The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1795-03-20 00:00:00, page 4

The Parnassian Field.
ENTERTAINING.
K, THE OLD BACHELOR ^
I'M ivearj of afogle life,^
Ireally wife I bad a wife ;
My,ears confute in care and pain; ^
And nature proves I've liv'd in vaith
I've ftodd so long through doubt and fear.
The girls now Ji, me like a deer ;
And when lajk a pretty maid.
Iffoe of wedlock is afraid,
' Or, Betsey, will,ox be my bride ?
She laughs as if fbe'dfylit her fide.
Good Lord ! muff I endurefueb /corn !, ^a/
I wiO,I never had been born ! , ^A
.Or that I'djhun'd this deadly, woe,
By westing fort, years ago. 'u'->
But well they may revile at me,
Vm not the fame iju'd to be;
M, beard i{ Jong, m, bead if grey,
M, efts arefore —m, teeth deca, ;
M, Jbirt is dirty, and much worn,
M, coat is old, m, breeches torn ;
M, foots, alas! they have no foals:
' M, flockings have five hundred holes !
And all tbeje woes and ills of life,
Are nothing but the want of wife.
.Pkafe God I live, and tarr, here.
I'll have a wife before a year.
But Jhould I unfuccefsful prove.
In all the fond intrigues of love;
Should all defoife me and my pelf,
''"OS be Gar, and bang myfelf.
TIM CRUSTY.
— —=— «aga@^figßß^
A FAVORITE SONG.—(by desire.)
FRESH and strong the breezes blowing,
As yon ship at anchor rides ;
Sullen waves incessant flowing,
Rudely dash against its sides.
Thus m, heart, its course impeded,
Beats in m, purturbed breast ;
Doubts like wave by wave Succeeded,
Rife and fill den, me rest.
By her anchor while Supported,
Idly round the tempests roar;
But, the broken cable parted,
Drive; alas! the fhipoa shore.;
Thus, def,air m, foul annoying, i '
like an overwhelming wave ;
Hope and fear alike defraying.
Speed me to the flent grave.
The Merry Register.
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TWO gentlemen having had some
high words, one of them was feed the
enfuiog morning taking the mean re
venge of chalking " A Rafeal, a
gainst the door of his opponent. The
latter called afterwards at his house,
the servant informed him his matter
was not at homeland enquired whe
ther he should deliver any particular
message to him on his return ? O no,
replied the gentleman, I called merely
out of compliment, as he left his
same at my house thb morning.
DR. JOHNSON, and Mr. Boswell,
dining one day at lad, M<cleod's,the,
former was helped to some green
peas, which were esteemed a rarity for
the season ; having eaten wh^t was
firft laid on his.plate, kdy Macleod
"offered to help him a second time,
{ “ Plhaw, madam, (fays the dodor)
surely they are only food for hogs"—
fit is for that very reSfon, fir, that I
help you," replied her ladyship.
A CULPRrr^mr^^iley, up
on receiving sentence of death, beg
ged the judge not to add, " and the
Lord have mercy on your foul," for,
fays he, I never knew any body thrive
after your prayers.
.A Certain Divine, about to change
nngreg^tioo, mentioned the fub
j^ tail the pulpit. After service
^ of% an old negro man, belong
ng to the congregation, and who was
one of his admirers, went up to him
apd defifed to know the motive of
hit leaving his firft flock : The parfo,
inhered, “ he had a call." “ I ma s.
fa, reiufoed the negro, who call you,
fit?" " God Almighty," aofwered
the parson. " I maffa, be call ye ?"
" Yes, Jack, he called me." " Mrf
fa, what you get here ?" " I get
zoo!." “ And whatyou get com
place i" 66 Why I am to get 400'."
I, maffa, God Almighty call you till
he blind from scol. 10200!. you no
go. —
From a late London Pcp r .
LAST week, at Warwick, a mar
riage was celebrated, which is the la
dy's fourth within the last five years,
And her third free her present hus
band firft preferred his fuif. On the
decease of her firft husband, this gen
tleman applied at the end of a fort
night, but unhappily was too late.-
On the decease of the second, he had
an invitation to the funeral, and not
withstanding the opportunity this fur
niffied, the lady was again engaged.
It was however, his good fortune to
lose bis second rival in the course of
a few months ; and on this occasion
be secured the promise of his bride in
a few minutes after her late husband
departed.
