Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-05-30

ing him the appearance Of the Tos,a
or spoon-biil; and Suggesting the ~, oS
his being tied to us ou,. nsse IA nue. re'
his strdying. "''5
Gas FREUD to noses of all demon.
tions, mtst here enter nv solen Ul's;
test against q barrarous abuse tn n q, b
they are too often subjected, BY cow w WIZ
them into dust-hoies and soot.ba1s erts,
the fashionable pretext of tai;nae o. una
abomination for which Sir Walter ' D e
is responsible, and which ought to h,@i Ss:'
been included in the articles If " nan
parchment. When some "sir pIn ,,,s In
amber snuffbox justly vain,1 af,e .u me;
tapping its top with look Of din,es en'l
complacency, embraces mod;cnw ,0l,a!'
contents with his finger and thumb vi VI ID
round his hand, so as to display tI '.u rt
liant on his little finger, and commit i or !,
high dried pulyilio to the air, SO thu, u :.
thing but its impalpable aroma ass.i ~
into his nose, we may smile at the cn'.
as harmless and not ungrateful fonns oa
but when filthy clammy compost f !!
petualiy thrust up the nostrils with per
racious pig-like snort, it is practice W
disgusting to the beholders as ! beEsr,
be injurious to the offender. The noe.
the euunctory of the brain, and when ' =.
functions are impeded, the whole s u,s l''
of the head becomes derangcd '''H'
Every protested, inveterate, and i0or,
bic snuff taker, (says Lord Stanhope, =,
moderate computation, takes one pin.b -
ten minutes. Every pinch, with the aor .
able ceremony of blowing and wipinS ~.
nose, and other incidental circumstsDo.s.
consumes a minute and half One ";
mute and half out of every ten. ajlovin,
sixteen hours to snuff-taking dav ssI
mounts to two hours and "a minutes on,
of every natural day, Or one day out of
every 10. One day out ofevery 10 amount,
to thirty six days and half in a wear
Hence, if we suppose the practice to b.
persisted in for forty years, 9 entire wear,
of the snuif-taker's life will be dedicated
to tickling his nose, and two more to blow.
ing it." Taken incidentally, OF as smuIe
sternactory, it may be excused; but Il.
moment your snuff is not to be sneezeS
at, you are the slave of habit which l.
terally makes you grovel in the dust: YOUR
snuff-box has seized you as St. Dunstaa
did the devil, and if the red-hot pinceu
with which he performed the feat, could
occasionally start up from an Ormskirk
snuff-box, it might have salutary efsc.
in checking this nasty propensity amov
our real and pseudo-fashionables. !
1t was my intention to have written
dissertation upon the probable form ii
the nose mentioned in Solomon's Son.
which we are informed was "the tower d
Lebanon looking towards Damascus
But apprehend that your readers will
begin to think that have led them by The
nose, long enough, and lest you, Mr.. E
ditor, should suspect that l am making
handle of the subject, merely that YOU
may pay thro' the nose for my communi.
cation, ! shall conclude at once with 8
SONNET TO MY OWN NOSE.
O nose! thou rudder in my faces centre
Since must follow thee until die
Since we are bound together by indentur.
The master thou, and the apprentice
o be to your Telemachus mentor,
Tho Oft invisible. forever nigh;
Guard him from all disgrace and mi,at.
venture,
From hostile tweak, or Loves blind mas
terry.
So shalt thou quit the city's stencil and
smoke,
For hawthorn lanss, aod copses of yous
cak,
Seeming the gales Of Heaven that have
not yet
Lost their fresh fragrance since the morning
broke.
And breath Of flowers with rosy May.
dews wet"
The primrose-cowslip-blue. bell, viole.
Boston, Mays.
The following U. S. Stock, belonging
to the State, was this day sold at auction
at Merchants Hall by Mr.. Cochran.
,S249, 200 three per cts. at IS cts. for 100
1900 skies of 1912, at per ct. prem
$1,000 do. 1918, II
1901 do. 1915, lO3 to 10.
The three per cents were all in one Ger,
and sold as one lot. The other
stock was sold in lots from 500 to 5000.
The above stock was sold agreeably to
an act providing for the payment of one
fourth of the state debt-to be transfer.
red and paid on the ed of July.
& READLNG-ROOM IA