Litchfield enquirer., 1843-08-10

week 0 vl0ieut HN4W6F Ot nan 1ccOmpnfIeH with lightning occurred in Freedom nna ||s immediate vlcinity Large onanti ies 6f SIn- dow glass were hfoken in Freedom a'd Knox. In Unity house loecupied and oNns ed by MT. Beni Douglass. was sirtlcH ilY lightning and very much shattered. LII. b who was in the house at the moment WAS struck on his side Ny the fluid. which ds. scended his legs and left hin, thFoiiah one foot, and througli the boot upon hisS other foot, both boots being torc off his feet. Al. though severely injured Mr. D. will recover. His wife and foul children were near him at the. time but escaped injury. The light ming then entered the chufn, in which the family preserve their cream. and u1ade but. ter of it as effectnaliy as an hours chur1a. ing would have done. sIfathe Mesmeric iii- -fluenc8 k pasely electricity, as some one 6s- erts that ho has pf1sed, perhaps this may serve as hint tOsspfne of our Mesmerists to make themselves useful in the dairy. s6
 AFFECTING ScgNE--A JoTFUL MEETING "A few days since, at Buffalo, a boat load of Germans landed from the canal, evidently diFect from thes.E uderland," Among them vas an old lad and some three or four chil- sdren, quite grown up; several tayerH.keep- CTS were around the boats, as is customary, to solicit patronage from the emigrants, and one of these approached the old lady, who immediately upon seeing him. threw herself upon his neck and wapi lhe children also embraced him, and tears and smiles alter. nately bore their sway fiie explanation of the scene given was, that the old lady was on her way to Detroit in search of her hus. band, who had emigrated some years previ- yioGs, and she had thus unexpectedly fallen upon him at this place. Wha: meeting !- Who would not have been there to share in those feelings which overpowered the happy family with inexPressible delight, as the weary wanderers embraced the object oi their. search; as, he receunted, his depriva- 'tions and sufferings, his tDils-and efforts, to amass the means of briaging ou. his family 1; as the mother recounted the pefils of her voyage, her alternate hopes and fears; and then as both surveyed their offspring. all pouring outtears of joy at theshappy event! The conquests ofa Napoiean furnish no de. lights to equal the happiness ot T scene like this!
 LovE OF orrspRIHc. A German paper re. lates that pair of sterks. had built nes, close to a brewery, i; Smolen near Radam. in Poland. The Brewery recently caught fire, and the flames tlIrealenedsl 10 catch inc tree, yet The mother bird would hot stir, and remained firm on IIof sent, covering her brood with her wings At length ile tree was involved n Inc con Rfatipn, and burnt, with the poor sslI Isel ylsnng sDu- ring ihaa afsioleg tsnis no male bird kept fiy- ing round the scene of destruction, uttcring Ecries of distress.- ets
 ~e A goose is said to have saved Ronle---but more recently a'mouse set frcto the city of Valparaiso, so says the Journal of Com merce. The bare fact excites degree of wonder and admiration Atsthe sagacity of the little animals; but the how and where- fore destroy thes miracle. II was in this wise: trap was setiin . hemp. store and one of these interesting little quadrupeds canghtin it. Aclerk hearing the trap pspring, seized candle and ran to the spot, where the blaze came in contrnct with parcel of tow. fronAwhich the flames quickly commu- nicated to other combustible. materials. and ii1 a very short space the whole building was on fire. The flames Communicated 10 other buildings, and all exertions to stop their prpgress were fruitless, until the prop erty destroyed amounted to about $I,5D0.- 900. This occurrence took place on the 18th of March last.
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 A 8IoME THRusT--" Tim0thy, ]" said ie1rned lady who had been showing of her Wil at the expence of a dangier. "you |remjnd me of barometer.that is filled with nokbing ins.he upper story. x,
 Divine AImira, meeklY replied her adorer, "in tanking yoa fos ibis fiaitering complimentt at ,ae IeInind yputhat you oc- cupy my uP s'oky euslfel <
 TIE sLrEs oB PLASrs. -The sleep cs veeetabIes diffsrs ane respect from that of enlels-,hatt it is nos feA. F exhausted powers; butswhen light, VI E stimulus. is wiII,ilnNn, then ihe stall U bound leaxes hsng 6ask nd fold their leaflets toeeiher,or ths Isxge s;tSF ihe flowers, or cover the fruilso asto sheIss rom tbecold dews This constsaI1ed position q se flower and eiage is believed so bs beneficial to ihe plant. in Inc same way taf relaxation h sleep is beneficial "a be an- nal system, And. as the infant requires fuller measure Of sleep than Is needed by the aduif so the young plant is more thoroughly closed during .lie night than the older one--" Flossp and fhsir A. sociasions,' by Str James SmilA.
 Wouldst thou know the lawfalneaB ef tho action
 which thou desirest to undertake. ., hy devotion cons1sad it io divine blessing. iawfui tboH slalt perceive thy heart encouts iffnlswfni ii.pa sba:s fid thg prayer disconrs1s N16<E That action $ mot ssspntable wbie' z.ealz I6 beg ae Blessing. q which hssine suce 1A.s hot iz,. sept ntbanksgisife QaarIss, hS 1Nist.
 R Afsfse rHE WlIsnS- An ingenious. lpt not q a'<- eether original expedient for raising the Rind, VI put iSf0 successful operation in ths Apagf part oi New York the other day bx lema. dressed in plain and decent garb, aud faibcI tiectable ap- peaTaace. She went into the house Of anOld gentle i1ail. afi4i preseniing the compliments d the lady
 1 Ilsed 66xt door. asked ihes loan of two dollars