The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1777-01-13 00:00:00, page 4

^r the CONNECTICUT COURANT.
B, a young LADY cf Fifteen.
HOW does my breift with kindling raptures glow,
Aid m, % m oioad in fprtg htiisr curreau fl jw,
Wn^l tranfpoted fee Britannia fill.
Aid the United Colonies prevail.
Sic th#m t ^npICT over laid and fear,
W ri.;h<u>h;y Brittons humbly fua for peace ;
Lit ßm? 00 msec we i glorious hero's boa#,
Americans dwarves that little most ;
Abira cue red, sea WASHINGTON arise,
And Ihiaing coaqueft fp&tkling in hri eyes.
Msthi^k, I hear cut graceful Hero fa„
'Hailmy braze friend#, and 'partners of this day,
" Tail gibrioji day --well won thro' fields of blood,
46 V/aea nobly fighting for our country's good ;
", You far farp,L'd each patriot Riman name,
" Arid rob'd the dying Decii of their f.mL
" Behold in Putnam, Cincinatus live,
" Aid a new B:ip° i a brave Gates arrive."
& ceajes ^graceful cast hit eyes around,
Wu^e through the camp loud acclamations found;
Taught by his precept!, hit example Arid,
And with the fjul of LIBERTY iafpir*d ;
Again they with the glorious field to try,
Conclude their triumph or unconqaei'd die.
Evin now I burn to join the generous band,
Aad from oppreffi jn lave this injur'd lane ;
Wrest from a tyrant's grasp rhe glorious prize,
Aad call down sacred FREEDOM from the ikies,
To fix her here --on a triumphant throne,
W^ile ail the weflern world her entire own ;
Weft the glad tiding# to the furth'moft ihore,
T:^; FREEDOMr+g^sand TVRANTSare aomore.
We the subscribers being appoint
ed, by the hon. court of probate so t the udlritt of
Litchfield, commiffionera go receive, examine and ad
jart the cUimacfih& creditors to the estate of Jann
Co,kings, late of Sharon, deceased, represented infol
, VAM, do hereby give notice that we mail attend that
bufiaef# at the dwelling house of Israel White, in Sha
roa, on the last T ueld^y of i^ft. December, and the
firft and fecund Tuefdaya of January next, at one o'-
clock afternoon. 0° No accounts will be allowed
un^fs properly attested.
Israel White, 7 Commif-
Jonathan Sprague. J doner#.
Sharon, Dec. 22, 1774
Broke into my inclofure, a dark
briadle heifer, 2 rear# ud patt, marked with a crop
off the left war, and a half penny under the right ear,
and a flit in the upp^r part. The owner it desired to
pay charge# and take her away from
Daniel Pickett.
Glenfield Dec. 26, 1776.
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ROBERT BRANTHWAIfE,
/'IIVES moaey for good clean flax seed, also for
I_JT WHEAT, RYE, CORN, and OATS.
xiafif^rf, Doc. 27. 1776.
CASH a«u ibme SALT giv^r sh good PoRK, uy
SAMUEL MARSH,
AThu dura hi Hartford ; where may be had a
Qjwnmy of FUS TICK.
D^mb^r 30. 1776.
T U B E sOLD (price 16. fiagri)
By CONSIDERBURT,
A Lwg< ormbrr of Worthington made Spining
" Wheels. N.B. Areafon&ble abatement will
be made to any pstfon that will parchafe the whole.
O Srid Burt has a fro pounds ofBLACK PEP-
RkR which he waste to exchange for FLAX.
Hviorfa ' 3°' L 77'°
Jurt printed, and to ue i^d by
: NATHANIEL PATTEN,
Book binder and flari^er under the printing office,
Hartford,
TQREBETTER's New England Almanack, forthe
Jr year of Qu? L^d ChritL 1777 ; bafides what i#
ulua! in others, adorned with an accurate plate of the
pfefat feat of war at and near Ne*?-York, viz. Gene
ral Washington's lines on New-York iflsnd, fert at
Pontis Hwk, Buvkrr-Hill near New-York, the
Sound, K ag's- Bridge, H#ll Gate, fort Washington,
far: CoaUitutibn, Governor'*- Ifland', &c. &. &c.
