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Litchfield enquirer., 1851-10-16
Arabian Legend of Charity.

The following story is told by the Arabs respecting Mount Moliah the place where the temple of Jerusalem formerly stood, and the mosque of Omar now stands, It IS narrated in book just published by the Rev. Moses Margoliouth:
 "The site was formerly plowed field, possessed in common ty two brothers. .- One was marriedand had several children; and the other was bachelor never> theless, they lived together in perfect concord, cultivating the patrimony they jointly inherited from their fa:her. liar vest time arrived. The brothers wisped their sheaves, and apportioned them into two equal heaps, which they left in the field. During the night happy thought occurred to the unmarried brother; he said to himself. My brother has wife and children to support; is it then just that my portion of !he harvest should equal his 2 On that, he arose, and took down from the heap several sheaves, and added them 50 his brothers. This was done with as much modesty as if he had been observing caution while doing bad action. His motive was that his frater- nal offering should not be refused. The other brother awoke the same night and said to his wife: My brother lives alone and without company; he has no one to assist him in his labor or to reeompense him for his faligues; while God has gi- ven me a wife and children. It is not rigkt that we should take from the field so many sheaves as he. since we have al> ready more domestic felicity than he en. joys. If you consent to it, we will, as a compensation, and without his knowing it increase his portion of the harvest by adding to his heap a certain number of our sheaves.' The project was approv- ed and put in execution. The next day the brothers repaired to the field. Each was surprised to see that the two heaps were still equal. During several nights the same conduct was still repeated for as each of them carried to the portion of his brother the like number of sheaves, the heap always remained the same.-- But. one night, both resolved to watch the cause of this miracle, when they met face to face, each bearing the sheaves which they mutually destined for the other; and all was cleared. They threw themselves into each others arms, each thanking heaven for so good brother. The spot where SO good a thought occur- red at the same time, and with 50 much credit to two brothers, must be place agreeable to God. Good men blessed it, and Israel chose it to build thereon a house of worship to tie Lord" ...
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Vain C0lllIlanY.

l speak not of that company which ;s openly llcentious and profane. I trn.r that your temper and views ars such s ss would engage you to turn away from such With detestatlon and horror. Hut beseech you to consider. that those companions nav be very dangerous, who might at first give you but very little alarm. mean tbos, who, though not the declared enemies nj religion. nor the professed followers of vice and disorder, yet have practical sense or divine things on their hearts, so far as can be judged by their conversations and behaviour. You. must of necessitv be with such persons. and Christianity not on. " allows. but requires that you should on all expedient occasions of intercourse with them, treat them with civility and ressnect but choose not such for your most int;. mate friends. and do not contrive fo sna,nd most T, ot your leisure moments with them. For such converse has sensible tendency to allenate the soul from God, and to rem der It unfit for all spiritual communion with Him. To convince you of this. do but reflect on your experience when v.u have been for many hours together among persons of such character. Do vou .not mud yva, L-l L :..ss.sssa,io ylu: ..ss,s
 and more inclined to conformity to this world, and to look with secret disrelishb on those objects and emrloyments to which reason directs as the noblest and the best ? Be companion therefore of them that fear God, and of them that keep His pre- cepts.-Doddridge. Fl
Litchfield enquirer., 1851-10-16

