Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1856-10-16

box directed to me carefully sealed, and Of an
unusual size. / had never seen exactly such Q
box before. lifted it. and found il pretty
heavy: In the top were two smoothly cut round
| holes.
With Jenny's help. / opened the box very
cautiously, us had been directed 70 handle the
contents carefully A fnc. white cloth. was
removed, and 10 i------but no, our astuAshmene
is indcscrihable. We all exclaimed with one
voice, Is Good God r.
There lay little child aslecp, some six or
eight weeks old. dressed in the finest linen.
With rose-eo.cred r.banas. Its htlie ,au ST
cd upon soft hue silk cnshion,. and it was
web wra.t upi q blanket The covering as
well as the little cap, Mas tr.n,lii, a with the
cossLcst Rrabant lace.
We stood some moments gazing at Il with
silent wonder. At last Polly broke out into
eomicel i@sgh, and cried, "vhat shall we do
wish R,s This is no bishops initre ~ Jenny
t.midiy touched the cheek Of the sleeping babe
with the tap af her finger, and in tone full
of pity, SAID, Poor, dear little creature thou
hast no mother, Or might as well have no mo-
thor. Great God to cast off such lowell,
helpless being Only see, fathers only see.
Polly, hoss peacefully and trusthlly il sleeps,
Unconscious of its fate, as il It knew that il Is
lying in Gods hand. Sleep on, thou poor, for.
saken one Thy parents arespsrhaps too high
in rank to care for thee, and too happy to per-
mt thee to disturb their happiness. Sleep en-,
We win Rctrast thee out They have brought
thee to the right place. | will be thy mother"
As Jenny was speaking, two large tears fell
from hss eyes. I caught the pious, gentle
hearted creature to my breast aud said. /" Do
a mother to this little onci The stepchidren
OF fortune come to her stepchildren. God
tries our fsith-no, he ,loes not try t. He
Knows it. Therefore is this forsaken little
creature brought to ms We do not Indeed.
know how We shall subsist from one day, to an
other, but lie knows, who has appointed us to
lee parents to this orphan"
thus the matter was soon settled The child
continned TO sleep swcetly on. In the meau-
while, we exhausted ourselves In coniectures
about It's parents, WHO we're NJ doubtedy known
10 Us, rs the box was directed to me Polly.
alas conld tell us nothing more of the person
who brought il than she had already told. Now
While the Little thing sleeps, and run over my
New Years sermon upon the Power of the
Eternal Providence" my daughters are hold.
N.Y. a eoaacii about Che nursing Of the poor
Stranger. Folly exhibits all the delight of q
child. Jenny appears to be much moved
With nr, It is AS If / entered upon the New
Year IN the midst Of miracles, and-it may be-
snperst taton, or It may be not--as if this liz.
tie child were sent to be our guardian angel in
oar need. l cannot express the feelings OF
peace, the still happiness which have.
Sdme dag. Eue-I came home greatly OK.
haustcd It'd weary with tho sacred lnbors of
the day. l had a loug and rugged walk. But
was nsi,ir.ted by happy return home. by
the checrtulncss of my daughters, by our plea-
sa,.t little parlor. The table was ready laid
for me, and OMIT stood flask of wine, New
Years present from OIL unknown benevolent
hail
The looks Of the lovely little child in Jeuny,s
arms invigorated me above all things. Polly
showed rue the beautiful little bed Of our nurs.
ling. the dozen fine napkins. the dear little cans
aud night Clothes which were in the box. and
then sealed packet Of money directed TO me.
which they had found at the feet of the child
when it awoke, and had taken It out
Anxious to learn something Of the parentsee
of our little unknown inmate, opened the
packet. II contained roll Of twenty guiueas
aud letter as follows:
"REvrarND Sin TO your well-known I'm.
mainly and kin1ntss the unfortunate parents of
this infant cntrust him. Do not iorsake Il.
We may ore day be enabled to show Won our
gratitude when circumstances permit as 10
mako ourselves known Although at a
distance, VIC shall keep q careful watch. and
know every thing that ron do. The dear bow
j is namcd Alfred. lie has been baptized. His
board for the FIRST quarter accompanies this.--
The Same sum win viii be punctnally RENTED
to yoa eyery three months. Take tho child.
We rcnrucnd him to the tenderness of your
daughter Jenny"
Wien had read the letter, Polly Ieaped
with joy. and cried, There's the bishops mi.
tire p Bountifal Heaven How rich had we
suddenly sseosse We read the letter doz-
en- times. We did not trust our eyes TO look
at the gold apon the table. What O New
Years present! From my heaviest cares for
the future was thus suddenly relieved. But
in what strange and mysterious way Tn
cain did think over all the people knew, in
order to discover who IL might be who had
been forced by birth or rank TO. conceal the
existence Of their child, or who were able to
make to make such liberal compensation for
1 q simple service Of Christian charity. task
ed my recollection. but cpnld think Of no
ono. And set Il was evident that these pa
tents were well acquainted with mine.
4 Wonderful are the WAYS Ut Providence
4 Jan. 2.---Fortune il heaping her fayors upon
tme This morning again rereiyed pacEet