Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-26

much IS she worth are therefore the uost 1. co"S'o:r"'e and proper questions prelimi- nary 'n such cases. Of all men. ooets seem to have fallen into the greatest errora upon this subject. Poor ,hen,selves--of,so z hungry aud without means of nrocUr;rv breakfast, they have written and suro nf the tender passion, as though lova was hnngh to live upon. Hence the ar,>oaI ~r old Massinger To his lady-loyc. io $. r;s,. before the morning sun, and breakf,s, ,,,, j, the morning dew"-and all that sor, nt . ll'ing--pOor fellow ! He had slept under a , hedge, and had nothing else to break his D fasting with There is only one poet. win. ih our Knowledge, who has infused common .' sense into his lines upon this subiect-aud unfortunately we have forgotten both his namP and verses, But some of the slaves ran after this sorts .
 Come, Anna bless your am 'rous swain.
 Who doats upon your shining charms. {.
 Relieve his bosonl's tender pain, N ,-s ...
 And cast your beauties in his arms ;-
 "
 1o9 golden charms so sweetly shine,
 TIT, W me rising to my raptllred view. ta5 ..s #
 nat had rather call them mi,1e | F S4 fsl5.ssa
 Than any girl ever knew. s~..z,,s->-
 And vii! clasp them to my heart
 Adore them wi h affection trne 5sj 4
 &AuO Wltll tueW never, never --W hatcver may become of won't yy Moreover as to wit and humor: Who ever knew poor man possessed of either? What poor man ever uttered a joke worth laugh ing at, unless he were an alderman? aud by the way, what right has poor man to be an alderman at all2 Tie truth is, the true po'nt of joke, the felicity of a pun. the "umor ot repar,ee, all depend essentially upon 'ho bank account of the persons utter. ing them. We migh, give many examplcs -Pei.on upon Ossa---in support of the hypothesis. Bu1 one mast suffice. Take Sheridan, for instance. Look ,lro' Moore's life c? the great British orator, and find if you can single sparkling sentinlcnt-a single brilliant sally that would have " set the table in roar," after he became desti- 'ute of cash. So long as he had welI-filled pursc-no matter how he got the guineas mo man was so eloquent in the House of Commons, or SO witty at the table-as Shetldan' But alas after the baihffs were standing sentinels at his doors and win-s COWS, he never said good thing
 And this brings us to the point of the present essay, and that is, to introduce an invention df a particular friend of ours, which is calculated to be of great use. The fact is, that, for the want of proper under standing of the scale by which true wit should 6e graduated, there has been, in times past, and even now, a great and need- less expenditure of laughter upon jokes which deserves not to be laughed at. Who so dull not to perceive, on a moments reflection, that a joke uttered by man of ten thousand a wear is deserving of far greater aPplsass. ,h9n though sas S%sGSes Sa i've hundred? !? And who in these utiltarian days, would be SO foolish as to waste fadgh- ter upon the joke of a man without shil- ling in his pocket? Tr"ly there should be a .'help'' to Correct and judicious prac- ,ice, we beg leave to introduce tue inven- ton of our friend jus. referred to, and nam. cd by him. u" sa>a -. s." '-s .--n..--.-. .--n .- #.. r.ar