Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-05-03
WONDERS AND MURMURs.
BY S. C. HALL.

BY S. C. HALL
Strange that the Wind should be left so free,
10 play with q flower or tear or tree
To range or to ranble whefe'er it will,
And, as it lists, to be fierce or still;
Above and around, TO breathe of hfe,
Or tomingle the earth and sky in strife,
Gently to whisper, with morning light,
Yet to growl like fettered fiend ere night
Or to love, and cherish, and bless to-day,
What Tomorrow it ruthessly renGs away!
Strange, that the Sun should call into birth
All the fairest flowers and fruits of earth,
Then bid them perish, and see them die,
While they cheer the soul and gladden. the eye;
At morn its child is the pride Of spring
Al night a shrvelled and loathsome thing!
Today there is hope and life in its breath
Tomorrow it shrinks to a useless death.
Strange doth it seem, that the sun should Joy
10 give life, alone that it might destroy!
Strange, that the Ocean should come and GO,
With its daily and nightly ebb and flow
To bear on its placid breast at morn;
The barque that, ere night, will be emrest-torn;
Or cherish it all the wayit must roam,
To leave it a wreck, within sight of home,
To smile, as the mariners tolls are DER,
Then dash the dead to his cottage door;
And gently ripple along the strand,
To watch the widow behind him land!
But stranger than all, that man should die,
When his plans are iorm'd and his hopes are high,
He walks forth lord of the earth to-day,
And the morrow beholds him part Gifts clay;
He is horn in sorrow and Graded in pain,
And all that seventy years can show,
Is, that wealth is trouble, and wisdom woe;
That he travels path of care and strife,
Who drinks of the poisoned cup OF life.
Alas five murmur at things like these,
That reflection tells us are wise DEGREES;
That the wind is not ever a gentle breath
That tho sun is often the bearer of death
That the ocean wave is not always still
And life is chequered with good and i'll;
five know tits well such change should be,
What ,lo Xyn lon from tho tbipCs ve
That an erring and sinful child of dust
Should not wonder nor murmur-but hope and trust.
The Hymenial Problem--The editor of the Lons-
vile Enquirer says that he has tried both states of life,
has carefully weighed all the evidence that has been
adduced both for and against matrimony and celih-
acy, and has arrived at the conclusion that single life
is more easy, and married, more happy. Happiness
may be mere apathy; but the question is, how can
man RE EASY without wife Adam, our illustrious
grandfather ought to be considered pretty good
horitY this question, yet even he leaves it rather
doubtful He wrote the following shortly before his
DEATH and we translate it, as literally possible from
the primeval dialect of the Hebrew
Adam alone could not be easy,
So he must have wife, to please he.
But how could he obtain wife
To cheer his solitary life!
Why, from rib, then from his side, Sir,
Was formed his necessary bride, Sir.
But how did he the pain begnie?
Poh he slept sweetly all the while
And when the rib was reapplied,
In womans form to Adams side,
How then. pray you, did it answer
He never s!eTt so sound again, STR!
Peach Trees PRESCRIBED by the application Of Tar
The following described process, is said to be one Of
the very best to preserve peach trees; tits considered
he 5odv tree above tho
face OF the ground, and beneath far as to the roots
and see no reason why it should not also be pro,ec
ton to the whole body Of the tree, and the large branch
issuing. 1t may possibly be useful when applied to
other trees. The process is as follows, viz I'm the
months Of May and September, of each year, remove
and apply coat Of tar. and immediately place fresh
earth around, TO press aga inst the tar y the earth is
made to extend as high as that which had previously
been removed. The application should commence
" above The earth, few inches high and over this
sharp sand to the height Of few inches more, would
be found useful.-Farmer's Cabinet
was blessed with very eccentric, or what is called
notiondl husband, "upon nv word, don't know
how to get that within out OF Mr.. IS head" Put
another whim in. my DEAR" replied ,quick.heade,d
err" This advice was as clever as that Of Aberne-
thy upon similar occasion. A lady went to the doc
tor in great distress Of mind, md stated to him. tha
BY strange accident, she had swallowed live sp:
der. At first, his only reply was, "whew whew !
whew ~ sort of internal, whistlng sound, intended
to be indicative Of supreme contempt But his anx-
iods patient was not so easily to be repulsed. She
became every moment more and more urgent for
means Of relief from the dreadful effect Of the
strange accident she had consulted him about; when,
at last, looking around upon the wall. he put up his
hand, and caught fly. "There. ma am" said he,
ave got n remedy for YOU. Open your mouth; and
soon I've put this fly into II, shut it close again
and the moment the spider hears the fly buzzing
about. mp he'll come; and then you can spit them
both out together"
Important temperance mouement.-The Legislature
of Massachusetts have taken hold of the subject ol
retailing ardent spirits with bold and strong hand
bill has recently passed both branches of that body,
by overwhelming majority, prohibiting the sole OF
ardent spirits in taverns groceries, eatinghouses, or
in any other place manner, in less quantities than
fifteen gallons. except by licensed apothecares and
physicians, for medicinal purposes or the use ofman-
ufactures and the arts. The enactment of this law
which we believe is to 60 into operation in few
weeks, appears to have created great excitement
among the taverners and retailers of the Bay State,
and attempts will he made il is sad to turn it po-
litica account against the Wing party who have "a
vored it-Patriot and Democrat.
Independence Of Edi,ors.-As general rule, it is
expeden|, and even necessary for editor to enroll
himself under the banners Of party. But he may do
this without becoming strictly, and. in the fullest sense
of the term, partison or the slave Of party, or
T" bowling the knee to Baal" He may deserve and
gain the support Of the honest and liberal Of party,
without losing his moral independence.
Schenectady Democrat
Pride, pomposity, and sslfconceit. are the India.
rubber popularitypreserrers which keep some men
above water; while excess ofrnodesy is kind of
dead weight which sinks others 70 the bottom.
Another d;sgracefulscene IN the Wesi-A fierce and