Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-10-03

.tove voar comprehen.iou my dear. lDdeed:
SIR was the reply; and the little girl laid down
the volume and sat erectin he. chair, and thus
continued: Il should think, Mr. Nicodemo'
Stanbope, that after the specimen.o o. good sense
and proprie,y Of conduet, which you were p'ras'
ed 10 exhibit yesterday, Il scarcely becomes
you TO pretend to estimate the comprenens,on OF
Others My DEAR said the astnnished di-
vine. this is very strange lapgaage! you Tor.
get whom you are speaking TO MOI a. az,
replied The child. II know my place, IT You
don't know yours, and am determined to speak
Inv mind If any thing could add 10 the
| Reverend Mr.. Nicodemus Stanhope's surprise
i, was the sound Of bis wife's voice in the gar
den, calling to his man John TO stand out Of the
way or she would run over him. Poor John,
who was iyitg I'D some Of her favori'e flowers,
| got out Other way accordingly In quick time,
! and the next moment his mistress rushed by,
,rundling a hoop, hallooing and laughing. and
highly enjoying his apparent dismay. Through
1out that day, 1t may be imaglnrd that the rev.
! erend gen,leman's philosophy was sorely tried;
| but we are compelled by want of room to leave
the particulars of his botherauion 10 the read
er'> imagination
! We are sorry to say that these were not The
| only me,amorphoses which the rnisch'eFous
old gentleman wrougb, in the village OF Stock
well. There was game OF 'eetotum played
between a seargeant Of Dragons, who had re-
tired upon his wel-earned pension, and baker
who happened likewise to be The ren'er OF a
small pa,ch Of land adjoining the village -
the veteran with the iudi,tinc,ness OF character
before mentioned, shouldrred the peel and
took il TO the f Id, and used il for loading and
spreading manure. so that il was never alter
W ards it for any but dirty work. Then just
I IL. t IF. nj INV hOn V
| he cut gap in the hedge of a small field OF
wheat which had just bten reaped, and was
standing IN sheaves. and thereby gave admit
lance to ccighboring DULL, who amused him
self greatly by tossing the said sheaves: but
more particularly those which were set apart
as ty,hes, against which he appeared 10 have a
particular spite, throwing them high into the
ar. and then believing and ,readng them I'm
der foo. But we must come to close. Suttc e
i, TO saw ,ha, the village Of Stockwell, was long
in state Of ronfusion in consequence of these
games; for the mischief which was done during
the period Of delusion, ended not like the delu
sion itself, with the rising or setting OF the sun
Having now related as many particulars oil
these strange occurrences as our limits will
permit, we have merely 20 STATE the effect
which they produced upon ourselves. When
ever we have since beheld servants aping the
conduct OF their masters or mistresses, trades
men wasting their time and money al taverns,
clereymen forgeiful of the dignity and sacred
character Of their profession, publcans ima>
ginning themselves &, for preachers, children
calling their paren 10 account for their con-
duct, matrons acting the boydcn, and Other in
congruiies whenever we witness these and
the like occurrences. we conclude that the &C
tors therein have been playing game with The
Old Gentleman's Tcetotum.
| ''Pee A broad thin board, with long handle,
used by bakers to put their bread in and out OF the
! oven JOHNSON