The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1867-10-09
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Your profession p

our profession
I have none; I was employed
in government Office, and l lett
my situation to turn my knowledge
to profit in another way
You are a man of learning,
then P
!. Ihave received a pretty good
education -.
sWe have in our society a dis
tinguished Hellenist, Lord Bour-
lam
I have heard speak of him but
he has made many mistakes in his
translation of Orpheus.'
we have Lord Gastrouck, the
Orientalist.'
who has fallen into many errors
in his studies on the poet Sadi.'
You speak Arabic, then?
Yes, Sir
Then we have a great archao-
logist.'
Lord Storley. III had the honor
of his acquaintance, I would point
out to him that be is mistaken
two or three times in the dates
which he assigns to the Egyptian
monuments - =:
DO you know Lord Galby, too?
The astronomer"
Yes,
Perfectly; at least by his works
Has he made mistakes, too?
More than the others: while l
have discovered a star, whose ex-
istence he has never suspected,
and which l will show him when
he pleases a star Of four times
the circumference Of the earth. -
why, Sir, you know every
thing, it seems
Almost, my lord
:tAnd now you wish to know if
You can eat thirty pigeons in a
month";
No, my lord; ; l wish to gain, by
any means whatever, SO long as
it is honestly, fifty thousand francs
within month Of this, for on this
condition alone can / marry the
woman I love-
well, Sir, will do still better
for you; if you win the prize, l
will myself present you to the
king, and I will get you admitted
into our society
Leon bowed in token Of thanks.
we say, then Lord LenisdaIe
resumed, profession, none?
Yes, my lord
You. were born?' -
y IN Paris.
And you now live?
AT the Black Lion Hotel, Horn
bic street
Very good. Now here are the
clauses Of the treaty. You will
be free to eat and drink whatever
you please; but every day, for a
month, at six o'clock, YOU will eat
a roast pigeon. Two ofus will be
present at your repast, and will
draw up an account ofthe manner
in which it passes. The pigeon
must be eaten in it's entirety. If
you renounce the attempt, you
will not be able to compete afresh:
ifin consequence of this diet you
fall i'll, twenty pounds will be al
lowed you for the expenses OF your
illness if you succumb, like the
three candidates of whom | just
spoke to you, you will be buried
at the expense of the society, and
the cause of your death will be
engraved on your tomb
Thanks, my lord, for all these
Instructions but be kind enough
to allow me to put a question to
you? =
Speak.
Has your society not proposed
a prize for the solution Of some
scientific problem, either in agri-
culture, or in astronomy, or in
history, or in languages?'
No. All that has little interest
for US. We aim, above every
thing, at informing ourselves as to
the capabilities ofthe human body
You understand, my lord, that
I would rather have utilized my
intelligence than my stomach
Are you not in need of fifty
thousand francs?'
Yes, my lord
Well, it is y >ur only way to
get them. The >sitions which
our scientific men L. Te reached,
are purely honorary positions, in
which their selflove only gains
any thing. So this is clearly
agreed on; thirty roast pigeons,
said the nobleman, insisting on
this clause, from to-day, the thirty
first of July, to the first ofSeptem-
Der next
| Where shall I take this meal?'
Where you please
AT my house. said Peters.
Yes said Lord Lenisdale.
sAnd will my lord permit me,
asked Peters, if this gentleman
wins the prize, to issue prospect
uses of my establishment, and to
state in them this extraordinary
fact?'