The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-04-09


A man Of high fsshion, who deals largely
in certain com6usfi6te mstcfisI, had long
bcen attracted by the peculiarly hue form ofs
widow. witched, then under the protection
OF gentleman Of greet wesl,h, He had fire.
queo.ly said he would give fifty pounds solely
10 be seen waking by her side In Bond. street.
Ills wish was scciden.ly grsiI6sd thus at the
moment OF q slight shower, the object con-
tinual'y uppermos, in his Thoughts appeared
10 the very scene. The gentlemen rendered
his umbrella il was accepted. Uoder the
swning of jewellers shop they stopped, and
ehstted about tho weathet--,he isdy's eve be-
ing continuslIy directed to the gli,tering toys
10 the window. "They arc very pretty" she
said. "Very pretty, Indeed suppose you go
IN and look at them" was the rcjoinJer. The
lady sccedcd. That is vsstIy beautiful 10
II not O. speaking of . necklace. at is!
how will il look round your neck" "Try."
He did try; when the lady dropping curtsy,
added, with tho utmos, sang Jroid, Thank
you the rein is over we will now it you
| please, walk" In an instant she was in the
street, leaving the gentleman behind. The
later looked st the shopkeeper, and then 20
the door, and then on the iewe,Ios sgain:
lastly q, his pockets. This awkward sdven-
turs, for the lady was gone, eadsd by his Civ.
ing tho uadesrnan bis caid; H was deemed
satisfactory. 10 ,hroo days the bill was scot
In; the iiem consisted Of q nee eklace Of bril-.
iiso's, value at $50 gUioess. When certain
wiay Dowager heard OF this she said--"Well
hope this will iesch ,uarred men to be moro
cautious in future, snd particularly when thsy
toucbSanhosvder." r..-
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Legal Defiance eminent members
OF the Irish bar, Messrs. Doyle aod Y,ivcr,on,
querrelied SO violently, ,hst flom wmds they
came 10 blows. Doyle the more powerful
ruan "a, the hs,s At Ieest) knocked down his
adversary twice, sxclaimng with vehemeuce,
You scouncrel, III make you behave your
4 sell Hke gen,iemso." To which Yelverton,
rising, answered wnh equal indignation, +" No,
Sir never scfy you, 4 defy you"
dfansion Hoase.--- -6rsroordinayy Lusus
NafKrD. a boy, named Jpnes, was
brought into ,he justice room, on 40 officers
back, and plsced before Alderman Cox, IS
vagrsn,, demanding the msgistrs,e't peculiar
attention. 2 ="
Tho oGcers stated that 10 passing pyer Lon.
don bridge a few evenings ago, 10 saw
great number of persons crowdibg round
some object which seemed to sursi in,ense
curiosity With some difficulty hs pene,rs.
ted tbs crowd, end ssw on the e,ound the
most extraordinary rcaturs he svr beheld.
Some were examining tho iimhs, or rather
hns, which occupied the place Of nrms, and
others we're looking ct the foot, or rs,he, the
hand, at tho extremity Of the right leg. The
other psrH.of tho body and the heed were
those OF a human being OF tho male sex, a.
bout . years Of sge. The boy seemed to be
exceedingly shrewd. BY many person. he
was looked upon merely a. an object of curl
osi,y; but there were others who pitied and
relieved him. The offics' ,hough,i, i, his du.
" totske this very remarkable vsgsnn, bsfore
the lord msyor, for this among other reasons
that 1t the boy lay longer on tho bridge there
would be no possibility Of passing at oil, SO
powerful was the sttraction.
II was fouod when The boy was brooeht TO
the Justice room thst there wore sufficient
grounds OF excuse for the delay Of the crowd
upon the bridge. Tho right arm represented
smal! angular bone without joint, ter minat-
ing IN point on which was hnger nail.
This arm the boy applied to various uses to
which common observer would not think il
by any means sdap'ed. The lower part Q! il
he was able 10 who'd about as an elephant
winds IT'S proboscis, but he mostly used IL in
conjunction with the corresponding limb,
which was crooked and horribly misshspen.
The LETT arm terminated in two points like the
upper Joio,s Of fingers, on each of which there
was nail and with ibis ftig hlful end apparent.
ly 0setess eppendage, he was able even to
thread needle. Bot the most useful Of oil
the poor boy's de for mites was the right foot,
which ives 10 tho shape Of band, and won
de'fu'y calculated to supply the want OF those
membsrs. When tears s,ar,cd in his eyes
he taised mp this extraordinary substitute tor
limb aod wiped them swny, and then no
ssrached his head and showed as great CON-
mand OF the log 90 those aoimsls have who
become moro ugly the neater they approach
IN their resemblance to man.
The boy ssid DO had lately come to town
from Liverpool with bis brother on an sss
that his mo;hor had brought, him into tho
world Immediately stter having heard OF the
loss Of her husband at sea and that hs do
iormi'y was by her physician, attributed to
fright. He hud heen brouchf nm teodarlv.