Litchfield enquirer., 1840-01-23

bic food she was to buy her children. vviflt
the half dollar she had earned. Fof' Il was q
SAD truth that she had Hid out her last dol.
.,a Tor the meal with which she was making
musn Tor her little ones,
Alser examining every seany every hem,'
anu every line Of stitching, Mrs. 4. express
co approbaticn Of the work and handed me
poor woman couple of fine shirts TO MAZE
lot Mr: !. and calico dress for herself AZ
she dld not offer to pay her for The worL sghs
mao ooneTa1t lingering few momenss
mrs. - ventured 10 hint that she would
Ike to have part Of what she had earned
"Oh dear! never pay my seamstressea
untn their bills anout TO five dollars. Il Is
so troublesome to keep account of small
| pay YOU"
| Mrs. - retired, but with heart that
seemed like lead in her bosom. When shall
e1rn hVe dollars ?-not for whole month
at inns rate, were the words that forced them
selves in her thoughts.
| !" We sEHIf nave the nolassas now. ,,,ns,,..
er, shan't we 2" said two or three Glad little
yoic66ff &i e sA 6B8tegfds bic R mos VIVA, uu-
swer toriake. Then gathering them around
her, she explained to them as well as she
could make them understand, that the lady
for wheFY she had done the work did not pay
her, and she was afraid it would be d good
.
was paid she could not get them any thing
better than they had.
The little things stole silently and without
murmur away, and the mother again sat
down to her work. Atear would often gath
er in her eye as she looked up from tho
bright needle glistening in her fingers, and
noticed the sadness and disappointment pic
| tured in their young faces. From this state
of gloomy feeling;she was reused by knock
at the door, and a pleasant looking lady,
somewhat gaily dressed, came in with 4
small bundle in her hand.
She introduced herself by saying that she
had just seen some pretty shirts at Mr. It's,
and that she was SO we'll pleased with the
work that she had inquired for the maker
"And now having found you," said she, 81
want you to Fl: and make this calico dress for
me if you do such work"
"I should be glad to do 1t for you,D said
she,encouraged BY the kind and feeling mans
ner of the lady.
And what will you charged"
/ Mrs. - hesitated moment and then
said" Mrs. T. gives me quarter of dol.
lar"
, There was bright spot for moment On
the check of the lady. ".
"Then I will give you three" said she
with warmth. ~.
Mrs. - burst into tears, and she could
not helpit. @ t4
"Are you in need 2" inquired the strange
lady hesitatingly, but with an air Of feeling.
that could not be mistaken
For a moment the widow paused, but the
sight of her children conquered the rising
emotion Of her pride:
"fhaye nothing bit little corn meal in
the house, and have no money"
A tear glistened in the strangers eye her
breast heaved with strong emotion, then
again all was still.
s"E will pay you for this dress beforehand
then !; and as want II done very nice, Twill
f pay youa dollar for n1akingit. Can have
it day after tomorrow?
"Certainly ma'arn. tomorrow evening, IT
! you want IT,"
, The dollar was paid down, and the angel
of light departed. More than one heart was
made glad that morning. *+**
Snow-When drops Of water are CONCEAL
ed into spiculg in the air, they collect, in fal-
ling, into flakes Of snow. Above the region
of the glaciers the snow sometimes falls in
separate spicula. When examined with q
microscope, snow reveals a beautiful struc-
ture, consisting of needles whicisaTe regular
six-sided prisfns, formed from a rhomboid,
labundantly in temperate than in arctic re-.
lgions, and is found to be beneficial rather
than otherwise for, being d bad conductor
of heat, preserves the plants beneath from
/ too great degree Of cold. On one occasion
f in Germany, snow fell on the corn which
+ was in flower, and preserved IL from hard
frost that followed, SO that ultimately the corn
ripened. Underneath ice, snow is oftep
found to be not lower in temperature than
80 degrees (just the freezing point and
hence people buried under the snow, it per.
| soI n r1fA r. ma
while, because warmer there than II on the
surface.
Washington, il 10 said, 10 overun with Office seek
ers." This 10 poor business. man had better b
choppng wood in the wilderness, saving Il in the
streets Of popuous town, thus earning BY daily toll
his daily bread Than hanging upon die footsteps ofme
in power, and begging for lucrative offics-or 70
speak mors correctly ddficdng away his political
independence. Bic peace OF mind 70 secure the means
Eof existing without manual labor. Such man 10
selling his birth right for mess ofpostage. ~
/ 'TES Washington Metropolis states. that from the
| foundation of our government up 1887 the coinage
in this country has been e99,56l ,5l6. SIS
/ TIE Late Sno,D--The Winchester Vireinian says.
,hat the snow in that region il generally OVER two
feet deep. s
Ills worthy 81 remark shat both the nominees Of the
Harrisburg Convention, William Henry Harrison and
EJshn Tyler, are naaivss Of tbs same Charles
City. in virginia. s.. $500. !
The lady Of man in Massachusetts presented her,
husband with three little boys Oh Thanksgiving day.
| Hadn'i he renSsn TO- be fnanktui there wAs0t any
Il more Of them3
| Mr. Thomas Tygel, Of Missouri. says be has effect
uay cured himself fan obstinate cancer BY the FREQ
use Of potash made from the ashss of rcd oak, boiled
10 the consistency Of 6lassss; and, poultiee co
vering the whole with coat 81 tar Two o. three
.;.r.s T. aasrs I'm naranaa An nroaubeEancee.