Smyrna times., 1874-11-18
Some Curious Aversions.

The secretary Of Franches l. used to stop up
his nostrlls with bread if he saw q dish of
apples, to prevent an otherwise inevitable
bleeding at the nose, A Polish king had an
sntpathy to both the smell and sight of this
wholesome fruit, and family Of Aquitaiue had
an hereditary hatred of it. A Flemish damsel
was sadly troubled by an uncomfortable aver
sion to the smell of bread Cheese, mutton,
musk and ambergris have been so repuguant to
some nasal organs as to send their owners into
convulSions.
Gretry, the composer, could not endure the
scent OF the rose, neither could Anne of Aus.
tria. The mere sight of the queen of flowers
was too much for Lady Heneag. bedchamber
woman to Queen BesS indeed, Kenson Digby
records that her cheek became bistered when
some cne laid white rose upon it as she slept.
Her ladyShp'S antipathy was almost as strong
"a that of the dame who tainted when her lover
approached her wearing an artifcial rose in his
butonhOle. A violet was thing of horror to
the Princess de Lamhalle tsnsy was abomina-
bic to an Earl of Barrymore; Scaliger grew
pale before the water cress and a soldier, who
would have scorned to turn his back on a foe,
fed without shame from sprig of rue.
! A poor Nsapolitian was always seized With a
fit upon attempting to swallow morsal Of flesh
meat of any kind and nature thus condemned
him to vegetarianism-s sorsr inHction than
| whose 0eArI
tated violently IT he INDUCED in q pork dinner !;
or by the lady who could not tasts uddsr Of
beef without her lips swelling to uncomfor-
table dimension. DR.. Prout had Q patient
who declared honest mutton was as bad as
poison to him. Thinking this was all fancy,
the doctor administered the obnoxious meat
under various DISCUSSES, but every experiment
ended in a severe vomiting fit
Another unlucky individuel always had fit
of the gout few hours after eating fish and
Count d Armstadt never failed to 20 of 10 q
} faint il he knowingly or unknoWinRly partooI
of any dish containing tho slightest modicuu
of olive oil. A still worse penalty attached t.
lobster salad In the case of lady, for if sh,
5 ventured to taste it at dancing party her neck
, before she returned to the ballroom, would b,
covered with ugly botches, and her piece O
wind destroyed for that evening.
According to Burton, melancholy Duke o
Muscovy fell instantly ill if be but looked upo
e a woman, and another auchorite was seiEd Will
, a cold palsy under similar provocation. Wein
: richur tells Of nobleman who drew the line a
e old ladies', which did not prevent him losing hi
life in consequence of his strange prejudice, fol
being called from the supper-table by som
miSchievous friends to speak to an old woman
he fell down directly he beheld her, and die
then and there. What an old woman did fo
this old. hater, an eclipse did for Charlie
% d Escaro, bishop OF LaugreS. 1t was his IncoI
r venient custom to faint at the commencement
J: a lunar eclipse, and remain insensible as lon
,e as it lasted. When he was very old and YER
is nfrm an eclipse took place. The good bisho
0. went off as usual, and never came 70 again. Oh
D. John Langley, who settled in Ireland 10 l65l
le cherished an sntipathy quite ss obstinatsI!
r but had no idea of dying of it. By last wi
k and testament he ordered his corpse to
10 walked by fifty Irishmsn, for each Of Who
Mt two quarts of aqua vita were to be provided,
lit the hope that getting drunk, they would tai
T.. to killing one another and do something towaI
he Iessening the breed.-C Chambers, Journal.