tar. . . . , , . . .. . , ...., , . .. .t 111 acftc .... VOL. 7--NO. 3.] ADVERTISEMENTS. FRESH SUPPLY OF Spring Goods! TH01.171.1S J. COOPER, DOTH respectfully inform his old cus. Miners, and the public generally, that he has just received A NEAT ASSORTMENT OF GOODS, cm:sm. - twit; AS FOLLOWS:— CLOTHS, CASSINEWS, SILKS, CALICOES, AIUSLINS, SHOES, AND A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF - Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queensware, Holloware, Iron and Lumber. All of which he is determined to sell lo for. CASH and Country Produce. March 28, 18311. NEW & CHEAP GOODS Sas/MITE L 1117 THE It 0 1111 lifiN FORMS his Friends and the Public, th , it he has commenced business at the old stand of MILLER & WITH ttow, and has just returned from the city with A LARGE AND SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF GOODS, SUITABLE FOR THE SEASON CONSISTING OF EVERY VARIRTY OF 9 Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard ware, Queensware, d•c. d•e. ALL of which ho is determined to sell cheap fot CASH or Country Produce. April 4, 1838 New Goods. THE subscriber having returned from the Cities of Philadelphia and Balti more, offers to the Public a FRESH AND NEAT ASSORTMENT OF CHINTZES,LAWNS, ['LAIN MUSLINS,AS. SORTED PRINTS, AND GINGHAMS, TOGETHER WITH A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF Gentlemen's Summer Stuffs, and will open in a few days an entire as sortment of BOOTS eablir SHOES Or ALL onscnirrioris—which he will re spectfully invite the Public to call and ex amine. CHARLES F. HIMES. 3t--1 April 4, 1836. New Goods! GEORGE ARNOLD tiAS just received, and now offers for Halo, on the most pleasing terms, AS LARGE A STOCK OF GOODS as has ever been offered to the Public in this place CONSISTING OF Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard ware, Edge Tools, Queens ware9 Bar Iron, Info& low-ware, Wood ware, ii•c. •Vc. IVITA ALMOST EVERY ARTICLE IN 1118 LINE OF BUSINESS The public ate' invited to call and ex amine—and having a LARGE STOCK OF F kNICY GOODS, Ladies, particularly, are invited to cull. April 11, 1830. 3t-2 P. S. All accounts of an old standing would be thankfully received, as I am in want of money. G. A. BOOTS & SHOES. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF it... BOOTS AND Mar SHOES Just received and for sale by J. GILBERT, Gettysburg. (Cr - Having made arrangements at home for that purpose, BOOTS and SHOES can be made to order in a workmanlike manner and at the shortest notice. April 4,1836. • LIST OF LETTERS, REMAINING in the York Springs Post Office, Adams county, Pa. Ist day of April, 1836. Jacob Baum, Levi Johnson, John Biteman, Sam'l Morthland. Sam'l Burkholder, Charles M'Elwee, Matthew J. Clark, Joseph Miller, Joseph C elk, John Majers, • Richard Cole, John Nicholas, Clironister, George Rockey, Sylvanis Day, Peter Rhodes, Wm. C. Dunlop, Nathan Starner, John Earheart, Joseph Stouffer, Dr. T. T. Estes, 'Wm. Schrive r , Abram Griffith, Lewis Shreffer, Philip Group, John A. Sutz, Jonathan Golden, Dr. Daniel Sheffer, John Hatton, Andrew Trostle, Geo. L. Hale., Jacob Wolford, John Harman, John Wagner, Gabriel Jacobs, Conrad Wener. Mary Ann Jacobs, • H. WIERMAN, P. M. Petersburg, (Y. S.) April 4,1886. .3t-1 Notice. T HE subscribers liming. been appointed by DAVID ECKER his Trustees, under a voluntary assignment for the bene fit of his Creditors, hereby give notice to all persons indebted to his Estate, to call and make payment, and all persons having claims, to present them properly authenti cated for settlement on or before the Ist day of July next, to SAMUEL S. FORNEY, in the Borough of Gettysburg. The HOUSE and FRONT SHOP, to- gether with the GARDEN, will be rented fora time, on reasonable terms. J S O A S M E II P E H L L S A. . T F S O H R A N W E , Y, , Isrusteea April 11, 1836. Tact Notice, Creilitovs, THAT we, the undersigned, Trustees of JOHN FICKES, an habitual drunkard, of Huntington township, Adams County, have appointed to meet said Fickes' Creditors on Saturday the 7111 day of May next, in the afternoon, at the house of Moses Myers, in Petersburg, York Springs, for the purpose of distributing the moneys remaining in our hands of said Fieltes's Estnto among his Creditors