Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-03-07

and desperate disposition, and the very character
of whom example ought to be made at this time,
for the good of the community
On Saturday. Williamson was held to bail IN the
penal sum of $4,000 to make his appearance at the
next term of our Superior Court. He was further
sentenced to two months imprisonment, and to pay
q fine of $50, for the contempt of Court.
Raleigh Standard.
What can Matter !-l'n call upon the Doctor.
wealthy manufacturer from the west of Scot
land, while at Edinburgh on business, called upon
DR.. Gregory for his advice. He was man OF mid
die stature rather corpulent, with rosy complex
ion, and whose exterior altogether spoke the COM
Portable liver. After seating himself the following
dialogue ensued
Gentleman. Well, DR.. Gregory, ha' come up to
Edinbro in the way O business, and just thought
l would take your advice about my health
Doctor. Your health, sir ? What's the matter
with you
Gent. I'm not Just sac weel i the stomach as I'd
like to be.
DR.. The stomach suppose you are drunk
ard a glutton then, sir!
Gent. Ma ma, DIR. Gregory, ye Gamma sa that, ye
that ye maun ken that I'm sober mon
and temperate mon and deacon OF the kirk as
my worthy father afore me.
DR.. Let us see. What do you eat and drink 3
What do you take for breakfast
Gent. I take coffee or tea, wi toast, and fresh
egg, a bit O salmon, though have ma much ap-
petite for breakfast
DIR. Yes and then you take something by way
of lunch between breakfast and dinner
Gent | Gamma say care over much about the
lunch, but can take bit O. bread and cheese, and
glass Of ale, if it be there but say care over
much about it,
Dr. WE'LL what do you eat for dinner
Gent. O. I'm not very particular, tho maun sa
| like my dinner.
DIR. suppose you take soup first
Gent. Yes but Gamma say like my soup.
DIR. And glass of porter or brandy with it
Iont Vas Hl-ao ,r1o n nth with
soup.
DR.. And then you have fish or beef and mutton
with vegetables a.!
Gent. Yes.
DR.. And glass of ale or porter with them ?
Gent Yes, take glass O. ale now and then, wi
my meat.
Dr. And then you have boiled fowl and bacon, or
something of that sort suppose
Gent maun say like bit O fowl and bacon
now and then.
DR.. And glass Of something with them ?
Gent. Yes.
DR.. And after the fowl you have pudding
Gent. Pm ma fond of pudding, but can take a
bit, if it be there.
Dr. And you must drink wine with the pudding I?
Gent | Gamma take over much O. the wine but
if ha' friend wi me, take glass or SO.
DR.. And then you have cheese nuts
Gent. Yes, the guide wife is over fond O them,
but Gamma say care much about them.
DIR, But you take glass of wine or two with
your nuts
Gent. Yes, glass or two.
DR.. Well you do not finish your dinner without
whiskey punch
Gent find my dinner sets better on my stomach
with little punch, SO take glass SO.
DIR. And you have tea, suppose
Gent Yes, maun take my tea wi the guide wife.
DIR. And a glass of something with it
Gent Yes, can take bit O something if it be
there.
DR.. But you do not go to bed without your sup
Gent Ma, ma, Gregory, Gamma say like to gang
to bed without my wee bit O supper.
Dr. And what do you eat for supper
Gent. o, bit O anything, bit O. salmon, or boil
cd tongue, or cold fowl
DR.. And glass of something with it.
Gent. Yes.
Dr. And can you go to bed without night cap
of hot punch
Gent. l maun say l sleep better for glass O hot
punch, though l Gamma say I'm over fond OF the
DR.. Well, sir, you're fine fellow! You come
to me with lie in your mouth and tell me you are
Il sober man, and temperate man, and deacon Of
the kirk, as your worthy father before you and
you make yourself out, by your own statement to be
glutton, and a wine bibber, and whiskey tippler
and beer swiller, and drnker of that most abom
Unable of all compositions, called punch Go home
sir and reform yourself, and become temperate il
your eating and drinking, and you will have neeG
of my advice
When Clarke asked in Sweden what became o
q woman who fell down the shaft of an iron mine
that he visited Became of her 2" said the man t
whom he put he question, striking his hand at thu
same time forcibiy upon his thigh, 6 she became
pancake
A man lately sued another in the county court
Lincolnshire, England, for having shaved one side
of his face and head while he was drunk, and tint
practical joker had to pay 20 shilings damages ane
costs for his trick
According to statistical comparison of 5000 cases
of suicide which have occurred at Paris during thu
space of 81 years it appears that premeditated sui
eide generally take place there about the break o
day. or during the night and that unpremeditated
or impulsiye suicide occurs mostly during the day
time. Children, old men and women, for the mos
part commit suicide by hanging Or suffocation The