Litchfield enquirer., 1852-03-25
Wuolr Nc. l297. Nc 46.

nVoi ot tue mousse the thought 0ccufreA to hlm "suppose some thief should reach, through the broken pane and steal my clothes ?" In the middle of the night, while asleep, the drawing of the clothes through the window by thief f,awakenct him. He sprang from bis beds and in his undress. leaped out of the window and gave chase to She villain, who, being hard pressed, dropped the plunder, but his ninible pursuer, now quite as anxious to arrest the criminal as to recover his loss. after chasing him in the streets of New Haven for halfa mile, selzed him by the collar, led him back, picking u, his clothes on the way. compelled the thief to go in and lie down on the bed, while the student spent sleepless night guarding his prisoner until daylight. when he marched him of to magistrate and entered his complaint for the robbery This was Lyman Beecher at seventeen. s
 At the age of seventy. while on visit to his son Henry Ward. at Indianapolis. he went into the forest with one of his sons par,shioaers, to hunt for squirrels. The hunters Having separated, the Doctor fired, and the young man went to sec wha. lns venerable associate had killed, He found his hat, coat and gun at tie foot of a tree, and looking about, dis>3 covered him some forty feet up a tree, puf6ng and climbing with all the zest and ardor of boy of fifteen: .Wha.. are you climbing the tree for. Doctor?" inquired the young man. Il have sho' squirrel, and he has taken refuge in a
 hole in this tree. and am going to gsi
 Jim out = said the Doctor, resuming hlf task, from which, however, the young
 man relieved him by going up himself. About the same lime, he went iron,
 Cincinnati, about two hundred miles. t,,
 Fort Wayne, Ind, to attend the ordina
 ton of his son Charles. He took a canal
 boat part cf the way. On Fndav
 night he found himself some sixty mila
 from his destination, and the boat unex
 pectedly detained for the night, hc foun
 that he must take a horse and ride has
 the night and all day Saturday, or trave! on Sunday. or fail to be present r.. preach tho sermon. But "the Blac' Swamp" some ten miles in width, lay-on
 his route. This was covered with densr
 thicket, and the road or path was circuit
 ous, dismal and difficult to travel in aas < light; full of loose logways, deep niIEs
 holes, and every species of dangss
 man aud horse. Hisfriend whe lent liip,
 d horse, told him it was as much as e
 mans life WAS worth to attempt to cros,
 by moonlight, and tha. 1t would be i'm 1 possible for him to find his way, or ge, through with unbrokcn bones. .Vefy
 weli," said the Doctor. aI have nnadela
 promise to be at Fort Wayne on Sunday,
 and mus. go to night. break my promi-
 or breas the Sabbath. and I would as
 soon break my bonessas- to break the
 Sabbath :" Well. spidhis friend. :" if 1 you are determined to go, I will attend l you thro' the worst partl5f the swamp. ]" At the rising of the moon, hear ten D clock, the journey was commenced, the swamp IVES crosse cd with infinite difficulty --thc horses aDd riders being covefed with mud. Atfour o'clock on Saturdas Iaf.ernoon the Doctor arrived at Fort Wayne. having in sixteen hours traveles on horseback more than sixty miles, ose
 d most hideous route. Hs bathed him. self, took refreshmcnt end sleep. and th
 next day preached three sermons. Thia
 was Dr.. Beecher at seventy. vs 1 From this iron constitution. this phys, ical stamina, this unbending deternina. l ,ion, this elasticity of mind. this whole soulcd. earnest naturs. the son, Henry
 Ward. inhesiled his excellent vital and
 muscular organization. ard his courage
 ous. self-sacriicing enthusiasm. Yetihis | resemblance of his fatileflin these highly I important respects, reveals but the frame ! work, only half of ths elements of power possessed bythe young divine. His mother was q woman of exquisite
 susceptibility, of remarkable tenderness
 and depth of affection. and of quick
 sympaihy,siOired with intuiliye perOep- l tion of character, and of,assound. com I D .chensiye and critical intellect. Dr.
 Bescher has often been heard io say. that 1 he never met ,g. woman whom he sonsid.
 cred fully a mstch for him m q closely
 contested asgp xcepI kis wife and tnas Ee never WHNll&A@ NAn&NtsssSA N setss M~A 1 in such conllists. .ahiilS aftsr the. most
 careful aud deliberate prepasaslosE FAess qualities of the mother being blenSlsa iR admirable proportion and harmony Witlf tho Doctors strength of bod Y and energy
 of mind. arc conjoiniIy developed in the son. tho wosld,renoWnsd HeRgys Ward Beechss. gs ss s.s -s Nothing is moro common 'taanafo aforper. sons, on first seeing and-EeafingsA gsAin. to remark that they cannot sec in Wha. his greatness consists. He is only about five fset eight inches siA Asiaht has quist. youthful appearalIs ss..d 2 ;she.e ls not. in the apparent size ps 4 tts N leaa. or
 ln tue expression of his N iasss slA which people expect when they te1st u3 ilsien 10 his gigantic thoughts and tlidnd ndering