Litchfield enquirer., 1839-12-19
THE TWELVE DAUGHTERS OF TIE YrAs.

| ! uc urSt tS COluS St6rAt. duu uuE0~
 ieniing m disposition pitileSs and uRChari-
 table; harsh and unforgiving. Her naneis
 Iahoary. The second, who is very diminu-
 tive m s'Ze compared to her sisteis, is fre-
 qucntiy worse than January, and always ns
 bad. She prOsecutes the poor and needvs
 and fills the workhouse with shivering ob.
 jec's. Her name is February. The third I Is Spitefui tn disposition, boisterous in tenn | per, and passionate tn the extreme. Her
 gusts of anger are like terrible hurricanes I which raise the pillows of the stormy sea,
 and swallow up the frail vessel. Her name
 IS March. The fourth is as capricious and l ~avward as an infant child now all sunny
 with smiles-then absorbed in tears-now ! singing as gaily as the nightingale-then
 anxious and overcast. Her name is' April.
 The fifth is a bright and laughiug virgin.
 whose hours ofmirth are seldom invaded bvs
 q moment of tears, and whose pleasure is
 the cultivation of sweet flowers. Her name
 IS May. The sixth IS more serious and se.
 date than her sister whom have just allud.
 cd to. She delights in shady groves and the
 banks of clear rivulets, where she reuds or
 meditates at her leisure. Her name is June
 The seventh is hot, fiery and voluptuous seeking tn vain to qrench her thirst of plea- sure, and only intoxicating herself by the
 renewal of her enjoyments. Her name is
 July. The eighth is maiden whose looks
 bcspeak that mellowness which is also to be
 found in the fruits that hang over her bower, or in the harvests, the gathering of which she loves to superintend. Her name is Au- gust. The ninth is staid and matronly in department; combining the remains of the passions of youth with the discretions and. reserve of mature years. Her name is SepS' lember. The tenth is uncertain and myste- rious in her conduct; at one moment sport i've and gay, at another dismal and 'frowrI- ing. Her name is October. The eleventh is inhospitable aud cheerless; frigid in man. ners, and cold in heart; without virtue to- speak in her favor. Her name is November.
 The twelfth and last isa miserable and shri- yelled creature, with blearea eyes, toothless and tottering in her gail, dressed in flrsl which do not however keep her warm, and slipping at every step. Icicles depend from her nose; her very breath is frozen Her name is December.-P Pickwick Abroad.
 s~ 9F 't '@ Y'he Merchants Daaghter.--A Short Ntorv., If the fashionable young Indies of the day would take example after beautiful and amable creature we are acquainted wiih,I rerchance many merchant in straightcnedo circumstances, might, afier the storm is over,p bless fate that made him the parent ofso con- sideratc an offspring. 4n
 "Father, want twenty dollars for shop. ping to-day,' said Miss -A---<sa-. as she enter.A ed the counting office ofher father.
 "Really. my love" replied the good-natur. cd man, :" have not the money in the desk, and would not like to draw check"
 "Cant you send and borrow itP' said she impntiently.
 ';No, child--I havc borrowed and borrow ed until am tired and have heavy res. possibilities to meet today which will drive me to the fraction of a cent"
 'W Ia nal vnN Oevar told me nG fhka he fore" IAl
 "Bccnuse didn't think it necessary, my child, to let you into the secrets of my busi- ness. What do you want with twenty dol- larsw il.t Gu
 Fl want nothing-Miss - has just come to town, and invited me to go shop ping with her, and you know would feel ve- ry awkward if had no money to spend.- But ifyou are in need, 1t alters the case entire. ly." sd
 "Iam in need of every cent, my child." "Then, Father, shall never trouble you until you let me know that you have extrica- ted yourself from your difficulties. will stay at home, for have laid in my fall and winter dresses-and shall need nothing un. til next spring. g."-BaLtimore Clipper.
 | READ AND REFLEcT.-It would be well, if young men starting in business would take
 heed 10 the good advice conveyed by the ex. ample of MT. Carey and his wife, as display ed in the biographical notice, Contained in the last number of the Merchants Magazine and Commercial Review. It appears from this that Mr. Carey married Miss Flaharen. the daughter of highly respectable citizen of Philadelphia, who like thousands of others was ruined by his devotion to the principles of the Revolution. Ns.Ol7 s.f v
 "She had no dowry but that of prudence, intelligence and industry, and these are far richer than any other that can be bestowed. She had united herself to man whose whole fortune consisted of . few hundred dollars worth of furniture, and some back numbers of his magazine, comparatively vaIueless as soon as the work was abandon ed. But what of that1 Both husband and wife had minds filled with good common sense. They had no false pride to retard their efforts, They were persevering aud economical, and together they resolved IOs make their way in the world. We earIy,' says the husband, formed a determination to indulge in no unnecessary expense and to mount the ladder so slowly. as to run no risk of having to descend.' What q salUlary example is here written in one sentence for the young of our day How altered is the mode of beginning the marriage life now Q days. Large rents, expensive establish ments, unlimited debts. routes and rounds of fashion; are at once launched into And the young people live on. SO long ns petty shifts, coniriyances, and Receptions will sIs- tain them, and then sink into homeless mis. cry, from which perchancc. they never rec0- yer. Daughters tenderly reared. and who
 have brought hands0me fortunes to their
 husbands. are oflen obliged iO return home I to their aged parents. who have Q mainialm them, theiT husbands and their chIidren---a deplosable fate for old age Fatnefs nayN inc nnspeakab,a misery of beholding thslE I sons. is, whom the hopes of affer years wer0 Il lcer.aare.l broken down In0oIenls reCkIes1.