Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-05-12
A CONNECTICUT STORY.


the State of Connecticut:
| a man IN rather Indifferent circumstsn.
ces, surrounded by a large family, being
entirely out Of meat, had recourse to the
Sheep-told Of his neighbor, Ga wealthy far
mer) for relief. Ths neighbor having ii
dock of sheep, did not perceive that he had
lost any, until one of the finest in the 1ock.
very large and fat, was uliSsng-amd count
ing his sheep, found he had lost SEVERAL
Unable To account for this extraordinary
loss, he resolved few nights after to
watch. About midnish hit he observd all
uncommon disturbance among The sheep,
by the sudden appearance Of man dressed
in disguise. Curiosity, as well To. observe
the conduct of the person as to find hin,
out, induced him to lie still. In the flock
| there was u ran, with whom, 1t seems, the
Inan was in The habit of conversins as it he
had been the actual owner Of the sheep.
Well, Mr.. RAM" says the nocturnal
| sheep steaier, " am Come To, buy another
sheep; have sou any more to sell :" Up
ON which he replied himself, as in person OF
the ram, " Yes, ] have sheep To SELL" By
This Iino the owner Of the sheep perceived
him to be one Of his neighbors. "What
will you take for that large fat we,her :"
piled Mr. Ram "Fhat is IL very high
price," says the man; "but as you are SO
snod Us to wait on me for the plv, think
| will take HIM" "Weli Mr.. RAM" con-
Times tie honest sheep buyer" Lex US see
how many sheep have Dough, of you."-
II am not mistaken >" says Mr.. Ram,
:" tl1i, makes the fifth :" and then went on
10 CAST up tie amount of the whole, and af-
ter giving Nh. Ram, IL petite Invitation to
| call OH him or his pay, and bidding him
good nigh, '''c man led his sheep home,
while the owner lay laughing at the novel;
~ of The scene, as highly era,itird as if he
had received ample pay for the whole. A
lew nights afterwards, when he supposed
his neleibor was near v out o. mutton, he
! caught lie old ram All tied Il little bag uli-
| der his neck, and placed piece OF paper
between his horns, on which he wrote in
large letters, HAVE COME FOR MY PAY
Under this liue he footed Up the whole
amount Of tho FIVE sheep, exactly as his
| neighbour had done, as before related: he
| then took the ram TO his neighboF's house,
| where he lied him near the door and then
went home. When tho neighbor arose in
The morning, he WIS not IA little surprised
| 10 find sheep tied at his own door but il.
is beyond words to express his astonish-
memt wien he found ii was the CID Ram
with whom he had lately been dealing So
much 10 mutton, with his erraud on his
| forehead, and the amount Of five sheep ac-
curately made OUT, us ho had done ID few
nights before in the person Of the ram.-
Suffice i! 10 say hc-ebiained The ssaaney and
after ~ ing il upnlcely in the li,lc bag. and
tearing the paper from his horns, set the
ran, at liberty, Who Immediately ran home.
| giusling tho money, as if proud Of having
| accomplished the OBJ &C. of his errand-,o
the no small qualification Of The owner.
JouN QuINcy ADAMs.-The Washing
, ton Correspondent Of The uni,ed States
Gazette, gives the following interesting
sketch, descriptive Of the appearance and
influence of tins venerable Statesman in the
| House OF Representatives:
"There, uow look down, in front Of you
and OH he further 81 !c oi The hall, and you
will see small man standag and address
ing The House. His appearance is veneer
able, but he stands erect, unben; by the
weight Of seveEiy-five summers, though his
head, a large portion Of which is bald, is
whi,ehed by The frosis Of that number al
! winters. You see, the members have
gathered around him, all the seats near ii"'
being flied, and many chairs having been
brou. l,r in anI placed in The open space in
| front of the clerks seat. His voice is
sharp, sometimes loud and shriiI, at other
tincs So low aud indist!ncs that is impos-
sible to hear VIA, !e says. but you can see
by The close aiiI rivetied attention at the
members that what he says interests them
deeply. Generally he stands almost mo-
| tiunless, bus when he brings out one vt has
short emphatic sentences or ordinations,
no makes q strong gcsliculation with his
head and body /; bowing it down and swing
ing it as il rises with great energy, at the
same instant u:icring the emphatic word.
Perhaps he has succeeded, as lie seems
delighted to do sometimes, III raising per-
feet tornado in the HOUSE; in that case,
you see dozen members or more, all Oh
the door at once, crying out Mr.. Speak
err" Mr.. Speaker" rise to point OF
order" 80 Mr.. Speaker" &c. Amidst oil
this hubbub. confusion, uproar aud excite
ment, in which the voice Of Mr.. Wise, who
is Just below US on this side of the Hall, is
heard above all the rest, you look over to
see whether he who has raised this whiri.
wind has been blown off in it, and you OBJ
serve him staring, with look as innocent
as lamb, and as cool and unmoved as the
peak of Tenerife. Now and then, per-
haps. ut,ering single sentence with terri