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I-J i v -4 -"I i . 4 ' I ; UORTH CAROLINA SENTINEL A&D NEWBERN COMMERCIAL, AGRICULTURAL AND LITERARY INTELLIGENCER. JEVoa theNewport (N. H.) Eagle. FIRST AND LAST COURTSHIP. ON FACT. -1 i FOUNDED ! rtrcn ir nrv vas nnn of vour real Vermon lers Uemeasurcd exactly six feei seven with out his cowhides, and there -was no one dui al lowed him to be the clumsiest and .stoutest lei- low the town of N. afforded, uoca was c u stdcrcd the very cream of the parish. He boasted of three titles, viz rtice of the peace, Capt. of Militia, (termea oy ine vuigar the hedge fence,) nd hog reave- Moreover, hc wa3 proprietor of as he said, the Tjcst farm in the town; and every young ady assent ed that all that seemed lacking for; his comfort, was a partner of his honors. J r, nhed. ashe was called, bad lingered to the ae of forty iu single blessedness, without the idea of matrimony once entering nis crani um. Btone Sunday, .that little rogue of a Cu pid showered upon him a volley of arrows as lrc easthis eyes upon-ihe buxom form of Dea cm latch's daughter Dolly, who was sitting in the singer's seat. The same heart that had laid forty years squeezed up in the breast of Capt. Slow, "beat about like the pendulum of a clock, Kycry one observed that Obcd did not fall a;- -"sleep more than once during the forenoon servi ces, and when he returned home from meeting, luYhcad hung down like a mushroom at noon day -The bountiful person of D9 Tatch, was now continually uppermost in Obed's thoughts, and now he proceeded straight away to consult his mother an the affair. Obed, vith a brave l.art rfprlared toher tin; whole tale of his love, and "incapability of managing such 4 smooth af faire.' ' Oh lud, Obed said the old lady, taking a pinch ol souff, 'oh lud, dear, dew spunk right up; there's a beginning in every thing.' Obed though exactly so ; for it issaid, that he was seen about ten in the evening, wallo wing through 1 he snow across the lots, towards peacon Patch's house. When Obcd arrived at the dbor, his c crura c began to fail him, and he was on the -very Point of turning back, when his mother's words ttasnea across nis ramo, ana nc wun ai ' most desperate courage gave orte loud rap on tire door with his huge and half frozen fist, which was answered by the sharp bark of the old house dog and Deacon Patch's double bass voice, with a Get out Pup! walk in.' After few thumps of feet against the door way, the :u sharp and frosty visage ofObcd;Slow was seen (o peer from out a bear skip cap,) and great coat of snuff colored clothe Cantain Slow, after doffing his apparel and giving the Deacon two or thrcehcarty shakings ! of t hcli an d and makingDolly orteof his milita ry bows, in which lie displayed to perfection a figure 3, very moderately helped himself to a o.Hin Mrs. Patch's arm chair. j. Fortunately for Obed, the Deacon had just ' f .Vkcn his last quart of cider, and drawn on his fed night cap, lo follow Mrs. Patch, whq had ! list retired, and, after bidding Dolly to jtake rood freer of the rirc,' withdrew, leaving the k Captain and Dolly, by themselves. Now this I Dolly was a 4 real creature' for a joke: she, at ihfs very time, hada lover to whom she expect ed soon to be married ;-and now she had a fine Opportunity to play a joke on the Captain; therefore she concluded to be as fond of him as possible. : Soon the clock told 11, and Obed bran ta think it high time to have matters irnrnfinnr. ns he felt rather drowsy. But he - eonld noti think of a single wordthat would ap hlv to his case. Dolly sat looking: into the fire, smilingly very much embarrassed, but slily Tamhin at the Captain's difficulty. Captain Slow at length thought this was the lime to door die'; and he attempted to speak, but his heart seemed to fly up in his throat and stop his utterance. Ahem --hem. Miss Dolly you must averceivc- -' and here Obcd stuck fast, That ii J T" 11.. ...:.U i Very COOi UJglll, 5aiu uuii) nnu a piu- thought it more expedient to make a glorious retreat, than to stand the chance of battle, and suiting the action to the thought, he was off as fast as his legs could carry him, nor did he stop to look behind, until at the door of his own mansion. Suffice it to say, this was Capt. Obed Slow's ' First and last Courtship,' and although his vi sage grew somewhat longer, and he kept nis Loud Brougham. The words of a biogra pher of a Lordjkeeper of the seventeenth century have been deemed applicable as a description of the present Lord Chancellor: "Withal, he most