American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-05-31

tradesman who had shop in the Old Bailey,
opposite the prison, kept two parrots, for the incon
venience of his neighbors-a green disturber and al
gray. The green parrot was taught to speak when
there was knock at the street-door. The grayl
put in his word whenever ring came from the bell
but they only knew TWO short phrases oil English!
apiece. The house had projecting old -fashionedI
front, that the first floor could not be seen FROM
the pavement the same side of the way-and one
day, when they were left at home by themselves,
hanging out OF window knock came at the street.
door," Who's there 70 said the green parrots
l. The man with the leather = was the reply. To-
which the bird answered Oh, oh 70 Presently, the
door not being opened, as he expected, the stranger
knocked second time. Who's there ?" said the
green parrot again. Who's tbere!' said The man,
L Why don't you come down p To which the par
rot again made the same answer, I" Oh, OH! This
response so enraged the visitor that he dropped the
knocker, and rang furousy at the house-bell--but
this proceeding brought the gray parrot, in a new
voice, to say, "Go to the gate" To the gate
muttered the man, who saw no such convenience,
and moreover imagined that the servants were ban
Itering him, What gate :? cried he, getting out into
the kennel, that he might have the advantage of
seeing his interIocutor. "New -gate," reoined the
gray parrot, just at the moment when his species
was discovered.
| highwayman, named Bolland, confined in
Newgate, sen, for solicitor TO know how he could
defer his trial and was answered, "by getting an
appothecary TO make affidavit Of his Illness" This
was accordingly done in the following manner !:
/" The deponent verify believes, that if the said
James Boand is obliged to take his trial at the en-
suing sessions, he will be in imminent danger OF
his llfe.'' To which the learned Judge on the
bench answered, "that he verify believed SO too p
| few years ago, there was fellow with long
beard in London who professed himself to be the
wandering Jew. He did not adhere to the legend,
which was of little consequence as his vislters were
not likely to be better informed than himself, but
laid claim to higher antiquity than the Jerusalem
shoemaker, and declared that he had been with No
, ah in the ark. Noah he said had refused to take
\ him in; but he got in secretly, and hid himself
among the beasts which is the reason why his
name is not mentioned in the Bible and while he
was there the he-goat had given him blow in the
forehead the mark of which was visible to this day
Some person asked him which country he liked
best of all that he had visited in his long peregrn
alton: he answered SPAIN perhaps mar
would have done who had really seen all the world
But it was remarked as rather extraordinary that 6
Jew should prefer the country of the lnqulsltion
God bless you, SIR replied the ready rogue, sha
liking his head and smiling at the same time. as 1t
1.-THE error of the observation, 1t was long before
|christianity-that was last in Spain, and ! shall
not go there again till long after it is all over'
The enormous Joints of meat which come to al
English table are always roasted upon spit as lon
as the old two handed sword; these splits are nov
turned by wheel in the chimney which the smok
sets in motion, but formerly by the labor OF dos
who was trained to run in a wheel. There was
peculiar breed for the purpose, called surnsplts Iron
their occupation, long backed and short-iegged
Ithey are now nearly extinct The mode OF teach
ing them their business was more summary thai
humane the dog was put in the wheel, and burn
ing coal with him; he could'no stop without burn
ing his legs and so was kept upon the full gallop
These dogs were by no means iond OF their pro
fessiop it was indeed hard work to run in whee
/ for two or three hours, turning piece OF mea
which was twice their own weight Some year
ago party of young men at Bath hired the char
men or Saturday night to steel all the turnsplts il
town, and lock them up till the following evening
Accordingly on Sunday, when every body has roas
meat for dinner all the cooks were to be seen in tn
Streets pray have you seen our Chloes' say
lone. Why replies the other, was coming I
ask you if you had seen our Pompey:' up came
third, while they were talking. to inquire Tor he
Toby-and there was no roast meat in Bath the
day.
1t is told Of these dogs in this city, that one Sun
d ltay, when they had usual followed their mistress
les to church, the lesson Tor the day happened 70
that chapter in Ezekiel, wherein the self MOVING
Ichariots are described. When first the word whee
was pronounced, all the ours pricked up their ear
lin alarm at the second wheel, they set up doleu
howl; and when the dreadful word was uttered
third time, every one of them scampered out 9
church as fast as he could, with his tail between hi
legs.
A HINT TO BROTHERs.-A little boy seeing tw
nestlng birds picking each other inquired of his eide
brother what they dung. "rhey are qualvelfns
was the answer. "No," replied the child, "that cann