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I v,.V..":, V --night. ' ? : -
- - . Away J Way l - " -
fV;:See twilight gray f
Iferga trey veil arraying-,
; There nota sound m. ,
. The vi!?age rounds . .
Sarejooder watcb-dog'. baying-; -
- C V .There's net an eye, - , . ' .
- J v Jfor footstep nish ; : - -Shepherds
thei flocks "have tended
' . ".' The reaper 'i lay- .
" "Hat dredfawa
.."The roodcuKo, Uskis ended, -
And Nata'-e teems ".'"
A land of dreams,. -Thin
haze like slumber creeping'
Ofer leaf and flower,
: Hill, meadow, bower, '
.' And brook-side rfflHow weeping.
But.lo the birth
Of moonlight ! Earth, ,
Aside her mantle throwing,
.. J Beams like a bride,
In all her pride.
In all her beauty glowing !
On t onward through
- Her realms of blue
(Slides the orbM moon ! Leaves quiver
Forjoy, nd bright
. Like liquid light
flows yonder glassy river! 'i .
' "Beneath ber sway'
A second day, , '
A milder radiance shedding?
, Than lately dyed
Yon mountain's side '
With roseate hues, is spreading;.
Night! how divine .
A power is thine '
Deep founts of thod phts and feeling,
, By day subdued,
Thy solitude
And silence are revealing !;
SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
ill love to look on a scene like this.
J ,j 1 Of wild and careless play,'-
f 1 1 ir And my locks are not yet gray.
'4ieajti -
i " And it makes Ms puUrs flrj '-
i i JTo catch the thrill of a happy voice,.
; ; jjAud the light of a happy ey e.
S I have walked the vc-nrnri&o yt ?r.
v Aiy say thatl am old,
1 1 ' And my years are well nigh told.
lilt i very true it is very, rue-
I i i m old, ana l bid my time,--
' r iTtiit mv hart will lain at a mrn ULo tKi.
And I half renew my prime.
Play on ! plav on! T ani with you there.
In the midst of your merry ring f
1 1 can feel the thrill of the daring jump,
And the rush of the breathless swings
2 hide with you in the fragrantflfay,
And 1 whoop the smothered rail,
nd my feet slip on the ready floor, -And
I care not for the fall. "
m willing to die when my time shall come,
And I shall be glad to got
ir the World at best h a weay place,
And my pulse is getting low.
ui lb. "v is dark, and the heart will fail,
j j If treadine its gloomy way ;
-fi.d it wiles my heart from its. dreariness.
i'-i T fee' the voung sogav.
j ; -.
, HebrSw.' Jeremiah, 10, IT.
J 3?ron tbe ball of our fathers ia anguisb we fled,
Zior ain will Its marble re-echo our tread,
? I?or the breath of the Siroe bath blasted our name,
,nj the frown of Jehovah has crashed us in shame.
U robe was the whirlwind, his voice was tbe thunder,
iui4tvrtb, at hi footstep, was riven asaader - -C
Xhc mantle of midnight had shrouded the sky,
I Jut we knew where He stood .by the Sash of His eye.
fjb, Judah ! bow long- must thy Weary ones weep,
ivt far from tbe lanct woe re taeir loreiajiers sleep r
uw loi:g re the pldry that briglMeaed tue inotjiitaap" '
til weiom the emile to Sika, fouotlaf
THE FIRST. TIME OF ASKING
A OT COORTSKir ,
f As a guide in like cases of embarrassment
tin any oi our reauers, we cunuense tne
subjoined narrative ot a lellow sutlererlt
nay be re tiembered that even Solomon sayi
" w
io eras puzzled int this difficulty
mmHlfA
! 5 t ' Uncle," said 1, to my sage and staunch
i ounseiior, you are aware jthat I Have -a
eling jUiat is, ayouthfu) bias, or otherwise
; expressed, seiiat ion to wardJ ujis
' A what ?" inquired my uncle, and yet
: he Was not deaf; but a man with corns is
: L hi ways trodden .upon.
