Litchfield enquirer., 1858-03-11

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 strunlent were strongly impressed with it's won
 derful power and accuracy, and had it not
 come under their notice little too late for use
 in the Crilnean War, it is very probable the
 English Government would have been under i obligations to our lamcnted neighbor for DOT l ton of it's success bcfor. the walls of Seyasto- pol. We are glad to know that the present Government at Washington has manifested a strong desire to give this Projectile test
 worthy Of it's wel!-known merits.
 The genius of the deceased is more plainly visiLle n the varous kinds of machinery he
 has d.si ignrd than in the inventions he has ac- con,slrd. These are too numerous to de: St rbe but may be seen by tie courtesy Of any Me.i"r of the firm at the works in Sharon Valley. One of these machines can perforn. 1 such mr scl,s Of labor that the mind eau sca.c g.vc crede,ce to its power without,
 witnessing it's operation. With tl.c aid of onc boy it can drill and turn complete in one day t~ enty- five hundred Curry Comb Handles, i while 200 is a task for one man by the ordi-
 nary lathe.
 His character, in moral and so.ial point of view was of q high order. Although mis- fortune had cut eff from him many of the
 sweetest eujoyincnts of liie--had dcuied him
 the erect posture of perfect n,ahhood, and the agility that springs from s.ews strung with
 vigorous health although the blessings which ! usually surround one-half the life of man, to
 him We're always r. mote yet he manifested 10 imp ,ticnct, nor did he ever plain of his lot Ills k;udnss ss of disposition won the af- ctions of all who kuew him It was his con- staut effort to be alone in his suffering and let none other realize his pain. Hr would always forestall those kind offices dictated Iy sympa- thy on the part of both, friend and kin. For fifteen years previons to the last few days of his fe he did not allow even his mother to wit ness his worst suffcrilgs. His calamity was all his own.
 He Was liberal in opinion, charitable, gene rous ill heart, hut firm ill purpose. His firm
 ness was not the ob>timacy of conceit, nor tile stul'boriess of dognatism, it was purely the co fd,ncc of sound judgment governed by
 We'll tllgested and accurate thought
 H., Was not a member of any Christian church. but he lived and died sincere fellow CT of Jesus Christ. From very early age he
 Was impressed with strong religious fecli, z, and his ltc Was the true expression of a pure
 picty utaded by the outward forms that cLin, 1"O uoCiSC Ot IiCu HNNu Utt ECNCl displayed it. The same clcar,,eSs of under standing that distinguished him in the affairs of this world, rascd his soul to just conc p- tions of tue Infinite, from who,, he drew the i!'sriration of love that purified, virtue that l en'bciiis''ed aud p ety that made hoiy a lie devoted to his feiiuw creatlres. If life ", re merchant is, and worth it's pric how great d deb; or were the world to !,im H.. gave it much, and from it tock but littlc Scltishu ss the bsetlng sin of human nature, found n' place n his heart In the last hours of his Iif', when conscious of approaching d,ath, he ,xlr,ssr willingness to either live or die, but if cho.cc could be granted he would pr, = fer to live a year or two more to finish the
 work he had left undone.
 It was solemn moment for his family when it became certain :hat the day of his dlssolu tio, was nearly at hand. It Was thought best that his physician should communicate the sad
 intelligence to him. He received it with great composare, his face bcamny with glory it had ever mwn before Those who saw him say that such an expression of mingled resignat on, hol e, and c''nfdenca ani joy, is seldom wit iI:ssrd in the ch,. n5er where the good man meets his fate" He po;nt'd out the way We ought to live, and taught Us how to die.