Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1846-08-20

known nothing oft, "but it smartsand
ourns.''
Mrs. Matthew'S is now in rapid
state Of recovery, and will soon, be en-
ltlreiy well.
CLEOPATRA s BANQUET To- ANTONY
I On her lar dangs from the Cydnuss
she invited Antony and his generals to
a dinner, at which the whole of the.
dishes placed before him were OF gold,
set with precious stones, and the room
and the twelve couches were ernamen-
ted with purple and gold. On Antony's
praising the splendor of the sight, as
passing anything he had before seen,
she said 1T was trifs, and begged he
would take the whole of 1t as gift
from her. The next Gay he again din
ed with her, and brought larger num-
Der of his friends and generals, and
was, of course, startled to see cestli-
ness which made that Of the day before
seem nothing; and she again gave
bin the whole of the gold ON the table,
and gave to each of his friends the
couch upon which be sat. These cost
ly and delicate dinners were continued
every day. and one evening, when
Antony playfully blamed bis wastefus-
ness, and SAID it was not possible to
fare in more costly manner, she teks
him the dinner of the next day shouNs
cost ten thousand sestertia, or sixty
thousand pounds sterling. This BE
would not believe, and laid her wa
ger she wonld fail in her promise
When the day came, the dinner was
as grand and dainty as those Of the fog
rner days; but, when Antony called oB
her'to count the cost of the meats and
wines, she said that she did moi reckon
them, but that she would herself barr
quet on the ten thousand sestertia.-
She wore in her ears two pearls, the
largest known in the world, which,
like the diamonds Of European kings,
had come to Der with her crown and
kingdom, and were together valued at
that large sum. On the servants re-
moving the meats, they set before her
Ia glass Of vinegar, and she took one of
these. pearls from her ear and dropped
| it into the glass, and when dissolved
drank it off. PIaucus, one of the guests,
|who had been made judge Of the wa
ger, snatchedthe other from the queens
ear, and saved it from being drunk up
like the first, and then declared that
Antony had lost bis bet. The pearl
which was saved was afterwards cut in
two, and made into a pair of ear rings
for the statue of Venus in the Panthe-
on atRone; and the fame of the wa
ger maybe said to have made the two
half pearls at least as valuable as two
whole ones. - Sharpe's HIST Of Eng-
rs AsMy good friend said good min
TO promising chap, in whose
EsskiaEe he felt interested, do you ever
5itliik of a future state =
No, I:never mesdle with state az
fairs though my brother John is POI
slit3claner.
Do you ever think about 6yinga'
mo, but | guess our Sally did when
Eshe got the measles, for she turned all
sorts o. colors.'
Whose son are youo
| When any body axes you that, teD
'em you don't know
A correspondent OF the Bunker HID
Aurora states that James Oliver Of
South Reading. recently elected from
his stomach live snake, one foot and
four inches in length, which was pro-
baby swallowed many years ago. Mr..
Oliver has been for several years SUBJ
fjees 20 fits.
A distinguished clergyman being re-
quested, in one of our churches, to o.
pen the service with prayer, but not
having been Invited to preach, declin-
led, saying that IF his friend was going
to do the moving, he might whet his
Town scythe.'
| A son Of Erin, who had just arrived
IN the land Of the free and The home Of
the brave, said the first bit Of meat he
ever ate in this country, was a roasted
potatoe-boiled yesterday. And fyou
don't believe me, can show it to you,
for | have it in my pocket now.
ESQ.,
/ I've broke your old rotten wheel
barrow usin' on't--you'll please to get