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A nELE G Y.
/\ LAS ! (Jaid Cynthia, as favour'd the Tea)
t What Sorrows crowd around my Heart ;
Time quickly hafles with rapid Wings avay,
When thou and I, like dearest Friends, mus part.
The worthy Fathers of our wefern Main,
Fir'd with the Love and Welfare of their Race,
Forbid thy Presence more our Cups to fain,
Or Jink us deeper in the last Disgrace.
Unlucky Herb ! foredoom'd, in Tyrant's Hands,
To blast our Joys, and all our Sorrows raise,
The impious Instrument to burs the Bands,
Which long united us in Britain's Praise.
From Climes remote, near to the Dawn of Day,
No more Jhall Vessels waft thee to our Shores ;
Thy clearing Influ <nce Jhall be far away,
Or lie neglelled in our lonesome Stores.
The happy Daughters of th, native Land,
Well pleas'd, may cull thee from thy native Plant ;
Nor know the Terrors of a Tyrant's I'land,
Or what it is that Liberty to want.
No more Tea-table Equipage adorn
Our Rooms, a Radiance to Beholder's Night ;
But some dark Cell Jhall hold thee all forlorn,
Where not a Chink admits a Ray of Light.
No more gay Circles round thy Board Jhall throng,
To drink delicious Mixture by thee made ;
No more Jhall barmlefs Scandal from the Tongue
Of beauteous Nymphs around thee e'er be play'd.
BY accounts I have received from sundry persons
in different parts of the colony, I underhand
that on the fecohd of February inftamt, about the
middle of the day, there was an unusual appearance
and noise in the air ; observed in divers places, and
at considerable distances from each other. Which
appearance is vulgarly termed a ball of fire; from
which it is said proceeded frequent eruptionsof fire,
accompanied which a noife,refembling,as some fay,
theexplofion offkyrockets, or as others fay, the rum
bling of a Heigh on hard snow : which it seems has
occasioned much tall; & Speculation among many,
I did not observe it myfelf, nor can I as yet obtain
any very particular or Satisfying account about it:
but from what I can learn upon the whole, 1 imagine
it to be one of that fort of bodies which are called
But loft, dfolv'd in ourfaerior Cares,
Th, Name forgot, thy Virtues hid in Sight ;
Thou fnk'ft, uhthongh/ of, 'midft the Round of Years,
And art forever banijh'd from our Sight.
' -TOTH EVUBL IC. 1
9be Story of Zeyn Alasman, Prince of BalsorA
Continued.
CA N T O. 111.
W HEN they got back to Cairo, Zeyn
Was so immoderately keen,
He scarcely for a Single day
His maiden-hunting would delay.
'Twas palpably no easy matter
To find so finguler a creature,
And therefore necessary he
Should multitudes of women fee ;
Which, in the coutry where they were,
One can't so easily as here ;
For in the east no modest lass
,Wou'd for the world expose her face,
As these men reckon that to fee
Is to enjoy in some degree ;
And Should Short petticoats or stays
Shew leg or bosom to the gaze,
Their constitutions are so lew'd,
They'd be intolerably rude:
Though in these regions of the north
Unveil'd a lady sallies forth,
Or dances in the public place,
Her break but half conceal'd by stays,
And with no danger to her honour,
As not a man will fall upon her.
Within Zeyn's scrutinizing eye
To bring the tender female fry
Old women were the fitteft tools,
And mikreffes of boarding Schools ;
So these he brib'd, and very soon
Saw all the pretty girls in Town.
First were exhibited to view,
('Twas what their rank entitled to)
The laughters of the great and lofty,
The vizier, cadi, aga, mufti ;
Next came in order, as was fit,
The offspring of the money'd cit ;
Daft, disregarding wealth or pride,
Zeyn e'en the under wenches try'd,
But all in vain ; no Cairo lass
Cou'd stand the touch stone of the glass.
(To be continued.)
POE T R Y.
Aaron Bradley,
Takes this Method to inform hisCuftomers, & others,
THAT he has taken into his service a person who
served a regular apprfnticejhip in London,to the btf
nefs offering horses, at which he is a compleat workman.