H " A deUoition, uncle, is hard you know ;
l hint is bad enough, and surely you who
flved putiUs idonevs can measure the fir it
, Advances, witnouv any otuer guioe man
our eye.' . -..
ilol ha I" chuckled the soldier," is it
( VAv i - D1V Doy ?,' il the god of arrow s or ra
i her of quivers, that has shaken -your cita-
jet f ana wnai oi it, my man oi orass ; wn)
top short, with that suJy half, and put. oh so
utmplete a black-hole expression of coun-
it I Uncle,;! replied, you are a married
Uian, ; iue nooaea sageiy;; -s want ,lqe
;be ne 6 1 'of your ex pet ieu,-r-htjw. max. I , to
ber in uaiciage i" t
f Tolhts iaiport3nt tiqairy no answ er was
rerrned, except a direction to, dl for
hitDIPand the " ptop aepbetr. vai com''
peueu ta axaKe f pian oi procreamg anaio
ed. fie thoa soliloquizes on the topt&:l
' Eahcr the leicacy,jr the shame, or th
lareetJulness of; oorpredecessors. oh I ye;
tncif!rs and spinsters, has led to the con
cealment of Iheraoit suitable talisman for
nur emancipation from our oneness. The
sparrowa havefreqaent penchants, ; and the
tender '..oyster thai divides jt$ heart tvith
same blest inmate of the mud -bank, Vnrers
ipon its matritnbhia! engagementsi?Ith rip
forms but a squeafc, n pauses but of nature,
no lengthy preliminaries, but a nole of in
(erroation zud bne of od miration. But Tor
us, -A I set aside the cooing and the; wooing
a is"nougirtbat,we have.. still left the
uinj.r'ls not'thr whole courtship a system
of tiitoc? tiwjitie io one cucsiion.andis
it not so framed, and conducted as to lead to
th particular form, mode, and circumstance
of (bat question ? Does not the precipitate
lover crown a . three days' admiration with u
sentence ; of three words ? Will not , the
spouse, affianced for vears, hasten matters
at lastv by a continuous, close, and wejdis
tended blockade of. at least a fortnight ?
Would a sitent inamorato so-far forget pro
pri'ev as to give vent!to his final inter rog
live in articulate language ; and for -your
phlegmatic nonchalant, would he dare exhi
bit one spot mere of colour, one beat more
of pulsation, one tremor more of utterance,
than if he were inquiring the state of the
barometer, or the health of the minister ?
Too coi.fident of thisrnice dependence of
the. parts on'erh other, I had to look hack
on a system o! love-making consistent in io
respect, and, therefore utterly useless,; as
affording me a hint of my final measures.
Should 1 be tragic, iislless,the.high fantastic,
the low desponding, epic, or lyrical ?
Should I clip.my moustach, like Grecian
damsels before a sacrifice, or curl my front
locks, and have my coat-buttons new' cov
ered ? -which would abet me most judici
ously , walking stick or the brown umbrel
la ?; would wisdom before dinner be better
than Valour after it fV . These we're points
onfwhich my uncle might have satisfied me
if he would. 1 hen as to the phrases for
the occasion. Here was a "nodus Ma -damM
should say -and yet not Madam,
for she had not surmounted her teens; Miss
Julia, (tuiss fire!) l am perhaps, too pre-bumptuT-us
whenvi consider, or imagine),
that my past-addresses iuve been favoura
bly received." hp starts' nol
s-riously : She ' .
j.- -rrronsrSfie considers them
grtfat j and I have to- begin my court -
snip anew. No ! these intelligible words
may berquibbled upon. Let me see. - We
sit together on two chairs not far apart, and
I entertain her in my usual droll way about
the mathematics and rural economy : anon
cotnea the push. As a joke, I shall sigh
Ve-ry loud, long, and ofien ; she will ask me
the reason j 111 tell her, as if" in jest,;, that
i'm in love $ and her answer shall be my
cue VVell, arid if it prove unfavorable, is
thvre a chance on my part of momentary re
ft lution enough to determine my after pro
gress ? jNo, no J some better mode must
cettainly exist ; f Goddess of the translu
cent eye, and Pons maximus of a nose,
may thy swain dream of interminable bliss
may he lead thee to the hymeneal altar ?"
