The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1828-08-28

nc pfe,hlea.. III. Rev. Jasper Adams "ho
WAS lany q lasuI re and ntosl valuable ptoirssoi
IN onr university Il IS tat and surely gaming
gfuund Of The higher literary seihina'ies n' 'Ha'
state. ghe 6fndlise spirit. aud impoi'ie Con
dnci of Mr. Cooper. has almost rpihth 'hs re-
puiaIion Of fhs University al "l'ii'Dih' "h'en
has heea 81 lonP the pride and ios'er-ehh" ~
the siair. A good man will DOL eo'hiha ohe
mind - beloved 800 10 the care OF one Who ~
dlcuIes rhrlsiiani'y = coniemns 'he saeied o,e.
tates Of humanity and would willingly, u ne
eouI,kaBasb from lie Young Americans heart
lhe cherished seeds of patriotism. we rejoice
~ thesmpiovemrnis OF hp,pIiable Charleston.
AlansS her public buildings, present grand
specimens III dlIssle architecture her Orphan
Asylum i, an establishments shicn would adorn
The proudesl city. aud her lately erected Medi-
cal College - not eqnalled 10y any IA tue Union,
Tor convenience. It's. aE Elegance.
lProuidsnce 1merican.
{" Kicking III Lirtr of.'-Some t"o or three
mon lbs siuce. a huge, aud shapeless bundle AT
rived At the post ofics ia this city, dtett or III
direct as the case NAV be, from the " Federal
City.' aud MAJ krd 60 fHEE.' Not hg re
marx able" WIS observed about the bundle siore-
saIi, until the lapse oi two or three days, when,
Ia The engagement Of the deputy Postmaster, IL
gave evident signs Of vitality What IN the
nauie Of ghosts aud hobgohlms vas 10 he done 7
\ cuusullaii on Of The Medical faculty was pro-
DoSed. but - fees weie AZ That time
" Like angel visits, few aud lar between"
a. was strongly suspected hey might " report
he yellow ieser or small p0x. IDat would not
io-As tor IN inquest OF Lawyers, there was no
other objection than thai OF their dividing the
c6nDents VI the bundle among themselves, by
way OF : uducement" ~ further inquiry. The
next proposition was 90 Summon the ancient ju-
~ " de uentre ips1cis Hdo, " (keepthe Latin die
tionary away from the LADIES' hut,he rapidly
increasing rotnndlty Of this wonderful bundle
placed the only point within their jcrisdictitn
at rest. What in the name Of Mary alagdalen
could II be : Some supposed the rats had found
theli wy into the interior Of this Hon1descrip-
i've. Others supposed the Masons we've SNUG.
Cling Morgan up The Mississippi. Others again
supposed that Henry Ciay had papered the dew
II himself and, through executive patronage, had
sent him by mail down the liver To irisk hs pom.
derons tail among the Jackson folks. But the
more rejecting part of our citizens arrived al
the sage conclusion that i was The TRAiFF. rs
that was currently reported 10 be a huge mon.
ster, hooied and horned-with as many heads
az hhd BrihTruS two mouths TO each head, and
eat three South CarolInians aud a bale of cotton
at every meal, and swallowed a Georgian whole
by way OF IL desert. Death and Destruction
What was to be done |! To peep into ii would
violate Uncle Sans injunction. 10 remove IL
from The ofice-one would as soon attack old
Beel1sbub himself There it lay swelling ana
swelling like EsOp's frog, until The fourth day,
when, TO the no small amusement of our II lend
Lyle, and the ntteT CONSERVATION Of Willy his
boy, snap went the strings. open flew the enve-
i"pe, and fourth eIept a--Yhat think you, rea-
der-a snake No. 4 monkey I No-a raj.
OF frog I No, no-neiIher frog, rat, monkey ',
make nor thu d.vil Amusement seize We Il,
was - pumpkin t,as aye reader, A PUMPKIN
yISE!1
The truth of the story appears to be this. A
large bundle was mailed nj Washington tor this
place, IN which WAS deposited a quantity of
pumpkin seed, of a very rare kind, we presume.
II Is we'll known that the streams OF water TIM,
SHE the mountains, and particularly in the
southern country, are unusually swollen in thr
prIng of the year. So much 50 that in cross
ing them, The malls frequently immersed NJ
water. Such appears 10 have been the case in
the present instance. At any rate, TOO high Il
Of humidity having reached the pumpkin
seed aforesaid, caused them TO yegetate. muci
To the annoyance of our Postmaster, aud against
the peace aud dignity of ,he citizens Of this city.
n. B.. We are the jealous advocates of do.nes-
tic Industry and internal improvements hui
TO gro" pumpkins i'll Il mad bag mn con
science Natthts Gaialy.