Litchfield enquirer., 1856-10-09

1 I had not the courage yesterday to tell mS ] girls the bad news When mentioned 1t to- day Jeuuy at first looked very serious, but sud- denly she frightened up and said, Thou art distressed father"
 Have I not reason for being so ," "No, thou hast not !''
 Dear child, We shall never be free from debt and care. l do not know how We shall live. Our need is sore. Who will give us the l 4l5, hardly sufficient for the bare necessarieS of life ?'' -. Instead of answering, Jenny gently passed oae-arm round my neck, and poated upwards with the other, He, yonder p said she
 Polly seated herself On my lap, patted my face, ane said, Let me tell thee something = 1 dreamed last night that it was New Year, and that the king had come to Crekelad- There was a splendid show. The king dis mounted from bis horse before our door and walked R. We bad nothing to cook or bake. He ordered some of h.s own daint!es to be brought ill on dishes of gold and silver The kettle-drums and trumpetS sounded outside, aud behold, with the sound of the music, in marched some people with bishops mitre pp- on q satin cush.oa, a New Years present for thee 1t looked very funny, Ike the cooked hats of the bishops in the old picture books But you looked right well in it. Yet laughed myself almost out of breath Then Jenny walked me up, which made me quite angry. This dream has certainly something to do with a New Years present. IL is only fourteen days to New Years"
 l said to Polly, Dreams are but Seems j" but sine said Dreams come from God"
 do not bcleive SO Still I will write the dream down to see whether it be not consol- ing presage from heaven, A New Years pres eut would not De altogether a disagreable thing to any of LIS.
 All day have been at my accounts. I bo not like accounts. Reckoning and money matters make my head heavy and my heart empty and sad.
 De- l1-My debts, God be praised, are all now paId, but oae. At five different places l paid off 47 lls sterling. l have therefore left in ready money, 42 9s. This must last half a year. God help us.
 The black hose that saw at tailor Cutbay's l must leave unpurchased, although 1 need them sorely. They are indeed pretty we'll worn, yet stlll in good condition, aud the price is reasonable. But Jenny needs . cloak a great deal more. l pity the dear child whenl see her shiyering in that thin eanllt Polly must be satisfied with the cloak which her sis ter has made for her so nicely out of her old one.
 l must give up my share of the newspaper which ueighbor Westburn and l took together 1t goes bard with ms. Here in C------, with cut B newspaper, one knows nothing of the course .cf affairs At the horse-rsces at New market, the Duke of Cumberland wen 5000 Of the Duke of Grafton. 1t is wonderful how
 literally the words of Scripture are always ful- filled, "To him who hath, shall be gwen" and those other words, too, From him who hath not, shall be taken away" ] must lose 45 of even my poor salary,
 Fy Thomas, already murmuring again and wherefore For newspaper which thou art no longer able to take Shame on thee !--- Thou mayst easily learn from others whether Guneral Paoli succeeds in maintaining the free dom of Corsica The French have indeed promised assistance to the Gcuocsc :; but Pao- Ii has 20 900 veterans.
 Dee. 1s-Ah! how happy aSe VIC poor people still Jenny has got a grand cloak at the sop-shop for a mere song, and new she is sitting there with Polly ripping it to pieces, in 1 order to make 1t up anew. Jenny understands how to trade and bargain better than l. But l they let her have things at her own price, her voice is 50 gentle Ne have now joy upon l joy Jenny wants to appear i'll the new cloak 1 for the first time on New Years Day. Polly i has hgudTed comments and predictions about it. wager, the Dey of Algiers had not great CT pleasure in the costly presents which siie
 Neneiians made him, the two diamond rings
 the two watches set with hrilliants, the pistols
 iulad with gold, the costly carpets, the rich housings and the %, GOO sequins in cash.
 Jenny says we must save the cloak iR eata
 bles. Until New Years, we must buy nc
 meat. This is as it should be.
 Neighbor Westburn is noble man. l told him yesterday must discontinue my subscr:p
 ton for the newspaper, because l am not ,sure of my present salary nor even of my place.
 He shook thy hand aud said, :" Very well, then
 I will take the paper and you shall still reae Il it with me-
 l One must never despair There are mor,
 good men in the world than one thinks, espe cially among the poor
 The sasu dae. Ers-The baker is crab
 bed man. Although owe him nothing, ye whea Polly went to fetch loaf, and found , very small and badly risen or halfhurnt h . struck up quarrel with her, so that peopl } stepped i'll the street. He declared that h
 would not sell upon trust-that we must g elsewhere fer our bread. pitied Pelly wonder how the people here know ever, thing. Every one in the village is telling ho' Ala rl,ctx>x c txasu<r t<, mt 0nofhor curata