MISCELLANEOUS.
FORCE OF HABIT.
... 'i.-Li -
Habits are siuuourn inings - - . ,
Xnd bv the time a man is turned of had risen enormously nign-Uut-
so
forty,
His ruling passion is grown
haughty,
There is no clipping of its wings.
.The truth will best be shewn,
By a familiar instance of our own
Dick Stripe . .
.Was a friend and lover of the -.pipe.
He used to say, one pipe of Kirk
man's best,
Gave life a zest. .... ,
To him, twas meat, and drink, and
physic,
To see the friendly vapor
' 'Curl round the midnight taper,
And the black fume
Clothe all the room,
In cloud as dark as science meta
physic. So still he smoked, and drank, and
crack'd his joke,
. And had he single tarried,
He might have smoked, and still
grown old in smoke;
But Richard married.
His wife was one who carried
The cleanly virtues almost to a vice,
She was so nice.
And thrice a week, above, below,
The house was scoured from top to
toe,
And all the floors were rubbed so
bright,
You dare not walk upright
For fear of sliding
But that she took a pride in.
Of all things else, Rebecca Stripe
Could least endure a pipe.
She railed against the filthy herb,
tobacco,
Protested that the noisome vapor,
Had spoil'd her best chintz curtains
And the paper. ,
And then she quoted good King
James,
Who saith tobacco is the devil's
breath. ,
When wives will govern, husbands
must obey,
And many a day
Dick mouni'd andmiss'dhis favor
ite tobacco,
And curs'd Rebecca.
At length the day approach'd his
wife must die
Imagine now the doleful cry
Of female friends, old aunts and
cousins,
Who to the funeral come by dozens.
"The undertaker, men and mutes,
Stood at the gate in sable suits,
With doleful looks,
Just like so many melancholy rooks.
5ow cake and wine were handed
round,
'Folks sigh and drink, and drink
and sigh,
For grief makes people dry.
ut Dick is missing, no where to
be found
Above, below, about,
They search'd the house thro'
out Each hole and secret entry
Quite from the garret to the pan
try, In every corner, nook and shelf
And all concluded he had hang'd
himself.
At last they found him; reader
guess you where?
'Twill make you stare
perch'd on Rebecca's coffin, at his
rest,
Smoking a pipe of Kirkman's best!
LA FAYETTE.
arms to pay. a Wurtribule of
respect to the "Nation's Guest."
Canal boats were arriving al
most hourly, loaded with citi
zens from every village border-
on the uanai. rrovisions
ter. which could be purchased
last week for eighteen and a half
cents, sold last Tuesday for?r-ty-jiue
cents.
Gold. We learn from a cor
respondent in Cabarrus county,
and also verbally from other
sources (says the Salisbury Car
olinian) that upwards of two
thousand penny weights of pure
virgin gold, was found near Par
ker's Ferry, in Montgomery
county, on the 2Sth ultimo.
One lump weighing 4lb. was
found by a small boy, about 10
feet below the surface of the
earth. This we believe, is the
largest piece ever found in this
State. It is perfectly pure, &
as soft as lead. There are, we
learn, more than one hundred
men working at this mine or,
as those engaged in the business
more appropriately term it, "dig
ging for gold" for nearly all
of this precious metal that has as
yet been obtained, has been
found in loose, sandy, loomy
earth.
This is not correct. A lump
weighing 231bs. was found when
first this source of wealth was dis
covered. Rat. Reg.
Mushrooms. 0 n Wednesday
the 22d inst. Mr. Frederick
Beall, his wife and child, of
Perquimans county, having ea
ten plentifully of Mushrooms
stewed up, were taken very ill
soon after, the child died on
Thursday, and Beall and his
wife are now very sick, but like
ly, we understand to recover.
Persons should be very cautious
in eating Mushrooms of any
kind, particularly the White.
All, however, possess pbisonou
. . i .
Qualities in a greater or
degree.... Edenton Gaz.