WHOLESALE CHURCH DIsc1PLIEE.-In South Carolina, recently. among the Baptists known as Hard Shells, from their anti mission and anti>tempcrance views. three ministers were expelled from the Church by vote for joining the Sons of Temperance. The vote of exclusion stood seventy in favor to twenty nine against. Then the difficulty arose what to do with those who voted in the minor ity? They believe. says the paper, giving an account of it, i've ought not to turn man out of Church for joining of Temperance, and living sober lives." thereby believing that we have done wrong. This is a grevious and wicked offense. and its perpetrators must be punished. But this difficulty was soon answered by Br. Flial Pennels, who mo- ved that all those who voted in the mi. noriiy be expelled from thls Church l. And. this motion being seconded. the moderator made the announcement, that il any one objected 10 this motion, let him rise but none being disposed to rise. be announced the fact that Rev. John W. Jones. Rev. J. ]. Watts. and Rev. Robl. N Steele, with twenty nine other members. were expelled from the Baptist Church. r. ObssrvGr.
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DISCOVERY OF WooDPEcKERs' STORES. In stripping off the bark, 1 observed 1t perforated with holes larger than those which musket bullet would make, shaped with the most accurate precision, as if bored under the guidance ,of rule and compass, and many of them filled most nearly, with acorns.- Eailier in the season, I remarked the holes in most of all the softer timber but imagining they we're caused by wood insects, 1 did not stop to inquire; but now finding them studded with acorns firmly fixed in, which knew could not have been driven there by the wind, I sought for an explanation, which was practically given by Captain S--'s pointing out flock of woodpeckers, busily engaged in the provident task of securing the winters provisions for 1t appears that that sagacious bird is not all the time engaged in tapping tie hollow birch tree" for the mere amuse. ment, but spends it's summer season in picking the holes, in which it lays its store of food for winter, where the ele- ments can neither affect CT place it be- yond their reach, and is sure omen that the snowy period is approaching when these birds commence slowing away their acorns; which otherwise might be it's fall. l frequently paused from my chopping, to watch them, in neigh borhood, with acorns in their bill, half clawing. half flying around the tree, and admired the adroitness with which they tried it at different holes. until they found one of its exact calibre But the natural instinct is even more remarable in the choics of the nuts, which you vii. invariably find sound i: whereas it is an utter impossibility in selecting them for roasting. to pickkup batch that will not have half of them unfit for use, the most safe and polished frequently con tain large grub. generated within.
 Even the willy Digger Indian. win all his craft and experience, is unable to arrive at anything like an unerring selec- tlon while in large bagful. that we took from the bark of our log there was not one containing the slightest gem of decay. They never encroach on their packed stores until all the nuts on the surface are covered, when they resort to those in the bark, and peck them of their contents without removing the shell from the holes. The bark of the pine tree. from it's great thickness the ease of boring, is mostly sought by these birds. as their granary for the winter season.
 kellsy's Ercursion t0 Caifornid.
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wuOIE M s No zs
Lowing

sstlng z than one which mig6e be a1S'ssS "
 from young man leaving the hons K childhood, the scene of ali his esris i;ss sss.s' atlons, to try his fortune in digtepf s'''', . try, setting out alone for tho esTssss father on the decline. the domnhilI ef I;gs gives his parting blessing. insolFinr , sks best gifts of Heaven to ress on b's haToss1 " s1I offspring, and to crown all IF sEIorts ,g;lI' success :; tears gush from his sves and words are forbid utterance. A kind. \ most a affectlonate mother calling after him as' M he IS departing from the parental abode an5 with wit all the dangers to which he is about
 to exposed. rushing into and pressing m.
 on her mind. she says, Go. I1 nv sn son. 1p re.
 member that there is right way and a
 wrong way" Her advice is brief .Lan. guage IS inadequate to the expression of the feelings that there crowd on fhe m;nd of virtuous child. Every reader has seen case of this kind. and may havcbeen the subject of one in some.respects similar. Here may be found eloquence more touch ing of him to whom t is delivered, than were the orations of Cicero or Demosthe. nes.-Americdn Courier. ~ ss E.a7
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MARKING NEWSPAPERS Post Master General has decided that it Is Iawinl Im publishers oi newspapers or others. "lo draw a nl rk over an Mdvers 'l'em"nI iot the purpose 0i drawing at. irntlon Co il." The decision has been gwen lD Isply Co communication from the Chamber Of Commerce. informing the Postmaslsr General that some PosIs masters had s0 construed the existing law as Io subject newspapers containing advertisements thus marked Co letter postage.
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According to the Cleveland Heyald,

According to the Cleveland Herald. law is administered after rather a primi. tive fashion in Hooking County, Ohio.- The Mayor of Logan in that county re. gently fined man. convicted of assault and battery, one dollar and costs but as the defendant had not the money 10 pay, and had no property out of wlii:h the fine could be collected. the deGcn. dant and prosecuting witness were dis. changed on the following terms
 The Mayor it appcats. had n well which he much desired 10 have cleaned and gave as his judgment that the de. fcndnnt should go down into tho well and shovel the dirt up into Inc bucket and that the prosecuting witness should draw it out, and that after the work was completed they shake hands and be friends again. Tho judgement of the Mayor treated the parties to the beer.- That's a new system Of law which must belong exclusively Go Hooking county.-- lt beats BIackstone oil to pieces. The Mayor is . perfect 'Old hoss' any hows ..,ss# t N ssfF #A
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nnrLIrxo.-A Nanhilfan nnhian.. e....l

