Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-10-24
From he Neao Orleans Picaysne.
THE REMEMBERED ONE.


THE REMEMBERED ONE.
Bring flowers, pale flowers DER the bier to she'd"
Even to fancy that some careful and kind
" nand Will sirew fresh flowers over ones
grave IS soothing. produces melancholy
pleasure which Is grateful to the spirit. We
love TO hear it talked ct; and to read Of it,
10 sec, however, is ois |. There is tomb
IN one OF our grave yards, surrounded hy a
narrow pare bordercd with shells, which
pears evidence OF maternal and sisterly care.
Around it are vases containing flowers The
Jessamlne and hyacinth, the carnaiion and
anemone are clustered together there, and
ming their incense to the wOOtng winds. The
entombed is remembered. lie was garnered
ny the universal reaper
In lifes morning march when his bosom was young,
and the hand of affection brings each day
fresh flowers to the grave. How oft has the
tear fallen over those flowers--the sah and
bitter tear, and the sigh been breathed from
the anguished heart Of the mourning moth.
err! The sister bends each day over the va
SEES in which she places fresh boQuets, redo
lent OF sweets, and thinks of fhe lost one who
made home joyous with his manly mirth.-
There is a beauty in the custom which af-
fects us strangely. 1t is sad but pleasant
subject for contemplation. We love to gaze
on the testimonials of never sleeping affec-
tion-the little gifts-the tender bequest to
the memory of the deceased. We would
rather moulder in the flower strown grave,
than sleep beneath a monument which would
make wart of Cheop's pyramid. We shall
never forget tive look for it whenever we
walk through the city ofthe dead.
II is hard to see the child Of ones heart cut
off in the bright hues of youth-when all is
hope in the future, and the past has no bitter
regrets-when the career of usefulness if not
of brilliant achievements, is before him, it is
hard to see the blow fall, the cheek blanch.
and the eternal sleep assume its reign. We
have stood in the chamber of death, and have
seen the expiring lamp Of life go out We
have, heard the heart.seeking shrek of the
doating mother, and the painful sobs of sisters
we have beheld agony painted on the fix
ed brow of the father--all this have we heard,
seen and felt, as we gazed on those vases of
flowers, SO carefully watched and watered
with SO many tears.
Heard ye that mothers wall .s
It's for darling son. whose parting breath
Look on that cheek so pale-
That cheek was roseate smiles had lit that BROW
So cold in death. .S& , ast
His limbs were firm and strong
Youth sat upon him like q throned king,
And yet dark fate
Hath in its flight along,
Swept Ger your hearth and lett all desoote
And sorrowing. 1s
All! who may tell the woe
Which wrngs that mothers heart with bitterest
grief ~
Who watched the flower,
And taught its bud TO blow,
And nursed it tendery through every hour
Till il should leaf!
Alas when hope beat high.
And all the promises which childhood gave
Were full repaid,
The laughter.speaking eye
Is dimmed, and that proud form now lowly laid
In the deep grave.
WEST PoMr, (Ga) Sept. 49, Melancholy Occur.
rence.An occurrence which resulted in the death Of
men, citizens Of the adjoining county OF Chambers,
in the state Of Alabama, was detailed to yesterday,
and we have no doubt OF its truth. We have not
been able to obtain the names Of the sufferers
appears that well IN the neighborhood OF stand
ing Rock. in the county above mentioned, having
failed to yield its usual supply Of water the owner de-
termined to have it cleaned out. "A person was let
down by the well bucket and rope, but showed no
signs of action when ut the b0ttom--he was called
to, but did not answer. A second proposed TO 60
down and ascertain what was the matter, and he al
so as soon he arrived at the bottom, became supne
and silent. third proposed go down. win the IN
caed out the persons present then snspecng Tor the
first time that there was some mephytic gas at the
bottom Of the well. lie went down, bnt i was only
nearly to the foot Of the we'll he called 70 b drawn
up; but when about half way up, he telf from the
bucket A fourth then proposed that he should be
dashed fast. and no would descend with the under
he called out He had descended but little more than
half way, when he gave the word they drew himnp
quickly, but had barely time to unlash him before Ute
was extinct! The ether three were then got out OF
the well with grappIes, but none of them showed the
least signs of e--the vial spark was forever extn-
guished! This melancholy catastrophe happened on
Thursday, and the bodies OF me unfortunate suiief
Thus have four human lives been destroyed, and
their spirits hastened to eternity, for want Of small
share OF caution. A well should never be descended
within, without first trying it by introducing therein
lighted candle or torch If the light will continue to
burn there is DANGER but it 10 extngulshed IN its
most caution should be observed in descending. Me.
phitic gas may be counteracted by plentiful use OF
lime and saltpetreJ fH t
We have often marvelled Mt the implacable hatred
that appeals TO actuate the Loco Focos against the
Wings. The following, from the Xenia Torch Light
is the best reason for That has been given -
"Just previous to the October election. loco foco,
in one Of the adjoining countess, was railing out
against the Wings calling them A. Il sG re, 2 Names ,
Wings had done to him, 'Theyhan't done nothing 70
me as knows on, said the loco; but curse ,eIn,
don't like EN-, they hung my grandatherint the hevo-
lution"
A penteaii travelling 10 the country called ont 70
a bow. Where does this road 60 TO my lad Z We'll
don't know where il goes, but It's always here when
come along
THE MTsER WHO HAD A HEART.
Among all the orders and classes Of men
that inhabit this little planet Of ours. and
make such hustle upon II, there is none
more miserable and degraded and really
contemptible, than the miser, a wreiched
hermit in his gloomy den, wrapped up in
the solitude of his heart wiibering, soul
I-.-...:..u. ...,an:nn Such hainuG are