The New-York Evening
Post of Saturday, says: we learn
from Philadelphia that business
for a day or two past, had been
almost entirely laid aside in that
city, and that all hands and hearts
"were en sacred in ornamenting
the place for the reception of
tren. la ayette. I he Corpora
tion had voted $23,000 for the
purpose, and magnificent and
splendid triumphant arches of
evergreens, entwined with roses
in the most tasteful manner,
ivere thrown over the rnW;!
streets through which the Gen
eral was to pass, one of which
cost umvards of six hundred
dollars. The militia for sixtv or
seventy miles from the Country,
were marching into the city .
some had alrcadv arrived and
It Was caleulatPfl tkif iinwnnl
of 70,000 men would be under
less
Elegant
extract. The fol-
owing is an extract from a ve
ry feeling address of a gentle
man to a lady. flo purchase
such an admirer a "world of
diamonds" would be cheap indeed:
'In the inexhastible infinitude
of thy beatific perfections, suffer
thy most passionate adorer, one
celestial smile on thy nectare-
ous tins. Jrardon him, most
m.
enchanting of thy sex, if, in
the transporting paroxisms of
seraphic admiration, he does one
day hope for one electric kiss on
those cherubic corals, to lull his
soul into a sweet delirium of
ecstacv. A most
egregiously benignant angel! to
affix a value to the smallest hair
of thy translucent head, would
be to estimate a world ol dia
monds: but tddelineatc thy beau
ty would be to paint a heaven
which we never saw, and to tanc
a language that we never knew."
A dandy lawyer once asked
a certain Judge in New York,
how often he changed his linen
in a week. The Judge replied,
Al t ,i 1
once, sir. un : says tne lawyer.
change every day. Well, says
the Judge, so every dirty dog
ought to do.
FISH & OIL.
rpHE Subscribers have just re-
JL ceived on consignment, m ad
dition to their former stock twenty
barrels Mess SHAD, of a superior
quality; also a iresn supply oi noe
and Cut TIKKKliNUb. some m
half barrels; and about three dozen
bcttles CASTOR OIL, which will
be sold low for Cash.
4 W. Simmons.
Ilaifax, June 10, 1824.
Mvs. SWEDEN,
HAS removed to the house in the
rear of Mr. William M. De
ford's store, where she has opened
a fashionable assortment of MILLI
NERY consisting of Leghorn and
Straw Bonnets, of the newest pat
terns artificial flowers, wreaths,
and bunches gimps, black, white,
and colored curls, caps, turbans,
&c. Sec.
She has just received, in addition
to her former assortment, a box
of LEGHORN BONNETS, and a
box of CURLS, which will be sold
at reduced prices.
Mantua-making done in the most
fashionable stile.
Halifax, Aug. 6, 1821. 20-tf
jfew Hope Fall Races,
flLL commence on Wednes-
dav, the 10th dav ol jnu-
VEMBER next, and will continue
four days.
First Day A Sweepstakes for
untried 3 year old colts and fillies
of this state mile heats $100 en
trance, half forfeit to close the
20th inst. one Subscriber three or
more to make a race.
Second Day The Proprietor's
Purse, $150 two mile heats $20
entrance two or more to make a
race.
Third Day A Jockey Club
Purse, worth $250 three mile
heats money hung up, with the
usual discount $20 entrance non
subscribers $30 entrance.
Fourth Day A Produce stake
mile heats $100 entrance, half
forfeit five subscribers and closed.
Rules of the Course to govern in
every instaiice. The track is in
good order Stables and Litter fur
nished Race horses gratis, by the
Proprietor.
Henry Wilkes, Sec?y.
Halifax. Sept. S, 1S21. 25
CO-PARTNERSHIP.
THE Subscribers having com
menced business under the firm
of ANDERSON & -LOUDON,
next door to the Bank, and directly
opposite the store cf James naui
day & Co. offer for sale a general
assortment of
Dry Goods,Groceries,&c.
which they will sell low for cash,
country nroduce, or on a short cre
dit to punctual customers.
Geo. Anderson,
Robert Loudon.
Halifax, Sept. 16, 1824, 26-St .
AVING removed his office to
JL Halifax, ofl'ers his services to
the people, and hopes to receive
apart ol their patronage: lie lias
taken the house lormeny occupied
by Dr. Marrast, next door below
theFarmer'sHoteljandoppositethe
Bank. He promises iidelity,promp
titudc and moderation, in the prac
tice of the profession. He has on
hand and intends keeping, a general
Assortment of Medicines,
Which he will sell at reduced pri
ces for Cash, or on a short credit.
