Litchfield enquirer., 1837-03-16

seemed necessary for then you were mod- crate m your desires and expenses. Ihaye since felt misgiVihgs, when saw you in. crcaslng your manner Ofliving. But said they know best their own meaUs. and I be. i'eved that you were at least happier: bot indeed Jane must say that tind it oth. crwIse. When last dined with you in R, Street, your dinner was simple and we'll cooked; your little smiling children round you, well-behaved and patiently waiting for their turn 10 be helped. How was it to-day? A costly and more than abundant dinner, spoiled in the cooking; a change of plates. knives and forks, with difficulty to be pro- cured. The children shut up in chamber, noisy and half-fcd, and their mother looking ieverish, anxious, and unhappy, and unable to attend to the conversation at the table, hardly to give answers to her guests, so ne- cessarily was she engrossed with the din. ner.' s i&
 Q, uncle, what a picture r
 \ dare say, Jane. you want to tell mo every body docs so; but know better than that. It is very well for people to live in what is called style, if they have all things in agreement if they can afford to have the bes, of attendants, of cooks, Gsc. but 'heye is no gen,ility in doing things by halves.'
 Indeed, dinele,' said Jane, rallying her spirits, we were very unfortunate to-day. Our servants arc all bad; l hope to get better; and have very good nursery. maid engaged.' ~s3
 nursery maid Take care of your children yourself, don't make them over to q nursery maid let them have their seats at your table. feel indignation when see these lillle men and women turned over to nursery maids,, And now, Jane, l know ] have made this day an uncom- fortable one for you; and God. knows it has been so for me. should be sorry, ifI had not meant, by all my advice, to do you the greatest Kindness havc ever done you yet; and l close with one remark, that no style of living is good, or, to use your own phrase, gentecl, that is not thOn- ough, consistent, and ,ccN carried through. God bless you! and he hurried away. ..a He,,s.-Why cannot Hens be made as profitable in the winter as the summer! 1t is we'll known fact that from Decem- Der to March, they are bill of expense, with out any profit. wish to give your readers my opinion, as to the cause of this refusal on the part of hens to contribute to their own sup port, in hopes that some one may be benefit ] ted, which is certainly all ask, or expect for my labor, in this case.
 Hens, in order to supply eggs; require as a condition, that they be supplied with por- tion of animal food as we'll as vegetable.- This supply they get in the form of worins and insects, when free to go at large, unless their number is so large as to consume, be- yond the supply. within rowing distance, which is the case where large focks are kept, and it will be found that the number of eggs in proportion will be diminished, as the num- Der of fowls are increased, unless supply of animal food is furnished. Here isa secret worth improving, and if some of your read- CTS who live near a slaughter house, will col. lect the oflnl meat and feed hens with it, they will find it good business, so long as eggs bring the price now demanded for them,- When fowls are kept yarded,. they require lime or burnt bones. gravel, meat, corn or these-give a good shelter and a wdrm room in winter, and you may safely calculate on a clear profit of one dollar on each hen, every year.-Bahgor Journal!
 Miseries ef q Bachelor's L;fs.-Poor fellow! he returns to his lodging-I will not say to his ''home.". There may be eve cry thing he can possibly desire, in the shape of mere external comforts, provided fnr him by the oflicious zeal of Mrs. -, his houskeeper; but still the room has an air of chilling vacancy, the very atmos- pbere of the apartment, has a dim unin- habi,ed appearancc-tlle chairs, set round with provoking neatness look reproachfnlly useless and unoccupicd; and the tables and other furniture shine with impertinenl and futile brightness. All is dreary and repel. ling. No gentle face welcomes his arrival -- no lovely hands meet his--no kind looks answer the lislless gaze he throws round thu apartment. He sits down to book--alone; there is no one sitting by his side. to enjoy with him tie fayorite passageA-the apt re- n,ark-ihe just criticism !; no eyes in which to read his own feelings his own tastes are unappreciated and unrcfccted; hc has no resource but himself; all his happiness n,ns. emana,e from himself. He filings down the volume in despair; hides his face in his hands, and sighs aloud, Otme miserum. ANEcDoTE.-An Indian chief having done a small favor for the first Governor of Canada, called for his reward. His excels lency took the red man into the public store room, and desired him to nan,o what he would. His issavags eyes, afler roaming, about tho room for some tjnte, at last setj tied upon sem6 tsHbw candles which were, suspended from joist. He took them for foreign, fruit hung up to dry. Me take dat, 'said tho savage. The Governor han. l- ns n A