The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-12-02 00:00:00, page 2

°,<G *" TL^ fc/"'^ W,, fee ^abh^Ttg
^ produce of his farm,/nd refusing to fell
<t any price whatever for Continental bills.
, It is well known ourfarmers generally pay
their day labourers by provifion^ of every
kind^-and ^s inch who have families, com
aionl'y lupport them in part by their labour,
they are better suited with such pay, than
With money, and when pfovifions are fearer
they will sooner labour for futh provider's
as they want to support their families, than
fiver or golf consequently no farmer ought
to be faulted, tor keeping a fufficient store
to p a y the day laborers that he usually em
ploys, he is so far from being blame worthy,
that he ought to be commended. He answers
the fame end agd design by keeping a fuf
ficiency for that purpose, that is intended
by an embargo laid by public authority, and
it is so far from being a crime that it is really
a virtue But the wretch, who has it in his
power to supply the wants of his neighbour,
whole children cry to him for bread, is a mon
ster : If he refufes, and withholds it, because :
h^ thinks the money is good for nothing,
and that this continent are not able to redeem
the bills they have emitted, great as the furri
is! he is as stupidly ignorant as the oxen he
drives. If he withholds it, with a design to
enhance the price, beyond the real value,
which,alone must be determined by a real,
and not an artificial fearc\iy, is a murderer of
his country, as by the advanced prices on the
faples of life, the expences of our soldiers is
doubled to them in the field, our families fuf
fer the fame fate at home, and it must finally
ruin every farmer who raises no more than a
bare lupport tor his family when we come to
pay in our taxes which must likewise be dou
bled on that very account, unless some 'fpee
dy remedy prevents. I want words to ex
press the atrociousness of their crime, and beg
leave to borrow the words of a celebrated
poet, which he applies to felf murderers, in a
poem (tiled the Grave, in which he fays,
Unhear'd of tortures
Must be referv'd forfuch: These herd together,
The common damn'd fhuu their society,
And look upon themselves as fiends less foul.
Blair.
That the price of the necessaries and conve
niences of life must and will eternally be regu
lated by the plenty or scarcity of them, is a
truth that will hold throughout all ages, and
it is not the feeble efforts of committees, nor
the more potent exertion of assemblies, although
four should join in one, that can make any of
the necessaries of life cheap when they are
scarce, or dear when they abound in plenty.
But I take it that it comes as well within
the sphere of the civil magistrate, to punish
an extortioner or engroffe? as to whip a thief or
bang a murderer ; and they will as much de
serve the blessings of a people ready to pe
rish with hunger, to open the farmers graina
ries to prevent mobs and riots, when they are
shut up by a spirit of extortion, as to flout up
our ports to prevent the merchant from ex
porting the necessaries of life, starving his
country, to fill his own coffers.
T® pretend there is a real scarcity of the
bread kind, is an affront to the reason and
understanding of a man who knows any
thing of this country
The very last year the port of New-York
was open the books were examined, and there
was found entered in them ten hundred tbou
fand bushels of wheat for exportation, beside
bread and flour; this I have from good au
thority.
Can any remember a more . fruitful season
than the furrimer past? our wheat in gene
ral free from blast, our Indian corn luxuriant,
our fields never so eloathed with grass, and
what returns are we making to God tor the
munificence of his providence on our fields,
or for the success and fmilcs On our armies
abroad ? As I am a farmer, and raise the
greater part of my own support from the
field, let me answer, We have fold so much
A Score oi g^od Store Sheep to be let to
an honett man who cau keep them in
paftue every summer. Enquire of the
Printer.
