Litchfield enquirer., 1838-03-01
A DIALOGUE.
AND DEMoNsTRATTvE.

| was ueHgntlEg tie family circle by reading
them a fac looking newspapcr-(excuSe
our bushes, Tor the editors are as modest
as maidens.)
'No, Rebccca; ! have not,' answered
the old gentleman, adjusting his spec,aclrs
Is but you know j, is Only trfis. The
printers, / see. give very polite dun. bur
they cannot mean me, ash ara che uf their
political friends. and at all events, my two
dollars would be but aIrifling moiely TO
lhem.'
Well, Isaac, il all their subscribers
we're to say the same thing, the poor fell
lows would starve unless they could CON-
Jurc their types into corn. and the press ia-
to four-mll. And surely you, as their
| friend, should be more punctual in pay
ing them, ,hon il you were their political
enemy, besides, it would show your attach
men, to them and the good cause which
they advocate
thought Of settling n'y subscription
! when was in town last said Isaac, win
cling from she rub, but the money which
received for my produce, was better than
usual. and'I disliked TO par, with it,
Why certainly, you would not pay them
in bad moncy. Isaac 2
mo, my dear, but sometimes am o.
bliged to take uncurrent paper, and pre-
fer paying my debts with that, when ca.I
getit of-O, these banks, these banks -
And why, that sort would suit the printers
just as we'll, as they don't keep i. long,
My neighbor Jenkins said he passed off
some on them which no body else would
take, and they did not refuse it,
Shame on you Isaac; exclaimed the
good old lady you would not, hope,
initiate the example o.! that miserable fell
low, Jenkins-why, lie would jew the par
son out of half his stipend and pay the bal
ance IN trade --a -
Yet he paid the printers, grandma in
terrupted ~l;ttlc fiaxen haired miss who
stood beside her erandfa,her's knees.
well, well, I'll call and pay lheG,'
said the old gentleman, not little net,led
- Cor an article, / read in their paper the
other day, was worth twice the amour, Of
tho subscription
'And you know, grandpa, sou said ,ha,
piece about the countert eitevs saved you 20
dollars which, you would have taken from
the Yankee pedlar.' again interrupted The
little girl. .." Eth " ill.,. .e. ....t
Yes i. did so, Maryland for lha. when
/ 60 to town, I'll pay OF my old score, and
| next year in advance, into the Bargain
Mr.. Isaac --- kept his word, like an
honest man. And whether because his
conscience sn,o,c him about the RncurTent
money, or because he was convinced Of tho
excellence Of the argument Of his amiablc
spouse and rosy checked grandch;ld, We
cannot say be- that Us it may, we assure
you, our readers, that our pockets rang
with the tangible procf OF friend Isaac's
probi,y and patronage, until zoe paid our
debts. Now, we feel assured, that If the
good LADIES in the town and county, and
throughout all crcation,' as that most per-
isable nondescript Major Jack Downing
would say, only kuew how the hear. aud
hand Of tho poor printer is giaddened and
warmed by the welcome salulion Of such a
MAN as Isaac, they would read this para
graph to their husbands, and say IN the
language Of The good old book, Go thou
aud do Lke,cise.' .,..
BErHLEHEM.-Thc City If David, as ii
is called, is distant about six miles from e
rusalem; and the beauty aud verdure OF
It's environs present striking contrast to
the stony and forbidding prospect around
tho immediate neighborhood of the Holy
City; and when coming suddenly in view
Of Bethlehem, the scenery is truly enchant'
ing. Tho town is built upou an elevated
rock, but is surrounded on every side will
meadows aud rilis ofwatcr, and large flock
with the attendant shepherds. The frs
view Of BETHLEHEM is calculated 10 reca
10 mind the remembrance OF the glad IT,
dings that broke upon the ears Of the shcP
herds Of by-gone days, who upon these
same pasture grounds were tending iheil
6ocks. The region Of Bethlehem still con
times to be sheep feeding country, and
presents all those lovely varieties OF raslo-
raj life which are SO intimately associated
with our ideas Of quiet end happiness
But the full force Of tho idea is not TO be
appreciated by any but those who have
been intimate with the shepherds life as il
exists In oriental lands. When the shcp-
herd is the owner Of bis sheep. and dwells
wiih them. and devotes all his care and at
tention 10 their cosnfort and welfare, often
times may be seen the shepherd and bis
family relinquish;ng their tent for The ac-
communication Of the sick and fallen of the
flock. They become acquainted with each
other; and the shepherd NOT only knows
the number, but the c0umenances and
biea,ing voices Of bis sheep. and 50 the
flock know the voice ofthe shepherd, while
TO that Of another they show no signs ofre-
coemition. Thus may we ilie better under.
stand the language Of our blessed Lord
when he says: i am the good shepherd ;
Tho ooOd si,enhard siveth his life fur the