Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1838-03-15

veried by science into mighty orb, the
source of light and heat, the centre Of at
traction, the sun Of a system like our own.
The beautiful planet which fingers in the
western sky when the sun has gone down,
or heralds the approach Of morning, whose
mild and lovely beams seem to shed spir-
il of tranquility, moi nnmixed with sadness,
nor far removed from devotion, into the We
nv heart Of him who wanders forth in soil
tude to behold it, is, in the contemplation
OF science, cloud-wrapi sphere-a world
of rugged mountains and stormy dceps.-
we study, we reason, we contemplate
We climb the gidy scaffold Of induction,
up to the very stars. We borrow the
wings OF the boldest analysis and fec to
the uPpermost parts Of creation, and then
shutting our eyes on the radiant points that
| twinkle in the vaults Of night, the well cou-
structed mind sees opening before it, the
stupendous mechanism Of the heavens. lis
planets swell Into worlds. Its crowded
stars recede, expand, become central suns,
and we hear the rush Of the mighty orbs
that circle round them. The bands of
Orion are loosed, and the sparkling rays
which cross each other on his belt, are re
! solved into foods Of light, streaming from
system to system, across the pathway Of the
outer heavens. The conclusions that we
reach are progressively grand and sublime
the Imagination sinks under them; the
truth is too vast, too remote from the pre-
misses, from which il is deduced and man,
! poor frail man, sinks back to earth, and
signs to worship again with the innocence
of a child or Chaldean shepherd, the quiet
and beautiful stars as he sees them in the
simplicity Of science.
Education of Females.-There is sea-
son when the youthful must cease to be
young, and the beautiful to excite admira-
ton. To learn how to grow old gracefully
is perhaps one Of the rarest and most val
liable arts that can be taught to woman
and it must be severe trial for those wo-
men to lay down beauty who have nothing
else 20 take up. Tits for this sober season
Of life that education should lay up its rich
resources. However disregarded they may
have been, they will be wanted now
When admirers fall away and falterers be.
come mute, the mind will DO driven to re-
tire into itself, and if it find no entertain
ment at home il will be driven back again
upon the world with increased force. Yet,
| forgetting this, do we not seem to educate
our daughters exclusively for the transient
period Of youth? Do we not educate them
for the world, and not for themselves for
show, and not for use I for time, and not
for eternity?
zime.-Time is the most inde6nable,
yet paradoxical of things; the past is gone,
| the future Is not come, and tho present be-
comes the past even while we attempt to
define it, and like the fash Of lightning
at once exists and expires. Time is the
mcasurer Of all things. but is itself immea-
surable, and the grand discloser ofall things,
but is itself undisclosed. Like space il is
ncomprehensible, becnuse il has no limits,
and il would be still more SO lift had. /,
is more obscure in its sources than the Nile,
and in its termination than the Niger adj
vances like the swifiest torrent. II gives
wings Of lightning to pleasure, but feet Of
lead to pain, and lends expectation curb,
but enjoyment spur. 1t robs beauty OF
her charms 10 bcstow them on her picture,
aud builds monument to merit. but denies
it house it is the transient and deceitful
fiatterer of falsehood, but the tried and f.
nal friend Of truth. Time is the most
subtle vet the most Unsuitable Of depreda-
tors, and by appearing TO take nothing, is
permitted to take all nor can 1t be satisfl-
ed until il has stolen the world from us and
US from the world. IT constantly flies, yet
overcomcs all things by fight. and although
il is the present ally, il will be the future
conqueror of death. Time, the cradle OF
hone. but the grave Of ambition, is the Stern
correc,or offools, but the salutary COUNSEL
lor of the wise, bringing all they dread 10
the one, and all they desire to the other |;
but like Cassandra II warns us with a voice
that even the sages discredit too long, and
the siIIiest too late. Wisdom walks before
IL: and repentance behind il; he that has
made it his friend will have little to fear
from his enemies but he that has made ],
his enemy will have but little to hope from
his friends.-Ldc0n.
Hints to Lovers.-If youth is wooiDg-
~ disposed towards any damsei, as he val
nes his happiness, let him follow my adj
vice; call on the lady when she least ex-
poets him, and take notice Of the appear
ance Of all that is under her control. OBJ
serve If the shoe fits neatly--if the gloves
are clean, and the hair neai-and would
forgive n man for breaking of an engage
ment, if he discovered greasy novel hid
away Under the cushion Of sofa. or hole
in the garniture Of the pretliest foo, in the
world. Slovenlincss will ever be avoided
by a well regulated mind us would pcsti-
lence. A woman cannot always be dres-
sed.' particularly one IN middle or humble