Litchfield enquirer., 1840-04-23

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He was absent when the revolution in the
ball room took place, but returned just as
it was evacuated by the ladies'. Astonish-
ed at the change, and perceiving Amanda
standing with face suffused with bushes, he
hastily inquired the cause. A friend drew
him aside, and communicated the facts as
have Penned them-lhe young man was
enraged, and with an emphasis adequate to
his JUst excitement. he exclaimed, What's
that purse proud fool-that ignorant parrot
of fashion worth, who scorns virtue because
it is coupled with poverty7'
Ten thousand dollars answered his
friend.
Ten thousand dollars /! eh. Well, Aman-
da is worth that sum and the naughty fool
in the bargain. Ten thousand dollars and
that forsoolh, balanced against virtueus SEN
sibility. Here, Amanda, my girl, said he,
taking her by the hand, and bowling to the
gentlemen present, let us leave this place,
where naughty pride, pampered and fed
with crumbs of wealth, exercises an infu-
ence superior to the dictates Of good sense,
when virtue is endangered
So saying, they lef, The place, and return
ed home. The very next morning after
the ball, Amanda K, the poor, the
sighted, the abused girl, who was denied
the boon Of mixing in society because she
wore the russell mantle of poverty, res
celved from the hands of the indignant
young man, an instrument Of writing, secu-
ring to her possessions to the full and UNI
divided amount of ten thousand dollars
This gift, and the motives which prompted
it were soon made known to the naughty
Mrs. T., and envy, more ranking
and painful than disdain, supplied the place
of the latter. Nor was the cup of bitter-
ness yet full. With all the solicitude Of a
mother, she had laid snares to entrap the
young man in question, as. a husband for
her own charming grey-eyed daughter, and
fondly imagined that this urbanity was an
evidence that she had caught hip in her
mcshes. But alas how soon do the most
towering expections fall from high stations.
Ere two months had elapsed, the humble
Amanda became the wife Of the wealthy
Edgar N. Time rolled on in its si-
lent course, bearing upon its Tide swee, fow-
ers and beaming sunshine, and every ingre-
dient of happiness for the youthful pair,
and these who turned their backs upon Cap
tain Bacon's servant girl, became the cour-
tiers, the iawning sycephants of Mrs. N,
who, in her new station, was no more
amiable, nor more worthy Of esteem, nor
more beloved by the truly good. Twenty
summers have since scattered their blos-
SONS around her quiet mansion, and the
light touches Of the frost of age are gath
ering upon the temples of her fond hus-
band. Yet love, pure and holy, still warns
the domestic circle wherein the altar oftrue
benevolence was reared. The good things
oflife are poured into her lap in abundance,
while she distributes with prodigal hand
their blessings among the children Of cheer
less poverty. and it may truly be said that
her children rise up and call her blessed,
her husband also, and no praiseth her.
What an instructive moral may be CLEAN
ed from incidents Of this kind-incidents
which occur almost daily in the great mass
of society. The simple tale have told
is not the flagree work of fancy, wrought
up from the tinsel material Of fiction, but is
based upon fact. How often are such facts
exhibited to our view, to the great discredis
ofinellec,ual worth ! Virtue, beauty, in
telligence, moral worth, the highest a,tri-
butes of intelligent creatures, are often for
ced to bow before the gilded shrine of Mann
mon, whose affairs are built up amid the
Wondering ruins of Genius, and whose sa-
CRITICAL rites consist in the utter prostra-
ton and destruction Of all that is great and
noble in nature, all that is bright and love-
ly in humanity.-N. Y. Paper.
The following is related of Roger Minot
Sherman. The Rev. Mr. b. an exceedingly
dull and prosy clergyman, was engaged by
neighboring congregation to preach for
them; but they disliked him so much, that,
after the first Sunday,they locked the church
doors. and had no service at all. The reve-
rend gentleman, however, was not to be
done in this manner. He remained in the
town, and every Sunday, twice day, pre-
scented himself at the church door in full ca
noncals, and demanded admission. At the
close of the term for which he was engaged,
he employed Mr.. Sherman to bring a suit
against the parish for his salary. Thaddeus
Belts, the lawyer for the parish, when the
case was brought on for trial, turned to MIR.
Sherman and said, Brother Sherman, is
not this rather singular principle: man
wishing to be paid for not preaching"
Brother Belts" was the laconie reply, if
you had ever heard my client, you would not
think So"
Soon after the Copernican System of AS
lronomy began to be generally understood,
an old Connecticut farmer went to his par
son with the following inquiry b" Doctor T.
do you believe in the new story they tell Of
the earth moving round the sun 7" AYES,
certainly" "Do You think it is according
to the Scripture! fits true how could JOSH
ua command the sun to stand still? "Umph,
quoth the doctor, no whit puzzled, {" Joshua
commanded the sun to stand still, did he !"
YES" "Well, it stood STILL did it not !"
+" Yes" "Very well. Now did you ever