O Great allowance made to those who buy to fill
again.
^ ~.—,.— „—.-—~—.— —~— P.
jg, fubujtea, ^a to be bold, ^nuteJaU ax£ Kesatt, at
the Printing-Office in Hartford,
TV A T S 0 N's
C.O N NE C T I CUT
A LMANA C K,
For the Year 1777.
Stolen from the fubferiber, living
in FredaricHburgh Precinct Dutches County, New-
York core 7 ^M, on the 25 h of Nov. left, a black
MARE, and a COLT of the feme colour, the MARE
it zbout 9 year# old, has a fiar in the forehead, mane
the right file, ore white bind fdot, trot# ; its likely
the COLT will be fold to part it from the dam. Who
ever takes up laid MARE and return; her shall have
fix dollars reward, and for the COLT four dollars,
and reafoably charges paid by Joseph Gaxung.
Taken up by the fubferiber a red three years
old STEAK, braided or the horns S. B. a flatting
crop off the near car, feme white on his belly. The
owner may have him b, paying chargecard Applying
to Dan King.
S^ffield, Dec. 24 th, 1776. _
Strayed from the fubferiber force months
patt, a brown pide heiter, 2 years old palt, no murk.
Whoever will take up and return said heifer to ms,
or fend me word, shall be handsomely rewarded by
JOSIAH CLARK.
Hertford, Dre. 28,1776.
Stolen from the fubferiber on the night fol
lowing the 23 1 infant, out of a hogshead &1 goods,
which was brbk# open, sundry striped cotton thins,
federal pair of iho#,, one pairof pale blue yarn Rock
iag^aad two cheeses. The thief is one Jame# M'-
Lean, a prifmer belonging to the gift regiment in the
Britrih service, is of a middling fixture, a well f*ut
min, red complexion, has light hair femething pitted
with the fmali peg, fl ?w of fpeach, wears his regi
mental coat and Scotch bonet,and long plaid trowfers.
Whoever will apprehend apd future the Lid thief,
and give information to the fubferiber, fhull have two
dollars reward and all necessary cha %ei
Weftfivld, Dec. 25th, 1776. MOSES ROOT.
All perlons that have any de
msads u^ the eftace cf Titus Buck, late of Wea
th&ufie!d,d. ceased, are dsfwed to bring their accounts
to the fubferiber in order for failemcAt; and those
indebted are desired to mak^ speedy payment to
Caroline Buck, Adminifb atrix.
Dec. 27, 1776.
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^THOMAS HILLDRUP,^
^ WATCH MAKER ONLY, j^
^4t the fa,for man, ,tars occupied bp Dr Williams
^ Jepson, afeiv rods North of the Stato-Hotf,^
^ Hartford, $1
X PROPOSES, iffoperly encouraged, to ope%,;
* Repofadiy for buying and feliingWaiches,^
^ua commissions, they being in great demand, aad^
3fiot to be got in the ufaal way. Therefore, thef^
)^perfoas ^hat have any to aifpofe of, either by)g(
);{.he -quantity or A^gl*' * r * requested to leaved
X^ern as soon as p.ffible a regular book^
^ all be kept for the fate#, that each party may b<)&;
X^avinced of th^ju^ice done them. Arid coati ^
)gaues to repair, in a perfect and durable manner,^
X ud warrants them to perform well one year, caf ^
o)aides and very b^dones excepted. Geatlemcr^
^)u the army, and others at a difance, forwardings
s)heir commands by post riders, &c. may depot's
„,m fidelity and difench; He detires fach of hi §
g^ftom^s ^ hRv„;% an opportunity of applying ^
j&jYsrtanally, to be ,&icaiar in directing their fa g
Scours, as many Fete of late been carried else ^
X /here, to the deception of the parties. For the)g
jointure,, the work will have his name in typertf
^ vithin the out fide case. Constant attendance^
^rill b$ given from fun to fun, the year round/g
^Every favour gratefully acknowledged, zne^
\fyunaually obfarved by the public's humble fer ty
W/ayt to command, Thomas Hilldrup.'@'
'Hartford, Nov. 15, 1776. g
^P.S. Four eight day CLOCKS, and a few filvrfe
^ WATCHES for fate. Coaftaat employ, anc^
W puadaal payment to an affiftaat in the Watch^
ts hufinefi, who ußderftaads finishing. npß 3m °ty
^e&W@>W^ ^WW@o^@
SO BE SOLD BY
JAMES TILEY,
A little E.ft of the Court Huufe, in Hartford,
gTEEL lime Crapes, fteehfwiveh for Hangers, ftcel
' hooks, chains arid Grinds for Hangers, and a varie
ty of other Articles.