industrious, and that not by fits, but was every day did conclude its work, as if he were not to live nil to-morrow. ro camel did bear more burden than he did, when he first entered toy sit in the seat or Lord Keener, or travelled further with so little food, and less rest. Indus- troom for a week or two, his misfortune did not try was his recreation; for certain he had not a break his heart. He retained his farm ana ti- arop ot lazy blood in his veins. He hiied up ties to the day of his death, thanking his lucky every hour of the Jay and a good part af the stars that twas not fate to nave uie uouuie mgiu vvun me uespatcn oi some puuiic ana ne and expense of a wife. Dolly Patch was mar- cessary-business. And though, as a counsellor siate, ana ooin as a peer ana speaker in ITew England Farmer. I rom the ANECDOTES OF SHEEP. BY THE ETTRICK SHEPnERD. sheep has scarcely any marked cha- ried to her first lover just six weeks irom eventful night, the transactions of which above recorded. the oi state, ana both as are parliament, he had many diversions, yet not one of the works in Chancery was diminished. He would not excuse himself a day for any, the most lawful pretence; he would not impart himself to the starchamber orparliament, when it sat, before he had pent two hours or more among the pleaders. After a short repast at home, he returned to hear the causes m Chance ry, which' he could not despatch in the morning, or if he did attend to council in Whitehall, he came back towards evening, and followed his employment in Chancery till eight at night and later." Potjtrit Painting in England. Daniel Mvtens, when he painted "The Spinster Queen Elizabeth," the vain, fantastical, wrinkled and old, was charged by her Majesty, on his allegi ance, to be careful not to put any shadows in her face. The obsequious painter obeyed, and gotdargess. It would appear that Sir Thomas Lawrence had received a like injunction; tor the last portrait of his illustrious patron is repre sented with a face that might suit a vision king- in Macbeth, whilsthis rovaUlandv wig is The fnllowinor humbufif story is said to be making a good deal of talk in London Lord Prudhoe and Major tehx being at Cairo last autumn, on their return from Abys sinia, where they picked up much 0.T that in formation which has been worked up so well by Capt Bond, in his life of Bruce, found the town in a state ot extraordinary excitement in consequence of a recent arrival in those parts of a celebrated magician from the centre c k r i i r , y oi virica, eomewnere in me vicinnv oi me Mountains of the Moon. It was universally said, and generally believed, that this charac ter possessed and exercised the power of show ing to any visitor who chose to comply with his terms, any person, dead or living, whom the said visitor pleased to name. The English travellors, after abundant inquiries and some scruples, repaired to his residence, paid their respects, and were admitted to his Sanctum. Thev found themselves in the presence of a very handsome voungr Moor, with a very Ion? blackbeard, acrimson craftan, a snfwwhite tur- cpxporeally visible, and the most prominent oan eigrnieen incnes nign, oiue irowsers ana reaiui e ui me uit-hujh luuijiusiuuu i j.--y tended shiver, and a most bewitching grin. . f r . i : -rhc5e procecmngs were iar uum -pici!iiig me Captain, 'but he felt relieved at lciast of a thou yiind pounds. ; ' I derlarc how this crc fire smokes,' obser ved dolly. Oh that's cause you arc so harn- "'sum, Dolly- they say a beauty draws smoke, said Obcd, who now tho't he had done wonders. But it happened that the smoke was on the Cap lairfs side of the fireplace. Dolly could hardly keep from laughing, as she rose and came in front of Obed to regulate tbe fire. Aspon as-shc approachccfncar enough, the Captain with e hold heart, seized her by the 9'rm and drew her into : his capacious lap. ' l)fush not, gentle reader, but consider that tlrcsc events occurred in the days of our grand fathers, when such thincrs were common even " -j iit parties, to say nothing of courtship. Dolly s.at.as mute as a kitten, with the exception of a little squirming at first, The Captain was in o:ctacies at his good fortune, but after a half hour he almost repented his forwardness. Xow this Dolly was quite a sizeable girl, weigh iiif at least two hundred: she knew it too, and ta d not Ihe rcmotest idea of altering her posi tion. Obed bore hcrweight as patiently at first a? he coruld, but soon he began to experience siiniry prickling sensations in his legs. To ask her to