Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1844-04-04
HOW TO TREAT A WIFE.

FIRST. Get a wife. ar frs ,.EFtfFts r.
Secondly Be patient You may have great
trials and perpexies ia your business and your in-
tercoureo with the world Dut DO HOT therefore,
carry to your home a clouded or contracted brow.
Your wife may have had trials which, though OF
less magnitude, may have been as hard to bear
Do not increase her difficulties. kind, concdlta-
ting word, tender look will do wonders in cha
sing from her brow all clouds and gloom. You en-:
counter your difficulties in the open air, famed by
heavens cool breeZes but your wife IS often shut
in from these healthful influences, and her health
fails, and her spirits lose their elasticity. But y,
bear with her, she has trials and sorrows to which
YOU stranger, but which your tenderness can
deprive of all their keenness. ~ 3t.,5.
Notice kindly her little attentions and efforts to
promote your comfort. Do not take them all as
matters Of course, and pass them by. at the same
time being very sure to observe any omission OF
what you may consider her duty to you. Do not
treat her with indifference, il you would not scar
and palsy heart which watered by gentleness and
kindness, would to the latest day your existence,
throb with sincere and constant affection.
Sometimes yield yOur wishes to hers. She has
preferences strong as you, and 1t may be just as
trying to her to yield her choice as you. Do you
find il hard to Weld sometimes Think You il is
not difficult for her to give aiscays If you
never yield to her wishes, there is danger that she
will feel YOU are selfish and care only for yourself;
and with such feeling she cannot love you as she
ought. Again. 'l '- '.
Show Yourself manly, so that your wifccan lOok
IN to YOU and feel that YOU will act n0bly, and
that she can confide in your judgement. '".a ~
"Strive and thrive" is pretty good maxim for
business man-we have better, done up too IN
hrvme e o.. ,.'''
He that in this world would rise, 80
Must take the paper and A-D-v-E-R-T.I-s-E.
Brief DiGl0gue.-'' Hollo, boy! whose is that
red house ON the top of the hill ;" my fathers"
at isn't every boy that knows hrs own father
who is yours 2" "Mother's husband" THAT is
very probable; but / shonh like TO know scho
YOUR father and mother arer 81 will inform you
sir. They are the parents of an only son, who
knows how to practice the wise precepts OF King
Solomon" "In what way?" "By answering
fool according to his folly 1,.r.tf
american Sheep HusJa,,d,y to re.
cent calculations there are at present 34,OO0,OO
Of sheep in the United States exhibiting an i'm
crease Of upwards of 5,OO0,OOO during the last hye
years. These animals at moderate and reasona-
BILE computation are worth at least $70OO0.0OO
The annual amount Of wool is estimated at 10000,
900 lbs.-worth about $40 100000. On the whole
number of sheep in the U. s., New York owns
nearly one.ffAf ..-. ...,.
Humility and Humor. Mr.. Alexander Hamil-
ton Detitons the Legislature of Massachusetts, to
allow him to call himself Edward Hamilton-be-
cause, 1. ID is too much OF burthen Tor COM
| mon sort Of man to support sucn name. = As
an humble individual he feels his own unwoFthi-
| ness when he is obliged to disclose his name. 3
| He is about to publish some musical composition,
and is unwilling to associate lllusfrIous name
| with inferior productions He also thinks thar u
the legislature will grant his PRAYER. it will oper-
ate as rebuke to the foolish practice Of christen-
| ing children with igh-sounding names Among
| the unhappy and IndicFous consequences Of which,
we have read in the papers that "' John Quincy
Adams was brought IN BY the watch. in sone
southern city, charged with being found drunk IN
| the street at midnight :" ana :" MARCUS MOTOR
WAS sent 10 the House Of Correction in New York,
| for stealing box Of smoked herrings." a
Progress of Science.--The galvanIc battery has,
IL Is said, been applied in England to the eepeying
of akips The vessel is introduced into BASIN MI
led with solution nf suFphate Of copper The Pnr-
ton to be copprring is covered with coaf Of
plumbago. the batteries are put in communication,
and at once the copper is PrecPitated on its sur
face Boston Bee. + ht-