Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-25

fire Of uleful information, and ;o3;c,,.
frivolous, inaead of a penetrating mind
The moment coach is ieen colnino j.
to an obicure village, the honeit peai,n M,
hurry along in crowds to peep over the
walls, yocif-rating, Wbo is il? M. =,
?-One whilpers, Isn't it the p. .
ildents l always thought he'd come 70
fee rs republicans before he reGgns, "a
mother iays, 6 Yes, IN warranr :, >,
A third fays, +" Tisthe PreGdent. "-E,ach
itrives to get the mott elevated itand, thar
his eyes may feel themlelyes full fat w;,s
the charming fglle. On Godden tie car.
rlage eops, and out comes an old clpmI,
rnaic, relation OF their neiebbop,
known oaly Tor the riches he has aco ,;r
ed by his mlfere like pasimonioufnef
TIE poor peafants retire, exccralinq ,ba
Old fellows pageantry, and judy nor.
titled at their own creduiity.
A young lady in Haunting drels /, f.,
walking acrois the green-S9mebodv ~,
WIZ is H2 and IS anfwered, by wsg,
thar Ills the governors filter, for comm
at leaA.) Report flies; the maids run in
to the front rooms, mp go the Windows
when behold on nearer view II IS toYoi
to be no other than Farmer Thrift,
daughter in her bsa (uit f" O Ia cy
claim thofe impert;nents, with a conten,-
tuous feer; and fling down the wiad2w,
again III the u;molt vexa,ion.
A gentleman tells a number of ladies.
that, by accident, man was ua now kin.
ed On the military parade. 1t fhocks
their feelings, and in conformation, thew
exclaim, " Heavens mercy on US ! dear
fir, Wbo is ii ?" With an inhuhan and
ridiculous fnliIe on his countenance, he
replies, /" difmiEs your anxiety, for
had not told you its nobody bu.a JolMsyr'
As if humanity had not filtered, and we
muG not feel lis fate, becaufe the unfor.
tunate man did not wear an epaulet,e, or
a cock'd hat
When an original piece appears in the
Gazette, Wbo is nS is Immediately
banded from one to another. " Plhaw!''
Jays grave by-fander, no matter who
i, is; read The piece, and not the writer.
If you cannot read any eGay without flop
ping at every fentence TO demand tie
name Of the author, you do no better
than to confels sou have no tate or judg-
ment OF your own, and cannot tell whe-
her ii either infrutts, pleaies or amaics
you, becsufe YOU do not know who wrote
il; and when you have puzzled yonr brain
with conjettures about the writer, they
ire very improbable and often the mcR
idiculous, But" fays one, +" / will
End out the author; ] fulpett already;
tis Squke Facias--don's you Zee how be
lurls in The law. latin and, then, lis
uf like him." {" O, here / have IL
ays another " IT'S my Eeighbor's foa
IcHAsoD, who is gone 10 college; he
writes by tie pot, yes lis plain, here
S quotation from Virgil; he's gems
q THAR lqrx'd Angos." A third i1ys,
6 now I've got a oloe 1t the writer;
It's or ScHooLMAsTER at the new dh-
tfit; DENT you obferve how he talks
;bout philofophy and metaphyhc; al
les an Ingenious creature; he can cypher
beyond account I" An old woman geis
IN Ter fpettacies, and frains her eyes al
no& through them ne foon dIieoy'FS
he author !; Good lack Why Ills my
on Tim. He went to the Mstaaemy a
year ago; and the Iacs5tor told me ne
Gould write purely, and in me r'oA high
Town ayle, TOO, tina; ever he teaTd; ne
could hardly underfand VIVA; The wIcis,
twas 70 fubline. Iaa fall Tim went TO
Bottom, ara has turn'd author fuPpo's'
La me! how proud feel to be the no
Iher Of fuch fon, he'll be perfect Bun
yan in time, l verify believe" Inns
goes current in the relghbcThood, aha
TIM bears al tie cenfure or aPplauis j