rise, would be perhaps, tosacrifice - 'what he considered hs dear bought advantage ; on the other hand to let her jremain(hc could irotU The heat of the fire, addend to his exhaust . r.I spirits, soon brought Morpheus (a great fa "orite of Obcd) to his assistance, and the hand wbich had so lately clasped Dolly's arm drop ped helpless by his side. The mischievous ; 1oll y now carefully freed herself from him, replaced on his knees in Her stead, a large ' mra filled with buUcrmilk, and betook her lf to bod as fast as possible, laughing well at the Moke iho had payed on the captain. .Tw while the sleeping Obed was f latc of at Iciit ten knots an himself were frhl w- pain increascJ, Obcd eaVe Jr l S ' f ana hlmsdf f striac the other cdrner, who ?ct up such a hiA tn , ing as caused the Deacon to bellow out fiEj w and mnrderV most lustily. nre 1 Just as Obed found his feet and had fniTw pened his " ctqs; ho beheld ' the forms nr Xfeacon and his consort, clad in their night clothes; emergihg from their sleeping aoart- rnent, the former armed with his walking cane. and the latter with hej: brdoradrawn up in bat tle array. But Obed, Jjke a w&s military man. yellow slippers, sitting cross legged on a Tur key carpet, thiee feet square with a cherry stalk in his mouth, a cup of coffee at his left el bow a diamond hefted dagger at his girdle, am inrhis right hand a large volume, clasped with brazen clasp3. On hearing their errand, he arose and kindled some spices on a sort of small altar in the middle of the room. He then walked round and round the altar for half an hour or so; muttering words to them unintelli gible; and having at length drawn three lines of chalk about the altar, and placed himself up right beside the flame, desired them to seek a Seer, and he was ready to gratify them in all their desires. There were in the old days whole schools of magicians in Europe, who who could do nothing in this line without the intervention of a pare Seer to wit, a Maiden's M. eye. This African belonged to the same frater nity he made them understand that nothing could be done until a virgin eye was placed at his disposal. He bade them to go out in the. streets of Cainc and fetch up any child they tancicu, unuer ten years ot age. l-ney uiu so: and after walking about for half an hour, selec ted an Arab boy, not apparently above eight, whom they found playing at marbles. They bribed him with a few halfpence, and took him with, them to the studio of the African Roger Bacon. The child was much frightened at the smoke, and the smell, and the smell, and the chatter, and the muttering; but by and by .lie sucked his sugar candy, and recovered his tran quility, and the Magician made him seat himself under a window the only one that had not been darkened and poured abouta toble spoon full of some black liquid into his hollow of the boy's right hand, and bade him hold his hand steady and keep his eye fixed upon the surface pf the liquid, and then resuming his old station by the brazier, sung out for several minutes on end. What do you see? hat do you see? Illallallesoul Allal do you see? All the white smoke curled faster and faster. Presently the lad said Bismillal I see ahorse a horseman I see two horsemen I see three horsemen I sec four I see five or six I see seven horsemen, and the seventh is a Sultan." Has he a flag?' cries the magician. 'He has three,' answered the boy. Tis well,' says the other. 'now halt!' and with that he laid his stick ric-ht across the ure ot tne eieoani composition. x ne re nowned Lord Chesterfield happened to have a very large head. He was sitting to a tyro for his picture. Few noblemen possessed a finer understanding or a more refined taste than his lor lship; but vanity predominated over his judgment in this affair of limning. "Mr. Gusto," said his lordship, "is it not rather strange, and indeed' worthy your notice, that all but the very few celebrated portrait painters should have drawn their figures with prcternatu ralh large heads? . Now, sir, you are a rising artist, and I would advise you as a friend, if you wish to obtain patronage, to err the other and design jour heads rattier too small too large." Young Mr. Gusto bore his about him, and instead of giving the pro portions of the head of an ox, substituted the size of that of a full grown calf. "If wise' men and connisseurs play the fool on these occa sions, said Gainsborough, "it may be asked of critic declaimed, how is the portrait painter, if he v.iih to live, to live and be honest?" Li brary of the Fine Arts. way, than