Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1845-12-25

THE WARP OF LIFE
cid sell myself Tor sixpense," calculated John
Brown, as he turned abruptly on his heel, alter ga
3ing at vacuity just two and twenty minutes By
lever watch which he held in his hand.
I'D rather wait for RISE" said George Smith.
and tn you when you're worth more" Brown
laughed, and aided: swell, George, this is iniole.
rable; il wants eight minutes 70 two, and not dol.
lar have sold tor the last three hours It's enough
to give any body the blues. Here stand and sit.
and sit and stand, all day long. at this dull season,
and there's next TO nothing at alto do. The coun-
trymen are ali at home, selling scythes, or raking
hay on their own account; now and then we get q
letter claiming for damage or short measure, and
once in the while an order. Let me 60 out for an
hour, and should have three men and boy wan
ting ne on special business" -
sGet a book, said Smith, :" ard add something
to your stock of IDEAS" "NO," said Brown; ''Ihat
won't do: dull book would put me 10 sleep; an
interesting book would put me out Of the world;
and should forget or c-crl0ok some momentous
and mOmentary opportunity for converting dol
lars worth of merchandise into negotiable paper,
and thereby damage my commercial name and lame
irreparably. And that isn't the worst Of Il, Georges;
suppose have the luck to held on 10 a man long
enough to sell him hundred dollars, or two, or
FIVE, for paltry profit OF two. or three. OF eve per
cent. the interval OF idleness that follows 10 filed
with disheartening computations Of the probability
Of my getting my money again in six or eight
months, and the possibility Of my getting some IS
to SO per cent only, in the course OF three to i've
years."
Here is picture drawn from life. Come now,
We philosophers. wise in poli,csl economy; We phi.
lanthropists that must needs 60 TO for OBJ
jects Of benevolence; Put your theories and your
purses together, and relieve the wants that stsndat
yonr very door. and knock loudly for relief
Ye ministers OF Christ, who would ave all men
to come to the knowledge Of the truth. tell your
conscience. stricken people. il You can, how to re-
deem the time. Toll them how the hours, and the
energies Of intellect and Of heart tina, are now ffit.
tered away, to worse than no coed purpose. may DO
garnered up andso employed as TO bear fruit thirty,
sixty and hundred Told, for the good Of man and
the glory Of God. Expound the precept which bids
them lay up treasure in heaven, and illustrate and
exemplify the truth 80 wildly that none can fatt
to comprehend it. si23l t8W &@2'' ip (a23s7F
An active mind must have employment. Some
active minds can make themselves happy with
rattle or a straw; with penny paper, or q pint Of
nuts, jack.knife and single; with reflections
upon some palatable dish eaten the day before. or
to be eaten in time 10 come; with discussing for
the hundred and first time the probable amount Of
some neghbors property, the fell Of stocks, or the
rise Of real estate. These ere valuable, though not
rare, accomE lishments; let no man despise them:
John Brown, alas! has no taste Coz either Of them
and knowing no proper substtue but an increase Of
business, which somehow be could never compass,
he suffers Us I've said above. H' E'it'51 i33 u '
Brown 10 good citizen. q worthy man, and .
Christian; it is his earnest desire 10 live for the
good Of his neighbor aud his race, and for the glory
Of his Creator yet cannot but think he is missing
the best way Of daily living. Somebody ought to
tell him Of Il somebody who is able and willing to
show him more excellent way for tits Of little
use 10 shy to the starving, be ye warmed and be 70
filled, il, notwithstanding. ye give them not those
things which are needful to the body. what doth it
profit! .9'r3@ !E '2 af', '" $500 Ty3F0
Several suggestions might be made to Brown =
Thus one might inquire Of him, How came you in
this business! Did YOU run, OF were you sent And
il you wele undeniably put where you are. without
any will Of your own, Why were you 90 placed.
Have you discovered the Lords design! Are you
falling In with III! Have you great joy and peace
in promoting it! Do you ask for, expect and re-
ceve day grace, to an extent that carrie home to
your heart the blessed conviction, that sveyy day
contributes largely te the promotion OF that lorna.
tive process that to result very soon in your pre-.
sentation in Zion perfect before God?
John Brown IL either in his appropriate sphere.
or he isout Of his appropriate sphere. II out, he
ought to know it, that he may lose no time in get
ting in. Ii it, he ought to know il. that he may
lose no time or strength in repining; but begin At
once to thank God and take courage; counting Il all
Joy that he has fallen into tiials. g E,,5 Yox.
tse ;zra,y lg-, iagiaai7I ~
4 Scene Worth Considering, Yeass ago. the
Office Ut the old Gazette was in Hanover Square.
near the corner Of Psarlstr Il was place VI
evening The evening of Feb 18th. 1915. was
cold, and at late hour only Alderman Zebra and
another gentleman were lett with father Lang. the
genius 81 tile place. The Office was about being
closed. when pilot rushed in and stood for q mo.
ment ~ entirely exhausted 70 be unable 10 speak
=" lie has great news!" exclaimed Mr. Lang.
Presently the pilot, gssping for BREATH whispered
intelligibly. " Peace peace." The gentlemei
lost their breath 40 fast as thu pilot gained his-
Directly the pilot was able 10 say, i" An English
sloop Of war Is below, with nsws Of q treaty Of
peace" They cay that Mr.. Lang exclaimed in
greater words thin he ever used b;fore or after
All hands rushed into Ha ,over Square, cryin X
:. Peace. peace. PEACE" The windows Few up,
for families lived there then. N, sooner were the
inmates sure OF til. sweet sound Of peace than the
windows began to glow with brilliant illumina-
tons. The cry OF Peace. peace, PEACE 70
spread thr' u h the city al the top Of all voice.
No one stopped to inquire about 81 free trade and
sailors rights" No one inquired whether even
the national honor had been preserved. The mat
ter by which politicians had irritated the nation in.
10 the war, had lost all their Importance. II was
enough that the ruinous war was over. An old
man in Broadway. attracted by the noise to h ID
door, was seen to pull down Immediately pla
card "To Let" which had long been posted up.
Never was there such JOY in the city. A few eve.
Dings after, there was general illumination, and
although the snow was foot deep and soaked with
rain, yet the streets were crowded with men and
women. eager to see and pertake OF every thing
which had in il the sight or taste Of peace.
" r. J,uraal # Go nmeree.
Illness Of Cor. TnOmas.--We regret 70 learn
that General James Thomas, formerly c. vernon 06
Maryland, IL very dangerously Ill at his residence
in 81 Mary's county. and that but flint hopes Of
bis recovery were entertained At the last accounts