot of the easy chair, nnf ofwhich he had slipped in an ape oplcctic fit. He never spoke again, nor once opened his eyes, though the vital spark was not extinct till the following day. And this was the LAST DINNER!
 I'o boil c potatoe seems simple enough and yet we scarcely find it well done. At the ta- bles of the great a good potatoe is never seen, because if not eaten the very moment it is boiled the potatoo is worth nothing, and also because the refinement of pceling helps to destroy the savor. Another mistake is, to serve this vegetable in covered dish, where by the steam condensed by the cover, falls upon the potatoe, and it becomes soddened and waxy Do not buy washed potatoes from the shops. Get them with the mould about them, and do not wash it off until just before you use them. If they are steeped in water long before they arc boiled they become stale and watery. Put them into plenty of cold water with some salt. When you have as- certained with fork that the potatoes are nearly done, throw in a cupful of cold water to check the boiling. The water will soon boil up again, and the potatoes will crack Let the water then be drained of, and the po- tatocs served up immediately in an open dish with their skins on. The water upon them evaporates the instant they are in dish.-' ! They must be eaten at that moment in ten minutes their fine flavor would be gone.
 DOMESTIC MEDIcrNE.--The castors on a dinner table, are said, by a late London work, to be kind of medicine chest containing drugs fgreat virtues. l. Sah.-This is de- cided cathartic in the dose of half an ounce. It is also vermifuge in large doses. Crim- 1 nals in Holland were formerly sentenced to
 live without salt, and became terribly affiict- ed with worms. ?. Vinegar.-This is refrigc. rent and diaphoretic, and applied externally is moderately stimulant. If any over dose of. soda has been taken, or if any other all1ali, it is certain antidote. 3. Mustard.-Mustard cmetic is said to be infallible in the cholera; mustard poultce is almost equal to blister plaster. 4. Olive Oil.-This, say the dis pensaries, is demulcent, relaxant and laxa- tive" It is an antidote against acrid poisons, and seems to be obnoxious to worms, killing them it is supposed, by stopping some of their breathing holes. Besides, it relieves the pain occasioncd by the aplication ofpungent acrid substances to the skin. 5. Pepper.-This re- lieves darrhpa and tho relaxed sore throat Pepcrin, the alkaloid extract from the pepper. i hna cured the aptlc in the hands of nP Mel;