Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-04-14

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The attention Of the citizens about tho
market was, on Friday morning la,,-
arrested by the appearance Of a robust
comeIy female, parading on its pave
ment, with a cowskin Of ~immoderate
lenth, in her hand; and evidently in
a temper to apply it with a hearty
good viii, to some one, who tad pro-
voken ire.
On inquiry, it appeared that some
TWO or three weeks since, she had en-.
tered into an engagement TO be mar.
red to a certain dashing buck of her
nlghbourhood, and that the preceding
evening had been fixed on for the con
summation of the nuptials.
Atthe appointed hour the minister
and guests had assembled; an elegant
and ample supper had been prepared.
and the lady herself, her face wreath.
ed in smiles, and her person adorned
with many a frill and ~furbeIow. impa.
tlently waited the moment which was
to make her a bride!-The moment
came, and passed!-hour after hour
fingered on, and finally the evening
expired-but the Bridegroom came
not
At first, the neglected fair one bore
her disappointment with sort of pen.
slye gloom, or meditative ~sullenness.
this state of feeling, however, pre-.
senl'y gave way to anger; and this
soon become telnpestious and uncon.
trolable! and in the morning forth, pro.
pared as we have described, TO avenge
her W. grievances, in contempt Of
Doctors Commons, Judge and Jury.
The truent lover, suspecting, pro.
badly that there was a rod in pickle for
him, prudently kept himself incog.
and in the back ground. He seemed
to be, 10 use a sporting phrase) ga
cock that would neither show nor
tight" and it was not until after long
and dlligent search that he was disco.
vered concealed, not far from the spot
where was exhibited the unusual ap-
pearance we have described.
The incensed female, forthwith and
without remorse, or the smallest miti.
CATION of her powers, began to apply
the cOwskin to the shoulders of her
craven brides room, and this applica.
ton she continued with so much pun.
gency and perseverance, that flesh
and blood could no longer bear it; but
boiling forth, he fed with might and
main down the street, pursued by the
eDraged amazon, and accompanied bv
a hundred or two Of the gentry and
nobility about the market!
"The beau be fled with utmost speed,
Ard sad and anxious locks,
For why, he felt the whip indeed
Was at his back gsdzooks!"
1t soon became appearant, however,
though our heroine ran with great
speed and spirit, that she was yet de-
ficient in that essential quality for a
courser, which jockeys term bottom.
And after brushing it," Ito keep
up the fnger) in high style, for two
or three hundred yards, and occasion.
ally applying her instrument With
great efficiency to the shoulders fthe
fugitive beau, she was obliged to give
up the chase, and thus afforded him
an opportunity of accomplishing his
retreatlin security.
Itappears by the official statement
OF the Board of Health of Philadelphia,
that from the LIST January, 1894. to
lst January, 1926, there were 1899
deaths in the city and liberties of Phil.
adelphia; of which SIG cases were
consumption; 307 typhus fever; 1O2
measles; 324 natural small pos; and
only one that had been inuoculated.
OF the foregoing deaths, $50 occur.
red in the Aims House, and 7O3 PEG.
pie of colour. From the LIST of Janua-
ry to the 3lst of December, 1924,
there was born inthe city and liberties,
1898 children, of whom 2O62 were
males, and 2771 females. The diff
ference between the births and deaths
was, therefore, 1855 in favour of the
fOl mer.
DR. S. MoCULLoH visited, last sum-
mer, the new garden of the Horticul-
tural Society of London, at Chiswich.
He there saw their orerRoung ueH,