The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1822-02-19
MISCELLANEOUS SELECTIONS.


From late English papers
| Trapeaine Extraordinary In corscqueFcc Of op
position among the coach proietors Of Exeter, the
fares from hence 10 Exeter and London have ieen
reduced p few shillings; hut ii morrow the Safety
Coach leaves Weakieys hotel AZ seven ocock II tiie
morning, at any no fare gust as the passengers
choose! breakfast viii be provided ~ v eaaIey ia
the morning; lunch. at Gusss, seven stars iolhess
ID the forenoon ard dinner ard wire NJ Consaons
hotel Exeter the arrival Of the coach, icttaor any
charge -Piynouh paper.
A tradesman Of respectable martct;.nar in Chesr
ire spends his evenings Of ihe week in the eiloHhs
irproring and profitable style: Monday, ~ attends =
drinking club; on tuesday, an oyster c; Oh Nef-e~-
day sausage tl5; OF Thursday debating ctu9i on
Friday a tripe ctuJ; ard Saturday. a beet SteoE
cI,b. The Sabbath day Of rest he rcligionsy OBJ
serves by hing az bed. Indeed after man has been
SC well cta6jed during the week wonder lie should
be Knocked doyn On Sunday.
Thebe Hasse aged III years lately died in London.
This old Woman in All weather vending fruit
on the open road until she became an ohet Of A9tice
oil tine King She at this TIME 100 years ~ age
Being requested nanc the weekly sum that would
release her from abcur shv replied half guinea, and
that sum was paid her regularly to the time Ut her
death. Foor old Phebe delighted On all occasions ~
ranc her beneactor; and the debt Of gratitude she
owed him almost her last expressions in the az
onies Of death.
We give the following paragraph from tie Constifr
tionn Of Dec. % with the blank made BY the Censor
ship
"A journal published yesterday grand conversion
Nj. Solomon Rothsciiild. (the rich Jew banker,)
has been baptized at Vienna, and the Prince
dFsterAazy ras been his god father. # is also said,
that II. J. Rothscld partner G. the above, is named
Consul-Genera from Vienna Paris"
Robbery Extraordinary Fish, c1w-keeptr
residing Thornton-plsoe Quebec-street, Acw-road.
applied few days ago al the Police Ofhce Hattongar
den for search under the following circunl-
u he hall - rcbh Of
Bank-notes, which were deposited il sascear ii the
cupboard together with forty shings in silver but
bat the latter left, and he suspected they must
have been taken by some dodgers. Tire vibrant was
granted and officers dispatched put in execuiioa,
but previous making tic search tAey III
where the money and notes were deposited when IL
struck them that it strange the money should be
left and after tearing down some Of the ainsco and
stripping up 81 the flooring the extreme end Of
the room, III mouse's they found $40 noe
much aud the reduced 10 fragments 10 line
the nest, SO that neither date number could
be traced
There was, 4 few days ago A gentleman residing III
this town VINO had been married four times and hy
each marriage has had four children bis FIRST wife was
eighteen, his second tCeRtyeight his third tiirt-eg4
and his fourth forh-ejght he was or his FIRST MAJ
rinonia trip twcutyfor wears OF ace, or his second
tbrtytour his third forty our and on his fourth
fftyour lie is now sxtyJfo',r, ana his last wife has
been dead four years This strange coincidence has
induced BIN lately to keep tile fourth day in tie ve
and in the fourth month Of every year he travels lie
dimes at four O'Clock every Jay, and considers il IN
unucky omen Tins senses are not reposing in hamv
sleep at four o'clock in the morning. brighton Gaz
A lady in london lately advertised for a cook and
house maid and by Il o'clock the same dav lO5 pre-
sen'ed themselves az her house. She Obliged to
send for Police officers protect her property arid 10
disperse the applicants. She was 50 frightened hz.
she dared not hire any Of them
.animql InaiEct--We do not think Tie re-
cords OF Instinct ever c0nta incd more extra
ordinary instance than we are now about ~
relate, and for the truth whereof we pledge
ourselves A few days since, Mr.. joseph
Lane of Fasconbe III the parish Of Ashewnrlh.
in this county, on his return home. TUNED his
horse into 2 field in which it bad been accus-
toned to Craze. A few days Before thi. the
horse had been shod, alI-fours. bur unluckly
had been pinohed in The shoeiny Of one foot:
In the morning Dir. Lane missed the horse,
and caused an active search 10 be made il the
vicinity, when the following singular circutn-
stance transpired The animal. as NAV BE-
supposed, feeling lame, made his way out of
the field by unhanging the gate with lis r,outh.
and went straight 10 the same farrer's SHOP,
2 distance d mile and half The f3rrier
had 70 sooner opened his shed than he horse.
which had evidently been standing there sore
time. advanced to the forge and held 10 The
ailing foot the farriet instantly began 10 ex-
anime the hoof, discovered the injury. took ntf
the shoe, and replsced il more carefully ION
which the horse Immediately turned about AMI
SET oft al merry pace for his weil.known
pasture. Whilst Mr.. Lanes servants were on
The search, they CHANGED 10 pass by the forge,
and on mentioning their supposed ls@s, the far
rier teplied. . Oh he has been here and
shoa, and gone home again !" which on their
return they found TO be actually the case.
CteiteHhdm Chronicle
The ci3 of Nets, il appears, has beef
some time afflicted hy one ofth.. plaques Of
Egypt, viz: frogs. Several streets were seen
covered with these animals, anu no one could
imagine frnmwhence they came. nnril Mr.
chdrtde de Greno'.iHes (irog metchaniN exrlaid-
ed The mystery by applying 10 the Tribunals
y claiming lis property. lie bad shut nr
10000 frogs in the trodahs and buckets az its
t=h--m1rket, anil several children, who cisto.
cred bis depot. pot every one al liberty! TbR
frogs, delighted wifi freedom. spread il,sm1
selves in every direction. They entered rhs
h buses, and The inhabitants could moi ,elieys