Vergood this, if she happen to give the
tight answer, but to a question perfectly un
InteJigibie, there is equal chance of a right
ar d a wrong one, and this uncertainty will
never do, lnuendos are great in theirwa;
but opportunity is so much and talent so
iltFe in this case, at least the talent that
"1 mean, displayed in the meditated stock ot
inuendos, lor 1 can't think tnat any man
will extemporise on these fatal occasions,
at any rate he has no right to trifla so ;
But now suppose i bring into the field some
poetry scraps about connubial loves," and
'doves:" " Infant brood," and " good,"
$marriage slate," and fate," no, that
savours of .predestination, and, a woman
does not like tobe forced: to any, thing
e'4--toepi cece more, ' marriage .atate1"
and not too late;" good ! with other well
J known popular sentiments might not they
avail ? and, after all, why not to. Je tne
question ? What I to be shown up before,
and laughed af, by all the neighbourhood
as the silliest, vainest, most inexpert and
pncnienipiiDie young roan ouioi a court
I i ... a . i t ' m. . r- .
I justice 4 ueiiriiu uc uisunssru tj a tuwtv,
a.iu vnow that your writing-master had no
sharein your jsction. Courage, nton ami I
li-le us be wise as serpents.
Such were my reflections during many
hours of the' night preceding the most criti
cal occurrence of my life. A thousand for1-
inula? of love-making, crowded- upon my
brain ; the whole vocabulary of Venus, with
the a i tie tent dialects of Cnidos and Paphos,
was diligently explored and prest into ser
vice.
4
i dreamt in. bits r and , my visions
were of amorous polysyllables noddled
pell-mell on a May-day ; I had a night
mare of Interjection, and I awoke in the
midst of spectral and passionate synoymes.
My -toilet, and otberr preliminary duties,
were despatched as neatly as might be ex
pected. ; It was odd that Tfelt so queer ; no
possible dariger was to be apprehended, I
tiadonly to encounter a woman. ' ; But my
neckcloth sat vey uneasily, and .1 bad to
w aggle and tarn -and accommodate my chin
to the most disastrous ciicumitances of shirt
collar. .Well f js'it'tim,-';---os'deUv'-
ing If it must be done ;L'fffrp both stidk
ana umnrena o'ary ;
order " wh at yon pleased V'tJ'
clean behind ?-ust - brill .Vpft' the stuff,
inerers a gooa giri, ana aty tor tne oest.
stick no, the5 other, th;.: l Uf do good
bye. Bang goes my or cUi h would that
the time, were'eome t hekrilhat delicioui
)t hump once again ! "-
ruf than ever;
and as we sate so hear to
t other, with-
out a human creature r to n?s$r or anv
sound but .some distant hui;i:n" from tb
street to intrude upon uTi seemed that
the Jong intervals of our si'.f ipe were- more
sweet' than even'.the.wofdsHiich; fell' like
f the music of the water,,r .46hrTr her.; own
fear lips.- At
her inspiration
'acnttoriitiy wasj
ny mind induTgeil,'fe1 tmfci - j.uru ncl
thoughts and happy' contentations. - But
mv life miffht have ben bMd so.of rath?
er the power so to p4ss it jsVto btrpur-.
chased by one forcibfehar4'JMi and the
occasion for it had how arrid. ''? ,- '"'7-"
V 'Julia,' I said, in a luwVoice, " or ra
ther Miss Julia, lor there i a decoroin
Wfien it occurs-to, as Gd'fciwvrs' if often
does, when 'tfte thought ff feeling,': the
persuasion comes to molest tr rather to de-
ay s-'V. dilnculty o " fV
What do you say Mr'aeis?''
