Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-18

evening came, I went out and was glad;
stretched out my eager eye. and waited thy re
turn. Behold, thou earnest! Thou earnest man
fully rowing. and wing with the young and old.
Never didst thou return empty from the sea, thy
kajsk brought in never-failing loads Of seals or
sea-fowl. Thy mother, she kindled the FIRE, and
boiled; she boiled what thy hand acquired. Thy
mother, she spread thy booty before many invit-
ed guests, and took my portion among them.
Then were thy seals produced, and th5 mother
separated the bIubber; for this thou receiVedst
shirts Of linen, and iron barbs for thy spears and
| arrows. Thou espidest the shallop's scarlet
streame- from afar, and joyfuly shoutedst. Be-
hold, Lars cometl! But now, alas. it is over!
When | think on thee. o could | weep like
! others! for then might soohe my pain. What
shall wish for more on earhe Death Is now
become most desirable thing. But then who is
to provide for my wife. and the rest Of my chill
dren? will still live little While"
rCarne's Lives of Eminent Missionaries.
Origin of Chores Gloves have Obtained By
some a very early origin. from the superstition
that they are mentioned in the lO9h Psalm,
where the ROYAL Prophet declares he will cast his
shoes over Edom." They 90 still higher. ina
ginning them f. have been used in the time OF Judg-
es, (Ru,h. The Al. where II is said, it was the
custom Cor man to take Oft his shoe, and give it
to his ne,gahOr as token Of redeeming any
thing. We are informed that the word, In these
two texts, which is usually translated shoe, is,
by the Chadee paraphrast, IN the latter, render
ed glove. Zenophon. spt akins OF the manners
of the Persians. states - proof OF their efemi-
nacy, that, not satisfied with covering their heads
and their feet. they also guarded their hands
against the cold with thick gloves. Homer,
speaking of one at werk in MS garden, represents
him :. with gloves on lis hasd, to secure him
from the thorus.'' Varro, an ancient writer, is
an evidence in favor Of their antiquity among the
Romans. He says, that Olives, gathered with
the naked hand. ere preferable TO those gathered
with gloves. A,benaps speaks Of celebrated
slutton, who atwa;s came To table with loves on
his hands, that he might be able to handle and
eat his meat wLiIe bot, aad d2vou' more than the
rest of. the company. ku'yes and forks al that
time were not invented. ---T:e Economy OF he
Hands and Feet.
adventure Of an English .Nidshipmnn.
the conclusion of the last war with England,
most of the officers of the fleet that Law off New
London, blockad'ng the port. were invited a
shore to receive the hospitality and attention OF
the citizens. Among the number was a young
midshipman, the son of "a wealthy nobleman. and
the heir apparent 10 an Earldom, who In the first
place hired sleigh aud horses and drove about
| the neohb0rhOod at furious rate, n0twIihstaD-
ding the snow had almost disappeared from the
ground. He found in the end but little amuse.
ment in this, and calculating that there must be.
| as matter of course, abundance Of game IN 4
country where the people we're but partially CIV
iIized, lie dismissed the sleigh and having pro-
vldeh himself with the necessary equipments,
started off shooting expedition. lie traver.
sed wood and field swamp and bill, but to no
purpose Nothing ret his eye but few pirat-
| ical crows, whose sagacity at once told them
that to allow the strangers advance nigh be
sport to him, but would be death 10 them.
His patience became at last exhausted, and
( seeing young cot, prancing about Held not
| far from farmers yard, he took deliberate aim,
drew trigger, and shot him dead. Having done
the deed. and SC ornlng to be guilty of a mean or
dishonest action, he marched up TO the farmer :
house under pretence OF getting some wafer 10
drink. and after querching ms thirst, enqulred Oh
| the farmer what he would take for that colt thai
he saw in his field The old man replied tina,
he did not wish to sell it, as it belonged 10 hIs
wife, TO whom he had presented II on It's orth
and was beside. the only one OF peculiar and
valusble breed They accordingly proceeded &c
I Inc XII, ntU, WneTt pey 'Vuiu WV 'ooI' ~
whom they made known the object of their call
Before the bargain was completed. one Of the
children came running in and cried out g tina,
the colt was dead, and somebody had killed it,
for it was all bloody" This at once brought mat
ters to crisis-tbe old man looked as black as q
thunder cIoud-the old lady almost had fit
and our hero-he looked as If he would rather
have st6nd the broadside of a French seventy
f,,r Tbere was however no alternative but Il
null out his purse and offer the old lady fail
and liberal compensation for the loss Of her colt
The sight of his gold chased away the angry
storm from the old mans brow, and restored the
old ladv to her senses; and my Lord John -,
having deposited twenty guineas i'll her lap. shout
dered his piece and returned to New London
with solemn resolution never to suffer his FOLLY
to involve him again in such scrape.
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