The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-05-13
mo. 60.

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! II what you say does not proceed from
disordrI.s' MUD, you are in Tie right.
countryman.
A dsordcred mind, or n light mind, Is
sometimes the gift of tod, at least fur
children of fortune OF my ease. NV fate
once hung heavy on my mind like lead
but care now passes through 1t rs the
Wind does my coat, aud IL that be a fhnlt
II makes up Tor great deal of misfortune.
But, says the Major, whence did you
come, aud whiher are you guing2
That question is not difficult 10 be m.
swerd d, fir. l.came from my cradle, and
am now going straight forward Ia my grave.
With these two stages Of my life nm well
acquainted, In "A word, am endeasoring
Ia soften my fate but u,st have SOME
thing very engaging, for my dog and de-
tiny remain laiihiii 10 me and my sl,adow
also but, like a false friend, only when tie
Sun shines. You shak. your head, sir, Ia
II You meant To shy, | have made choiee 81
bad company. thought 81 nj first, hui
there IS Duthing So bud as not BIZ useful
sometinica NJ, destiny has made ma
hunlilp, aud taught ne what did moi be.
fore know, that Que cannol unhibge ihs
world. MY dog has taught me, there is
stll love aud fidelity IN II, aud. you cannot
Imagine what fine things IN. can talk with,
aud respecting ones shadow
Respecting onr'a shadow 2 that do not
understand
You shall hear, sir--at sunrise, when
am walking behind my long Tow cring sha-
dow what conversation hold with IL on
philosophical subjects LUX, say /, deas
shadow, arr ihou not liz, Il youth, mheu
the sun of lile IL rising, The earth SEEMS
too small just when lin u leg, thou
ld'cst anotl'i, as II thou wouIdsi step os.f
Ten acres az once aud yei, when thou put
test down Thy leg, nhy step In scarcely a
span long; SO fares II viii, youth. lie
seems as II he would destroy or create. n
world, and yet ia the end he does none of
tiose Thugs which nDphi have been cxpee-
tea nom his discourse. Lei the sun now
rise higher and thou wilt become smaller,
~ The youth boasts less the olderhe grows.
Thus compare, you SIRE, the morning.
noon, and evening shadow with hnndlsd
things; aud the longer we walk together
the better We get acquainted. At present,
can forcg0 many things which former
ly considered indispensable necessaries.
The shadow is NY watch aud my pedolne-
times my footman. II Is only pity, that
a man caonot exist IN hi. shadow, as his
shadow does in him.
Well, aud what do you say in The eve
ming 10 your shadow
ia the evening" a mans shadow then Is n
very serious thng-th. best lnoralist--a re-
al memeato MORT When The shadow runs
forward before one, still becoming longer
and less visible, rs ifaIready hiding Its head
~ he darkness. Of eternity, while behind
one is The setting sun, aud before onr a,ri.
slng star the shadow then Seems 10 say,
thou art on the brink OF eternity, thy sun
IL going down but lose moi courage ike
me, thou will become always greater
aud before thee is already suspended y
better star, The iirst ray oil eternity be,ond
the grave
With these words the man became seri-
Gus, and The major also. Both looked Ut
each other IN silence Hem, said the Ma
Jor, you must 60 with me, counlrymal.--
He took the stranger by The hand, and
conducted him To his house
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II is said, that, while the celebrated We
texan Of the Type, ISAIAH THOMAS, Of
massachusetts, was printing his Almanaes,
for the ycnr 1880, one Of The hoys asked
hun what he should put opposite the 18th
ol July. Mr. Il. being engaged, replied,
any thing, any thing = the buy returned
to The Office, aud set rain, hail, aud snow.p
The country Was all aniaAement--the day
arrived, when II actually rained, hailed,
and showed violently. From that tilne
Thomas Almanacs were IN great demand.
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Diod0rus Siculus says, That among the
ancient Egyptians, one 0i the ARTICLES or
conditions OF then marriage contracts was,
the husband should be obediept TO The
wife. We have often heard vi Egyptian
bondagr, bat neser knew that il had been
carried So far as this before.
Modest Merit. -" There is n thoro' and
settled belief tsays Goblet IN his Weekly
Register Of Esd February in almost the
whole nation, that understand It's aGaus,
and mat ! kHow hour 10 put an end 10 It's
cafonntes, better than any other nun to-
ing"
Ntms anticipated.--A speck----not Of
war, but Of the celebrated Sea Serpeat, OF
Nantucket aud Cape Cod memory, has
been discovered ia the southern waters,-
There Is therefore chance that the prln-
teps viii have q hhic bone 10 pick before
the great bone comes over the water, and
is flung among them. War is the cry.
and it this Aforesaid accommodating SER
pent can draw off our attention aw lille Ill
tlley begin TO break each others heads in
Spain, it will be fine
Il --ssxea~-
.4good beginning james IIancy, who
lately killed Malachi p. Vnrian in duel
nj Sackett's Harhor, has been convicted