Litchfield enquirer., 1855-09-27
: II IT rossIlI1Es.

< Is is possible v said some one. whes Peter the Great deteSmined on voyage o
 discovery and the cold md uninhabiied
 segioa over which he reigned fnrniehed no thiag hut some iafch. trees 10 construct hil vessels. But though she iron, the cordage, sails, and all fhat was necessary. except } ihe provisions for viciualing them. had fo
 be carried thfongA the immcnse desesis ol Siberia, down rivera of difficult navigation,
 and along roads almost impossible the thing was done for the command of the sovereign
 and the pefseverance of the people surmouns.
 sd every obstscle.
 q Is t possible - said some, as saon as 1 they heard of scheme of Obeflin's: To l rescue bis parishioners from half savage
 state, he determined to open a communicz- iion. wiih she high road io Sarashourg, So
 that the pFodacaions of the Bandsila Roche might find market. Having assembled
 the people, ne proposed that they should
 blast the rocks and convey . sufficient quan- . iity of enonn0us masses b construct wal for road. about mile and hall in length. along the banks of the rive. Bruche, and build . bridge across 1t.
 1 The peasants weTe astonished at his pro- position and pronounced 1t imprsciicable i; and every one excused himself on the ground of private business He, however, reasos.- cd with them. and added the offer of his ow n example. No sooner had he prosoanced these words. than, with piekaxe on his shoulder, he proceeded to the spot, while the sslonished peasants. animated by his example, forgot their excuses. and hasiened with one consent to fetch their tools and follow him. At length every obstacle was surmouEted walls were erected to supper, the earth, which appearrd ready to give way mountain torrents which had hitherto inun- dated the meadows. were divided into cours. e. or received into beds sufficient io contain them, and the thing was done! The bridge still bears the name of Charity.
 .ls it possible r said some, as they look ed at the impenetrahle forests which cover ed tho rugged 6anks and deep gorges nf Mt. Pilatns. in Switzerland, and hardened to the daring plan Of a man named Rapp. 10 con vey the pines from the top of the mou un.ain to the Lake 6f Lucerne, distance of nearly nine miles. Without heinz discouraged by thia exclamation.he forased slide or trough of twenty-faur thousand pine trees, six feet broad. and f.om three to six feet deep; and this slide, which was completed in 1872. and cslted she Slide uf Alpnach, was kep, moist. Its length was forty -foas thousand English feet, h had 10 be conducled over focks, or along their sides, or under ground or oves deeps. where it was sustained by scafoldings: aud yet skill and perseverance osewame every otjsiacle, and tho thing was done Tho trees rolled down from the asountain to the lake with wonderful rapid- iiy. The laryer pines. which were about hundred feet long, ran through the space Of eight miles and a third In about six minutes. A gentleman who saw this great work says. | that such vas the speed with which tree cf the iafgrst sise passed any given point, slaat he could only slriks ll ssscs with stick as II rnshed hys however quickly he sltrmpt- sd to repeat the btow."
 Say not hastily, then, :. h ii possible !. lt may not hc 70 to do thing. in an hour, a day, or T week, or by thoughilessness. care. lessness. and indolence hut to act with wisdom. energy srd persevennre. is il to iseave sucresa. ..Tims and pAtiencs.n says n Spanish author. :. make the mulberry leaf satin r and another rrmarks, that ..care and industry do everything."