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Litchfield enquirer., 1854-06-01

CURloUs PnEroMENoN.-One of the Engineers of the Northern Cross Rail. road Co, now in this city. informs us of . fact which may be familiar to the peo- pie of the "rural dis.ricts," but which is new 10 us. He states that certain trees. particularly the Swamp Oak. generate an inflamable gas. which may be liberated by cutting the tree wilh an axe. so as to rush it ont in considerable quantities. ac- companied by a slight hissing sound. On applying match this gas will ignite. and continue to burn for ten or fifteen min utes. with light blue flame. (as t ap- pears by daylight. and with sufficient heat for man to warm himself upon a winters day. The most proper place to make the cut is upon certain protuber- ances which appear on the trees. altho' it is not certain that the gas will appear if the cut is made at random. It seems, however, that the supply cf gas cannot bs exhausted from any one cut. as when one place gives out. . cut al another will bring new supply. and SO cn until eve- " prossberance has been tapped. SO that . fre may be maintained considerable time from sngle tree. The flame fills the whole cut made by the axe, but whether the gas exudes from all che pores or is supplied by . few iets, our inform, ant could not tell. The cut is to De made entirely through the bark and well into the sap- Quiney Wa;g.
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GirdIlng Trees to make the Corn Grew. BY CULMA cRoLY.

| .'F OA OUAMA OhO1xs Good morning. Farmer Jacobsl Fine looking trees are those you are at work upon, Richer leayed oaks, or more sym. metrical walnuts, I never saw, snd just near enough to your house to furnish a pleasant shade. How you will enjoy rest ing under them alter harvest. during the clear moonlight of your working years. And when you are too old to work, your grandchildren will come and play around you beneath them. or you will sit there alone and dream of Heaven as you look up through the branches
 La, neighbor. don't yon see I'm gird- ling 'em corn is the farmers main chance and like to have my corn field come clean up to the house, to save my steps. These things shade It too much, and so they have got to be cleared out -sss-s
 But could not you have your corn field little farther off? Think of your wife and children, never able to step from the door without being driven back by the blazing sun. At least, leave one for yourself to rest under at noon, when you sit down to wipe the sweat off your fore head La, neighbor, it's well enough to talk, but bread is tie staff of life, after all.-- And to my thinking. real yellow field of corn is a heap prettier sight than a parcel of scrubby trees,'
 There are more than the old farmer who girdle their trees to make the corn grow.
 When a man takes his son from school at twelve or fourteen. just as he is begin> ming to appreciate the value of learning. and to enjoy his studies. and puts him in to a store 50 that he may learn to msake money. he is doing that very thing. When man who is well 70 do in the world, refuses his wife the yearly trip to i.er old home, which would do her heart more good than bread and butter would her stomach. or denies his daughter the beautiful engraving which she wants to hang over the mantle, he is doing that very thing.
 When man gives all his thoughts to 6usiness-buys no books, or leaves them unread in his library-never spends an evening witll his family-never gives "imsrlf time to enjoy the beautiful, in nature or art--does not allow himself to be more benevolent than to d,op an oc> casional dime into the church. box and makes the sum total of his pieiy con,il in setting twice on Sunday in the family pew. he IS doing that very thing.
 When that man grows old and retires from bus usiness. life will be wea,iness to him. You will hear him complain in the midst of lis treasures of which he has taken such paine to bury the keys, tha, people lose their taste for beauty as they g'ow old. and that the world is an intol- cradle dull place for superanua.ed peo- pie. Unless almost a miracle is worked tor him--unless he at last finds the key to his dusty fast. closed Bible, he must be miserable old man.
 Take care of your corn and your wheat, good people; but do not have them so near your buildings that you must deny yourself rest and shade.
 Remember the good word, Man shall not live by bread alone.' Don't girdle all our trees to make the corn grow.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-06-01

A dandy lately appeared in Iowa with legs so attennaled that the authorities had him arrested because he had no wis. ible means of support
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-06-01

