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Curious Account Given By The Dumb Philosopher.
CURIOUS ACCOUNT GIVEN BY THE DUMB PHILOSOPHER .
[ CONTINUED FHOM OUR XAST . J
CINCE my last letter I have had an opportunity of examining more u particularl y into the , virtues and qualities of the little portable pyramid , or TOUCHSTONE OF SINCERITY , lent me by my learned and taciturn friend , whom I have denominated the Dumb Philosopher . — I have already given you a description of it , and shall now add some of the experiments I have made with it . As n was impossible for any one so much as to at the
meanguess ing of the extraordinary motions ofthe figure and bell , I resolved one morning , being indisposed , and not inclined to go out , to set my pyramid on the table before me , and observe the effect that every one who came into the room to me that day might have upon it . The first person who visited me was the maid of the house , with my breakfast ; and although she was one of the most noisy little
husseys I ever met with , it was as much as her tongue could do to keep pace with the clapper of the bell : but fhe little old gentleman stood immoveable , till at going away she told me she was going to the fair , and hoped I would give her something for a fairing ; when , giving his assent with a nod , I took it for granted she was in earnest , and paid half a crown for my first experiment . ' My next visitor was my landlady , whom I had designedly invited to breakfastand
, purposely put such questions to her" as would give me - an opportunity of taking her picture at full length . It would be exposing too many family concerns to give you , Mr . Editor , a detail ' of our conversation . I shall , " therefore , only tgll you , that she gave suficient exercise to my little bell ; but that , in near an hour's discourse , could not observe that she gave more than two opportunities to Father baturn to shew his parts ; one , when she told me ' she had provmed an excellent capon for my dinneiyand designed to come and ' ike part of it ; and the other , when she said her husband h ; , d
centhorridl y drunk the-nig ht before at his club , and she would rattle the Deast for it most severely when he got out ' of his sty . - The next who came into my chamber was oiie of those Jews who go into all public houses , to sell muslin , cambric , handkerchiefs , and « ie ike ; but he no sooner began to open in praise of his wares than ' n > y bell began to ring with such impetuosity , that I was forced to ""¦ ust him out of the
room , least it should burst . ' -But recollecting it was fair time , and that my landlady as well as er maid might want a fairing , I called back the Israelite to make a th * " ,, , Havin & P revi ° usly . determined to silence my bell , I gave ine son of Judah what lie asked for his goods . Opening his pur ^ e VOi- xi . 3 b ¦
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Curious Account Given By The Dumb Philosopher.
CURIOUS ACCOUNT GIVEN BY THE DUMB PHILOSOPHER .
[ CONTINUED FHOM OUR XAST . J
CINCE my last letter I have had an opportunity of examining more u particularl y into the , virtues and qualities of the little portable pyramid , or TOUCHSTONE OF SINCERITY , lent me by my learned and taciturn friend , whom I have denominated the Dumb Philosopher . — I have already given you a description of it , and shall now add some of the experiments I have made with it . As n was impossible for any one so much as to at the
meanguess ing of the extraordinary motions ofthe figure and bell , I resolved one morning , being indisposed , and not inclined to go out , to set my pyramid on the table before me , and observe the effect that every one who came into the room to me that day might have upon it . The first person who visited me was the maid of the house , with my breakfast ; and although she was one of the most noisy little
husseys I ever met with , it was as much as her tongue could do to keep pace with the clapper of the bell : but fhe little old gentleman stood immoveable , till at going away she told me she was going to the fair , and hoped I would give her something for a fairing ; when , giving his assent with a nod , I took it for granted she was in earnest , and paid half a crown for my first experiment . ' My next visitor was my landlady , whom I had designedly invited to breakfastand
, purposely put such questions to her" as would give me - an opportunity of taking her picture at full length . It would be exposing too many family concerns to give you , Mr . Editor , a detail ' of our conversation . I shall , " therefore , only tgll you , that she gave suficient exercise to my little bell ; but that , in near an hour's discourse , could not observe that she gave more than two opportunities to Father baturn to shew his parts ; one , when she told me ' she had provmed an excellent capon for my dinneiyand designed to come and ' ike part of it ; and the other , when she said her husband h ; , d
centhorridl y drunk the-nig ht before at his club , and she would rattle the Deast for it most severely when he got out ' of his sty . - The next who came into my chamber was oiie of those Jews who go into all public houses , to sell muslin , cambric , handkerchiefs , and « ie ike ; but he no sooner began to open in praise of his wares than ' n > y bell began to ring with such impetuosity , that I was forced to ""¦ ust him out of the
room , least it should burst . ' -But recollecting it was fair time , and that my landlady as well as er maid might want a fairing , I called back the Israelite to make a th * " ,, , Havin & P revi ° usly . determined to silence my bell , I gave ine son of Judah what lie asked for his goods . Opening his pur ^ e VOi- xi . 3 b ¦