Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-05-04

country's welfare, his firmness OF purpose
and integrity of character, all concur to
mark him as the man, and almost the only
man in our country fitted to control the helm
and guide the vessel of State through the
shoals and uuicksands, which on either hand
threaten her destruction"
How IT WoRKs-The Utica Wing SPEAK:
ing of American cutlery. says It IS informed
that the greaNFnglish house of Ibbotson &
Brothers are of opinion that it will be more
profitable for them to manufacture their fine
cutlery for the American market, in the
United States, than at home, by reason OF
the impost duty which the tariff law imposes
upon the foreign article; and that they are
now making their to esta bllsh
within the present year, in the state OF New
York, mandatory for that purpose.
We ask the Loco Foco farmers of Western
New York which would benefit them more,
to have the cutlery used in this great state
manufactured by laborers the whole of
whose provisions and that of their families
would be furnished by themselves. or to inn
port cutlery and pay for it in hard dollars!
A PARALLELs-We learn from the WASH
ington correspondent of New York paper
that Mr.. Tyler, few weeks ago, sent tor
| couple of members of Congress who were
expecting to die politically at the end Of the
session, and offered to take them up and
give them office if they would support him.
They declined, however. They heroieally
chose TO die rather than to take John Tyler
to their embraces. We find parallel to
this heroism in one of our exchange papers.
AS criminal was on his way to the gallows
proclamation was made that if any woman
would consent to marry him under the gal.
lows, with rope round his neck, he would
receive a pardon. 4 will cried voice
from amidst the crowd. The culprit began
to examine her countenance. 8 Nose ike
knife said he, lips like waters! Drive on
hangman !'-Lousuille Journal.
l. How TO LIVE CHEAP.-A gentleman went
to the Post Office, u few days since, and
found letter charged six cents postage, for
the payment of which he gave one dollar
biU-(a part of the "rag currency" that
smells so horribly in the nostrils of the
Democracy')-and received in exchange
four quarters of a dollar and too cents. Thus
paying his postage, and having two cents
more in the +" hard money currency" than
the nominal value of his one dollar rag
Pretty good sort of rags these, and they are
quite common in Connecticut with those
who can get "two dollars day and roast
beef"
But this is not the best operation in the
small way that we have heard Of. Another
gentleman, not thousand miles from the
Tontine, sent his servant to the Post Office,
with a ons dollar bin to pay postage, with Or
ders, if there was change enough left, on bis
way to purchase dozen of eggs. The man
returned with letter, of 10cts. and dozen
of eggs which cost IL 1-2 cts. and eight IL l-2
cents or York shilling pieces, besides. How
is this, says the master. / gave you dollar
bill, and you have brought me back dollar
in specie in exchange. Have you paid for
the letter and the eggs! "Yes, Sir all
right that is the change they gave me-
Well, declare, said the sceptic, this rag
money is good for something after all /! 1t is
cent ADVANCE upon rug Ioy.-2Es-~ld.
A NICE WAY OF DRESSING FRESH SHAD.-
Having cut off the head and cleansed the fish,
split it down the back and lay it on large
dish, spread out with the skin side down.
wards. Mix together table spoonful of
brown sugar, and small tea spoonful of
cayenne pepper, and small tea spoonful of
salt. Spread this mixture all over the shad
and let it lie four or five hours before cook
ing. The sugar will, in this time, absorb
all the sliminess of the fish without commu-
nicating to it any peculiar taste. Then dry
the shad with clean cloth, and place it on a
board kept for such purposes, and stand it
upright before clear fire, or broil it on
gridiron over bed of clear wood Goals. 1t
must be cooked quickly after it once begins.
When thoroughly done, dish it and while
quite hot spread some butter on each half
before it goes to the table.-Bridgeport Stand.
THE RorHscHnps.-A curious fact APP
pears in the t" Occident," translated for that
work from the French publication. "The
widowed mother of the wealthy bankers
Rothschilds. while her sons inhabit palaces
in London, Paris, Vienna. Naples and Frank
fort, still resides in an old house in the Jew
ish quarter of Frankfort, ION the Maine) in
which her husband lived and died. Upon
his death she declared that she would only
leave for the tomb the modest dwelling that
had served to cradle this name, this fortune,
and these children" The house is so re-
markable for neatness, that it forces the at
tention of the stranger. 1t unfolds trait of
the Hebrews, as old as the affection and re-
spect ofthe wives of the Patriarchs of their
Lords.
DEATH IN THE jury Box.-The following
solemn and melancholy scene is described
in the st. Louis Mo. Republican
Yesterday afternoon, Mr.. w. G.. White
field, member of the Jury of the U. States
Court. now holding session in this city, died
suddenly, while in the Jury box, in the
midst of his associates. He had been COM
planning for some time, of pain in his side,
and the first intimation of any thing serious
being the matter with him was his asking
some one sitting beside him 10 take hold