Litchfield enquirer., 1837-07-20


 he slept in barn and froze his feet w was faint and sick with the sight, and rose to leave
 me room. The hand of my friend held me
 Dy the shoulder, while he asked if did moi
 intend to see the whole operation! "Is il not already done ?'' I inquired. "No. the other is to be taken off," l hastened from the spot, again to be in the open air, and re.
 lieve my ear and heart from the cries of inc unfortunate man.
 lectures and temperance addresses, the elo-
 quence of that place converted me.
 But the man who provided him with rum
 l would that he were there-and 1.-the groans
 of that suffering man could not reform him,
 "neither would he be persuaded though one
 rose from the dead."-Olire Branch.
 1he Hard Times not so hard os they might be aud e Caution to c feao IdLers-All know
 that there is general cry of hard times, and to us, who have been accustomed to better,
 the present scarcity and suspension of busi-
 ness IS severe trial but, instead of despair
 ing, and giving ourselves up to murmuring
 and discontentedness, we should reef our sail till the squall is over, and make the best headway we can. live should take a peep into some other countries, we should there see class of people who think themselves pretty well off, in much worse condition than ourselves. According to the late wri- ter, seven and a half millions of the people of France cannot get wheat or wheaton bread to eat, and they live on barley, rye, buck wheat and chesnuts.
 A common hand thinks himself pretty we'll used, if he can get forty dollars a year for his work; and half that for woman, to do ordinary work, is good wages. In many parts of Scotland, meat is only eaten on Sun days. Among the Nottingham stocking weavers very few of them can earn over five shillings week, and often have to work IA or 10 hours per day to do that. Judge ye how we'll they can live by such wages, and yet here wages are treble in amount, provis- ions cheaper, and our condition vastly supe- rior in many other respects. So it seems we are not so badly off as we might be, though it is true it would pc pleasant to be little bet ter accommodated in regard to the times.- The sailor who fell from the mast head and broke his legs, thanked God that it was not his neck; and we may follow his example, and thank God that, notwithstanding we are writhing under the lash prepared by our own foliies, we are not visited by the plague, the earthquake, or the pestilence. Without wishing to moralize too gravely, we would beg leave to whisper word in the ears of one or two whom we have met with in our peregrinations, and who seem to take it in such high dudgeon because they cannot get such eXtravagant wages as they did year or two since, that they will not work at all, but sit about in the way of others. Better wear out than rust out and if at the end you die poor man, it can never be said over your grave, here lies an idler. Ofall epitaphs, heaven preserve you from that. Ifyou can not get great wages, get smaller; and if you cannot get any, set yourself to work. Ifyou have nothing for the hands to do, set the brain to work. Study. Improve your mind. Read something useful, if it be nothing more than old Almanacs.-MaineF Farmer
 A friend who has been travelling through some of the river counties in his little wag- gon, told us, that while passing at an easy pace over turnpike which ran through delightful and thickly settled country, he was awakened from fit of fthoughtfulness by what brings you here !'' On looking up, said he, discovered an old acquaintance, actually Pearl street jobber, celebrated for his business habits and enterprise. He had a huge straw hat and linen jacket, and was leaning on fence which enclosed neat frame house surrounded by barns, crib hous- es, and other farming conveniences. Fields of grain waved luxuriantly around him-or chards-a vegetable garden-a cider press poultry, and some COWS were struggling near the premises. So you have turned farmer given up calicoes and domestics-got out of the dust ot Pearl street and the vicinity of the Banks 2" "To be sure have, did not wait until the panic reached me and find | ing that twelve and eighteen months credit four thousand dollars store rcnt-a house in Clinton Place, and other ct ceteras would not provide for wife and six little responsibili- ties, collected my small means together, bought this snug farm, and here am one of the people. Come in and dine with mo, it is most o'clock, and you shall have some fried bacon and greens, a few fresh eggs, peas, potatoes, cauliflowers, turnips, cherries, Sc. &c. all the produce of my farm-no laying out five dollars per day in Fulton market my boy. want no money at all here-have got good cider. and brought up with me coffee, tea and sugar for whole l years supply, besides q few bottles ofthe old stuff-come in." There is real practical phi losophy in this, and we wish it was closely | followed up by others. A few thousand dol lars saved from the wreck of an estate which l in year would be swallowed up by the ac- tual expenses of the city, would, if judicious- ly appropriated in the country, make fam lily happy and independent for life. Let our readers think of this.-N. Y. StGr.
 "Apostacy in "the party."-Dr. Montgome- ry, the Jackson-Van Buren candidate in the district in North Carolina, has come out strongly in faror of e National Bank and further has joined himself to the two re- cusant U. s. Senators, Messrs. Walker and Nicholas, and repudiates the opinion, so long cherished by the party. of the infallibilitY of