Litchfield enquirer., 1837-04-20

a boarding-school miss. In word, she IS l not halfsO agreeable as Summer, who, II Sne does overcome one with the warmth of her salutations, never fails to give good things to make up for it.-BGltimOre American.
 EARLY EDUcArIoN.-Thelwal thought It very unfair to influence child's mind Dy intoxicating any opinions before 1t shouid have come to years of discretion, and be able to choose for itself. showed him my gar den, and told him 1t was my botanical gar. den. "How so,' said he, sit is covered with weeds" "Oh," replied, that is be- cause it has not yet come to it's age of discre- tion and choice. The weeds, you see, have taken the liberty to grow, and thought it un- fair in me to prejudice the soil towards roses and strawberries. Coleridge.
 TAe Monroe Bank of Michigan has gone by the board. We hear it stopped payment on three hundred dollars. It has long been in have not taken its bills except at less than half their face since December. (We sold out the little we had at 15 per cent. discount, two months since and stopped taking them.) The expose of the officers puts bad face on the matter. By this, the Monroe Bank has about $125, ,OOO ill circulation, and SS32,OOO ot specie funds in hand. Its debts to other in- stitutions will absorb all its distant funds. It has then $52OOO of "bills discounted" and $l3,OOO of "bills protested" or in suit, with $3,O0O in real estate, and $4.5OO in furnl- ture, plate, &c.," (probably worth $5OOl to meet the balance of its circulation, and $ll 500 due to individual depositors. On the whole, we judge that if the creditors ever get l fifty cents on the dollar, its winding up will be far better managed than its running down has been.
 BzigM in Peer Trees-The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, anxious to promote the l discovery of a preventive for the disease usu- ally termed blight in Pear Trees, offers pre- mium of Five Hundred Dollars, to be paid the person who shall discover and make pub lie an effectual means ofpreventing it's attack. The premium not to be awarded until after the expiratron of three years from the publi- cation ofthe preventive, nor until the Society shall be fully satisfied of its efficacy. Conn., munications on the subject may be addressed per mail to David Landreth, Cor. Sec, Phil adelphia.
 Prettu Cue.-A black fellow the other day was discovered by one of the boarders in public house, taking the coats from the hall. What are you doing with those coats, you rascal !' said the landlord. "Only jis' a goin to take 'em home to SCOUT 'em," answer ed Minkey, with the greatest presence of mind. "Oh you are, ha," said the landlord, well here take mine and SCOUT it too" The black rascal has not returned them yet.
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 Dyed ie tue Wool.-A gentleman on visit to this place, day or two since, from Provi- dence, was, while here, exceedingly unfortu- nate. He visited the American Print works for the purpose of examining the machinery, &c. but while looking earnestly at such things as attracted his attention, he acciden- tally stepped into Dye Vat containing about seven feet of the real indigo coloring. This was emphatically "giving color to an idea." and when taken from his retreat, the way he had the blues aint to be mentioned.
 ! Fall RiUer Monitor.
 Luxurious Indolence.-It is related of Gold smith, as characteristic of his indolence and carelessness. that his mode of extinguishing his candle, which he used to keep burning when in bed until he was inclined to sleep, was by throwing his slipper at it, which in consequence was usually found in the mor- ming lying near the overturned candlestick daubed with grease.
 EXTRACT FROM W1RT.-Excessive wealth
 
 and sordid wretch who thinks only of him. self, who draws his head within its shell, and never puts it out but for the purpose of lucre or ostentation who looks upon his fellow creatures not only without sympathy, but with arrogance and insolence, us if they were made to be his vassals, and he was made to be their lord as if they were for no other purpose than to pamper his avarice, or to contribute to his aggrandizement Such man may be rich, but trust me, that he can never be happy nor virtuous, nor great.- There is in fortune golden mean, which is the appropriate region of virtue and intelli- gence. Be content with that, and if the horn of plenty overflow, let its droppings tall upon your fellow men let them fall like the drop- pings of honey in the wilderness, to cheer the faint and way worn pilgrim. wish you indeed to be distinguished but wealth is not essential to distinction. Look at the illustri- ous patriots, philosophers, and philanthro- pists, who in various ages have blest the world; was it their wealth that made them great! Where was the wealth of Aristides, Socrates, of Plato, Epaminondas, of FabriciuS, of Cincinnatus, and countless hosts on the roll of fame? Their wealth was in the mind and heart. These arc the treasures by which they have been immortalized, and such alone are treasures that are worth a serious strug- gle.
 A sailor applied at the Savings Bank for seamen yesterday to make deposite. While transactng his 1 business, he mentioned an incident which happily il iustfates the great advantages which have accrued to the poor by the destruction of the United States Bank and the circulation of the better currency which Gen. Jackson and Col Benton have given to the country tie stated that he was seaman of the U. S ship Pc.