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The Collector.
"Where it was enjoined on all postillions , entering ateach ^ gnd , to blow their horns by way of notice . His did si ; but after proceeding a good way , they met a courier travelling on the-King ' s business , who had neglected this precaution . The courier ordered Mr . Howard ' s postillion to turn back ; but Mr . Howard remonstrated , that he had complied with the rule , while the other had violated it , and therefore that he should insist on going forwards . ' The courierreling on an
, y authority to which , in that country , every thing must give way , made use of high words , but in vain . As neither was disposed to yield , they sat still a long time in their respective , carriages : at length the courier gave up the point to the sturdy Englishman , who would on no account renounce his ri ght .
GRATITUDE . ACTS of gratitude do honour to those who perform them . When Colonel Bellingham , of the county of Lowth , in 'Ireland , was dbbu ' t eighteen years of age , he disagreed with his family , anil , in a'fit of desperationinlisted in the service of the East India Companyas a .
, , private . soldier . The party was instantly ordered to Cork for embarkation . When they arrived at Gallon , in the county of Kilkenny , Mr . Bellingham was much fatigued , and sought for a bed and refreshment ; but the country people having an extraordinary antipathy fo the army , he could not procure either ; and was on the point of despondingwhen a poor fellow named Tim Keltywho Overheard his
en-, , treaties , desired Mr . Bellingham to accompany him to his cabin , where he boiled a piece of salt pork and potatoes , to satisfy his hunger , and gave him his own bed for the night , while Kelty and his wife slept upon some straw . In the morning , " they gave their military guest some new-laid eggs , bestowed their benediction , and all parties separatedwith tears in their . During a residence of twenty
, eyes years in India , Mr . Bellingham , by his merits , rose to the rank of Colonel , and acquired an independent fortune . When he returned to Ireland , the first thing he did was to search after his poor benefactor and his wife ; but , alas I Tim had departed this transitory life , two years before the arrival of the Colonel , who settled a handsome annuity upon the poor fellow ' s widow . , "
MEDICAL SAGACITY . '""•' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ; WHEN the celebrated , physician Avicenna , who flourished about the year ioio , was at Jorgan Habus , the Sovereign of the country sent for him to visit his nephew , who was confined to" his bed , b ' y ' a disorder which baffled all the physicians of . that country . Avic ' enria , having felt the man ' s pulseand : seen ' hisurinejudged his
young , . .. , , . illness to proceed from concealed love . . He . ' sent foi ' the chief eunuch of the palace , and , whilst he kept his finger ' on the patient ' s pulse ,, desired him to call over the names of the several apartments . . Observing : great emotions in the sick man , at-ihe naming of some particular " apartment , he made the eunuch' name all " the women in that apartment ; and finding his patient ' s pulse beat exrremelv hijrh at the
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Collector.
"Where it was enjoined on all postillions , entering ateach ^ gnd , to blow their horns by way of notice . His did si ; but after proceeding a good way , they met a courier travelling on the-King ' s business , who had neglected this precaution . The courier ordered Mr . Howard ' s postillion to turn back ; but Mr . Howard remonstrated , that he had complied with the rule , while the other had violated it , and therefore that he should insist on going forwards . ' The courierreling on an
, y authority to which , in that country , every thing must give way , made use of high words , but in vain . As neither was disposed to yield , they sat still a long time in their respective , carriages : at length the courier gave up the point to the sturdy Englishman , who would on no account renounce his ri ght .
GRATITUDE . ACTS of gratitude do honour to those who perform them . When Colonel Bellingham , of the county of Lowth , in 'Ireland , was dbbu ' t eighteen years of age , he disagreed with his family , anil , in a'fit of desperationinlisted in the service of the East India Companyas a .
, , private . soldier . The party was instantly ordered to Cork for embarkation . When they arrived at Gallon , in the county of Kilkenny , Mr . Bellingham was much fatigued , and sought for a bed and refreshment ; but the country people having an extraordinary antipathy fo the army , he could not procure either ; and was on the point of despondingwhen a poor fellow named Tim Keltywho Overheard his
en-, , treaties , desired Mr . Bellingham to accompany him to his cabin , where he boiled a piece of salt pork and potatoes , to satisfy his hunger , and gave him his own bed for the night , while Kelty and his wife slept upon some straw . In the morning , " they gave their military guest some new-laid eggs , bestowed their benediction , and all parties separatedwith tears in their . During a residence of twenty
, eyes years in India , Mr . Bellingham , by his merits , rose to the rank of Colonel , and acquired an independent fortune . When he returned to Ireland , the first thing he did was to search after his poor benefactor and his wife ; but , alas I Tim had departed this transitory life , two years before the arrival of the Colonel , who settled a handsome annuity upon the poor fellow ' s widow . , "
MEDICAL SAGACITY . '""•' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ; WHEN the celebrated , physician Avicenna , who flourished about the year ioio , was at Jorgan Habus , the Sovereign of the country sent for him to visit his nephew , who was confined to" his bed , b ' y ' a disorder which baffled all the physicians of . that country . Avic ' enria , having felt the man ' s pulseand : seen ' hisurinejudged his
young , . .. , , . illness to proceed from concealed love . . He . ' sent foi ' the chief eunuch of the palace , and , whilst he kept his finger ' on the patient ' s pulse ,, desired him to call over the names of the several apartments . . Observing : great emotions in the sick man , at-ihe naming of some particular " apartment , he made the eunuch' name all " the women in that apartment ; and finding his patient ' s pulse beat exrremelv hijrh at the