Among them are the following:
it i
Nitric acid
Muriatic do
Sulphuric do
Tartaric do
Citric do '
Vitriolic icther
Alcohol
Tincture iron
Nutgalls
Ginger
Mace '
Balsam tola
copaiva
pern
Antimonial wine Ereot
Susrar lead Gum ammonia
Muriate ammo'a
Allum
QJJANTICO CANAL
LOTTERY.
FOUXTii class: : ::scheme: .
5,000
10,000
6,000
3,000
2,040
6,900
6,900
30,360
1 prize of $5,000 is
5 of "2,000
6 of 1,000
6 of 500
6 of 340
138 Cf 50
690 of 10
6,072 of 5
Tartar emetic
Antimony
Angustura
Arrow root
Lunar caustic
Calomel
Jalap
Rhubarb
Assafcetida
Aloes
Borax
Camphor
Flour sulphur
Cantharidcs
Cream tartar
Elaterium
Cascarilla
Castor oil
Blue vitriol
Cochineal
Colombo
Colocvnth
Soda '
Soda powders
arabic
myrrh
gamboge
scainmony
kino
Digitalis
Black hellebore
London mustard
Mczerian
Litharge
Opodeldoc
Sweet oil
Spirits nitre
lavender
British oil
Barks
Sulphate quinine
Croton oil
Swaim's panacea
Valerian
Verdigris
Prussiate iron
Pink root
Argentum
Laudanum
Quassia
Rochelle powd'rs Red precipitate
6,924 Prizes, 7 17,550 ; $70,200
10,626 Blanks, 5 Tickets. I
Whole Tickets,
Half do.
Quarter do. -
Eighth
- $5 00
2 50
1 25
do. - - - 0 62
Package of 9 whole tickets, 2S 00
do. ot y nan ao. 14 uo
do. of 9 quarter do. 7 00
(ff3 Th c form cr Classes hat
ing met with greater encour
agement from the Public than
teas anticipated, the Manager
has determined to offer the a
bove Scheme, formed on pure
m a themat ica I principles, which
when fully examined and icell
considered, will be found real
ly worthy the attention and
patronage of adventurers. The
drawing will positively take
place on THURSDAY, the
25th of November next,
and be completed in
ONE BAY.
Orclers, enclosing the cash or
prize tickets in any of the northern
Lotteries, for tickets or shares,
will meet with prompt attention
and the earliest notice given of
their fate if addressed to
WHITE'S
Virginia Lottery Office,
Petersburg, Va.
Aug. 26. 1S24.
salts
j Epscm salts
j Glauber do
Carb. potass
zinc
i Pearl ash
Calci'd magnesia Stoughton's bit'rs
Carbonic do 1 apioca
Senna Sulphate zinc
Manna Hiera picra
Carbon, ammonia bal martis
Guiac
Senega
Barley
Fowler's solution
Squills
Sarsparilla
ferri Spirits hartshorn
Sulph. potass
Sago
Oil wormsecd
aniseed
cloves
cinnamon
juniper
peppermint
Essence lemon
bergamot
pep'rmmt
Castile soap
Cardamom seed
Cinnamon
Dovers' powden
Nutmegs
Benzoin
Cloves
Gentian
Colchicum
Liquorice
Ipecac:
Elix. vitriol
paregoric
Mercurial oint'nt
Sponge, &c.
Halifax, Jug. 18, 1S24.
ALSO, XOVVj
Oranee peel
Turmeric root
Val Eratus
Volatile alkali
Orris root
Madder root
Prepared chalk
Copperas
Oxyd bismuth
Canella alb :
Cologne water
Arsenic
Corrosive rublim
Prussic acid
Oil amber
Opium
Burgundy pitch,
Spts: Turpentine
Castor opt
Cicuta
Colombo powder
Chamomile flo'rs
Carraway seed
Turlington's bal s.
Gum tragacanth
Salt Petre
Gum guiacum
Red launders
Spermaceti
Tincture musk
September 17.
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