Wilmington expositor. (Wilmington, Del.) 1831-18??, 1832-01-06
CURIOUS HIsroRIcAL FAcr.

|. a country girl came to London in search of
a place as a'servant maid, but not succeeding,
she applied herself to carrying out beer from
a brew-house, and was one OF those then cal
led tub women. The brewer observing we'll
looking girl in this low occupation, took her
into the family as servant maid, and after
a while married her; but he died while she was
yet young woman and left her large fortune.
The business of the brewery was dropped, and
the young woman was recommended to Mr..
Hyde, gentleman Of skill in the law to settle
her husbands affairs. Hyde (who was after
wards the great Earl of Clarendon) finding the
widows fortune considerable, married her.
OF this marriage there was no other ISSUE than
la daughter, who afterwards was wife of TamesI
III. and mother of Mary and Anne, queens oil
England.
A COW belonging to a certain parson was
stolen, and he did not fail to remind his con-
Igregation of the misfortune in all his sermons
las he continually exclaimed, U my COW, my
COW, in imitation Of the lamentaton of David
for his son Absaom. One day as he passed b.
the habitation of poor man, little boy sung
OUT 'o'
"Snce my father stole the parsons COW,
We have had milk and buildings enow."
| The pason concluded that the father of this
boy must have stolen his COW, and he thought
to turn this circumstance to his own advantage;
and make his congregation believe that he had
received an express revelation from heaven con
corning his cow.--For this purpose he clothed
the boy, gave him money, and directed him to
place himselfin the gallery on the ensuing sab
lbath, where he was when called on. to sing the
above couplet. On the day when the sermon
Twas concluded the Parson informed his con-
'lgreation it had been revealed to him th1t
a lad in the gallery would give him some in
| formation on the subject, which was as true
as the gospel he had been preaching TO them
He then called for the lad to come forward and
4 say what he knew of the matter. The boy
stood up and sung as follows:
I GAS through the Parsons yard stray'd
i saw the Parson kissing his maids
t He gave me shilling that should not tell;
ri And these new clothes which fit me well!'
Il The world is flooded with anecdotes oil
4 Johnson. He and Burke were one evening,
lbelieve. at the Misses CottsrelIs when the con
It lversation turned Upon the greatpoets of anti
Il guilty. At length, it was settled on the com
o Iparative merits of Homer and Virgil. John
i son was for Homer, Burke for Virgil John
o son poured out a prodigious quantity of though
yIupon the vividness, originality and grandeu
ie of the Greek. Burke delighted in the sus
ltained majesty, the mingled pathos and yigoi
!. and the melihuous eloquence of the Roman
). The argument went on for hours, while no on
a, present thought of interrupting so noble di;
> :lplay of genius on both sides. At length,
!. lvounp latly's eve glanced on her watch, and t
~ her surprise, finding that it was past midnigh
she whispered the hour to her mother. Child
h. said the mother, indignant at being disturbed
ar tell me that the house is on fre,, for nothin
81 else can be an excuse for leaving such conve
AL sation.' -
hs Cure for Cough The following rcceiE
II now going the rounds of the papers, is said
,rs be good for a cough. In this time of preva
M ing Influenza, it may prove useful to some
: our readers
ne sTake of liquoricc, antimonial wine, a
ent lparegoric, each ounce; dissolve the liqu'
,iJIice in a pint of warm water, and boil it do
H. Ito half a pint; when cold; add the wine a
nIJl paragoric. Take one table spoonful three tin
NC a day. .37itf
sJ, IF the patient has pain in the bones, rel
,nd will be found by taking pint bowl OF VIII
olbalsam tea on going to bed.
i A. RECEIPT FOR FAMILY PEAcE--An
. co neror of China discovered a family, of VIII
Ill the master, wives, children, grand childr
IL and servants, amounting TO a considerable nu
aust per- an NNSe s;o, h;s aJro;rat;on
me gree on ms - ;,,,;r;no What me
a. were employed to preserve duiet among
t cl,1 many persons, the old man taking pen
find wrote oniy-PHf''ee''e' D-'''"''
rt-
your person once observed 10 an anole. -
her philosopher, that 1t was great naPPinss'
was haze what Jue desire. ne sage fePiieu'
held it is much greater happiness to desire moth
but what ne hnoe.