Litchfield enquirer., 1837-01-05
No. 3I. WHOLE No. 55l.
WINTER

1 :" make It's appearance, and warns us ,o prepare Tor the storms and snows ;Dc;deO4 |" our northern climate. In ;,s r,,Ja s..
 rf"ach It has laid field and forest ,,a~o "
 changed the face of natufe fron' ,,,a ~ ""u
 lively green to the gloom and 5os.,". OSt
 a desert waste. At this sea.om ,i." ol
 animal creation most sensihlv c.oI .n
 change, and resort to the instincts ar "0
 ture to provide for the possession of co"s %
 fort and the preservation of life d,r;ro .t- continuance oi indictment winter. The fam'iy cITcle gathers around the fire-s;do 10 enjoy the greatest of luxuries. when olI nature abroad presents her cold forbidden aspect--beaus ard bellies betake themselves 10 n'anles and inrs for protection apainst the chilling element-the poor and desti- tuie are shvering over the few waning em- berS, and bitterly thinking of the stricken lot ot poverty in the midst ofplenty and a- bundance, that but tantaize their wants and add pungency to their sorrow-tl,e rich aud the ex'ravagant, intent upon their pleasures and running the giddy round of iaShl"h, are seeking new sources of euirYt1 ment-aad the young and old, in their re- SpectiHe spheres and stations, are busvino themselves with contrivances to nass mero riIv or usefullv the winter, while all ara anxious for the return of spring. the season ot flowers. and the beauties of nature. But winter, though cold and dreary, is not with ont its pleasures and enjoyments. It ac- lords amplc time for reflection and improye- men'-its long star-light and moon-bripht evenings may be spent in domestic and so- cl"s amusements and pleasures-in the so- cieiy .oi friends and relations-in the sweet and ehdearihg intercourse between parents and children, brothers and sisters, in neioh- bouIly visiIs-in an occasional assemble- and m tbe profitable and pleasing employ ment of reading and conversation, lis l piercing ,frosts, and blowing snows, may re- mind those in af1nenl circumstances to re member the poor and needy-the widow and orphan in their penury and want-tlic children of afHiction and sorrow, in then distress-llo unfortunate, industrious, and virtuous, in their struggles against the ills tha! flesh is heir to-;he sick, the helpless, and the friendless, in their misfortunes.
 1he sum of Human hdpp;aess.-" Were offered the choice,' said Byron, "either [" live over again, or to live as many years more onward, should certainly prefer the first, yet my young days have been vastly more unhappy than believe those of men commonly are. Eat,emp,cd to enumerate the days had lived, which might, iccors ding 10 tue common uso of language, be called happy. could never make ,hem amount to more than eleven, aud I believe ! have very distinct remembrance of every one. often ask myself. whe,her. between the present time and the,day of my death, I shall bc able to make up the round dozen." Such is the sum total of human happiness!
 An Arabian caliph, who wrote his own Iifc, assures us that he had fourteen days of happiness. Gibbons tells the story afier him, aud boasts that he had exceeded rho commander of the failhfnl-hc does not state how much, perhaps by double. Were to choose my lot in life would not be poet, though it is possible for a poet t"get through life tolerable easy--yet tho chances are against him. 3
 terall, a bustlng man of business, one who has not leisure to think of the ills of life, nor any great acutcness of sensibility [" expose hin, to their nttacks-such a man has the best chances of human happiness.
 Some Frenchman, forget who, has stated, that. to enjoy this world, one must have good stomach aud bad heart: think man may have both, and be very misera. bie. To bo happy, be devout. .~
 Picture of the philosophy of pie -makirg from the celebrated Pickwick Papers :-.s
 "Wcal pie, said MT. Weller, soliloquis- ing, as no arraycd lhe catables on the grass, Merry good thing is veal pie, when you knows',he lady as made it and is quite sure it ant kittens; aud arter all though, where's the odds, when they are so like veal that the very pemen themselves don't know the difference 2" Don't they Sam 2" said Mir. Pickwick ,interposing. "Nof they, Sir," replied Mir. Weller. touching his hat, "I lodged in the same house with picman once, Sir, and very nice man he was--- reg'ar clever chap, too-made pies out O anything, hc could. What number O cats yon keep, Mir. Brooks, says I, when I'd got intimate with him. Ah,' says he. .'I do-a good many says he. You must be very fond O cats,' says l. 'Other peo- pie is,' says he, a winkin at me they an't in season ill winter though says he. Mot in season r says l. Meant says he. .That I'll never bs party to the combination O butchers, [" keep up the price O mea,,' says he. Mir. Weller,' says he, squeezng my hand very hard, and vispering in my esr-' don't mention this here again, but il's the seasonin as does it. They're all made Q them noble animals says he, a pointin' to q very nice little tabby kitten, Ol \ f.. Lo~ Il.