Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1841-08-26
YOUNG cItrLDREN-vERY WRONG.

Dr.. B. was called to visit a sick boy,
twelve years Of age. As he entered tho
house the mother took him aside, and told
him she could not get her boy to take anv
medicine except she deceived him.
well, them said Dr.. B., shall not
give him any. lie is old enough to be rca-
soned WITH
He went to the boy, and after ain exami-
nation said TO him my little man, yon are
very sick and must take some medicine.
II will taste badly, and make you feel bad
ly for little while ard then expect it
will make you feel BETTER
The doctor prepared the medicine, and
the boy took it like man, without any re-
sistance; and he would take from his mo-
Their anything that the physician had pre-
scribed but would take nothing else from
her. She had SO often deceived him and
told him d" il was gOOd," when she gave
medicines, that he would not trust to any
thing she said. But he saw at once that
DR.. B. was telling him the truth, and he
trusted him. He knew when he took the
bitter draught just what'.o expect.
This simple incident contains instruction
Of deep and solemn importance, deserving
the careful consideration Of every parent ::
Honesty" sVith children as well as will,
others, and in all circumstances, "is the
best policy"
A SINGULAR SERMoN.-F Four gentlemen
and an old minister were assailed on the,
highway by robbers, who demanded and
took possession Of all their funds. The
old minister pleaded very hard to be allow
I'd little money, as he was on his way to-
pay a bill in London. The highwaymen,
"beine generous fellows, gave him an his
money back again on condition Of his
preaching them a. Sermon" Accordingly
they retired ii little distance from the High
way, and the minister addressed them as
follows: Gentlemen--You are the most
like the old apostles Of any men in the
world, for they were wanderers upon the
earth, and SO .are you 2 they had neither
land nor tenements that they could cali
their own; neither, / presume, have you
their own profession and so, believe, are
you they were uHalterabIy fixed in the
principles they professed, and + dare swear
SO are you = they were often hurried into
jails and prisons all Of which suffering,
presume, have been undergone by you
their profession brought them all to un,ime-
ly DEATHS, and if you continue in yodr
course, such will be your end. But in this
point you differ nightly; for the apostles
assembled from a tree into heaven, where,
| am afraid you will never go : but as their
deaths were compensated with eternal glO-
~, yours will be rewarded with eternal
shame and misery, unless yon mend your
manners"
A Real Yankee Trics-A correspondent
trick has been played off upon the passen-
gers in one of the steamboats, that plies be-
tween that port and New York. It will be
recollected that in consequence of an oppo-
sition boat being put on the line, the fare in
the steamboat New York was reduced to
IL l-2 cents. The consequence, as might
be expected, was that the boat was crowded
with all sorts and ranks of people, from a
small jug of Day and Martin, up to four
story dickey. Our correspondent sends us
the following incident: "Our city is food
ed with loafers from New York, as they
come now at a shilling a head. A. pretty
trick was played on them last Sunday. As
Saturday was rainy, the boat did not start
till Sunday morning, when she had FIVE or
six hundred passengers. few miles out
they were called on for their passage mo-.
ney and they began to haul out their shil-
lings. But the captain said it was no GO.
The fare was dollar and half. But, said
they, you advertised for IL 1-2 cents. We
did, said the captain, but the bills say, Sun
day Excepted. It would be impossible to
describe the looks Of the loafers rs they
came on shore."-BoSt. TfaNs