rprlE public are cored to save their HOG's bklS
-1 TLES, for whfch they will receive Eight Pence
per Ib. fur thole of agood qi&litr, and Six Pence for
those of an inferior fort, of MARTIN GATTER,
Brnfh meker, living on the Common, just above Mr.
Burr's flora in New-Haven.
Said Getter mhkes aadtlls hearth, fl .or, deaths
brnChes, &c. also butter'd BISCUIT.
A LL perlons having any demands on th& estate of
" LieutSamue' Pierce, lateof Windfcr,deceafed,are
deftred to bring them in immediately, in order for fet
tiement ; and theft indebted to said estate, are desired
to make speedy payment, to
LOIS BIERCE, Administratrix.
January i. 1777.
As Alexander Fraser, of Wethersfield,
will soon remove frtan this to a neighbouring Sute,
and being unwilling to put any of his former good
customers to trouble, thtfe are to desire all perfens who
are indebted to him by note or book, to make pay
me^t of the fame as soon as possible.
Wethersfield, so. 9 ] 777;
Taken up in Barkhemftead woods, in a fuf
fering condition, two mouse coloured STEARS, mark
ed with a flit in th# near ear, fappofed to be two years
old, they were taken up in Nov. left.
Stephen Richardson.
Barkhernftead, He. 6, X 777.
CASH given for clean cotton and linnen R 4GS
at the Printing-Office, Hartford.
Dr. PR 7 h J,
A Rf^Z" from Long ]fand b has open'd a shop near
/l ^ Mrs. Peter's 1# rPethrfdd, wheie he prepo^
fas to practice Pbjfa, Burger,, & Midwiferj, whkh left
has, for a number of years, been hi# principal employ,
meat. He is f.ny that, being a firmer, he is oblig'd
to take this method &f at once felliciting the public
notice and favor, and undeceiving the mif-informed;
who, it seems, confider him merely as an &tbecar,l
H# therefore hopes he flhall not be chargeable wit^
vanity, in faying in his own behalf-.-That he has beeri
almuft 30 years a findeat in his profeflion, and above
20 a practitioner---that, after 6 years practice, he tra~
veiled for improvement, and spent more than 2 years
in England, France and Holland, for that purpose•
attending the practice and operations of force cf th*
principal hofitah, frequenting the tenures cf the most
celebrated piofeffus in Lonox and Parfj---that in Lo?^
don ha war for more than a year principal assistant and
drsiftr to the eideft surgeon cf Guy's hospital— that
in Midwifery particularly, he had his inftruaicns ia
part from the great Dr. Hunter, phytician extraor
dinary to the Qteea, and was fir a considerable time;
senior pupil to me celebrated Dr. M'Ketee : Aad that,
after finishing his studies abroad, he tock Lis degree in
phytic at the univeifity of Lyden. Tho' net an A,o
thecary, he has always kept a ihsp, and has saved from
the enemy a parcel cf medicines, part of which he
would barter for such articles as he wants, effccially
fa, u^tetfls, cf which he ha, unfortunately loft the mog
of his own : Aid such asreall, want shall be supplied
with f ch things as he ca^ spare, at the current prices.
