Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1842-05-05
WOMAN'S LOVE.
BY MRS. EMELINE S. SMITH.

'""Ee' u" III" heaft of Womai, IS para
d"x--a bright and beautiful hope. ov-
er|had"w"d by anxiety and fcar-A swee,
aud thrilling delight, troubled by the keen
"S' sorrow. 1t is plant thai springs I'D
and at'"ns perfection instanlanc"usIv, Iei
are ITS roots so deeply embedded in the
s"'' winch nnrtnreS ii, that no blast of adj
vers'Iy can diSfgme lis foliage; no storm
of passion mar its enduring beauty. /, isa
Hover OF the brightest hues and sweetest
fragrance, which bursts into full and pertect
lovelIness at the very instant of budding !
lis brilliant coloring never lades-i,s CRATE
!ul perfume neves passes away, aud while.
the likelihood is warm within the hear, tina,
1herShes it, that flower is never known to
change. Its early companions, Hope and
Happiness, may pass away iorever-life
may grow dark with despar-Povcrtv,
Fam and Sorrow may come aud shed their
bIIghtlng Influence around it, siil il re-
mains unchanged. The cold breath of in
difference and neglect may be the only
ars that fan il, still it does not wither.
The rude foot Of insult and oppression may
seek to destroy it. by rampling it in the
earth, but it will rise again in its purity,
aud the wrongs it suffers be t''rgo,ten in the
remembrance of earlier wears, and the soft
and serene loneliness Of its spring time
Will again return in It's freshness aud bloom.
1t is beautiful M. stery. Who eau COM
prehend h!-Lady's Book.
BRooDrNG OVER MlsFoRrUNEs.-Tha,
The times are hatd-nay, actually dislres-
s'ng-at present, no one will presume To
deny. livery kind Of business is In a de-
pressed slate, and ruin seems to threaten
every species of manufacturers, Who, few
ago, were possessed of an abundance, and
we're independent of The world, have been
compelled to yield to the pressure Of the
times, and, at u period when they should
be thinking Of retiring from business, find
themselves bankrupt.
But such are the ups and downs Of life
and such they ever will be. 1t requires
no little energy of mind to bear up against
a sudden prostration of all ones hopes and
prospects. But it is no use to sit down in
despair. A melancholy man is one that
keeps the worst company in the world
that is, his own--and though he be always
falling ont and quarreling with himself. vel
he is unwilling to endure any other con-
versalion. His head is haunted, like a
house. with evil spirits aud appnri,ions,
that territy aud trighlen him gu, OF himself
I'LL he stands empty and torsaken. The
tunes and yaDors- Thai rise irp,. hi Soda.
his brain (like smoky room) that his uh-
derstandimg becomes darkened, aud he has
no right perception of anything. Ills soul
abors in the dark, and conjurc and scr"-
pies of his own Imagination, to make that
rugged and uneasy which was plain and
open before. He leads his life as one leads
"a dog, that will not follow in a string, but
is dragged along until he is almost hanged,
as he has it often under consideration Ia
treat himself at some convenient time aud
place, il no can but catch himself alone.
lie thinks of his former prosperity, and
suffers his thoughts to make him still more
melancholy. lie c"nverses with nothing
so much as his own imagination, which,
being apt 10 misrepresent things I" him,
makes i, something else than it is. He la
ments, like ileracuIilus, the maud!in phi
losopler, other men's mir,h, and takes
pleasure in nothing but his own sadness
His mind is full Of thoughts, bu. they are
all empty, like nest Of boxes. He sleeps
little, dreams much, and soundest when he
is waking. Sucn is man when he allows
rcverses TO depress him. Blu, this is not
acting The part Of philosopher. This
will not help to retrieve Misfortune. tie
must be up and doing employ
ment-must move about among pe"pic.-
This will divert his miud and employ his
Thoughts, and he will soon meet with
friends ready to assist hin,, and will find
himself in the road to prosperity again.
Blu, if he sits down and broods over his
misfortunes, aud makes no ellurt To help
himself, nobody will come for"aid to help
him.-BOstOn Transcript.
DELIGHT IN READING ScoTT's NOVELS.
April, 1921 saw Heber one III The
DAYS l was in town. lie told me that yon
prefer Ivanhoe to any OF its predecessors.
do not recoileci to have heard that from
Yourself. b is Cummings opinion too, bu.
/ cannot subscribe 20 it. WaverIy, the
Anliquary, and Old Mor,ality-aIl appear
to me more diveTiiDg, more affecting and
happier efforts Of the same genus aud, il
1 had not seen the others, 1 should ihink
Iyani,oc "a masterpiece. As it is, | AN
delighted with it, though ] cannot forge;
that the others gave me still more pleas
IRE. After all, will they last like D"n
Quixotle or Gil Bias or, will new gen.
Grafton arise, to which the read'ng at then
will appear u melancholy duty. as that OF
Claris>. aud Grandson does to US! Luck
ily, howe ever, ! have twO-ihirds Of the last