SECRETS or HAPPINEss.-A suscepii- bilny to delicate attentions, fine sense of the name!ess and exquisite tenderness of manner and thought. constitute. in the minds of it's possessots he deepest under current of life E; the felt and treasured. but unseen and iDcxpressible richness Of affection. It is rarely found in the char ac.ers of men, but it outweighs, when it is, all grosser qualities. There are many who waste and lose affections by careless and often unconscious neglect. IL is aol plant to g'ow intended the breath ci indifference, or rude touch. may destroy forever i,s delicate texture. There is [ daily attention to the slight cour,esies of life. which can alone preserve ibe f,st freshness of passion. The easy surprises of pleasure. earnest cheelfnlness of assent to slight wishes. the habitual respect to opinions. the polite abstinence from per sonal topics in the company of others, unwavering attention to his or her com, loit, both abroad and Ut home. and above all, inc careful preservation of those pros perties of conversation and manner which are sacred when before ihe world, are some of the sccEets,of that rare happiness which age and habit alike fail tO impair or diminish, ss
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-06-01
}. s. smith, Surgeon Dentist.

-IV tlID peOpso e Falls Village and the adjOIning towns for the liberal patronage received from them for three years past, and would say that for the better accommodation of his customers and the public generally he has permanently located him self at Fails Village where he will still carry on Dentistry in all departments in the highest per lection, surgical and mechanical.
 Teeth extracted with great care; decayed teeth hlied with pare gold go as to last Enr number Of as the case may require from one 70 an entire set, according to all the latest improvements.
 He would say to those wishing block teeth lwilh artificial enms,, that he has had great ex- perience m setting them within the last six or eight years.
 Al work warranted to be done in . finished snd woskmanlike manner. combining durability with beauty. o1- Any amount of private reference given.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-06-01

A man may be great by chance. but never wise nor good without taking pains los ie,
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-06-01

THE MELANCHOLY THAT Is IN OLD LETTERS. What melancholy thing it is to look upon such records of joys forever gone! How much happiness we have lived out that can never be revived How one and another have dropped from our side. friends. who we remember enjoy. ing life so freshly. going and coming. laughing. talking doing all that we do now ; seeming as if all that life and mos ton could not cease, but must go on so ever and yet, how they are wiped out from the face of the earth How mems tongues have forgotten to speak of them, or their hearts to yearn for them i; and how their places are not empty; but with the exception of few who have done some good wo,k in the world-- everything is, or at least seems. as if they had never been for good or bad, much or little. every man, as he passed across the stage, has done his poor part. and helped 10 make up the worlds history.
 And to think that we are hnrrymg on to the same blank Blank for all we see
 though not for all we hope and b, lieve; blank to us that are here, though we trust not to those who are gone literally hur. y ring ourselves SO out of breath with our haste that we cannot stop 10 think of where we are going, nor of what kind ol existence awalls us there beyond nor whether any awaits us; for l confess That the belief in future life appears 10 me to sit very loosely on civilized mankind in general. A vast proportion of them, 1 hope, do believe in it, after man0er but with how little real interest," how vaguely, coldly, and incu' ionslyl How few people one meets who are disposed to speculate gravely. or seriously discuss this suhject of deepest importance, com- pared to which all the concerns of this life are mere childish joys.-Mrs CyoWs.
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REFLECTIONS

After Aauiag dispatcked Asy first Poem to A, -'. ViIIage Newspaper.
Litchfield enquirer., 1854-06-01
4ea ARRANGEMENT FOR
 SPRING ~ SUMMER
 UAz 9A1 e 1g OF 1 7 S A