-inter
ruptca my divinity ,
a
4t I said that some are caraale cf
thine?
img.
that other f re not
J9-
4 .
No doubt that is true,' aid she, laugh
ingly 5 ,c but there is no" n?id toClook so
solemn about so very -well lievrd a fact;
you have said nothing hazatdous'
Have l oot r" cried I, somef hat dis
appointed, for ' I hoped ; I had already put
the question." Vvelrthenjlto goyet a lit
tle further, I must say that tie: bliss tf some
men does riot depend upon fhetuselves, but
upon"-1 upon"' . . : II ;
. ' Upon whati -their dor?" , ;
: "Noj Miss Jdha," f rephtjd with a glance
that was thought In bff significant j
" VVhat.then your coats V9 '
your
. N.-w how can vou ?"i-
now can vou r -r
u Or their . sticks and jfuhbrellas,, like
yourselr ? ; Yon ha ve; tfone nothi ng to-day
detriment or my peace, and your own a-
musement, I suppose.7'
: Here was a blo-w I -done nothing else
I fanciest the citadel was undermined, and
nearly carried ; I thought to have perform
ed wonders;-my self-possession was nearly
gone ; I fidgetted for my sentences, and be
tra ed myself a thousand ways What re
cipe should J no lollow? It must be
done . by a coup-de-main.
" Madam ! or rather Miss, for you have
scarcely surmounted your tfens," (she; look
ed surpiiseed but I was ciMed on)" I am
too presumptuous perhaps.
when I consider
or imagine that my past
haan r.caJtV.ari-L.
addresses have
" Mr. Sims !" I fatjltered, but well
aware that any thing was better than delay,
rushed in a moment to mj second charge.
Presumptuous 1 may lie but ivhen I
fancy witji the poe, that if is good to ha ve
an infanjt brood, that cooiig doves enjoy
connubial loves, and that te marriage state
is ordained by j fate--no ! -zounds 1 that
the marriage state, 1 shoult have said, may
come too.late " - i . ,
Sir," exclaimed Julia, : I cannot guess
what this rhapsody is inter ded for, unless
you are entertaining yourse f at my expense.
- 44 Entertainment, say you!" And ,1
moulded my face into a ci mpound'expres
sion of jest and earnest, ( I Isar with a wrong
preponderance of the fat er,) and. sighed
four times as loudly, and,! long as I could
She looked alarmed. ! . ;
" Are you ill, Mr. Sims or "tnaf, she
would have said, but I interrupted her with
a by ena-grin, and an answer quite to the
purpose. ...,.;----;:'--- -r.'t --':1.'..!;-J-
riOf not ill only tn live I Yes ! I'm
in love, decidedly "in lov I ha I ha J ha !
and-1 jumped up and hildishly roared
with laughter to convey tite idea of a good
joke; i But my tactics were not simple
enough ; in the delirium of confusion and
awkardness, I had mixed ip ail my difler
ent modes oi attack, ans rendered it as
shapeless and unmeaning as the paroxysms
of a lunatic. However I did not discover
this till afterwards, and quitt blind to tbe
efTecU of so much rant, stupid, muddled,
and bewiid ered, I tailed im pause. created
by a breathless astonisUmtoi on her part,
with an explosion of my ast ammunition
a burst, as 1 felt convin el, of rhetoric,
overwhelming, sufficient and conclusive.
