Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-26

being ailcIwa! ds seen ne uisease h'aue its 'f
pearance, and for four day, the patent could net
Their swallow fluids or s"ii'ls. On the ninth DAY
the dog returned in perfect health. when 1t was
Immediately led into the bed-chamber OF It's mas
ter. whom it caressed AZ usual. From that mo-
ment, the hyarophobia symptoms gradually us
appeared.
THE Parrot and tie .4b5ot.--A parrot beious-
ing to Count Fresco, was one day detected oy the
cook, stealing roast meat. The cook eXclaiIhihs,
ssh, you've been at the roast beef, d-n YOU,
threw ladle of boiling water. which scalded all
the feathers from his head. The words made
deep impression upon Poll. who was very grum
and silent for several days. One mornlnSas the
Count was engaged IN conversation with an AD-
bot. the parrot after looking intenty at the bare
head OF the priest. hoped up to him and said.
- So, you've been a the roast beet; d-n YOU
.auecI0fe of TOHdire.-t)bStinatc to excess,
by character and by system. Voltaire had, even
in little things, all incredible rePuSnance 10
Weld, and to reuounce what he had resolved on.
/ again saw a singular instance OF it just before
his departure to Prussia. He had taken Il fan
cy to carry cutass with him on hi, Journey;
and one morning when | was with him al has
house, a bundle of them was brought, that he might
choose. But the cutler wanted twenty shiliings
for the one that pleased him; aud Noltaire took II
into his head that he would give but fifteen. tic
then begins to calculate IN detail what it may
be worth; he adds, that the cutler bears in his
face the character Of an honest man, and that
with such good faith written on his forehead. he
cannot but confess he will be well paid at fifteen
shillngs. The cutler accepts the eulogy on his
face but answers that, as IN honest man. he has
but one word that he asks no more than the thing
is worth, aud that were he to sell it at lower
price, he should wrong his children. What!
You have children have you?' asked Noltaire.-
Yes, sir. have five: three boys and two girls,
the Youngest of whom is just twelve well,
we'll think about placing your boys, and marry
ing YOUR girls: have friends in the treasury, l
have some credit in the public Offices. But let's
finish this little affair; here are your fifteen shil-
linss; say no more about it The good cutler
was confused in thanking Vo!taire for the protec-
ton with which he was pleased to honor him;
but he still kept to his first word about the
price of the cutlass, and did not abate one far
thing. abridse this scene, which lasted quar-.
ter Of an hour, with the turns Of eoquence and
| seduction that Of taire employed IN van-not to
save five shllings that he would have given to a
beggar, but to prevail by the power of persua-
sion. He was obliged to yield, and with trou-
bled, indignant confused air, threw the crown
upon the table which he relinquished so unwil-
lingly. The cutler, when he had got his money,
returned him thanks for his favors. and went
away. Il am very glad said |. in a low voice,
as saw him go out. .Of whats' said voItaire,
angrily; What are YOU glad Off That this
honest mans family is no longer to be ptied.-
His sons will soon be placed; his daughters mar
ried; he in the mean time has sold his cutlass
for what he wanted; and you have paid it in
in spite of all your eloquence. And this is what
you are glad of, YOU obstinate Limosin" 'Oh,
yes; am quite pleased; if he had yielded it to
you, believe should have beaten him. DO
| you know said he, laughing in his sleeve, at
| ter moments silence, that If Molcre had been
witness to such scene. lie would have turned 1t
to some profit Indeed saiG |. cit would
| have been the counterpart Of that Of N. De-
| manche.' 1t was thus that with me his anger,
or rather his petulancc, always terminated in
gentleness and friendship.
Memoirs Of Aia,n'o"'eA
-lNsS
Summary Coohery.-I arrived for the night
at hut, where there were fowls, and begged
the woman to cook one of them immediately
As soon as the water in large pot had boiled,
| the woman caught hen, and killed it by hold
| ing its head in her hand. and then giving the
bird two or three turns in the air; to my horror
and utter establishment, she instantly put the
fowl into the pot feathers and all; and although
had resolved to rough it on my journey, yet posi-
tivelv could not make up my mind to drink such
broth or ''potags NATURAL as l thought she
was preparing for me. ran to her, and in We
nv bad S panis loudly protested against her cook
cry; however she quietly explained to me that
she had only put the fowl there to scald it.
and as soon as let 60 her arm she took 1t out
The feathers all came offtogether, but they stuck
to her fingers almost as fast as they had before
to the fowl. After washing her hands she took
a knife, and very neatly cut of the wings. the
two legs, the breast and the back, which She put
one after another into small pot with some beef
suet and water, and the rest of the fowl she threw
away.-Head's Rough Notes.
From the Richmond Uhig, Feb. 3d..
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