All gentlemen who Jhall favour said Bradley with their
custom, Jhall have their horses food for zf. perpdir, or
4/ round, for case in hand only, at hisfap oppofae the
printing-office in Hartford. Feb. 20, 1775.
Wanted immediately, two jour
neymen GUN-SMITHS, to whom good Wages will be
giv^n, by EDWARD and TIMOTHY PAYNE, at
North Bolton, Feb. 20. 1775.
METEORS, which at certain times have been ob
fervedwith amazing rapidity to pass thro' the regions
of the atmosphere---I was sorry that I farled of Seeing
it myfelf, as by that means I might have been under
better advantages to form a judgement as to its na
ture & affections, than I can only by information
from those who having had but a flight view, could
not be curious in their observations upon it,---I have
no boubt but these might be some, who while it was
under view, were curious enough to make remarks
and observations.--My design therefore in this publi
cation is, to request of such gentlemen, that they
would communicate to me by writing, such remarks
and observations they then made, or what they can
now recoiled, as to the several articles I ffiall now
mention ; that by comparing several accounts toge
ther, from different and distant places, I may be able
to fatisfy with regard to this Phenomenon, (viz) iftln
what direction or pointof compass the appearance
was, when they firft & last saw it---& how much time
passed between their firft and last fight of it
How many degrees it appeared above the horizon,
or below the zenith, when firft & last seen.---Or, if
any are unacquainted with the true import of these
terms, they may tell in what proportion its height
was, of the diftan.ee between the point diredly over
their heads, and where the Iky seems to meet the
earth, as, whether one quarter, a third, half, two
thirds, three quarters, &c. of tbe space from the
bottom to the top of the iky, its height might be.---
3. What point of compass it feem'd to fleer. 4.
How large its body appeared, or how big an angle it
seemed to subtend at the eye Lastly, whether the
explosions were frequent, how often, and what kind
of noise they made.---A particular account of the a
bove articles from gentlemen of intelligence, will be
gratefully accepted by their and the public's
Moji Obedient Humble Servant,
NEHEMIAH STRONG.
Yale-College, Feb. 16, 1775.
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& Excellent Holland GENEVA,^
& Madeira and Lisbon WINE,^
^(Brown S UGA R by the Barrel or fmallef^
* Quantity.
^ LINSEED OIL,X
X By the Barrel or Gallon;
X Painter's Colours
Of all Sorts, to be Sold
I By Hezekiah Merrill, ®
QAt the Sign of the Unicorn and Mortar, Q
Q a few Rods South of the Court-House, Q
q Hartford.A
^Drugs, Medicines, Books, &c.^
^t^^
WE the fubferibers, being by the hon. eourt of
probate for the diftrid of Simfbury,appoint
ed commissioners on the estate of Mr. Micah Case,
late of Simfbury deceas'd, represented insolvent, to
examine and adjust the claims of the creditors to said
estate. This is to notify the creditors to said estate,
that we shall attend that business at the dwelling
house ofEnf. Jonathan Case, in said Simfbury, on
the 3d Monday ofFebruary instant, and the ill and
2d Mondays of March next, from 1 of the clock in
the afternoon until night on each of said days.
Abel Pettibone, l
Daniel Humphry, ^Commiffioners.
Brewster Higley, jr. J
Dated February 2, 1775.
We the Subscribers, being ap
pointed by the hon. court of probate for the diftrid
of Middletown, commissioners to receive and exa
mine the claims of the several creditors to the estate
of Simeon Young, late of Chatham, deceas'd, repre
sented insolvent ; do hereby give notice to said cre
ditors that we shall attend said business at the house
of Mr. Robert Youngs, in said Chatham, on the firft
and the last tuefdays in March and April, and
the firft tuefday in August next, at one of the clock
in the afternoon.
Hezekiah Scares, ) h ._
' David Smith, f Commissioners.
