Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1851-03-25
Va, RUEsDAB MORNING, MARCH Is, 1851.
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AN Immense majority Of til q men in Rom,
nerer hight candle uEless ssmeiimos in III,
early dawn Aad thia custom .of. Rene
was the custom Of all the nations that i've
aronna the great pond Of the Mediterranean
In a Athens. Egypt, Palestine, Asia, Minor
everywhere The ancienss went 4 III H.
goodl BOYS from 70 3 o'clock srhe Turk
and other people who have succeeded 10 the
habits ana stations Of the aneisnss, do 30 to
this day saaiaae lis Lac 7sa1 '7ss ssa''SS 80
The Roman, therefore, who saw NO Joke
10 sitting sround the table IN IN. darn vent
OF to bca rs soon as the darkness gbecsr ~.
Every body did SO Old Nuna posn;);us
himself Was obliged 10 trundle hinself 81 IN
the dusk. sIarsuius might be q yery al.
pasb iesisw ;ebus We doubt whether he ever
saw farthing rushlight ssAna /. though Il
may be thought that plots of eonsp;fac;;e.
aoull flourish ~ such city Of darkness. it
Is 70 % considered the eonspirators them.
selves had ne more candles than honest men
both parties were in the dark \,
Being up then, and stirring not long after
the dark, what mischief did the Roman 90
about first? Now days, be would have "a
ken . pipe or cigar But alas fojr The a. 3
norance Of The poor heather creatures Il tbey
mad neither the one nor the other. In this
point we must tax our mother earth with
being really too stingy In the case of the
candies we approved Of her parsinlos,y -
Much mlschiefis brevcd by candle light
But,it was coming too strong 60 allow no to-
baceo- MANY Wild fellow ia Rome, g your
Graeehi, ysyllas, Catilines, would not have
played .h---and Tom NY in the way thew
dld, il they could have soothed their angry
st9msehs, with /. cigar, q pipe has intercepted
many ~ evil scheme But the thing is mast
helping now. At Rome, YOU must' do 81
they does at Rome Quincy.
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F~Frederiek Of Prussia bad mania
for eflisting gigantic soldiers into the "Roy-
al Guards and paid an enormous bounty to
his recruiting officers for getting them. One
day arecruitiug sergeant CHANGED to spy a
Hihernian. who was at least seven feet high !;
he aeeosted him in English, ard proposed
that he should enlist The idea of military
life and large bounty so delighted Patrick
that he at once consented. lTss. 81 -sets.,s
y but said the sergeant, "unless YOU can
speak German, the king viii not give you 50
much"
''0ch, and be jabers," said the 1risbman
sure it's that don't know word Of Ger
man"
As'But." said The sergeant "thr.o words
will be sufficient, and those you can learn in
a short time, The king knows every man in
the Guards, and quick as he sees you be will
ride up and ask you tLIee questions; first
his majesty will ask how Old You are. You
will say twenty seven-next, how long have
you been in service, you must reply three
weeks finally, if you are provided with
cloths and rations; you must answer both.
Patrick soon learned to pronounce bis an
swers, but never dreamed Of learning the
questions. In three weeks he appearcd-
fore the king in review His majesty rode
up to him; Paddy stepped forward with
present arms" aia-'.ti
chow old are you? ?" said the king.
~ "Ihree weeks said the lrishman.
'How long have you been in the service ~
asked bis majesty.
Twenty seven years" i @ ~
Am or You fool?" roared the king.
"Both, " replied Pat, who was instantly
taken to the guard house.