Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1812-10-29

for his throat, he would throw them up,
carry them and put them into his water
dish to soften, then take them out
aud swallow them. Many other very
remarkable circumstances might be
mentioned, that would July demonstrate
faculties Of mind not only innate but
acquired idc9s derived irc.n necessity
III a state If .!ones;ication) which we
cali understanding ard knowledge. We
see that this bard could associate those
ideas, arrange and apply them in "a
tional, manner, according to circum-
stances. For instance, if he knew that
it was the hard ship corners OF the
crunb Of bread hat hurt his gullet, and
prevented INN from Swallowing 1t, and
that water would soften and render IL
easy to be swallowed, this knowledge
must be acquired by observation and eX.
pcriencc, Or some other bird taught hin.
Here the bird perceived, by the effect
the cause, and then took The quickest,
the most efftctual and agreeable method
to remove that Cause. What could the
wsest man have done better Cali it
reason or instinct, it is the same that
sensible man would have done in this
case.
Memorandum efa Student at Lasv for
fventy.four hours.
Nine O'Clock, A. M.-Was call'd by
the servant to breakfast demurred to
i; : found it would'n't do; tho must I'LL
uh the blanks in the abdomen.
Ten O'Clock little squeamish
intsmperance had taken away the tone
OF my stomach took drop OF stimulus
by way Of rrtlcvia, to get it back again.
Eleven o'ciock.--Psep'd into Coke
what big book it is; difficult to be un-
dersteud tao; could't stand it; took up
a song book and humm'd over" Mother
Casey" walked to neighbours & swal-
lowed another rcG!evia stimulant.
Twelve o'clock-A huge fellow made
a wry face at me; l sworc I'd prosecute
hira for an cssGuh by way Of rebuaer.
Ono o'clock, p. M.--Took little
more ofthe usual retleVin sat down to
dinHer and eat slice OF ham made five
resolutions to live more temporarily;
tool, glass of half anG huLr by way Of
confirming them.
Two o'clock--In prime order; went
to see Miss -----, Il fine looking girl she
is too whispered a lutte nonsense in
her ear; her mother don't like ne she
poPp'd in all of a sudden, and caught
me kissing her daughter; ! made iysne
per front aoor, and was off in tangent !
Three o'clock--Saw creditor; he
dunn'd me hard but non suued him
for the present.
Four o'c,och-Time to go to study /;
got headache read about hefty larce-
ny.
Five o'clock--NVent to see an acquaiEt-
ancc tried to be witty; out Of five at
tempts three were abert!ons one Joke
was laughed at; and | shrewdIy supect
that l was laughed ut myself Mem -.
Stick to COMMON sense, and let Wit a
lone.
Six o'cinck-Took a little more re-
tlepia found my stomach in prime Or
der; got among the girls talked non
sense laughed loud and endcayorcd to
be amusing the girls snigger'd; |
looked foolish, & became totally dumb
foaDderld.
Seven o'clock Shall I go to bed ?
Teo soon yet; whistled l:llabulero ca
psrcd about the h4 usc, and swigged an-
other rrNErria ; felt quite lively; sailed
out broke Negroes head {; tie fellow
made more noise than our court crier;
made my cscat" instanter.
Eigh! O'Clock Took anothcr rehlcein.
Nine--ano!tcr Tcn--2nothcr.
Eleven--Two more IL quick sncccs-
sion.
Nine o'clock the next morn!ng-found
myseifin bed with my coat en-!