Litchfield enquirer., 1838-07-05

renQefS D pIace more attracBlVe tO VlSltOfSs or pleasant to residents themselves, than trees and tastefully laid out gardens and yards It IS to this circumstance, more than to situ- alton, that Brooklyn heights, and New Ha- ven, and Litchfeld, and Northampton, and other towns that have been so justly ad- mired, are indebted. Vines, and foliage, and flowers never fail to make us happier, if not better beings. Jonah was content so long as he was shaded by the goard, but when that began to wither and die, he be- gan to murmur. Thus it is with man every where. He is soothed by, even if he has no especial taste for, the beauty and variety of vegetable nature.- WiAiGmsburgh Gazette.
 The Season.-The season within the me- mory of no man living we believe has ever been finer; nor the prospects of the hus- bandman more promising. We know of no exception in respect to any crop whatever thus far. The last week has been an unva- rying succession of hot sunshine and copi- ous showers, accompanied with a good deal of heavy thunder and lightning, and extreme ly warm nights. 1.-the corn and potatoes do not grow under such appliances it must be their own fault. The mercury in the shade has been frequently as high as % deg. Fah., and has ragged in some situations to 94 deg. Electricity is stated to be powerful quickener of vegetation; and some curious facts have been mentioned to us, which go to confirm this statement.-N. E. Farmer.
 Rise of the Lakes.-It is fact within the knowledge of every one residing in the vici- ty of the Upper Lakes, that there has been for some years gradual progressive rise of their waters. At Cleveland, the shores are seriously affected by the continual inroads of their waves. At our own port, warehouses have to be elevated from their old founda- tions, from time to time, to correspond with this increased height of the waters. The sloping pier on which the light house is based, has been heretofore furnished a con- venient perch for amateur fishermen; but 1t is now submerged, so as to compel resort to boats for those who seek the finney prey in that locality. This would indicate rise of some two feet, within two or three sea- sons. All observations, at any point on the lakes, evinceS the fact of these progressive incursions. The causes assigned for this phenomenon, are various, but we believe no established theory has been obtained respect ing it. .., from "The Aurora and Advocate, of May 25th," published somewhere on the borders of Lake Ontario, which says that lake Sis higher at the present time than it was ever known in the recollection of the oldest inha- bitanls in that vicinity, which is about forty years" We were not previously aware | that the same results were observable on the lower lakes but as this seems to be the case, we must seek the same cause for the effect on both the upper and lower lakes.
 The writer in the paper from which the above item is taken, assigns his reasons for the rise of the lake waters, and concludes by attributing it "to the unconmonly wet sea. sons and heavy snow falls, during the last six or seven years, in the region composing the lakes" Although it may at first thought seem incredible that such vast surface of waters as is presented by the five great lakes Upwards of 10000 square mlles) should be raised from two to four feet above the com mon level, by snow and rain, yet, when it is considered that these waters receive the drainage of four or five thousand square miles of land and surface, the idea will not appear irrational. l The subject is one which deserves investi- gation. The consequences to the entire lake coast, and the various public and private creations thereon, will be rather serious. if the progress of the swelling waters be still onward and upward.-Bufalo Com. AdU.
 Gumpt;on. is fine old Scotch word, not generally to be found in dictionaries, though it is worthy of place in the best It has great deal of meaning in it, and of. ten expresses what nothing else can.
 When see girl reject the addresses of respectable young man who owns farm goes to meeting and pays his debts, for one who visits the theatre, and spends his money faster than he earns it, think to myself, she has not got much gumption. A | When see young mechanic who want: good wife, that can make pudding, spit turkey, and nurse his babies, dangling after a piece of affectation, because she has beer to dancing school, and can play on pia no, guess he has not much gumption.
 When see farmer paying taxes for twen ty acres of land, half fenced and half tiled when he might raise more on six acres, un der good cultivation, conclude he is no overstocked with gumptioD.
 When see man who has good business sufficient to support his family respectfully neglecting his affairs, and running into debt in order to gain political office, l fancy that whatever may be his talents, he is mol burdened with gumption.
 When see man calling his boys from school, and spending three hours every day | for a month, to tar his trees, that the cankeI worm may not ascend them, when he might effect remedy in day. by excavating the earth for three feet around them, l conclude he has more industry than gumption.
 When see man purchasing three cords of wood for the winter, when, by listing the doors, and mending broken pane. he might save one of them, think he has but little gumption. ..
 When see young man just set up in business, keeping a horse and chaise at an expense of two dollars a day, and failing in 1 six months, when he might walk for nothing and continue his business with safety, con. clude he has not much gumption.
 When see man attending diligently to his own concerns. sending his children tC