Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-04-18
From the Boston 7rnnsc,lpf.
AN ADVENTURES

FROM the Boston Transcript.
AN ADVENTURE
young man residing near Bangor, In
Maine, was returning lately from h yisit To
his lady love. His path lay through wood
land. from which. except few struggling.
pines. the trees had been cut down and
were lying on the ground. He skipped O.
yer the logs and stumps with light foot g.,
lighter heart His fair mistress had receiy-
ed him kindly. Suddenly, on leapipg o.
yer fallen tree, he found himself within
few feet Of a ravenous bear He spranr
10 the nearest pine and climbed up. tho
bear climbing after him. Making GOOD
use Of his feet. he dashed his antagonist
10 the ground. The bear returned and was
again repulscd. carrying with him one of
our hero's boots - Brun assembled the
third time and with more caution. The
Young man, hoping to escape, assembled
the tree about fifty feet, and as The bear
approached him, attempted to shake him
of. but in vain, AS his foot was held bv
the paws Of the infurate animal, who had
lost his hold Of the tree and hung suspend
ed by the poor lovers leg. The Young
mans strength becoming exhausted he
let go his hold on the tree and down they
went With tremendous conclusion 10 the
ground, Dur hero stuck on the bear and
rebnunded eight or ten feet distant. Scarce
w knowing whether he was slead ar n
1--we. he raised himself on his arm and dis
covered Bruin gazing wildly al him. & g.
vidently dtfn.founded by such lofty tun,blng
The ahrighied pair sat eyeipg each
other for some time. when The bear. who
was the more severely bruised OF the two.
shelving no signs Of fight. the young man
rose and fed leaving bis hat and the boot
behind him. his friend Of the shaggy coat
casting AT him an expressive look. accom-.
panied by growl and a shake of the head
which convinced our hero, that had II
been possible il would have been a shake
oil the paw The young lover soon re-
covered from his bruises, and the fair
dafi,sel who had been the indirect cause
OF the adventure which placed his life in
such immediate peril, poured balsom on
his wound. snd made his heart whole, by
naming ian early day"
PApuA This cityis the paradise Of tho
Farnienfe the original Castle ofIndoleuce
the Palace Of Slumhcr. the soft. silent.
ssmnoleni down bed Of Italy. The ar
Itself slunbefs, the grape gatberefs nod on
the vines, the mules tread as IL thew were
shod with felt, and though Padua produ-
ces no longer the silk ana velvet that once
made her name memorable to the ends Of !:
the earth. The genins Of them both is in
every thing All is silky, smooth. and
gravely superb A drowsv population
yawDs through life in drowsy CITY, taught
the art OF doing nothing by drowsv uni
yersity The old gIories Of Psduan SCIENCE
are gone to sleep; her thousand doctors.
once shedding wisdom into her nyrinds al
students. have sunk into shedders OF non.
pies, few innocent old Iingerers among
the shelves Of her mighty libraries, dry as
her dust. silent as their authors. and not
half so active as the moths tina, revel ;n
their sultry sunshine. Lille Greens awav
by eating grapes and drinking the worst
wine in The world; in having the Maloria
fever in summer. and the pleurisy in win.
ter; in sitting under the shade of snnburnt
trees that mock the eye with the look of
verdnre, and fall into dust at a touch: and
the blackening the visage over wood
fires that make the man the rival in odor.
color, and countenance, OF the bears BAN
that hangs In his chimney. Blaekuoods
Magazine.
PLEASANT GARDEN .-- When Sir
james Macintosh was 10 the East Indies,
he occupied while he resioed at Tsrola,
near Bomby. beautiful Garden which Is
described BY an eye witness as little par
adise. were it not for its reptile inhabitants:
'.S8akes. from the enormous rock snake.
who first brakes the bone Of his prev bv
ceiling around IL, and then swallows Il
whole, 10 the smallest Of the yenomous
tribe, glide about in every direction.
There the cobra copello. whose bite l.
almost in every instance mortal. lifts his
graceful folds. and spreads bis large many
colored crests; here, too, lu,ks the small
bright specified cobra bapelio whose fangs
convey instant death"
Monks Of La Irappe.-- Ninety Irisbmen
Of this community have returned to their
own country since the extinction Of the
Order in France. where they had expen-
ded 100000 on their farm and abbey. at
which all travellers were Hospitality enter
tanned, and hundred of the neighbours.
ing poor provided with substances daily.
Sir Richard Kane has given them 500 a.
cres Of land eapabie Of being reclaimed bv
their own labour, and a substitution i
commenced in Ireland for the pnrpose Of
supplying them with the funds pecessarp.
for it's imProvement-Dubtin paper.