The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1823-08-05

affected IN all his faculties hy THE shock IL.
hAd sustained, no sooner got Iuar ilsan
he was struck with Il nervous apoplexy.-s
Fnf twenty -fuur hours his lie wae deap4i.
Ell 81, aud his death would lave been Inc
stable had he mt oblnined the most
prompt, assiineas, and skillf,li assisaislanct.
He Is still vary nna.il
These luets are strictly true. We maLe
no reflection; thai duty we lruve tocrt
liiiars Who have worthy men FIR their
debtors. fJouraut dc Paris.
..sess--
Himoir.--I was present ia n large cons
pany, says Horace Wnipole, whrn Bruce
WINS talking away. Some one asked him
what musical Instruments were used in A.
bysslnia. Bruce hesitnted, not being pre-
pared for the qscstoI,, and at last said, s.T
! ihiuk ! saw one Tyre there George
| Selwyo whispered his nrNt man, Yes
and there is ONE less sincc We left The couu-
lhy."
.9necdoie.--Sonle Of our jougnals hpse
lately repeated Tom sherdan's faceiions
equiyoqne Ia bis father whrn he advised
him 10 take wife" have no objection.
Sir whose wife shall take ~ An equi.
salent 10, ifnoi the original af which We
remember 10 be of some standing IN War
| wickshire. Sir .---- ------, a Justice of the
| peace, had frequently had before him, ut
The suit Of the parish, Farmer B------, whose
love Of intrigue often brought him ito pr
fefa0i scfapes. One day, while his Wur-
ship sat with my Lady, IL was announced
| that the worthy farmer, 10 charge OF the
constable, attended lor a hearing touching
one Of his nsual misdoinss. My Lady was
requested Ia leave the rouin during the ex-
hmnalion and on going away met tho
enlpfit. "Ah Join, John (said shell
Why do yon nrddle So with tIr gifls-Mhy
don't you get wife ~ ppor JOHN
scratched hrs head apologcticaliy, and re-
Piled, SO does ma Lady, sometimes,
but then their husbands are 30 domned
mad %
Over the door of house in village In
The West of England is hung n bonrd With
this inscription /" Schooling lor little girls
and boys al I'd. per week them as iartls
manners pays cd more"
| A dispute about precedence once arose
betwsen Il bishop aud a Judge, aud, after
some alteration the latter thot he should
quite coniound his opponent by quoting
the following passage -" For on Theses
two hang all the law and the prophets
DO you not See" said the lawyer IN iij-
uinph, thai even in this passage OF scrip
ture VIZ are mentioned first ~ !" | grant
you" says the bishop, "Yo0 HANG first .
One Terence M'Manus, IN tie North OF
ireland, lately taken up for sheepstcaIing
wrote IN account III the same 10 bis friend,
IN the following words; AS we wished %
have sun mutton TO turnups, we went 10
Squire Carol, who had more sheep than
his neibors they were very wild, aud III.
pasture very large, and we were obliged Ia
take "A new method Ia eDtce them by force
10 cutne nenr as. Az this method may Lo
ofsome service To you 10 no, think Ii my
duty to tell you of IL; Pat Dusgon and |
wrapt ourselves up Ia hay, aud Us sheep
came round 10 ate Il, we cut their thronis.
But a sarch being made, FIVE hind quarters
belonging to too them, was found in my
eabin.p
600
gentleman Of very plain understand
ing once asked the Hon. Henry Erskine
what was meant'by that passage in scrip.
tne---" He is clothed with curses 20 /" No.
| thing" said he, :" but that the man had got