ssssas Ase to N@sA q EEcA0nge CMsfoageys AViMG aisgo:ed of our Grocery deparimsn, sAA @ MT A Palmer, we shall continue tha esksr branches ef our former business at our oid stand. We expect to keep . much larrer as- soFsment Oi goOda than heretofore. and our friends may rely upon 6nding good assortment iai0sm the public srem time Co time cf bargains in new and desirable eOods we receive ;.we chan continue to take in exchsnte for goods butter, cheese. egeS. Gc. We wauld also say to oar friends that we gre satisfied that by thus dividing ouF business we can show them much better assoFtment of goods and at Gas less prices than lsthaee Wh0 e0ntinae on in the old track oa keep- ing lisile of everything without kOine able to shOw on assoriment Of anything which other eus- Q merit the pasrohaGe which the public have @ literally besiowed and for which we wonld 70.
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EgTCH leElD EIy@UIRER.
rUnr1BnnD EvkRr 1HUAsBAY MoRMNs gv HENRY ". HYATT. 0ifiss, Ono DooP Rast Of tho Court NOuse. t lITCHFIELD. CONN.

TER MS.
 esBscRIrTIoR, PER AnnsM. Village subacribsrs. (by caEEieE,l and siagla mail subscTibers--in adUaMes, ei @ '1swR subscribers, Jeff of the carrieE's reaee,) and mail subscribeFs, in hundiea, el 9b Or, paid ssricsly n adsaaee. sl % I1 Posfags Free within the County. and any sae sen6sng the names Of ten new sub seribeSs, with the cash for the same, will re. ceive an extra copy gratis.
 RATns CT .ADvERTlsiNo. Nine ERes q less, insertion, = % 50
 do do SO IS teen lines I do @ 75
 do do Sl % kcsntinuancs per week, 20 per cent. on abeve terms. VPrebate and other legal notices at the usual Eates.
 Yearly advertisers charged according to sPaco occupied.
 % Casual Advertisements must 1s sessm. pGnis1 ,oitA ths Cssk.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-24
ehurchmen OF Deacon Pugh took sides
against the Quaker antagonist ana - shs
Chan hauo af the

