Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1883-10-10
Antlpathies ana Ayersions.


Shakespeare, in his Merchant of
Venice - has well-known passage con-
cerning the unaccountable antipathies
of some men, and an interesting book
might be written on the subject. Not
unfrequently these antipathies are
stronger and apparently most ridiculous
in people whom one would suppose TO
be loftily superior TO anything of the
sort.
Scaliger turned pale at the sight of
water-cress; neither he nor Peter of AL
bano, could ever drink milk; Cordan
was disgusted at the sight of an egg; a
French lady ''never could abide" the
sight of boiled Holsters, and Ambrose
Pare records the case of a man who
was similarly affected by the view Of
cooked eels.
Vaughelm, a famous Hanovarian
sportsman, slew wild boars innumera-
bic, but ran away from roast pig, or
tainted IL he had not time to beat re-
treat
Marshal D'Albert was so terrified at
the view of the pigs head that if anyone
had fought a duel with the Marshal
with a pigs head in his left hand he
would have had as much advantage as
if he had on suit of armor So says
Busy.
The smell of fish threw Erasmus into
fever. King Vladislas, of Poland, ran
away from an apple.
Zimmerman records the case Of lady
who shuddered on touching the velvety
skin of peach, silk and satin being
equally obnoxious to her.
DIR. Beattie tells of strong man
whom the touch of velvet would disturb.
Lord Barrymore could endure anything
but pansy; the Princess of Lamballe
anything but violet.
Gretry, the composer, and Ann of
Austria abhorred the smell of roses. We
read of monk who tainted on seeing
rose, and never quilted his cell during
the season of their towering.
Favorite, the Italian poet, had SINH
lar aversion, and so had Vincent, the
painter. Scaliger tells of q relative
whom the sight Of lily threw into con-
vulsions.
Henry III tainted on seeing a cat,
though he was passionately fond of little
dogs. The Duke of Schomberg had the
same mortal antipathy. and the case is
recorded of gentleman who could not
even bear to walk under signboard
bearing the image of poor puss.
The Duke of Epernon was unaffected
by the sight Of an old.hare, but the sight
Of young one sickened him. The
Marshal of Breze tainted at the sight of
a rabbit; in this case the antipathy could
be traced back to his having shot, while
firing at rabbit, a servant.
A hareor fox terrified Tyco Brahc
nearly out of his wits. William Mathews
had mortal dread of spiders, and
when the Duke of Athole, thinking the
antipathy feigned, approached him with
his hand shut, Mathews drew his sword,
and it was with great difficulty he was
prevented killing himself or the duke.
Mariana, the author of the Turkish
Spy," tells us that he would have pre-
ferred encountering lion rather than
spider. Mather records the case of q
young woman who could see a person
trim his nails with pair of scissors, but
if knife were employed she tainted.
Beattie tells of man who had hor-
ror of seeing q person handle a cork
LIE Mothe de Mayer could not bear the
sound of any musical instrument, though
he delighted in the roar of thunder.
Augustus had mortal fear of thun-
der and lightning, and though he al
ways carried sealskin as talisman
against them, would hide, if possible,
in vault. His terror had been in
spired when, during night march, the
lightning struck his litter and killed
slave by his side.
A lunar eclipse was too much for the
nerves of Bacon. Bayle, the philoso-
pher, never could overcome the anti
pathy to the sound of water splashing.
The Emperor Heraclius at the age
Of fifty-nine conceived such an aversion
to che sight of water that it was found
necessary to build bridge of boats
across the Bosphorus and screen it
closely with bouglfs in order that he
might enter Constantinople.
The cases are mentioned of one Nj
cano, who tainted whenever he heard
flute played; and woman in Namur
who fell into swoon on hearing bell
rung. A resident of Alcantara was
thrown into convulsions at the sound of
of the word wool, though he wore gar
ments of that material.
remnants, the traveller, had great
aversion to wigs, and on one memorable
occasion, after exhausting himself in
maledictions upon the mayor of Ches-
ter's head covering, snatched it off and
fed through the streets with it, pursued
by the indignant magistrate. James /
had a decided aversion to the sight of q
naked sword, and Louis XIV abhorred
the sight of gray hat.-N Y. Star.