The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-10-12

$ he wore n cap. The authors oi tb'
finest discoveries arr not Mt all NOR
, immortal than other people so thi'
man died and left his round hat T.
his nearest relation. The nearest
relation was puzzled how to take
hold of this famous hat. 40 he Jude
ed it better to cock up the two sides
( in he shape of an Italian gondola
This was happy thought, the in
vention did him honor. The neigh
bors said one to another, !" Now
there is some grace, some elegance
in this /; that umbrella hat was a
clumsy kind of head dress. compared
to this
| The second man died, however,
as the former had. left the gondoia
hal tn his heir. The new possesspr
refined upon the matter. lie bold
ly cooked up the three sides. clap
ped his hat on his head, and march
ed into public. People were in an
ecstacy of wonder and applause,
there was no end of their acclama-
tons: +" What asingnlar trait of ge-
MUS !! what happy force of imagi-
nation /! this was just what the hat
wanted, to become one III the most
charming things in the world
Look how il fits.' said one see
how it becomes him. said another.
This fine genius however, died,
and left the three corncred hat to his
heir. lie received it with disdain,
for il was now dirty and spotted in
many places. But rejecting that
these defects might be remedied, he
at once gotit dyed black. Bless ns y
cried the mob. N soon as they es-
pied it, How happens that not to
have been thought of before "A
black hat, that is certainly the
thing ! a black hat a black hat
foreverp This happy idea went
near to immortaliZe the name of lis
author, but could not prolong his
life. The black hat in short, de-
volyed upon another.
Ii was, TO be sure, somewhat the
worse for the wear, n little out OF
shape, a little ragged al the edges /;
but you will observe il bad served
four masters. However. its owner
found means. in his turn 10 signd.
7 lize his industry. lie bad it clap
ned on the block, dressed with hot
brushes, pared round the rim, and
, ornamented with a silk edging oil
black rrbbu". Well, thus accou.
tired, out sallles my friend, not lit.
, tie pleased with himself. Every
! body leaves his house. The whole
: town focks round him, X the thlong
, becomes 81 violent that he is near sti
fled. Good lack what is that
Is there magic in the thing Yes
| terday il was an old hat TO day il
/ is a new hat 1t was certainly re-
, served to the present age to possess
such astonishing ingenuity, such
depth of resource, such perspicuity
of penetration =
, The inventor of the furnished hat
nevertheless, died, and left it 70 =
= sixth proprietor. The very frs
tniug he did, was To tear off the rib
+ bon binding, aud to substitute a lac,
, with button on the left cock this
r. ornament was extolled to the skies
and the five former possessors of til,
} hat were all fools, compared with
the present. This was the only
? man Of true genius. what is ha
/ without lace To it p
2 But there came afterwards own
ers of the hat who we're preferred
even to him. II changed it's master
twenty times and changed its form
4 and its ornaments, without chang
ing the least oil its substance an,
I quality In that. What happened II
the hat, has happened precisely, t.
y philosophy.
Modes of saluting IN HarionS Coup
tries Grccnlanders have none
r and laugh at the idea of one perso'
being inferior to another.
Islanders near the Philippine
take persons hand or foot, AM
q rub it over their face.
I Laplanders apply their noses
. strongly against the person they sd
, lutte.
In New Guinea they place leaves
I upon the heads of those they salute
In the straits of the SOUND, the,