churchmen OF Deacon Purh tool cid.
against the Quaker antagonist .n5 49, .ss'
snop boys Of Abraham, seeing Their an ,e
ployer thus beset, came 20 the S rsS.na su'-
wmie two lnshmen, full of fun ana s.-,I;o
believing it to be free fight. tr;sd e. III.
hands and sucks upon The oomb.,an,.
lndlserIminateiy so that in less than a.
hour' the quiet and happy tewn OF Fro.
town was shaken from its propr;e,v +,
one grand, sublimely ridiculous and ,.
rihc battle. Heads and Windows -.
smashed-children and women scre.n,.,
dogs bsrked-dust fiew-labor ceased
ana so furious, mad and excited became
the whole community, that a quiet locker
on, II there had been any, would b.ro
sworn the evil ones were all in Froo,o,-,,
A heavy thunder storm finally NUT an
end to the row; the dogs were ali nor
orless killed, child severely wounded
aman scalded, q wagon broken: the horso
ran himself to death his owner WAS h.
en- awfully by BobCarter whose wife and
the wives ofTmany others were daneer.
ouSiy scared the printer was crinpled
dry goods ruined; Quaker and Des.
con, two Irishmen, Joe Tucker. town con
stable, lawyer Hooker, Squire Catcher
and some fifty othere shamefuIly wh;nncd
Lawsuits ensued, fends followed and Tho
entire peace and good repute of Frogtown
annihilated-all by a remarkable doc
fight.
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TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
Il HE subscriber would respectfully inform the
i public that he keeps constantly on hand ard
lor sale at the lowest prices, large assortment Q,
articles nese sary for building purposes which he
hopes viii prove for their interest to call and e
smine before purchasing elsewhere.
Among thu most important are -Elt +.
PENRHYN N4RBLE AND IRON MA NYFLS
which for chespness, beauty and durability.
are unsIlTpassed ..
PARLOR AND CEA18ER ENA AMELLED
CRATES, the latest New York stviss
DUNLAP d cos HOT AIR FURNACES to-
heating private and public bulldogs, churcae.
&c, the very best and the most ecosomicsl
Furrare now in use
PONDS LNPROEEO DOUBLE OVEN COOK
NE RANGES 'ia =
CAST IRON WINDOW LLNTELS AND .SLLLs
IRON COLUANS, de-
ENCAUSTIC FILING, for Hall, Ves.ibule, and
Church floors .-,-.
IRON RAILLNGS, of cast and wrought iron, and
wire. These are manufactured in New York.
and TOR their beauty and variety OF pattern
and finish are unequallsd.
The above will be put up if desir.d and every 9.
tort will be made to give purchasers satisfaction
Apply at tie
Ornamental Iron Ware Hcuse
=, Pa. avenue, between Sd and Az streets
~ Su-eot1 .. X. HASKINS
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ELIAS BoUpINoT.-WoNpERFUI PRES
writer in the Boston Rec
ord, as an illustration of the Providential
care which God sometimes exercises over
his people, relates the following marvel
Gus incident, and vouches for it as au-
thentic: -.t ...
Elias Boudinot, founder of the Ameri-
can Bible Society, was returning in his
chalse to his home late in o dark night,
from court he had been attending many
days. He did not know that a recent
freshet had carried away all the planks
from the long bridge which lay in his &C.
customed path. Therefore he drove right
on, as though there were q bridge there,
and reached home safely. His friends
injured by what road he came. 1.-The
usual road, )" he replied Impossible"
said they, "there are no planks on the
bridge" He persisted, and they, trem-
bling for his veracity or his sanity, eager
iy went with him next morning early, to
survey. When arrived, they found the
very tracks of the carriage at either end
Of the bridge and On the sleepers, and
the very foot prints of his horse on q cen
trail sleeper. There was no more to be
said-sanity 1and yeracity were both safe
Some power had presided over the instinct
Of that horse, had ordained the cores
pondence of those wheels with the sleep
ers over which they passed, and kept the
man in Ignorance of his danger. Was
that power, fate or chance! o, my
doubling friend, l turn from you and
listen to another voice, Z" Hast thou no.
known, hast thou not heard that the ev-
erlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of
the ends OF the earth, fainteth not, neither
is weary?" .4 .tf..
: Ii authority for the above is demanded,
reference may be had to the family, par
ticularly to Mrs. Adriana Boudinot, Of
Bcaverwycke, n. j., near relative Of
Judge Boudinot, from whose mouth she
received the account. The same respect
CO lady will pardon the writer for rela-
ting her account of passage in the his
tory Of her own family, illustrating our
point.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-24
A REMEDY FOR "KAcH DrsRAsR, >,

