Litchfield enquirer., 1845-07-17

ening the growth of plants, and the effects of both were displayed in such glowing language that the auditory soon imagined themselves standing m the midst of field, and endeavoring to measure the height of the grain, before it was out of reach.- The whole assembly were in fine state of enthu- siasm, and swallowing down the wonders revealed to them with open mouths and staring eyes, when plain looking farmer arose, and, with apparently much diffidence, begged leave to confirm the lec- turers statements, by the relation of an incident which he recently witnessed, and to which he was party. Tommy he's given us good deal of trouble, and having tried various methods to reform him with out success told my wife that it would be best to try something that is new, and rather more se- were. Accordingly we agreed to shut him up at night in the barn. This answered very well for a while, but he grew worse agan, tltl hnally was obliged to shut him up in the barn every night by sundown.
 !" Well, one night while Tommy was roasting with the cattle, and was in bed, there came on tremendous thunder storm It llghtened sharp enough to put out mans eyes, and thundered so loud that it made the house rattle like snare drum. Feeling rather uneasy about the boy, got up early in the morning, and went out to see how he had fared. As I was going to the barn, met man most eight foot high coming towards mel never had seen such tall criter Tn all my life be- fore and began to feel sort of scarible at having him about my premises. ,..,Gr,
 "Hollo, says !, as soon as could speak, who are you and what are you doing in my barnyard
 ' The strange looking animal answered m llt- tie squeaKing chlds voice. "Why, father, it's me ; don't you know, Tommy ?'
 You r' says " why, Tom, how on earth did you get stretched out 80 long in one night !-why, you've grown as tall as all out doors, don't you know it?
 "Why, yes, father" says he, "I s'pose have, for last night Islept on them bags of guano you rut in the barn, and that and the tightening to- getler, just did the business" ..,..
 The effect of this story upon the audience was indeed electric. Peal upon peal of laughter fol- lowed, the people went off every way, and the next day, the lecturer upon electricity and guano, was among the mssing.-.N fl. Courier.
 It will be recolected, says the Brooklyn Adver- tiser, that child was left by brute of man in possession of an Irishwoman on board the ferry boat few weeks since. A week or so ago, splendid carriage stopped before the door of the lrishwo- man, and richly dressed, handsome young lady alighted, entered the house, and inquired Tor the deserted child She was directed to the coroner; i; and notwithstanding that the rain poured down in torrents thither she proceeded, and was told under whose care the child was. After a long search and considerable trouble she got possession of it under written agreement to adopt it as her own. It seems she saw the notice of the desertion of the
 
 but no offspring of her own, and determined to search out the baby and if It pleased her. to adopt it. It Is one of the sweetest prettlest infants we ever saw. The moment the lady saw it, she was of our oplnon and pressed it to her breast with all the tenderness and affection of mother.
 Capt. Jonathan Walker, of Harwich, Mass. the history of whose Imprisonment at Pensacola, for aiding in the escape of slaves is we'll known to readers, arrived in the city yesterday Tn the brig Lowder. He was liberated from prison on the 18th of June, after confinement ot Il months. He was also punished by sitting in the pllory and be. ing brrnded in the right hand with the letters S. S. (slave stealer) He was tried and found guilty on seven indictments, and fined $sl65. The whole amount of fine and costs which he has paid IS about $s7Oo He freely admits that he attempted to carry seven slaves ct ter request, from Pensa- cola to Nassau. The voyage was undertaken in 1n open boat, and they had been fourteen days at sea when they were taken up near Cape Florida by a wrecker from Key West Capt. Walker states that John M. Blunt, the lawyer sent to Pensacola to de- fend him, turned out miserable swindler, pock- eting about $7OO without even appearing in his be- half, although he was within few miles of the place while the trial was going
 Capt. Walker sustains high character for in- tegrty and piety among those who know him in Massachusetts, and has wife and eight children from whom he has been separated now nearly two years, during which time they have felt the deep est anxiety for his fate. The brand on his right hand he styles the coat of arms of the United States If the slaves had been ,chite, and Capt. Walker l had endangered his life in taking them away from the Arabs, the brand would have been deemed a mark of honor in every part of the country, and Congress would have hastened to testify the respect and gratitude of the nation for his services But the slaves were black and held in bondage under the authority of U S. law, and we suppose there can be no doubt that he was rogue Hail Col umbia .-.N. F. Tribune.
 Extraordinary Fecundity.-The wife of MT Elijah Marshall, of Silver Lake township, in this county, was delivered, on the 22d ult, of fouy iu- sue chi1dyen at birth Trey are all daughters, and doing we'll at the last accounts. Although but twenty six years of age, Mrs. Marshall has already been the mother of eIeven children !-.WontrOse (Po.) Democrat.
 Ihe Greatest P,ece cf Pedestrianism euer Per foymed.-A foot race came off yesterday in the vicinity of Stonington, Con-, in which Maj Champ lin performed mile in the astonishing and almost incredible time of four minutes and nineteen sec- onds. He now challenges to run any man in the United States, mile, for one thousand dollars, or upwards, to come off over the Union or Beacon Course. any time between this and the first of Au- gust
 Fathey .Matthe,c vs. Father .Maltdus Ann Dunn, teetotal wife of an tenerant and teetotal fiddler, was put to bed in Manchester. short time ago. of her twenty second child When the md- wife handed it to poor papa, the fiddler facetiously | exclaimed, "What, the pledge again how often l must take it }"
 .fn Er- Govemor hsone.--A letter from Ind-