With one knee on a foolstSof, and with up
lilted hands in a theatrical style, 1 exclaim
ed :
Ob ! goddess of the ranslucent nose,
arid Pons maximus of an "e; e, may thy swain
dream of interminable bliss r-niay be lead
thee to 1 i 99 the word stack hi my throat,
and sbe rang the bell in a stale of fearfal
alarm. A servant entered;
John," she said hi a (re "bling tone,
" attend to this gentleman ; s y here with
him, or, if you can, gethiraja ly out of the
house. Poor fellow 1 who w uld bave-ex-
anyjrate, linTd fiod "iiei-l
nor theV; l: it; afirTnjy
tiL'ui niV'Soiiiuae. 01 tor ntyssny vi inose v . u . - -" v..,
.sertion, which some ppll think n6l s? W.OU,f f"nth lwood but tbey
disagreeable as others ; hU is not that in V by li,e Shl' P1"
.his which coold enliven th'&tflterhess'-ot 'f baght bloe.eye-; .-gTaiiw that was ren.
thr rt Auctions, or the piimTulhes or 1 ji"rp ,nore remarkable f n rh the tender co
nav s v.difficultv of I - l-.rof the eye, whosef sabi fringea formed
pected it . " a
fonrid tnyselfon the threshold of artas
sylam, end.anolojized out of it cs I could.
' wrote once tnofe to my uncle'for advice.
ce
An answer came after two posts. 4
Dear Harry It Is an tinSlial
act
to I
.inve an oju nan tiKe P9 into a
corcrr
but it is done,- Yon com plain
viour on a late important occasion
say y wno is wise, who praden
say, can possibly do otherwise
us to dissemble any ?qngef; T bold this
same crisis io oe oeaoiy anq namnable.
tod forefend that I should ever be useil c
monilnt ag sun, f am as ignorant as yon
are, itarry,. How these things should bt
done. T may have Josfl I have fdsT some
devilish fine chances by 'my' ignorance, or
clumsiness, br what Viol. ilarry, the truth
must nut, u lien l lad to marrv. T imi
Jack bouglas of'the.niues' to bot the 7a til
r'y nodBR;SiMs :
l i l :am slili a bachelor a plague' on
ihe untimely end of honest Jack Douglas ot
ihe Rbies L : ':' '" -
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taiannma . was one: of the most icoir
damsels in Calabria, and had many a w
thy suitor. To'
however, '
ouother striking but agreeable contrast with
its azure hue, and,agreed with the rlossv
U-iven locks that shaded her snowy 'brow.'
i r Oiannina'i-: lather vwas by no means a
tliniiy-man. 11 is cottage bad a better ap
pearance than most of ihosriftu the village,
of which it was the furthest habitation,
ffhe'village itself was in the con lines of a
n ood,hich reached half Way uplhe side
"of a wild, and in some; places, inaccessible
mountain,-and dreadful rem the tales told
oMiie nnnoitu. witn which if was infested.
-The ."villagers however, having nothing to
lose, liad also Jittle 'to fear from their de
predations ; and indeed of late, only one
instance had been given of any attempt to
disturb iheiftrahquility.: - This attempt was
made on Jhe abode: of Giannina's father,
amljt was supposed - to have been thur di
reeled' from his being' rppbted.onepf the
wealthiest inhabitants. ;By the courage of
fJianniria" it hadeit defeated ue was
her w mdo w ; when, -e'izinha1chefshV
struck at a man who wns.in the act of en
tering. The robber fell to the ground as
Giannina's father, whom her 1 cries had
Brought to her assistance, arrived, but only
in time to witness the intruder's escape,
which be effected, although the blood with
which the window was still imbued, testi
fied he had not escaped unhurt.
v- Not long after this, a stranger made his
nppearancH in the village, arid succeeded in
obtaining the affection which Giannina had
so constantly withheld from her rustic ad
mirers. The suitor to whom she seemed
thus favourably inclined, Was about thirty
years of age, of handsome, though wild and
haughty aspect.- His stature was conside
rably above the middle size, and he would
have appeared robust, had not his extreme
paleness, occasioned by a wound, that be
said he had lately received at the chace,
and which still obliged him to wear his arm
in a
sling, given a sickly delicacy to his
features.
