Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-08-16

SAsarilg Lamts.-The shearing Of IafAs in the
summer e considered good practice, tsoheh but
g i 10 Sow moTe raudy Il n nos 70
suppose that 1t lambs be sheared early the frs
OF August, their feeces will be about large at the
next shearing as though they had not been clipped
And this supposiiion is confirmed by the experience
OF those who have pursued this practice for many
years. The lambs are relieved OF an uncomfortable
,Jncket" in hot weather. and rid Of ticks; Of course
they grow better and become more vigorous, and by
their improved health and increased growth they will
be able to endure the cold Of winter, though their
fleece may not be quite so warm OF the Commence
ment OF cold weather. The last of July or finet Of
August is the proper time for shearng lambs those
that are early and good kind for WOOL often yield
two lbs OF wool each.-Yankee Farmer.
Cold Water.-We remarked, the other day, that
gentleman OF extensive experience, had assured us
that he never knew OF an instance where strictly
temperate person had received injury from drinking
cold water either the hottest or coolest of weather
Eight years OF close observation and inquiry, has sat-
!shed u.s. personally, of the truth of this remark But
IN repeating it, men, whose profession and experience
entlte their opinions to great weight, have sometimes
unequiyocaly denied its truth. Daring the extreme
heat OF the past and present months we have taken
particular pains to ascertain, sasa ctorily the
truth OF this theory, and have, in every instance in
which we have been able to obtain minute informa-
ton, found it fully substantiated.
And our opinion; we are happy to find is most fully
confirmed ny "a Phgs'clon ia the New York Jour
that ardent spirits mixed with water is the only safety
in hot weather, he says -
An who are acquainted with the subject, know that
the daily habit of drinking largely of cold and even
iced water when over-heatcd by exercise or labor
not only with impnnity, but with advantage. And
JGcts io'n sho'o that ts IS the nth all trho abstain
entirely from tntoricating dFigks. Non CAN AN IN
STANCE BE PRODUCED OF ErBx1.>aNeERous OR Fatal
SYMPTOMS FOLLOWING THE USEoF COLD WATER IN WARM
WEATHER, IN PERSONS OF SOUND CONSTITUTION AND
TEMPERATE HABITS. The stomach may indeed be
impaired in its vitality by disease to an extent anala-
gous to the morbid condition resulting from habitual
intemperance, but IN such examples, oly does drink
ease or death. ,sfs
The recent Roman Catholic Cerevmen in ALBANY
once assured MS Of the facts, and remarked nos
vey that ct the thirty or forty whose deaihbeds he
had attended, and who were brought there by the too
abundant use OF cold water while excessively heated
not one of them but had been in the habit of drinking
ardent spirits. .--
1t these are facts, they are important facts and
| should be understood by every one--and by no one
sooner than by the unfortunate tippleY whose habits
| produce an unnatural thirst, the qualification of
winch So often leads to an untimely and sudden
Effects q the Public Distress on the Foreign Mission
Gduse1Ihe melancholy tidings Of the death Of the
sionary station in Ceylon, were announced in this pa
per few days since. On Sabbath evening, the last
official paper written by Mr.. Perry was read at the
monthly concert in the brick Church, by the Rev:
Mr.. Armstrong, Secretary Of the American board of
foreign ,missions-the time for holding The monthly
concert having beer changed by Dr. Springs church,
from the first Monday to the first Sabbath evening in
| the month. II
The document referred to- was long letter from
Mr. Perry to the hoard announcing the receipt Of in
structlons from the commissioners to make farther
IN consequence Of the diminished funds Of the Board
and detailing the curailments that have been made
| pursuant thereto. S =
From the extent OF these eurtaiments the reader who
has little nhobl,
better estimate Of the magnitude Of the missionary
operations of the board, than BY any ether Means
We can therefore state according to the account Of
in the male and female seminaries under the charge
Of the missionaries that station and that in add.
ton 70 those reductions they have been compelled 10
dismiss x THOUSAND children from their schools.
who are thus carried back into the deadly embrace Of
| heathenism.-Ne,r- York Commercial. "