Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-07-02
STAITNTON VA WEDNESDAY, JULY y 1901.

worthy assembly, you receive from my hai, an
the prize you have SO well and sohonorabl..
The youth sprang forward and graspe'
the hand with gratitude, and the next mo
! ment Annette, was weeping from pure jo.
upon his shoulders. The welkin rung witt
the acclamations of the delighted villagers
and amid the temporary excitement pro
duced by this act, the stranger withdrew
from the crowd mounted his horse, ant
spurred at brisk trot through the village
That night Henry and Annette were mar
ried and the health of the mysterious ane
noble hearted stranger was drank In over
flowing bumpers of rustic beverage.
Tn The process of time there was borr
unto the married pair sons and daughters
and Harry Carroll had become Colone
Harry Carroll of the revolutionary army :.
One evening, havingjust returned home at
! ter hard campaign he was sitting with hl'
family in the gallery of his handsome coun
try house, when an advancing courier came
up and announced the approach OF Genera
Washington and suite, informing them thai
he should crave his hospitality for the night
The necessary directions were gwen IN rel:
erence to the household preparations, ano
Colonel Carroll, ordering his horse, rode
forward to meet and escort 10 his house his
distinguished guest, whom he had never ye'
seen, although serving in the same widely
extended army.
That evening, at the table, Annette be-
come the dignified, matronly, and stlll hana'
some Mrs. Carroll, could not keep her eyes
from the face of her illustrious visitor. Ev'
ery moment or two she would steal glance
at his commanding features, and half-douot,
ingly, half-assuredly, shake her head and
look again, to be still more puzzled. Hel
absence of mind and embarrassment al
length became evident to her husband Whe
inquired affectionately if she were Ill.
81 suspect, Colonel" said the General
who had been some time, with quiet
meaning smile, observing the lady's curlou;
and puzzled survey of his features, "tha'
Mrs. Carroll thinks she recognizes IN me
an old acquaintance" And ne smiled WITH
a mysterious air, as he gazsd upon Doth al
ternately.
The Colonel stared, and faint memory
of the past seemed to be revived as he gaz'
ed while the lady rose impulsively from hel
chair, and bending eagerly forward over the
tea-urn, with clasped hands, and an eye Of
intense, eager inquiry fixed full upon HIM
stood for moment with her lips parted. as
if she would speak.
"Pardon me, my dear madam-pardon
me, Colonel,-I must put an end to this
scene. / have become, by dint of camp
fare and hard usage, too unwieldly to LEAP
again twenty-five feet and one inch, even
for SO fair bride as one / wot Of"
The recognition, with the surprise, de.
light, and happiness that followed, are LEFT
to the imagination of the reader. Genera
Washington was indeed the young leaper
whose mysterious appearance and disaP'
pearance in the native village OF the lovers
is still traditionary, and whose claim to q
substantial body of bona fds flesh and blood
was stoutly contested by the village story
tellers, until the happy denOuement whlcf
took place in the hospitable mansion OF Col
onel Carroll.
ORIGIN OF ROAST PIG IN CHINA.-We
have always admired, and always shall adj
mire, as the best of all human stories
Charles Lambs account of the origin OF roast
pig in China. Ching Ping, it seems, had
suffered his fathers house to burn down
the outhouses were burned along with the
house, and in one of these the pigs by accl,
dent were roasted to a turn. Memorable
were the results for all future civilization
Pine. wbo-lke all China beside-had hith-
erto eaten his pig raw, now, tor the mrs,
time tasted it in state of torretactlon. vi
course he made his peace with his father by
a part-tradition says leg-of the new
dish. The father was so astounded with the
discovery, that he burned his house down
once year, for the sake of coming at an
annual banquet of roast pig. A curious fel-
low, one Chang Pang, got to know OF this.
f! He also burned down house with pig IN
it and his eyes were opened. The secret
was ill kept-the discovery spread-houses
were blazing in every part OF the Empire
The insurance officers took the matter up
One Chong Pong, detected in the very act
of shutting pig up in his drawing room'
and then firing a trail, was indicted on
charge of arson. The chief justice IN Pekln'
on that OCCASION requested the officer OF the
court to hand him piece of the roast pig,
the corpus delicti, for pure curiosity led
him to taste but within two days after, 1t
was observed that his lordship's town house
was burned down. In short, all China a.
postatized to the new faith; and 1t was moi
till some centuries had passed that great
genns arose, who established the second e e,
ra in the history OF roast plg, by showing
that it could be had without burning down
houses.-De. Quincey's Essays.
LIVING FOR OTHERs.-The greatest OF
all practical mistakes is the attempt to Sc
cure happiness by seeking our own interest
exclusively, instead of living for the advan-
tage and well being of others. If we were
to set about giving the most perfect and IN
fallible recipe for the production OF the
greatest amount of unbearable wretchedness
we should certainly say, live for self 6 eX- x,
clusively, supreme, and you can not; fail
to be miserable, whatever your outward cir
cumstances may be-high or low, rich OF
poor. The idea of living through series OF
wears says the Boston Register without
thinking of any thing beyond ones person
al pleasure and profit is not to be endured
1t is narrow and low and bad enough at the
outset; but general purposes IN LIE !! re- e
act of the character. One who starts IN iile
without taking little interestexcept IN VIVA
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