A the request of many of my patients, have
"A consented to put up q class Of my most efi
Glen prescriptions in the form of FAMILY AEDE-
ClNE& each one suited TO particular disease, and
NOT, IKE ths manufacturers Of the nostruns and
panacess OF the day, promulgats to the world that
nnJ Gne compound will cure all diseases, and who
{in the words OF the great italian physician SpaI
ianaanD p1 medicines ,ohich they kso,o little into
| J. s. ROSE, N. D., phil..
For Cholera, Dysentery, Bo,oel Complaints, de-.
Dr. y. d. ROSES CARMINATIVE BALSAM.
| Ins mixture Is one Of the most Important medi.
cines and should be kept in all families az sspe
c'nc Tor cholera and Bowel Complaints IL has nev.
er failed pysentfry vanishes in . few days when
this article Is used as dire,t Price 25c.
DR.. J. 8. Rosss PAIN CunEn will csre STIFF Nscs
Sore Thrst Pains in the tase, Side, Back or limb,
lrem Cold, Cholic, Cholera Morbus, &C. 1t cures
sPrains, Chilblaius Cramps or Pains in the Stom.
sch or Bowels. Price l21zz, Is, and so cts. =
Dr. J. 8. Rosz's EXTRACT or Bueuu is one Of the
pest ssediss ever used for diseases of the Kidneys
Da. J. 8. Rosss NERVOUS AND Iryraoss,1ra co..
piAL, 1or Heart Dissase all Nervous Affections. Plat
u!snce, Heart Burn, Restlessnsss, Numbness. Men.
raj gis raising the spirits, and giving power 10 the
sn no.e sys1sm, Il Is almost mirsculous in its effect.
DR. J. s. Ross's DrspIrf,o CoxrouSp. sure eure
for Dyspepsia, Liver Complains, and Indigestion.
when taken In conjunction with his Aitesst;ye or
Family Pills. Price Of both 75c.
DR. J. 3. RosHs GOLDEN PILLS for Falling Of the
Womb, Female Weakness. Debility. and Relaxation.
They hare peculiar sfinity for the debilitsted
muscles OF the female, and In no instance have they
failed In radically curing those distressing COM
plants females are so often subject Price 81 esnts
DR.. J. 9. RosES ANrI-anIoUs OR RAILROAD Pills.
These pills are not warranted to cure in every NAL
sdy or disease incident to NAH, but they are grand
remedy ior Bilious state OF the system and CON-
mon feyers. When used with Dr. Roses Tonic Mix.
ure WIN cure the most stubborn cases Of Bilious
fever OF Fever and Ague. Price 1215 and Csc.
DR. J. s. RosEs SARsAPARlILA COMPOUND, for all
Skin Diseases and for purifying the Blood it lie su
perior to ell others. Price Soc and 81
DR. J. 8. RosEs Elixir o. OPIua, free from all the
bsd effects Of Opium or Laudanum, such as Head.
ache, Constipation, CT Sick Stomach. Price 25e.
All whose Constitutions are impaired by disease or
weak by nature, should read Dr. J g. Roses "hfedi.
eel Advisers (Which contains description of the Dis.
eases Of OFT climate aud the mode Of t.estruent) It
can be had without charge Of ''1'-E IsseSa
2. 3: Gilman, Charles Stottt b Co, W. q. Gilman,
John W. Nairn, Patterson 3 Nairn, D. r. CLARK,
Il MCPHERSON, William T. Evans, Kidwsli Law.
renee, J. b. hoors, Washington; J. L.. Kidvell,
aeorgetoHn; tnd by all dealers IN Alexandria, VIZ
sne. .--I..,--. 97'-Ti 20 81 je IT. --
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awYNNEs PATEN REACTION CENTRI-
TU6AL PUMP AND FIRE ENGINR.

A DAPTkD to any situation, unlimited in povsr
"a certain Ia action, permanent In use, and withai
% low In cost that they rapidly supersedng all
ton Of all interested ia Stesmsre Manufactures,
1annsries, Brewsries DistilIsries, Railroad Wa.er
Stations, Canals, Water Works, Drainage or Irriea-
non fer tho following properties: Ecsnomy, DuTa-
erde, and large results from tie pow.r applied For
Mining, Quarrying, Oo<ierdsms, &C., they are pecu-
hAriy adapted. Sizes are Manufactured Of from rs
ioO,ooo gallons per minute capacity. Call and be
satisfied Of these facts at the Office and Warehouse
Of Union Power Company Of q. g., No, SO Broad
WY, New York. Removed from No "A opposite
present sand. may 22-3m
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NEW BOOK, PERIODICAL
IN AND NEWSPAPER ESTABLISHMENT
WIN. TAYLOR q CO..
Corner Of Baltim0re osd Charles street,
BALTIMORE, Nh
w. TAYLOR d co. beg leave to call the attsn
aon Of the reading people and ell dealing In Books
to their new BOOK, PERIODICAL, and NEWS
PAPER ESTABLISHMENT, where can be found
large and general assortment of oil tho late popu
Lar publications OF the day. 81
They also keep on hand . splendid assortment o
plain and fancy STATIONERY of every description
All orders hspkfuliy received and flled with de
spatch, and sent By return of the mail, express,
stage or In any other way the person ordering ma,
direct.
Booksellers, News Agents. Pellsrs, and all other,
supplied with any Books, Magazines, ETC., at tn,
lowest rates.
Any Book puhlished in this country can be had
By sending your order to rs.
WIN. TAYLOR 90,
Cor. Baltimore and Charles sts, Baltimore. Md.
may 23-tf
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~ On Napoleon's entrance into ono
of the cities of Italy, the church wardens
recommended to him the relics Of their
church. "Sire, will yeu deign to take
our apostles under your protection 2'
+" Your apostles! are they of wood 2"
& No, sire" 'e0f what are they, then ?'
IS Of silver, sire-of solid silver. %" Solid
silverw replied Napoleon quickly; "yes,
I shall hold them to fulfill their mission |:
It has been ordained that they should 60
throughout the world, and they SHALL"
Having said so, the Emperor sent the
Twelve apostles to the mint at Paris.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-08-24
AN INTERESTING ABpucrroH GASP

