Arkansas intelligencer., 1844-01-27

SO "'" oou' gave musquetoer his letter case
20 oe''ver TO a banker whom the infa,uation OF
pleasures had prevented him from SEEING he
made no use of his bills Of credit as death Ind no,
sNo" MN Tune to spend the ready money he had
Drought with him. The poor young man hav;no
gwen ms last sight, the h1usoueteer made the me-
cessaTy preparation for his funeral -. While
things we're in this situation, there arrived two
English noblemen at the same house. Thew were
placed in a chamber adjoining that in which the
aeoa body was laid out, and out Of which it had
for them both, all the others being engaged; but
as the weather vas cold, and they were friends,
they made no difficulty of lying together.
IN the middle of the night, one of the two not
being able tosleep, and growing weary Of his bed
arose in order TO amuse himself in the kithen where
ne heard some people talking. He had diverted
himself there sometime whom being willing to re.
turn whence he came, he again went up stairs, bu,
instead of entering his own chamber, wen, into
that of the deceased Count, over whose face they
had only thrown cloth. There is not so much
ceremony used in France in the management OF
their dead, as in England and Germany; for they
are there satisfied with showing their affections to
the living.
The English nobieman having put out tho can.
die. laid down boldly by the defunct; when creep,
ing rs close to him as possible in order to warm
himself, and finding his bed-felIow collier than
himself, he began to mutter: "What the DEVILS the
matter, my friend, you are as cold as ice. will
laya wager, cold as you are, you would have been
warm enough if you had seen what have, below
stairs. 'Come, you may take my word for it,
added he. come, POUNDS! sir.'' While he was hold.
ing this fine conversation. the dead, who detach.
ed from the things this world, did not even give
himself the trouble of making n reply, his cham
Der door was opened, which made him raise his
head 10 see who was coming in, but Judge what
must have boen his surprise when he saw a servant
lighting in n joiner, who carried coffin on his
shoulder! He thought at first he had been in a
dream; but looking about him. and seeing the Wis.
age OF him who had not spoken wore, a visage
overspread with mortal paleness; he made but one
Jump from his bed to the middle Of his chamber.
The joiner and the maid were Immediately persua-
ded that it was the corse. who being UNIV ilng to
be shut up in coffin was playing his gamboles.
Their legs were unable to move with swiftness
proportionable to their fears and joiner, mad cof
fin and candestick, rolled over one another from
the !9g Of the stsis aQx8 Tito h Xxi. khgf ka
lord. "What, is the devil flying away with the
dead MANI" "Mercy on us!" cried the maid, sit
is rather the dend man would run away with u.s.
81 am n son cfa - said the joiner, "if that
dead man there has any more occasion for a coffin
than have. Why he has just got up into the
middle Of the room and has just struck up horn
pipe" The devil no has criod the landlord, We
will soon see that
While all the family were trembling and getting
ready to follow the master of the house. the En-
glish nobleman, who had again found his chamber,
had slipped into bed quite out of breath, and his
friend having asked him where he had been, he
answered. "Justling with dead body-'sblood,
dead body! it had. perhaps the plague! cried he.
jumping in his turn, out Of bed, and running to the
door to call for light. The landlord, landlady,
and servants were passing through the gallery, and
sooner him then they imagined it was the
doad man who had appeared again. What confu.
sion! what shrieks +! what camor! The English
man, terrified at the hideous noise, into his
room, and shipped into bod to his companion, with
out the least fear Of catching the plague.
A Leopard killed by Lion in Womb,reU's Man.
agerie.-On Thursday night week a singular e.
vent occurred in Mr. Wombwell's extensive man.
agere, now open in Wears Croft, Leeds. In one
of the large compartments of the menagere were
two fine lions and two equally fine and very do
cile Leopards. and these four animals were usu-
ally kept together for the purpose of showing their
training and the command held over them by their
keeper, who was in the constant habit of going
amongst them and putting them through a variety
of performances, after the style Of and equal to
Van Amburgh or Carter. Though the four ami.
mails are kept in one cage for the purpose of exhi-
bitlon, the lions have been always separated from
the leopard during the time Of their feeding. until
Thursday night last, when the experiment was
tried Of feeding them altogether; but sooner had
four pieces Of flesh been put into the cage,
and one of the leopards had seized hold Of piece
of the flesh, than one of the lions rushed upon the
unfortunate beast and almost Immediately wor.
ried it. Had it no, been for tho speedy interfer-
ence of the keeper there is little doubt the other
leopar I'd would have also been killed. The event
cause great commoton among the rest of the
animals in the menagerie, and did not add any.
thing to the pIeasurcabe feelings ofthe large num-
Der ofspectators who were present.
New Cure for the Measles.-A good lady
who had two children sick with the measles, wrote
to friend for the best remedy. The friend had
just received note from another lady, inquiring
the way to make pickles. In the confusion the
lady who inquired about the pickles received the
remedy for the measles, and the anxious mother
Of the sick children read with horror the follow
/ ing-'Scald them three or four times 10 very hot
vinegar then sprinkle them we'll with salt. and in
few days they will be cured" sra
Tie maiden wept; and said, ''why weepest
thou, maidenl'' She answered not, neither did
she speak, but sobbed exceedingly; and again
asked, why weepest thou?" when she said, wtat 5
that 10 yru! mind ycnr o7rn susinessi"