The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-09-23

From Lonion pnpers.

II lesson for DutHieis. Two friendq
happening 10 quarrel al u imein, ole of
them, a man ul very haIy disposition. m
sisted on The others fighting him The next
morning. The challenge VAS oceepted. nm
condition that They should breakfast top,.
tier presious To their going 10 the field. ~
the holise Of the challenged. Nh.n ia.
challenger arrived The neat morning. arcnr-
dug II appointment, he found every pr.
parhiion l'n breakfast, and his friend. mia
wife AMI IIis children rcndy To receive him.
Their repast being over, and the family
Withdrawn, without any hat Of Tho fatal
purpose having lfansplfrd, the rhaIlepprr
asked the DINER II he was ready 10 attend.
No, sir" replied he, moi tn ~ are NOR,
upon u par that aniable woman, and
those sin pnocent children, who lllst nu,y
or'aklaslnd WIN os,depend solel, upon my
lie Tor fllr'r Subsistence and I'LL you cnn.
| siake something equal, III my estimation Ia
lie welfare Of seven persons, dearer IN M.
than The apple OF my eye, ! cannot thnk
VI are equally matched" 1--WE are not
Indeed r replied lie other, giving him his
hand, aud they became iirner friends than
ever.
The greatest aiIront yon can offer 10 n
womao IS 10 Tell her that she is old. -
Lord A., II coulter, used To say 10 his
lady, e'ely ni'u years day, l." Well madam.
What aye VII yopr alyship please TO he
this Year ~
IolIingshcad has given us cnro,s mn.
eedole Of Pope julius Ill, thai disgrace 4,
NE honi'Sh sea, an egregious gnllon AID
ep'enfs, whose l1sofite dish WIS the pea.
eoet AT another time, he, sitting at din
nel, pointing 10 a peacock on his table
Which he had mol touched, keep said he.
THIS cold peacock for NE against supper,
aud lei me sup ~ the gJrden, for | shall
nave guests 50 when supper came, and
amongst other hot peaeocls, he saw not
ti's cold peacock brought to his table, the
pop, ai'er his wooted nnnner horribly
disappearing God, fell into an extreme rage,
@c. whrrtnpon. one of his cardinals, sitting
by, desired him, saying, Let mol your no.
llnesse, | pray YOU, be- so moved with a
matter OF 50 small weight" Then, this
julius, The pope, answering again, What
shlh llt, II God vas so angry for one apple
'idt lle cast our first parents out Of Para
disc Tor The same, WHY may not |, being his
siear, be angiye, then, Tor a peacock, ST.
tiens peacock is greater matter Than
an apple " Hot U,on. p. liza 40.
Singular Phenomenon. The following
curious passage occurs in Capt. Franklin,
Journey To the Polar Sea. !'he Quarterly
Reviewer says that he rceoIlecls case
stated by humboldt in South America.
l., eetly well authenticated, and almo,t
precisely similar To i'll
young Chpewayan had separated
/ from The rf.gt al hi L.a.I O.. Al
trencllng beaver, when his wife, who was
MS so'e companion, and IN her first preg-
nancy, was selzed with the palns of labour.
She died on The ihld day after sho had
gwen birlli to a boy The husband WAS
iheonsolablt, anu vowed in his anguish ne
'es To take another woman TO wife, but bis
gflei Was soon III some degree absorbed in
anAltty Tor the fate ot his infant son. To
preserve It's HE he descended to lle Office
oil nurse, 50 Degrading in the eyes of a Chi
Pemayhn, as partaking Of the duties of a
woman. lie swaddled it in soft moss. fed
II With broth from the flesh of the deer, and
To Sill lis cries applied it to his breast,
praying earnestly 10 the master Of life To
assist his cndeasors. The force of the
powerful passion by which he was actuafed,
produced The same effect in his ease, as il has
done with some others which are recorded
low OF milk actually took place from
his breast. lie succeeded in rearing his
chlld, taught hlin 10 be n hunter, and When
he attained manhood, chose him a wife
from the ribe. The old man kept his VOW
IN never taking second wife himself, but
hr delighted IN tending his sons children,
and when his danghter-n- law used 20 in-
tertere, say ing that ii WAS not the occupa-
/, ton oil IA man, he WAS wont TO reply, that
he had promised ~ the great master ofli(e,
II his child should be spared, never to be
proud, Ike otter Indians. lie used to
mention, loo, as certain proof of the APP
probation OF Providence, that although he
was always Obliged to carry his child on his
back while hunting, vet that it never rons-
ed moose by IFS cries, heing always par
ilculariy still AT those times, Our infor-
mant added thai he had often seen this In
dian IN bis old age, and that his left breast,
even then, retained the unusual size il had
acquired IN has occupation of nurse"
Too much Qfa good Ming.--A certain
country squire had Il uairen, and the vii
lage curair Was, Sunday, after Sunday,
RECALLED with the delicacy of rabbits till he
became SO sick of them. that he took the
liberty of limiting his dislike to the standing
dish to the host, IN the following Grace, gu
rising from the table
"0f Rabbits hot, of Rabbits cold,
OF Rabbits tender Rabbits tough
4 OF Rabbits young, of Rabbits old,
thank the Id, we We had enough -
.Smah Pory--The Quebec Mercury of
the / 9th nt. states that aeonfuent Small
Pox, of the Worst nature, has been, and at