The Connecticut courant and Hartford weekly intelligencer — Hartford, Conn., 1775-01-16 00:00:00, page 1

From the London Magazine.
Directions for the Conduct of Life.
FIXED in deep meditation on the condition of
human life, I loft myfelf in a pleasing illu
£on, and glided imperceptibly into the visionary
region of sleep. I seemed to be transported to a
spacious plain, where I viewed with admiration
the beauties of nature. The swains watched over
their fleecy charge with tenderness and alacrity, be
guiling the gloom of solitude with the melody of
their pipes. The lufture of the fun diffufed an u
niverfil smile, and I breathed the fragrance of a
uaradife. In this agreeable situation I saw at a dif
gance a venerable personage, at whose nearer ap
proach I was struck with silent awe. His piercing
eye seemed to penetrate mine inmost foul; his coun
tenance was furrowed by the wrinkles of age, and
his head brightened with silver hairs. An elegant
vest adorned his body, and his whole deportment
commanded reverence. He food relieved me from
my anxiety, and with a kind aspect accosted me in
these terms : " My friend, whether are you wander
ing without a guide and companion, exposed to the
^Faults of rapine and the artifices of fraud ?" To
which I answered, " Venerable sage, lam entirely
unexperienced in the ways of men, and have not
long trod the path oflife. Unbiaffed by prejudice,
Jam fufceptable of any impression. Duly sensible
of the want of assistance, I should esteem it a singular
favour to receive the benefit of your admonitions.
You are leaving that theatre into which I am enter
ing, and are able to dired me to a proper choice of
the part which I am to ad."
He then replied with a look of complacency, “ I
applaud your modesty and diffidence, and will as
sume, with the most heart-felt fatisfaftion, the office
of a preceptor :'' Thus he began his solemn harangue,
" The ultimate of end human industry is happiness.
From the feeptered monarch to the rustic peasant all
art m pursuit of it. In this pursuit they all agree,
.However they may differ in the means of attainment.
I have surveyed every feene of life, and experienced
every viciftude of fortune, and at length find that
tru^happinefs is not the lot of man. There are in
deed fame intervals of rest flattered round every Ito
Containing the Freiheit ADVICES,
Mr. P R I N T E R,
Please to infest & following Piece in gour next, and you
•will oblige your bumble Servant, M.
AS his Honor the Governor, with the Advice of
his Council, has lately been pleased, on the
Account of the present threatning Afped of Divine
Providence^ the Liberties of the People, and the
Dangers with which we are threatned, to issue a
Proclamation for appointing a Day of Public Fading
and Prayer, to be observed throughout this Colony,
I /half tak^ the Liberty to advise you, my Episcopal
Brethren, iLigioufly toobferve the Day that is ap
pointed for that Pnrpofe, and not treat it in
ghat contemptuous, Manner you Hid our last
Fast ; by which you brought such Disgrace upon
yourselves, as cannot easily be wiped away, and in
cur'd that Displeasure of all true Friends to Liberty,
which will not soon be forgotten.
Permit me therefore to fay, if you have any Love
for your own Honour and Reputation---if any Af
'-./•,„ for vour oppressed, bleeding Country, and
kefyea for the dear Place where your Fathers have
fi happily lived for many Years---If you have any
?>al c'r Regard for your civil Liberties, which your
j^fr^ p^rchafed at so dear a Rate—Ts you have
^v Bow As cf Companion for your Children, whom
God bath graciously given you, that you may trans
mit re them your birth-right Privileges; 1 fay, if
on fcnve any sense of these Things, be intreated to
'mite with then Los your Brethren in supplicating
the God of^l Meries, that he would appear for us
^ tru-dr.^A Its/, &.d remove those Evils which
ize fear, continue thoU Pickings which we enjoy,
and be^ow ip^ tn those which we need :In one
Word, that we may be in the happy Situation of
that People whose God is the Lord.
M ON DAY, January i 6, 1775.
CONNECTICUT
AND
WEEKLY
Open to all PARTIES--^-not under the influence of ANY.
tion, but there is nothing that deserves the name of
happiness, a word which heavs the fi uitlefs sigh in
every breast. Every moment this globe hastens to
its dissolution, when a new fate of things will be ex
hibited Then will the mystery of nature be reveal
ed, and the dispensations of Providence juftified.
Then will odr future fate be determined by ourpre
fent conduct, and the anions of thio world extend
their influence to the next. Therefore we ihould
not centre bur hopes in this transitory life, but en
deavour by a difeharge of the duties we owe to the
Supreme Being, our fellow creatures,and ourselves,
to secure hereafter a Ration in the universal system,
which may adequately satiate the desires of the
foul; It should be our constant care to pass through
life with innocence, with gratitude for the good,
and resignation to the evil. In the choice of your
Ration, I advise you to nfider your circumstances
and the defpofltiort of your mind ; for men are ge
nerally formed by nr are with an attachment to
some particular pursuit, qnd great part of the con
fufion that is in the world arises from those who pos
sess places, for which they have no ability nor in
clination. It should be the business of parents to
study the genius of their children, and not to pre
deftinate them as it were to employments that they
will never be able to manage. Beware of external
appearances, left emering from the shade of obscuri
ty, you should be dazzled with the artificial splen
dor, and rendered incapableof feeing things in their
real forms. The wisdom of the serpent muff be
mixed with the innocence of the dove; for a felfiffi
spirit animates the mass of mankind, and destroys
the noble principle of difinterelted generofit,. Life
is a mafqerade, where a fi&icious character is fre
quently affirmed : be not content with a fuperficial
Purvey of the human race, but examine them be
hind the scenes as well as in the open theatre. The
purposes of society require a mutual intercoufe of
good offices ; cultivate therefore universal benevo
lence. Yet entrust to few the secrets of yopr bosom;
and dilligently explore his heart, to whom you in
tend to yield your own. A faithful friend is a pre
cious jewel, and a strong tower of defence. Your
mind at present is contrasted within a narrow cir
cle, but theitudy of men will extend its faculties,
and teach you to regard yourfelf as a citizen of the
world. Assert your native liberty, and be not a
have to any fed or party. Let your principles of
religion be worthy of God and beneficial to man.
