The Wilmingtonian., 1823-10-02

/ CaIvin's (the rerormer) mode of express
sion was rather coarse. Luther mad, IN
one of his writings, called hin declalmer !;
and Calvin, to justify himself from such
a title, breaks out" Your whole school
is nothing but sinking stye OF pigs.
Dog do you understand me! DO you un-
llerstand me, mailman /? DO you UNDER
/. stand me, you great beast"'
Garrick one day dining with large company,
soon after dinner left the room, and 1t was sup
posed had left the house but one OF the party
ON going into the area to seek him, found Mr.
Garrck, who had been there for some time, fully
occupied in amusing a negro boy, who was a ser
van, in the family, by miuicking the manner and
noise Of q turkey-cock, which diverted the boy to
such degree, that he was convulsed with laugh
Iter and only able now and then TO utter, On
flMasser Garrick you will kill me Masser Gar
.lrck!"
/ Royal Decision. The empress Catherine
ill. being desirous to choose wife for the
Grand Duke, communicated to the Prin-
cess of Hesse Ddrmstadt, her wish to see
her Highness's three daughters, who were
|al accounted beautiful and accomplished
women. They were accordingly brought
to court, and her Imperial Majesty hap
Iprned to be at window of the palace
when their carriage came up; she saw
1.-THE young princesses alght, and instantly
turning to her mobiles in waiting, express
ed her decided choice of the second, before
they could be presented, or had even
reached the presence chamber. Catherine
was afterwards asked the reason OF this
apparently prcclpitate choice: she replied,
the oldest is unpublished, the youngest pre-
), cipitate: in fact, in allghting from the car
;riage, the eldest had made a false step,
',the youngest jumped at once to the ground;
,'thc second alone had descended with be-
coming dignity and grace.
Rpgularify.-1her is in many people,
Especially in you,h, strange aversion to
Regularity; desire to delay what ought
to be done Immediately, in order to do
something else, which might as well be
done afterwards. Be assured it is of more
consequence than you can conceive, to
get the better OF this idle procrastinating
spirit, and to acquire habits OF constancy
land steadiness, even in the most trlling
matters without them there can be no
Regularity, or consistency of action or cha
racter, no dependence on your best nten-
tions, which sudden humour may tempt
you to lay aside for time, and which Il
thousand unforeseen accidents will after
wards render it more and more difficult to
execute: no one can say what important
consequences may follow neglect OF this
kind.-.Hrs. Chapome.
.Wseries Of Human Life.
Conversing with friend, especially al
lady, upon some very interesting subject,
and eagerly listening to her observations,
when Il string of drays loaded With iron
bars, comes along, aud either compels the
fair charmer to stop the discussion, or you
to overstrain your ears, and even then not
hear word she says.
Meeting a person in the streets who
aims to pass you at the time you make
motion to pass him on the same side, thus
you both bob and dodge simultaneously
5 with the same motion, several times before
'Iyou clear each other.
I To have your hat taken off your head
rlby rude borean blast and blown through
the muddy street, fresh puff whsking ii
I away Just at the moment of ~eising 1.-THE
$ rude populace all the time laughing at
, your misfortune.
ii Speaking to person across the street,
ilwho by his vacant stare, evinces that he
takes no notice Of you.
= Your newspaper thrown in by the car
1rer aud instantly sna;ched up bya stupid
' acquaintance, who fumbles over it for an
) hour, looking at the advertisements, when
you are impatient TO read it Yourself; all
:, this too at the important crisis of public
= affairs.
{ TO be compelled to keep company with
and listen for an hour or more to some
staggering boaster reciting his exploits
and hair breadth escapes, at sea or in the
land service during the last war.
Lending small sums of money to certain
easy folks with short memories, who never
remember to pay you.
Attempting to amuse the company, and
: gain little credit to yourself, by telling q
J good story, and being interrupted in the
middle of it by some pert jackannpes, TAX
ing the words out of your mouth, and al
: tering the thread of the narrative-or pre-
maturely disclosing the joke, and intima-
! ting it to be an old hacknied story, which
: every body has heard before.