Western union. (City of Hannibal, Mo.) 1850-1851, 1851-01-09

turn round, beg her pardon, madam ant
hope she was not hurt, at other times ht
would run against posts, aud chide them fol
not getting out of his way; and yet hi.
conversation at the same time, If any body
happened to be with him, was perfect logic
and perfect music. Were il not that there
may be little poetic license in Aberdeen
storytelling, a volume might be filled with
anecdotes OF this amable ard excellent
man, all tending to prove how wide the
distinction is between first rate thought and
that merely animal use Of the organs OF
sense which prevents ungifted mortals from
walking into wells. The fish.market at
! Aber !een, if still where it used to be, is
near the Dee, ani has n stream passing
though it that falls into ,ha, river. Til"
fish women expose their wares in large bas-
kets. The doctor one day marched into
that place, where his attention was attrac.
ted by Il curio'lsy figured stone in a stack
of chimneys Tie advanced towards il. till
he was interrupted by one OF the benches,
from which, however, he tumbled one oi
the baskets into the stream, which was bear
ing the fish to their native element. The
visagc Of the lady was instantly in light
ming, and her voice in thunder but the OBJ
jccl of her wrath was deaf to the loudest
sounds, and blind to the most alarming col
ors. She stamped, gesliculated, scolded,
brought crowd that filled the place but
the philosopher turned not from his eager
gaze and his inward medtations on the
stone. While the woman's breath held
good, she did not seem to heed, but when
that hogan TO fail, and the violence of that
act moved not one muscle Of the object,
her rage felt no bounds she seized him bv
the breast, and yelling, in an effort of des-
pair, 'Spagh tn ma, or III BURST sank down
among the remnant Of her fish in a state
OF complete exhaustion and before she had
recovered, the doctors reverie was over,
and he had taken his departure"
Many curious anecdotes OF a similar kind
are related OF the Rev. DR.. George Harvest,
one OF the ministers of Thames Ditton. So
|cOn!used on some occasions, were the ideas
Ioi this singular man, that he has been
known to write II letter to one person, ad-
dress it to second, snd send it 10 Il third.
lie was once on the eve oi being married
to the bishops daughter, when having gone
IA gudgeon.iishing, he forgot the crcum-
stance, and over,taid the canonical hodr,
wnich SO offended the lady. shat she indis-
nlnlly broke oil the match. II n beggar
happened 20 take of hi hat to him on he
streets, in hopes Of receiving aims, he would
make him a bow, tell him he was hi, most
humble servant, and walk on. lie has been
known on Sunday to forget the days on
which he was to oiliciate; and would walk
into church with his gun under his arm to
ascertain what the people wanted there.
Once, when he was playing at backgam.
mon, he poured out a glass of wine, and it
being his turn to throw, having the box in
one hand and the glass in the other, and
being extremely dry, and unwilling to lose
any time, he swallowed down both the
dice, and discharged the wine upon the dice
board. Another time says the amusing
narrative which has been published OF hi.
pcculiari,ies, in one of his absent fits. he
mis,ook his friends house, and went ia,o
the door of which happened /"
stan! open; and NJ servant being in the
way, he rambied all over the house, till,
coming inioa middle room, where there
was an old lady i'll in bed of the quincy, he
stumbled over the night stool, threw close.
horse down, aud might not have ended
there, had not the alriyhted patient made
ia noise at his intrusion, which brought up
the servants, who, on finding DR.. Harvest
lin the room, instead of the ap0thecary that
was momentarily expected, quieted the Ia
Idy's fears, who by this time was taken with
an immoderate fit of laughter at his coniu.
sion, that it broke the quincy in her throat,
and she lived many years afterwards to
thank Or. Harvest; for his unlucky mistake.
I'His notorious heedessness was SO apparent,
that no one would lend him a horse, US he
lost his beast from under him, or;
at least from out of hi, hands, it being his
frequent practice to dismOunt and lead the
horse, putting the bride under his arm,
which the horse sometimes shook of, or the
intervention OF post occasioned it to fall;
sometimes it was taken of by the boys,
when the parson was seen drawing his bri.
die after him; and il any one asked him al
ter the animal, he could rot give the least
account of it, or how he had lost it, In
short the blunders which he committed
were endless, and would be considered in
credible were they not authenticated by in
contes;;hle evidence. Yet, notwithstanding
nix this, Harvest was man OF uncommon IL
bili,ies, and an excei;tnt scholar
Bacon, the celebrated scu...nt"r' exhibited
on one OCCASION, a laughahle insta"ce "i ao'
Sence OF mind. Bacon was remarkably
neat in his dress, and, according to the cos.
tune of the old school, wore, in fine wea,h.
er, powdered wig, rullles, silver buckles.
with silk stockings, SC. and walked with
his gold headed cane. Thus attired, he
one day called at st. Paul's shortly after
having erected the statue of the benevolen.