Litchfield enquirer., 1837-10-19

| ~NS' yO . SCA JUS tWV uUtb0t8e AW9 devll hair dye care whether we iver git tO Philadelfy or no! Och p;ve me tRa roads of ould Ireland vet: there's whern ye'd be iravellim' aud no, know ;t.s Avast there,' said the old tar. sand don't be spinning any of your yarns to me. for know all about you and your country. and Pm d---d if l believe you ever were in coach in your life till you came to this country; but that's the way with your lub- bers: you can't live in your own country, and then you come here to run down this. Why the devil dou't you go back 2 Tho quarrel would nO doubt have become seri- ous, but for the stage at this iinse stopping at Darby for supper put an end to the com trOversy for the present.
 1t was about 8 o'clock, and I ate my snp- per as quickly as possible that I might ss- cure myself the back seat; was about eO enter the coach when the driver requested me to take the front seat, as there was, a Ss"s SsnaF G9Rs g 'hs eass 1 aee; ge. was taken, and if the young lady had no objections, I would prefer retaining my own. The preli,ninaries being thus ar- ranged, and the ros. of tho passengers get ting in, we started. ....
 The, young lady was going to the city to spend the winter tlloughs, as she had . number of baskets and bags slowed under the back and middle seats. Was she cold 2 inquired.
 No, sir.'
 Did sine reside at Darby?' 'Yes, sir
 She evidently did not want to enter into conversation, which was very prudent, as was an entire stranger to her, and in l stage coach too. <.
 Hogan moving up to her as if to protect her from the cold; by accident my hand touched hers; Heavens, what sensation ran throug my heart! She moved it and thought very gently. Oh! how I longed for daylight that could feast my eyes on her lovely features. D Where did she stop in the city r I in- quired.
 At Mir. Allen's--her uncle.'
 Aliens, what, the wholesale meFchantT' She could not tell, and how should sheg what a fool was to ask such aquestion.-- When we came 10 Gray's Ferry, she seem. ed alarmed; assured her ilIers was no cause, as the Ferry was perfectly safe. was madly in love. We finally cams 10 the Cross Keys, in third street. There was person waiting. was very oficious in helping my flame out of tho stage. when the stranger accosted her. l Is dat you Dinah : did you bring dem 1a--.A s..lesa 2' 44ss - - Oh! what shock I had nearly sunk on the ground. 8f
 sOch! by the pipers of Lei0stsr.' sx- claimed the Ifishn,an. she's nager l'--- Here niy Uncle Toby knocked the ashss out of his pipe, aud commenced reading the newspaper. E
 Nearly century ago, Bishop Berkley, of England. made the following protest against distilleries of ardent spirits. sWhy should such cankeF be tolerated in the vitals of state under any preteDce what- ever7 Better by far that the whole pres. ent race of dis,iliers were pensioners ofthe public, aud their trade abolished by laws since all the benefit thereof put together would not balance the hundredth part of the mischief.'
 .To prove the destructive effects of such spirits. both with regard to the human spec cies and individuals. we need not go 50 far as our colonies, or the savage nations of America. Plain proofs may be had ncarer home. For, albeit, there is in ev-- cry town or district throughout England some tough dram drinkers. set Up as the Devils decoy, to draw in proselytes; yet the ruined health and morals and the beg. gary of such numbers. evidently show that we need no other enemy to complete our destruction, than this cheap luxury at the lower end of the State, and that nation lighted up at both ends, must soon be con- sumed.
 Lightning Rods for B0rns-We caii scarcely take up a paper during the sum- mer season of the year, without observing more or less notices of barns being struck by lightning, aud in most cases, with a!i tlleif contents consumed. The reason un. doubiedly is, that nlnsses of hay or graip1 such as is pu. into barns, undergoes sliehs process of heating, and this current of air rising from inc building to the region of the cloudss serves as conductor to the electric Auid, and consequently leads to sise burning of the building. Ii is frequently said that bar..s are more liable 10 be struck by lightning immediately afier shey are e;ied than before, or than when they kavs been Sled for some time, and the ascend- ing column of heated air at this time. flr- nishss sufliciess explanation ef the fact. Yet, with full knowledge of these cifcum. stances, and aB understanding slas the tiass of greaies. dangss to the baildlng, is &Iea it's contents are ot the gFsasest value, how few ne the barns that are provided wiih e6Rdueturx. whegl lhaig exnanee ls 90 iri$