in proportion to their demands. Witness our hands, this fourth day of April, 1836. JOHN WOLFORD, Trustees HARMAN WIERMAN, April 11, 18:36 Notice is hereby Given, TO all Legatees and others concerned that the Administration Accounts of the deceased persons herein mentioned, will be presented to the Orphans' Court for con firmation and allowance, on Monday the 25th day of April next. The Account of Eve Shultz and George Frysinger, Administrators of John Shultz, deceased. The Account of Michael Bevenawer and Philip Fleshman, Executors of Peter Beven ewer, dec'd. -ALSO The Guardianship account of Sampson S. King, Esq. Guardian of the minor chil- dren of Adam Livingston. JAS. A. THOM PSON, Register. Register's Office, Gettys burg, March 28, 1836. ( tc-52 CONSPIIIIPTION. Indian Specific, - 27 10 R the prevention and cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthmas, 'Consumptions, Spit- ting Blood, and diseases of the Breast and Lungs, prepared by Doct. CLARKSON FREEMAN, of the city of Lancaster. BILL OF DIRECTION, Accompanying oach bottle of the Specific, pointing out in a conspicuous manner, all the symptoms in the different stages of these distressing diseares; also particular direc tions respecting diet and regiment, and how patients are to conduct through every stage until health is restored—for vain and useless would be the prescriptions of the ablest. Ow sicians, accompanied by the niost powerful and useful medicines, if the directions are not liiithfully adhered to. The public are informed that the deposi tions of 287 persons have been taken, before proper authorites in the city of Lancaster, all completely cured in the 'most desperate cases of consumption, some of which are de tailed in the bills accompanying each bottle. OAT he price of each bottle of Indian Specific is $l, and each envelope of the gen uine Specific is signed by Dr. Clarkson Freeman, and the initials, C. F. on the seal of each bottle. None can be genuine with out his signature, a base composition hay lag been attempted to be imposed 'on the public by a counterfeit imitation of this ex traordinary article. For sale at the drug store of Dr. J. GILBERT. Gettysbum, Oct. 19, 1635. lv-29 N 011 CE• T HE subscribers having been appointed by S. S. KING, Esq. his Trustees, un der a voluntary aßsignment for the benefit of his creditors, hereby give notice to all persons indebted to his Estate, to call and make payment, and all persons having claims, to present them properly authenti cated for settlement, on or before the 20th day of May next, to either of the undersign. ed residing in the Borough of Gettysburg. The fees due to S. S. King, Esq. on his Dockets having also been assigned to the subscribers, they have been placed in the hands of S. R. RUSSELL, Esq. for collection, with directions to bring suits for all that shall remain unpaid after the above mentioned time. Those concerned will do well to at tend to this and save costs. T. C. MILLER, /Trustees. D. M. SMYSER, March 28, 1836. TVial List for dpril Tern/ 1 1836 David H. Eckert ye. George Heagy, Daniel Gilbert vs Bernhart Hoffman. 13. Gilbert, use of Robert Smith, vs. Nicholas Do. trick, garnishee of Jae. Hendricks. Matthew Dobbin vs. Bank of Gettysburg. Thomas M'lCnight ye. Contud Snyder, Ex'r. of Mary Spangler, doc'd, and garnishee in a For eign Attachment with Adam Spangler. Peter Trestle vs. Peter Beecher. Abraham Trimmer vs. Peter Aughenbaugh. FOR ARGUMENT. Supervisors of Conowago township vs. Michael Kitzrniller. Plidip Kohler vs. Andrew Linch. Samuel Neely, Assignee of Thomas Neely vs. Finites. April 4, IS3F. to-.2 • SF ROBERT 'WHITE LIVDDLETON, EnITOR, 1 5 1:7131MEZilt ANA PP.OPRZETOR. "I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MY LIVING AcTiorm, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRUPTION."