The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-05-01
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his h"ine abroad at g. late an hour.
"'Speak not So said he, very So
rious'y. for am going ~ die (
have had my warning. Asl stood
on The bridge. listening to the clap.
ping tongues which the winds gage
10 the leaves Of the trees IN tho
nelghh ring gardens. making them
, III ~ sing like the little ehcrubim. [
hear requinm for one that is
Doomed IN the morrow to die"
q" ! attempted t. speak lightly Of
his superstition. though his accent
curl Il my veins ; but he added
"'And Whrn their hsmn vas sung.
heard The soft low voice af - vii
Ia" tree singing an old duty. one
viii which my mother long, long ~
e. 7iicn lullcd me 10 SLEEP. ~ the
music 81 HE requiem. aud the pity
which was in that melody. | know
when next shaiI fail asleep, aiu
never 10 awaken again
VIII thssf words br lrlt rne. II
III The mornlng he was found dead
ot hpoplexy. Aho. therefore, shall
venture 10 say. that what the Ger.
man Enthusiast called hls eff. lis
instinct. or his gcnius, " asnot some
inoonmunio abb iaenlt, winch made
his spirit az different from that Of a.
ny other mans. aa he was ~ his pers
son dIstIn uished from every lndni-
dual of the universal race ile bad
faith, however, IN the warning IL lis
late. havevhad but feeling of ln-
port that was ever in the bodemenls
vi mind aud by working agans, it
wllh the Evolutionary faiiacies Of
reason, ! have bcc0me---lct my stor
~ tell what"
ON
Tricks m trade.-Two rogues in tho
city have been making laughable
experiment enough upon The force
ot truth, or pnH, between the ii and
| believe the matter il 10 rnd il. an
application t0 the t'ourt Of chancery
bul l'rthe time. thu imposlor has car~
rlcd the day. One of these pcople.
who are both hair-trcssrrs, and live
opposite 10 each other near the Tx.
change, ls---or was lately---thriving
b, selling The fat Il bears IA a kind
Of cosmetic The otber (bis nrigh-
bonl) knowing that II was Just no
good TO sell any other material 10
pots. with "brar's t,rcas = ior "A la
bel. AZ genuine bears gr, ,se, imme-
diatrly started With the same "pots,Y
i filled with an exppusitt lnIurlt. inope
/ position. The true dcnlrr.A 10 kcpDs
] forty live bears in his cellar. and
has himself taken up ouce week
before tue sitting aldcruidn.as a muir
sanCr by way al advertisement, kil,
led bear upon this, hung him up
whole IN full slight IN his shop. and
wrote ~ the window. =. A fresh bear
killed this day - The impostor who
had but one bear in the whole world
which he privately led out Of bis
house. after dark every mig t. aud
Brought him back (losccm ikea new
supply going IN IN HE morning e0nr
tlnucd his sale, writing IN his wine
dow. " oar fresh bear viii be hiIe
ed to-morro~ " The original v,ns
der thcn---dctcimincd II cut Of MS
rivals last shiil--kcpt his actual
bears deluuct. with the skins only
hall oil, hanging up alWdys at his
door, prot laiocd all bears grease
sold in "poIs" Il - lie imposture ~
aud desired hls customers 10 - walk
in" and see theirs. :. with their own
eyes, cut and weighed from the am
inal." This secmed conclusive for
two days but, on the third, the OPP
ponent was again in the iield, with q
placard, i" founded on the opinion of
nine doctors Of physic,' that bears
/ grease d" obtained from the animal ia
IA tanned domestic state" would not
" make any bpdy's hair grow al all"
In consequence ot which, a' - has
formed an establishment in Russia
/ (whcrc all the best bears come from)
for catching them Wild, cutting the
TAT off Immediately. aud pottips it
down for London consumption.~
And the rogue actually ruins his
antagonist. without going to the ex.
pensc of "A bears skin, by writing
all over the house. :. Licensed by
the Imperial Here,
aud at Archangel."