Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1856-10-10

Great Pedestrian Feat. -[From our sporting cor
respondent. Paddy Hoofs the celebrated pedesri-
an, but better known at Lords and the various COM
mons in the neghborhOo of London, as the " Am
mersmith Antelope is still carrying his herculean
feat of walking round lady in full dress 100 times
in 100 consecutive days He is in his second
week, and looks as fresh when he first started
There bets to a considerable amount that Paddy
will never be able TO complete his arduous undertake
ing What makes all the difficult is the fact
that fresh lady is substituted every day. 1t has
been observed that tht dresses of these various ladies'
instead of decreasing, actually getting bigger
and bigger almost every week What the SIZE,
therefore, will be before the 9Oth much less the OOh
day is completed, the most elastic Imagination snaps,
like stretched piece Of india rubber, in it's
vain efforts 10 comprehend II is also feared that
there will be no open space large enough in the vi
clnity of the metropolis 10 admit Of the experiment,
as as ii has expanded to its fullest dimensions,
being fairly tried In the meantime, however, Pad
dy displays uncommon pluck. His unfalng good
humor and cheerfuness under his trying labors,
such as would exhaust the oldest and worst paid
postman of ST. Martins e-Grand, win smiles of APP
prevail even from his fa rest rampants We wish the
~oSE make point ar sfverai points ra'h~r Of 70
cordIng the onward march of his iron -tipped bluch-
ers and undaunted perseverance.
Ffaghttul FerOcsty an a Married Man, A lady,
who had been in bathing machine at Southend,
left behind gold watch worth 625, and a massive
gold chain, neither of which has been recoveredn
Savage, yet married man, reading the above in
a weekly paper, made series of remarks, which
may be worth preserving proofs of the ferocity of
male nature:-
"Of course she did A woman would leave her
head behind her. if she had one, and it was loose
Besides, what do they care for valuable property
They dCnt ray tor it-il is we who are the victims
Recovered ! should tkinl net. i was left in a
woman's machine, and Il woman followed her. hev
have no more common honesty, SIT, than -. I'll
bet you guinea the finder found that Southend did
MT suit her health dreamed that her house in town
was on fire, or that the cat had smOhered the darling
child there, and she left Soqthenq NEXT day, and
has looked lie Times adv rtisement sheet
since.
Perhaps it's all faseho I'd of the wonans, and
she had sold the watch and chain TO pay some mil
liners bill, which she was afrad to show her hus
band. Won't she plague his soul out till she gets
new ones q!
And serve the bockhead right A man who would
let any woman have watch worth G25 deserves 10
be served out. What does woman want with a
watch like that, or any watch indeed. They only
desire to look fine, and silver gilt thing al G5 will
DO thai i cironometer at hundred guineas
would Mt make e4l punotual.
| believe the whole story's fam. Women look a
deueed deal too sharp after their rumpery ornaments
which the breath of life to EN- If it had been
her husbands most valuable private papers, or hi,
| gold watch and chain, could have understood it.
Women dressed in that style won't go to South
end, where there is only health and fresh air-they
drag you to Paris, Antwerp, or Venice that they
may stare, and show their clothes and be cheated and
cheat you, and -.'
But here ne became utterly unbearable and Very
properly was turned out of the room.