The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-01-14

f-pf0slea ~ 0n egg We 10 no col
let e,er having heard uflhe observance of
tns singular phcnomanoa until y f,w oat ;
aso; IL WIS Witnessed l., 4 sitlgyfaan "a
Liltsler ifpn whnm W. r,sfi. ed fealiua
! pi thc ciretllnrtauee upon esaluiaisg q
iisass nesl, boih.as hn, the neat exc naS
inhnd IN Il, aud iais MS knann 10 have
beeu Ia tl,e same SITUATION ior several
weeks; tie shell, nn ,akui. up tAe ,,ga.
appeared Ia be snff aud y hist tie gentle
nan Was il the act Of removing . little
straw thai adhered In lhr sa.iace. the
eAplhd.l IL his hand, With report, equal
"a THAI oi u pocAot pistol. \ cheneal
TREND "t ours, explains THIS singular ptea
honienun. IL have arlsrn lfom ne .ufaIav
lion M phosphuretled hydrugeti, DUNG
the rrotess of decomposition Nhta tn
esg had clearly undergone, aud it il vii
hnown property ol Lis Ass Ia explode
when brought nto contact with ntmusphe-
re air. Tie egg sh,ll therefore, hts;
have been cracked whilst removing TIE
sha" lhat had adhered to liz surface, and
TIE pha,phlHrct,cd hydrogen br;rs ttts
SET free, aud comng into ruutat, the air oi
the atmosphere oecasioncd Ills ir,rl *.
plosion' CatStr Pofa
Gay, the author 81 the Re-par's Optro,
N his Younger years MAS an acquaintance
oi Sir Godfrey .,ncller lie wrote = copy
oltelscs, which he addressed IL the Knight,
and IN which he pushed panefl RE IL lar
as II well could go; 50 far. Indeed, thai tar
author was AFRAID lcst Sr Goatirys modrs-
= should he offended. lio"e,rr, in thH
he MAS mlstahcn: hr swallow ed the hency
With much pleasure ard delight. He told
Gay that his poem waa very tiur. iadfed.
aud very tue, bul you have iosEutlan onr
thus, Mr.. Gay, You have taken IA uolier
OF my military gcnius.n ST. SAID Gay,
/" never knrN you had Any prctcnec ct
dial kind My good friend, by Cd.
shotld live been a General OF ~ army I,
Tor when VAS at Venice, all the pale"
of st. Mark WAS Ia smoke ri Guepo"
der, aud did like the smell Of il, Nj
Gay. | slodd have been General, MI
dN.'
disagreement between two of the FIRST
dlstiIicrlrs IN the metropolis, which has eN-
SIZED upWards ut twelve months, during
winch 'lne an opposition has brru carried
on III the spirit trade between them, h,
winch both parties sacrificed one hundred
and twenty thousand pounds, was this
week accommodated, and III consequence
the price Of English Sin has been ralsed
two shIl'iues per Sal,on,
Cooley Eihhcr visited The Dnlc of War
ton, ut Nmch,ndun, On Buckingham
shire, aud taking au airing with his GRACE,
the carriage could hardly he dragged along
through Iht heavy clay. !" II has been
said,' observed the poet, thai your Gtn, .
ran through your estate but dCiy you
10 ran through ihis.p
y FRrE MoNtRen. In ihr work Of
james l.catiled True Lac n Free .h0H,
afrdica, II i laid down that ltec moHar-
ely is one in winch thc Monarch is per
iecHy FEE 10 DO as Ia pieoslS.
-.,aese".
4 ma, sfrato, who unfortunately could
ne'thcr read nor write, being handed a war
TAM I" read, 'cr3 sasacioas!y put on his
,peetaries, Ia upaekily tufncd the war
r1ut wrong End uppermost A person
"lo slood near !in1, more busy tlt.,n WISE,
/ observed tbat the warrant nas mrned HE
wrong WY for reading" sslr,n sald llli'
| magistrate, - would haze YOU 10 know
tinit, by rriiec q ny commission, ! n,oy
read w,A ~hirh cd iFitaoe peP1r"oai.'
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