The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1824-06-05

Out Of breath with hurry all my life /; aud
yet | have always been half an hour TOD
late. How shall get half an hour where,
rs leisure 10 be found have kept my din
ner cooling, on the table, while | hav'>
written these hasty lines to you. Ny oh
honse-keeper Who knows my hahits, trlln
me- that there Is one comfort IN store Tor
mt thu | shall not die I'LL half an hour
alter my time com.s. What think you OF
II
In much haste, yours
PETER PUFF
HONORABLE Humility Gen. Bauer, who
commanded the Russian cavalry 10 llols-
/ ten, was a soldier Of fortune, whose family
aud country were unknown to every one
/ When encamprd near lIussam, ne took
modr Of discovering himself as novel as u
was amiablc. He invited I'LL bis field Of
lictrs and some others, To dine with hims
aud sent an adutanl tu bring u miller and
! llls vile, Who hved ~ the nrlghbOurhond,
Ia the entertainment The poor couple
came, very much afraid Of the summnns..
aud quite confused when they appeared
hriore the Mnstoyltr General. Baurr
seeing this, babe them b, quite ensy, Tor
h. intended only 10 show thru. klndnessl
aud had stnt fol them To dine with him
thalday aud AT the same time he CONVEX
I'd lanllarly With them about the coun.
try. Al dinner, The General placed the,
miller aud his WIFE or, ou each band, and
nearest 10 hinl, aud pnd particular attcn-
ton Ia them. IL the course Of the enter
talnmrnt, he asked the miller many ques-
tlons about his family aud relations The
miller stated that hr war the eldest son Of
his father, who lrtt the mill he then pos
scssed, aud that he had two brothers and
one sister " Have youn" other brother =
said the General. " No, replied the mlllcrs
3" had once another brother, bot he went
away with the SOLDIERS when hc WAS very
young, and must have long ago been killed
! IN the wars The General observing the
company much surprised nj hs Couversa-
ton with the miller, said to them, " Bro
tier soldiers, YOU have always been Gu
rlons to know who was, and whence
came. now inform you, that this us the
! place OF my nativity, aud you have heard
from tins mlIlcl, who is my brother, what
my family is" Then turning to the az
touishrd miller aud his wife, the General
embraced them, saying that he was the
brother they had supposed dead. The
Goarrai then invited the whole of the com
pany to meet him next day at the mill
where plentiful entertainment was pro
| vldcd the General pointed out to his bro.
thcrs III arms, the luOm IN which he was
horn, with AZ much evident JOY as il he had
been allowing the place were he had gam
I'd "a victory.
Pubhc Hordip- when Archbishop
fcnclon was almourr 10 Louis XIV. liz
NJ ieay WIS astonl-hrd one Sunday, To
find, instead Of the usual crowded congre-
COTTON, only himself aud hls attendants,
the priest l. officers Of the chapel what
i In meaning of tins 2" stld the king Th-
pfrlatr answered, &" | cau-cd It to be given
oul tbat your M,lesry would not attend
chapel 10 dry in order lhat you might see
who camc herr 10 worship God and who'-
Il faltcl liz king
Formerly, Gays the "Rccreatjyc,"l a
psalm ~ dlloN,d a. be sung ~ the s'' I
lows ty tn output, IN case Of a rcpri,vr
| II is reported 81 onr 81 the Chaplaius 10 the
famous Montloee, that being condemueos-.
in scotland, To die, for attending his mas
ter III some OF his gIorious exploits, and
brlog upon The ladder and ordered to SET
out psam, he, 'spectlng a reprieveAJ
named the ll9lb psdlhn with which thee
officer attending the execution complied,
! thu Scotch prcsbyicriaus being great.
psalm singers aud il VAS well for him he.
did 80, for they had sung ii half through
before ihc reprrcte came arg otter Psatn--
u0atd baUe hnHfed INN.
no
Pd,rcr II hduyiry.--It was a bcautf "
expression of Chinese sage that 10y tim
aud Industry u mulberry leaf became II
silk shawl fifth, following statement be-
correct, II affords a still more stlikip,
proof of what human ingenuity can accom-
pll3h IL the manufacture of steel, an ar
tlcIe may be raised from one half penny 10
$1,000 gnincas 4 pound Of crude iron
costs ont hall penny It Is converted into
slerl, that steel - made into watch springs,
every one of which - sold for half guinea,
and Weighs only the 10th Ola grain after
dcducting for waste, there are, III pound
weight, 1000 grains 1t, therefore, shord8s
sl'4 ror 70 900 watch springs the value,
of Which, at half guinea each, is 35,000-
Ganoao. .ncct .Uaga;tne.
-eEo-
A company or Brewers Of the name os
HI, 1T patiiaa hops enough in their beer,
the pdr,en told them that if they did nHt
mend their faeIt, ne would give thuui
hot from the pulpit. accordingly, sceinI /;
them togcihcr IN the Church, he gave ga {
fnr his text, the words IN scripture, " Hai,
high, ye Htis.'
Notice.