Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1839-06-13


city, that year or two ago, country cous-
in applied to friend in power for assistance
to berth in the corporations gift. He was
accordingly set TO work at one dollar and
half per day and in few months Gale"
again upon his friend, to inform him that nc
was going out to Harlaem to make ms hrst
payment on house and lot he had purcn:as,,
ed. How" said the other, How Is unIs
did you not tell me you were poor It's.
sand you have saved money. to buy mouse
on q dollar and a half a day !" The other
laughed. and after some hesitation answer
ed aI'll tell you what it is, sir-that was
darned rood berth you gave mc--I got dol
lar and q half from the city-thcn the con-
tractor gave me two dollars day TO watch
the su6-contractors, and they gave me two
dollars more moi to watch them."
'The Public Good requires l.'-On Wcdnes-
day afternoon, a conconrse Of people was 70
be seen about dwelling house on Central
street, looking in at the windows and crowd
ing in at the doors TO see the burnt and black
ened body of a dying woman whose clothes
took fro while she was in state of intoxica-
ton. II was horrible and awful spectacle.
Death soon closed the scene, and a coffin i'm
mediately concealed from view the crisped
and mutlated remains of WOMAN, the moth
er of family of children, who should have
been to them guide and protector. We en-
Wy not the man, who, for the paltry profit Of
two or three cents, sold to this wretched wo-
man, in violation of law, the contents OF a
tinpail,with which she was staggering through
the streets, an hour before the fatal catas-
trophe-Boston Mess.
Restoration of a Club Foot.--On the 18th
ult DR.. Brown performed the operation for
club-foot, on lady 90 years Of age. The
foot was drawn downwards and inwards, so
that for this long period she had walked in
extreme pain, on the top, instead of the sole
of the foot. The weight Of the body has
been borne on the os cuboides astragalus and
.metatarsal bones Of the small toes-produ-
cling over them a thickening similar to heel.
The operation was performed by dividing the
tendo-Achillis, which retracted nearly an
inch. The tendon of the f1exor-longus digi-
forum pedis was divided in the sole of the
foot--and the tibialis anticus, where it passes
the os naviculare. The operation was sue
cessful, the foot Immediately brought nearly
straight, and its position so changed that
were the patient to stand, the pressure would
come upon the sole of the foot. She is now
doing well, and bids fair to have the perfect
use Of the foot which has been so distorted
from birth.-Boston Medical Journal.
Seminole gnecdote.-The intrepid bravery
and tender affections of one of these Indians
are strikingly verified in the following anec-
dote. Having taken refuge for some time in
the city of San Augustine, and got the name
of Peter, he moved his residence to st. Anas-
atlas Island, which makes the harbor Of the
city, employed as hunter by Mr.. Fish, an
English gentleman, who owned that Island,
and who gave it celebrity by the culture Of
the sweet orange. Peter being absent, par
ty of his enemies crossed the river, surprised
his habitation, and murdered his wife and
two children. On his return he did not hes
itate moment on the course to pursue; he
fastened up his house containing the dead,
repaired to Mr.. Fish's dwelling, near by, to
borrow gun that Mr. Fish had made with a
large bore, expressly for shooting ducks in
large focks. In this Peter put an uncon-
mon load of buck shot, and getting into his
canoe, proceeded up the river all alone, about
six miles to creek on the main, as though
instinct had pointed to him the way they
went. He assembled the creek, when dis
tant smoke, curling above the forest, apprised
him of an Indian camp.
He landed, and, taking his course through
the woods of a hostile country, discovered
four Indians sitting on n log, side by side,
and fifth near by employed in cooking
he circled round so as to bring the four in
range, crept up close, fired, threw down his
gun and rushed up with his tomahawk.-
The report, the fall of four Indians, and Pc
ter's presence, armed with such weapon,
were SO sudden and impressive, that the one
who was cooking neither attempted defence
nor fight, but became an casy prey to ven-
geancc. BY this time he found that one of
the fallen was but wounded, and was en-
deavoring to reach his arms but Peter had
the advantage of being already armed. On
searching, he found the scalps Of his wife
and children stretched out to dry, which he
brought of, with several articles of property
they had stolen, some of their arms, and the
scalps of the five Indians he had killed, the
greatest Of all trophies, in his conception ;
returned home and buried his wife and chill
death over their grave. This anecdote had
from Mr.. Fish, who. pointed out to me poor
Peters grave.-Ss. Augustine Herald.
Rare Tsmes.-We have now fresh eggs for
10 and half cents dozen, and fresh but
ter for shilling pound -four too, is only
six dollars and half barrel, and potatoes
only two shillings and sixpence a bushel !;
and to crown all, the wheat fields haven't
looked SO we'll in five years, the season for
planting hasn't been better in half a century,
and Wing stock is fifty per cent above par !!
-4.,..s.. Roch. Dem
License Law.--The Connecticut Legisla.
ture have lately passed license law, which
cannot fail of proving highly satisfactory to
all parties. BY the law power is conferred
upon the towns respectively either to license
or prohibit the. sale OF ardent spirits by
majority Of the legal voters of the town-and
the town being responsible for oil the good
or bad effects Of its own policy. This is put
ting the thing upon the right ground. Green
field Courier - s @