Litchfield enquirer., 1842-03-17


has placed herself promptly and Gearessy on the
plains Of Waterloo A portion Of her subdivisions
have picked their ints and stand ready with listen
ing ear to know the summons. Shall zoe fold our
arms and see read, and hear of what is being done
in other parts Of the Union, and wait for dame fortune
we must act. Let US wheel our platoon into the
ranks and prove steadtast-nnmoved by counter Or
ders Of parzan nature. The capital invested in
s En- S' oorny and
heavy amount are manufactured here, making nu.
merous marts for the productions of the SOIL The
day laborers numerous and their interests are We
~ great. They should understand this subject in all
its bearings. Will we permit the south to mount the
National Scale, linked with portion Of the north
and thereby make us to kick the beam She must
be allowed only her true legitimate right. TO sue
cumb TO her will-perverse and despotic as it is,
would be coWardice. treason, suicide. A Protective
Tariff. what else political is paramount? Give us a
currency perfrct-Exchanges light-were it possible
government honest, operating in all its functions
harmonously, and without the protection and encour-
lorn. Let Convention at Litchfied be called Let
delegates to the National Convention be chosen.-
Let light shine -ins,ruct-make the thing appear
a. 1t Is, and it will tell at Washington Action; ac-
ton, If any thing is DONE B.
Woodbury., March IA, l842.
A FACTORY GrR1-A few years SINCE there was
girl working at the spndles of one of the establish
ments at Ware, in Hampshire county, who suisse
quenty taught school, and still later, found her way
10 Cle west one Is HOW the accomplished VIE OF
the able Representative i'll Congress from Michigan
Nerburyport Herald
The Oldest Man in Boston-On Sunday last our
p!e,ed his one hundredM gear! He is still in the en-.
jovment Of good health He is a tailor, by trade and
made. with his own hands, the clothes he now wears
when he was only 95 He retains his sight and hear.
ing wonderfully. He goes to market and splits wood
for exercise. He has had 1875 descendants and among
then r.. one @nirss Create 'fhld No.
Chase l02 years Of age on the 9th of last Octo
her. This venerable lady is a constant worshiper at
ST. Paus Church, and is very seldom absent either
very bad indeed. She walks with brisk, quick
Step. and although sadly bent with age, uses no cane
and, requires no support, Her hoarng is tolerably
turned agaln-so strong, that she reads fine print and
hens fine muslin without the aid Of glasses. She
makes her own bed and cuts and makes all her own
clothing. She rises with the sun, and seldom reres
before ten at night taking repose during the inter-
val. She reads many hours Of each dav, and not
long since read oleud, during one afternoon, leo pa
chief treasure She studies it daily comparing pas.
sages and Illustrating texts With the aptness and rea
dness Of scholar and divine, She has had three
husbands, but no offspring. All her relations and
family connexions gone. She has outlived all her
eneralons.-Doston transcript.
A Philadelphia correspondent of the N Y Journal
OF Commerce says hat the girl Henshaw, connected
with Coli, is from tina. city, all the pathetic stories
reused to the contrary Notwithstanding. Her father,
German, ls an ostlcr in the vicinity Of the Elk.
change, at this time. She was bound gentleman
At Manyunk. aud ran away from him years ago,
being Then about II years Of age.
The bills OF the 1ousatonc Raroa Co. are redeem.
ed in New. York. at three fonrths OF one per cent dis
count The stockholders have paid in extra CAPT.
tai OF one hundred thousand dollars, which places the
Company in very strong and safe position.
The Hartford Review states that within very
short time, there have been or 10 failures OF the
cfabIn hnnsno in 1hnf piIvr
whom every body thought gooc ard whose credit
was supposed to be as sound as that If the Hartford
Bank.
81rFire hundred and sirty persons have tnken the
total abstinence pledge in the small town Vi Lowvi.e
Lewis county, ~ Y and in like proportion in the adj
joining towns; Jefferson county, too, is fast being
TeSOluioniZed.
Unprotected y-CruShed.-Extract of
a letter from one of the tax payers of ILL
nois:
That you may form some idea of the
profit of my farming operations, | will give
you the result of my Pork Speculation. l
purchased ten pigs, year old, paying for
the whole fifteen dollars. By feeding them
with 200 bushels of corn, made them weigh
200 pounds piece, or 1900 pounds alto.
geher. carried seven of them to market,
requiring two days with my team, and was
obliged to sell them ut Ia cents per pound,
.slore psy-so that these produced 81 dollars
III goods, equal perhaps to about 10 dollars in
money. think the three have remaining
un-sold would probably produce five dollars,
-ald thus reimburse me for the first purchase
OF the pigs. The time devoted to them, the
expense Of going 10 market, and the 200
bushels of corn, are the gain on loss of the
operation."-N. Y. Tribune.
FEARFUL CLLAMITy.-We learn from the
Kanawha Republican,, that on the 10th ult.
Mr.. William McClung left his peaceful hab-
itation, his wife and four children, in the
wilderness of Nicholas county, Va, and
went TO Summerville to transact some bust
HESS, with an intention to return home that
evening; but the mountain storm became
so intense in the afternoon, that he declined
doing SO. His wife and children having re-
tired to rest, were alarmed at a late hour by
the burning Of their house. She escaped
with her little ones from the violence of the
devouring tire-but alas it was only to per-
ish by the peltings of the pitiless storm.
The next day when Mr.. McClung returned
home, and learned the extent of his Attic
tion, his mind gave way beneath the stroke,
and he is now a maniac in close confine-
ment!
Crash.-On Monday evening, in Boston,
as the Catholic Mutual Relief Society, which
had held a public meeting in Montgomery
Hall. was about adjourning, the floor gave
way. and precipi:ated the assembled crowd,
slear 500 in number. into the apartment be-
low, occupied by Riddle as an Auction Store.
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