N. B. No account will be allowed unless properly
atteftedi Chatham, February 8, 1775,
All persons indebted to the
fubferiber by book, whose accounts are of more than
one years handing, are requested immediately to
close the fame either by Payment or note of hand,
otherwise he will be under the disagreeable necessity
of putting those accounts; suit.
SAMUEL FLAGG.
Eaft-Hartford, Sth February, 1775.
Hartford February 9, 1773.
LOST between Simfbury and Hartford, a piece
of white Holland; any person who shall take
it up, and deliver tbe fame to Charles Caldwell,
Inn-holder in Hartford, shall have One Dollar re
ward, by me,
ELISHA ABBE
N. B. A neat assortment of GOODS, being part
of the estate of said deceased, will be fold very low,
for cash or good security. Any person inclining to
purchase the fame, may apply to said Taber, at
the shop lately occupied by said Weftcote. Said
goods will be retail'd at said shop, if not fold toge
ther, at very low prices, for cash—-they will be
ready for sale by the 24th inst.
Wanted immediately, a Journey
man GUN-SMITH. Such an One who can be well re
commended, Jhall receive good Wages, and have bis
Money paid him every Saturday Night, that will engage
in the Service of DANIEL WILCOX.
Simfbury, Feb. 20, 1775.
BE SO L D,
24 Stands of Arms,
Twenty of which have Bayonets, and Steel Rammers.
Enquire of Eleazer Ofwold, at the House of Mr. William
Munson, in New-Haven. Feb. 15, 1775.
GASH given for clean Cotten" and
Linen RAGGS coarse or fine, at
the Printing-Office in Hartford, for the
Use of the Norwich Paper Manufactory.
Feb. 20, 1775.
A Stout Negro~FeHow7 to be Nd7*7bc^TG^
19 Years of Age. Enquire of The Printer.
BLANKS ot most Kinds, commonly
used in this Colony, to be fold
by the Printer hereof.
HARTFOR D~:
Printed by Eben. Watson, near the
Great-Bridge.
And JEWELERY Work,
Made in the neatest Manner, and with Dispatch by
JAMES TILEY,
(At his Shop, a little East of the Court-House, in
the Street leading to the Ferry in Hartford,)'
Where all Gentlemen or Ladies that will please to
favour him with their custom, may be supplied
with the following Articles, which he has on
Hand, and which he will fell much cheaper than
those can be afforded that are imported, viz.
GOLD Necklaces Gold Rings^-GoldEar-
Rings---Silver Shoe, Knee and Stock Buckles
in the newest fafhions----Plated Shoe and Knee
Buckles-Silver Broaches---Silver Spoons Silver
Sleeve Buttons, &c. Stone Shoe, Knee and Stock
Buckles-Cyphered and Brilliant Stone Ear-Rings
set in good Gold Do. in Silver Cyphered and
Briliant Stone Buttons-—Stone Broaches----Stone
Rings---Stone Lockets---Neat Hair Sprigs for the
Ladies, and a Variety of other Articles. He will
take for Pay, old Gold and Silver, (for which he is
always ready to give the real Value) old Brass, Pewter,
Wheat, Rye, Indian Corn, White Beans, Pork, or
Cash. N. B. He wants a healthy ingenious Lad,
not more than 15 Years of Age, as an Apprentice.
Hartford, February 6, 1775. 2Q
Notice is hereby given to the
proprietors of the townfllips of Sterling and New-
Simfbury, situate on the weft branch of Sufquehan
irah river, to meet at the dwelling house of John
Owen, Esq; in Simfbury, on the last Wednesday of
February instant, at 10 of the clock in the forenoon,
to pointout and agree upon the best measures for
fettling said townships early as may be next spring.
By Order of the Proprietor's Committee,
Elisha Barber, Clerk.
Simfbury, February 8, 1775.
y^LL persons indebted to the estate of Samuel
Westcote, late of Hartford, deceafed,are de
sired to make immediate payment to the fubferiber ;
and all persons having demands on said estate, are
likewise desired to bring in their accompts for settle
ment, to Job Taber, Attorney to the Executrix to
said deceased.
Gold-Smith's, Silver-Smith's