qTOLEN ^ ^ c< tv jx&M^ 4 Ebeuozer Si«t#y cf
° C^hrify.^ S2^u N • Yvk, about th, i„hor
iß:h day f O^ber 1,7, a farts! mare, fovea sr
f^.htyerc ol^, about fifteen heads high, 16'^g
b^id fo^g tail, white ftripa in her face, white
hrir b^k of ^h® em, ecc^fi^ned by a halter, a fair in
t^e uppe; fiuefthe <ff car cut with a knife, soma
f&hll white spots in the fheuldm and fidas, &,1 her
f^ white, trots and ,ros. Whoever will take up
laid *w* and feed her to the febferiber, or give w
^fc :^ he rcy have her agsin ffiall have TEN
DOLLARS far ^ar ,*d frefaed all a^ff^y char
ges pal> b, OLIVER ASHLEY es Claremont,
Sum of N^-- H m n ~ Q
/i'idS io#©:*. ^hi.^ra 4X awtua wh^ ^^v^ o#w &< Mi#
^w in & firvice of the United Sratet belonging
to °h State es Cenee&icu?, are defined ta rathe cut
their sb%rta> and fend them to the fabferibar, in or
der te enable him t 3 drew their pay, &r.
CHARLES KELLOGG, Pt, M^r.
Hertford N c ^ e 24. 1777.
^LL Artificers hogging to Ca,t. Jerius
Willcox a Cs^p^wy. that have nst march'd, r^
hereby direa^d to appear at Middletown, ^ FArb,
the 21st iaft. at it o'clock with their too!# and beg
gage, in order to march to Danbury, L, the wo, es
Naw Haven.
Wm. SIZER, Li *t.
Milltown, Nav. 10, 1777.
UrdEREAS ^o^ than a fiuu part of in# ^p 3:m
es the towHhip ^f Heatiig^a, open the Sufqae
hapnah river and ceunty ^f Wefinerekad. hav& ^ade
application to mo the febferiber tv warn a ^,eti^ «f
said proprietors, to r^t at the heufe of Capt. If&ac
Lawrence, in Canaan, open the last Tu^fday cf Dg
cornber next at cue e'deck an said day, to t& ap^n
ths f^foieg articles, viz, First, To choefa amedbra
tsr fcr fri^ meeting, at To ch^efe a clerk, gi,
T^ fee if th) propriety^ will ^gree to lay out iate ran
pm ^r all wf the undivided lands, in laid town. 4h,
Ta fee if th?y will c^&^mill or mill# in said town.
5 h, Ta fee if the pre,rlems will da an, thing with
regard to m kiig highwa,# or bridges ie f<id tern,
oh, To raifu at%x tedfay the charter and chenfe a
c»waitte for the purpofet faregeiag, a^d do any eth^r
business preper to be done when convened. These are
therefore to warn the proprietor# of Lid town to meet
at the place before mentioned, to &a upen the abevi
particulars, and do other bu^nefs that shall be iho'%
necessary when ceavenod.
ELISHA BAKER, %fticc Place.
cr?a^. N*%6t% 1777.
ol'K^YjJ sum the übimoer ^^ au w ^ 4 %,
° two raich c^,#,one a pale red. while faced and
white on the back, horns tawed iff at the end, mid
dling far big^fr, cud raw boned, abrat 4 years ©!d,
pnrehafad i* June es M?. Samuel Francis, @f G^^,
ths sfcr a b^ck cow. eight or nine years old, «bey
rcn: ^ffto^s-ker. Weever hat take^ up the cows
and ^ili bring them to ma, er feed a line where they
arc ^nli bo haudfomely rewarded e^d all re*fanab'c
ch^rg^s paid Jacob Ogden.
CaUj^rk, Nr/ 15.
-of c,^rl^ngniF bay ^ ^ cotid not get into
our barns pretty well. We have risen frorh
40$ per ton to £4, and as I am inform'd
in some towns to £O. Our wheat, rye, and
Indian corn for kbp present by season of the
great scarcity pF labourers, We have been
obliged to part wiih to our labourers as ufual\
but have been offered two and three dollars
per bushel for it in continental bills, but for
the present have in a great measure withheld
felling, except some small quantities for feed,
but if we withhold it a little longer we expert
the price will fix at four dollars. Thus we
hope to revenge ourselves on the merchant,
and by the extra price ^e enabled doubly to
pay our taxes. But for the present I must
come to a conclusion, and would close with
a passage from St. Paul, informing that no
extortioner shall inherit the kingdom of
God: But as poetry is now much more in
vegue in the world than the bible, I would
apply to the conferences of the monopolizer,
withholder, and extortioner, those words which
the above cited poet beautifully applies to
the miser.
