Litchfield enquirer., 1851-08-21

entIe Hnu ln u peFmaneHI lo'Hi' N'h Cou' nection with the Poem and Sermon,) we shall attempt no report of it. It was admirably adapted to the occasion. being filled with most valuable historical facts facts newly presented, and many of them never before given to the public in any shape.
 J Next came tie Poem by the Rev. JOHN PIERPoNT, which attracted general com mendation, and elcited rapturous ap- plause. Standing at the distance we did from the speaker, we lost many of his finest passages, judging from the excess sive bursts of laughter which followed them. Our talented neiyhbor Cooke, of the Waterbury American, who obtained more eligible position near the distin> guished poet, remarks--
 Of all the Poems that have tckled our fancy Gas we'll as our ri6s)-commend us to this-we hardly know how to classify it--it could not be called an epic, because it was acted-- and that too with gusto the most original and inimitable, of any thing we ever heard and saw in our long experience. From our acquaintance with the authors genius we anticipated much, but our previous estimate of the poets powers was tame and spiritless, wholly at fault, when entrusted with this trans cendent effort. We bad thought to have heard wit and enjoyed it so we had but we never revelled in 1t before. We have also seen men and women laugh, but comparatively speaking, it was only a smile. Why, Cough, himself, was thrown into the shade, as nobodY-from the most lofty flights to the broadest dashes of humor the audience was sway cd too and fro like a shuttecock, some times elevated to the highes. point of so, Der interes: to be dashed down and ab- sorbed in one uproarious gulfaw. Never did man bandy witticisms with greater effect, and with more pointed mark upon names and localities. as every man, wo~ man and child, present, can bear tangible witness. Not that dignity and even sub- limity were wanting in some parts of his performance--but humor seemed to hold the reins of the writer, and nobly did he spur on his Pegasus in the comic race. The poem will appear in print, but none can truly appreciate its points, who did not hear and see the author deliver it.
 The exercises of the second day (Thurs- day) were commenced at nine o'clock A. M., by a procession to the West Park. Prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. Bab- cock of Philadelphia, a native of Cole brook.
 The Sermon was by the Rev. HORACE BUSHNELL, D. D., of Hartford, native ofL'tchfeld. He took for his text, "Her children shall rise up and call her bless ed. '-Prov. xxi. Is. The object of the preacher was rather to gather up the unwlitten parts Of the history of the county, than to enumerate those partic ulars Of public note whirh had occupied the time of the other speakers. A brief outline of the discourse is thus given by the reporter for the N. Y. Tribune who was present.
 As occasions like this which has called us together have been frequent of late in New England, he remarked, it may not be inappropriate to gather up the unwrtten part of our history and put it by the side of the written. To gean the straw in the stubble ground is all that is left us. Hea- ven only keeps in charge the unhistoric names of private life.
 He would take for his text the words of King Lemuel-Proverbs xxi, 27-" Her children rise up and call her blessed." Lemuel, who is here called King, is sup posed to have been a Chaldee Prince, or an Idumean Prince, like Job or Jethro. He is porlraying the qualities of virtuous wo- man, fit for the wife of prince. "She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her { hands hold the distatf. She is not afraid of tie snow for her household for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry: her clothing is silk and purple. Her husband is known in the gates, where he sitteth among the elders of the land. She mak> eth fine linen and se,leth it" etc. The other parts of the picture present to our view the frugal, faithful and pious house> wife, and well kept and well hammered home.
 A homely and strange picture, one may fancy, for queen or.chief woman but characteristic of the times. The invention ot spinning and weaving marks great transition or advance one slowly made and not even yet matured. It was for ages an art of distinguished life, and was consid- cred in the same light as needlework is now with us. Accordingly, it was cus,om- ary to represent these most distinguished as excelng in the art of spinning, and poets sang of the distaff and the loom. Homer alludes 10 it in the address of Alexandra to Helen. So al so Theocrilus, in presenting distaif 10 his friends wife, says:
 70 distaf! friend to warp and wool,