Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1853-03-25
EWISBURG UNION COUNTY, PENN, FRIDAY MARCH 2 1853

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: it was very easy TO float in its waters A
a soon as got out, found what Others have
the salt and acrid humors Of the water pen
, e;raiing the pores Of my skin, and | felt
/ most severe aud unaccnuBtabie itching
5 scratched my skin, all over INC, bat the IL
: rta,ion continued worked and iaboret'
until thought should have torn IN,
skin, and the flesh from my bones. Tier,
was 10 relief but 10 get into pure water
! So | mounted my Arabian mare, although
| was but half dressed, and with whip anc
spur drove her at the top Of her speed
never did | go SO swift-to the mouth Of
the Jorion. The water was mixed there
and the current would have borne me away
but little above there, after riding six o1
seven miles, found an eddy, and withou,
stopping or dismounting from my mare
leaped from her back into the river. |
washed in It's pure waters. l was soon re-
ileved, and felt happy again" "......... lie
pausei, aud his rapidi.y of utterance, and
amusing mode of address, passed away
lie then continued, "My friends, while
rejecting on that occurrence, l have often
since thought that the pangs and agony l
then endured were like a person in the
dark sea of sin, suffering the stings of an
awakened conscience and that the sweet
relief | experienced by bathing in the J or
dan, was but faint emblem of the ioy
wrought in The sou! By the peace-s speaking
blood of Christ"
Gregory commenced travelling when about
IL years Of age. Some of the passports
he used when jcurncying, were produced
In Syria, each permit cost about so cents !;
in France dollar He described two i'm
Positions practiced upon him in Europe,
which would have shamel an Asiatic.-
Once alighting FROM the cars, they were
told they would have plenty of time to eat.
So paying 60 cents each for dinner, they
waited some 20 minutes, and had just Sc.
down and taken one spoonful of the soup,
when ting-a-ling went the bell, and "the
cars are going!" sung out the conductor
Some ran rather than lose the cars, but
Gregory picked up two fowls as he went,
and others picked up other things, SO that
he did not think the landlord made much
BY the operation......Another time, when
ten or Twelve had rode IN each others laps,
and been j':.ed and jamned three days in
a Diligence intended 10 carry onlv half ,lo
number, they at last reached the sea-coast,
where lie Was to embark for England
The ship was ready, and going to start in
an hour He went into the hotel, and
asked the landlord if it was necessary to
get any more passports. The landlord
said no. So be got his baggage on board,
he felt quite easy, and just AS he was going
on bolrl, man tapped him on the shoul
der. I" Io. do ya, de-, sir p politely re-
marked Gr,s les d. you DO, sir?''
:. Very fac day y u must como down
and get yvur passpt,.S .-urd. " W here
is the mAn!' 20 j.aL IF here" So away
they went. They wcut several squares
the man was three miles away in the coun-
try. they waitci-.hc ship wen, away
with ali his blg.agc and bis money. lie
had 10 telegraph to LONDON, and gct his
trunk back. Tuus he lost four days aud
being too late for his business he lost his
trip. And come to lind out, the landlord
aud the man who tapped him on the shou-
der Were confcderates, conspiriug to rob
him i'll this manner.
Probably | have reported enough of
this lecture, for your room Or your patience.
was much pleased with the spirit and
manner of the man. In his singular COS
tune, his vivid descriptions, and his sim
pie narrations, my mind ran back lS00,
yes 1 or 5000 years, and l lived and moved
among the characters of Holy writ.
heard the midnight cry Of the bridegroonls
friends, aud the long train of men and of
Virgins were ilumined by the lights they
carried in their hands, while their songs
rang upon the air of night. | saw the Sa-
vior meet the woman Of Samaria at the
we'll Abraham's treatment Of his visitors,
the espousals of Isaac and Rebecca, and a
thousand little incidents scattered along
the sacred text, were made more plain,
and invested with greater interest, as this
oriental Traveller poured forth his thoughts
and feelings in numbcrless digressions from
the more particular object Of his discourse.
QUI. /
For tbs Lewisburr Chronicle.
Perry Township Division Meeting.
According to previous notice large and
portion of the citizens Of Perry
assembled at the house of Philip
Schnee, on Saturday evening, the 18th