Let your ideas of government be confident with the
rights of mankind. Constantly revere the oracle of
confeiertee, and support the dignity of your foul."
He then took a solemn farewel, and a sudden noise
diutpated the delusion of my senses.
MARINE ANECDOT E.
["HE character of a true British seaman is a
1 good one : his being ignorant of the value of
money, is the cause of his dissipation when he re
ceives it ; and the only use he can conceive for his
money is to spend it as soon as possible. The fol
lowing is an instance of the truth of the latter as
sertion : at the elofe of the last war a sailor had re
ceived five years pay from one of the /hips paid off
at Portsmouth ; at the fame time some ffiips were to
fail from thence in a fortnight for Ration, and as
Jack was known to be an excellent seaman by the
Commodore he was solicited to enter as Quarter
Master on board the Commodore's own ship ; Jack
refufed, alledging the following reasons: '' An't
please your honour, I have just received five years
pay ; now by my reckoning it will last me a 'month
or so, and your honour's being to fail in a fortnight,
l can't d'y'fee, enter with your honour novo, as I
never carries any money to sea." The Commodore
foiled, and questioned Jack refpefling his ceecnomy in
making five years pay last a whole month. Jack re
plied, " An't please your honour, I mean to keep a
w--.- and a tidier ; now, ns, rigging Mell and iny-
THE
fWraj ^^^rff7 ^Fy
ACADEMICVs,
both FOREIGN and DOMESTIC.
Hereby informs the Public in generplj and his Cus
tomers in particular, that he has lately removed
from his ffiop formerly kept by him at the south
end of the Court-Hotife in Hartford, to one just
south of the north 'Meeting-Houfe; where he
continues to carry on the taylor's business as usual,
and where all gentlemen who will favour him with
their cuftoih, may depend on having their work
done to their fatisfa&ion, as well for price as good
workmanship: He also makes gold and silver span
gled buttons, worked on cloth, on very reafonabic
terms. Said AUSTIN has for sale a very large
quantity of neat PHILADELPHIA BUCKSKIN
BREECHES---A!fo, a number of neat mill'd LEA
THER SKIN S. He employs the beftof
Workmen who make them equal to any in America.
He flatters himfelf he can (apply ^y gentlemen
who are pleas'd to favour him with t^ir cuftorn,
much to their futi : faaion
felf, paying off Catgut, and the allowance of provi
sion and liquor that we shall take in, I reckon as
how I shall expend all the rhino in a month ; but if I
could spend it in less I fliould be glad, as llhould
like to fail with your honour ; but I'm afraid it won't
do." 66 O? Jack, fays the Commodore, I'll put \
you in a way to spend it iaa fortnight." " How,
an't please you ?" fays Jack with a Rare of joyal fur
prize : 66 Why, keep two w -and two fidlers.'
" D--n my e--s if I doh't," replied the overjoyed 1
sailor, and clapped his hands' together with all the '
earnestness of a man who had just hit upon some
Icheme of the utmost importance. He set out on !
his expedition, kept his word, and in little more (
than a fortnight set fail with his Commander pen- \
nylefs and content; who Jack ever after swore, had
the genteelg notion of spending money of any man
in the navy..
UWE the subscribers, being by the hon. court of
'' Probate, for the diftridt of Simfoury, appoint
ed commissioners on the estate of Mr. V, Jiiam Ro
berts, late of Weii-Simfbury, deceased, represented
insolvent, to examine arid acijull the claims of the
creditors to said estate---This is to notify the credi
tors to said. estate, that we shall attend on that busi
ness at the dwelling house of Capt. Ezekiel Hum
phry, inn-holder in Wefl-Simibury, on the third
Monday of January instant, and the firft and fecorid
Mondays ofFebruary next, from one of the clock •
iri the afternoon, till night, on each cf said days.
Oliver Humphry, J
Ezekiel Humphry, > Commiflioners;
j Daniel Willcox, j
January, 1775. - -
To be fold, for want of employ,
A very likely Negro Wench,
about 21 years of age, healthy and strong, and ca
pable of doing any kind ofhoufe work, cooking &c.
For further particulars enquire of the Printer.
To be fold by the fubferroer 01 New Hartford,
A Farm of land, containing about 65 acres, lying
' about a mile well of New-Hartford meeting
house, and on a public road, ten acres under good
improvement, well watered. The above premises
are to be fold on the most reasonable terms, for calh f
country produce, or flock ; or the pay will be takcil
in final! sums, and a reasonable time given, by
All persons that are indebted
to, or have any demands against the estate of Mr.
Joseph Barns, late of Middletown deceas'd, are de
sired to fettle the fame with his son Mr. Joleph
Barns of said Middletown, administrator on said c
ftate, without delay.
Middletown, Dec. {oth, 1774. ~„
STEPHEN AUSTIN,
(NUMBER 525.]
C O URA N T;
HARTFORD
Intelligencer.
Cyprian Merrels,
New-Hartford, gth Jan. 1775