Litchfield enquirer., 1838-10-04
AUTUMN.

AUTUMN. .....
IN r. C. wATERsToN.-N. r. Mirror.
BRIGHr flowers are sinking,
Streamlets are shrinking,
Now the wide forest Is withered and sere;
Light clouds are flying,
Soft winds are signing,
We will be thoughtful, for autumn 10 near.
Blossoms we cherishd,
Have withered and persisted,
Scenes which we smiled on are yellow and drear;
Feelings Of sadness, s.f t.i-
O'ershadow our gladness,
Andmake the mind thoughtful, for autumn smear.
Thus all that is fairest,
And sweetest and rarest,
Must shortly be severed and call for q tear;
Then let each emotion,
Be warm with devotion,
And we win be thoughtful, for autumn is near
The UnIcOTn.-The researches Of modem natural
lists are daily confirming the truth owhat were once
considered the fables Of antiquity. The Nd1oo-dzoo
arms was long supposed 70 be an invention Of the he
raids but has at last been furnished with local ha
bitation and name" Il is described in Smith T.
a species Of Rhinoceros. The account 10 somewhat
no means rare in MakOoa It is about the size Of a
d% si, fns ss
thirty inches in length. This is flexible when the an
imal is asleep can be cured like the trunk Of the
elephant, but becomes perfectly firm and hard when
the animal is excited and especially when pursuing
an enemy. Its disposition is extremely fierce, and It
universally attacks man if it sees him. The usual
method OF escape adopted by the natives is to climb
seen. If the animal misses his sight of the fugitive he
Immediately gallops off to his haunt; from whence it
may be inferred that he is endowed with the pow
sr Of keen scent SHOULD be, however espy bic OBJ
gins to butt with his horn strikes and penetrates the
tree, and continues piercing it till it falls, when his
victim seldom escapes being gored to death Unless
it down. Having killed his victim, he leaves him
without devouring the carcass. The male only is
provided with the horn. The female has nothing Of
the kind
Menory.-A neighbor of ours who was assisting
widow in obtaining pension, called on VIM. Adams,
Esq Of Chelmsford, and wished him to come to Lo-
well, distance Of four or FIVE miles, and make depo-
son before Justice Of the Peace relating to what
he knew Of her husbands services in the revolution
airy war. He came accordingly and made deposit
tion and when asked what was to pay, said receiv-
ed my pay more than fifty years ago, for when was
in the service lost my money, aud my friends and
messu'ates made it up 70 me, the widows husband
being one Of them; and he added. Il could help her
to pension, would ride fifty miles in addition to
what have done.-Lo,Deu Courier. a@a .
Rather Sauey.-One Of the best jokes we have late.
ly heard Of, was recently played of upon gentls-
man Of the bar in this city. A fellow arrested on
charge Of countereitng. employed the legal gentle
man as his counsel. The lawyer defended bis client
with his accustomed ability. and did his best to prove
him honest man, for which of course the client was
exceedingly grateful. and being liberated ON bail,
paid his lawyer and departed for New York. Next
day. the lawyer ascerained that his honest client bad
paid him ten dollar cOuntsrfea noss! That 10 what
we call I" diamond Gu, diamond. Hartford COsr.
Sports Of Chiidhood.-Mrs. Sigourney thus pleads
for the cause Of the little girls -" plead that she DO
not punished rOmp il she kesnly enjoy those &C.
tive sports which city gentility prosenbes. plead
that the ambition 70 make her accomplished, do not
chain her to the piano, till the spinal column which
should consolidate the frame, starts aside like bro.
ken reednor bow her over her book till the vital en-.
ergy, which ought to pervade tho whole frame,
mounts into tho brain, and kndles the deathfever.
Fact.-A lady was asked at the Springs during the
present season, show she liked Crabbe's Tales" ~
never knew that crabs had tails she replied with
look Of grave and innocent wonder .r
A Coqustts ran away with one Of her lovers, from
New Orleans. the other day, and made one missra.
bic and twenty happy, thereby. A generous GIRL
Attributes to Uncle Sam.-Who, in the whole coun-
try. is most deeply in debit Uncle Sam. Who in
the whole country 10 most deeply insolvent7 Uncle
Sam. Who has managed his affairs most shabbily
for the last eight or ten years?' Uncle Sam, Who
has squandered the most money Uncle Sam. Who
10 the greatest borrower of other peoples money r.
Uncle Sam. Who issues shin plastsrs, that he re.
fuses to redeem at his own counters Uncle Sam.
Who Is Uncle Sam7 The Van Buren,, Bentonian,
Californian, locofoco pseudodemocratic federal ad-
minstration. Isn't he pretty fellow?-LOUeg( ass)
Courier.
The administration party in North Carolina arc
confident Of success next year.-GIobe.
The members Of that party ought certainly to be
good judges Of the occurrences Of next year." They
have been knocked into the middle ofit.-LoGispike
.Journal.
The Maysyils Monitor asks why we refuse to call
the loco focos democrats" For the same reason
that we refuse TO call Old Scratch christan.-B.
A few months ago Mr.. Branch was calling upon
the Wings to unite in putting down the adminisTa-
ton. They have united in putting A'T R Scw1 p.
This just re,ribudon reminds Us Of the boy empha-
sis in reading verse Of the Old Testament-And he
spake TO his sons. saying saddle me the ass. And
they saddled Aim.-LosisUiELe Journal.
Ths school master is again abroad" The follow
ing is from paper published in the interior Of Ken
lucky: Solitary and alone" stand in the corner.
humbell candy dit 70 represent Hardin County, in
thee loer house Of the neckst kentucky Legislature
JACOB GRMEs,
the Scientific School Master.
The Springfield tMass.) Republican states, that on
the 9Th inst. four men in wagon overlook girl not
"a years old, alone in the road, at distance from any
dwelling house, forced her into the wagon, and carry