Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1830-08-12

80 my "a Jus pencil found gold ia al
( thihgs- NO painter, therefore. has vet ba,
tae courage 70 sketch me Yet. as / stoo,
the other day looking at Hercules and laugh
ny al myself, turned and caught nal,
nun Yong man, pencllling my contour i
rs poker book; and few days allerwar,l
whle J was talking with some ladies n a rar
rage "hat was my surprze at gccosaizin.
my owo features, Ia all the sublimity n npls
ness, painted upon the panncp Twas 10 81.
character of a griffin
What was worse, the ladies'. who hronan.
cd to be horribly handsome. observe thf
likeness which they seemed 10 regard - !
coincidence highly flattefng to me. rane;.
ed every noipcGt that they would cnmri,nls M
~" on The RESEMBLANCE, aud expec, me Ia
present them with their crest sctln diamond.
lof me miniature. While leaning over. Tie,
gianecd, inst AZ The green paunci-and the1
~ zoe; comparing the grin of the griffin will
me smile oi Inconsistencies that assumed
and which must have booked very much ike O
paroxysm Of horrsr
grew more and more CHASTITY az affect
ed to lock pleasant. In cadeavorinc to twist
ny mouth INTO something less disagreesble, (
oniv resen5led fury playing on fiddle AT
last, hnding that the gtifiu had decidedly the
pest OF 1t, lett the ladies 10 their scent bot
lies. | believe one of,hem tainted. As re-
treated, they seemed little surprized al nv
walking away IN the usual manner ike other
people-fhey looked down and consulted
together' they had counted my legs.
shall not attempt to convey to the reader
any definite notion Of mg features: as vel
night | endeat or to paint The sound OF the
bagWpes, or to turn a vinegar barrel into
verse.
My nose let it pass undescribed- shane
OF shadow, riddle 10 all ages I hequeatl.
It's memory 10 mankind, ana il after fines. h.,
Il be sald that there was at least one hose OF
which The human mind could form no con
ception;l viii merely observe, that if il Should
acquire, either from time or the table, any
oiher form or hue, it must inevitably be
handsonler than Il is. My feet very much re
seInble that We meet With 10 modern poetry.
Oeihg saay deficient N quantity vixen com
pared with each other
81 am one Of the most popular men of
sne days party y hardly considered com
piete without ne. take precedence of the
youthful and the elegant; YOU will always
find me IN the loveliost, the liyeliest. and The
last superficial circle in ti,e room i attract
about ne the gay and the romantic, the sen.
tnnental and tbe nnpassioned- Mint, | an,
not hired hike a genius or a iuggler who i
expected 70 amese IN propoYlion to the hon
srs that arcpaid him; AID yet ana hunted as
a curiosity, and carried about like a new no.
ct, or new shawl
but Tor what5 do not write songs. non
have made any useless discovery in science
! Q be able to dance well, says some. old
author, requires a good understanding, j, al
50 requires legs, which the articles thai assist
me 10 walking, .capnot be correctly called.
There is some secret, then. by which Il III
ness may be made fascinating? There is. ii
consist Simply IN this singular fact, that nes
Yer IN my tic happened to read any one OF
the Scotch novelsl This forms my Character.
am known as The gentleman mhe ncYcg read
Wavcrlyp / live upon the nil GfsaaaY.--l
flourish from nothing Every body i. con
tending who shall get me into corner 20
describe me Amy kobsart or Flora Mac Iycr
J am Ike the new world, all are anxious 10
cultivate ne. My ignorance is universally
coveted; to kaoy is to be nothing
How am ensied! Al leave me with an
impression thai 4 ara exceedingly well infor.
med, because they have communicated 70 me
every thing that they happened to know up
to that period.
There are some that take pride to grid
at me, as men did at Falstal; bs.t my triumph
- ~ ANs9 NStiaIjiStI, LtkfG Sdptf+dtcQ NsS
loveliest Of her sex. She writes ronlaaces
and have promised 10 read none but hers
am TO furnish her with perpetual IDEAS for
her corsairs and bandits, she viii never want
q demon while live.
My hopes of happiness On this point had
not yet received confirmation. WAS IN
hourly expectation Of decision, and ilatter
ed myself except when | happened to be
standing near mirror, that il would be ia
yorable Ia five days an answer was to be
returned
My heart beat responses to the clock, and
licked as ifithad been warranted. watched
every hour that came, as dcbtorhoes DIM
and was thankful when it was gone 1t wogls
be on the fourteenth: memorable datel Now
then for my letter. 'Leliiia,' said (tIses'
girls get such enc names you may bring ~
my coffee, and n..nd, expect letter thu
morning, pray let me have it tie mamest !
cones She started at first and believe al
most Uttered. There has been one read,
SIR Then never mind the coffee now, pu
il down ana h,ies n,e ilas letter 20 reiu
sed il sif, SAID She with an air Of discretion
Refused III when? Thy9' II come by the
O'Clock post, sir. thought it was Nalen
tine, and thus Of course you would not tax
it ln.' She INDUCED me with another stare
aud treated herself to another filter
The post now came, Heu nsihi, what al
inundation OF dispatches, forgot how many
some al two pence, some al three peacc. non
paid. Some were folded mysterionsly an
,a4, al ft,a Il evDs