Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-08-11


thy place in every bGr-room, they
ought TO be inculcated in the first les
sons Of childhood.
SWEAR NOT AT ALL.
II chiils my Llesd to hear the bl~st supreme.
Radsl, sppszlI to. on each trifaing theme;
Maintain your rank, vulrsrity dcspisc;
To swear Is neither brave, polite, nor ~ se.
You would noe swear upon bed Of death;
Reflect. your maker nos can stop your breath.
T.. u.
New Translation. Southern
Times is published in Columbia. 5. C.
by Mr.. Me1Iforris. The Editor Of the
Edgr6eld Hive in commenting with
his usual spirit on something in the
Times, in his opinion very improper,
exclai'ns o Temporal! o Mores! which
for the advantage Of his unlearned read.
ers, he thus translates, Oh Times
Oh nc Morris
John Bull oef- lawed.-rhere Is now
pending in the Supreme Court Of Bib
county, Georgia, an action at law, and
the declaration filed in the case con-
tains seventeen hundred and forty nine
counts. Who, but those knowing the
circumstances, can guess the nature Of
the case:
A singular occurrence took place
few days since, ut the church Of st.
Lewis. The rector was on the point
OF uniting couple in the bands VI no.
y matrimony, when the reverend gen
,leman received \ notice from the
Mayor Of the arrondisement, that he
had just learned the parties were both
women. The ceremony in consc-
quencc did not proceed.-- Paris paper.
At Halifax parish church, last week,
during the time the clergyman was
marrying a party from Northowram,
the bride stole the Rev. gentleman's
gloves, which were afterwards found
in her possession, and restored. The
lady declared the unfortunate affair was
quite mistake ! Marriage and hang
ing 60 by destiny. says the old proverb,
and the lady having attained the one,
seemed inclined to try for the other.
The difference between the altar and
halter seems to DO but trifling, and the
moose OF matriWOny seems TO have
nearly led to moose Of hemp.
Cheaper than, cheap. In the Lecis
lature Of n. Hampshire, the Judiciary
Committee reported, that Isaac Long
bad given bonds to furnish the State
with 600 copies Of the laws, bound in
sheep, and Iettered, free of expense,
and to give a five dollar bill for the
pririiege Of furnishing them.
Canine Tdsfers. New York
American states that the French ex-
petition TO Africa, fearing that the Al.
Serines or Arabs may resort to the cx-
pedieBt Of poisoning the wells along
the coast, have taken 600 dogs with
them as tasters. IL the four footed
animals drink with IMMUNITY, the bi.
peds will have nothing to fear.
Liberty Hall. Haywood tells
story ut a woman that 'had a hus-
band, who customably came drunk
home, and shrinking from his stooIe or
chair, would oft fall on TIE floor. and
there lie along; and still when she
called him to bed, he would answer
her. Let me alone, the tenement is
mine owDe, aAd may lie where list.
30 long as | pay rent for the house
Some few nights after, coming home
IN the like tune, and sitting asleepe
IN chaire before The chimney, his wife
being gone to bed, presentlie the man
TAILS into the fire. The maid cries out
TO her mistress, ooh mistress, nv
master is falnc and lies in the fire, e.
ven in the midst Of all the fire. She
lay still, and turning on the other
SIDE. sayd. so long as hee payes rent
Tor the house be May I've where he
iisteth.'
.inecd0fe.--The Nantucket Inaui.
rer, IN notice Of the last annual sheen
shearing on that Island, says-.Our
selectmeD very properly gave due no
iice TO prohibit the sale Of ardent spir
its on the occasion /; but we understand
that one man opened a shop FOR the
safe If 'eafeT, and furnished the spirif
gratis. Jack tars are up to a thing or
two; and one Of the sturdy sons Of
Neptune. having been made acquaint.