Litchfield enquirer., 1870-08-04

alters held her head up, and had sich 8 sight O grit and resolution, but she told me all about it It seems old Black Hoss he wa n't con- tent with worryin' on her, and gettin' on her up nights, but he kep' hectorin' on her about Bill Elderkin, and wantin' on her to promise that she would n't hev Bill i when he was dead and gone, and Miry she would n't promise, and then the old man said she should n't have cent from him if she did n't, and so they had it back and forth. Every body in town was sayin' what shame t was he should sarve her so; for though he he'd other children, they was married and gone, and there want none of them to do for him but jist Miry.
 Wal, he hung on till jest as the piannys in the front yard was beginnin' to blow out, and then he began to feel he was a goin, and he sent for Parson Lothrop to know what was to be done about his soul.
 Wal, says Parson Lethrop, 'you must settle up all your worldly affairs; you must be in peace and love with all mankind, and if you we wronged anybody you must make it good to 'em.'
 'OId Black Hoss he bounced right over in his bed with his back to the minister.
 'The Devil! says he, ''t will take all I've got. And he never spoke another word, him, and did what he could for him.
 Wal, that night sot up with him, and he went off tween two and three in the mornin,' and laid him out regular. Of all the racks O bone ever see, I never see a human crittur so poor as he was. Iva mt nothin' but his awful will kep' his soul in his body so long AS 1t WaS | We had the funeral in the meetin' house a Sunday, and Parson Lothrop he preach ed sermon on contentment on the text, We brought nothin' into the world, and it is sartain we can carry nothin out, and having food and raiment, let us be herewith content. Parson Loth- rop he got round the subject about as hand some as he could; he did n't say what a skinfint old Black Hoss was, but he talked in gineral way about the vanity o'worry- in an scrapin' to heap up riches. Ye see Parson Lothrop he could say it all putty easy, too, cause since he married a rich wife he'd no occasion 10 worry about tenn poral matters, and folks alters breaches better on the vanity O riches when they $ In tolable easy circumstances. Ye see when folks is pestered and worried to pay their bills and don't know where the next dollar s to come from, it's great tempta. tion to be kind O valooin' riches, and meb. be envyin' those that s got 'em; whereas when ones accounts all pays themselves, and the money comes jest when it's wanted regular, Q body feels sort O composed like, and able to take the right view o'things, like Parson Lothrup.
 sWal, after sermon the relations all went over to the old house to hear the will read, and as I was kind O friend with the fam. fly jest slipped in along with the rest.
 "Squire Jones had the will, and so when they all got sot round all solemn, he broke the seals and unfolded it, craoklin' it 8 good While afore he begun, and it was SC still you might heard pin drop when he begun to read. Fust, there was the farm and stock, he left to his son John Brown over in Sherburne. Then there was the household stuff and all them things, spoons and dishes, and beds and kiverlids and so on, to his da'ter Polly Blanchard. And then, last of all, he says, he left to his da ter Miry the pitche, hat aOas on the top O Mt she!f in his bedroom closet
 'That are was an old cracked pitcher that Mirey alters had hated the sight of, and spring and fall she used to beg her father to let her throw it away; but no, he would n't let her touch it, and so it stood gatherin' dust
 "Some on 'em run and handed it down, and it seemed jest full O scourin sand and nothin' else, and they handed it to Mirey. "Wal Mirey she soas wrathy then. She did nt' so much mind bein' left out in the will, cause she expected that, but to have that are old pitcher poked at her so sort O scornful was more n she could bear.
 ''She took it and gin it throw across the room with all her might, and 1t hit az in the wall and broke into thousand bits, when out rolled hundreds o'gold pieces; great gold eagles and guineas flew round the kitchen jest as thick as dandeli- ons tell you, she scrabbled em up pret- ty quick and we all helped her.
 'Come to count 'em over, Miry had the best fortin of the whole, as t was right and proper she should. Miry she was a sensi- ble gal, and she invested her money we'll; and so, when Bill Elderkin got through his law studies he found a wife that could make nice beginning with him. And that's the way, you see, they came to be dofn' as we'll as they be. ...4 "So, boys, you jest mind and remember an alters see what there is in providence afore you quarrel with it, cause there's a good many things in this world turns out like Mis- Elderkin's pitcher. ."-Ha,1iel Beeeher Sto,ce.
 THE PoPE's SOLDIERS. The Papal Govern ment finds great difficulty in eniisting sol dlers, and those who have served six months or year cannot be persuaded to do so any l longer. The reason of this is evident In all Catholic countries the situation of the pope is painted in the darkest colors. The clergy are filled with pious indignation, and preach in glowing terms of the insults which the pope must endure. They assure the young men that the head of their church is not only in continual danger, but ex-