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Gonclufan of the Appendix to the Oeconom, of Human
Life, begun in No. 124.
P A R T 111.
On Manhood; the wife employment of time the
only method to make life happy.
SECTION I.
AAA, &AONSIDER, oh man, when thou
4 ^ > art arrived to maturity, the re
<(M c M> maining part of thy journey will
& to soon be finifhed.—The feene of life
< ^%> is half over, and the measure of
^Nryr'&yr thy days fills up apace.—Thou art
Stepping down the funeral vault, and gradually
advancing to the borders of the grave.—Think
then with thyfelf what thou haft to do; consider
the time allotted for thy work, and the conse
quences that may attend delay.—The fun of thy
life has passed the meridian line, and the night is
tifibly advancing upon thee.—Be therefore up and
doing; gird up thy loins, and begin the work that
lies before thee.—Shake off the follies of thy
youth, if there are any remaining, and adt up to
the dignity of the man. —Apply thyfelf, with in
dustry, to shy calling, and be diligent in the dis
charge of thy bufinels —Ad with integrity in all
thy dealings, nor blot thy life with the reproach
of injustice.—Despond not when occurrences may
look on the gloomy fide, confider the feenes may
unexpectedly brighten, and the clouds move off,
by the hands of providence.—Undertake nothing
that thou canst not implore the deity to succeed,
nor engage in fehemes that are only possible.—But
amidst all thy negociations for time, let not eter
nity be left out ofthy accounts.— Lay up thy trea
sure in the bank of heaven, and procure an inte
reftat the empyrean courts. —Let thy recreations
be few and innocent, debase not thyfelf in pursuit
of sensual pleasures, nor make thyfelf on a level
with the beasts that petifh.—Avoid the embraces
of a harlot, nor defile thyfelf with a prostitute.-—
For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths
lead unto deftru&ion.
SECTION 11.
Drown not thy senses in wine, nor intoxicate
thyfelf with the juice of the grape.—lt will make
thee unfit for the business of life, and bring on dif
drders, and pains, and death.—Squander not thy
money away atthe gaming-table, nor hazard thy
fortune on a card.—ls providence hath blefed
thee with more than fufficient, relieve the wants
of the indigent and diftrefled.—Let beneficence
take off the fuperfluities of fortune, and charity
expend what thou wanteft not thyfelf.—By these
means thou Shalt obtain the favour ofthe most high;
and while the memories of the luxurious, the pro
digal and vicious shall expire with their breath,
thy name shall be spoke of with honour and re
nown, and be had in remembrance when thou art
BO more.
SECTION 111.
Dream not of perfect felicity in life, no man has
yet found, and thy search after it will prove abor
tive —Expert to meet with thorns and briars in
the track of life, and therefore beat on thy way
with fortitude and courage.—Celibacy itfelf is not
free from cares, and he that is alone is not with
out vexation. —Sorrows and troubles are the lot
of mortals, and the cup of pure and unmixed hap
piness was never poured out untoman. —Since mor
tality has burdens, thou must carry, take unto
thyfelf a partner in life, who is possessed of vir
tue, humility, and good nature, and she shall help
thee to sustain the load, and makethy toils become
a pleasure ; in prosperity she shall add to thy joy,
in adversity comfort thee under thy distress, and
be unto thee a friend, a lover, and a wife.
PART IV.
Considerations on riches, grandeur, and am
bition.
SECTION I.
TRUST not in wealth for it abideth not ;
nor place thy confidence in gold.—Affluence
is not durable, and riches take unto themselves
wings and fly away.—Seek, therefore, after rich
es which perish not, and treasures that abide for
ever.—ln so doing, thou shalt be esteemed truly
wife, and be opulent even in exigence and neces
sity —Think not that true greatness conffts in
horses and chariots, and pomp of attire, but in
conquering thy passions, and subduing thy kingdom
within thyfelf. —Greaterthen shalt thou be than
the victorious Pompey, and of more renown than
the illustrious warrior: Time and its concerns
shall link under thy feet, and the world roll on in
Silence.