Ah curled lust of gold ! when for thy fake,
The fool throws up his interest in bob worlds,
First curs'd in this, then damn'd in that to come.
Blairs
Until I have exhausted this fubje&, which
I have as yet but just entered upon, it be
ing copious, and very interesting, if you
continue to print, you may expect to hear
from CATO.
^t %fy.th „tr,b^^ ^L^^ A,
' maa'd# by b^k o- her ^r^ b^k* ><« CT f^
fit^d wrh &^^ of M.J L: Fritchs, I^^
1)U%8 deem'd,me ^fi &C ^dibh rh* firat r 4
M.Pai^eas Spdfoncff< D %». And adper
fins that are indebted to said t^ near Dftvm,Tr*
defined th imak& imratdiar* p,«ron,yq ~;+ s,dte#Et
a *. d ? h efi, Str^fird tG Martha Fairchild, A^
Fri%lft'arix o^fojd S,,G
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c«wq 2te^b old p&0, a firall w^i e&skfe h*'
face, farr 'bsfer% abott th^tern teds li„h, paces &
trte s. The owvr ma, bare ghe celt by applying te
J^fepl LeumiscfWia&fer- and paying cfarg&G
P^pffib* 2, 1777.;^
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W" '"* ™" c ib^. bQg.&_ b & AMR!
court of po'^ie f rtka diftra of Sim£u~% to
examine and a j f hselute, of the „/it%r# rs the
effete of Thorns Peeips, late of S nefay, rfecanfed;
reptefeatea i.. r#lv<ot, && hr ruby ^ive'serice s hat we
will attefed and a^jaft slid arairns, on the 14h T ,tU&,
in Dic^mbir adg I'l ini 'a, &f juero, Mint, at o^e
o'c rck in th* f^a^on an etch cf fc^ tl^% „Q
dwelling heufr of Mr. Dar/ A^ap,l Simfbum
. Elisha Graham,
^ArON MO3£3.
Si^fb-r- Nn - ^8 17)7
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V^f L e ^i % ^^\»6 v&6s^ *r° !a& t, ~% e M w rff.
evert of p~s : us for de di&ra of Sir Abut,, to
exaHßS^^n'j^ tl^ c&rao^f ih% creditors cf ,1%
efate <f JM^W W rd, lab* of Stefbary, de^aft/, ,g.
.prefaced itrf^r&tf do he ^bv giv f n >ti<;e ^kat we wlf
attended sejaa fiid claim on the if Tueld*, of
Dmember rni ^tbe%l r^afday ^fJ^^ryßtxt, &t
ene t7ck ie the ef'-tr »fr.^a ^m. rtf fid d:~r. at the
dwelling heufe of M.David Ato ,iS'fb^y.
Z MOS W Lc r jt,
Fllsha Grahabl.
graft,fo Y^vanOfr 29, 1777
ORy, on,- ff.
'p'4^ u^i^r: is ibaelate es Ames Thr^few, Ire
*f Pi,j&uih, Y oma— d^c^as'd rr,r< fitted i^
fo!ve?! § are hereby nr i^d mr the fa'afri ^e# ap
pointed by; the ha% Ifr^l Morey, Efty Judge of the!
prelate of will., &c. ter ths cow^tr es Graf ,n; to te
ceira and sx^m thair c^im, (fix Bosth* beirg zl^
lowrd for that pr,of ) qid attend that Infi^i at the
dwelling h^ufe @f D ^. P'^pt, in 0 f r„ce fro
^^ teOavs ir J kor^ Rb u^y; anti Mirth tog
£ea three cr fix ^'cl ek P M.
Thomas Fort#*, 4
D.V.KPOHT p H „, s | c^rftam.
