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? happy, happy minute ; *I:we3P j0?Mi ??>?""* woil?? , has f&i)gbt embittering 81 ft, .f ' {*, :.G i . U"V T?B ttttttftttss .<& J?. dNM'ir ?.,SrS*TI^M3 ? Kim, ud you my *** ?is MRE rninnt-ji; spenker of V ho Kml tu X parish 'ol ry,;|i)0d% \!Lrk._ <?? '< so his son f so much, t! anil littd li at Ills loifei Da another . walked bn tbei some ftetfmetru The piirat V The following anecdote use* to be, told by George I. at tho time of relaxation from business, and unbending from re gal concerns. About the year 1619 tl We wa a a nobleman in Germany, wlwise daugh ter was courted bj a .young lb^.? When he had made sirchf.pragress in tbaaffair as is usual by the inter position of friers, the old lord had a cgafefenoe wilh him, - and asked him bp}* he intended, if he marriet} his daughter to mainteitLlier? He answered) equal Uf her quality.? lo which her. father replied, that was no answer to (fce question. He desired again to know whara?had ltd maintain her withf^'lo which lady gave his abjure to marry^his daughter, ^altbw^ e tut none coul this young tf? irs derive Vbw F VOLUNTARY extraordinary case of, a trader;? 'fotpelled tar # snocesilon df misl Junes; anil absolutely destitute ?* m&. m ?,^{ m MNi (l.O^cans of procuring food, retired to . aiptyuestered spot in a foi est, am! th^re vesolved to starve himself to death. lie put Ilia determination jn force o* the 15tb 8e|rtetnber and wax round 6n the 8d of October, (eigh teen days) ?Mill living although spee^less, insensible ami reduced to tlMnst Mag? of debility. A small quantity of ltquid was given him, after which lie expired. By hi* sKle i was found a pocket book and pencil, with which he' had contrived to keep a daily Journal of bia slate and suf ferings, aud in which he had perse vered till the 29tb September. He begins by giving an account of him self, atip states that he was a res pcctal>K? tradesman possessing good property, of which he had been de prived t>y ?misfortune aud villainy, and that ht come .to the determina tion of starving himself to death not so much* with' the view of commit ting suicide, as because he was una* ble to procure work ; that he had in \tafoi offered, himself as a sel dier; and was too proud to ad#ly to unfeeling relations. This note is tlated on the 10th; which day he bad enp^t) in constnictiag a litHe hut Of bushes and leaveis. On the 17th, he complains of suffering much Jfrom cola, itxl, in bh JournA of tti* 18th, he' mentions having aiiffeired mUfck from intolerable thirsf, to appeals which, :l?e had licked the dew from the surrouftdjyyig vegetables. On the 20th, he found a small piece of coin, and with great difficulty reach ed ail inn, where he purchased a bottle of beer. ? The beer failed, however, to quench his thirst, and W|lr&oglfi was so reduced; that lie look three hours t6 accomplish the distance, about Smiles. ? Ott the SSty he dfacowred a spring ot water, but ft?Sh ?menteA;with thirst; *be ten days #B|ce lie! was made the scor - maii iW iv#? v i* ? mii < UnaeeioU poured ? ttiice flic in about 8