Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1840-03-05

eminent, General Washington repaired to
FREDERICKSBURG, to pay his humble duty TO
ms mother, preparatory TO his departure to
New YORK. An affecting scene ensued.-
The son feelingly remarked the ravaees
winch lettering disease had made upon The
aged frame OF his mother, and thus address
cd her:
The people, madam, have beer pleased.
with the most hattering unaninitv, to elect
me 10 the chief magistracy of the United
States but before | can assume the functions
OF that otllce,l have come 10 bid YOU an affec.
lionate farewell. So soon rs the public bu-
s'ness' which must necessarily be encounter
ca In arranging new government, can be
disposed OF, lshall hasten to Virginia, and''-
here the matron Interrupted him. "You
VIII see me no more. My great age, and
me disease that is fast approaching my vi
tals' warn me that shall not be long in this
world. trust in God, Lam somewhat pre-
pared fora better. But go, George fulfil the
hlgh dest'nles which heaven appears to as
sign you; go my son, and may that Heavens
ways"
The President was deeply affected. His
hand rested upon the shoulder of his naren,
whose aged arm feebly yet fondly encircled
his neck. That brow on which fame had
Wreathed the purest laurel virtue ever gave
to created man, relaxed from its lofty bear
ing. That look which could have awed a
Roman Senate, in its Fabrician day, was bent
IN hllal tenderness upon the time-worn fea-
lures ofths venerable matron.
The great man wept. A thousand recol-
lectlcns crowded upon his mind as memory,
retraclng scenes long past, carried him back
10 MS paternal mansion, and the days of his
youth; and there the centre of attraction was
MS mother, whose care, instruction and disci-
pine, had prepared him to reach the topmost
helght OF laudable ambition; yet how were
MS glorles forgotten while he gazed upon
her from whom, wasted by time and malady,
ne must soon part to meet no morel
:. Inc matron's predictions were true. The
disease which had so long preyed upon her
frame, completed its triumph, and she expir-
&c at the age of IS, contiding in the promises
of Immortality TO the humble believer.
Remember this story, little children
Washington, you know, was great man.
shall never expect to see any little boy be.
come great man who does not love his
mother.-Conn. Courant.
Punching Fire.-Lodies have been remark
able, from time out of mind, for the dexterity
which they manifest in punching fires. Did
you ever see a lady, blushing with cold, enter
the room without marching straight up to
the fire place, picking up the tongs and
banging away at the fore stick? 1fyou have
seen such thing, you have seen female
prodigy. The desire of torturing their low
ers is no more natural to the dear sex, than is
the propensity to punch the fire. Some
times the qualification of this innocent pro-
pensity is attended with sad discomforts.-
For instance, when you have by the aid of
constructiveness, succeeded in building up a
first rate frame work for the flames to wreath
themselves about, and are just congratula-
ting yourself on your architectural skill, in
will pop your wife, or sister, or some other
lovely being, and pick up the tongs, with one
fell blow will effectually level the result Of
your labor.
The fire is knocked into cooked hat, as
our friend - would say, and sets up a
smoke like miniature Stromboli. If you
are like ourselves, a man of gentle temper,
and your amiability being unruffled, you in
turn grapple the tongs and rebuild your fire
castle. BY the tina the flames are begin
ming to make meal of it, in rushes another
lady of the family, and before you can say
Jack Robinson, her pretty feet wrinkles, and
AWAY BIG AbChS LIlC WuOiO ulAll lItO q HCuP
of smouldering ruins. The thing is done in
can't get angry. You can resume your la
bors again, and so go on ad infnitum, as the
philosophers say.
Dangers Of Female Society.-I can't look
full into purity gals face all flushing so,
without being kind daZzled and scorched
1t wakens me up this cold weather, and kin
dies such pulse in my heart that the blood
runs through it as hot as If it had run through
a steamboat pipe. And then the all fired
things have so many sly ways OF coming
over fellow with them are criDkum cram
kums of theirn, that don't think much of
Teller that can see their purity mouths work
and not feel his own work too. Ifthey sidle
up, | Can't help sidlin too il I died, and
when their black eyes fall fash on me, +
wilt right down under 'em as cut grass in
Weathersfeld on hot summer day. It's
natur all this, and can't help it no how"
Benefits of the same" IF women do snarl
up a felIer's heart strings though, they keep
him out of other scrapes, any body will tell
YOU that A man that is in love leetle is
not always a runnin into rum holes, and 9TH
er such places. He don't 60 gambling, and
isn't sneakin round ightS.-JOnGthGn Sack.
White Lie.-An honest rustic went into the
shop of a Quaker TO buy hat for which
twenty five shillings was demanded: He Of.
fered twenty shillings. "As live" said the
Quaker, 81 cannot afford to give it thee at
that price" "As you live" exclaimed the
countryman, "then hue more moderately, and
be hang'd to YOU" Friend" said the Qua
ker, "thou shalt have the hat for nothing.
have sold hats for twenty years, and my
trick was never found out till now
A gentleman was lately inquiring for a
Young lady of his acquaintance, "She is
dead" very gravely replied the person to
whom he addressed his inquiries. Good
God !" never heard of it-what was her
disease 9"-" VANITY" returned the other