Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-07-07

Gu TO Rayc impaired Dy SUCH means vlgOr to the
weari limbs of Hercules, and in place of other
gifts Vulcan offered him warm baths. Pinder
praises the warm bathings of the nymphs. and
Homer himself, who ranked baths among the in.
nocent pleasures of life, not only makes mention
of hot and vaporous spring adjoining a cold
one, but even describes to US the baths which. bv
common tradition, were situated near Scham-
ander, in the vicinity of Troy.
OF nearly equal celebrity were the baths of the
Assyrians, Modes, and Persians; and to such a
pitch of grandeur and improvement were they
carried by this last people, that Alexander him
self was astonished at the luxury and magniicence
of those of Darius, though accustomed to the yo-
luptuous ones of Greece and Macedon. We
need here but alude to the natural warm baths
of Bithynia and Mytilene, mentioned by Plny,
and to those of the Etruscans, as among the most
early and extensively known and resorted to.
Journal Of Health.
3Ass~
The subject of Education is widely rife. Eve
~ one writes about it; new journals, devoted to
it exclusively. aggravate the mail bags; new me-
thods are to produce universal proficiency, and
equalise all classes in information; science is dis
persed in primers. in sheets, in six-penny pamph-
lets, in coloques, in the shape Of conunrlrGms
and games. Quack-quack-quack The re-
suit will bear no proportion to the variety Of the
expedients, unless a new constitution be given
to human nature and human society.
-aNsN
I'm Irish School, Pierce Mahon, come up
wild your multiplication. Pierce, multiply four
hundred by two-put it down--that's it,
400
BY
'Twicet nought is one Whack, whack.
$ Take that as an illustration--s that One:'-
Faith. masther, that's one an one any how; but,
Sir, is not wanst nought nothin'; now, niasther,
sure there can't be less tkSn nothin'.' VERY
good, Sir If wanst nought be nothn', then
twiCet noueht must be sumethin', for it's double
what. wanst nought is-see how I'm sthruck for
,aofhin'. an me knows it-hoo hoo! aoo.' Get
nut, you Escuapian; but I'll give you s0me'ii,',
by-and-by. just to make YOU reminder that YOU
know n0thin'--Otf wild you TO your safe, YOU
spalpcen you-to tell me there can't be less than
nothin', when it's well known that sporting
Squire O'Canter is thousand pounds worse than
notin''
'Paldy Doran, come up to your Interest
Well Paddy, what's the Interest of hundred
round. at FIVE per cent?-Boys, some of you let
, for pass there--manners yon thieves YOU
Do YOU name, masther, ;.er cent per aaalial2'
TO be sure do-how do YOU state it,
IN say. as handher pound is to one year,
10 is five per cent per anuum.'
Hum-why- whats the number Of the sum,
Paddy" IT'S No. 81, Sir (The master
steals glance at the Key 10 Gough] Il ONLY
want to look at ii III the Cough, YOU see. Paddy
an how dare you give me such an answer, you
,ig-headed Ounce, ynu--go Off study il, YOU
'ascaly Lillipuian-oi' wid you, and don't let
ne see your ugly mug till YOU knW it
Now eintlCnm for the Classic; aud first
or the Lainariaus--barry Cassiay come up
MD your Asop. Larry, you're year at Latin,
IN don't think Won know Latin for frieze. what
your own coat is made Of Larry. Bat. in the
irst place, Larry, do YOU know what man that
aches classics is calcd?' 4 schoolmaster, Sir.
Whack. whack. whack. Take that for your ig.
Won wooden-headed goose, vou-( whack.
that to the back Of i--ha! that'll
ache yon TO call man that taches classics
indeed! It's Professor of Humani-
Y itself, he -(whack, whack. whack. ha! you
You: you're as as bad as Dick O'Con-
lell. that nomastheris the country could aet any
rood Of, in regard that he put the whole school
ogether by the years, wherever he'd be, though
he spalpccn wouldn't stand fight himself
lard fortune to You! to 60 to put such an atiront
lpon me, an me Professor of Humanity. What's
latin for breeches?' Fem-fcm-femina -
No. its not. Sir; that's Latin for wo-
nan FemOra-' Can YOU do it, Don't
trike me, Sir; don't strike me, Sir. an Twill.
| say, can You do IT. .Femorali'- (whack
yhack. whack. )-sGh Sir! ali. Sir! It's fermorali
al. Sir! It's fcmoraii--ah, Sir' This thrate-
nent to Professor of manufacturers hack, |
yhack, whack. kick, kick, kick, thump. thump,
uh, cuff, cuff, Arrives him head over heels to his
at.)--Now. Sir, may be You'!l have Latin for
,reeches again. or. by my sowl, if YOU don't, YOU
must strip, and I'll sache. You what professor Of
humanity is!-.8Wion.
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