Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1843-10-05

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4..zz A.lA Iagg. li1 .gEsas ses;seyss. ~ .g,sl
know what to tell him he might count Joh Ii
be, cemes down, here next Sunday - 4 4
a. Here Bull !! .sshouted the widow. ssick
him Pomp." but WeA caniered off, nnwonhd-
ed. iortpnatelgy by The fangs Of Bull and
Pomp, Who keptUp the chase.as long as they
could hear the cheering voice Of their mis-.
tress-s. Slick Pofpp -sick. sick, slick
him, Bufl=spSsy suboy !ssuboy ~ -
SsR1voLUTIoNAax AaEcDoTn at The cons
mencement ofthe Revolutionary war, there
lived in East Windsor in this State. 81 farm :
CIR Of the name III Jacob MuRselI agedqb
forty five years. After the communication
byswater betweensthis part. Of the country
andsBosion Harbor,Ihy the British feet
Munsellwas often employed 10 transport
provisions by land, to our army lying in g
the neighborhood Of Boston. IN The sum-
nler of l775.MhiEe thus employed, he arrived
within a few miles OF thes camp, at Cam
bridgcswith a load drawn BY astout OK team.
In, a part Of the road, which was Somewhat
rough apd where theAtravelisd path was
narrow, NE met two carriages, in each of
The pfEcersin the forward carriage, when
near TO Munsell, put his head outof the win.
dow and Gale dsf9 him In an althorative, tone
y" Dam yot, gst0pt Of ME PatiA !" Munsell i'm.
,nediately retorteds ~ dam yoa, Il wont! get
out Of the Spath-get out yeurselka After
some further vain attempts to prevail on
Munsellsto turn out, the officers carriage
turned out and Munsell keptthe path. The
other carriage inmed iatelT came up, having
been within hearing disiance of what had
passed and the officer whit. IT. put his
head out of the window, and said to Munsell
80 My friend, the road is badsand it isvery
difficult for nae to turn out will you be- -.
50 good az turn out and let me pass ll'ss s---
= w iths all my. heart. oil" said Munsell;
but IgWont be damned out of the path9by
any man., This last Officer was General
Washington. III - -es.sss
l. The writer Of the foregoing article, hay-
ing heard the story al the time ofihe trans
ACTION. enQuired Of Mupseli, soon after the
close ct the war. as to the truth of il, He
said it was true exactly. Ills word was en-
Istirely to be, relied npon:--Coarant. b
ss MATT. XII. 80, EXPLAINED.
Text, ~ say unto you, that every idle
wordthat Iiaen sl1alL speak, they shall give
an account thereof IN the day ofjudgeniens.
R8 ~ RIsHoY HOPKINS. H. "A
This ia terrible text We must give an
account foreyeryv word we have spoken
What 4 dreadful echo shall we then hear,
when All our vain, fottens NllsavoEY, discOur.
sess shail 30 repeated In our ears, louder =
than the voice Of thunder! An idle word 10
thatwhich 10 spoken TO no commendable
end or purposes. Gus yains frothy, light,
and wapton discourses, oil our superAuous !.
tattle,eyery word tina: might 10 better spar
ed than spoken. shall be reekolied fuF at,this
grea: day. Howgmuch more, then, our.til
thy anu rotten COMMUNICATIONS, oaihs and
curses, blasphen,ies 6ackbitings, reyilings,
and malicious slanders and such speeches
az leave the very SCOT of hell in the
nsouths that utter them how uaacil more &C.
verely shall these be accounted itorl Ohi
what aa i0si Ad slIjcs hrs Sn tongues
selves into debt unto Diyina Jusiice and
every vain, frivolous, and impairment worU,
stands M an iteas to infame the. reckoning
that we must then make. OLord set thou
watchANpon our tongues and guard thou
the doors IF our lips, that they may not now
be set on fre dhell, nor hereafter be set on
hre N bell lfqis a8a,sah .lass. fa5f
IA REcEIPT ron HARrIsRsss--I is simply
when you rIse ln the mornings 20 form res
olnlion to make the dAyk D. hsppy;On0 10
fellow creature. Il iseasily done--a left.of
garment, to The man, who needs III, kind
word 10 The sorrowfnl; 40 encouraging ex-
preston to the striving -tfihes 10 themselves
Light a. nil, --will W do Y, at least tOr the
twenty -four hours 3 and II you are young
depend upon II, Il will tell when you are old
and If You are old. rest assured it will send
y on gently and happily down the stream Of
human time to cterhiiys y Look ri the result;
- Yot send one person -pnIy one. happily
through the day. that u, three hundred
and sixiy i've in lie course 81 lie year.-and
supposing you live forty years only, after
you commence this course yon have made
fourteen thousand six hundred human beings
happy, II oil events for aitime: Now wOr-
thy reader. i this not ample and ID IL wor-
thy accomplishing - n sasSalsi ai~
WARS, IN a Nara raw Irlshman.
in the employ OF our friend Fenimore Coop,
er, II Coopefsiown, was sent BY him few
DAYS since 70 The Post Once for letters
| On receiving those for M. Cooper he en-
CURED IL there were any letters for the fin
tleman who was staying At the hall, Mr..
.BrickbGt. The postmaster, after looking
carefully through, said that there were
none. and asked Pat If he HaA ecertain that
was tie same. Pat protested veiiemently
| that il certainly was as he was charged, par
,iculaEly 10 recollcct 1t. a. friend Of Mr..
Cooper passisR tbe cfiicc ~ the -moInenss
| the postmaster inquired Of him what gentle.
men were visiting Mr. Cooper lie Hplisd