wits Hoppxeii. Every one who knew Hoppner must recollect that he Mras of the genus irrita ble. A, wealthy stock broker drove up to his door, and two carriages emptied into his hall in Charles street a gentlemen and lady, with five sons rim1 seven daughters, all samples of pa and ma, as well-fed ahd as city bred and comely a family as any within the sound of Bow-bell. "Well, Mister Painter," said he, "here we are a baker's dozen, how much will you demand for painting the whole lot of us prompt pay ment for discount?" "Why, replied the as tonished painter, who might be likened to a superannuated elephant " Why, Sir, that will depend upon the dimensions, style, composition, and" "Oh! that is settled," quoth the enligh tened broker, "we are all to be touched off" in Allah bismillalj one piece as large as life all seated upon our 1 Allah ? What lawn at Clapham. and all singing 4 God save the King.' "These things," said Hoppner, in re lating the circumstance to his friend and crony, the, critic-poet Giftbrd, "these things, and be hanged to you scriblers ! are part and parcel of thcdelectables of portrait painting." Library of the Fine Arts. ; up The racter save that ot natural attection, ol wmcn it possessess a very great share. It is other wise a stupid, indifferent animal,. having few wants and fewer expedients. The old black faced, or forest breed, have far more powerfu capabilites than any of the finer breeds that have been introduced into Scotland, and there fore the few anecdotes that I have to relate shall be confined to them. I have heard of sheep returning from York shire to the Highlands. This is certain, that when one, or a few sheep, get away from the rest of their acquaintances, they return home ward with great eagerness and perseverance. I have lived beside a drove road the better part of mv life, and many stragglers have I seen honrlinn- their tpni northward in the spring of the year. A shepherd rarely sees these jour nevers twice. If he sees them, and stops them on the morning they are gone long before night. This strong attachment to the place of their nativity is much more predominant in our ahoriffinalbre ed, than in any ot the other kinds with which I am acquainted. A shepherd, in Blackhouse bought a few sheep from another in Crawnel, about ten mile-, distant. In the spring following, one of the ewes went back to her native place, and yeaned on a wild hill called Crawmill Craig. On certain day about the beginning of July following, the shepherd went and brought home his ewe and lamb took the tieece from the yew, and kept the lamb for one of his stock. The lamb lived and throve, and never offered to leave home, but when three years of age, and about to have her first lamb she vanished and the morning after the Crawmcl shepherd, in going his rounds found her with a new-yean ed lamb on the very gair of the Crawnel Craig, where she was lambed herself. She remained there till the first week of July the time whenj she was brought a lamb herself, and then she came home with hers of her own accord; and this custom she continued annually with the greatest punctuality as long as she lived. At length her lambs, when thev came of age, be gan the same practice, and the shepherd was obliged to dispose of the whole beed. But with regard to their natural affection, the instances that might be mentioned are with out number, stupid and actionless creatures as they are. When one loses its sight in a flock of short sheep, it is rarely abandoned to itself in that hapless and helpless state. Some one always attaches itself to it, and bv calls it back from the precipice, the lake, the pool, and all dangers whatever. There is another manifest provision of na ture with regard to these aniifPals, which is, that the more inhospitable the land is on which they feed, the greater their kindness and atten tion to their young. I once herded two years on a wild and bare farm, called Willenslce; on the border of Mid Lothian, and of all the sheep I ever saw, these, were the kindest and most affectionate to their young. I was often deeply affected at scenes (which I witnessed tlieie. We had one very hard winter, so that our sheep grew lean in the spring, and the thwarter ill, (a sort of paralytic affection) came among them, and carried off a number. Often have I seen these poor victims when fallen down to rise no more, even when unable td'iift their heads from the ground, holding up the leg, to invite the starving lamb to the miserable pit tance that the udder still could supply. I had never seen aught more painfully affecting. It is well known that it is a custom with shepherds, when . a lamb dies, if the mother have sufficiency of milk, to bring her in and put another lamb to her. I have described the process somewhere else it is done by putting the skin of the dead lamb upon the livino- one, the eve immediately acknowledge.