Litchfield enquirer., 1840-08-06

skies, the far blue hills, and swelling waters.
 But then to this desirable result one steri,
 condition must be observed. If the sense uf
 beauty disposes to purity of heart so equal-
 ly purity of heart is all that can keep the
 sense of beauty open. All influences work
 mutually. 'One hand must wash the other, , ! said the poet The world is loveliest to him
 who looks out on it with pure eyes.
 Sylvester Graham, the we'll known lectur- CT on the Graham system, is in feeble health, care worn, poor and distressed. It is not surprising that his health is feeble, for his system is sufficient to destroy the health of any man of common vigor. He, however, is no doubt sincere in his views, and is we'll meaning, though misguided man.
 Boston Republican W1ig.
 So we told him over and over again, when, with his attcnuated form he used to glide into our office like a ghost. He is "poor and distressed" yet with his system of diete- tics honestly carried out, he wanted but little to sustain nature. We have now abundance of Temperance Houses in this city, which have neither tea, coffee, nor animal food, af- ter the Graham fashion. What do they live upon! Air. Poor Graham, victim to his own rigid ascetic system. Upon certain points we are strangely demented in this country. We can, in sound health, exclude spurious liquors altogether; but the human frame cannot be sustained in our climate, without liberal portion of generous diet, especially in winter and in the most exhaust ing heats of summer. Laboring men, espe- Gladly, can never live under the starvation system; nature never can be sustained for any length of time on bread and water, and why should this be SO? Are we to reject the generous gifts of Providence provided for our n ir thn Ec1 Nf thoc and the cattle of the field |! Be prudent, be discreet, be economical, avoid gluttony, eat moderately, very moderately, but do not starve yourself amidst the bountes of nature. We think it sinful and ungrateful to reject what the Almighty has created for our use and while we regret that poor Graham should be victim to his own system. we thlnk his advice should be most cautiously followed, and his system adopted with great gralns of allowance. Talk of temperance why day or two ago I saw gentleman eighty years of age take his seat at table, at Delmonico's, and had placed before hint slice of fresh boiled salmon, with butter sauce and capers, dish of potatoes q la mail Ire q hotel, glass of pure spring water, and a roll or two of fresh bread. Could that old gentleman ever have attained his age had he pursued the Graham system! and yet his dinner, maintain, was strictly temperance dinner
 When see man with huge red nose, I get out ot his Way-there's intemperance.- When see sign of " Temperance House'' l cross the street-that is also intemperance. Extremes are all incorporate: In medic tu- tissimus, &c. Avoid gluttony and variety on the one hand, and abjure starvation on the other.-Star.
 An ch h,1oss Pleech, lately died in London, leaving the. following wills give and bequeath to my nephew, my old black coat; I give and be- qucuth to my niece, the flannel waistcoat now wear; give and bequeath to each of my sisters grand children, one of the ear- then pots on the top of my wardrobc; final ly, give and bequeath to my sister, as n last token of the affection have always felt for her, tn" brown stone jug at the head of my bed. The disappontments of the legatees when this strange will was read, may easily be imagined. The deceased was spoken of by all in way no means flattering to him; very soon his sister, in a fit of anger, gave the brown stone jug, her legacy, kick, which broke it in pieces, when 10 a con- plete stream of guineas poured out of it, and the general disappointment gave way to joy. Each hurried to examine his or her legacy, and the flannel waistcoat and little earthen pots were found equally we'll filled, the testa- tor having only wished to cause them an agreeable surprise.
 Obscure Passages in he Ribe.-A gent1e- man who visits, with great regularity, tho Philadelphia Penitentary, in order to in- struct the inmates, has given Bible to one of the conviCts, who at each visit, would ask him, with much shrewdness, the meaning of some difficult passage of the Scriptures, de- claring that he would not go on, in his read ing, if these were not explained to him. The gentleman was unable to persuade him that it would be best for him first to dwell upon those passages which he could easily under stand, and which applied to his situation.- After many frutless trials to induce the con- vict to take this course, his friendly teacher said to him: what would you think of ve- ry hungry man, who had not tasted mOrsel of food for 4 hours, and was asked by 0 charitable neighbor to come in, and sit down at richly covered table, on which very large dishes of choice meat, and also cover- ed ones the contents of which were unknown to the hungry man, if instead of satisfying his exhausted frame with the former, he should raise one cover after another, in order to find out what these unknown dishes were composed of, in spite of all the solicitations of the charitable mnn 10 partake first of the more substantial dishes, until, overcome with exhaustion, he fell from his seat ," "What would you think of such man ?' He was a fool," said the convict" and will be so no longer"
 WooDsTooK, CAMBAHEE, (S. CD July 20.
 THUNDER SToRM-Nine Persons Kiited.--A dreadful thunder storm passed over this sec-