Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-03
HUMOROUS.


4 BARREN NEwspApER- The Charleston City
Gsz T., after announcing the rece'p Of a No.
Of n East Florida Herald, adds: II contain,
nothing
SHAKING. The Marlborough Geo Jack"~
MAN ,eIls the following .'ory:-A young LADY
Of our county. a few days ago, seeing = ground
squirrel go in,o the crevice Of large rock,
which IL, faI on The ground, ran her hand in
t. each j., " en- she was severely biifen; Oh ing
you, YOU have hit me, but will have you any
how" she said, and again poked in her hand,
hu, ins,e Of The squirrel, sac pulled out O
large Rattlr Snake, having II ra,tIes her hand
and arm s~elled prod,giously shortly after.
DIFFERENCE IN LAws.-The Pacha of Egypt
year or NO since, decreed that every able DO.
died msn,tweIty one years Of age and upwards,
should have al least Two wives. The Law in
North Carolina is, that every man who has two
wives shall be hanged. So much for The wis.
dom VI lawgivers.
The Romans owed their origin TO wage
bonds; Britain to savages and wild men; and
BoI any Bay 10 thieves. Future heraldists will
be puzzled 10 determine which OF he abort.
gnes are entitled 10 The mos. digni6ed coat OF
arms.
Lord Byron says, some literary ladies being
asked how they could be sufficiently Interested
in astronomy TO spend SO much time in watch.
ing the heavens, replied that they had grea,
curiosity 10 see whether t!tre was really
man IN the moon!
A SENSIBLE MAN-An advocate In France.
distinguished for his talents, has lately been
claimtd by person Of high ,ank in Germany
as his son; and the proofs are said 10 be neon.
testsbie. The father required Of the soD, as
the price OF his admission TO bis here ditary
righ 5, that I've should rrnouDce France, and
not only France, bu slso his leg Al profession,
4 large fortune ard the succession to one Of the
highes, dgnilies Of the empire was strong
template but the son 'a'td that he would
never abjdrr France nor give up an honorahl.
profession. The old aris,ocrat wen. off in +,
hun, and the lawyer IS once more .fiius nuiyius
GREAT LARA mortal fe,er once nre-
vailed on board ship OF sea, and negro
man was appointed 10 throw The bodies Of hos.
who died from time 70 time overheard. One
day when the captain was on deck, he saw the
negro dragging out Of the foie-cas,le n sick
man who was struggling violently to ex,rica,e
himself from he uesro's grasp, and rmons,rs.
'ing bitterly agains' The cruelty Of being buried
ae'e. What are you going 10 do with that
man you rascaI?" said the captain. Going IN
throw him overheard, massa. cause he de sd :"
replied thc negro dead you scoundrel;" saws
the cap'sio, g don't you See he moves AID
speak," "Yes. massa," replied the urvro.
=" know he says he no deat; but he uIwavs lie
30, nobody nebe' know ,ohen TO 6eiieue him."
AGE OF INTELLECT George Cruik shanks.
who, oil graphic humotisss," has been called
= George the first" thus carriesures The ,9.c. |
lanoR OF Scieace. "a pr,cociou. bra, o1
i've or SIX yrars old, mounted upon a ,,ool
Is teaching It's grand mother how ia s,cL an
rgg. You see, granma before You suck hi.
egg, or more properly before you extrac, ,hs
'na'er contained within this she'll by suction
you must make an incison al the apex. and
responding aperture al the base IS Eli 6r,,n
rephes me old lady, how very clever! Tb., I
,aly used 10 make hole in each END a, nv