Litchfield enquirer., 1856-01-31


 cant that these reports should exhibit so remarkable diminu,ion in the numher of deaths occurring during the present year" Habits aud manners of our Forefatl,rrs.
 We have seen how ,he iarmer's family, in the log. hut on the banks of,he Mystic, pass cd their Saturday: It Us now see what they d" on Inc following Sunday. The only manual labor allowed was that oi i'npc, ous necessity |: anything further was thought to violate ihc jealous sanc'ny of the day. The iron strict. ness with which Sunday must be kept, made every Puritan l,'ok on that occdsion as if tw" fast. .aays had met m one. The hour of r,s,ny was re'narkahl, lai. and nn:hins like hurry was seen in the house. Nature found q re liei in this. When tho milking was ovcr, and the chores d"n-," the quiet breakfast gathers Tho sober family around the fable, where the usuai provisinns are spread, and where, at the end nf Tho meal, the mo'het surprise. her sons with fresh baked apple. pie, smoking from a two quart ear,hen ish This argument, addressed 10 The stomach the children readily comprehend and each one t.kes his slice in ms hand, aud, without wink ing, proceeds io bns;usss.
 Breakfast beng finishe.', the morning wor- ship is now to hc 'fered. Tho faiher takes ihc iaa'l, Bihle calls his iatie daughter to look "ver him as he rceds :; and then, in slow and reysreni tone, reads two or lhrec cha piere from inc New Tea. amcnt. Careful moi 10 kneel and no, 10 sit, the fa,ni y aiI stand up while the father. in tx'emporancous prayer, thanhs the G,ver of every good for his houn ties, canfcssrs his sins with humility aId pen i'ence, asks for par,l'n rough a d,v,nr Hc. deemrr, surplieates for the new hrrrt and new life of the gospel. and pray. tor the hrav cnly guidance. ln these general exprc..iors, he does n.t i"ryri io thank God rspec,ulIy fn the religious freedom rrj,y-d n Amcr,ca. and 10 impl"rr that P"p~ry, Epi.c"p.cy, and all other hcrrsirs. may he forever k,2 ou, of his true church here. There Is TOW an hour before II will be necessary io start fr meeting : and this hour is occupied by isc children in committing 10 mem"sy few rArs fr nn the B,nlc, or hymn from Siernhald and Hop kins, or | page from the Ca eci,ism. The mother spends the hour in teaching her litilc daughter some Christian history, or telling her the story of Joseph trom ihe Ofd Tesia mont. The father hears tho other ch,ldrcn say 'he,r lessons, and ac's as the superintend eni of this first and best of Sunday schools.
 The hour has now arrived for inc whole family 10 leave for the meeting. house /; and, whether t he in this plantation or the ncxi, there Is TO apoiogy available for absence fram pubic wnrship. Gods command, anu 'he penalties of The sta uie law, decide ih,s case without .quivocaIi"a. h the weather he fair. the ch,luren wal, be the dis, anr, one milo or tnee. Ea. h"he i. d-e.srd in The full Sunda. si,rS, and E.is i of para mount imporiahcs moi In tear or soil ii. They all keep together. The ia:her mounis h,s horse, and then takes h,s wiie upoa a pilii,l behind him. II it tfc rainy, the oxen ac hiiched ,o tn. e.ni and cha, and logs makc seats within II and thus Inc family go 'o. getaer. r the father be one of the a,po,nied ! " watchers" then he must take his gun and ammunition. and be ready to repei any ssv.gF l suack. Pui'lic worship began at eleven o'clock sad ,hs n. rnins Sree was glass and hall lang fhar is. II ended ai half past twelve. The half hour of in'erniiss,on wa, spent in and around the me.tfrg h,H.c and fr.ends met there that Could not get ~hhir -prsk'ns distdnee q any offer time. The young folks were apr 70 hdddle mp together | and d'd noi always talk sbout rc.,y,on. The l services vf the afternoon were concluded al half past two; and our family on inc oank. of The Mystic have reached hon,,e one hour afterwards. The p'Iaon, for safe keeping, m put Under ihs bed, inc saddle hung up in th, 1 barn. andihe hnree turned out 10 pasture.
 | The fan.dy are nox ready for . meal. which unises dinner and sappcr and fpuh from ih. oven come thai pct of bea6s with nc corona pork, and that Indian pudding, sli peri. eil, done, having been in prison aboui tweniy-:..u hours. Grace being sad. ihe pudding is i'., 6rsi dish and il is a deiic,ous dish, too =
 The color of the pudding is deep, rich su
 Der end the ju,ee or jeIl, is shnndan,. Hun
 ger IS the hes, sance bat it does na, pce'
 that to make 'hi. savcry. Two pIsies-inl ] apiece scarcely sa.isfy the young folks. Tn bean. cams ncxt and ihis ,, rosrg and heart!
 food is eaien wnh'a relish; ,hongh il w'i , taste bette, so- morrow. when ns p6dd,ng pre-
 eedes IL. Wned',he dinner seems to he over ihe mother cp.ss the ,ab1s-drawer srd 10
 ! nice apple pier Appetite comes sssin . the sight Of nes deiicaciss; and It takes .. ( Icgic Io convince the children that | slice .