-E4HARI saunewaraePale. Lmt.. maJprolar. azpazak This annunciation roused us suddenly from meditative ecstasy, into which we had been plunged, by the glorious associations necessarily connected with the name of Isla poleon,and by the spot whither we had come. General 8., who accompanied us on this his torical pilgrimage, could scarcely breathe, so ltrengly was he agitated. "W hat! that yellow house, with newly painted green jalousies?" "Yes, that is it. Three storie& high,and four windows to each story, was quite a Corsican palaCe, in 1768. The present pro prietor of this illustrious relick is a respect. able old gentleman, the only member of the family resident on the island. He is very attentive and civil to strangers and visitors, l and will, receive you most cordially; only he is always much surprised at the eagerness and enthusiasm of those who come to see his house, and can scarcely understand the importance attached to the chamber, where a person was born to whom he . was uncle." At this moment the old gentleman walked out of his house. He listened to our request, for permission to see the munsion, with a courteous benevolence of tone and look,and TUE GARLAND. -"With sweetest flowers cnrich'd, From various gardens cull'd with care." THE rAnitiLy MEETING. [The following lines, by CHARLEB SPILAGue, on the occasion of the accidental meeting, a few evenings since,ol all the surviving members of a family, the father and mother of which (one eighty-three, the other eighty years old,) have lived in the same house Afly-three years.) WE are all hero! Father, mother, Sister, brother, All who hold each other dear, Each chair is filled, we're all at home, To-night let no cold stranger come ; It is not often thus around Our old familiar hearth we're found— Bless then the meeting and the spot, For once be every care forgot; Let gentle peace assert her power, And kind affection rule the hour; We're all—all here. We're not all hero! Some are away—the dead ones dear, Who throng'd, with us, this ancient hearth, And gave the hour to guileless mirth. Fate, with a stern, relentless hand, Look'd in, and thinn'd our little band; Some like a night-ilash passed away, And some sank, lingering, day by day; The quiet grave-yard—some lie there, And cruel Ocean has his share We're not all here. We are all here ! Even they—the dead—though dead, so dear Fond memory, to her duty true, Brings back their faded form to view. How life like through the mist of years, Each well-remembered face appears; We see them as in times long past, From each to each kind looks arc cast ; We hear their words, their smiles behold, They're round us, as they were of old— We are all here. We are all here! Father, mother, Sister, brother, You that I love with love so dear— This may not long of us be said, Soon must we join the'gather'd dead, And by the hearth we now sit round, Some other circle will be found. 0, then, that wisdom may we know, That yields a life of peace below; So in the world to follow this, ➢fay each repeat, in words of bliss, We're all—all here! THE REPOSITORY. FROM THE NEW-YORE MIRROR The Family Mansion of the Bo napartes, at Ajaccio. "TuE house of the Bonapartes,at Ajaccio, was the handsomest edifice in that town; for the Bonapartes do not date from Napo leon, notwithstanding all that has been as serted by the enemies of the name. The family was one of the oldest, most cousidera• ble and illustriousofthe country,even before it had been distinguished from the other patrician races of Corsica by the splendour ofan imperial throne.' Its nobility is traced up to a period in which it is hidden by the darkness of time. They show in the ar chives of Ajaccio a register,by which the pop• ular opinion on this point is confirmed. It is a record of a city meeting, which dates from the thirteenth century. At that time, the people were neither Genoese nor French but true Corsicans, strenuously asserting their independence against the aggressions of the former. At this meettng,twelve lords were chosen by the people to command the militia- -there were three Bonapartes among these select men." Thus spoke the Signor Berettoni, as we were sailiug through the beautiful gulf of Ajaccio, and cast anchor before that city, which rises from the shore like an amphi- theatre. Here everything is Italian, the sky, the climate, the fruits and flowers; and more especially the inhabitants. "Look at those delightful houses! Is no our Ajaccio a fine town?" "Most assuredly! but the house of houses that which we have made a pilgrimage ex pressly to visit, the most remarkable of its houses, where is that?" "I understand you—let us leave the quay, and follow this winding and narrow