Litchfield enquirer., 1838-06-28


 offer, and was accepted. When he put his gang of men on board; he provided at the same time for furnishing them at intervals of two or three hours, with hot chocolate, and porridge, alternately, with bread and butter, but strictly prohibiting any intoxicating li- quor, beer, cider, wine, &c. The dram-drink- ing laborers laughed at his folly and srleered at his men, predicting that they would soon give out. But so far from this, they perform ed the work within the promised time, with comparatively little fatiguGand no suffering mot man gave out or was frost bitten, though some of the dram-e drinkers were se- verely affected in that ways @ '
 This and other Experiments fully prove that sufficient supply ofswholesome and nutricious food and drink furnish real sup port to the body 10 labor, and that persons who use them only, can endure much more than those who use intoxicating liquors. The same results, am satisfied fepm my own ob- servation, will always be reoduced in the harvest field; and that true e@pnomy dictates the entire abandonment of hose poisonous and destructive beverages.
 There is no noarishment whatever in ar- dent spirits-it is mere stimulus, the unva- rying consequences of which, on healthy subject, are deleterious, and sooner or later will produce disease. ,,o tss@d !, But, say the consumers of4he article, we cannot get through harvest without it-our hands will not work, and we should not be able to get in our crops. 1swill reply by giving you statement of faets which came under my knowledge. A Afarpner settled nla- ny years ago in a'neighborhood where near- ly every body used and handed out ardent spirits to their laborers. Conscious of the mischief attending the practice, he resolved not to do it, let the consequences be what they might. His neighbors all predicted that he could not get his work done, and that his harvests would rot in the fields. He had a man hired by the month who worked well enough without liquor until harvest came on then he demanded the usual allowance given by moderate drinkers, and on it's be- ing refused, stopped short in his moving and hung up his scythe, declaring he would not now another through, unless the required quantity of grog was given. The farmer quietly pursued his workf-mowed several throughs, and declared his determination not to give drop of the artidle nor suffer it to come on his place, even fine lost his crops by it. When lunch time cnme, a bountiful supply of wholesome food and drink was car- ried into the field, and the dram-drinker was invited to partake file did so, and without saying word more about the grog, took up his scythe and worked through the whole season without murmur. The summer was hot and the harvest large, but at the close of it the laborer voluntarily made the acknowl- edgement, that he had never seen a harvest got through so quietly and pleasantly-that he had thought it impossible to stand the la bors of the season, without ardent spirits but now he could say that he had never got through them with so little suffering and fla. tigue, nor felt himself so strong for work, and in such good health. "a .a; a
 The largest Peach Tree probably in the world, is in an orchard at the old Choctaw town of M,lckaIucha, State of Mississippi.-- The editor of the Marengo (Ala.) Gazette says: "We have lately been on the spot, and saw the tree measured it was sin teet fre inches in circumference. It cannot be ascertained from the Indians, when this or cbard was planted. The tree is dead, but perfectly sound"
 At ball lately given at Bexar, in Texas, a rencontre took place between Maj. Tinsley and Eugene Navarro, which resulted in the death of both. Tinsley shot Navarro with a pistol, but was killed himself by Bowie
 
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 From dhe N. Y. Erwss. l.
 A kisat for Warm Weathsr. Somewhere in Java or in other eastern regions the abori- ginal legislators while holding . "palaveF," keep themselves cool by device that might perhaps bc advantageously adopted in Con- gress during the warm weather. A jar sutii- ciently large and filled with cold water is provided for each member, who gets into t during the session, and sits until the hour of adjournment, immersed to his neck in the tranquilizing fluid. The measures taken are therefore calm and deliberate, and the de- bates likewise free from heat and iIl-tempcr.
 The Javanese Solons cannot lash thcm- selves into fury by violent gesticulation. for any attempt at splash would probably result in being split. Thus, these cold water jars have tendency to prevent oll other jars of warmer and more disagreeable nature. and had the pugiliStic Congressman. who have of late been SO outrageous in the House of Representatives, been "put upp in the Ja- vanese fashion, the recent difficulties in all Likelihood would not have occurred. Under these arrangements, the phraseology of the House might perhaps require aiieration.-- Instead of being "out of order" gentleman might be told that he was "0ut of water.' and instead of ordering him to stake his seat" the member might be required to sgct into his jar" The effect likewise of so many diversified countenances pFotruding from the crockeFy could not be otherwise than pictur- esque and entertaining. Lycurgus in Q pip kin would surely be as imposing as Diogenes in tub. s