6f a rd, O%b*F 14. 1?77-
O±QW^^ MM »##■■,.,•»,»„ .pß&3CTOMto».mi#rv_nrfM.h - act Ktm.WdraJ@lM,&4T4MMMmffrorai;m,
—, Et-.«irecub'/: b.;%: ,p or by h. raster
probate fx& <,;ih;&, : f Wradty% crateUfokarS
to receive aa^ exemi-e ^claims &f the c'e<, re ,0
& effa^s of ^bex^^r B'/ger, u^ of Eift W ndfer
deserv'd, rtf Termed i. Jrht , ^rho 9 pv» no
ri ^rt&t we cun aitc.^ Aw b # .fifcA at fit heufe of
Zsckariab A>b.A N faW E^-Winder, er? <ke third
m^da^ ofDTtffr&fy fc^uary, ^rd Feb.an, ne^
a: tea uUo#ki~ th, fa-mv^n 00^4 ,f Lie dry#.
• %?,^ ^„*r juz. y
'j^^ ib^fc, § C aral&rcerd.
He^ry tf'cfcli, j
E^ Wi^'N-^ 177
ALL,& ' h^ . ^, d<n. r <6 &» vt i^;.,, of
fob z Nc'^Uc: B-ra^etd, • r.*rfr' ^o fried
te hri^g. a their accounts t& ABEL NICHOLS of
Lie. B :miu"'; '.nd ' : ^•-v•-i.u. : '.,:.<< ; ^^ efiae
a a deal °:d to k 27 h'r ref/eRi-^ bsll^rc^ to Ahl
Nchwsaferef^L ^h^ L udfc,iah,t%r 0 fee £& e.
Noronha 28 1777.
T'AK-E^ vb, the fhbfi r.tfi &<*..» )£. • i* : juiy;afy
' a & a; MARE 4b u f ^^^ hi ds hr „ pbeutf
ten ar twelve y&#r> a # d, trots a%o paes Alfe, a red
mare colt oueyrar old past h^r left hi^d hg whit, up
to her ham. T-e owner ^ y^evaOem agUn by a,<
plyingtoCOßTlS HALL^fF^m if, n, aha pe„
ire char.*©,. ^. to 2- % 777
mn^Q&#e ff raret rt mm CTCTre.CTßra3ECTamFffi .^^Rie—tMtffiFf____, mr„r___ rc .__
I,yU ^D ^ m ^a 1* ..^& air, ab-u; h^r^&ile'
' from L^ndfal C^r^ehs, cac £ k g^aß. and feme
other small article*. T=« owner ^a% hav* ib mby
proving his property and pa;i% sh. & hr srofo^
L % JACOB BUELL.
Lrtbvnt. Nove^h" 4, 1777
IXTaIN'I Ev uy irwl*y&> c ^., ^ixr-^.u „; lu. Alt
^A afa only, aq^nri y of yee^ bay, irdian
corn, car,; whe^i, pork, tetter in. chiefs, fe; wki<h
hewil p#y part or *u i^^°' Mu;o^d^ sager, the
1:^ efrtT felt, er Jamaica fyiitt. H# has i e^Fo
•oGh 30 0 40 hm^f t&oj§, ano feme horus, fir
C^az.et cu GC^ i ^a! h^h, if app!„d fr fr^ ;
aiming which are fcvsiai „ c h erm, and wrrkirf
ex°*~ Benjamin Henshaw.
M''^^ow% D^c. 1 1777
As 0 LEN ^of us ;art k ?~ rX. the ngzr after
° tbs 21^ of oa^ber, a? Watohgtv#, two horfe#,
6% & bv4%k herctenbeu? 15 hsud# kith, n^ ^nd pa
% ch^fh t^% a 9ar in t^ for^&L lafr hnd Utt
whits; therh^ adn-fr'y, 15 h^nds high, y^c#
and ir&ft, cliJlf pace. 0 , e& i.; the f t^eac, trit
hiid fiatwhite. W^u^r will tik? up Air.h^f,
er any one ofthem, a»d fund,&as t* Ephraim Holii
ter, in f*id YteiLQteL ar ^ Ears 0^ t% in S ock
bridge, (hull h^v % ^ a^dfams reward &*d all nectf
firvc-ar#rspme by Enos i URTis,
Stockbridge N:% z i 7 7 7 .