Litchfield enquirer., 1840-07-30

main long enough therein to have passed that early period of existence on which memory
 seems to have no hold, sinks, as it were, into
 the spirit of man twines itself intimately
 with every thought, and becomes part of his being. He can never cast it off, any more than he can cast off the body in which his spirit acts. Almost every claim of his after thoughts is linked at some point to the magi- cal circle which bounds his youths ideas i; and even when latent, and in no degree known, it is still present, affecting every feel ing and every fancy, and giving bent of ks tone to all our words and our deeds.
 lhave heard story of girl who was captive to some Eastern prince, and wore upon her ancle a light golden ring. She learned to love her master devotedly. and was as happy us she could be in his love-, Adored. ac,...ned, and cherished, she sat oe- side him one day in all the pomp of cSastern state, when suddenly he,~re 1e!. upon the golden ring round her ancle, wh,~h custom had rendered so light that she had forSS SSotten 1t altogether. The tears instantly rose in asr eyes as she looked upon it, and her lover di- vining at once the cause, asked, with look of reproach, Would you be free?' She cast herself upon his bosom and answered. Never 2
 Thus often the links that bind us to early scenes and places, in which we have passed happy or unhappy hours, are unobserved and forgotten, till some casual circumstance turns our eyes thitherward. But if any one should ask us whether we would sever that chain, there is scarcely one fine mind that would not also answer, Never! The pas sing of our days may be checkered with grief and care; yet, nevertheless, when we stand and look back, in later life, letting Memory hover over the past, prepared to light where she will, there is no period in all the space laid out before her over which her wings flutter so joyfully, or on which she would so much wish to pause, as the times of our youth. The evils of other days are r.. sor. gotten the scenes in which these da.. ys mast are remembered, detached from .'ne ..ne sorrows that checkered them, and th,e bright misty light of lifes first sunrise, .sdl gids the whole with glory not its own. It is not alone, however, after long years have passed away, and crushed ous the gall from sorrows endl- red, that f:he and enchanting feelings are awakeEcd by the scenes in which our early days have gone by, and that the thrill of as- sociations is felt in all its joyfulness. acting as h antidote to poisonous sorrows which often mingle with our cup.-Janes.
 Frnga1lN Regularity, Simplicity.--I have been sometimes amused-not to say instruct ed-by the simple yet rational management ofa German family in one of our large cities. Though they move in the first society, they are, nevertheless, very poor. and obliged to, cconomize more closely than almost any family have been acquainted with. They the suburbs ofthe city, and the lady does the work of herself, husband, and an adopted daughter-besides greatly aiding her hus- band in his literary labors. She always, seems 10 nave tnlTe enough whether it be 10. assist Mr. A. to peruse the newest work on philosophy or morals, or to give or receive visits. Yet they live neatly and comfortae- ply and happily, on less, c1esume, from ap- pearances, than $4OO year.
 will give you a specimen of their man. agement for one day and it may serve us 6 fair specimen of their general mode of living. They rise at four. Devotional exercises take up the time tll five. Then Mrs. A. "puts things 10 rights" and afterwards prepares breakfast: MT. A. in the meantime being engaged in some of his profounder studies.- They breakfast exactly at six. Their break fast consists in the winter, of a loaf of bread and some apples, or newly baked Indian cake, or bowl of beans or peas, or pea soup or platter of rice : seldom but one at a time. They have water on the table, but rarely use or need any and they neyci use any other drink, except occasionally little milk. They spend in c.,tIrg their simple breakfast about fifteen minutes. This is not long time enough, to be sure; but it is all the time they seem willing to afford. As they use but one sort of food at meal and require but one set of plates, the washing and clear ing of dishes is disposed of and the house clean at seven.
 Then comes long forenoon for study and labor though, when the weather is tolera- ble, it is frequently broken, about in the mid- de, by walk or q ride-usually the former. Sometimes, too, they are interrupted moro or less by calls.
 At eleven, Mrs. A. puts on some potatoes to boil, and then resumes her work At twelve, or whenever the potatoes are boiled, Mary, her adopted daughter. spreads neat cloth over the table, sets on the dish of pota- toes, the bread and the pitcher of water, and some numbers and informs her mother that dinner is ready. With their plain dinner. and pleasant conversation, they pass half an hour and even more sometimes sitting till one o'clock, especially if they have compa- ny. If the most illustrious visitors arc rre- sent, they add noining to their bread ard po- tatoes, or Whatever plain dishes they happen to have on the table, except perhaps some one kind of the best fruit of the season and they never make any apologies.
 The afternoon is spent partly in study, partly in giving and receiving visits, and partly in free conversation, in amusement of some sort and light reading. Supper con- sists usually, of some sort or other, as pea soup, beer soup. a foreign dish, &c. It is as simple as the breakfast or dinner, bot not as often varied. They always retire at or be- fore 9 o'clock-frequently at 8. You would be delighted with this simplicity, although