- T' TJ - - v. cmaie oeautv dear in every situation, in sickness, and eve death. Mrs. B 1, daughter of the late IV S. was a very lovely womanshe was worn with a long and painful illness. TWhile in last faintings, her attendants were rubbinah Vi-oVioa f with Tlnnffari' wnior rl, I - . . r 1 " " v " i ' j "-moc "egged thprn to desist, for it would make her hair grev i j Hypocrisy atsumes a virtue ff she has h and carries the dagger of hatred under the n tie of protessed love. Her example mavi .i, u i - . saiuutiv io umeia, iiiuuii tier uretpn; i j it- ' v -"t piety are wicK.eaness in xns eyes, who the heart and reins. , to trictli Wrhen Polus, the actor, was to play such n as required to be represented with remarkaM of his dead son; whereby he so excited his o passion, and was moved to deliver himself w'th that efficacy both in words and gesture, that h filled the whole theatre with unfeigned lamei tions and teaTs. King George 3d having purchased a horgp the dealer put into his hands a large sheet of paper completely written over. WhatVthk said his majesty. " The pedigree of the horse sire,, wrjich you bought," was the answer' " Take it back," said the king, laughing; t will do very well for the next horse'youVell " A negro wench one day having received a reprimand from her master for some sliah offence was so much irritated, thatshe went directly out, kneeled down, and made the io. lowing prayer. 'O good massa lord ' - - Willi- come taKe me rignt out chs world Hi u... minit if yon can no yourself, send dedebil cr any body else ! RECEIPTS. make Poetry. Take vour fin J - V How to and count them, then reduce your lino tno. j . mi; quantity required, always taking care that the words which sound like each other be las. The dish may be formed of sense or folly, pointer dullness, according to your means, but a slin-ht sprinkling of Ohs and Ahs, with a shakeor two from a pot of metaphors or similif s, is in- dispensable. Be careful that the rhyme is good ..All 11 1 - - . All s well that ends well. bleating i beating his How to make, a pun. First, lay a trap for it. and when you see your opportunity, pounce upon it immediately ; garnish it with a feu grins ; and serve it up as often as you conveni ently can. A trap may be set in many wavs. The trap enigmatical thus Whv is a nrrenn wife like a ladies' tailor ? - because he is a man milling her, (jnillincriVDo you take? Tlie trap anecdotical thus When the tyrant of Algiers was conveyed to Naples, the Polacca, vii iuui i n iiin nr; n a-), viiwciiiuil ill! LllV XV jsels which accompanied her. ''Indeed," jbuytyou know there was no wonder in that, for he was sure to carry the Day. These, or many other methods, mav be fol lowed of laying the trap, and when once the pun io caught, it requires little care or ingenuity to make it available, How to make a Fortune. You must make yourself tall, and have a good head of hair or a handsome wig, wear a plaited shirt, a black velvet vest, a large gold chain, and a military surtout. You must call yourself CaptaSh, and . ,... ,1 1 1 C I J I v family. This plan we have known to be par- ticularly taking among the rich old widows of Cheltenham and Bath. WTe have known a wound in the arm thrown with remarkable ef fcct,and have seen the result greatly accelerated by the invention of a rich; old uncle, a baronef. without a child. LondojillCovrt Journal. fire, and, standing up addressed the travellers in these words; Name your name be it of those that are upon the earth, or of those that arc beneath it; be it Frank. Moor, Turk, or In dian, Prince or Beggar, living and breathing, or resolved into the "dust of Adam 3000 years ago speak and this boy shall behold and des cribe.' The first name was Wm. Shakespeare. The Magician made three reverences towards the window, waved his wand nine times and sung out something beyond their intrepretation and at length called out. ' Boy what do you be, hold ?' Thc Sultan alone remains,' aid the child, and beside hhn I see a pale faced Frank but not dressed like these Franks with large eyes, a pointed beard, a tall hat, roses on his shoes, and a short mantle!" The other asked for Francis Arouet de Voltaire, and the boy im mediately described a