Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1851-10-15
STAJTNTON VA WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1851.

handed down Oy MS ancestors, anu WliCH
in searchingness of detail and compre-
hensiveness of malediction leaves small
scope for additions or Improvements.
Leaving me then to rot and wither from
the face Of the earth, and consigning all my
female kindred to utter and inevitable death
and destruction, he walked off to a neigh
boring village to give vent to his feelings
and compose his rufiled dignity.
1t so happened, that short time after the
fuqueer had gone, incautiously held my
head, while watching the result of some ex-
periments, over dish of fuming acid, and
consequently became so ill as to be obliged
to retire to my bedroom and lie down. In
about an hour called to my bearer to fetch
ne glass of water, but, although heard
him and some Of the other servants whis-
pering together icehi, d :he purda, or door
curtain, no attention was paid to my sum-
mons. After repeating the call two or three
times, with the same result, l got up to see
what was the matter. On drawing aside
The purda, beheld the whole establishment
seated in full conclave on their launches
round the door. On seeing me, they all got
up and took to their heels like a covey OF
frightened partridges. The old Kidmudgar
was too fat to run far so seized him just
as he was making his exit by gap in the
garden fence. He was, at first quite inca
pable of giving any account of himself so
made him sit a minute among the long
grass to recover his wind, when he broke
out with "Oh re-5a5-re-bab % and began
to blubber as only fat Kidmudgar can,
imploring me to send instantly for the tu-
queer, and make him present; if did not,
| would certainly be a dead man before to-
morrow's sun. "For," said he, ia fuqueer's S
curse is good as kjsmut-ks- ball." a matter OF
fate.) Some of his fellow, now seeing that
the murder was out, ventured to come back,
and Join in requesting me to save my life
while there was yet time.
A laugh was the only answer l could
make. This somewhat reassured them, but
it was easy to see that was regarded by
all as a doomed man. 1t was to no purpose
that | told them | was now quite well, and
endeavored to explain the cause of my sick
ness. They would have it that was in a
dying state, and that my only salvation lay
in sending off messenger with kid and a
badge of rupees to the fuqueer. The durd-
zee, (tailor,) who had just come from the
village where the fuqueer had taken refuge,
told me that as soon as the fuqueer heard
that | was i'll. he performed pas seul of a
most impressive character, shouting and
threatening to curse everybody in the vii
LACE as he had me and mine. The conse-
quence was, that pice, cowries, rice, and
ghee, were shower, d upon him with over
whelming liberality.
Without saying word armed myself
with horsewhip, set put FOR the village,
and found the fuqueer surrounded by a
dense crowd of men and women, to whom
he was iabbering with tremendous volubili-
ty, telling them how he had withered me
up root and branch, and expressing hope
that | would serve as lesson to the other
children of Sheltan who ventured to take
liberties with fuqueer. The crowd hid me
from hlm till broke in upon his dreams,
with slight taste Of my whip across his
shoulders. His eyes nearly leaped out OF
their sockets when he turned round and
saw me. Another intimaton from my thong
sent him off with yell, leaving the rich
spoil he had collected from the simple vii
layers behind. What became of HIM | can
not tell. | heard no more of him.
A few such adventures as these would
tend to lessen the gross. and, to them, eX-
pensive superstition under which the ma
tives of India at present labor.-Househola
JF0rds.
PAT AT TIE PosT OFF IcE.-The follow
ing colloquy actually took place at an East
ern Post Office.
Pat.-'I say Mr.. Postmaster, is there a
litther for me;'
P. M.-"Who arc you, my good sir -
Pat.-"Pm meself, that's who am"
P. M.-"Well, what is your name :"
Pat.-''An what do ye want wild the
name ? isn't it on the litther'''
P. M-'So that can find the letter if
there is one -
Pat-"Will, Mary Burns, thin,lf ye must
have it,"
P. M.-"No sir-there is none for Mary
Burns"
Pat els their no way to get them but
through this pane of glass? "
P. M.-"No sir.''
Pat.-''lt's well far We there isn't, I'd
teach ye betther manners thin to insist on a
gintleman' S name; but ye didn't git it after
all-So I'm aven wild ye,divil the bit is me
name Burns %
AFRENcH WoMAN's REVENGE Madame
40
amused himself one day by killing it, for
want of something else to shoot. Madame
D. caused to be set in her house, and in
the houses of her friends, ,all sorts of mouse
traps and when three or four hundred
mice were caught she had them put into
a box, which was forwarded to Madame de
G. at her country house. The lady eager
ly opened the box herself, expecting to find
in it some new modes the mice jumped
out and presently filed the house, while al