Litchfield enquirer., 1842-12-22

place before the door, on the centre of the floor, and piece of board nailed to the wall as a shelf, on which were thrown in disorder, a whiskey bottle never full, but often empty, smoked te.;-pot, with u bro- kea spout, a tumbler broken near the briTn. and a few other table utensils formed the furniture of his 'house and home.' He looked as intemperance ever looketh, bloat- ed, sOttish and bear-eyed. Through the week be went unwashed and unshaven, and if on Sunday. he staggered out to the bar ber's, his tremulous step and debauched ap- pearance seemed to imprcgnate the moral atmosphere with impurity.
 His wife was the counterpart in appear ance of himself, dragged and slattern look ing; her clothes were ragged; she wore her shoes slip-shod, and her physical as well as her mental energies seemed to be partially paralyzed.
 Such was the depth of degredation to which they had been sunk, when, some six or eight months since, they conjointly join ed the temperance society, and resolved forever to eschew the demon of alcohol and all that intoxicates. They have religiously adhered to their pledge, and behold the metamorphoSe which it has affected ia their mode of life, their social and moral condi- ton! ....., .....
 The reformed drunken shoemaker is no longer the tenant of the loathsome hoyel which in the days of intempefance he occu- pied. He now rents neat, clean house, with the several necessary apartments, in a respectable neighborhood. His shop is tastefully fitted up with glass cases, in which are displayed his shoes and boots, and a goodly stock of unwrought leather is to be seen on his shelves; he dresses we'll, and looks happy and cheerful. On Sunday he is to be seen kneeling by the side of his wife at church, who is equally clean, tidy and contented as he is. And lhiS--all lhls has been brought about by the moral ma gic of temperance.
 This is no fancy sketch; we have the parties at this moment in our minds eye, and cannot but bless the cause and call i. good one which has effected on their des- tiny such regenerating influence. A GREAT EVENT DowN EAs1-hear wha, the Portland Bulletin says of it;-
 A friend of ours has been exciting our ris ibilities by relating circumstance which took place on the railroad, as the cars were coming in the other afternoon. While the fire steed was putting in his prettiest licks, shooting along the track like meteor-the engineer discovered far ahead a man sway ing 10 and fro large stick as ifmaking signs. Supposing that some accident might have happened to the rails or that some impedi, ment might be in the way, he prudently shut off the steam and put on all force to check the progress of the cars 30 that they came to dead halt on arriving at the spot 1 where the man stood.
 ! SaV 1hnA sc N11os Ap0 ann,,sAoI tho ductor.
 "Matter thundered the chap, brandishing his stick on high in token of defiance; live fought your lions, your tigers, and your wild roafing bulls of Bushan, and do you think Pm afraid of a d-d old cook stove or wheels :" Nturned out that the fellow wa, crazy, and that he had escaped from a neighboring house where he had been con. fined.
 REVOLUTIONARY ANECDoTE.--It will be re. membered that reward of G5OO was offered for the head of John Hancock. When he signed the Declaration of Independence, he did it with bold hand, in a conspiciuous manner, and rose from his seat. pointing .o it, and exclaimed, "there John Bull can road my name without spectGcles, he may double his reward, and put him at defiance.
 When visited Mir. Adams in November 1918, his hand tremblcd similar to that o Stephen Hopkins, the Quaker patriot iron Rhode Island, who had been afflicted with 1 paralytic stroke. MT. Adams acted as hi, amanuensis, an| asked him if he should sigr his name to the Declaration of Independence for him. "No will sign it myself-if we are hung for signing it, you shall not be hung for it for me-" .....
 MT Adams, then. in imitation of H opkins took his pen. clasped his wrist with his Jeff hand, went through the tremulous motion o signing his name, and in the language o Hopkins emphatically said, "If my hant trembles, John Bull will find my heart won't! which MT. Adams said electrified all Con gross, and made the most timid firm in thei purpose.
 A TALE OF HORROR LIFE IN GIN CINNATI!!
 "The love of money is the root of all evil"-soL.
 One of the most revolting cases of humar depravity, degradation, and black hearted selfshness, which we ever heard of, came un der our notice last week, from an authentic source. The place, Cincinnati-the time, g few weeks since-the victim, an old lady about ninety.five years of age--and the prin cipal actors. her children.
 | The circumstances detailed to us are as follOwS-lhey are substantially correct. The old lady referred to lived in the city of New York, possessed of sufficient property te smooth the down-hill Of life, and make heI comfortable in her declining years. | tiginax in fhsa rits1 ;.1 n.