As he has been above four months cut of any fettled
employment, a^d a great expence for the fuppert of
his family, he would be glad to get into bufiaef# in his
profeffion, which he would execute with care, diligence
a^d fidelity.
THOMAS DERING, JOHN FORBES;
and THOMAS WI(,KHaM, bring appointed by
the S^ate of Naw-York, to receive, examine and re
port, on the several claims against find Suite, for tranf
posting families, it^ck, and iffed#, from Longlfland
to Connsdicut, all perfoms who have any such accounts
unfertled .r^ defined to bring them in for settlement
to Mr. Ephraim Frnno's, innholde: in Middletown,
the third Wednefdiy, Thursday and Friday in January
and February nest, where attendance will be given to
adjust the fame. Tney are rc^u&d to give particu
lar account of the name#, number of families, and
orfneisof effeds, and the places from and to which
they were removed, and to be certified by the commit
tees of the f v?ral towns where tRy live.
Middletown, Dec. 31, 1776.
Strayed from the fubferiber, sometime last
fammir, a yearling tad dear, ha# a bar in his ft rt:h,a&
a half crop the undeifide the right ear and a hole tiro'
the fame ; alfoe hrife% of th^ fame age, colour and
mar!%¥ VhreyQr will ± k^ „r ^n< ! ;*tvf ftH ar 2rr^
or give information to the fubferiber so that be may
have them again, shall have a handfeme reward and
necessary charges paid by Abel Gridley.
HamirgtoD, J ar ^ 1777.
^LLupeiioiu having wn, demands on the rihwe of
Capt. John Loveland, late of Middletown deceas
ed, cither by book, bond or note, ae desired to pre
sent their accounts for payment unto the administra
tors in Middletown, by the zeth cf J?n. inff. and all
that are indebted to said estate are liquefied 10 make
speedy payment Jamss Jones, ? Adninifi
Susannah Loveland. ) trators.
January 6, 1777.
Runaway from the fubferiber a few days
since a n^re buy, named Cuff, about 20 yeais of age,
middling in fiacre, full eye. had on . blue coating
watch- coat, leather breeches, the rest of his c'oatha
brown homespun. Whoever will take up and return
said Negro, fball hive Ten Dollars reward, and
neeeffa»y charges paid by
Nathaniel Olcott.
East Hartford Jan. 2, 1777.
Stolen out of the stable of Mr. Moses But
ter, in the right after the gift of Dec. last, a dark
cheftgut coloured HORSE, about 14 hand# high,
pace# and trots, but chiefly inclines to pace, a star in
hi# forehead, thick mane, low carriage, thud all round.
Whoever will take up said horf^ and return him to
Mr. Butler, and ftcutc the thief so that he may be bro't
to justice, shall have tea dollars reward---if only the
horse, five dollars, and neceff&r, charges paid.
N. B. A bridle with large reins and the threat latch
broke off, was ftohn with the horse.
Hartford, Jan. 3, 1777.
Strayed from the fubferiber of Hartland,
some time in Sept, last, two final! yea r old HEIFERS,
one a black, the other a red pide, both masked wiiha
fawllow tail in the near ear and a crop in the off car
and a halfpenny underside the fame. Whoever he#
the above heifers in keeping, and will return them to
the owner Ihall be haadfomeiy rewarded, and necessa
ry charges paid, by ALEX. BUSHNELL.
Hartland, Jan. 2, 1777.
t 5 B E ~SOLD Ty '
MOSES SMIT H,
At hi# house a few rods Weft of the Great-Bridge,
Hartford,
CHOICE good INDIGO, by the fiagle pound or
faaller quantity; also good brown sugar by
the barrclor smaller quantity ; and a small affarune.n<
of earthan and glafa ware. OHe gives caffi for good
geafi feathers. fed 6, 1777.