The weekly union record., 1864-12-10
Antipathies and Fears.

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diSikes some persons have been known to
entertain. Yet mary Instances are nnsn record.
Of unaccouUiab.e autpaldies. SO deeply rooted
that DO oxeriioa of The mind was carabls ol
eradicatjag them.
CT tins we have a striking Instance n the
brave Marquis de Ia Roche Jacquelin Who
though be was uudauuied 10 The field of battle
yet could never help trembling and turning
pale al the sight oi the harmless squirrel lie
was the FIRST 20 laugh at hls own weakness but
hi> utmost efforts were never able TO oscrcome
this involuntary terror.
Cardinals Csriona ard Carafa a Verctiau
n0bleman Of the family OF Bag baroza. ami LADY
llenoase. ore Of the MAIDS Of hooor 10 Queen
Elizabeth, swoone3 at the mere sigat O. a rose.
There was osec a family 10 Aqui;aiDe h.ch
entertained 50 great a1 aversion 20 app.ss. that
the mere sight Of one set their noses bieciic-
The very least particle II Give oil iatrcduCtd
in any dish, and however well Disguised. was
50 obnoxious 10 i CoaHi of DaFms,aji. that lie
was Immediately seiz,d with fAiniing ills
We are informed by Bartholus that be knew
a man. oi bold aud courageous disposition.
who could not see a dug. no matter how small
without Immediately shaking With apprehension
ard being seized with conval>ive trembling in
bis left arm and in his hand.
WeiuZiihus meutious person. Of a noble
family. who was no, able % bcar the gaze % m
old woman aad being once drawn ont bv force
from his supper into he presence Of one, what
was only intended as mcrrimeut for bis friends
ended in death for him. for be icll dowa aud
died on tie spot The terrors tclt by some
persons at the various phenomena Of nature
are not less unaccouuta5ic.
Augustus was So much alarmed al mc'cors
that be carried about him ihe-ska OF 4 calf
then thought 10 be an excellent guard against
lightning aud daring a thunderstorm. accord
ing to Seutonious, be sought rlfuge under.
ground, IN vasl,s or cellars
Caiigua. who labosed under similar fears.
whenever 1t thuudered wrapped his head mp in
some covering or. II he was in bed, leap.d out
OF it ard hid himself underneath
y bishop Of LAugres. Charles dEscars.
always tainted al the beginning Of a lunar
eclipse, and remained ins1usible as long as il
laSted. This weakness proved eventually fatal
to him. for when old and iu6rm, having iaiu;od.
as usual, at the time OF an eclipse, be was too
weak to recover, and expired.
In the year lS44 a French soldier waa
obliged 10 quit the service. because lie could
not overcome his yioicut rcpugnance and dis.
gust toward animal TODD.
DR.. Prout knew q man on whom mutton
acted rs poison. lie could not eat It 10 any
form. The pecnariiy was supposed 10 bc
owing to caprice, but the mutton was repeatedly
disguised, aad uniformly produced The same
reSuit-yiOleut vomiting and diaTThoA.
Hahn relates Of himself, that seven or eight
strawberries would produce commissions.
Many are unable 10 eat eggs, and cakes or
puddipgs having eggs 10 their composition pro-
dure serious dslulbanc in the health Of such
persous, il they are iud,sced TO eat them with
out knowing it.
WHAT An EDITOR MGur HAvE BrFx.-
Holland, of the Springfield tMassachusett-)
Republican, has been Up in Vermont. "io
where be came from," AID he ;hus skeich,s
what be should have been had be not LETT home
and become al editor:
Your correspondent would have grown
s'alwart and strong, with horny haads, and face
as black as the ace Of spades. lie would have
taught school Winters, worked on farm Sum
mers, and gone out hayinc fifteen days in July.
and taken for pay the running gear OF a wagon.
At twenty two, or thereab0nis he would have
begun to pay attentions TO a girl with a father
worth tg0 thousand dollars aud a spit curl on
her forehead-a girl who always went TO sing.
ing school and set in the seals aud without
opening her moutb-a pretty girl, any way.
Well, after seeing her home from singing school
two or three years, taking her to q Fourth Of
July, and getting about a hundred dollars to-
gether be would have marficdan settled down.
Years would pass away, and that girl With The
spit-curl would have eleven childreb-jus as
sure as you Iiye-seveH boys and four giTls. We
sho2ld have had a bard time in bringing them
up, bat they would be soon able enough 10 DO
the milking and help their mother on wash
days, and |. getting Independent at last and
feeling little stiff in the joints should be
elected q member Of the legislature. having
been an assessor and school committee mau Tor
years In the evening Of my days. With my
pipe in my mouth, thirteen barrels " cider in
the cellar, and newspaper 10 my bands.
should sit and look over the markets. through
pair of gold mounted speciac!es, AID wonder
at such strange, silly piece as this being
published.