The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-09-08
From fhc Gergetoup metropolitan.
MAYORS OFFICE.

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During the extreme heat, or rath
er when the thermometer had attain
cd its most respectable summit, the
blood became rareiird and expanded
in like ratio, and mounting To the
brain drove several Of our otherwise
good and pcaceable citizens to what
is termed toggerheadS. Numerous
cases al assault aud battery, tongue
flashing and " scaadati=ing. as u b0-
dy mom say" were the order Of the
time. Our Rcportcr,wh0 sometimes
likes To attend the police Office, IN
forms ns I" that the morning when
Sol drove the mercury 10 the highest
pitch, several most seemingly dis
Greet and orderly matrons presented
themselves at the Mayors Office. as
CompIainants, witnesses, &c. pro ct
con. The charge WAS against male
ncighbnr for throwing certain mis-
slles I'm imitation Of the ancient Ca
tapulD against the residence Of one
OF the party. The lady complainant
and the witnesses had all the grape
and canister which hit her house.
carefully collected, and putting them
down or the floor, presented such a
heap Of stones pyramidIcaily piled,
as would have been worth Je1o'S
eye 10 MADAM in the first days of
his London contract. At the foot
of this pyramid we're placed two
huge fragments OF rock, sach as a
lax lebanon seized when he bptorc
them from their firm rooted bed to
lash at Hector. My lady complain
ant would look most significantly at
his honor, and then AT the two stones
which lay as lovingly by the side Of
each other, as if they had never been
the agents in the hands Of the delen-
dant To work dire mishaps upon the
heads OF the innocent and un0ilcnd-
ing she lambs, then before the ma
gisterial presence. The alternate
glance said emphatically i" Did the
Squire eper see steh a pair Of stones
ant they enough = dash IL body 10
pieces !" The first lady sworn was
a delicate prancing liulc creature,
but who proved a real devil incar-
nate, Tor tongue , kind of she UaL-
ter Jones. that wouldm axe the viii
test thing in the world appear &" be-
grind and black ar Bian's visage."
In rendering her evidence, che suited
the action to tire word and the word
to the action in the miuutest pare u-
lar, and in manner which made the
poor defendant Vince again. She
showed his honor how he scr6ucAed
down by the side OF the fence, how
she took him at II non plush, how she
caught him tapIs an ne, how her sis
ter, being near the grave yard, tho't
it might be ghost c0Hchant, and
axed him " Mr.. Huges is that you ?
Mr.. Hughes, is - that you"-
how Skiert she got, aud said =. in the
name oil the father Ut the sun, and
holy ghost, what Is you }" how the
! ghost, unlike iIsnlct's, preserved a
most impenctrablc silence, and She,
never fearing Il ghost or goblin. told
her sister not to stand Shilg, shdtty,
talking about the holy ghost, but To
go after candle When 10 AMI he
hold, when the light came, there was
my gentleman drawn up like n great
Tom Cat, with his eyes shining like
| two bright brass knobs and his Isnees
knocking together as il there had
been AN earthquake inside OF him
and then she reCOunted how lie inglo-
riously He'd and she and her sister
after hin--low his wife tainted at
the door, and how he fell oyer her ;
how tlIat she got near enough 10 kiss
him how lie said "a he fell "damn
your souls You have been stoning nag
house," and then got up and dreu
OF To strike her how her sister was
ojeirt he would dtfk her, aud begged
her to come away, and that WAS .JtSt
at sic knol0ci 1toat 1t.
During this time the ghostneycr ut
tered a word but called several rcspcc.
table persons to prn,e his general
character, who all testified that the
knew the ghost, when flesh Il blood
! for IS CT ~ years, aad never i;nev
a man more pcaceable-sO much 81
was he, that he would. not take hi,
own part When wrongcd.
The Mayor expressed his regret
that these unpleasant bickering'
should take place among neighbours
it was setting a bad example. be SAID
TO their children, and might lie pro
,ucti.e OF the most fatal eo..sequen
ccs. lie recommended 20 them !,