DUEL.LIvo,-A Nspslltan nobisman seugAt fourteen Dnsls Co prove that Dnmka wna m ssresl- er post than Arloslo. A his death hsl. snnn. lessor, who waA a great admired 0f ArlaReo. desired hlm e aoknowledko the supsrlarIKF oe this peet. :" Father." mnaWeEad tho aTlnR nohleman. to tell yoa tkS truth. I rsgef rs.aa eltlleF Dante ~ Aflnossm Were ths sAllssi og mA4y % oaF modern Dnsla examined, lh wonla AnEeaf that thoGe nngaasN ln tham annilI AaslnA ne hekl4F Fenaan EHF FIgAlmK AhalR aMH sl9sa tllsh fAla aAnt lllaa nahIsmHA A # A
Litchfield enquirer., 1851-10-16

Judge Harry J. Thornton, California Land Commissioner, who has been a, Washington for three weeks, suffering from an injured finger, on Monday had his whole left hand taken of, above the wrist, while under the influence of clllo. roform. The cause of this misfortune is as follows: .t.. 5 r
 Before setting out from his home in Alabama. he made Union speech, in the course of which disunionist, named Clark, a stout man, like Thornton. gave him the lie. Judge Thornton, who had never before given blow to anybody, knocked Clark on his knees with one blow of his hand, and with the next. knocked out one or two of Clark's teeth. and got his own finger slightly scra.ch- cd. As he came on here, the scratch be- came infi,med more and more until an,. putatlon Of the halpl became necessary Judge Thornton is doing well, apparent ly,
Litchfield enquirer., 1851-10-16

A friend Of ours says that he has besn without money 70 long, that hts head aches . ready to split wheH hs tries to Teeolleel how 6 "aIlveF dollar lOoks" He says ihe nellOn that "we lIvO In q world of ehaHgt' ls c great fAllaey.
Litchfield enquirer., 1851-10-16

.NoRTHERn MExlco. The. revolution In Northern Mexico thus Gar has proved successful. It commenced at CAmargo where the patriots attacked the Mexicans. The patriots came off victorious having eaksn the town by storm. with loss ca the slda ef the Msxicans of sixty. The Goveramenk troops were intrenchsd in . church with artillery.
 Lleh6sld Rspmblicnms
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Translated from tIle German.

When the world was created, and all the creatures assembled to. have thei: life time appointed, the ass first advap- ced. and asked how long lie would have to live. .sE i'0 a..4a st .s.a-
 Thirty years,' replied Nature twill that be agreeable to thee ? aaa-a 7"t
 Alas P answered the ass, it is a long while. Remember what weari- some existence mine will be ; from morn ing untllnight. I shallhave to bear hea> " burdens, dragging corn sacks to the null that others may eat bread while l shall have no encouragement, nor be refreshed with anything but blows and kicks. = Give me but portion of that time, pray tsa
 Nature was moved with compassion and presented him but eighteen years. The ass went off comforted, and the dog came forward.
 How long dost thou require to lve?' asked nature; thirty years were to many for the ass, but wilt thou be content with them ?
 Is 1t thy will that should ?'replied the dog. @
 Think how long I shall have to run about my feet will not last for so long a time and when have lost my voice for barking, and my teeth for biting, what else shall be fit for, but to lie in corner snd growl 2"
 Nature thought that he was right, and gave him twelve years. The ape came forward.
 Thou wilt, doubtless, willingly live the thirty years, said Natme; 'thou wilt not have to labor as the ass and the dog. Life will be pleasant to thee.'
 'Ah, no cred he so it seems to others, but it will not be Should pud- dings ever rain down, I shall have no spoon l shall play merry tricks, and excite laughter by my grimaces, and then be paid with sour apple. How often sorrow lies concealed behind jest l shall not be able to endure for thirty years.'
 Nature was gracious and he received but ten. 7. ..-e.. a.
 At last came. man, healthy and strong and asked the measure of his days.
 Will thirty years content thee?' , How short a time , exclaimed man when shall have built my house, and kindled fire on my own hearth--when the trees l have planted are about to bloom and bear fruit, when life sems to hA r Il T .l.nlt Il ture grant a longer period"
 Thou shalt have the eighteen years of the ass besides.
 That is not yet snough,' replied man. Es .s
 Take likewise the twelve years of the dog.'
 It is not sufficient reiterated man ; give me more."
 l will give you thee ten years of the ape.
 Man departed unsatis6cd. 5
 Thus mab lives seventy years. The first thirty are his human years and pass swiftly by. He is then healthy and hap py--he labors cheerfully, and rejoices in his existence. The eighteen years of the ass come next. and burden upon burden is heaped upon him ; he carries the corn that is to feed others blows and kicks arc the wages of his faithful service. The twelve years of the dog follow, and he loses his teeth and lies in a corner and growIs. When these are gone, the ape's eighteen years form the conclusion. The man, weak and silly. becomes the sport of his children.
Litchfield enquirer., 1851-10-16
J. G. BATTERSON'S MARBLE WORKS,

