Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-09-11

fn;,;ss - h.,l;sh sounds, aud he fell asleep
In the morning when he awoke,ail was quiet
and rutt;nr nm his cloaths,he deccnded to the Dar
conn ~ order his horse. There were but two
nersans m the room; Isam who was sweeping
the foor with birch broom, .and stranger wiz
sat morning in the chimney corner. isaM was
oatbar;rc s,n some strange looking things OF
11lohular form. and throwing themsinto oushel-
S1.sIs Of which was nearly full. "Yot are you
oot tbere how y, endured the cockney rolling one
of them over with his foot and examining II;
s, I didn't know that grapes grew to sach Sue
hin TINS country, ..Golly massa--tat no grape:
Pm oo;n 70 throw away deseeyes dat were gouge
ont last ni.ht." The Englishman started Dack
With horror his hair bristled and he scarcely khe"
which way to turn to shun the dreauIa' SCENE
Summoning fortitude he went up 20 .ne s:.an
who sat by the fire leaning his heaS upoh n's .nu
and grooming ever and anon. vo's .''e r"a...'
NV honest friend!'' asked he, IN tone o. com,
lmisseration. ssOh! nothing, SIR was 'le .oo'
! reply, :. l only lost my right eye iast n'sm. :,
ssEayens! aohly lost an hye:-aon 'oa ''e'
good deal Of pain?. AZ S..;,,,oa
: rowed hin. nm salt river, and he's gone home
q lille jiubter than he came. Look here.
And to the most exquisite horror OF our cockney
journalist he drew from one waistcoat pocket mo
suss and no,e. and from the other pair OF ears
and a piece Of a Lex. /" All them pe'ohseu " 'ie
bully Of Jumping. branch ,,.:. ,s.
II was enouol,-the traveller ordered his horse
and was of. in a tangent.
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WdlkinS.-Some years ago ciese' "ao M .,.''I.
an ;nuen;ons classification Of the various methods
of shaking hands, as practised among ciVi''zeu
nations. He described very wittily the pump
handle shake. the pendulum shake, the cordial
yrannle. the Peter-Grievous touch, &c. A late
Ena]ish periodical has similar article on walk
ing the concluding paragraph OF which Is as fol'
lows: i
fined by single terms. THERE'S the, 'as-sood
ta-man-as vou' walk, the noh me fangere,' walk
he can l-do-any -thing-to-serve.yol'' walk the;
8. Kow.do.you think Hook" walk, the ''townls'
yerydnll'' walk, the - 'tis-extremely-hot wealth
er'' walk; also the walk courteous, the walk re,
puIsive. the walk pugnaclous, and score OF
others; which the man ofdiscerpment IN London
can well understand. But, doubtless an ap-
pertaining to this matter may be found IN Uai@er
dictionary" ;.
Tits pity that Walkers dictionary is entire.
jly silent upon the subject, beyond mere deb
nition-s: gait, step, manner OF moving
Unouesuonably there are many kinds OF walk
ing other than those mentioned above. There Is
the 81 must-take-exercise walk"-this we see
practised by councillors and their clerks, who,
after sitting a whole day bending over their pa
pers. until the blood flows muddy through Its
channels, and the legs get asleep. and the joints
stiffen, and the head feels heavy, start on at
about o'clock in the afternoon at tearing pace
for the Patroon's bridge, or the South ferry
Those s.must take exercise" walkers seem al
ways to think obesity and dyspepsia close a
their heels.
Then there is the hav'nt-got-any-mo
l.walk. the individuals who practise which may bt
recognised by their hands invariably thrust t.
the very bottom of their breaches pockets, (al
belt guardians of nothing) mean. shutting
sneaking gait. and lying, borrowing, haif-sim
per and half-sorrowfuI expression to their faces
such men arc to be eschewed
Then there is the &c tOrn-on-every-toe, walker
who at certain changes Of the weather. make:
his Roadway as we might imagine goose over a
marble slab, ga state OF betweenty" OF slide
and stumble; such men are to be cemmiserated
4 Then there is your "ship-of-the-line" walk
exhibited principally by important and opulen'
men, retired from business, who. in their perlpa
tetic exercises, yawning to starboard and arboard
ike some lOruly vessel, uisChdiSc uioduoiues vi
sagacIous speculations upon their general hum
BILE aud admirine companions.
! We might add to the list the "biy-winue
walk" practised BY postmen and men ina hurry
the IS INDEPENDENTLY men of elegant leis'
ure and invncible Incidence, on the look out for
a chance companion-the g suppressed extacy,
walk" very rarely seen, as it is generally occa-
stoned by prize in the lottery, and perhaps 9th
ers, for variety of gait and carriage, are as idi-
losyncratc as peculiarites of form or stature.
C.4lbany Daily .4du.
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Mr.. C.. rke.-When this gentleman was re-
turned member for theU University of Cambridge.
in 1770, he went round to thank the members
who had voted for him-Among the number was
one remarkable for having the largest and uglest
face that was ever seen. Mr.. Yorke, in thanking
him, said, ssSir. have great reason to be thank
full to my friends in general, but confess myself
under particular obligation to you, for the uery
remarkable countenance you have sho'cn me up
on this occasion.