Whatever Tom tells, if bis wife Jhould be by,
She modeftl, bints, that fa thinks 'iis a lie:
Then wars straight enJue I^- Ye Gods, quell such
ftrife, [wife.
Give to Tbowas more Truth, or more Faith to bis
Miscellany.
A PEEP m tWDEN of IDLE
NESS.
YONDER! under those ragged
rocks, where the paleful yews
waving their fable branches of mourn
ful cypress throws an awful gloom ;
a den dark and ghastly opens its hor
rid mouth ! 'Tis there idleness is
lodged, the great thief of time, and
destroyer of innocence and human
felicity.
What a dreadful cave I—howit
yawns amid the noisome lakes and
Shaggy bushes! Vices and fins breed
here 1 like monster, they hiss with
impudence, and howl with too late
repentance. Security and Careless
ness, half sfleep, lie at the mouth of
the den, Sloth and Ignorance, joined
hand in hand, fall; around; Hark!
how their mingled yells echo in the
caverns of the rocks, and drive dow
ny-footed silence far away! Prodigal
ity and Wantonness hover aloft, and
call their votaries to the feene of ir
recoverable loss, and to the prison of
unavoidable deftruaion, which at a
little distance opens before them ; —
there crowds led on by Error, and in
toxicated with Folly, sport in ruin. .
But what dreadful figure is that
now emerging from the cave !— Riot
and Noise attend him, and Bacchus
(jolly god) and Venus (bewitching
queen) appear in the rear. Th,t fig
ure is idleness, for defiance appears in
his looks, and temerity and effrontery
are ftampt in indelible charaders on
his brow.' Ebriety too with slushed
cheeks and staggering gait appears in
the group, whilst light-footed Mirth,
led on by Gaity, dances to the warb
ling notes of the birds of pleasure.
All around fee the traps put up to
catch the imprudent, the giddy, and
the thoughtless! Artfully are they
covered over I but Wifdom'& keen
eye fees the dangerous fnares,and turns
back with abhorrence. And fee yon
der the deceiving waters of pleasure
and filthy lakes of impurity; a fink
of vice and fin where evil conceptions
breeds and hell-bred monsters sport in
the sordid waves. I am Ihodked to
the very heart at the fight! 7
Come, heaven born Peace and meek
eyed Religion ! Oh! come, and des
troy this horrid den, this rueful fpor,
where Deftruaion secretly lurks, and
where crowds daily unwarily resort,
to inevitable and deticiout win. J
STAVES.
WANTED by the Subscribers
FIFTY thousand White Oak BARREL
STAVES, thirty two inches in length.
For which half Cash and, half Goods will be
given, and a generous price, when delivered.
WILLIAM DUNCAN.
March 11, 1795. 5
aTublTc^nßuK
. 1 === =£3
—Take notice.—
TO BE SOL^,
.- By me the Subscriber,
A FARM in Northfield,
✓containing about one hundred a
cres of good land, with a house
and barn, and a young orchard—and''
commonly produces about twelve tool/
of hay yearly.
Said Farm will be fold on the 31st
day of March next, at one of the
clock in the afternoon, and a generous
time Will be given for part of the pay
ment. Said Vendue will he held at
the abovementioned house, where Mr
George Jones now lives./
JOHN LAYN^ of L,nn.
Feb. 13, 1795. 5
JUST PUBLISHED,
BY PETER ED E S,
Printer and Bookseller,
And to be fold, at bis Store, a few doors east of the
New Bridge, in Haverhill,
THE
BOOK or KNOWLEDGE,
TREATING
of the Wisdom of the Ancients.
In Four Parts.
I. Shewing the various and wonderful op
erations of the Signs and Planets, and other
celestial Constellations on the bodies of men,
&c.
11. Prognostications for ever necessary te
keep the body io health ; with several choice
Receipts in Phyfick and Surgery.
111. An Abftra@ of the Arts of Physiog
nomy and Palmistry, together with the figni
fication of Dreams, &c.
IV. The Farmer's Calendar, containing,
ift. Perpetual Prognostications for Weather.
.2d. The whole Mystery of Husbandry. 3d.
The complete and tyqefe&fefe and
Cowleech, &c.
WRITTEN BY ERRA PATER,
A Jew Do&or in Astronomy and Physic, bora
in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea.
