Litchfield enquirer., 1843-03-23
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! About two months ago IL benevolent Wash
ingionlan OF this city, visited family in t,
| ntnghhorng village, whose situation had
bcct' rendered extremely wrclched 10y the in
temperance of him whose duty IT was IT, pro,
tee: the wife, and administer To the ncceSsi.
ties ct her helpless offspring.
Had the artist wished to sketch the abode
OF poverty, it is doubtful whrlher he could
have found more fitting picture than the
dwelling place IF these unfortunate cren-
| lures. IL was situated in the back room
second story, ot what might have. been once
Sly half century back--a comfortable
frame building, but which. from az" and meg
| iec,, had now become any thing else. Thtrr
was no, ii sound pane of glass IN the win
dows-the ceiling had long since bid ndiru
TO the ratters, and the wind whislltd most
pitenus tune through the many aprrtureS
which met your glance from every part
| The wife whose sorrowtul countenance plain.
| ~ indicated that she had passed through
S,,fftrings such us are only known to the
drunkard's wife, was seated on stool; sur
| rounded bv three little. half naked, halt
starved children. induStriously plying the
needle on Il garment for IL kind f">lnp shop.
| for which, she said, she was 10 receive four
cents when finished.
| II have been working 1T it," said she,
"since early this morning. | wanted to fin.
| Sh it by night To save my dear children from
| starving-they have not tasted II norSGl SIDcc
This time yesterday :" and as she spoke, the
| tears irickled down her furroweh cheeks,
and the counlcnances Of her little children
too plainly showed hat her words were true.
"But my poor husband, she Continued.
"has been SO sick all day that I'm afraid
shall no, he able" AS she mentioned the
name of her husband, she glanced s"rr"wtui
ly to the corner OF the room, where he lay,
seemingly under The most Distressing ngonirs,
both mental and physical, occ;'sioard by n
late tcbauch. Tae Westinghouse softly
approached him and inquired if he could
serve him. The sick man gnZed in dnIaZ''-
lcnt-such words from II stranger, spoken
too, with such kindly accents, seemed unfit
miar tO his Garland he could scarce be-
Iieve his senses. He raised himself up as wei!
rs he could. and entered into conversation as
freely as his feeble situation would allow
the ail-savIng Pledge WAS introduced, and 1t
| required hut little persuasion to induce INN
TO sign it.
The wife'S countcnancc assumed more
joyful nsp.ct-she had once lived IN comfort,
and she dared the pleasant thought, that II
her husband could be kept from drank, she
| might again. The visitor give her some mon
~. and after promising 10 send medical as
>istance To her husband, aud telling her TO
| Keep II cheerful heart. assuring her that bel
| ter days were dawnIng, babe them adIcu-
| and ere he closed the door, he heard one Of
the children ask IN IL supp'ca;Ins tone.
! "Mo,hcr, can't we have some bread now =
| 4
One evening last week. the Wa>hingtoni-
| 4 hon hnr NiSit-hlIf
change The husband had been steadily to
work several weeks, and had removed MS
now happy family tua more suitable dwell
| ing place--a pretty rag carpet adoftied the
lour, and the whole presented an appear
.ncc of comfort which, when conirasteh WIN
that bv which they were surrounded hui :wo
| short months since, seemed truly miraculous
The husband, wife and children, were
neatly clad, seated around tablc-betore
the husband lay an open Bible, which he mad
been reading for the grntiticalion OF diners
As they recognized their bcDetacior, they
all IF ,cionatrly surrounded him and poured
out their gratitude IN tears!
Earlv Rising.-A late will makes the fol
lowing provision :-"AS my ncphews arr
fond of induIging in bed in ia morning, and
as | wish them to improve the time Whit
they are young. direct ha, they shall pro''
To the satisfaction OF my executors. ina
they have got out of bed in the morning, ahe
either employed themselves IN business. Z"
taken exercise in the open air, from i've
O'Clock till 8 every morning, from the 9th
April to the lO,h OF October, being ihre'
hours each day; and from7 o'clock i'll 0''
the morning, from the 10Th OF October +" ii'
5tn ct April, being two hours every mofni's
.. tor two years; this TO he done for some tw'
wears during the first seven years. to the Sal
iStaction Of my executors. who may eXcus
them in cases OF illness, hut tibet ask must b
made up when they ARE well, Land II they WI
, not do this they snail not receive any s"ar
Of my property"
The Washington correspondent of the Courier I
and Enquirer states that Mr. Fletcher Webster is
90 to China as Secretary Of Legation. and that W
Clnsocx Young win be removed from the Chi
Clerk ship Of the Treasury Departmental make ROOF
| Tor Mr. NeyTie sODiA-lsw Of Secretary spsnesT.