Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-07-31


- neen en- pointers or the COWS had walked in
more direct paths, Therefore we see, many
calves In Boston: SO much fot tiifing hoolT,s
good piaceste moTe from If one moves
;c2rlF,.q q sAbisao7 u kass,..sss r5.fs=-VS,sA
ysdSr rom m the cradle to the big organ.. = t.,s
CrOokedly
--I.lsiiS tsHa BkIck PoMERRoY.
,sod:iLoEe, GGspteFs and Sausages. -
About two hundred wears AGO s youns, .5,o mo Il u,
ofAnstefdah, named ~ Il heif6ina n f5sIins
was, riding on horseback through the village
Of BoSmeeE, wlIen9 her horse beeamas fright
ened, and ran away with her, ,s.,,4e{ .sI,,.I
The young man who accompanied her. and
to- whom She was betfothed, cried out That
herwould giyea Sliahdf6d ddeats TO any one
that. would dastep the horse tas as1oli S,ti q
Ihe young villagers, playing ball upon the
green near by seeing a woman in dangerr
thtew themselves before. the furions. animal
0heio them WIS thrown down, and wounded:
twodothersE received, contaisi6ns; the horse
feIs and thesbeahtifnl 9VilhslminaIrOlIed into
The dust d l.e4AA1 5yeAng man4Fho was passing
l9e1malsediately threw his eleak over, the lady
DeIore any one else had time to perceive a
hne turned and pretty garter. "a 'e' =
Ia0lAle scheling, On being scafriied home,
mad stlme to ref teot;{ andsthe result of hef
reflections was that there, never bel two
men ih the world who had seen her m garter teri
She sent for her betgothed and said:
VIII yon kin. the man who threw, this
cloak oyer me2", ,,,s5 .-,,,, y
ygt'Wlo? hat an lenormityg, p55,' III, e
~ thS9nghtb ltb yalp1 you'd refpse.s Then j,
shall Ili m9arryi r9 ihlm7 hen mysalife was, in
danger, you ofered q, hundred. ducats to save.
me, his ls the price you set uporn my handI,
Here are twenty-five hundred. y Yony have,
made good bargain" - -
She sent forsthe strangeraos
.,iIMJo iitIMJonsieur,3 said. 1she,i 81 amgrich; and
young She blushed prodigiously while,
adding one OF those hypocritica paraphrases
by which Women speak Of their beauty L
am not considered edorepulsiSe. Iswfsh t6 mar
~ lmmedlatelyo sIsee that youaresdrprised
VIII be frank with you i Itbaye sent to you
rendered me great service, Monsieur
Without you, all the young men Of BdxnleeF
would have seen!itt and as Iscould not have
married, them al, II sshouldr have killed. NV,
self But if YOU freei or am not so hap,
py as to please you, / shall give my. hand
and fortune to d man who VIII kin YOU. Do
you accept ?ele Yes, or no?'iu 10 ssoSf ,gIh95g
d4sHes, artheusAnd times yes."ts sdi-,i -7=5.
The marriage took place. and was like .aII
other IN marriages, probably .wes have mo par;
llculars on the subject,
The young men of Boxmeerr were weerr In invited
to1the 'nuptials, and sumptdousIy Feasted!t %
( tAt her death, which took place in the
coqrselof time, the folloWing qodieil was found
''hfy farm, situated on the borders Of III. :
Mensa, will remain forever, whoever NAV be
the proprietorsof it; subject to the f6ll6wine,
conditions: Every year, under penalty of1ffor.
teItEprre, on the 18th of May, tables will be
prepared, and, ton of strong beer and twenty
ellis. of the best sausages shall be served to the
young, men in bBoxheer, as token of graft
tude that'they dids'not see my gartefs the
thirteenth day of, May, 1862 4, irs e,a,i i,
~ Until the present time5-that is, during a
hdhdred yeaFs-the wishes of the testatTix
have been puhctaally executed. But the
present 1heir, on the 18Th of Nav last: atg
tempted to- eludes them.d Under .pretexti of
conforming TO "a to theJdeeimal system, hs gave
twenty meters OF sattsages instead of twenty
ellis, to the detriment of the youth of Box
meer y Motto lose, they dem1rred the twen-
ty meters, under, protest; but this year they.
have IbEeugbt afsuit against the HEN, sand de-
mand man that the case be decided before the.
18th of May next.
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90 Is The Black Ram. .,I,..eo ~
fTbsFfollowibg Is copied BY ss request from 4
Magazine recently established in Charlotte. !.
NC, by 1t. Gen D.eH Hill, which pir6inll i6i
isessto be one Of the first Of the
coIHtry: tqisilelisi1 oi Eisd q . eliisYr1s
,ASsop, orsome other writer of fables, re-,
lates the following, In the Island,of Crete
there dwelt formerly feeble but plucky lit
de fellow, who owned 4 black ram, which he
had reared with Instantly, and which was.
the pet OF his children. gqIt tplayed with them,
hauled hem il, little wagon, and in a thou.
sand ways showed its fondness for them,-
But three Of the 1ieighbors Of the little man ~
had long looked with an evil eye at his COM
fort and eDjoynient and scameEt6 him saving.
We wish tossaerifee; to. our God, and have
come for your black ram, which was born for
nopIer Things than merely TO contribute to
your .happiness But the owner said: / and
my children love the black ram, and are not
Wiling to see hmm slain (; besides, your God Is
not our God, why then should we make an
oblation for your Z acfN NOT are ~, ,,..,
black ram eAhd then he made So fiiefcef f' an
assault upon his three robust neiebb6fs tbdf
he iptimtdated them, ndstheys sent 4 areat
way ioH and got fquE great huikipg ,fe flows to
neips 3e them and they put these bullies in
the Iefe-front and they fell upon their weak
neighBor, knocked hiifa down and tfampIed
hun !, q under foot These peighbors of the lit
tie man, who loved him aud worshifpped the
same God, c6ndemhed his hot tsf,6er7 and
rash siinpetaositysS and th6ug 1t that a good
pounding AEOnh make him a. betteraeitSzsn,
/ So they stools quietly By while tIeIfour buI-
{ iles were beating and the three neighbors
were pushing them on from behind
! NOW when the three heighbors saw that
sthelhttiei man could resist no alo6gsf, tEssy
. took the places Of the four bullies and-:beit
made Fsat faast ana sfsi5tissd iSeE tSs bIse Iee
ram to their God. 81 EaF dasla -