Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-08-25
AN IRISH BEAR.

AN IRISH BEAR.
The following story is put into the mouth uf The n,
;nunrs Father O'feary. Coming from 81. Omer. he
told us he stopped few days visit brother priest in
The town OF Bouiogne her Hero he heard of great
curiosity which all The people running to see
"a curious ear that some fishermen had taken at sea
out OF wreck had sense, and attempted to utter sor,
Of lingo which they called Pdtois but which nobody
understood OIeary gave his to see the won
der-WhCh was shewn at the port by candle lirht
and was a very odd kind of ANIMAL no doubt i'I,n
bear had been taught hundred tricks all TO be per
formed at the keepers word OF command 1T was late
ID the evening when ofaary saw him, and the bear
seemed suiy; the keeper however with short spi,
at the end OF a pole, made him moyo about brskv
| lie marked on sand what O'Clock ii was. with his paw
and distinguished the aud women in a vesy conf.
cal way; IN fact, priest was qai,c diverted The
beast at length grew tired; the epper hi, him ~
Pole he stirred little, bat continued quite suen his
master coaxed him-no he would not work. III Iepo,
the brute OF keeper gave him three sharp prcs
with Tie goad when he roarcd out IRENE ndousy
and rising his hind legs, srore at his to.men,or IN
very good native IRISH. CIeary waited no longer b,,
went immediately TO the mayor whom lie isfoImed
that The blaclGuards OF fishermen had sew ed 10 moor
irislrDan in Iyrarskin, and showing him for six
sons This civic dgni;ary, who had himself seen the
bear, would not believe our friend At las, OLeary
prevailed on INN to accompany him to the room. On
theF ARRIVAL the bear was still at duty, and OL1ary
stepping up to him says Gande tia ha,cn Pot2' (fIow
DO you do Pat ;j-'Slc7tger Dtrnugou (Pre,tv well
hankee) says the bear. The people were SURPRISED
to hear how plainly lie SPOKE; but the MAYOR directly
and good dea! OF difficulty PAT stepped forth fstar,
nacd) out of the bear skin, wherein he bad been four
teen or fifteen days most cleverly stitched. The
women made off; the stood asfons,cd: and the ma
yor ordered the keepers to be put goal unless they
satisfied him; but that was presently done. The bear
afterwards old OLeary that he was yery well fed and
dd not care much about the clothing, only they worked
/ him too hard. The fishermen had found him nj sea
! on COOP which bad saved him from pouq IN fhe
bottom with ship wherein lie had little venture nj
drled cod from Dnogarvon and which was bound from
waterford 10 biiboa He could not speak one word
OF any language but lrs and had never been at sea
| before The fishermen had brought him in, fed him
wci and endeavored TO repay themselves by showing
him as curiosty.' london unper
The following extract from the speech of Mir Rrourhar
at the dinner given to him in Liverpool worth preser-
Wing Ii was spoken IN reference the reluctance which
his friends the Wings had manifested to accept office under
the ministry lest interested motives might be mpted
to them.
81 am not surprised the indifference shown for Office
and for power by many distinguished cads. do not
look the possession Of power a thing to be ervied
by any wise good Power in itsef-nIsTe ppyer
ought to ne looked upon any thing than as the
friend Of virtue, merit II is enioved nv ri,,
OF birth by bontcd despots purchased by blood and
Slaughter aud upheld by the fn0!cst usurpaon and the
most pcstentai couqucs's. It's held frequently by tic
tenure Of sacrifices which reduce the parties below ,b
evc! OF man. and is welded by the miserable Of
Eastern Seraglio. But the power good to ankind-
to scatter blessings around yOuie power which to
enable you out gunrarceto break the chains Of
corporal mental slavery whatever be the color caste
or creed Of the disabled manthc power to benefit yonr
kIndhe power TO you country, and to amend your
racc-tha power is possession which man might nro-
rty DESIRE nay angel might soop from his height IN
take up General and long continued acclamation0
IS worth recording. ne nm evidence of strong feeling
against the Duke Of Wellington, that ibis dinhrr which
was given on the 18Th Jur, the annivcrsary nf the battle
OF Waterloo, toast complimentary 10 him nd H. his sol
dicrs received with Misrepresentation and ny. bro,;
but, That subsequently, the Heroes NJ ~
trroo, without mentioning tho Dukes name was ,a ~
with great applausc.-[tN ~. Y. .7g,,r.
Extraordinary Biyibs-A lady, nc wic6 Of Mr.. john
Kelly, now residing in Wolf creek township in mi.
county. Mercer, PENN recently from Ireland, YES
terday bad fire livi"g children at one BIRTH They ALI
died shortly after. as informed bv the pb,si
clan Wbo attended her. Previous t. her Leaving ire
land, this same lady had hr6 once and on her way
hi;her, while in the State Of New York she had also
fUe at one birth--mang, in all hrsire children whit
~ about 1S months. All these births were Premature
The lady ana her hus'fnd are healthy fresh. Young
'oobinE people AMI c-~ ,9o yea.s married - prqss