SECTION 11.
Be not ambitious for mortal pomp, nor let thy
happiness depend on the breath of fame.—Flatter
not the great to obtain their favour, nor facrifice
the truth to purchase nobility.—Soar not to the
regions of imaginary grandeur, n,or attempt to
scale the battlements of heaven.—Move in the
sphere in which providence has placed thee; seek
not the applause ofthe crowd, the veneration of
fools, or the esteem of wicked men.—Let thy am
bition aspire to the Ikies, and there thy largest
TO THE
PENNSYLVANIA PACKET,
O R, THE
GENERAL ADVERTISER. No. 129.
wishes, desires, and hopes, shall meet with en
joyment that is permanent and lasting.
PART V.
Reflections on old age, on death, and the
grave.
SECTION I.
CONSIDER, oh thou, whom age boweth
down, whose life is near its period ! —Hap
py art thou if thy former days have been spent in
piety and devotion, that so thy age beareth not
the follies of thy youth.—But miserable, oh man !
if thy life has been one continued course of vice
and vanity; how wilt thou bear the infirmities of
thy age ?—The profped of future beings shall af
ford thee no glimmering of peace, and horrors
and terrors shall distress thy foul.—Thou shalt
totter down the defeent oflife, and be buried in
the house of darkness.—Whereas he that conti
nueth in well doing shall be gathered as a shock of
ripened corn mature for glory ; he shall leave the
world without an anxious sigh, and expire without
a reluctant groan.
SECTION 11.
Come hither, ye sons of men, behold the fate
that awaits you all.—Draw near and view the lots
of Kings, of Nobles, and Princes; fee Death ex
tending his empire around you, and every thing
that's mortal falling upon him.—Lo! he holds
out his feepter to a dying world, and crushes the
sons of Time beneath his feet.—Approach ye lux
urious, ambitious, and profane; draw near ye
gay and youthful, and jocund, and view the face
ofthe tyrant, and tremble at his looks.—Lo !
his bow is bent, and his arrow is icidy to take
its flight! deftrudion attends his aim, and his le
vel is certain death.—Take thy walks, oh, son of
man, in his solitary kingdom, his defart, and silent
empire.—Here thy ambition and pride shall be
quell'd, here thy pomp and grandeur be loft.—
From this profpea learn to make a true estimate
of life: Here thou beholdeft thine and the univer
sal lot of men.—Lo ! the peasant treadeth over the
afnes of the noble, and Princes are trampled upon
by those who were once their servants.—Here
poverty and riches shall share the fame fare, and
honour and contempt lie blended together.—Here
the glory of the great and the power of the high
ceases; here diftindions are unknown, and the
wife and ignorant rot together : Allies to allies is
the fate of mortals, and dust to dust the final lot
of the sons of corruption.
PART VI.
On immortality, judgment, and eternity.
The CONCLUSION.
COME hither, oh man, and take a profpea
of the land of immortals: Behold numbers
of thy fellow-fpirits, who have entered this awful
region, and are now appearing at the tremendous
bar.—See how they Oliver! Lo ! howtheytrem
ble ! —Let the ideal view have this happy influ
ence upon thy mind, to excite thee, without de
lay, to make a preparation for the fulemn trial.—
This court will admit of no excuses : Make thy
peace therefore with the Almighty, and then thou
shall stand unlock'd at the tribunal, and becrown'd
with a crown of glory.—And when time itfelf shall
be no more, and the system of nature shall perish,
thou shalt be blessed in the kingdom of thy father,
and happy throughout the ages of unbounded
eternity.
*+*+ 4.+&+s-r^ *+s+ *
TO BE SOLD BY
ROBERT COUPAR,
Opposite the Friends Meeting in Second-street,
AF E W tons of English hay in bundles ; a few
calks of pickled salmon and herring ; a quan
tity of ash oars ; ftuff (hoes; iron tea-kettles; silver
Skeleton watches; and a few calks of new raisins.
TO BE SOL D,
ABOUT five hundred acres of good LAND,
situate in Deptford Township, Gloucester
County, ten miles from a good landing on Timber
Creek, and about twenty miles from Gloucester
Town, laying on the main road leading to Cape
May, Egg-harbour, &c. on which are two good
dwelling-houses, out-houses, orchards, &c. exceed
ing well timbered, with a very fine dream of water
running through the whole tra^, about eighty
acres of which are already cleared, twenty acres
thereof being good meadow, and much more may
be made : It may be divided into trails to suit the
purchasers. For particulars apply to THOMAS
PATTERSON, adjoining the premises.
JAMES KINKE A D,
WATCH and CLOCK MAKER,
At Christiana, nearly opposite to Mr. Dunn's store,
CONTINUES to carry on his business in as
extenfivc a manner as ever, and hopes to me
rit the favour of all those that please to employ him:
He returns thanks to all those Ladies and Gentle
men that have favoured him with their custom ; and
gives them caution that there is another perlon who
follows the Hid business at the sign of the Boot and
Shoe, a little below his (hop, where some watches
have been carried, through mistake of the meden
gers, winch the owners intended for said Rinkead.
Greenwich TonvnJhip, Gloucefler County,
Weft Neiv-Jerfey, March 28, 1774.
Tobe SOLD by PUBLIC VENDUE,
on the first day of June next, and may be entered
on the firft of October,
'fl HA T old accustomed IN N, formerly kept
I by John Comron, deceased, known by the
t vern called the Death of the Fox, situate in the
township and county aforefaid, lying on the great
road leading from Gloucester, and the ferries op
posite Philadelphia, to Salem, Cumberland, Cape-
May, &c. being within ten miles of Gloucester,
and fourteen miles of Cooper's Ferry, opposite Phi
ladelphia; containing 198 acres of land and meadow,
about 60 acres thereof cleared and within fence, the
remainder well timbered; the land for the most part
is very good, and produceth excellent crops of
grain, and very good pasture ; thereon is a two
story stone dwelling-house with four rooms on a
floor, kitchen and other out-houses, a pump of good
water before the door, barn and stables, a very good
apple orchard, an excellent garden, with a consider
able quantity of currant bushes, off of which may
be made several barrels of wine yearly. The situa
tion is very phafant and healthy, being within fix
tv rods of an English church, about three miles of
a friends meeting house, and within a quarter of a
mile of a landing, on a good navigable creek, which
makes it very convenient in getting spirits, wine,
beer, oats, or any other necessary from Philadelphia
on the shortest notice, and at a very small expence.
At which time and place attendance will be given,
by MARY SHA W, Executrix.
JACOB SPICER, Executor.
N. B. Part of the money only will be wanted at
prefnt.
Wilmington, February 21, 1774.
TO BE LE T,
For a term of years, and may he entered on the
25th of next month, being March, or sooner if
agreeable,
ABOUT sixteen acres of arable upland, and
about fifty acres of marsh meadow, both in
exceeding good order, and the marsh well drained
and banked, and under very good English grass,
together with a dwelling house, garden, &c. Situ
ated on the south fide of Christiana River, near the
Lower Ferry, and opposite the borough of Wil
mington, and therefore very convenient to an ex
traordinary good market, which is held there twice
a week, and would be exceedingly suitable for a
grazier, or the purpose of a dairy. Any person
who may incline to rent the fame, may know the
terms by applying to PETER JAQUET, or
JOHN M'KINLY.
A LAD WANTED
To the HATTER'S BUSINESS.
Enquire of the Printer.
CarliJle, Cumberland County, Jan. 17, 1774.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby
given, to all persons that might be concerned
in purchasing a certain tra& of land now in the
possession of James M'Dill, lying in the township of
Salisbury, in Lancaster county, near the Gap Ta
vern, that they do not purchase said tra&, it being
the property of my father George M'Dill, who
purchased it from his father Jacob M'Dill, but said
George M'Dill dying before his father, he (the said
Jacob M'Dill) obtained a patent for said tra& of
land, and dispossessed the wife of his son George,
and her children, and taking possession, fold it again
to his son James, now living on it: This is there
fore to inform the public, that as soon as I am of
age (which will be in about two years from this
present time) I intend to try to recover my father's
right by law.
JACOB M'DILL, Junior.
AN Y Gentleman, who is qualified to
teach the clafficks, by applying to the visitors
ofKing William's school, in the city of Annapolis,
will be treated with 011 the following terms. His
Annual stipend to be £.55 sterling certain, and £.5
currency to be paid by each scholar in the Latin
school : to a person, who shall be capable of dis
charging the office of usher, will be given £.30
fteriing per annum certain, and £.2 : 10 currency
paid by each scholar as above-mentioned : to a
icribe who can teach English, writing, and arith
metick, will be given £.6 fteriing certain per annum,
with every advantage arising from the scholars he
inftru&s, and liberty to make his own bargain
with their parents. There are very good apart
ments in the house, besides those appropriated for
the use of the scholars, with a good kitchen and
cellar: these being entirely for the use of the mas
ter, will render it a very comfortable place of resi
dence. Any engagements the visitors enter into,
cinnot take place till the 3d day of April, and
to prevent trouble, it is to be hoped that no persons
will make application who are not propeily qualified
to fill the above-mentioned ftationv.
Signed by order,
JOHN DUCKETT, Register.
WHEREAS a certain William Mentz
has printed and published for (ale, without
my knowledge or consent, a pamphlet entitled
" The Vision of Thomas Say," which is but an in
corred and imperfect part of what I prepofe to
make public; neither do I know how or where he
got the copy, as I never intended wh,t 1 have
wrote on that head should be published during my
life. The publishing any thing in any man's name
without his knowledge or consent is, in niy opini
on, very unjuftifiable, and often attended with ill
consequences: It is therefore hoped the public wil
difeourage such unwarrantable practices, by net
purchasing the fairf pamphlet ; and all printers are
hereby desired not to aid or alibi the said Mentz, or
any one tlfe, in such wrong proceedings, which
will oblige their friend,
THOMAS SAY.
Philadelphia, February 25th, 17,4.
TO BE S O L D,
AC ONVENIENT three story house and lot
of ground, situate in Union street, between
Second and Third-streets, with a two story kitchen,
and a good cellar under the whole: The house is
20 feet front and 21 feet deep. Likewise a very
convenient two story kitchen and wash-house,
fronting on Pine-street, fufficient room being left
for a front house. The above lots join each other,
and are fubje& to a ground rent of twelve pounds
currency per annum. Alic one other lot of ground,
situate in Christian-street, Southwark, near the river
Delaware, adjoining to a house belonging to Joseph
Marsh, with a two story kitchen (having a good
cellar underneath) ere&d thereon ; the lot is 20
feet front, and 113 feet 9 inches deep; fubje& to
a ground rent of 36^ currency per annum. For
further particulars and terms of sale, apply to
Charl s West in Wilmington, or to Thomas
Shoemaker and Joseph Allen in Philadelphia,
Also to be fold, a few calks of good old Jamaica
SPIRIT S, apply as above.
B O W Hrs S A G O,
So much and generally esteemed in the Royal navy
and in the African trade, as an anti-scorbutic,
and the only cure for the FLUX, is, by special
appointment, SOLD by
SPEAKMAN and CARTER,
CHEMISTS and DRUGGISTS,
On the north fide of Market-street, between Second
and Third-streets, Philadelphia:
TH E uses whereof are so well known in England
as to need no recommendation, being approved
of by the Royal Society, the Royal College of Phy
sicians, and the Society for the Encouragement of
Arts, Manufa&ures and Commerce; by Dr. Fo
thergill, and leveral other persons of reputation.
