The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-11-23

The Difficult Bdptism--A child was
brought into the church at a village in
Normandy to be baptized. The cure,
who had been drinking with some Of his
friends, searched IN vain for the chap
ter in ms missal containing the prayers
adapted to the ceremony; at length
growing impatient, he exclaimed, How
hard ii Is to baptizc this infant y
Decent AH0wmcc.--Thc following
was the allowance Of provisions granted
to Lady Lncy, one Of the maid, ofhon-
our in the reign of Henry VIII.--Ircdk-
fast--A chine of beef, a loaf, a gallon
Of ale. Luncheon -Brcad and gal-
lon Of ale. Dimcr---A piece of boiled
beef, sli of roast meat, a gallon of
ale. Suppcr--PorrIdgc, mutton, a loaf,
and gallon Of ale.
GREATNESS Of .Eind---Thc president
Of Al---wl Is at AK during the reign Of
Robcspierre. Upon being inlcuoea,ed
about the concealmeut ola hundred thou.
sand crowns, which had boon buried hv
his wife, he was discharged; hut a con-
6deniial servant was taken up and con-
fined, il being proved that he was priyy 10
the transaction. Every possible mode
was tried 70 prevail upon him to discoy-
er the place where this treasure was de-
posted, and he was repeatedly Offered
his life on this condition. The prcsi-
dent himself repaired TO the prison,
released him of his oath of secrecy
he had takcn, and commanded him TO
disclose the particulars Of the transac-
ton. The faithful domestic, however,
replied as follows - When was liz
trusted with the secret, both your wife d.
myself knew beforehand, that II would
be improper to conido it to YOU, and
my firmnoss here viii prove beneficial
10 your Children Having said this he
walked forward to the sc&6old pr pared
for the occasion, and was Instantly eX-
eonted. .u.
Transmission Of Soand,--Tho ey-
trcme facility with which sounds arc
heard at a considerable distance, in So
ycrcly cold weather, has often been a
subject, OF remark but a circumstance
occurred at Port Bowen which deserves
10 be noticed, rs afordiug n sort Of moa-
sure Of the facility, or al least Of con-
veying to others some definite idea Of the
! fact. Lieutenant Foster having occa-
sion to send man irolnythe observato-
ry to the opposite shore Of the harbor,
a measure distance of 5000 feet, OF a.
! bout one statute mile and two-tcnihs, in
order to fix a meridian mark, had placed
a person halfway between, 10 repeat
/ his directions but he found on trial
/ that this precaution WIS unnecessary, as
I he could, without difficulty, keep up a
conversation with the man at the distant
station.--Pary's Voyages.
Affrfation.- assuming pedantic
lady Boosting of the many books which
she had read, quoted Locke upon In
derstandmg; "a work. she said, 'she
admired above all things; yet there was
one word in it, which, though often re-
peatod, she could not distinctly make
out; and that it was ide-0' (prononncing
it very long J but | suppose it comes
from a Greek derivation. - You are
perfectly right madam. said Foote; ii
comes from the word ideaOuskg-' And
pray. Sir, what does that mean 2 The
femini,c of idea, madam
Nodesty.-It was a question, who
had spoken in the happiest manner of
modestv2 AFrench author calls it the
shadow of noble mind, ST. Bernard
styles ii the Jewel ofmannors, the sister