Litchfield enquirer., 1837-04-06
No. A. WHOLE No. 564.

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 roF''"na'eIy for my sensitive friend. this
 mental struggle was too fierce f., h,, "rrn s.as
 continuance. The closing seems "r i;Gs
 drew near; and to her it seemed wol.,n,c ,aS sleep to the weary. Some,imrs ,I,:,
 movements of reluctant nature were v;s;l,ls,
 in the intense look of love she cast unop
 her child, and the convulsive energy with which she would clasp lhc little one to her bosom but otherwise all was stiffness and hope. 3<f One day, when she had been unusually ill; and we al! surpassed she was about io die, she pressed my hand fecbly, and wlis- pered, Will yon ask George to sec me once m"re?' I'immcdiately repaired to !Ic library, and told Mir. Macdonough the dying request of his wife. At first, lie made q motion toward tho door, then, sud- denly checking himself, he said in a deter m'ned tone, Il had better not. IL will be painful to both. I will wait the event here:' returned To Harriet, but had not courage to say her request was refused.--. She listened eagerly to every sound for a while; then looking inmy face mournfully, said, He will not come!' My tears an- swered her. She looked upward for a mo- mcn', with an expression of extreme ago. ny; but never spoke again. Mrs. Chiid. I acant mere Light''--" The following an- ccdote may illustrate a peculiar defect .yis-
 ion WHICH IS not unknown in OUT church.'f
 "One Of the most ingenious practical sar-
 casnns ever made use of was that of the late
 Rev. Robert Hall, addressed to clergyman who had obtained a lucrative living after a change ofreligious opinions. MT. Hall pres sed him hard upon the question ofchurch re- form. Tho gentlenan's constant answer to the arguments addressed to him, was--"I can't sec it," "I don't see it," "I can't sec that at all." At last, Mir. Hall took a letter from his pocket, and wrote on the back of it with his pencil, in small letters, the word "God," Do you sec that!'' "Yes.y He then covered it with q piece of gold. "Do you see it now ?' "No." "Imnst wish you good morning, sir" said Hall, and left him to his meditations." a3.' ara#3 30f
 7 FAcT.-A tall Vermonter came into our of. flee the other day, whose altitude being rath- CT extraordinary, excited the attention and waggish propensities ofa friend who sat at the news table. Alter some preliminary re- marks the Green mountain boy was asked how he came to be So tall.S "Tall,'' said he, addressing the querist, Why it is the casf-. estthing in natur' to be so talL if youtakcthe right road. It was an all-fired cold night, continued he, the thermometer froze up, and the back log frosty on one S de and afire on t'other, when father came home from tho mill with bag of flour and bag of plaster.-- Mother couldn't find her specs, so she yentur- cd to mix hot puGdin' liko Satan, and I went to bed as fall as stick. Next morning when walked up my feet were two feet be- yond the bed post, my legs having grown so int fbklp pioh fhut bnU a af fhfN foot of the bed. Come fo find out, mother made the puddn' of plaster instead of flour, and that made me grow so.' The querist was mum amid roars of laughter. "As you ,cere. ."-During tho late war with | Great Britain, q dashing belle, who is now q good wife. and affectionate mother, found her progress arrested as she passed down Court street, in Boston, by flood which prevented her passage to the opposite walk. [Some- thing like Litchfeld streets in spring, proba- bly.1 She paused to consider her situation, and anxiously looking towards the desired haven, when an honest Tar, with canvass hat and blue ribbon, inscribed GU. s. Frigate Constitution" bore up and rcconnotered her I position. Without any apology or cercmo- | ny, he encircled her waist with his muscular arm, and wading knee deep through the wa ter, landed lady Sensitive on the opposite
 shore. More vexcd than grateful, our belle
 curlcd her pretty lip. and said, "you are an
 impudcnt fellow, sir" "Belay that, my
 dcaar," said Jack, "I'll mako you fast again."
 Suiting the action to the word, he lifted her
 the second time, and re-fording the stream,
 placed her safely again where he first found
 her, observing with good natured laugh "And you love yoHr moorings so well, hear-' ty, smoke my pinnacle, but ycu may lay anchor therc." The above is true. The la- dy has grown wiser and less sensitive since this lecture on squeamishness was read to her: and she frequently amIees her friends
 by relating the anecdots.
 MR, CLAY's SENTIMENTS ON RELTGfoN.-"1 1 am not" said Mir. Clay in n late address be-
 fore the Colonization Society at Lexington, Xiv. "a professor of religion and, as have remarked on another occasion, I regret that am rot-I wish were, I hope shalt De- The longer live, the more sensible do be- como of its utility ; the more profoundly pen. etrated with it's truth, the more entirely con- vinced that the religion we have received 1 from our ancestors, the religion of Christ, is, of all religions, the best and it alone can afford us pn adequate solace in the hour of aff1iction." a8 No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry isthe mark ofa weak minds despatch of strong one. A weak man in office, like squirrel in q cage, is laboring leternally. but to no purpose, and in constant motion. without getting 0if . ut like . turn stile. he is in every body's way; but stops mo- body; hetalks great denl. but says very lit- lie looks into every thing, but sees intonoth-