M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-12-22


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about to engage on the same theme q
himself, he at once abandoned his dc
sign, and afforded him every assist
ance.
4 No young writer Of prose ever ha,
reason to complain that Mr.. Irwin
was neglectful ofhis merits. Attic
beset by bores, all who could, an,
many who could not claim his atteu
ton, received the mcst patient hear
ing. Modest in the extreme, he sough
seclusion, and appeared to disadvant
age in public. Yet, among his friend
none was more cheerful, more unos
tentatious, more careful to avoid OF
fersc. His writings are the reflex ofhi
nature calm, refined, free from ever
faint Of cOarseness or malignity.
sometimes lacking in force, they nev
er violate good taste.
In person, Mr.. Irving in his latte
years was somewhat corpulent, bu
bore traces of the good looks, which
are visible in his earlier portraits
The lithograph published by Putnam
about seven years since, is a cOrrec
representation Of his old age.
His fame was no sudden growth
nor was it the result OF ephemeral bril-.
liancy; authors have become famous
and forgotten since his first work ap
poared. As in life, so now that he is
gone, will the name Of Washington
Irving ever be associated with all that
is peaceful, lovely and of good report.
.-CinGinaati Gazette.
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How the Lion WOOS his Bride.
Let ns first sketch the story Of the
lions lite-begnning with his mar.
riage, which takes place towards the
end of January. He was first to seek
his wife; but as the males are far more
abundant than the females, who are
often cut off in infancy, it is not rare
to find a young lady pestered with
the addresses Of three or four gallantS,
who quarrel with the acerbity ofjcaI.
ous lovers. If one OF them does not
succeed in disabling Or driving away
the others, madam, impatient and dis
leads them into the presence
of an old lion, whose roar she has ap-
preciated at a distance. The lovers
fly at him with the temerity Of youth
and evaporation. The old fellow re.
ceives them with calm assurance,
breaks the neck OF the first with his
terrible jaws, smasheS the leg of the
second, and tears out the eye Of the
third. No sooner is the day won and
the field clear, than the lion tosses
his name in the air as he roars, and
then crouches by the side Of the lady,
who, as a reward for his courage, licks
his wounds caressingly.
When two adult lions are the ri
vals, the encounter is more serious. Il
An Arab, perched in a tree one night,
saw liohess followed by a tawny IL
IN, with tulI-grown name; she lay
lcwn at the foot of the tree--the lion
stopped on his path and seemed to
listen. The Arab then heard the dis
ant growing OF a lion, which was in
'tanty replied to by the lioness under
he tree. This made her husband
oar turiously. The distant lion was
heard approaching, and as he came
nearer the lioness roared louder, which |
seemed to agitate her husband, for he
toward her as if to force her
o be silent, and then sprang back to
lis old post, roaring defiance at his
listart rival. This continued for
about all hour, when black lion made |
lis appearance on the plain. The IL
mess arose as if to 60 towards him;
out her husband, guessing her inten-
ion, bounded towards his rival
The two crouched and sprang upon
zach other, rolling on the grass in the
embrace OF death. Their bones
tracked, their flesh was torn, their
.ries of rage and agony rent the air,
md all this time the lioness crouched
md wagged her tail slowly in signs Of
When the combat en-,
led, and both warriors we're stretched
IN the plain, she arose, smelt them,
herself that they were dead,
md trotted off, quiteregardIess ol the
lncomplimentary epithet.
This, Gerard tells us, is an example
If the conjugal fidelity OF milady; |
whereas the lion never quits his wife
lnless forced, and is quite a pattern
If conjugal attention. Westminster
ReUieW.
A DEMocR Alto UTTY.-The vote OF
New York City, at the late municipal
election, stood about as follows: