The Connecticut courant — Hartford, Conn., 1774-04-26 00:00:00, page 4

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4 The PICTURE of Matrimony.
(From a late Magazine )
I.
9 *r'WAS in the pleasant Month of May,
I When Males and Females sport & play,
A wanton Sparrow fell of prate,
With Spotify on a Tree was fat ;
They talk'd hew faithful they wou'd be,
And chirp'd eternal cooHancy .•
The only Thing that damp'd their Spore,
Was fear their Lives would be too short;
11.
But as from Bough to Bough they fly,
Not dreaming any Creature nigh,
For Want of a more downy Bed
lUpon a Twig with Birdlime spread,
They hade their fond regard re prove,
And take their little fill of Lore.
The only Thing that damp'd their Sport
Was fear their Lires would be too short;
lIL
But Paros to Fleafare fooo facceed,
To both it prov'd a fatal Deed ;
For though with case they broke away,
And baulk'd a School Boy of his prey,
The Bridegroom in the hasty Strife
Had clung so fall unto his Wife,
That though they us'd their utmost Art,
They quickly found they ne'er muH part.
IV.
A gloomy Cloud o'ercaft his Brow,
Hefound himfelf he knew not how ;
He pouts, and glouts, and peevish grew.
As other angry Hufunds do.
Whene'er he mov'd he felt her Hill,
She kifs'd him oft against his Will.
With Favours Hill o'erwhelm'd her Lord,
Abroad at Home, at Bed, at Board.
V.
But he flill obfiioate and flout,
At length her Stock of Love was out,
So Back to Back io difeontent,
They fit and fallen!, repent ;
Thus after some few hearty Prayert,
A joftlc and some fpitefnl Tears,
This is the Burthen of their Song,
That Life is tedious and too long.
RUN away from Elihu Hyde of Spencer-
Town on the 17th day of infant April,
a Negro Man about 26 years of age, had on
when he went away a mix'd colour'd short coat,
black and blue, an under double breaded waifb
coat, one fide of it plaid, dirty leather breeches,
blue flockings and double foal'd fhees, his hair
corn'd out and tied up, an old brown woo! hat,
about § feet t inches high, round fhou!d<red„
carries his head (looping forward. Whoever
full take up said negro and deliver him to laid
Hyde, shall have Seven Dollars reward and all
necessary charges paid, by
April. 18, 1774 ELIHU HYDE.
WANTED an apprentice to a Chaise and
Harnafs maker, a hereby goodoMur'd
Lad, about 14 years old. Enquire of the Printer.
N. B. Ooe from a diftaoce will fait bcft.
ALL persons having accounts of any kind
unsettled with the cHate of Jamesßunce,
date of Hartford deceas'd are defied to bring
them in immediately to the fubferibers io order
or fettlcment.
Elizabeth Bunce, Adminißratrig.
James Bunce, Admixißrator.
Hartford, April 26, 1774.
C 'TC'HE Public are hereby inform'd, That
1 the Pro,ejah lately iffuedjor ergrav
ing Mr. Stickney's Collodion of MUSICK,
has already met with unexpected Encouragement,
and it is requeued that all Persons wiring to
encourage /o necessary a Cohesion will give in
their Names either to the Subscriber Printer in
Hartford, or to any of the Gentlemen who have
Subfeription Papers in their Hands' (agreeabl
to the printed Proposals ) as fan as ma, be.
And tbofe Gentlemen who have said Propofols
in their Hanes are dfred to obtain as many
Subferibers as the, can, and return the Papers
by the General Eteßion in Moy next, to their
Humble Servant, E. Watson.
THE fobferiber takes this method to inform
the public, That he has moved from
the house where he has lived for some years
past to the hoofe of Capt. George Smith, fiu<
ate on the main road, a few rods north of the
court house ; and as he has an elegant and well
accommodated house, as also a good Hable,
flatters himfelf (hall be able to wait on travel
lers, &c io the best manner. He also propo
fis to keep Boarders by the day, week,or longer
time. WILLIAM KAOX.
Hartford, April, 25th, 1774.
Thomas Hopkins,
HAS just receiv'd a frefh AfTortmeot of
English GOODS, which he will fell on
the moH reafooableTerws, at his Store, opposite
the North Meeting-House Hartford.
N. B, Tea, Indigo, Pepper, Alfpice, &c.
TO BE SOLD by the Subscriber,
F~ " A FARM ioTorringteg,
/%^§ A containing 140 acres,
I 50 of which are noder im-
I provement,with ^n orchard
I m of I§o good bearing apple
I , " Ire "> " well watered, has
' 'j a house and barn Handing
thereon, about three miles from the meeting
house. Whoever is inclined to purchase the
fame may apply to
EPHRAIM LOOMIS.
Torrington, sth April, 1774.
Taken up the 3d day
of April 1774 two colts, one three year old,
the other one coming— The elded is red roan
with a white face, and red spot on the left
Ihoulder and dock'd, the other brown, their
manes inclining the right fide, both pacers —
The right owner by ^pp ! ying to me may have
them by paying the cost.
LOT STANLY.
New Britain, Aprils 1774.
co ah the creditors of Jacob Benton of Harwio
ton, that parfuant to an a& of the General As
sembly holdcn at Hartford by adjournment on
the fecood Wednesday of January, A.D. 1774,
The committee appointed on the petition of Lid
Benton, praying for a fpeeial aft of infebency
„ hit favour, will meet at the dwelling house of
Mr Asa Yale in Farmington, on the 27th day
oflaHaot April, to enquire into the Hate of said
Benton's affairs, both with refpc& to his debts,
credits, and eHate, in order to furnifh them
fcives with the necessary means to represent
the Hate us his circumflaoces to the General
AfTembly at their session in May next, to which
by f&id a& fiid Committee are ordered to make
their report.
fohn Strong, 1
Abijah Catlin, 1 Committee.
Jfah Phelps. J
Harwinton, April 4 1774.
This is to give notice
New London, March 23, 1774.
All persons indebted
to thee Hate of Abel Avery of New London,
deceas'd, are desired to make speedy pav
All persons that have any accounts agaieft said
cHatc are desired to bring them in. Accounts
mud be attcfled or not accepted.
We will meet at the dwelling house of Mr.
J^hp Taio'tcr innholder in Colcheter, on the
6rft tuefdgy of June next.
~CT' n v ? Executory
Nathaniel Comflock.)
A LL persons in the town of Hartford pof
faffed of Steel Yards or other Weights,
are hereby notified to bring them in to the Sub
former by the fiift Day of May next, to have
them try'd by the Standard, as the Law direct.
Thomas Sloaw, Sealer cj Weighs.
April 18 1774
HARTFORD:
Printed by Ebenezer Watson,
Simfbary, April 11, 1774.
LAST Saturday night the prisoners in Neve-
Gate Prison io Simfbory opened a way
that had been in pm Hop'd up, that led from
the place of their conferment into an old deep
fhaft that was partly filled with rocks & Hones ;
William Johofoo Crawford, and Daniel Hum
phry (fometiaes called Daniel Collyer Hum
phry,) being more bold than the rest, ventured
to pull away the flones from over their heads,
and to work upwards io the old fhaft, and as
these two in the fhaft pulled down the Hones
the other three prisoners be low removed there
out of the way to keep a communication be
tween them, and all promised thcmfelvel a fpec
dy escape—when (at about three o'clock in the
morning) the rocks, flones, &c. io rhe fhaft al!
gave way, and funk into the fhaft, where Craw
ford and Humphry were at work, to the great
conHernatiOo of the three other prifoners,wtofay
they really believe that Crawford and Humphry
arc both buried under the Hones, &c.~ but
whether they are buried there or by some means
efeaped appears uncertain to those who have
viewed the place, but rather cocj mure the lat
ter. Therefore, this is to give notice, that if
any perlon or persons will take up said Craws rd
and Humphry, or either of them, and convey
them to laid New Gate, shall have Ten Dollars
reward for each, pud by
JOHN VIETS, Keeper of said Prison.
N B Said Crawford is about twenty four
years of age, five feet and eight inches high,
black curled hair, black eyes, had on a light
brown broad cloth Oat, red deffel trowfers.
Humphry is about twenty years of age, five feet
and eight inches high, had on a light brown sea
j cket, and brown p!ufh breeches, both well set,.
spry youngmCTj _ 86
Last Saturday night
New Gate Prifoo was again broke open, and the
following persons made their efespe, viz. Ze
phaniah Ramfdel about 27 years of age, about
§ feet Brioches high, lightifh yellow hair feme
thing short, grey eyes, thinifh face ; had on a
black coat & vest, cloth coloured p ! ufh breeches,
a blue duffil great coat, and new (hoes.—Alfa,
John Roberts, about 40 years old, about 5 feet
9 inches high, grey eyes, and short black curled
hair ; had on a brownilh or rediffi colour'd fur
tout, a pair leather breeches very black if not
washed face, a pair old (hoes.— Also, Jaero
Williams, a short well set felow, about 28
years old, with short black hair ; bad on a blue
cap, a pair long nasty linneo trowfers, check
shirt, and new shoes. Whoever will take up
either or all of fiid fellows, aid return them
tp said New Gate, shall bare Fifteen Dollar,
reward for each, paid by
JOHN VIETS.
Simsbur,, April 2s, 1774.
A New Supply of
T E A,
Extraordinary good.
The bed French, and fine Spanish Indigo, black
and brown Barcelona Handkerchiefs, full
Yard Square, and leffcr Sizes, to be fold by
William Beadle,
At WETHERSFIELD.
A L S O,
INDIA Taffetres and other Silks for Gowns,
Fower'd and plain Sattio for Cloaks, Per
fiaos, Alamodes, and thin Silks, a great Variety
of Chiotfes and Callicoes, Gauzes and Lawns
flower'd and p'ain. Cloths, Nails, Sugars,Spi
ces, Liquors, and all other Articles as ufoal.
Sii(\Beadle wants is purchase dite^by, four
or five hundred Dollars, far which he will let
the very best of his Goods go as cheap as ever
he can , if no person fhoald be willing to fopply
him with so large a number, he is willing to treat
with fevrral, and buy a hundred from each ;
and if this fhiuld not fait, he will coodefeend
to take them in fifties, twenties, tens, fives, or
even down to one, juftes may suit the feller.
Wanted to hire three
Journeymen, J OJNERS by trade, that are
Workmen, one now and the other the 61st of
May reext. ASHER BVLLq
New Hartford,27, 1774.