Litchfield enquirer., 1846-02-12

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Athia, sickly little boy, a chimney sweep
er, was amusing himself one morning BY
drawing, with piece of chalk, the street
front Of Whitehall upon the basement stones
ofthe building itself, carrying his delinia-
tons as high as his little arms could posi-
bly, reach; and this he was accomplishing
by occasionally running into the middle of
the street 10 look up at the noble edifice, and
then returning to the base of the building to
proceed with his elevation. 1t happened
that his operations caught the eye Of gen
tleman of considerable taste and fortune, as
he was riding by. Hechecked the carriage.
and after few minutes observation, called
to the boy to come to him; who, upon being
asked as to where he lived, immediately
burst into tears, and begged of the gentleman
not to tell his master, assuring him he would
wipe it all off. ,"Don't be alarmed )" said
the gentleman, at the same time throwing
him shilling, to convince him he intended
him no harm. 'fd" = @-i2f D '''.''-
His benefactor then went instantly to his
master, in Charles-court, In the Strand, who
gave the boy most excellent character, at
the same time declaring him 10 be of little
| use to him, in consequence of his natural
bodily weakness. He said that he was fully
aware Of his fondness for chdiking, and show
ed his visitor what a state his walls were in,
from the young artist having drawn the
| portico of St. Martins Church In various
places upon them. The gentleman' purchaA
sed the remainder ofTthe boys time ) gave
him an excellent educatiOn s. then sent him
| to Italy and upon mis- return, employed him
a,aA, ;~s~na-H~a LIS % L:ee f-;~,'n -PA1-
-, This narrative my father heard the Archi-
tect himself relate, while he was sitting to
Mr.. Roubilsae for his bust. He became pos
sessed Of considerable property, and built
himself a country mansion at Westb0urn,
north Of Rayswater, the very house in which
Mr.. Cockerell, the Architect now resides.-
His town residence at that time was in
Bloomsbury luare, ON the. Western side, tn
the FIRST house fr0m Hart-strect, in which
| Mr.. DISraeli, the author of several esteemed
| literary works now resides. When he was
at the height Of his celebrity, he compiled a
Palladio, in folio, prefxed to which the anx-
ious reader viii find his name-lsaac Ware.
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WITCHCRAFT AND DIR. WILSON
The newspapers say that the Rev. DR.
Wilson Of Cincinnaati, heretofore somewhat
noted as an sold school, thorn in the flesh Of
DR.. Aeecher, has published sermou, the
object of which is to prove the reality ol
lcifchcraf, and the fact Of It's ancient and
present practice, rAmongthe modern exam
piles which he names, are, the pref ended mir.
acles of the Roman Church, the revelations
Of the Shakers and Mormons, the wonders o
Mesmerism and the spiritual visions of Swe'
denborgi anism. By some strange mistake
4 DR.. Wilson came into this world one or two
centuries behind his proper time, and this
sermon on witchcraft mny be regarded as
simply an instructive retrOgressive cropping
after the place which he ought to have filled.
DR.. Wilson is not alone in his unfortunate
position. There are many men who happen
to live in this generation, bat who really be,
long to some past period of the world
Their whole motion Is backward, and with
them nearly the whole effort Of life is to
Echcck the onward march tf mankind, and
/ turn every foot into certain Gold paths, -
which In their view lead straight tothe gol.
den age. .- .3,srer.ai .a0od. GOT 'ss"
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\. MEN or AMERTcA.-Thee greatest man,
ittake him for all,' Of the last hundred years,
was Gen. George Westinghouse Ameri-
can. y s9i@f%ir i''' .. ...s .,.,
The greatest divine was Jonathan
4 Edwards-an American, ,-s .;.. ~.
The greatest natural philosopher was
Benjamin Franklin-an American.
4 The greatest of living sculptors is Hi
ram Powers-an American. la-.. .~.e. al
The greatest Of living historians Is Will
/ liam ii. Prescott-an American.
| The greatest living 0rnithologist is John
James AudubOn--an American. 5a
| There has been no English writer in
i the present age whose works have, been
marked with more humor, morcrefnement,
or more grace, than those Of Washington r.
viEg-an American Z. H 49,, w.
The greatest Photographer since the time
of johnson, was Noah Webster--an Ameri-
can. ~ 1922 ,..... .se.
The inventors, whose works have been
productive Of the greatest amount Of benefit
10 mankind in the last century, were God
frey, Fitch, Faleon and Whitney---all Amer
leans. '" N' 60. ..........
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| HoLLfs SHEET CHuRcH.-At an adj
iourned meeting Of the proprieiors Of the
Hollis street society, held last evening, a
communication was read from the Rev.
David Fosdiek Jn. accepting the call
which had been extended TO him fort.
night since. 70 become their pastor. We
LEARN that q vote was passed instruciing
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