The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1822-09-25
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES.
From me Fhlladeihhia Union.
RoLD STROKE FOR "A WIFE.

A Edropeso wao bad wife snd severs.
children 10 his own country, not thinking him.
self well lreo,ed BY bis wifc's family, deter
mioed, a. soon as he could COMPASS fifty
pounds, 10 Try his fortune in America. Afer
he arrived IN PhIlsdeiphis, rensc,iDg that no
was great wsy from home, end that many
circumstances might happen here which
would never be heard ofin Europe, he chang
ed his name and took up his abode at hotel,
WHARF hi, fifty pounds were soon reduced 10
81 10 o 4 cts. He then thought IL tims 10
look on, for other quarters, and accordingly
TeDoyed vey quieIy TO private boarding
house, where fine young woman soon o.
rscled his attention. 10 due time she COO
senied TO become his bride, and the marriage
Ceremony was operly socmnized.
Hitherto nothing had occurred 10 give rea'
son TO suppose that our gentleman was any
how different from what be professed 70 be,
unless Il were an odd letter which was now
and then picked on about the house, address
ed to M. ID q 5. but which excited moe
amusement than 'uspicion. On certain day
however, when be walked out with his bride,
he ives met by a eoun,ryman Of his, who, at
ter scc0sting him with great familiarity, en-.
quired after the health Ct his vile end ch'l
tion with g,eal co diaity, bu, perceivlng that
his fs'r companion was alarmed by the intef-
rogslion, he abruptly blcko of The coove5sa
ton with the stranger. The rest OF the al
iernoon was spent IN sccountiog to the lady
lo' ihe strange sceno she had lately Witnessed
Enqur,ng after the health Of the wife and
chId'en Of unmarried meu, was, he said, a
very common Joke in his own country, and
she, having az iotcres, in beiog te we'd, be-
lievcd him,
HIS countrymsn, however, offended at the
pbrup;pess Il bis conduct, dogged him home,
snd few days afterwards called 10 enquire
for him by his real name. the letter. were
then remembered, and the fears of en- old la
dy 20 the family so siarmed that she laid 10
formation before a magistrate, who sent Oh
Invitation TO our gen,len,an TO sppear before
him. All !" said ne, Af,er he had read the
summons, " sDo,ber Invitation {, dinner. Up
on my honor, u l couId eat hfy dinners
day ! nigh, nave ihcm ell. However shall
accept OF tins, ~ know the giver IS good
kind Of q ieliow" lie went accordingly, and,
though surprised 10 fad hi. wife aad some OF
hot relations there before hiIn, still had the
ef'one'y TO ofFer the magistrate his hand
Ih's The latter ieiused TO receive Till he had
Cesd tue charges agains, him m--bigamy and
imposition. "Good God, Sir" SAID our gem
tienian, ".don', stain niy boncr wi,b such im
puts,ions. Allow mc tiil tomorrow aGd /
will produce letters and wtness that Will
vouch To- my espectab'liy The mag's-
trste, after CONSULTING with the parties agreed
To this arrange ment; but that night ouF gen.
,lensn disappeared, and nae not been heard
0. since --
About midday on Fg,day, a singular spec
tacie was exhibited IN Aiedae, oess shis
town. A whirIwiod seized upon a stack ot
new hey, and carried up fake after nike, ."
succession, Till aeecy cone was formed
The air to an Gisvaiion IS Tar as the eye coulo
reach. After gen,iy revolving for some m!o
u,es, il began TO descend, aud presented 'he
appearance Ut shower OF hay, extenciGg
!,om Park.mIi!s. AT random guess W.
,nould ssy, that this aerial depreciation d.vssi'
ed The stack Of seve, a! hu1d,ed weight oi i,s
contents. Leeds (Scof. )ier.
Thadey Doorey,a respectable met, died
last May, near the Hin oi Alien, cono'Y OF
Kildare, I,eispd, at tha age Of l26 years and
three months. His faculties were pe'feci TO
the las, and he could, until abeu, six @on,hs
the 6stG.-Ho was married second time
shout l9 years ago, at che aye Of 10Y, to a
woman OF 81 years o' sge.--LOnd'n faher.
A German pres, walking IN procession al
the head Of the arishioOess, over cultivated
6e Ids, in order 10 procure blessing on their
iu,ure crops, when he came TO those OF un
pron.ising appearances, woa,d pass On, saying,
/" He,e Ptsyo's and singing Will avail noihng;
this must have msnure." ib
II is asserted that "the greatest characters
the world has known have risen f'om so
obscuso origin. The following lis, 10 proof
Of this assertion might be greatly enlarged
and paruculstiy by those who have been or
now are eminent 10 the y. Sts,es.
Demosthenes was the son of forge man.
Horace OF u freed. man.
7hsoahrasfgs II an old cloihesmsn.
Rosseon the poet, OF a shoe. maker.
!, j. Rosssau was q wstch-msxcr.
Mohere was the son ot tapestry man.