Litchfield enquirer., 1842-01-13

ASO" lOC' W hOlAE 1NOs O1Os g dollars cord, can save considerable su ns by using seasoned wood. All expense' and loss and gain, by various opera;ions' should be strictly examined aud figured uP. with precision. Those who use a sma" quantity Of wood, are usnally so situated that they have to pay, higher price, and it is equally important for them to econo- mise by the use of dry wood. .g1t ..'..
 The better way for farmers to prepare dry wood is to get enough in the winter to last more than a year. and have it split up before spring work commences. Every one that is using green wood can soon i'm prove it by splitting it sufficiently fine to burn, and pling it up across, so as to ex- pose it to the sun and wind. a sgs...s Tit is a season of storms and the days are short, 1t will season slowly, of course, and the piles should be covered over at ton with boards, or with wood laid closely and slanting SO as to turn off the water, which otherwise will run down on the wood, and in cold weather freeze on it, and much re-! tard the seasoning. .rllsI-. .. i,.t ,5.'
 ln the coldest weather and shortest days. wood will be much isaproved in month or two if it be properly prepared. This sub- ject is important to every one who would consult his confort and his purse yet it is much neglected by many.-F Farmers Jour nak- ! .. r''a s.. o, .a..,n 95
 Cards.-It is strange that iify-two pte4 ccs of fpainted pastsboard should be capable of producing mighty and mischievons ef- fleets ia the human nsinds We have watch- ed the steady game of "whist'' played by ladies and gentlemen, who have sat down with all smiles and kindness; but a run of "bad luck" for two or three hands has turn.- ed the tables sadly. DiscoNtented grun,- bling, and spitefuI vituperations against some unhappy partner, form the conversa- tional part of the game. Why didn't you trump that las. trick7 Bless my soul; why you've lost the rub, aud al+ owing to not tromping these elses-" 4 But, my dear sir" '' Don'e tell me, say you lsss the rub, and nothing could bo mors srupid." There is more quarrelaing over e odd tricks" and ," cribs" than any ether asa.asement author ixed by polite society, It is said cards wore invented lo please . nssSlasan, and we may almost say they are destined to be ev-
 
 pears to dwell in them. by whTcb Gsie aud gentle reason is cast out from all wii0 taks the talismanic pack ih hand. tar''F{
 .AnecdOte.-In time of n,ucb reIigious excitement, an honest Dutch farmer on the Mohawk was asked his opinion as lO ywhicl, denominasiOn Of christians was iR the light road to heaven. sEe&, den, said he, ven we ride our weat to Albany, some say dis de best roat, and some say dat is de best {; but ton't think it makes much tiAcrence which rNat we take; for wen we get dare, dey Defer ask us whiei. way we came: and it is none of dare business, if our weat be gooi.' s'n71'@ '.l, seHda,t ,t bne Gug Adams and rVezing1on.- Salen, Ga- zrtte says: "Two of the most remarkable men now living are the Duke of Wellington and John Quincy Adams. Their sphere of greatness, and thefT career, have been wide. ly different, but in the union Of homely, though not common virtues, of industry punctuality, and self-denying effort, their practice is ideniicals'' ts'a&l on.ts
 The following paragraph from the London Chronicle. illustrates trait ov two in Well ingtop's eharacter.l'g ial 37Ii4 :a.. D
 !" The Duke of Wellington is always to be
 
 House, and if at the commencement of each sitting there should be no other peer present to hear prayers, he, at least, is sure to be thero Though it is painfully evident that his iron frame begins to totter, and his nsind Is no longer equal to the conduct of grave and important affairs, still the scrupulous ex- actness of his habits, his sedHlous atbenaion, and bis manifest anxiety, combined with his blunt straight forwardness make him--apart from his character as the Duke--not little remarkable in the House of Lords."
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 Moving q Foundry.-We recently saw an accoDnt of moving town, but we think the following fact quite as worthy of note.
 A few weeks since a man came to Pome- roy, on the Ohio river, from the Muskingum. and bought lot, as he said, to put a foundry About three weeks afteF, he appeared again with fonv boats. On one was castings to pay for the Tot; on another the patterns and ma chinery of Foundry on another wns him. self, wife, children, COW, horse and pig. be- ing the Sum total of the live stock, and the faurth was raft, made out of the timber, boards, &c. Of bis old foundry. In one word he had moved himsesE me foundry, and all things animate, to his new lot! Such a man can never be conquered He is one Of na- lures soldiers, and can get along any where. r gt8e Cineinnati ChronisiE-
 One in TheusGnd-A minister in our vicinity lately received . call from nesgh- boring Society, offering him an advance of six h0ndved dollars on the salary he was then receiving. The minister ret1YDed the honorable, though somewhat unusual reply.