The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1827-04-03

!, IS approaching, or change Of wind OF
a weather, Is about to take place, the hoe
/, is the FIRST with his baremetcr nose, true
: as Iorriccttps best instrument, to make
the discovery, and to warn his keeper
: by his cries and movements. With a
: knowledge of this fact, the copjecturers
; tell us he is the only animal who sees
) the wind, by which means he is enabled,
, on the principle Of carp diem to avoid
: foul weather and ENJOY the fine. He
Is also endowed with senslbiliy as yell
, as instinct, and has one qualify which
: distinguishes him from all others of the
, brute creation--that Of running to the
! and OF his brother hogs in distress and
difficulty, btaVing the greateA dangers
and the rudest treatment Tor the love Of
f KIN.
! In all countries except Scotland, the
+ hog, out OF gratitude for services his IA
mlly has never ceased % render to man,
from The most remote .f,fiqaifg, is per
united to live in state OF what many G.
rect hogs we know of would call luxury
and ease. but whoever has visited
that sage compnter, the eversaving Saw
ney, in his Murrayshhe, must have lfe-
quently seen the hog tackled with a
| small horse to the same plough. How
, different the Mexicans, who, in driving
the'r hogs 10 market, cover their feet
, anu lowor joints with sort of boots, To
= prevent the III effects OF fatigue, while
the peasant who conducts them eoes
bare fO0tsd.
Had il not been for some Egyptian
goddesses who fell in love with a bull
and the clan oil that wise legislator, Mo-
ses, whose cutaueous sympathies pork
, was supposed To increase land therefore,
the patriot hog was by both prescribed
we moderns should entertain much
; higher respect for him than we
, do ; Tor II must be acknowledged, TAX =
: ing hun altogether, soul aud body (hoai
soa u" mat y PcRse,) inside aud out,
that he is very superior 10 most animals,
, and the devoted friend of man, to whom
he never fails Il show lns gratitude, by
l repaylng him d hundred fold for all hls
J, layors.
: As to hi7 habits, they are, to be sure.
: for the want Of care aud education, ra-
tier grOyel,ng and dirty bnl this, US in
some blpod cousin-Fermans of his,Oupht
rather 20 be termed penteol sloyenli-
, ness, indicative of great natural gitts
: and c0atcmpt far 0rfifciM helJs.
Though we admit he is an excessive
! gormandizer, insomuch as he is NOT very
: choice oiIlis viands aud liquids, yet he
. has no hankorihg after wbiskcy, egg-
nog, or lulcps, which, withsegars, tobac-
, CO, aud snuff, he leaves to certain Cos
: saoh relatives of his, who, while yelep-
, ed lords Of the creation, would do well
: 10 recotllec that
4 " The hog howorl.s not, nor obcys thcir call
Lives on the labor, Of these lords Of all
> When nature created and endowed
the hog with qualities surprising and
rare, she seems TO have presented him
- to the statesman, lawyer, Judge, pbys-
/, clan, and dlHine--to all the human race
las the perpetual model Of that stub
born, rude, unconrlly integrity, com
A monty understood by the name Of iaeie-
peRdcncc /; and yet, strange ncohsis-
, tency this representative Of honest o.
, beslty has given rise TO the calumnlons
/ metaphor at bribery, implied by greas-
> ing u mans palm ias ii the fat OF hog
was synonymous with eold.--our aspef-
, sions are often times charged with pre-
{ Gus confessions, defensive of the rem
atation they were intended 10 tarnsll.
Senators have been known to take
~ brides Jugurtha bought the Roman.
g and Walpole the BRUSH senate and
who has not heard Of the Yazoo pur-
; chase Couriiers and sycophanfs, TOO
will Il tier but neither adulation nor
+ money can tempt 70 deyiate from sthe
7 inYarIablc laws of his nature, the even
tenor of his ways this valuable quadrn-
ped, who, though like candidate for
public office, he will 90 through Mick
| dndthm to reach his object, will never
be ted or drioen like tlme-scrving ra-
dlcal. The downy bed has no cnchant-
ment for him.
| With the Doric simplicity of a back
woodsman. he lays himself down in the
humblest hovel, or under the blue
spanglcd arch of heaven and SHORES a.
way the night with full stomach and
clear conscience
The Gcntlemon.-It is difficult pre-
eisely to state what is generally COM
prised in this denomination of character.
The perfect gentleman, or at least, the
nearest approach 10 perfection, is dis
tipguished by characteristics, of which
shall attempt a sketch He is not
great in the ordinary sense of the term
His attainments are rather numerous
than loity--He has more grace aud
beauty of mind than sublmity-The
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