street." Signor Berottoni was like all his country. men; once mention to him the name of Na poleon, to flatter his national pride, which is a species of self-love, and you can get him to do anything. So he undertook to be our pilot through the streets of the Corsican capital. "All that you have just seen," said my guide, as we quitted the vast avenue of the quay, "was not in existence, fifty years ago; and when France sent her first governor to the island, the house we are now going to visit was the best in the town; the family which inhabited it—you know that family, of course?" "What! the Bonaparte family?" "Look straight forward—that building is is mansion." volunteered his services as our guide. Old General B. could scarcely believe his eyes; he actually trembled with emotion, for, I believe, the first time in his life; tears tric- kled down his cheeks, and showed the na ture of the feelings, by which he was influ enced. We entered the house with that species of religious veneration, with which one is impressed on the threshold of a temple; we wore about to inspect and touch with our hands the cradle of the greatest man dined ern times. "I have to apologize, gentlemen, for the form and fashion of my furniture, which is, no doubt, different from that now in vogue at Paris, and, as you have just left that city, it no doubt looks odd to you. It was, how. ever, in the newest and best taste in 1818, and I bought it myself there, when I formed one of a deputation, to which lipilor I was called by the confidence of 4.:fcllow-citi• zens, and perhaps by the unconscious spell which is reflected by an illustrious name. An emperor's uncle may speak of being a deputy, without being looked upon as a boas ter." We were amused by his discourse,which we took care nut to interrupt. "I perceive your impatience," said he, compressing his lips, as if to hide an ironical smile. "You are all anxiety to see my Cll. riosities and antiquities! But, if you will hai , e the kindness to walk still higher up stairs, you shall have a sight of them by and-by." General B. could scarcely contain his wrath at hearing this careless indifference, and almost disdainful allusion to circum stances, which the veteran imperial trooper regarded with fanaticism, and any scorn of which he considered sacrilege. The old man did not notice his looks, and went on: "In the meantime, this was the apartment of my very august and gracious sister, her majesty, the empress mother: a generation of kings was born, played and grow up here; and the greater portion of Europe was fur nished with sovereigns from this little room. Talking of rooms, this is the one where the most famous of the brothers passed his in. fancy, and here he lived and slept until the governor's kind interest and patrdnage pro cured his reception at the military academy at Brienne. Will you now walk up stairs?" We entered the garret. Do not be scan claimed; a year or two later I saw the costly and gorgeous cradle of the king of Rome, put out of sight imanother garret of the arch ducal palace of Maria• Louisa at Parma. "Stop," said the old gentleman; "look at that old chair, and that walnut-tree table.— Hi used to sit in that chair, and it was at that table that HE learned his An c. There is some difference between these worm•eaten articles and the gilded furniture of his cabi net at the Tuilleries " The general respectfully kissed this table, or rather its remains, for it was mutilated and cut in such a manner that it could hardly stand upright. "You see that my visiters leave their marks behind them," remarked the propri etor of the house, with a sneer which quite petrified us; "you can do the like, if you choose to take the trouble." The general took advantage of the per mission with the haste and fervour of a sol dier's devotion. We carried off a consid erable quantity of this precious relick; and valuable, indeed, it was, if the preciousness of a relick is to be estimated by the feelings its contemplation excites. Two or three -months afterward, these two pieces of fur niture had followed their other parts all over the continent, to the great despair of the En glish tourists and curiosity-hunters. A fortnight after our expedition to the house in Ajaccio, the sloop bent