lean, old, yellow faced Frank, with a huge brown wig. a nutmeg grater profile, spindle shanks, bucltled shoes, and a gold snuff. box! Lord Prudhoe now named Archdeacon Wrangham, and the Arab boy made answer, and said, I perceive a tall grev haired Frank, with a black silk peticoat wal king in a garden, with a Httle book in his hand, he is reading on the book ; his eves are bright and gleaming ; his teeth whi te ; he i's the happiest looking Frank I ever beheld !" Mai. F. now named a brother of his, who is in the cavalry of the East India company, in the presidency of Madras. The Magician signed, and the "boy again answered,, " I see a red haired Frank, with a short red jacket, and white trowsers; he is standing by the sea shore, and behind him there is a black man in a turban, holding a beautiful horse richly caparisoned.' 'God in heaven, cried Felix. Nay,' thboy resumed, this is an odd Frank he has fumed round while you are speaking, and, by Allah ! he has but one arm!' Upon this the Major swooned away his brother lost an arm in the campaign of Ava ! Vcrbnm npn Amplius. Connecticut measureThe House of Representa tives of Connecticut, last spring, gravely passed ;i law that five pecks chould hereafter constitute a bush The bill insisted that five becks should make a and annointed n mminittee and abused the Senate because that bod v would not come into their House still bushel Captain Slater. Died in Worcester, on the 13th inst. Captain Peter Slater, in the 72d year of his age. C aptain Slater was one of those persons who disguised themselves and threw the tea overboard in Boston harbor, in Decem ber, 1773. He was then but a boy was an apprentice to a rope mnker, in lioston. lie attended the meeting of citizens ot Boston at the old South Church, in the afternoon, where the question was agitated, relative to the land- i jamD Fischer, the Oboe-Player. WhenFiscli er, the celebrated oboe-player, who was remark ing ot made the tea, and some communications were Koteh. the consignee oi the cargoes tionshin. and after the skin has warmed on it iaDlc u,r l"v UUUUX 01 ms er, piayeu cor. 1' ; - . . . -.., ( so as to give it something ot the sn:c!l of her own progeny, and it has sucked two or three times, she accepts and nourishes it as her own ever after. Whether it is from joy at this apparent reanimation of her j-oung one, or a little iloubt remaining on her mind that she would fain dispel, I cannot decide, but for a number of days, she shows far more bleating, and cares sing, over this one, than she did formely over the one that was really her own. But this is not what 1 wanted to explain; it was that such sheep as thus lose their lambs i must be driven to a house with dogs, so that the may be put to them; for thev will onlv to e f? something cargoes ol tea Peter home and shut His master, apprehensive that would take place relative to the then in the harbor, took him up in his chamber. He escaped from the window, went to a Blacksmith's shop, wThere he found a man disguised, who told Petter to tie a handkerchief round his frock, to black his face with charcoal and follow him the com pany soon increased to about twenty persons. Captain Slater went on board the brig with live others two of them brought the tea upon deck two troke the chests and threw them overboard and Capt. Slater, with one" other, stood with poles to push them under water. Not a word was exchanged between the parties from the time they left Griffin's wjarf till the cargo was emptied into the harbor, a:id they returned to the wharf and dispersed. This is the account of that memorable event, as given by Capt. Slater. He afterwards served five years as a soldier in the revolution. He was a firm patriot, a brave soldier, a Valuable citizen, and'an honest man. Worcester Yeoman. Liberality. At a meeting of the friends of the American Tract Society, hell on Tuesday evening, to consider the claims of that Institution upon their co-operation and aid four thousand dollars were sub scribed by twenty five individuals. There wok one subscription of $ 1000, one of-$ 500, one of 300, &c. j Neic York Jour of Com. Mr. Luther Munro, cautions the public, through the Warren, (R. I ) Star, against purchasing par tri.lges at this season, as on the 1st inst. he bought one in that market, which had in its crop seven stri ped snakes, the largest eight and a hall inches long. Counsellor SamosorL in the course of an elooaent was rejected by the Senate, but the beply to a toast drank to his health and happiness, at a dinner lately gi ven hun in