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John Neal gives the following amusing account of his visit to Philadelphia for the purpose of reciting his Poem in public: VI was advised to gint bills and stick them up at the corners of the streets, but poor as was, was little too proud for that. l would as soon have mounted stage and tuufbled about like a mountebank with Ia- bels on my hat. It won't take,' said gentleman to me, unless you make a show with the bills.' did not believe hirn-l had too good an opinion of the Philadel- phians.: but he knew them better. have found out thgt. Well, l advertised in all the papefs-gave extracts in some or 4, (perlaps, however, that is the reason of the catastrophe, had my tickets printed, and distributed among several highly respecta- ble booksellers went to my lodging. and having nothing else to do, threw myself up- on the bed=-fell asleep- don't 'tlaugh. read er-I awoke exactly at :he moment-hur- ried in the full possession of all my facul-' s;ies.. verily believe, for though I wonder how | cOula la have had the assurance to ape pear aiefore Philadelphia audience, crea- lures of such refined taste-such exquisite sentiment, and all that--then l felt about as easy (though never so much as spoke a piece in .public) as I should now in ha- rangUing my own grandmother: and so, to end this narrative, I arrived at the room. How many of these literati--the Philadel- phians-these American Athenians, think you found assembled one not one, by Julius Cesar, not one! ~** Such ex-, pcctations I had formed. even advertis- cd, that should have a crowded house. nthat he Mir. Renshaw) could sell nearly a .lhousand tickets in his own household ; that tho room could accommodate three hundred persons-I even advertised, heav en forgive me, that no more tA0R taco hun dred tickets could bc sold 7 and faith! be- lieve the terms of the agreement were reli- giously complied with thong:, do not knoW, for the very next day left Philadel- phia have not been there since, and never mean to go, if there be any way on earth to get round it."

 Harmony betWeen .Ri1als.- -Lady Gage, the wife of the first baroaet. Sir John, an- cestor of Viscount Gage, when first a wid- ow was only seventeen, beautiful and rich; she was colrted by her three husbands, Sir George #renchard. Sir John Gage, Sir William Hcrvy. at the same time, and to appease quarrel that had arisen respec- ting her between them, she threatened her everlasting displeasure to the first hat should be the aggressor--which.uas uas she had declared for neither, by bal Hing their hopes against their fears, I'ed resent ments against each othsr- g good hia-. incorrectly. that if tha1 |a keep tlle peace and have patieues A Kould have them all in their turns, which singularly enough did happen.

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