The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-08
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deal ofwhimslcal matter, IN work recent.
ly published, of which page or two viii
conway the illustration.
. n the ramared resignation Of fne
Russian Admiral Pnke, while The .ireh
dixie Constantine presided at the admiral
ltys
J am sick Of the seryicc--so tell The Grand
I've hronn up my comm isson--yonr servant,
lous PuKE.'
"The following being said TO be writ.
ten by Peer, Tor spoke extempore ms re-
port goes he must he nnswerable for any
penalties attaching TO the crime of Scan
ddiam .Hagratnm;
| "On being told that the Bishop of G.
DIR. Goodcnough, Twas appointedto preach
before the House of Peers
'Iis tetH enough that Goodsnough
Before tue Lords should preach
For sure enough they're bad enough
lie undertakes 10 teach
When the above most respectable pre-
late was made Bishop of G. a certain dig
nifty, whom the public expected TO get
the appointment, being asked by friend
how he came not To be the new bsh-
op, replied Because | was not Goode-
nough ?
"A person whose name was Gun, com
plnining 10 friend that his attorney In his
bill had not lei HIM oG easily, That 10 no
WONDER answered his friend, as he ehafg-
I'd you TOO higa.%
"Though not, perhaps, to be cekoned
amongst pu,as, yet the names Of things, as
well as persons, are liable TO very odd per-
versions. do not like the name Of our
gold coin the Sopereign on this account
We need be careful OF not mourning the
charge ofhigh treason, by our common ex
presslons concerning 1t. How strange
ly the following muat sound ~ any loyal
ear:
81 have got q dreadful bad Sovereign.
4 wish could change my Sovereign.
Il am sure the Sovereign have got Is
not worth tpsaty shiHings.
Il have but haifa Sovereign.
"And how many Of His Majesty's most
devoted subjects, il they were to speak
their minds freely, must cordially aud
daily wish to hayemore SoUerc,gasthpaons
ITO cUnsoe, however, ihe friends Of
monarchy, we may be just % certain that
every person Of His Majesty's dominions
would rather have one than none.
" A clergyman, of the name Of Friend
had got possession ola living in a way that
rendered IL doubtful whether il might not
be regarded IS siinopiral contract, and
was imprudent enough to ask q neighbor-
ing clergyman 10 preach for him on tile
day he was to read IN, las II is caIledl who
had demonstrated with him IN the course OF
the negotiation, and, being bumorously in
cllned, 10 the graf Consideration Of the new
incumbent, sitting in the desk below him.
chose for his text Friend, how contest
thou hither Y
sOn Lord ROokiagham's becoming Mi |
mister during the disputes with America q
declaratory bill being brought into the
House OF Commons, which WAS judged to |
be too tame measure by the adverse |
party, the following distich appeared il the
papers:
: yon had better declare, which you m8y DO |
without shocking EN-,
lhst the nations asieep, and the Minister
Rocking en-
"hn gentleman, ofthe name Of Gonid,
having marrieda very young wife, wrote a
poetical episte to a friend TO inform him OF
it, and concluded il thus
So you see, my dear sir, though I'm eighty
years old,
A girl of eigh cen il in love with old Gould
TO which his friend replied,
girl oil eighteen may love Gould II Is true,
But believe me, dear sir, il is Gold without
or
The following is curious, because We
ry Craze pm upon names, extracted from
FuIler's Craze Ihoughts,' and cited by
Mr.. Soutbey, in his Life of Wesley
When worthy Master Hcrns, famous for
his tiping, preaching, and sogitiag, Jay on his
dcath-bed, lricb Only in goodness and chill
dren,) his wife made such womanish la
mentations, what should become Of her
little ones 2-~-s Peace, sweetheart said he;
that God who ferdeth the Ravens, will
not starye the Keras.' A speech, censur-
ed as light by some, observed by others ms
Propheticot; az indeed, it came to puss that
they were all well disposed Of"
We remember 10 have heard as good
story rs this, relating to one Alexander Gun,
who belonged TO the customs, at Edinburg,
and wes dismissed for improper conduct
The entry, opposite 10 his name In the books
stood thus -" 3gua discharged for making
a false report"
Mothers cnn do great hirgs.'---A clcr-
gyman, now fulfilling the duties Of his Office
panctually, ariently, and faithfully, was
asked, when examined by the bishops
chaplain, whether he had made divinity his
siudy--he replied he had not particularly
l." but" said he, my mother taught me
the scriptures" "Ah !" said the chaplain,
I" Mothers can do greet things p The
young man was examined with respect To
the extent Of his knowledge, was approved,
ordained, and desired to preach before the
bishop.
Mothers may perceive how necessary
and useful are fhpir ninus inafrncfinna and