The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-01


rich are always suceessf1l' ay mofhef.
however, conceived II 20 b. 10 TESTING inaf
ter, and 10 downright earnest began q, ~
lege that JOHN had aa uncommon partialily
I for The law, and would doubtless do gre,d
things, il he was but properly pushed. She
fIhen avefrud, thai loo had a very pretty
taste for priuted cniiohs, and that y hen !
ahduld h. taknn into partnership, ! should.
IN all human probability, Do The trade
credit, II was but properly pushed But
for this a small additional capital was re
quislie, and where was 10 get Il Heaven
only knew. Charloitc's talent for music
was then represented To be surprising, and
would he absolutely astonishing ii slic could
afford to get her propsly pushed by few
lessens from Bishop As 10 little Charles,
she was herself pushing bin IN his arith
lnctie Never was there a molb.i who SO
pushed her offspring il is no ttull Of hets
That we are mt every one of.lis fat on our
faces long abo.
Dinner being announced, tbs Great Man
took his seat ~ the right side ukIny mo
lier liz was helped 10 a largNtrliee OF
turbot, whefeWon be tapped he eSifemi-
~ oi Tire fish with his knife. This denoted
his want of some Of the fms, aud my rno-
thcr accordingly dealt out 10 him Il PORTION
oil these glutlnous appendages. Common
inoftals atnd plate around The illl, Tor
Whatsoever they may require but v hen
The Great Man of the Family gracrs lhe
table, every thing Is fnoscd up 10 him.
The bullock al beef being little too por~
derous To perform such visit, the Great
Man limited lrom aiar off whore he would
he helped. just ihcro-- 40, not there
n little nearer The fat or, slay.-.no-tt isa
little Too much boilcd.--i viii whit n slice
ar two-saye, now IL will do--i little Of The.
SOFT fat, and two spoonslnl of gfnyy-~put
two small parenips with IL and, Thomas.
bring me the mustard II nhy be well
imagined thai these drta were followed
by empt oeedlen,e There are only two
slands tor which | entertain an aversion
-parsnips aud tripc. Tie TURNER always
give me notion Of carrots from the cain-
combs, and the hitter Of boiled leather
hree chos. Ny polite mamma, aware OF
my unele's partllty for parsuips, had lee.
tuied me lnt0 the pf0priety Of assuming n
loneliness Tor them, adding, that sir Niclo-
las had been married FIVE years without
children, and that should probably be
MS heir, aud that one would nol lose enc's
blrthrght for mess of potlage. II il
whispered 10 The family that my uncle IL
worth a plum. II would therefore be-
pity To lose hundred thousand pounds
by refusing to swallow II pa,suip. IcontIi-
'od to get down n couple and vas told
by Sir Nicholas that wAB a clover young
man, aud knew Whit was what. My mo-
Their evidently thought the whole Of the.
ahoye-narped Sum Was already half way
down my brooches pocket Has any hu.
dy seen Simpson Il co. = enquircd the
Great man. during short inter, ii between
hrs mouthiuls. | was upon the iucuuiious
point ot answering yes, aud TINT thought
II very good thing, Rhfni my father, With
The most adroit simplicity, answered, Il
met Simpson this morning At Datsons Ills
partner Is al Liverpool Hereal tho Great
Man chnekled 30 llnmoderatcly thai we Aft
Thought segment Of paranip had gone the
wrong way. No, don't mean lhem~-
come, that's mol anss- simpson 81 Scott
OF Alderman's Walk lila, la, lla no:
mean Simpson 4 Go. at Drnry Lame
No. answered my mother, we never go
To The play Lord help mc IL nns hut Il
week 40 that my father, Jack, and I, had
saet IN the pit 10 see this Identical drama
Now come ~ the mutton chops The pro.
cess was"lcelrieal, aud deserves minlte'z
COMMUNICATION. First, the Great Man
had bot plair, upon which was placed Il
bot p0tatoc. Then our man Thomaa pla-
ccd the pewter dish, carefully covered.
immediately under our visitors nose. Al
a given signal, Thomas whlsked off tie
cover, and my uncle tlarted his f1rk into
chop rs rapid as il he were llarpoDning =
fish. What became of the cover, miles.
Thomas swallowed il, have not since been
able 10 form 81 guess.
pass over Il few more white lies, uttered
Tor III. purpose of ingratiution. Such for
lptsnnce,as none oius liking wineand srsvy-
our utter repugnance to modern fashions In
dress our never wasting time in reading
novels our never going westward Temple
Bar, aud our regularly going To afternoon
church. But | eaun0t 8void mentian,u.1
that great men bear, nj least In one ps.int. a
resemblance to great wils--I mean III fhe.
shoftness Of their memories. Bedford
square aud carriage have driven from,
my poor uncle's sensorum all geographical
knewledgc of city streets. lie regulatly
! asks nue. whether Lime street is the second
or third turning, affects to place Ironmon.
gers liaiI IN Bislopsgaie street aud tells
me, MAI when he gees tofeeeiv. BIS diyi-
bends at the India House, he constantly
COMMITS The error OF directing bis eoudh.
man to whitechapd. Lord help me again, !.
THIS from man who, for the first ten Years
OF his civic existence, threaded every no6l
and alley IN the city, with a black pocket.
book full OF bills, as Dimsdale and Conlpa.
ny's 0,it door clerk
| yesterday overheard my rnaiden autit
Susan giving hint losomebody, 'whp shall
be naneless, that Lady Sawyer, nntwi,i-
standing her Eve years., abstinence, i Ger.