Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-06-30

me pursuing and prosecuting me, IN all the ag-
gra alton Of the mnsr exaggerated mo"sirosi
ties The scenery " ich accompanied these
animal illustrations was alwayN LII ke' ping WI
the sickening subject. Somrtimrs, IS begen
10 duze away in the mellow twihg ii an au-
tum"'s evening, ar hr frosty IA eiacion 81
winters da,, r day in >prng, u was alone
"a sudden exp ,nsinn Of vision has begun t"
open upon me; and b. II rem"mbe ed tpat
always fancied mvsrIf Of brew tx'racto",
Abraham, or Joseph, or Isaac; ha"'e or
Carai,r. IS The case nigh, be; The 'gh rlcs
Of The synagogue, or an old IN mao, but
in all cases a Jew, with every isi ?redl-
lection aud aniIpa.hy ro"g fix : .. ''Fe->t
sudden expansion Of 'l,'o0, a.. hegan
10 open upon me, vast widen. seq sp 40 TAR
around, rocks Of tremendous asp. ,f'. ed
topling from noun, aims # the ms. 's'.'n'
ele, ayion. The forms Of the former y'eie OF
the srranges' fantasy, bu, all presence ON
r. sembance 10 a boar's head whit ile h'H
showed invariably, In their naked and NaT .
activities, an everlasting samrness 81 s'ret'.
that DR., sen ed The resemblance Of vriry 'ay,'s
nf picked pork and the monsirous H"w'r,
with Which ;hr earth was bespread were ne'er
ending represt nta,ions OF rashers aud eSgs
a sickness and fainlnrss always began to seize
upon me at these sights; and, turning nv elanc-
e upwards, ! was sure TO see The clouds i'm
creeaa,ed with fantastic objects, all arising out
of association, connected with my -nlirathy
and loahlng. Gigantic ham. were imprnding
over nv head, and threatening TO crush mt
wi h their weight. My eve. sunk md augh'
tie peaks Of the no rid hills FIR zzed with the
erinning heads, and pointed with he usks
uees were all at once converted 10 twisted and
| thop
ing from The sand they were soon made mani
fest in all the caperings and gamhols oil a litter
of su king cummings. / ey began to null
ply-wl,h what rrightful ce Gritty The whole
earth was in momen, covered wi h them, OF
| all possible ,arities of colours. They bryan
to grow bigger, and ms, antanroUsly tcey gain
ed di nensinns hat 70 t0aking eye Can bli"g
into any possible admeasurement. attempt
| I'd to run from them they galloped alter me
| in myriads, grunting in friendly discord, w'l!e
magic al knives and forks seemed stuck IN their
hams, as they voclf,raed in Their WY, Come
eat me- come ca. me- =" A. other times pur-
sued them, in the frenzy of my despair, cndea-
voring 10 catch them, but in VAIN; every TAIL
! was soaped, and as they slipped through my
| fingers they sent forth screams OF the M 'tx>
cruoiating sharpness, and laugh OF hlheous
| uoc kerry, crying, in damnsble chorus: whit
| :, b1re! what bose!" "Buhb.e and squeak
Bubble and squeak 20 VITA other punning aud
pggish impertnences Of The same cut and
pattern. Then, again, an individual wretch
would contract himself to common SEED
hog, and, rushing from behind be wern my
legs, scamper off with me whole leagues across
the deser' then, gradually expanding 10 his
! former mons rcus magnitude, rise up WIN me
| inuo the skies, that seemed always recedIng
from our apr roach, and stretching out TO an
inter minable immensi,y; when the horrid brute
on which was mounted would give sucden
kick and grun: and fling me off; and tum-
| bJtd headlong down thousands aud 'huus~nds
of fa,homs, Ill. ( was al length landed In pig
styr, al The We y bottom Of all boi omle,s prs
At other times used to I'M CINE myself sud
l'denly placed in ihe hear OF po'k-shop In
! momen' WAS as,ailed by tn mos: overpow
ing streams of terrible perfume, the gravy OF
III, fatal dsu aoatiog round IL. feet, aud CT uds
of ST. # ,r a,,ng fragrauc- almost sm9thrring ME
! as ! s'ood On a >vdd every thing bsgan to
move; INN nse Wrstpnalian bans Il .pprd to
md ro. banged aga;nsr my head, and beat me
! { ON side Of the shop TO the other; huge
| q he's nf ba.-nn ir!l upon me-, aud pre- sstd me
! 10 'hr grDurd, n bile # he detrstable gra
w flowed in upon me. * over men, The trlgh' :
ful pigs faces led rhenisei,G, together, and
caugh mr. in theft avs when, called IN by my
shrek. which was h. Expected signal tor heir
oper tons, 'hree or four horrid look ny butch
eIs rushed upoa me, AMI, a. couple nt 'hem
| piuioned and held me dJwn on nv ,ack, ano-
Their STUFFED me 20 choking vi h pork-2irs, IN
| Ill awoke more dead han alive.
Once, and once only, had vision connected
with ,hi, srrie, of suffering whi' n | must re-
late, from lis peculiar nature, AID as The origin
Of popular hoax long forwards put upon me
world I dreamr one nigh MAJ preps'a ions
were making, on most splendid scale, TT my
marriage with a very beautiful glrl of our
neighborhood, 10 whom was very lenderly at
Tao he'd. The ceremony was to take place, me
thought, in Canterbury Cathedral. ] was oil
a, once sized with desire TO examine the 81
l~ut solrmni,y If he Gohic pile. en- cred, |
f'rg1t how. A rilh strain OF music was pour
ed from thu organ ot:. A mellow stream OF
ligh flowed in through the sIainrd glass Of the
windows ! wa, quie alone, md ;he mos 'o-
iup uous 'ide Of thought stole upon my mid
While stood 'hus in the midd': OF The aisle,
! q. Jn, hp hrI1a al mai en-