its course to the island of Elba, and sailing along the shores of Rio Longone, glittering with iron rocks, we anchored in front of the city of Porto- Ferrule, which seems ready to be crushed by the weight of the superincum bent mountains. The Elbese boats, with their cargoes of vegetables for Leghorn and Plombino, and the fishing-smacks, filled with the rich supplies of that part of the Dfediter ranean, saluted, as they past, the French flag which had now become their own. The captain lowered his boat, and, in five min utes, we trod the soil of the island of Elba, the first jail of the illustrious prisoner of Eu rope. W hat an immense distance—what a deep gulf there is between the house in Ajaccio, and this in Porto Ferrule, which,to common eyes, seem to be in so close a juxta position! Brienne, Toulon, the Pyramids, Austerlitz the Tuilleries, the Kremlin of Moscow,Fontainbleau,and the island of Elba —what a starting-point—what resting-places —what a sad termination! From the house in Ajaccio, Bonaparte rushed forth to' con quer the throne of France, and to subjugate Europe; from the house in Porto-Ferrajo, Napoleon escaped to be conquered at W at- erloo, and to die at Longwood ! Clerical Oratory. SPEAKING of cler►cal oratory, bide me think of an event I witnessed lately in an Episcopal conventicle. The morning ser vice had been said--.-the rich tones of the or gan were mellowing away into silence— when the speaker arose, and named his text, in these simple words: "Jesus wept." He spoke in a strain of touching simplicity; he painted the sorrows of the Saviour at the death of Lazarus—and he described in beau. tiful language the propriety of his grief, by enlarging upon that inevitable condition of mortality which causes all to grieve. By and by 1 heard a faint moan. A young and tenderhearted mother, who had but a few weeks before buried a blooming daughter, the darling of her love, overcome by her feelings; had fainted away. But it was no boisterous or harrowing lai,gunge, that thus stirred within her the holy fountain of a mother's affection. It was the words ofsim plicity that fell upon her ear, and trembled in her bosom. The circumstance revived in my mind the memory of a sermon—the offspring of untu tored genius—which I heard in early youth. The preacher was an unlettered woodsman, but he spoke with correctness—with elo quence. The occasion was the fune . ral of a child. The boy, a lad of four or five years old,lay on the bier before him; his fair cheeks had not lost their rosy red,and his little form, so decently composed in the.wh,ite garments of the grave, looked fur too dainty for the earth to cover. The speaker took his text from tie touching story of Gehazi and the Shumamite. I forget the place where it is to be found. "And ho said to the mother.— Is it well with thee? Is it well with thy husband? Is it well with thy child? And she answered, It is well." He went on to show his hearers,that in the case before their, it was "well for the child," and beautifully did be prove it. My heart swells yet, at the mere remembrance of that sermon. "Moth'. er," he said, "do you mourn Tor- the child that has fallen like a blossom from your arms? Weeo not, for it is well. He has escaped the darkness of earthly sorrow—the clouds that day by day would have rolled gradually over his spirit—the crosses of existence— the gloom that folloWs after that golden age, ere the life of life begins to fail and fade— he has missed all these, and in that "better country," where his Father and our Father smiles upon him his innocent spirit is at rest. Fond mother! distrust not thy God. Lift thy heart warm prayer to him in the night watches; and as thou Implore:at consolation, thou mavest ask thy God—"ls it well with my child?" and soft as heavenly numbers sweet as thq music of an angel's lyre,ho will answer, "it is well." The Tenor of the Gospel of Peace. I.—The way to Heaven is revealed in four words—"..acquaint thyself with God." 11.—The guide to that way is three-- "search the Scriptures." lll.—The privilege afforded in that way in four—" Cull upon thy God." - IV.--The spirit of this divine doctrine is three—" Faith, hope, Charity." V.—The essence of it is comprised in six —"Love to God, love to man." Vl.