The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register. (Wilmington, Del.) 1824-1825, 1825-02-17
FEBRUARY IL, 1926.

time, making the bitterest lamentations, that
the honor of his family obliged him to have
recourse to such disagrceablc measures.
The Cock afoat in The Bozol--Many at
tempts have been made to explain why the
Cock is sacred to Minerva, and his claims
to his protection are often founded on assum-
ed prominence of wisdom and sagacity.---
This brings to our mind a story related
by gentleman, of a cock in farm yard
somewhere in Holland, near Rotterdam,
whose sagacity saved him from perishing in
a flood, occasioned by the bursting of one
of the dykes. The water rushed furiously
and suddenly into the village, swamped eve
ny house to the height ofthe first story, SO
that the inhabitants we're obliged to mount,
and had no communication for while, ex
cept by boats. The cattle and other AMI
mails. and many fowls persisted. Our friend
chanticleer however, had the adroitness to
| jump into large wooden bowl, containing
some barley, in which he sat, and quietly,
! floatcd, till the flood had subsidized; having
not only a good ship to carry him, but pro-
visions on board during his voyage.
| Part Of Welsh !Sermon.--A bride should
have nine qualifications all beginning with
the letter p. viz.-Picty, Person and Parts;
Patience, Prudence and Providence; Privi
lege, Parentage and Portion; and that which
should be first of all and most of all in consid
Grafton, which is Pity, is -a-day thought
of least of all and by many not at all; and
that which should be least of all and last of
all in consideration, which is Portion, is now
become first of all, most Of all and with ma
ny all in all.
Fcn,ale Heroism.--Juana Maria Pola, Of
Santa Fe de Bogota, was woman whose hus-
band and brothers and sons were deeply en-
gagged i'll the patriot cause. When Santa Fe
was taken from the Royaists, after the bar
racks of the infantry and cavalry had been
seized, the patriots paused to collect num-
beers sufficient to attack the artillery; and
then was that interval when "thc boldest
held his breath for time" Juana Maria
found her sons among the troops who were
awaiting the rest. "What do you do here?'
said she. 81 expect each moment to fight
for La I2atria." "Kneel down then, and
take a mothers blessing. We women will
so and receive the first fire, and over our
bodies you shall march and take yonder can
non, and save your country" She blessed
her sons and rushed on with the foremost
and the day way theirs. From that day she
held captains pay and rank. But the roy
alists retook Santa Fe, and Juana Maria dc
Pola was one of their first victims: she was
led to the market place and shot.
i Alonzo Cano, a Spanish artist may be
literally said to have felt the ruling passion
strong i'll death; for when the priest, who
attended him, presented the crucifix, he
turned his eyes away, and refused to look at
Hit, because the sculpture was SO badly exc
cuted, but asked for a plain cross, which be-
ing brought to him, he devoutly embraced
it and expired.
Human StatUrc.--Mr Herman of the
French Academy, wrote an elaborate treat
Use to prove that our primogenitor Adam
measured 1873 feet, and Eve 118 feet, and
that the human stature was gradually di-
diminishing.
Other Odd .Vofions.--Andreas Tempe, in
a work on the language of Paradise, asserts,
that the Deity spake to our first parents in
Swedish, that Adam answered in Danish,
and the Devil seduced Eve in French. Ano-
ther Scholar, Gottfred Heuselius, in a work
entitled Synopsis Universe Philogig pub
edin1741 communicates Adams, Enoch's
and Noah's alphabet, with some particulars
concerning the language OF the angels.
/ WHAT | NEVER SAW.
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