Philadelphia, expressed himself thus ; ' I might have risen to higher fortunes, and iiAd I stooped as low as others did, I might have worn a comnet, and left, in dying, to my posterity, a ' high and rounding title to hereditary inlamy.' take it in a dark confined place. But here, in Willenslee, I never need to drive home a sheep by force, with dogs, or in any other way than the following: I found every ewe, of course, standing hanging her head over her dead lamb, and having a piece of twine with me for the purpose, I tied that to the lamb's neck or toes, and trailing it along, the ewe followed me into any house or fold that I choose to lead her. Any of them would have followed me in that way for miles, her nose close on the lamb, which she never quitted for a moment, except to chase the dog, which she would not suffer to walk near me. I often, out of curiosity, led them in to the side of the kitchenifire by this means, into the midst of servants and dogs, but the more the dangers multiplied around the ewe, she clung the closer to! her dead offspring, and thought of nothing but protec ting it. ' certos at the grand concerts given fifty year? ago at the liotunda in Dublin, a noble lord, who had been enraptured at the rare talent he dis played, gave him a pressing invitation to eup w i th hi m the fo j 1 o wi n g c v c ri i n g. ad d i n g, " You'll bring your oboe with you.'' Fischer, who wae a little nettled at that sort of invitation, hastily replied, " My lord, my oboe never sups." Who has escaped the influenza? Those who can say "No" to-day, may not be so fortunate to-morrow. It is spreading through the whole city, and though not dangerous, it is unpleasant. When one is sick, the best plan is to call in a physician; buthose who are not in that humor, may read the following " Recipe" which we copy from the Evening Journal. Recipe for a Cough.- Take of liquorice, antimonial wine, and paragoric, each one ounce dissolve the liqorice in a pint of warm water and boil it down to half a pint; when cold add tne wine and paragoric take one table spoon ful three or four times a day. If the patient has pain in the bones, relief will be found by taking a pint bowl of white balsam tea, on going to bed. The above is offered, during the present in fluenza, by one who has tried it himself, and known it to be used by numbers with signal success. We have been anxious to see what jci d'esprit the late events would draw from Tal leyrand. One has been already attributed to him whether proceeding from the real mint, or only coined by counterfeiters, does not ap pear. When he took the oath to Louis Philip the First, heisjsaid to have exclaimed "It is the thirteenth; may it prove the last!" The late Bailli de la Farrettc, for many years Envoy from the Grand Duke of Badcri, was his constant butt; he wag remarkable Sot the slenderness of his inferior extremities, which seemed hardly capable of performing their functions, although the5othcr parts of his person were equally emaciated. Talleyrand cited him as the most courageous man of hi? acquaintance, because "no one else would so long have exposed his life, by trusting to the support of such a pair of legs.'' Tri-color. Editorial Dilemma. During the dead sea son, the Editor of a country paper being much distressed for matter, ransacked every holeand corner for intelligence, and after having, as he thought, completed his task, set down todnner with what appetite he might. In the middle of it he was interrupted by the entrance olhis familiar, alias "the Devil," demanding "more copy." "More copy said he; wny yrou put in the story of the tremendous musn room found in Mr. Jones' field u 'Yes, Sir. "And about Mr. Thompson's kitten being suc kled by ahedgehog?" "Yes, Sir." " And Mr. Smith's dreadful accident with his one horse chaise as he passed down Hoibon Hill?' "Yes,sir." " About the men who stole the corn out of the stacks in the farm yard? " Yes, sir, it is all up: but there is still a line and a fcalf wanting." " Then add," said nr, with the utmost dignity, " that they most av da-ci-ous-ly took and threshed it out on premises." The spire of the Cathedral of Strasburg. i the highest steeple in Europe. Even the tallc? Pyramid at Egypt is only a few feet higher. It is composed of perforated red sand stonfi and was 160 years building. A runaway neffro is advertised in Georgia, v. irhitc of whos eve is red.
Newbern Sentinel (New Bern, N.C.)
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Jan. 4, 1832, edition 1
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