Litchfield enquirer., 1839-01-17

INV uu duucENt ANU wv ttbCn 0IU you ever
see likclierman titan Bsrhy Z And as for
his Kindness to me and the children tiIl 1kar
hour, IFS for me to witness end 1 say Il
before " al, tia, before lie tasted this old
mans liquor, there never was "a hard
thought ora bitter word between u.s.. He
was The boy Of my foolish love when Ia,
was. seventeen, and the man Of my chtSaee
whemhc was three and twenty. gave IiiM
an honest heart, that never love6 another.
ard the trife IT, worldly goods that 10y
mother ieft me !, but he has broken the one
and squandered the other. LAST night, as
lay upon my. straw bed with my spper
children, thaught Of our young days, and
our little projects of happiness; and assk
saw poor Barry, in my fancy, just the trim
lad thar he was, with bis bright eye afid
rudy cheek, felt my eyes 6lled with
tears, as they'fe filling nov. I hopo I
may never shed another said she, dashing,
tlrem Of, with the back Of her hand, and
resnming ber look Of vengeance .I'gs
going to- cross your ,lresh,old for the lase
tirsse, and now mark me well. I ask you,
once for all, 10 sell poor Barry no moro
liquor. If you. do, I will curse you till +
die, as the destroyer Of ny husband and
r. win teach my children 10 cutse you when
I'm am dead dead and eooe, 2: The destroyer e
Uncle Shocks continued TO sell rum 10
Darny Belcksr 1as bcf1re, whenever he got
any money II was Wrought BY q good ma-
ny, that Nelly had Ids, hef reason, ssf very
near 1t, abbnt that time. She soon found
OUT that Bafny got run, al his shop aud
sure enough, size brought her, four little
children, and. standing close TO- the shop
door, she cursed uncle 'Zeik, and made
lllenn do so ioOy il worried him exceedingly.
Whenever she met him in tlsS road, she
osed 10 stop short, and say over a form thar
she had, in q low voice but every body
knew BY her raising her eyes and hands,
| that she was ,cursing uncle 'Zeik. Very
lew blamed her; her case was very hard
onesi and most folks excused her on the
score OF her minds being unsettled by her
troubles. But even then She made her
children obey her, whether present or alb
sent, though il was said she never struck
Them blow. II almost tsade me Shuddet~
Sometimes when I've seen these children
meet uncle 'Zeik. They'd get out OF his
way rs far as they could and when he had
gone by they ID move their lips, though you
| couldn't hear a word, and raise. up their
eyes and hands, inst as their mother had
taught them. WleR thought these chill
dren were calling down the vengeance Of
heaven upon uncle 'Zeik, Tor, having made
,hrln fatherless, il made my blood run cold.
After the death of her husband, abe be-
| came very melancholy, and great deal
SO after the death Of her two younger chill
dren. She did NIT curse uncle 'Zeik after
that. But she always had d talent for rhy-,
n,iag and she used TO come and sit upon
the horse block before bis shop, and sing
a sort Of song that was meant to worry un-
Gle 'Zeik, and il did worry him dreadf1lly,
especially the chorus. Whenever lie heard
that, he seemed to forget what he was A.
bout, and every thing wen. wrong 'Twas
something like tlIis~-a19 5a1 daee 90
a"''ed He dug q pst as deep a. hell. l.d g
&'@ And into it many drnkard fells XR
-a4 81 He dug the pit for sordid pelf VI .Aqf
..a4.3 And into that pit he'll fall himself. ,ei
One, time when poor Nelly sung the
chorus pretty loud, and tho shop was rash-
or full, uncle 'Zeik was 90 confused ttaT
he poured half pint Of rum, which he had
measured out, ID his iili, and dropped the
change into the lin pot, ind handed i to
The customer. ta., .,5 s. 'tl..'.
l / really fol, for him; for about this time
two Of his sons gave him a sight of trouble.
They used TO. get drank and fight like SER
penis. They shut she old gentleman down
cellar one night, and one of them, when he
was drunk, slapped bis father 10 the face.
They did nothing but run him into debt:
and at last he got 10 taking TOO much him
self, Just 10 drown. cavc. Old Nelly,w was
tight; for uncle Shocks fell into his own
| pit, before he died.esq g a1na Ytfoa2s g5s b
After the temperance society was formed.
he lost his license, and got 70 be starving
poor. and the town had Ia maintain him.
He's been crazy several years. ! went
| 10 see him last awjgter with father, who has
tried 10 get him into the state hospital il
made n'c feebngly to- see him. He didn't
know n,es bot aip theIime I was there, he
KEEP, turning his thumb and finger, as though
he was drawing liquor, or scoring il down
will BIZ Of chalk upon the wall, .ltseem-
cd as n he had forgotten all his customers
but one; for though the wall was covered
witb charges If rum aud brandy, and gin
| and flip, aud today, the whole was sci down
against Barry Belchcr.--I The Gem. gss
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ElOqrent AN Office holder ately retiring from his
official duties winds up his address on the oceasop
in the following beautiful and eloquent manner - ~
!" Now, gentlemen, il matters not 10 me whether
you call me skunk, possum. Or racocn-T have lux
urated Tor long time in the high grass Of Govern
ment, where tall fodder has been lacking. tho
have been somewha. scan6ed by ,horns and this
ties. and hanaased by the constant barking ofpoh:
cal ours. MY own peace and comfort require. ihatl
now quit the field. and crawl into my private barrow;
and should any ofyou, hereafter endeavorto s,is mo
up with 90 long pole as to DO entirely cut ofmy
reach. SHALL to say the least sf itsgSsarsoss e~'