Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-11-01
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The conjugGting Dutchman w
know not where The following story
came from; but, as it gives a drol
picture OF a m%ethodIcsl and persever
ing DutchmAn, it may u o prove Ut
entertaining. Two English gentle
men onc stepped MO a coffee house
in Paris, where they observed a tall,
odd looking man, who appeared not
to be a native, sitting at Il OF the
tables, aud looking around with the
most stone like gravity OF countenanct
upon every object. Soon after the two
Engllshmen entered, one of them told
toe other that a celebrated dwarf had
arrived at Paris. At this the grave
looking parsonage above mentioned
opened his mouth and spake, i arrive.
said he, 'thou arriVest, he arrives, we
arrive, you arrive, they arrive Toe
E%nglishman whose remark seemed TO
have suggested this mysterious speech.
stepped up 10 the stranger aud asked,
did yoa speak to me, Slr?' L speak.
replied the stranger, thou speakes, he
speaks, we speak, you speak, they
speak?' How lsthisn SAID the English.
man, do you mean TO insult me| The
other replied, Il insult, thou lnsultest,
he insults, we insult, YOU insult, they
insuit' 'This is too much said the
Englishman; L will have satisfaction
if you have any spirit with your rude
ness come along with me To this
defiance the impeFturbable strangerT re
piled, L come, thou contest, he comes,
we come, YOU come, they Gomez and
thereupon he arose with great GOODNESS
aud followed his challenger. In those
days, when every gentleman wore a
sword, dnels were speedily despatched,
They went mo ne~ighhoring alley.
AMI the Engiishman unsheashing his
weapon, said to his antagonist, now
SIR, YOU must fight me- fight re
piled the other, drawing his sword,
thou 6ghtes., he fights, we 6ght,' here
he made a thrust you fight, they
fight and here he disarmed his adver.
sary. WELL said the Englishman
you have the best Oft, and | hope you
are satisfied, Il am satisfied said the
original, sheathing his sword, 'thou arr
satisfied he is satisfied, we are ~saiisfi
ed, you are satisfied, they are satisi
ed'--'I am glad every body is satisf-
ed,' said the Englishman, 'but pray
leave off your quizzlng me 10 thi:
strange manner, and tell me what i.
your object, if you have any, in doing
So The grave gentleman now, foI
the first time, became Ineligible. .
am a Dutchman,' said ne, 'snd | an
learning your language. find it We
ry difficult 10 remember the peculiar
tiles of the verbs, and my tutor has adj
vised me, in order to fix them in ny
mind, to cOniugate every English VERT
that | hear spoken. Thu | have made
ii a rule to do; l don't like TO have my
place broken IN upon while they are il
operation, or | would have told you o
this before The Englishman laugh
ed heartily at this explanation, and in
vited the coniugating DutchmaD IL
dine with them, L will dine replied
he, thou will dine, he will dine, we
will dine, you will dine, they will dine
we will all dine together This they
accordingly did, and it vas diff ult t.
say whether the Duichman ate Or con
jugated With most perseverance.
In a London paper the marriage o
a Miss Fash to q Mr. Hooke Is men
toned The young lady had a for
tune of twenty thousand pounds, snc
married her paramount without a pen
ny By a neat scriptural allusion
the London editors remark, that tn,
drought may we'll be called miracu
lous This connection we are not au
thoriZed TO contradict, but, if this b'
the case, we suppose that The lady, Il
bite at a Undated hook must be an ode
fish indeed. -
Endeavour TO need nobody, and thot
wilt be equal to anybody.