Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-07-26
The Ghost and COnjugal Fidelity

A TRUE STORY.
Mr.. Samuel Fisher, the inventor OF
the golden snuff, was acquainted with
a widow lady of excellent character,
who resided in Cork. This lady was
inconsoIable for the death Of her bus.
band: The day was spent by her in
| signs and lamentations and her pillow
at night was molstened with the tears
of sorrow. Her husband, her GEAR
husband. was the continual theme of
her discourse, and she seemed to live
for no other object bot to reclie his praIs
es, and TO deplore his loss. One morn
ing her friend Fisher found her in Q
state of mental agitation bordering on
distraction. Her departed love, she
said, had appeared to her in the night
and most peremptorily ordered her to
enter the vault where his remains were
deposited and have the coffin opened.
A.r. Fisher demonstrated with her on
the absurdity of the idea; he said that
the intensity of her sorrow had i'm
| paired her intellect, that the phantom
was the mere creature of her imagina
ton; and begged of her at least TO
postpone to some future period her in
tended visit to the corpse of her hus
band. The lady acquiesced for that
time in his request; hut the two sue
ceeding mornings the angry spirit of
her spouse stood at her side, and with
loud menaces repeated his command.
Fisher therefore, sent TO the sexton
and matters being arranged, the weep
ing widow and her friends attended
the dismal vault; the coffin was open,
ed with much so'emnity, and the faith
(ul mltrOD stopped down and kissed
the clay cold lips of her ad0red hos
band. Having reluctantly departed
from the beloved corpse, she spentthe
remainder of the day in silent anguish.
On the succeeding morning, Fisher
(who intended to sail for England on
that day. called to bid bis afflicted
friend adieu The maid servant told
him tha, she had not yet arisen. Tel
her to get up,' said Fisher, 4 wish to
give her a few words OF consolation
and advice before my departure 'Ah,
sir!' said the smiling girl, 1t would be
a pity to disturb the new married
couple so early in the morningl'-
What new married coupler My
mistress, sir, was married last night
Married! impossible! What the lady
who adored her deceased husband,
who was nightly visited by his ghost,
and yesterday SO fervently Kissed The
corpsel Surely you jestP 90, SIR
said The maid, my late master, poor
man, on his death bed, made my mis-
tress promise that she would never
marry any mar after his decesse, till
he and she should meet again, (which
the good nan no doubt thought would
never happenti I'LL they met in ~tieaven,)
and you know, my dear sir, you kind.
ly introduced them to each other, face
to face, yesterday, Ny mistress, sir,
sends you her compliments and thanks,
together with this bridecake, 10 dis
tribute among your young friends
One evening, at Malta, while en-.
Toying my segar a. Micliede's Cafe,
in the Strado Teatro, / was much a.
unused by a young exquisite, but lately
imported, and who was laced and
buckiedu up in oil the paraphanalia Of a
modern dandy militaire, 10 defiance oil
the thermometer at 80, and a siroc
wind, hot enough to have thrown his
satanic majesty into a fever. Indeed,
the poor dandy's countensnce exhibit,
tied symptoms highly fcbrile-though
| was rather inclined to impule them
to the apoplectic effect of corsetts.-
Wa iter,' exclaimed he, with an
almost infantile lisp, and throwing him
self carelessly on a bench, "bring me
a Holsters claw and an ice, with ff
teen drops of champagne 10 it," The
master OF his maiesty's ship , as
rough a tar as ever spliced a mainbrace,
came in just as the exquisite had de-
Iivered his precise demand, and eye.
| inc the dandy with a look of the most