Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-02

| nle If tom cats with their ears cut oh-taIk,
man. talk there's no doing nothing without
talking, This last part VI his speech seemed
more particularly addressed 10 Peter brown,
who. albeit a man Of sound head and well skill.
! led In such matters as apper'aIned unto iron
and coal trade, had not been much IN The habit
of mixing with the clergy; therefore h. fel' Tor
moment as be said 'nonplushed;' bu' fortunately
he reeoIlected the Catholic question, about which
mos, people were then 'alking, and which we
nv BODY professed to understand. Therefore:
he forthwith introduced the subject; and being
well aware of the parsons bias, and having,
more over been told tina, he had written PAM
phie,: therefore 60 do Pe'er Brown Justice, he
was nol accustomed to read such pu 'lications)
he SCRUBBED mol To give his opinion very freely,
and concluded by taking up mis- pint and driRk-
ing very understandable maledic,ion against,
the Pope
George Syms followed on the same side, ard
concluded IN The same manner, adding there
unto sYour good healths, gemmen. 'What q
pack of noasensen exclaimed the parsou 81
should like 10 know what harm the pope can
do US! | tell you wha, my lads, IFS all my eye
and Betty Martin Live aud let live, l say.
So long as can get good living, don't care
tue loss of hall penny whu's uppermost. For
my part I'D as soon live at the sign OF the mitre
as Of the Lior; or mount the cardinals hat tor
that mater, if thought could get any Thing
by il. Look at home, say |. The Pope's an
old woman, aud so are all they that are AFRAID
of him. The elderly stranger here seemed
highly delighted and eried Bravo & clapped The
speaker on the back saying, sThar's your Sort,
go it my hearty! But Peter Brown, who wae ore
OF the sturdy Engli.h old fashioned school, and
did 80, approve of hot and cold blowing OH. Of
Z he f,F no
parson, IN very unceremonious way, that he
seemed TO have changed his opinion very sud-
denly. Not L. said The other, Il was always of
the same way of thinking Then words must
! have had NO me aning. said Syms, angriiy,
sfor heard youmyselt. You talked as loud shout
the wickedness Of the Emancipation as ever |
! heard man in my life, no longer ago than last
SUNDAY 'rhen I must have been drunk
that's all l can say about the business replied
the other cody; and he began to fill his pipe
with the utmost none balance, as though il was
matter Of course. Such apparently scandal
lous conduct was, however, too much for the
unsophis,icaled George Syms and Peter Blown,
who simultaneously threw down their reckon
ing, and much 10 heir credit, left the lurncoa,
re2roba'e parson 10 the company Of the elderly
gentleman,
If we were 10 relate half The whimsical con-
sequences Of the tcetotum tricks Of this strange
parsonage, we might fill Volumes but as it is
no, our intention 10 allow he detail TO swell
even ia,o one, we mus, hastily sketch the pro-
c-edings Of poor jacob Philpo,, after be left The
Red Lion to dine wish sundry Of The gentry and
clergy at the Old Boar, in his new capacity Of
an ecclesiasiic, in the outward form OF a some
what negligently dressed landlord. He was
accosted on the road by divers of his coal car
| xyith de Of ri 10
which was exceedingly morIifyiug 10 his feel
| ings. One told him 10 be home in time 20 take
part Of gallon Of ale that he had won of neigh
bour Smith; q second reminded aim that TO-
morrow was club night at the Nays head; AID
third asked him where he had stolen his
horse At length hr arrived, much out OF hu-
mour, at the Old Boar, an inn of very diff rent
description from thr red Lion, being posing
house Of no uncomfortable magnitude, wherein
tbs, day was 10 be holden The symposium Of
certain grandees OF ,he adjacen, country, as be-
fo'e hin ed.
The landlord, who happened to be standing
at The door, was somewhat surprised al the for
NAL manner with which Jacob PhiIpo, greeted
! him, and gave his horse into the charge Of the
hustler, but as he knew him only by sight, and
had many things to attend to, lie wen his way
without making any remark, and thus, unwit-
tingly increased the irritation oil Jacobs new
,se,oium sensitive feelings 'Are any Of the
gentlemen come ysl?' asked Jacob, haughtily,
If one Of the wauers. what gentlemen quotf
the waiter 'Any Of .hem,' said Jacob, Mr..
Virgins, Doctor White or Captain Pole?' Al
this moment carriage drove up 10 The door,
and he oells all began ringing, and the walters
| ran TO see who had arrived, and Jacob Phiipot
! was left unheeded. Tins is very strange con-
duc,n observed he, Il never me, with such Incl
Witty in nv life! One would think was dog?
Scarcely had this soliIoquy terminated, when
lady, who had Aligned f ON The carriage, (leav-
ing the gentlemen who had come with her TO
give some ordrrs about the luggage) entered
The inn, and was greatly surprised 10 find her
delicate hand seized by the honey grasp Of the
landlord of the Red Lion, who addressed her as
Dear Mrs. Wilkins aud vowed he was quite
delighted at The unexpected pleasure Of seeing
her, and hoped The worthy rector was well, and