-,.-..... Hdryord, Conn. rE Monuments and Tombs of American and italian Marble. Baptismal Fonts, Mu-
 ral Tablets, Urns, Vase Mantles
 Table Tops, IL Han Tile for -s Floors, Sc constantly
 on hand or furnished to order. Hartford. June lst, ly4
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TbR lbort's Corrtr.
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS.
BY PARK BE JAMIN.


 Tie Northern sky IS filled with fires, But mol of Iurid glow-- While in the air. Ike icy spires .... That shoot from banks of snow, The rays from piled np clouds ascend And pour sllvrry lght Where Heaven's eternal arches bend Abnve the hall, of Night In vain have inOrtdls toited to scale Those high and brilliant hllls; Sealed as the fountains. pure and pale, Of all their frozeu rllls. No eagles wing can soar so far,
 No sun can melt the chain, Let down in links from star to star. To bind them to the main Mysterious, solemn, cold and clear, Their shapes majestic rise, Like barriers round this earthly sphere Like gates of Paradise a And when, at times, glory streams Along the shrouded land, Like Eden's flaming sword it seems Waved by an Angels hand. Ye wonderous flores - that seldom give Your splendor to our cline, Bul in our Arctic region live
 Through all revolving time We'll may imagination faint
 het"re your sacred blaze, And baff1ed silence fail to paint
 ihe source of heaven>lit>rays
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Dr. John Barnboiscl las becn elected delegate lo Congress from the territory of Utah, ''' ''''
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Lola Montes has engaged passage on the steamer Humbolt, at Havre, for this country, to sail the 2lst of November.
Litchfield enquirer., 1851-10-16

Nothing ean constitute gnnd breeding thai hse 10. good aatare lar he foundaiI0n.
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FLOUR

nF superior quality, warranted Io ha Gsssl ~ gFolInd and from pnFe Gensses Wheat conslanlly on hand end ses vale by
 WARREN CONE. . NOslelk. May ai, isOl.
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q. M. HOOKER.
Removal.

DR. VAILL has removed to the "Bissell House," snuth side of East st. Office as before over the store iecenily occupiedby s. P BolIes Esq. All calls in the line of his profession, eff a,ther at hI. house or office, will he'prompt> Iy attended to ...-.
 Litchheld, March 20. 1851
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R. .Kes's.iass0ss,

tH. At he OId iStand.
 gAM HAVING procured an assis,an, Matchmaker and geweler, will
 g entinne Co do any and al kind. ai wa.cn re,,aring and watch jeweling iha, may he ini,usled to his caro in the heat man. nsr and oR ieasonahle terms. no pains will be saared tn give satisfaction 10 every customer Thankful for aasi lav0Ts he wanld solicit the eoattnvaace efthe pdbllc patronage. On hand q choice assortment 0t Watches JewelFy end Silver Ware Ai lOw pFces for Cash.
 LitchAsld. May 1881 Iy3
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4 MERRY HEART,
BY cHAs SWAIN,

