Litchfield enquirer., 1845-05-08
A pRgAN-YEr Nnr A nRrAnl.

DREAM-YEr NOT A DREAM.
 ! In Ons of the Eecent numbers cl rArleys Cabinet
 Eibmrys entitled a sENfERpnnss. lnposrnx. AxS
 ARr os MAN, the unshor 6nr1ishes us with a pre.
 face inthe form Of dream. ttappears to us to be
 hit of with great felicity. and taken in eOnnee.
 ton with the contents of the book, is in high de- gree significant and slFlking. The prsihcs is as IfoII0ws:
 l I was d9zing by ny evening fre-side, when one of those hastY visipns passed before nv mind. which sometimes seem Co feveal the contents of I volumes in the space of feN seconds. If afnear
 cd as If every article of furniture in the room be- 1 came euddenly animated with life and endowed
 with the gift of speech; and that each one came forward to solicit my attention, and beseech he to 1 write its life and adventures.
 The portly piano, advancing with sort of ele- phantfue step, informed me that its rosewood co- Fering wns violently torn from it's birthplace in the forests of Brazil, itsmassve iegs of pine grew in the wilds of Maine; the iron which formed it's frame was dug from mine in Swedens its springs were fabricsted at ROuen; the brazen rods of the pedals were made of copper from Cornwall, mixed with silver from the mines of Rotos; the covering of the keys was formed of the tusks of elephants iron. Africa; the varnish was from India; the hinges from BirmmghamsA and the whole were wrought into their present form at the world I FSuOWueu eStoDllSnmcnl OL VHSSSrSs OnsCkeflnR & Co, Washington st., Boston, syr.74 e F&' | While was musing on the singular fact that the four quarters of the globe had been ransacked for the materials of which to construct this single instr1ment, heard an extraordinary rattling in the china closet. On opening the door and looking in, beheld with anazement, every anticipates, piatters, bowls and tumblerss castors and cream pots, salvers and salt -attitudnzing, if inspired with some extraordinari emotion. All anoal~ rnnfr,ainn that of Babel, ,ssalated my ears Amid the din, could gather onlyA few detached sounds, The set of phials in the castor-stand seemed have the ad. vantage of lungs and therefore gathered the fol- lowing sentences: "g,n said Mustard, swas raised by an old woman in France, and manufactured in Paris" ss And l." said Pepper, "was cultivated by the swarthy Malays of Sumatra, and made a voyage halt round the world to get herew "And l" said Ketchup, " "came into existence as mush- room, and was pickled by Underwood of Boston," {" And I,"s said Soy, was reared and manufactured in Japan!" " And ;" sad Sweet Oil. "came from the sunny climes of Italy" "And l." said Vine- gar, with a scowl and scream. "Lcame from Bewildefed by the clamors of the china closet, shut the door in the face o the insurgents; but if had silenced one source of annoyance another was before me. Tie carpet rose and fell like waves beneath my feet and at length one of the large cir cular figures stood erect, and with goggling eyes l and enormous mouth, addressed me as follows :- "I was horn upon the backs of sheep, that were fed in Asia Minor; was spun by those who pray five times day to Mahonnet; the colors that deco
 rate me were gathered from the three Kingdoms of \ nature, and Vas woven in machine, the inven- | tion of which consumed twenty centuries!' !'
 II Scarcely was this speech ended, when saw the
 mirror swaying rapidly back and forth, and after moment if exclaimed '" Listen to me ?, The glass I which forms my face was once the waste sand of the pit; this was purified and exalted by fire. was then polished by the artizans of Paris. The T quicksilver which gives me my magical power, was I dug from the mines of Almaden, thousand feet below the surface of the earth; the gold which I gilds my ifameNwas washed from the Mountains of
 the Moon by the Niger, and having passed through the purse of the king of Ashantee, was beaten 10 the thinnsss of the thirty thousandth part of an inchp Hardly was this burst of rhetoric ended, I when the tArgand lamp declared that its oil once
 dwelt in the head of whale seventy feet n length,
 and which had ploughed the Pacific for half cen. ,tpry. A book that lay upon the table, spoke of
 containing in its leaves variety of rags, gathered 4 from the four winds each of which could tell
 tale; and a sofa said something of hair from the
 tails wild horses caught on the Pampas of South America, and lofty trees of mahogany, cut down from the mighty forests of Campeachy. The scene became more and more bewildering and as each object seemed 10 be endowed with fiercer aspect and louder tone, my heart beat violently, and
 asvoke. Looking around, I saw before me note from the printing office, which ran thus:
 t"Dear Sir--- --Piease furnish US copy for the pre-
 face to the :, Enterprise, Industry. and Art of isY If the kind and considerate reader will bear in
 mind that preface, though placed at the begin- 4 ming, IS the last thing written; and if, moreover,
 he has the patience to peruse the following pages -he may come to the conclusion that the prece- f ding dream was neither unnatural, nor very un-
 apt Interpretation of the contents of the volume. s The pages which succeed this fancilul introduce
 tion are designed to exhibit the enterprise, indus
 try and art of man, as displayed in fishing. hunt ing, commerce, navigation, mining, agriculture.
 and manufacturers They are replete with enter
 taning sketches, lively descriptions, and striking sl reIections:a We make two or three extracts,
 which will be read with interest, and give some idea of the scope of the subject, and the happy ' style in which it is treated by the author.
 Fl WHALE FIsHERy.--But if the dangers and pri- vations of the whale fishery are great, it's benei- cent results are an adequate compensation It is impossible to compass in single view, the bless. ings bestowed upon mankind by this branch of en. Enterprise. There Is no member of society who is not indebted to this source for many of his enjoy
 ments. Let the ladies consider that the perfection of their stays is derived from whalebone and lei :. him who carries an umbrella, make similar re. fecton. Letthe traveller who glides along twelve miles an hour in a steamboat, or twenty-five in a
 locomotive, consider that he is under obligation to
 the whaer for the oil, which thus smooths his way I and capacities his journey. Letthe man who buys cotton for shirt, at ten cents yard. thank the . whaer, for it was whale oil that fabricated the
 machinery which produced 1t, Let every human
 being that wears cloth, or consumes any other ar. E ticle produced by machinery, acknowledge the ob- ligation he owes to the daring perseverance, of the
 whaer, for these all, in some degree, the result rf h.a Ac:l anI | of avav, 4h. l.:-a.