Its good effects are likewise vouched by Captain
Cook, of the King's ship Endeavour, Joseph Banks,
Esq; and Dr. Solander, during their voyage round
the world in the said (hip, as appears by their re
port iince their return.
N. B. At the fame place may be had, Bowen's
Patent S O Y.
Imported in the last vessels from Europe, and to be
fold, wholesale and retail, on low terms for cash
or short credit, by
Jo EL ZA N E,
At his store the east fide of Second street, three
doors above Race-street,
AL ARGE aifortment of ironmongery, cutlery,
fadlery and joiners brass ware; also red and
white lead, stone and powder oker, verdigieafe,
vermillion, Prussian blue, Spanifli brown, whiting,
linseed oil, ground redwood, allum, copperas, mad
der, logwood, braziletto, argol, galls, antimony,
roll and flour brimstone, glue, powder and (hot,
bar lead, emory, chalk, pewter plates, dishes and
spoons; 6by 8,7 by 9, Bby 10, and 9by 11 win
dow ghifs ; red and white clover and Timothy
feeds, &c. likewise a quantity of Low Dutch faits.
WHEREAS a certain JOHN
M'CONNEL L, born in Belfail, in
Ireland, by trade a taylor, and worked in Decem
ber last with Jonathan Willfon, at Cantwell's Bridge,
in New-Castle County, and borrowed a horse, bri
dle and saddle, of said Willfon, which horse, &c.
he rode to Philadelphia, and put up at the Penn
sylvania Farmer, in Lombard-street, near the New-
Market, kept by Joseph Price, and remained there
three days, in which time the said M'Connell fold
the said Price his horse, saddle and bridle, alledging
that he was in want of money, and had no farther
use for him; Therefore, in order to apprehend the
said John M'Connell, we, the fubferibers, do offer
a reward of FIVE POUNDS, to any person
who will flop and secure the said M'Connell, in any
of his Majesty's gaols, so that he may be brought
to justice. He is about five feet fix or seven inches
high, about twenty years of age, finooth faced,
long dark coloured hair, down look, very talkative
in company, and remarkably fond of singing a song
called the Cheating Landlady ; he had on a claret
coloured coat, with plain gilt buttons, a scarlet
waistcoat, light blue breeches and dockings, and a
half-worn caftor hat : It is thought he is gone ei
ther towards New-York, or Baltimore Town, in
Maryland. JOSEPH PRICE,
JONATHAN WILLSON.
Philadelphia, 2d Month, 1774.
TEN POUNDS REWARD.
RAN AWAY from the fubferiber, the fift
of last month, a certain JAMES MOONEY,
a native of Ireland, arrived here from Belfaft in the
ship Friendship, Capt. William M'Cullough, lift
fall; by trade a blacksmith, has worked in Liver
pool and Brtftol, appears to be abput 38 or 40
years of age, fix feet high, dark complexion, ronud
visage, and a full black beard; loves strong drink
to excels, and when in liquor is very talkative, fays
much of his abilities as a ship and anchor smith,
takes tobacco, wears a cut wig of a brownish colour,
small round hat without stays or loops to it, had a
remarkable long blue coat and waittcoat, both nine h
worn and very greasy and dirty, white ticket
breeches, white coarse worsted flockings, check
Shirt, good Shoes, Square brass buckles, and feme
time's wears a blue and white cotton cap; has
worked Since he left this place with Williamfen,
coach-maker, at Elizabeth Town, and is now flip,
posed to he gone to the iron works in the Jerfevs,
or to New-York. Whoever takes up the (aid
Mooney, and brings him to the fubferiber, living
in the diltrid of Southwark, Shall receive the above
reward ; or Secures him in any gaol within one
hundred mCesof the city of Philadelphia, so Q,
ti^mvler may have him a^ain, fh..U have FIVE
POUADS, paid by
WILLIAM CLIFFTON.