Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-01-29
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There is no creature gentle ey Turkish
horse, nor more respectful to his master or the
| groom that dresses him. The reason is, because
they treat their horses with great lenity. This
makes them great lovers Of mankind and they
are so far from kicking, wincing. or growing
untraciable by this gentle usage, that you will
hardly lind masteress horses amongst them
But, alas our Christian gootns' horses 90 on at
another rate They never think them rightly
cur.ied tm rney thunder at them With their
voices, and let their clubs or housewives. ma IL
We're, dwell on their sides This makes some
horses even tremble when their keepers como
into tho stable SO that they hate and fear them
too But the Turks love to have their horses SO
gentle, that ut DO word of command thew NAV
fall on their KNEES, and in this position receive
their riders.
They will take uph staff or club upon tho
road with their teeth which their rider has 10,
fall, and hold it up TO him again ] saw some
horses, when their master was fallen from the
saddle, stand stock still, without wagging a foot
I'LL he got up again! Once saw some horses.
when their iriasler was at dinner with me. prick
up their cans to hear his voice; and when thev
did so, they neighed for joy.-LAerty of Useful
k~e,oiedge.
fRoFAsE LANGUAGE-Apart from tile fearful i'm
Piety OF this practice, il is most assurediy uppe
.eel; land mover will never can snter on NV
list oigentlemen, The man who swears profanely:
whatever may be his cmplisbnents-descend
ing to this vUlgarity utterly nars his character
IS gentleman "'His worse then the dead Az
IN the apothecaries' ointment
kodesty is to learning what decorum ito III.
grac?s.
Liquor Oh LrEE.-When the art of dis,i,linr
spirits, generally attributed to Raymond Luilv.
was discovered the secret, of longevity was
suppose to have been brought to light, the ,ns,eu.
TVS 0sfdttts to be at length fixed, lad the per.
nicious product received the name Of aqua rsss
tine liquor OF life. A discovery, concernino
which' says learned physician, it would be diff.
hcuit to determine, whether it has tended mos,
to diminish the happiness, or shArten the dur..
tioh lie. In one sense, it may be considered n.
the elixir of life, for it spsodiIy introduces ma,
to Immortality.
FROM THE BosroN DAILY ADvERr1sER.
Antcdiuvian Antiquities. FRAGMENTS rs
the Age OF Metbuselah. Translated bv
an American Traveller in the East.
Voll. GoncludsJ1
The faowing is a delicate morcsau ef n,s.
torel poetry.
And behold zolphan, the young merchant,
went out to walk upon the plain in the cool tins
oil the morning and as he walked in the sbad;
o~ OF the trees that grew nigh into the brook
silam' ne heeEd the voice of the damsel Iphiphah.
as she sang the songs Of love, and her voice
was louder than the voices of the thousands ~
birds that we've singing on tho branches Of thu
lrees' and sweeter than the voice of the birds
OF Eden that sang not when, the Sun sbinetb,
out under the sweet songs of heaven wbe, m.
starsaPpear in tho early hours Of the first n;ob.
OF the new moon. And he spake unto the dam,
sell and said unto her. Health and peac, bs
unto thee, thou fairest of the maidens that kso,,
The white sheep of these plains. And she oo,.os
her song, aad said unto him, Peace md trp,b J..
III all my paths, thou wanderer from the pleso,t
land OF the south And he said, tho ,n,r,,;n.,
is lar TO look upon, like myself and the li,Ic
c'ouds that como and go in the sky Of the e,st
are req and white, as the little clouds that come.
and 60 IN the sky Of thy countenance arc ysd
and white. And che said unto him. M ,s,,,
man has spoken thus unto me in nj, tho i,
my me- ana Know not whether thy words bs
good OF whether they be evil And he said nm
10 her, my words are surely good, for nv tongue
is tho tongue oftruth, and know not to sn,aL
evil words to man or to woman, and least en-
10 the young maidens that / have seen i,
pilgrimage through ali the plans of the so,t,
and over all the mountains of the north a,
his words pleased the virgin, and he beon;ioJ
her, and she believed that his tongue was the
tongue Of truth, and that his eyes were the eco.
oil love. And he sat upon the same smooth,
stone upon which she sat, and put his left arm,
around her neck, and took hold of her lef, b,,5
with his right hand, and kissed her with kisses
and wept, and said unto her thine eyes arc
brighter than t'o eyes ofthe gael of the forest,
and the breath of thy mouth is sweeter tbsn
the breath Of the coos that feed in the meadow,
by the sides of the great rivers. And he told
her long tales, Of tho countries, and the cities
and the people, that ho had seen in his pilorim.
ages, and the great and strong beasts. and tho
small and beautiful birds, and the sweet fui1
that were not sweet, and the gardens and tbs
| groves, and the path bodered with flowers, and
the houses adorned with high pillars, and tho
scarlet garments, and the purple wells, and the
crimson feathers, lad the white sandals, and
all the ornaments oftho daughters Of his own
land.-hnd tho damscl drank up his sweet
| words.
And he said unto hor, Why wilt thou longer
tend these 9ocks in this wilderness Is not thy
fair face scorched with the heat Of the Gay, and
do not the dows ofthe night make stiff tho joints
Of thy sms3 On this day it is pleasant, but on
the morrow thy tent may be wet with tho Iain
Of heaven. Iftbou wilt leave thy nocks, aad
lily people, and thy lood, and go with mo TO
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