' Giannina's father, whose will was entire
ly subservient to her own; consented to the
marriage : but from the, day that it took
place the. bride and the bridegroom 'disap
pea red, leavingjhe afflicted parent as com
pletelv ignorant of their fate as the rest of
the villagers. , - ,
' Giannina," said Antonio to his . bride,
as,'aftef the marriage ceremony, tHey were
returning towards their father's roof, ' lei
us escape awniie ironr tne noisy resmity
that awaits us, wilhinilhe shade of the ad
jacent wood." jp '
" TTis but a dangerous resort," rejoined
Giannina. " Dost thou fear ?" said Anlo
hid : and thtr influlon xf his voice seeraetl
to import more than " dost thotijTear ?'
Giannina attended but unto the words. The
damsel was proud of her , merited renown
for courage, and replying with a degree of
pique, that ; she would prove her daring,
took with him the road that led to the ill
famed forest. Tbey had walndereo some
minutes in its glades, when Giannina asked
Antonio if he could still reproach her with
her fears? "What should a sovereign
dread within hersrealm ?" he answered in
a sarcastic : tone. My realm 1" " Aye,
thine, my banquet queen I", and on a loud
whistle, a number of well armed ruffians
appeared to rise from the earth, descend
from tbe trees, and in a moment to encom
pasirthem: Homage to our queen," said
the robber captain, for such he was, and ta
king his wounded arm from a sling My
gentle bride," said he, " dost thou know
this nerveless hand I It was not such the
night it opened thy casement !s But for
this hand of mine, Pve now a hand ol
thine ; and tbe few drops of blood I do for
give thee i Homage to my qneeo V And
at this moment Giannina looked a' queen.
She turned :to Antonio as,' thoogb be also;
were a subject. " Is neither love nor fear
thee ! Of love thou , art onworthtrfi and
fear-Wbat have i left to far? J)er m hot
- none.
seem inclined to lend a willing eat
" m -
1 w " v (vi uaiui c auinirfii in, main a..
n. B-mnA iimil I:.L j .1 .
1 111 1 ' "i , .
1 sV.sll attempt to forfo oy fdt;for I
ther should I Ty but infamy wouM follow ?
j I d( - drvctej lysy-: ih; v Ictim, nay, th J ,
j ffcitLful wife, nd ipy own Wuttcs.forxrire ' -
Cew r alon".''no'deed ol- vhioe.do tniarr
v' of uiitje 1 of- tfiat stone Liw&rc, frr
til some ha 1 died of hunger and fatigue
some on thtf scafTold. Antonio and Gia -"
nina wandered now" alone, except", that Gl
annina'ctrUed in per arms an .infant, that
slumbered sweelly among-..dangrsv v5he
native village, to leave thtabe at her old
fatheris door, with these words;, " Jt ts.Gi?
mtm'nn' VAiV i " 1 Hut thev were diitant: "
ft.ic'.t Sr.,. i has pt.ttraytd it all
Je. hw.;W,'
its the wiM '''
mountain scenes, and the rats 'bandits, -his
captive self, storied on his canvass,
olorehan enchad. Antonio, for hoe.
head a'large rewd was ofreredbeen res'
cued, bv the Qu!cknss and courage of fn ;'
innina. But the Tvrolese troops, to whom . ' ;
he Austrian commander at Naples had b4
-jned-tbe task of exterminating the bin-,
tti, left them no repose.- One day. bar-
rassed bevond measure, and. closely pur
4k.1 a ' . " a a
view, that they dared not hazard passing it
It was in summer, and the river river which
' .... I - I m ' '
the lridsewas built, note Ca-ved in i nar.
row ld. but yen too deep to- ford ..They
determined to take refuge under one of the
arches which the current had abandoned.;
Hark ! their -pursuers approach ! .ThMf
stent are heard on the hridge f The oaK .
