Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-10-12
GENERAL ITEMS.
THE FRENCHMAN AND HIS ENGLISH
STUDIES

STUDIES.
Eicnch,aan-I[a, my good friend. have met will
difficulty very strange word. How you cal
H-n-u-g-h?
Tutor.-Huf
Fr.-Tres bien, Inf; and Snvfyonspe s-n-ou-g h
TMr-Oh, no, no, Sniff is Sn-u-doub-f The
fact is, rds ending in ongh little irregular
Fr-.ih, very good. lis beautiful language
II Dug h is Huf | will remember and Cough i
Cut. have one had Cmf, ha
Tutor.-No. that is wrong. We say Kauf not Cuff
Fl Kaut Ell ben. Hjsf and Kauf and pardonne7
Tutor NJ. not Duff.
Fr.-No, Duff? All oui; understandable DAFT
1.dor No, DON Oh spells Doe.
Fr.-Doe, 1t is very fine; wonderful language is
Doe; and + oug h is Toe, certanement. My teefsake
very Toe
1Wor-Oh, n. no; You should say Tiff.
Fr-1nf2 lie Diable! and the Thing the farmer us
es how you call him. Pl-ou g-h, Phaf2 ha you smile
see am wrong. it is Paw2 No! ali. then, it is Poe
Ike Doe; it is beautiful language, ver fne-Ploe2
Tutor. You still wrong, my friend l. is Plo,c
Fr,-Plo,c' Wonderful language | shall under
stand YER soon. Ploc. Doe, Kat; and nne more
r. ~ i, what you call Gen TAYLOR Raf and Ready
N'w2 certane nent it is Ro,c and Ready?
Tutor No r u g-h spells Ruff.
Fr.-RYf. ha LET me forget. Rough is
Ruff. and b u-g h is Buff, ha
Iutor.-No, Bo,r.
Fr-Ahl Is YER simple, wonderful language; bur /
have had what you call E-n-oug- II hal what YOU call
him ~: Y. Home journal.
The new lead veins near Little Rock are about
- be worked. II has been ascertained that the mineral
can be cbap Ieeiy reduced without the aid Of blast
ana furnace is already in progress Of erection This
ead according to the assays that have been made,
i'nS very large propuron Of silver. According to
the report IF two chemists of New Orleans sir per cent
silver has been obtained from several specimens from
ftp-a rpilp nj all fhpn ri,f tbat
which has been tested the silver contained in one ton
of'lhe mineral would be worth nearly two thousand
dUllar>
- Dnusman s Co. shipped by the propeller Re =
prac. fl Buffalo, on Thursday 100 barrels pulverzed
bon.s. They destined for the New York market,
ami We're prepared al establishment in the fifth ward
which has recently gone in operation thee.-.Hhcau-
hi Sentinel, Sept, D.
-T The national workshops in Plrs est The gov
eminent t560,000 sterling.
Nearly all the officers ofthe British Steamer oana
1ang are authors Of celebrity
DR.. Robert Knox. the celebrated lecturer on the "a
Of men. insists upon it that nationaes will NO; ever
e tendencies races and that this will be
tn fact in the United States.
On the S'h instant there were in the port of Chi
caga, on Lake Michigan eighty sail of vessels with
capacity FIR about $4,000 bushels of grain Besides
nnmher of proPellers and few steamboats, that take
cargoes, constantly leaving port.
- Among the curiosilies which American travel
lers sending hnne from France are the 1aiten
ID balls picked up The t-h.of the Barrcads and sill
medals blessed By the late Archbishop Of Paris
There is at this moment crowd Of illustrious
eXles in London. instances Of the reverses Of nrtune
more striking Than the eX-rnyaes whom Candide en-
.c5lntered at the Carnvr of Venice. French paper
ihns sums Them up Louis Philippe. The Duke and
Duchess IF Nenlours-the latter born heress o Sax ca
ttt a.,t, ~ ~.
PrIAce and Princess of Juinvie. Guz,t. who is the
guest OF the S'cieiy for the advancement of Science
nNanSea, Nales. Ducila ct, guest Of Sir Rlner Peel
ahlhi, ancient ambassador 10 Venice klinrdworth
.s. tI'oI p me Guiz -Nleiernican jinia The Spec
iat-ur d. 1nndres and secret a,ent Of Iouis p;lnna
"no9e letters relative Ia NJ. Mle the Revue Retrospect
I'VE mas published Monenolin absolute preender lc
Tue last named, and his wife, Archlurfes of Austria