Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-01-22
MISCELLANEOUS
THREE HUNDRED YEARS HEM


Inc following dialogue can hardly be regard
gu US ah eStravasant commentary on the spiri
Oh Improvement and change which characteriz
es the present time. Without supposinr lit
'rai toiliment OF the anticipations here made. i
nay be easily conceived that in shorter peri
pa than three centuries, as great CHANGES ma,
axe place IN the state of society as those which
ne hne imagination Of the writer of this article
as described. The extract is made from tho
ondon Keepsake, for 1880
boston Daily Adv]
DIALOGUE FOR THE YEAR 2I3a
attracted from tic album Of a SyJy, by the
author Of Cranky
Scene--Kensington Square London.
Enter Lori "A and Sir Jas. B-meeet;uo AR r.
Lord "A. All G. 1 am delighted to meet YOU
lou are an unexpected novclty-I thought YOU
were in Africa
Inr. L. L have been there, but left il n
month ago; every body was leaving il when |
came away. lam just arrived out of Scotland {;
ofeakfasted this morning at Edinburgh. and
nave not been lii town above a couple at hours.
The roads are dreadfully heavy now. Conceive
my having been seven hours and half cominu
from Edinburgh to London.
SIR James i3. An active snail would hive
beaten you. But what have you been doinc in
the north
Mr.. c. spent few days at the Duke Of
Dirmingnam,s. He had shooting. party, chief.
y Foreigners There was a Chinese "a pleas
ant man, two South Americans, the Duke of
raramatta, tho Australian Ambassador, and a
New Zealand man.
Sir J. b. Had you good sport?
Mr.. c. Tolerable. On the last day we kill
ed between four and five thousand head but we
might have done more, for we all shot ill.,
Lord 4. Yourself excepted.
Mr.. {. No, l wont except myself: for
missed two shots out OF The first hundred |
had a ma tch with Paramatta, which | ought to
have won, but he had greatly the advantage in
n point OF equipment His guns would give TWEEN
ty seven discharges in minute, and mine
would give only twenty five. 1 must really
change my maker. Have you seen the last ne
inventions the hydro potassium lock,
Lord a. Not yet. Is it goode
Mr.. G. Yes, ingenious certainly Ingenious
The printing is ignited by drop of water. But
am afraid it wont succeed. 1t is found to be
dangerous in rain, and apt to go off then of its
own accord.
Sir J. b. What did you do at Birmingham's
beside shooting:
MIR. C. We hunted one day. They turned
out horse and we had pretty good run
wish had my own hunting machine. / ha.ter
e. myself L could have led the field; but | was
badly mounted-they gave me very ordinary
thing, regular scrcsc, built only to clear fences
eight feet high, and in fact not safe for more
\ than six what could / do against Birmingham
and Paramatta, with their crack machines, that
would fly like balloons over ten foot wall
II
Lord A. Here we are at the Dis (Touches a
spring of the door. A self acting knocker gives
a treble knock The door is opened by a steam
porter, dressed in the ID. livery
Lord a. Is lady ID. at home'
Figure mods its head, Lord A. and Mr.. C.
enter, repeat their names through the announce.
ment tube, are conducted by the potter TO tho
introduction chair, in which they place them
selves. The chair mounts with them through
the ceiling, and they find themselves in the pre-.
sence oflady d.
Lady ID. All? Lord A Mr.. C! most unex
pected persons both. | heard only yesterday
hat one Of you was in Greenland and the othe
n Africa. What false reports they circulate
Lord "A. The reports wcro true not long $50
nd / believe we returned about the same time
Iou, lady D. have also been travelling, be
ieve
Lcdy ID. Yes, we were out Of England il
he Winter. Our physician recommended
warmer climate for lord ID. so we took a villa o.
he Niger, and afterwards spent short time a
backatoo.
Mr.. C.. suppose you found it full of Ing
6sh?
Lady d. Oh quite full, and such set :
We knew hardly any Of them. In fact we di
o: 20 there for society. We met few plea,
Mt people, Australians, the Avorshaws, tn
lardy Vauxes, and Sir William and Lady Soa
nes.
Mr.. C. Did you go by the new Tangicr an
'imbuctoo road,
Lndy d. Yes, we did, and we found it exec
In.. by the by, TO digFess to different lat
bdc, how did you succeed in your last excm
on to the North Pole
lord a. To tell you The truth extremely i'll