Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-26

On the day of our leaving Sandusky
we came abou, forty miles and stopped
at comfortable tavern. Here wa;
| allowed To sleep until two in the morn
ing, at which time l arose reluctant,
to resume my journey. On taking my
| seat IN the stage To which my host
kindly conducted me with lanthorn
| perceived that the other end of the
vehicle was occupied by Iady of c0l0r
apparently about twenty years of aye
10 he sure, thought myself entitled
to better company, but was unwilling
l" make disturbance, aud the vehicle
was Just starting off WHOM per, Young
Dandy came tripping oGt Of the Inn
and .sienIfled his intention 10 90 with
us. What could | do? You know
have instructive aversion to Dandies,
and on the present occasion, the
thought of such creatures company
was particularly disagreeable, for |
wished to occupy whole seat, in or
der to be at my ease, and if possible to
enjoy a lutte rest. A lucky idea oc-
CURED to me, the landlord retired
with his lanthorn, aud the Dandy was
on the point of locating himself by my
side, when | accosted him in very
sweet tone" Sir, you can take seat
with me, OF. you prefer it, take seat
with the young lady" "Oh," said
the Dandy in an exquisite lisp, "l'll
take theat With the young lady then,
mada'n, hope you will allow me the
| pleathure." Yes, SIR" responded
the maiden very quietly, and the Dan
. dy placed himself at her side very ten
derby as the most amorous lady could
have desired. The coach passed on,
and it was such sport us man cannot
expect to enjoy more than once IN a
| life time, to listen to his conversation.
! "A his efforts could not draw Phillis's
colioquial powers into exercise. He
! first talked about poetry, then about
the fashions, then about himself, and =,
last OF all about the weather, but in spite
of his perseveIing fuency the damsel
preserved the most provoking silence
broken only by an occasional mono
syllable in reply TO some direct inter-
rogation. AT last the young man grew
discouraged and we all rode silently on
TIL we came TO Hotel, where if was
the practice OF the driver to change
horses. Here VIC stopped, and the
Beau, still scrupulously regardiul OF
the incest rules of gallantry, and secret
ly DESTROYS Of seeing tie face of Il lady,
| who could presume to treat his atten
tons with neglect, escorted his COM
panion into the Ian paror and called
Tor a light. The light came, and ne
yer in my life, did see such another
figure as that presented by my polite
friend. With mouth diiated to its
utmost tension, he stood gazing for "a
minute at the pcrsonification of visible
darkness before him, and then sudden
ly walking up to me with look that
would have frightened a catamount,
roared out" Thunder and zounds
Sir What do you mean by insulting
me? Here is my card Sir-I shall
hold you accountable p" My dear
fellow" replied 1, "my own surprize
/ is equal to yours know nothing Of
the matter-and were il not that am
rather bashful in the company Of the
ladies, | should certainly have taken
seat by the girl myself" The Dandy
shook his head as if not mole than half
satisfied, and retreated from the room,
mutteiing "d-n it," d-n, it" be-
tween his teeth. In few moments he
again thrust his head within the door,
and said to me tauntIngIv " | suppose
Sir, the young lady, whom I found in
your company, Is your sister, Yes,
said |, and am infinitely rejoiced
al the prospect OF having such an eIe-
gantyoung man as yourself for brother
in law"
Franklin's Toast-Long after Washing
tons victories over the French and English
had made his name familiar over all Europe,
DR.. Franklin CHANGED to dine with the Eng
fish and french Ambassadors, when, as near
ly as | can recoilect the words, the following
:oasis we're drank: BY the British Ambas
sador-" EnglanG-the sun, whose beams en-
tighten and fructity the remotesl corners of
the earth" The French ambassador, glow
ing with national pride, drank-'France-
tbO WOOHj "upSt Hiliu, anu CItcIIUg
rays are the delight of all nations consoling
thefr IN darkness, and making their dreari-
ness beautiful" DR. Franklin then arose and
with his usual dignifed simplicity, said,
George Washington-the Joshua, ,oho COM
wGndcd The Sun and Moon TO Siand still, and
they oLeyed him" [Old but excellent.
In Wcgol Voter. A man presented him. |
self at the polls in New York to vote. The
managers had no objection, but by-shnder
opposed him because he had cross.eyes "A |
third person thought he ought to vote Ger |
| tainly not, replied the other, because wemust |