—The mode of our salvation is six— "Belteve in the Lord Jesus Christ." Vll.—The means of obtaining it in eight —"Repentance toward God, faith in his dear son." VIII—The duty enjoyed hereby in three —'•Follow after Righteousness." IX—The result of our doing so, in six— " Peace which the world cannot give." X.—The issue of that result, in two— "ETERNAL LIFE!" VARIETY. THE ART OF HEE.1.0.1N0.. kr is a most surprising thing,, That people who are fond of dealing With those whose art is that of heeling, Will not be cautious, lest they spring Upon them, at the very time 'Twas least expected ; Had they, I ne'cr would have to rhyme A subject, who was unprotected Against a wild practitioner, who made • Unnumbered lifts at the , blood-letting trade. A fine voting nag, whose name was Narry, Stood by a fence, to mouth the uir Like others, who have time to spare; Good food she had, if she would go; She was no sorry nagno! no! It was her owner who was sorry. She had a very interesting tail, From which her owner often took— To make a fish-line for the brook— Some shining extracts; but the trick grew stale.; And the nag thought it was enough to work, And so resolved, when he came there For the same ends, to treat him as a Turk Would one who pluck'd the Prophet's hair. Well, he did come; and set about to cull From lock sonic choice selections; but the nag Laid her correcting hoofs upon his scull; Which made his cranium rugged as a crag. If every plagiarist was thus Tried by the soundness of his brain, They'd all become so tremulous, That few, if anv, would remain; And we need seldom be engaged reveaing The wound inflicted, and the art of heeling. Accustom yourself to submit on all and every occasion, and on the most minute, no less than on the most important circumstances of lifedo a small present evil, to obtain a greater distant good.— This will give decision, tone, and energy to the mind, which, thus disciplined, will often icup vic tory from defeat, and honor from repulse. Hay. ing acquired this invaluable habit of rational pre. ference, and just appreciation. start for that prize that endureth for ever; you will have little left to learn. The advantages you will possess over common minds, will be those of the veteran over the recruit. • ....011. 0611..... 'SIX SLIM SLICK SAPLINS." It is gravely asserted by some that there is no Ynnkey in the lund that can, upon the first trial, "ofa cold frosty morning," pronounce these words in quick succession, without making a blunder.— "Si.% Slim Slick Sapllns." Try it. --.Nii • w-- NEW VERSION OF AN OLD JOKE. A correspondent of the N: Y. Sun communi. cater the following anecdote. While at breakfast table on board one of the Providence steamers, a few days he sat opposite an elderly gentlemen, who seemed quite partial to a dish of boiled eggs which was set before him. The old man cracked one and applied tt to the organ of his olfact3ries. "1 cannot endure a stale egg," observed he, at the same time laying it on the cloth by the side of his plate, and {WHOLE NO. 3i5. taking another from the dish. This second egg and a third was also condemned in the same way, the old "gentleman quietly re marking that it was too early in the season to procure fresh eggs in plenty. The fourth proved a good one, and the old gentleman commenced his breakfast. He was a sIOW eater, and by the time he bad finished. his egg, with its a - ccompaninients,- not another one could be had from any part of the tahle.. Rathet than go hungry, the old gentleman bethought himself that though the ~eggs. which lay by the side of his plate were "not over fresh,' still, perhaps, he could find one. among them that was eatable. On over. hauling the lot, he selected one which seem ed to relish very well. Not having yet - finished his meal,,t he second and third egg,. which he had laid aside, were further, exam ined, approved of, and n 9 far as they went served to complete the old man's breakfast, quite to his own satisfaction, and much to the chagrin of one or two rubicund visaged gentlemen, who sat near, and who did not.. appear to relish the joke at all. A lady who kept her house, extremely nice,but wofully neglected her persnn,in matters of clean. liness,observed a gentleman visiter looking about very anxiously, inquired what he sought. "Why madam," replied he, "your house is so nice that - I cannot find a place'to spit." "Oh, dear!" ex claimed the good woman, "spit in the dirtiest. place you can find." " Excuse .me," said her guest, for if I should, madam, I should spit its • yuur face!" " . ..of) • *ea..