The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1846-04-17

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III the chain Of causation ar
evident, and the yeriest skeptic can
not doubt their sequence, whcr
there was 50 strong a probability
1t is merely by reflection on the past
and Judging the future. by analogy
Natural events of human action
have laws to govern them, and ther,
Is seldom foresight without the re
Election on these laws. Lord Mans
field, when asked how the FrencI
revolution would end, replied, 1T il
an event without preoedant and
therefore, without prophecy"
"'ln 1917 writes Lord Byron, il
a letter TO Mr.. Murray, 'n'y ole
school and former fellow poet, the
Irish secretary, told me he saw m,
in st. James street. | was then il
Turkey. A day or two afterwards
he pointed out to his brother a per.
son across the way, and said 'there
is the man | took for Byron Hi,
brother answered, 'why it is Byron.
and no one else | was at this time
seen to write my name in the Palace
book. was then i'll of a malvaria
fever. If | had died, here would
have been ghost story"
ga farmer, of Teviotdale, riding
home in the gloom of the evening,
saw on the wall Of a cemetery, a pale
form, throwing about her arms, and
moving and clattering to the moon.
With not a little terror, he spurred
his horse, but as he passed the phan-
tom dropped from its perch, and
like Tam O'Shanter's Mamie, it
fixed itself on the Group of his sad
die, and claspcd him tightly round
the waist with arms Of icy coldpess.
lie arrived at home, and with a
thrill OF horror exclaimed sTake
off that ghaistn and was carried
Slivering to bed. And what was
the phantom a maniac widow, on
her distracted pilgrimage to the
grave of her husband, for whom she
had mistaken the i'll fated farmer"
"The president of the literary
club at Plymouth being very i'll du-
ring its session, the chair, out of re-
spect was left vacant. While they
were sitting, his apparition in a
white dress, glided i'll and took lol =
NAL possession of the chair. His
face was pale and cadavorous; he
bowed in silence to the company
carried his empty glass to his lips,
and solemnly retired. They went to
his house, and learned that he had
just expired! The strange event
was kept a profound secret, until
the nurse confessed on her death
bed that she had fallen asleep, that
the patient had stolen out, and, hav-
ing the pass key of the garden, had
returned to his bed by a short path
before the deputation, and had died
4 few seconds after.
"Ihe following is one of the tricks
of Garrick, the great actor, who was
fond of practical Jokes. 1t was on
a professional visit of DR.. Money.
Garrlck was announced 70 King
Lear on that night, and when Mon
cey saw him in bed, he expressed
his surprise, and asked if the play
was to be changed. Garrick was
dressed, but had his nightcap on,
and the quilt was drawn over him to
give him the appearance of being
too i'll to rise. DR.. NJ. expressed
his surprise as it was time for Car
rick to be at the theatre to dress for
King Lear. Garrick, in lancuid
and whining tone, told him that he
was too much indiSposcd to perform
himself but that there was an actor
named h arr so like him in figure,
face, ana voice, and so admirable a
mimic, that he had veutured to trust
the part to him, and was sure the
audience would not perceive the
difference. Pretending that he be-
gan to feel worse, he requested
Money to leave the room in order
that he might get a little sleep, but
desired him to attend the theatre and
let him know the result. As soon
as the Doctor Quilted the room,
Garrck jumped out of bed and has
tened to the theatre. Money at
tended the performance. Having
left Garrick in bed, lie was Devil
dered by the scene before him, some
times doubling, and sometimes being
astonished at the resemblance be-
tween Garrick and Mari. At length,
finding that the audience were con-
vinced of Garrick's identity, Mon
cey began TO suspect that a trick
had been practised upon him and
instantly hurried to Garrick's house,
at the end of the play ; but Garrick
was toe. quick for him, and found by
Money, to his no small astonish-
nent, in the same state Of Illness"
FaniaSi from mental association.
Sir Walter Scott tells the follow
ing story Of rich libertine -
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