Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-13

Txakr HUNDRED YEARS HsssR..-The fol-
loving dialogue can hardly BE- regarded as an
ex,rs,assnt commentary on the spirit OF im>
nrovemep, and change which charac,erizes the
present time. Without supPosing a literal
ful6ment of the an,icipa,ions here made, IL
may be easily conceived that in shorter pc
| Rod than three centuries, as grea' changes may
take place in the Stale of society as those
| which The fine imagination OF the wri'e' o'
| this article has described. The extract is m ade
from the London Keepsake, for 1880.
Basl Dai, Ad',l
A DIALOGUE FOR THE YEAR 2lso.
Ertractsd from the Album of SybyL by the author q
CRANKY.
Scene ensington square, London.
Ecter Lord a and Sir James B meeting Mr.. c.
Lo,da. AhC. am delighted TO meet you.
You are an unexpected NOVELTY thought you
were in Africa. :.
Mr.. I have beer there, but left II
month ago; every body was leaving i, when
came away. lam jus, arrived GU: OF Scotland:
breakfas,ed this morning at Edinburgh, and
have no, been in town above couple OF hours
The roads are dreadfully heavy now. Con.
ceive my having been seven hours and hall
coming from Edinburgh 10 London.
Sir James B. An active snail would have
beaten you. Bnt vha, have you been dong In
the north!
Mr.. c. spent few days at the Duke OF
Birmiusham's. He had shooting party, Chief
ly foreigners. There was Chinese pleas.
ant man), TWO South Americans, the Duke OF
| N NH
New Zralaud man
Sir B Had you good sport?
M,. C.. Tolersble. On the las, day we kill
ed between four and FIVE thousand head; but
we nigh, have done more, for We all shot ILL.,
Lord A. Yourself excepted.
Mr. e.. No. wont except myself; Tor
missed TWO shots out Of The first hundred.
had match with Paramara, which | ought
to have won bu, he hal greatly The advantage
in point Of equipment. His guns would give
twenty seven discharges in minute, and mine
would give ONLY twenty GIVE. must really
change nv maker. Have you seen the last new
invention? the HYDRO potassium lock!
Lord II. No, vet Is II good?
Mr. C. Yes, ingenious-cer ainly ingenious
The printing is igniled by drop OF wa,er.-
Bu am afraid il wont succeed. 1t Is found
TO be dangerous in rain, and apt 10 SO of then
Of lis own accord.
SrJB. What did you do a, Birmingham's
beside shooting?
hr G. We hunted one day. They turned
out d horse and we had pretty gooc run.
wish had my own hunting machine. Hat
er myself could have led The field; but was
badly moun,ed- they gave me very ordinary
hing, eulsr scrsW, 5uilt only 10 clear fences
eigh, teet high, and in fact not sale Tor more
4 y,,x~ nipph ap
and Psramat ia, with their crack achines that
would hy like balloons over Ten foot wall !
Lord A. Her. we are a, the DIS (Touches
a spring Of the door. self acting knocker
give, treble knock The door is opened by
a steam porter, dressed in the D. livery)
LordA Is lady d. at home?
Figure mods IT'S he al, LORD A. and Mr. c.
enter, repeat their names through the an
n,uuccmeu, lube are conducted by the porter
to the introduc ton chair, In which they place
themselves. The ch,ir mounts with them
through III. cei'iag, and thcy knd themselves
IN the presence of lady d.
Lady q. All! Lord A! Mr.. & most uaex
p-c,ed persons both. l beard only yesterday
,ha, one of you was in Greenland and the o'hsr
in Africa. VIVA, false reports they Giro ulae
Lord A Tie reports were true not long ago,
and believe we returned about the same time.
Ynu, lady D have also been travelling, believe!
Lady d. Yrs, We were out Of England IL
the Winter Our physician recommended
warmer climate fnr lord D. so we took villa
on he Niger, and afterwards sprn, short
time at Saek.too.
Mr.. C. Isuppose you found il full Of En-
glish?
Lady d Oh quite full, and such SCI J
We anew hardly any Of them In Tact we dI"
not go there Tor society We met a few pleas
ant propIe, Australians; the Avershaws. The
Hardy Vaux.s, aud Sir William and Lady
Soames
Mr.. c. Did you go by the new Tangier
and Iimbuc 100 road !
Lady d. Yes, we did. aud we found it excel
leo'. BY he by, TO digress to a different latI'
,ude, how did you succeed in your last excur-
sion 20 the North Pole
Lord A. To tell you the truth extremely i'll;
we had most impro'Idently taken with Us
scarcely enough Of the solvent to work our way
through h. ice, and our concentrated essence
Of caloric was found TO be Of a very inferior
uu lity