Litchfield enquirer., 1845-02-06
1T IS ONLY A CENT.
y little iad, don't spend that cent for

I. Now my little lad, don't spend that cent for
candy. Gs.4 ea tR -a
j why, didn't my father give it to mes es.
4 Certainly he did, but that d no reason why You
shop and buy roll, in five minutes you will be no
better off for having the money; now save your
money and your health, aud put it in bog Ut
Il Il 8 But it is only cent ss s 4
4 A hundred Of them make dollar, and il You
never save the cents, you never will be worth dol
lar Wa a. 'aas f3n.
j But papa gave me this to enjoy il. lido not
y want to lay itup., .97a ~
f. Well, / we'll tell you how to enjoy il. Not by
throwing it away for ,uDwhoiesome sweetmeats |;
but keep it until you have six, and then go to the
bakers andlbuy nice loaf Of bread. eaI
l., Stop moment, IsgviH tell you. A poor old
n widow lady lives dossnin the alley below your
house ); all that she has to live upon is what kind
neighbors bring in sa7
| so, L know who you mean. Old Widow Brown
l-2oiher has sent me there great many times
i Well, do you take yorr loaf Of nice bread, and
get your mother to put j white napkin round it,
4 and then carry it down to her house and say
4 Here's Mrs. Brown, is present from little boy,
1 will you please to acceptit" ~ st:tfisa
/ well, III do it! b / know just what she will
/ say. She will cry, and then put her hands upon
/ my head, and say--God bless you. my little boy
4 And shall feel so happy! u wish | had the mo.
.Iney now But WON'T spend cent until get it,
i Then youwill indeed enjoy your money. ? 1t is
more blessed, Jesus says, ito give than to receive
alos7ning Mortality among the Fish--We are
scrry to hear that the mortality among the fish on
our shores is spreading with alarming rapidty.-
The infected district already embraces the entire
coast, from near the east end of Long lsland TOT
the capes of Virginia, extending out into the ocean
| for distance of one to three miles. We learn
4 from several intelligent citizens, some of them
| Sandy Hook Pilots and Captains of coasting ves-
( sells, that the shores of Long Island, New Jersey
and Delaware are lined with millions of dead fish,
while THOUSANDS are found floating in every direc-
1 ton. The cause Of this strange calamity is yet
tunexplained 1t has been noticed that the water
in the infected district is dscolored, and looks
blacker than the ordinary sea.wafeT.~ Immediate
ly entering the brown water. the fish are seized
with convulsions, rise to the surface, and die in al
! few minutes. 1t seems TO US that our scientific;
men should investigate this phenomenon as speed,
lily asspossible. 4 Many persons fear that on the
Eapproach of summer, pestilence may result from
the putrifacton of the masses of dead fish already
thrown upon the coast, while the loss and injury.
to our great shad fisheries the season Of which is
4 approaching, may be very disastrous. Is
+ The great volume Of fresh water from the Hud-,
son and other rivers in this vicinity, seems TO have
kept the infected water Of the ocean from entering
our bays anA haxborsz Should the infection find
its way into our bays and rivers, the result would
i be depl qrable,--.NE. San.
4 6reat TVeaifh- "A New York publication, says
the Albany Citizen, gives the names Of $50 citi-
Zens of that city, whose aggregate wealth is set
down at the enormous sum of tsco hundred and
eighteen millions eight hundred thousand dollars.
+ A fine property for young man just starting in
life. or for an old one who u about leaving it,
Among these wealthy men, we give the names and
!. reputed wealth of the following: NJ Il ,..,.s
John Jacob Astor, &oJ. 100000
Stephen Whitney, 100000
Estate of s Van Rensselaer,, 100000
VIM. B., Astor, s5000,000
i James Lennox, 3,000.000s
4 p. p. Stuyvesant, 100000 5s
Il There are s worth each, 100000
u There are 10 worth each. 100000
II The remainder range from $500 900 to $loo. 900.
Harper & Brothers, the great publishers, are set
down at 81 100000. Edwin Forrest 10 ticketed
for 100000. For the benefit Of our Bachelor
friends, we win just hint that two widow ladies.
ages not stated, are put down 81 100000 EACH
There are also number whose wealth ranges from
: $I,0OO,0Uo to 100000 These are all, probably,
$ prizes in the lottery Of life. 9a
. .attempf to Escape.-The Hudson River Chron-
h, ice says An ingenious and nearly successful at
tempt TO escape from the State Prison at this place
was made by one of the convicts on last Sunday
morning. He by some means procured an empty
hogshead, one end of which was tight, the other a.
!,
ter, got into it, and started his voyage. He met
with no impeachment until he arrived at the lower
end ofthe prison pier where unfortunately for him
his strange vessel attracted the attention Of per-
son near by, who forthwith determined to pull
the craft to the shore and claim il as his own, by
virtue Of his being the original dscoverer. He lost
, no time in procuring boat hook with which to
secure the prize. He made grab al it, but his
hook slipped off Another effort was more success
Il ful--hs hook retained its hold. but he caught
, Tartar, for the hogshead had caught in the ice.
' which came near carrying away hogshead, hook,
and man too, provided he held on. Assistance was
however procured, and the craft was drawn 10 the
dock, when its cargo was discovered. He was BE-
cured, taken back to prison, and presume dose
Of the cat thoroughly administered.
.ayts of Beggars in .Ne,c- York "A writer in
r New York. TO q New-Haven paper, alludes to ''two
, lWretched looking women, with emaclated infants
o. sa,eir arms begging for bread near fashiona-
. bic jewellery shop, in Broadway, where the rich
were making liberal purchases. lnreiation TO this
alusion, the Tribune has correspondent who tells
Z Ethis story: {sg ere tg5i
A few months since clergyman in this cityysvas
frequently visited by female, who uniformly
brought IN her arms an infant clothed in rags, and
50 poor and emaciated that apparently, the shtlle
sufferers existence could not be prolonged many
days. After suitable relief had been furnished to
the child, in the way Of clothing, the clergyman
went TO another house, and there found the living
skeleton again he had just relieved. This time 1t
was IN the hands of another mother, and clothed in
I rags Is before. a
lie investigated the matter and found that the
child wns starved for the purpose OF being used a.
eopitai in begging-that four different females used
IL for this purpose, each using different streets to
exhibit il in: and all claimed it % their own
They cleared BY the operation about six dollars
lper weekly. Y. Express.
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