Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-04-01

A Prudent Wife and q Strong Apron
Mrs W., consort and help meet Of Mr.. W.
merchant Of New York, was very econom-
ical woman. and, if the eulogIst was M, mo'
mistaken, had a very strong apron. I Inc
circumstance narrated by the 1rleho oi WE
/ w. was as follows Mr.. w. was nleL '
chant in aflluent circumstances, oio Nely
| heavy business, and conducted all MS III
! fairs with the utmost regularity. Every oe-
J nort,nrnt of his business was completely
svs,ematized: even family expenditures
were restricted to daily appropriation anu
no s,Ircr is the sailing master OF snip 10
| make his observation, work his traverse ana
ascertain his exact latitude and longnuoe
! every noon, than was MIR. w. to nave all ms
accounts nicely balanced, and ascertain ms
exact whereabouts in business every night
But as wise, prudent and Puncullous % nv
was, he could not Withstand the temptation
to overtrading during one ofthe great paper
| expansions: and when tho revulslon came,
he found himself embarrassed beyond all
his efforts to extricute himself. He mad
stood firm as a rock while many OF the most
! reputable houses tumblcd to ruins AROUND
| him. but. he could not collect money due
| him from his best customers, and there was
one remaining note of ten thousand dollars
that would fall due in few days anu NC
could devise no way to meet II. Ane hollco
came from the Bank, but three days re-
manned, and every recourse fallea' me
first of these three days was spent i'll fruit
lose ottempts to borrow. The second was
as fruitlessly spent in trying to force a sale
of goods. Nobody had money to lend-no-
body had money to purchase goods al any
| price Failure presented itself before nun
with all its frightulness.
| The last day of grace arrived, and horror G9
was depicted in his countenance. Mrs. w.
knew nothing of his troubles, and ON per-
ceiving him evidently in great distress OF
| mind She insisted upon knowing the cause
of his trouble. 1t was folly to conceal ms
ruin from her, and he condescende6 10
make her acquainted with the cause OF ms
misery. How much, she inquired, will save
YOU from failure! Ten thousand dollars,
he replied, will pay my last note at the
bank: but for the want of this must suffer
the disgrace of having my note protested,
assign my property for the benefit OF my
creditors, and suffer my name to go to the
world as bankrupt. Is this all? said she.
Why bless me, my dear Mr.. w. can sup
ply you that sum without going out OF the
house. Not waiting to hear the question
which he was preparing to ask, she tripped
up stairs, and in less time than have oc.
cupied in telling the story, she returned
with seventeen thousand dollars In her
apron, all in change, which she had saved
within a few years from her daily allow
ance of market money.
All who heard the recital of this circum-
stance by the friends Of Mrs. w. were nigh
ly delighted with it, save one sharp-nosed
slab-sided Yankee, who would not believe,
though an angel had told it, till he had ap-
piled the test OF figures to it, to ascertain its
probability. AS he finished his calculation
and was in the act of returning his pencil
to his pocket, he burst into roar OF laugh.
ter All eyes were turned upon him, and
the narrator demanded what he meant by
such uncivil department. 'Nothin' at ALI
stranger said the calculator, 'Only was
thinkin' what tarnal strong apron that ere
woman must a had on to bring seventeen
thousand dollars worth of change down
stairs. I've cyphered it out on this here pa
per, and it will weigh jist half ton, if there
amt single copper among the whole ont
ENERGY OF CHARAcTER.-Energyo OF char
acter is the Philosophers stone OF this lite,
and should be engraved upon every heart
! it is that which has peopled the temple OF
fame, that which has filled the historic page
with great names, and the civil and militia
| nv world that which has brought race
| from barbariSnl, drawn the veil from SCI
ence, and developed the wondrous powers
of nature; it makes men great and makes
men rich. First or last it brings success
Without it Webster would have been New
Hampshire lawyer, Thomas Ewing Buck
eye salt boiler, Franklin a journeyman
printer. Without it Demosthcnes would
have stammered ON to his grave, and Gin
cinnatus died common soldier Shak-
speare would have been shot for preaching,
Pope died selling tape, Roscoe lived selling
} beer, and Napoleon gone out OF the world q
SorysiSSSoIhe h mnach for his dav and generation
but much for the world in the past, the
; present and the future.
Energy of character will do the same
thing for any man in small way that il
has done for these. Give the lawyer ener.
gy Of character, and he will succeed at the
bar without talent. 1t is the secret by
which the merchant, the artist. the scholar
and mechanic arrive ut distinction and
wealth. If they fail once, they try again
no contrary winds beat them down, or il
down, they will not stay down. The man
who has energy of character will rise in
spite of fortune and in spite of opposition
Give man energy and he is a made man.
put him where you will. 1t is this fact that
gives us confidence that the American peO-
pie will rise from their present depressions
as soon as as the blast has blown over that
threw them down. In defiance of bank sus-
pension, bad currency, and every other evil
that malice and ignorance can fix upon
| them, the people of this country have ener-
gy enough to rise and prosper. He who
gives up in despair, and cuts away the
sheets of canvass because he finds contrary
winds in his passage, is but poor naviga-
tor.-IOid.
The Loco Foco papers differ upon the
subject of the Inaugural address. Some OF
them declare it is a very weak affair,and 9TH
ers think it very good, but declare it was writ
ten by Webster. The truth is, the address