laws scarcely dared to 'breathe Giannina
pressed her infant to her breast it gave a
r..k u mmi Intuim mothrr1 it urtnn lit
motherV bosom I j 'ij:; 5 .; 'Vf
I ;The danger was past Giannina ..dog a .
grave in the sand, and placd within 'KtbV
body of the" poor lifeless child. V- ,
Antonio, the 'robbei's head j' cried the '(
populace 01 a small town in inaona,
female: with. dishejveled bair and haggard,
tniea brought a bleeding head, fresh from
the trunk, , to the magistrate ofthe district. f 1
ii A; thousand crowns ; are thine, tbbu se
cririd' Judith PM-iJ'i T-VJ'-5, r
' -. C I .aatr nn ill. rwa trt A ntnniA WaS
" . . i ' mm m ' m ' ' . ..4 . .
my uuiuauu no Kiiieu uijr ciifM,uui ,
i3a)vatrv Rosaisaid fit lia ve been'
i4l. -! l ft 1 . ' ' n ' I." Jt..l 41- -
uauv prisoner oy yaiaprian Danniiti, ot.
; - " W4..W J
them In the mountains. One of : his land
scapes, in whichj are introduced so;r 4
gures of robbers, and of a young man who.
appears in captivity, is' supposed to relate "
to hia own story, j
Vhen Monsieur Louis, the French gianf, . ;
was exhibiting i the west of England, , he
was one day -visited by a Very liitje, lively, .
active naval officer. . This giant looking
down on the little fellow asked him what
he could do to defend himself, if he should,
take it into his headj to box with him?-r
What could I do V said the ar, ptiitjrvgf
his diminutive form into a boxing attitude, '
you had better try roe." Monsieur step,
ped bark and playfully raised his huge '
arms, as if to send the little man half way
to the moon, when the latter bobbing down,'
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pnitieu nis neaa oetween tne giant irga,
lifted him c?ff the ground, and laughingly
asked the poritiernus burthen om his shoul
ders, whether he should send' him out of
the window, which he swore he would do
if he did not admit that he. wis vanquished.
The admission was made, and the Jar re- .
placed him again on the ground, to ihe no
smalt amusement of the spectators. CnA-
fort Gazette. :
The different grades of joy have per
formed wonders in medicine. Many'slrik-.
log instances are recrdedof its salutary 1
effects which it has operated in laughter '
Childiln iris said have been cured by it of
the rickets. . Voltaire relates a story of a
lady, who was supposed to be in the last
state; of an accottr disease. Her mother
wuo t0)od weeping by her bed side, prayed
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her other children; if the sick one should
be spared. A son-in-law, who bad mar"
ried another of her daughters, and who sat
by the bed side, very gravely said, J hope,
madam. y4w mean of one sex only,j; fneah
irig her ; female children. -The lid v who
was ill, was so struck .with ibis speech, that
she burst into a fit of laughter, and fron .
that time recovered.'1 This gentle and plea
sant emotion of the diaphragtn, and its coo- .
tiguous muscles, produced the same. eflVct ,
upon !the Cardinal of Rome, in similar v
situation; laughter 'was excited in him
while be lay in bis bed, by segng a favo-
rite monkey pot on nis ponnncai Tones,
and strut about his bed chamber, with Che ,
solemn face with which he hadoften seen
bis master perform his public ecclesiastical
duties.
Roman Relics -f life peke ol ground at
Cham overt, near Lvon, an- amphora has
lately ben dug 'up, ' which contained; all
&iods 'of trinkets jn gold, of the time of the
Emperor Claudius, several of which are en
riched with precious gems "and medals. The
eollecticp is said to have been purchased by
two antiquaries for 7,000fr. - -
of misbeha -veo a viclirf tnjy . sevenge. Uespect .-ay
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fjawho' I'aitn'ui wii: .Jhreeyeats nsa paea, .
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