Litchfield enquirer., 1862-02-13
THE NEWsBOY.

THE NEWsBoY.
 The newsbeys are mystery. Whence they ,ome or whithsr they go, who can tell :! Walk he streets when and where you will, except ct 'heir hour of high change, ard you shall be as of them as of the gasmain under he street, and yet in all instant, their business hour having arrived, the street shall be all alive with them. They seem to come up from the yrouud like ants. They burst upon you like pack of hounds in full cry. without giving you so much as moments warning; and their mission being ended, they sink away as mysteriousy as they came. They melt from view like one oi the Celtic warriors in Ossian, go down with the sun, or vanish at the sight of the stars. Like the street musicians, they come and go. and have no name, unknowing and unknown. Who was ever conscious of meeting or seeing newsbey anywhere but on his beat, with his news under his arm and the cry on his lips.
 And then, note their mysterious knowledge of the human countsnance. They seem to detect at glance, your capabilities and your wants- In an instant, they not only distinguish between one who has made his purchase and one who has not, but between him who might. could would, or should buy paper, and him who is mentally indifferent about the news, or financial y incapable of commanding it. A dead bIoke' nssa may walk among them as iu solitude They too, afford quite study in another partic' ular. The eti9uene of the profession is, in dis tinguished manner, high toned and dip plomatic. No matter how eager their onset one, two, three or dozen may be upon you at once, cutting off your advance, pressing on your flank or hanging upon your rear, and assailing you with the most pressing cries for patronage; bat no sooner have yon declared your preference than the excite ment is all over and the lucky boy is left in peace with his customer. There is no whimper, even of discontent. So far from it, there is not one of the whole crowd of disappointed applicants who would not gladly help his fortunate rival over any little financial difficulty he may expert. ence in making change, or even lend him the necessary funds to complete the transaction.
 And then their reputation for commercial hon or: whoever knew a newsboy unable to raise a loan on the instant? 'Ned, lend me cent, '' and it is done.. The most unobservant cannot have failed to have observed how unhesitatlngly they demand accommodation, and how prompt their wants are met. There is no holding back on the part of the lender, as if calculating the chances of getting it again no balancing of probabilities about the state of the money mark ct no haggling about terms no passing of col lateral security. And how often is it that that demand for B loan is equivalent to demand of one.llaf the capital of the lender, and yet 1t IS always ventured, and unhesitatngy. Let gov
 ernments and banks suspend, and confidence ex- pire elsewhere it always burns bright on the Rl- alto of the newsboy. They seem to know noth. ing of defalcations and insolvency, but each and every one of the profession is looked upon as man of honor, whose word is as good as hs bond.
 How often has it happened to you to offer coin in payment too mighty for your customers, and in an instant he is of. leaving you standing. purse in hand wondering where he has gone, and whether he will return. and ponderng generally upon the statute of frauds or the law of elnbez- element, when pop! he comes up before you like Q strange ghost, counts you out your dues to the last farthing aud leaves you on the instant to bounce somebody else. In such an emergency, never fear. The honor of the craft is fully equal to the occasion. The fair fame of the profession stands unsullied by any charge of absconding.
 The little newsboy sometimes appears to- you in another aspect. You are vending your way through the crowd, little dreaming that you carry the air and manner of capitalist, and quite con scious that really you have no such feeling, when you are suddenly wakened from your reverie by little piping voice at your side please sir, set me up in business" The whole scope of the idea is too much for you. You start, pause, look down, and there you see the most comical look ing little imp imaginable. His cap and garb, and everything about hlm, bears unmistakable evi dence that he is suffering from the old feuda law of primogenture, so clear is it that his whole outfit is an inheritance handed down to him from some elder and more favored brother. Aud yet, the fault does not seem to be so much that the clothes are too large as that the boy is too small, and you really feel that it is pity that something cannot be done to round him ont to his clothes. But notwithstanding those little drawbacks of the tpilet rendering him hardly presentable, there is an air. manner an attitude and shining morning face, Gust bequelthed to him, probably, by anxious molher,) telling, be- seechlng eye, an upturned hopeful countenance, that is making it's way in the right direction.
 The passing throng, however are disturbing your tsbleau rloant, that you would gladly gaze upon longer; you have just time to bethink you of the great law of patronage how it is the high perogative of the weak to appeal to the strong, of the high and mighty to befrend the helpless and indigent Your resolve to fulfil your desti- ny, and hastily bestow the coveted dime and pass on, feeling that there must be something distin. gue in your appearance to elicit such an appli- cation from such sharp little rogue of news boy, and mentally resolving hereafter to endeav or to look meek and lowly and more like the common herd. Afterwards, again and again, | you are saluted with that brief but potent speech until you find yourself quite patron, and walk the street as one of the capitalists of the earth
 One cannot help sometimes wishing to know little more of them; how they spend their eve nings, how far it is bread to their parents and little brothers and sisters; but in city life our vision is short. It is but little that we are per. mitted to really know of those passing day by day under our eye; but in their case, where there is so much before us to commend, it is reasonable to conclude that it ia we'll with them ID their homes--that they carry light and sun shine into many little family Armament where the dire calamities which they deal in so noisly through the day are narrated but not felt, and where there are love, comfort, and content Boston 1ranscript.
 PREPARE FOR SPRING WoRk.-It IS an old saying that in peace we should be prepared for war. Farmers have more leisure in the winter season than at other times, In stormy days they can put their stables in complete order. 1 And they can repair all their tools under shel, ter. If they have no workshop they can work n the woodhouse. And if they are destitute of 'uch convenience as many farmers are, they