'Tis well to have merry heart, However short we stay There's wisdom in merry heart, Whate'er the world may say, Philosophy may lift its head
 And find out many flaw, But give me the philosophy
 That's happy with straw Iflife brings us happiness
 It brings us, we are told What's hard to buy, tho rich ones try, With all their heaps of gold Then laugh away-let others say Whale'er they will of mirth; Who laughs the most may truly boast He's got the wealth ofearlh ! There's beauty in merry laugh, A moral beauty tOO-- It shows the hearts merry heart That's paid each man his due, And lent share of what's to spare Despite of wisdom's fears And made the cheerless sorrow speak. The eye weep fewer tears. The sun may shroud itself in cloud. The tempest wrath begin It finds spark to cheer the dark, It's sunlight is within Then laugh away, let others say
 W,ate'er they will of m,rth Who la ,gh- the most ,nay truly boast .'e's got tue weallI of earln
 From the Begkshire Courier. .... HE RAINBOW.
 BY L. M THOMPSON, Resplendant arch, ttiou'rt placed on high ', When storms and tempestS part Thy Iris hurs adO'n the sky, And tell us W hat thou art. How radiant are thy colors cast
 Ger valley, vale and hill, And linge alike the ocean vast,
 And the meanderiDg Till. Thou art iO me covenant,
 By inc Almighty given. The beauties flush the Armament Between the earth and heaven. Thy vaired hues have swsetly smiled Der praries yet untTod, Where tangling briars and thistles wild Grow rank above the sod. -..... Thy tales have been no fablsd dreams But truths from the most High Are wriden iG thy glowing brams. Inw0vsn in Ihe sky,
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REMOVAL.

Dr.. BOSTWICK has removed his residence to Mr. J. L. Judd's, at the Abbe Place, South street. Night call. CTS will please rap at the north door, Office as heretofore. ,....-. Latch feld, Jan 27, 1851.
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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-11-22
MEDICINES. &C.
DR.. HORSES
InVigO ating Cordial,

NOR GENIAL Debility, lmpotency, lnconlinence, or
L Nocturnal Emissions, Loss of Muscular Energy,
Physical ASST ude, General Prostitution, DC, any OF
the consequences OF Youthful mdscretion or indulgence
the passions ripper years That this medicine will
cure the complaints, and relieve the mental and
bodily ncapacity of the unfortunate sufferer, have
proof positive, the following testimony of the many
received, will show:
DIR. Woodward of the Massachusetts Insane HospI-
tai, writes of If his patients being cured by using
thus Cordial thns:"lt gives pleasure inorm you
that OF my patients white in Boston, prhcu ed
OF your Cordial He tells me that he had single
emission after he commenced taking it, while before
had two three week. When he applied TO me -
SAYS Dr. w, 81 thought it hardly possible Tor him ever
TO regain his whole strength | prescribed the usual
medicine used in those in the Hospital, but they
had no effect In the meantime he purchased some OF
your cordial which has effected cure. / am satisfied
no other medicine would. | shall ever recommend it,
whenever an opportunity occurSn
Prepared ny MORSE, M D Important advice,
with particular directions for panyng each
botte, which wi be forwarded the writer's address
Preparations of Sarsaparlla, a c.. have no ef-
iec in these cases. Neither the cont aimed
IN wonderful little books this subject of any use.
Only Agents-M. GREEN. No. 216 Main street,
and JAMES G ZEN, No. III Main street, Worcester.
aug25-e od3m
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1851-11-22
MINERAL TEETH
For Mastication,

6ssTza~-@a THE subscriber gives his personal
5Ssseszz9g attention to the NAM aCture OF Miner
QIfryYYsS al Teeth Of the best quality, from
preparations which produce H)c-
Ike resemblance that, far known gives entire
sati faction, and is not eXcelled. The facilities of his
Establishment Tor the Manufacture of Mineral Teeth
the different methods of attaching them gold plates,
by double asenngs, when subjected to great pressure,
rendering them firm and reftabe m DidSticdtion, the
ease anu comfort with hch they worn after due
trial. thr severe tests which they have been subject
ed without TAI IRE, their pereet articulation, and the
thorough manner in which the plate. work is executed,
enable the subscriber 10 offer a guaranty against
defectUe mechanism, aud, in ali cases. the
s0nabe expectations of his patiens,-to combine the
Title dulCe, the useful With the agreeable "
ON HAND.-A supply OF selected Tooth Brushes,
together with
IS ELLEs'S ANTICEPTIC DENTLFFsI( e,
A new article. not surpassed by any for cleansing
the teeth and correcting bad breath. Also,
MlLLER'S COMPOUND LOTION,
recent preparation for Caiker, Sore Throat, SpongI
Gums, &c
he efficiency OF the above preparations. and the in
creasing demand fer them have md ced the Proprietor
TO ente into their manufacture largely than for
merly.
BAL failures in the manufacture of Mineral
Teeth mechanical defects in gold plate work, solder
ing, filling teeth, DC by JAMES NEWTON, during
his connection with this office will he repaired or the
work done anew as the may require by the sub
scrlbeI, without farther charge to the patient.
S. 7. MILLER.
Office l42 Main ST. Residence, No / Harvard st.
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