— A REAL GENTLEMAN ! lie never dresses in the extreme of fashion,but avoids singularity in his person or habits. Is affable with his equals, and pleasant and at tentive to his inferiors. In conversation ho avoids hasty, ill-tempered or insulting remarks. Pays punctually for his newspapers. Never pries into other persons' affairs. Does never, under any circumstances speaks ill of a woman. Never cuts an acquaintance, who has met with a reverse of fortune; and He always pays the postage on his letters of bourne's. --•...4 rifARMACOPXIE. A physician stopped at the shop of a country apothecary and inquired for a phaamaccipszie.— "Sir," said the apothecary, "I know of no snob FARMER living about these parts:" HUMOROUS. THE ENCHANTED MAT. p A British sailor, who had just returned from a long and successful cruise, and. was paid off, hastened to London in order to rid himself of his hard earnetlgold,.which ally burned in his pockets. Jack was a sea , . man every inch of him, and became corn- ‘: pletely miserable, after a three weeks alt. • Bence from his beloved element... In vain had he entered into all the dissipation. and • extravagance of the metropoliti, come-O•ct- . ble by one of his class. His cash appeared to be inexhaustible. His old habits now re turned upon him with such a force, that to' sea. ho must go again. Accordingly ite shipped on board an elegant brig bound to the Untied States ports; (a general peace having restored to him his freedom of Nil!) and was ordered to join her at Graves 414 on a given day. Jack continued'his entl4o . . vors to render himself pennyless, until thiat day was so near at hand that it was irripoii4, sible for him to be a man of his word, witfrii. out the aid of the stage coach. He holitey= .l f:: er prayed to Neptune for a head .ivind, took it afoot—cause why=—he . preferred thii;; pedestrial to the vehicular mode of travell. • I . * ing. He journeyed along, soles until the dinner hour arrived,when his atom itch giving him some broad hints that it need ed a reinforcement of timber, he stopped at the first inn which presented itself, and call ed for the best dinner the bill of fareafforded, a pint of brandy, and a bottle of port. Not that Jack liked wine, but he had a cumber. some balance in his pocket, which impeded his walking. The waiters stared at him like stuck pigs, but stood as motionless as though they had been petrified, until: Ito: 'ingled his purse,which was well stored with what an Englishman delights to look upon —yellow boys. There is no letter of in- ' troduction to travelling companions, equal to the ready rhino. Jack was speedily served--ate and drank to his heart's content, and called for his bill. h was brought, and a pretty exorbitant one it was. He was a- bout to discharge it,when a brilliant thought struck hinhand he requested to see the keep. er of the inn. 13unniface made his appear ance when Jack, in the fullness of Ins wis- dom, told him that he wished to pay ,ItirO double. Do yuu see as how shipmate, this here is the thing—l am bound to Graveend, on a cruise to America, but have out.staved my time in Lunnun: now if so be, the slip has sailed, 1 moot be put in haelody, how to get back,und my lower works sufferfc•rvent of provision; so I want to pay ydn'double; and I means to pay,every body double as I , goes along, and then I besure not to starve/ when I travelq this road again. ItUt ho will I know you. in case the ship has your enquired the landlord Is the' quoth Jack; here then is• my hat— , calls, I'll put it on my ten band al tl us with my right—once—Orin and you'll be sure to remember: necessary orders were given to, —Jiick paid double,and coot' until he . reached the pkose— found the vessel gone, Su' Be remained at preV 4 penny was expended .411 all, lent 'wit' ii fires-- . . ', Th. 1 5',' , : eifilantC;il.ll; 01 4 • le t ~'Tti , 1. 4ii • ' Frllll7 I , • t Ofitibir
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