Made Englijb
BY WILLIAM LILLY,
Student in Physick and Astrology.,
To which is added,
The True Form of all Sorts of Bills,
Bonds, Counter- Bonds, Indentures, Let
ters of Attorney and Licence, Deeds of
Gift, Bills of Exchange, &c.
£ 'S6Zi '9l -qag 'sooq 1fl»ABH
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Please to take notice.
THE fubferiber informs ill those
persons with whom he has Book Ac
counts open, and has been doing business
for, that an immediate settlement is wanting
—that he may be enabled to fettle with his
creditors. SYMMES SAWYER.
.Dunbarton, Feb. 16, 1795. '1
„_„■__.■— •CTm—tt^ o—"* 0 —"*^ 4 #^^
House and Land for jale.
To be Sold by the Subscriber, £
AN EXCELLENT F A R<tf
CONTAINING about 37 acres, situated
"1 mile from Dunbarton meeting house,
lying on the main road^through ^id town,
with a large new dwelling house, forty feet
fronting the weft, 50 fronting themorth, with
three rooms well finifhed— Lik^ife a new
barn, and a good well of wate^ with a beau
tiful collodion of young fra trees—About
13 acres under good improvement—A good
ftaod for a Trader, Pbyfician or any Mecha
nic. \\
Any person wishing to purchase,
may know the terms by applying to the fub
feriber ph the premises. !
%SYMMES SAWYER.
Dunbarton, Feb. i 6, 1795.5
If? Take 'notice.
A L L persons, indebted to Major
I A mos Morrill, ofEpfom, either by
note or account, are requested to make pay
ment, on Monday, the 30th day of March
next, at the dwelling house of Mr. Williara
Nafon, in Epsom, to the Subscriber, who
will attend at time and place for that pur
pose.
Those perfonr, indebted as afore
faid, who negled this notice, may exped to
be sued without delaZ
THOMAS THOMPSON.
Salisbury, Feb. 24, 1795.3
OOK S.
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. TO BE SOLD,
AT PETER EDES'sBOOK STORE
in Haverhill, (Massachusetts),
R.OSS's Latin Grammar,
Oatk's Erasmus,
Alexindei's Grammar,
Dana's Seledion,
Efop's Fables,
Friend of Youth,
( Children's Friend,
Latin Accidence,
WebOtr's Infficutes, firft, second and
third parts,
Perry's Spelling Books,
Primes by the dozen.
AT THE SAME PLACE MAY BE HAD.
A Journal of the Travels and Suffer
ings of Daniel Saunders, jun. a ma,
riner on board the ship Commerce
of Boftoo, Samuel Johnson, Comr
minder—which was cast away nea-
Cape Morebet, on the coast of A.
rabia, July 10th, 1792.
Blair's Ledures,
Sermons,
Price's Sermon's,
Hopkins's System of Divinity,
Hervey's Meditations,
Edwards on the Affeaions,
Seneca's Morah,
Bunyan's Holy War,
Grace abounding,
Life of Joseph, the Son of Israel,
Young Clerk's Magazine,
Boyle's Voyages,
Steuben's Exercise,
Buchan's Family Physician,
Cullen's Practice, %
Hamilton on Femate Complaints)
System of Surgery,
Diseases of Children.
ALSO,
Watt's Psalms and Hymns,
- - Divine Songs for the Use of
Children,
mith's Hymns,
Mr. Osgood's celebrated Thanksgiv
ing Sermon,
French Convert,l
Valentine and Orson,
Fairy Tales, ) 1
Franklin's Way to Wealth,^
Gulliverßevived,
Chefterfield's Principles of Politenefrj
Search after Happineft,
Death of Cain,
The Whole Duty of Woman,\
Billings's, Holden's, and Kimball's
Singing Books,
Foftet's Dissertation, ,on the Seventy
Weeks of Daniel, ^,
Blank Deeds, &c. &c.
<4, THE SAME PLACE MAT BE HAD,
A general assortment of
BOOKS and STATIONARY.
O BOOKS given for RAGS, as
above.<
fr— c —fa,, ..11.0
Apprentice wanted.
0 The Printers want an apprentice, from
12 to 16 years of age—who can read, write
and cypher—who will be inftruaed id the art
of Printing, and found with cloathing, &C.
So THE MIRROUR. \
The Price is one Dollar and seventeen Cenk
per annum, exclulive of portage,
r^tvfr o frey+ J