To be Sold, for want of Employ,
A Likely Negro Fellow, about 25 Years of Age. He is an extraordinary good Cook, and understands setting or tending a table very well, likewise all kind of House Work, such as washing, scouring, scrubbing, &c. Also, a Negro Wench, his Wife, about 17 Years old, born in this City, and understands all Sorts of House Work. For farther Particulars, inquire of the Printer.—New York Gazette, March 21st, 1765.
Sir John Moore not Buried at Night.
It has been generally supposed that the burial of Sir John Moore, who fell at the battle of Corunna, in 1809, took place during the night, an error which doubtless arose from the statement to that effect in Wolf's celebrated lines. Rev. Mr. Symons, who was the clergyman on the occasion, states, however, in Notes and Queries, that the burial took place in the morning, in broad daylight.
Cleopatra a Myth.
Commentators of no mean standing insist that Cleopatra
"Star-eyed Egyptian,
Glorious sorceress of the Nile,"
is merely a creature of the imagination; in plain words, that the Cleopatra of history never existed, though there were two or three women who bore the name.