Aoih paper puDuSheS the re-
port of the trial Of John Garden, of Bar
name, in the South Riding of the county
Tipperary, Ireland. Mr.. Garden w.s
tried on an indictment containing two
counts-the first for an assault on Mis-
ArbuthnOt, with intent to zabduct. and
the second for O felonious ASSAULT unon
one OF her servants. On the first count
pc was convicted, and acquitted Of the
second. He was sentenced to be i'm
prisoned during two years, with hard
labor. Mr. Garden is a man of LARGE
property, and of rather wild and eccen.
trio habits. He has had MANY FIGHTS
with his tenants, and has often resorted
TO violence in the collection of his rents.
He is connected with some of the hest
Irish families, and desired to marry Miss
Arbuthnot, whose sister is the wife Of
Lord Cough, Of East India fame. His
lordship, who has come down to enjoy
his laurels and his money in his native
county, did not fancy the eccentric mas.
ter of Barnane, and the honor of his hand
was refused. Mr.. Garden then attemn,-
ed to carry Miss Arbuthnot away by
force, and the attempt was made on Sun.
day the I'd OF July, when Miss Arbuth.
not and her sister were returning from
church. A violent scuffle ensued. and
Mr. Garden and his men were repulsed.
Mr.. Garden fled, but even his thorough
bredS could not outrun the electric tele-
graph. He was arrested, tried, convict
ed, and sentenced, within four weeks Of
the time when the act was committed.
The sentence is light one, and popular
sympathy went with the master of Bar
nane-the people thinking that be was
i''crazy, and all for love" /.
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GAS FIXTURFa

I6aE subscribers take pleasure in announcing 10
i the public that their stock of GAS FIXTURES,
nInpriing Of the bost and latest patterns has
,sen received and that they prepared to sell
At the lowest rates Persons in want sf Gas Fixtures
Eiil please call and examine they will no doubt
dnd 1t to their interest
Dwellings, and public buildings fitted with gastu.
oing ut the usual rates
s J.W. THOMPSON 4 BROTHER
1eo lb--H Pa. av., bet. 10th and 18th, f. side
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On the permansncy of the cure hear him. Still
another letter from the aboYs.-
BARREIvnLI, Allegheny CO., Md,
EVERYBODY LOOK HERE.

4 DANANT. CANDLES IsII8 cts. pound, same
n price Of common mould Candles N. Orleans
Sugar, twenty pound for one dollar; Soft crushed
q Ys.alizsd Sugar for strawberries, twelve pounds
for ors dellar superior Cucumber Pickles. fifty cts
per hundred, Vinegar given In; Fresh nice Flour
Smoked Beef Tongues at Is cents each Cornena,
TascSn, Bordeaux, and other pure olive Oils Black
Tea, recommended by the Faculty, at so cents lb;
warranted better than s usually sold for one dollar
pound; Potash; pure Salerstus; Durkee's Bread
P1wder Tsmarinds, &C., together with all the vari-
sites Of new and fine Groceries introduced in the
North Goods delivered free Of cost %
'3f'o '"3 q. NJ. p. KING, II
Cor. I street and W. ave-, St. Johns square.
k1x ff.1s - 1.a -