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An address to the impartial public.
Fahls are flubborn things !
ENVY, it is said, in a displeasure for force
supposed advantage which another enjoys,
the envious man believes himfelf eclipsed by his
neighbour's possessing certain pleasures,
which he would have wished to have fallen to his
lot, and that he may deprive the possessor of his
supposed enjoyments, as far as in him lies, he
never' fails to raise a hue and cry, and creates
suspicions oftentimes without the least foundation,
and by such falfe fufmifes, tittle tattle and injuri
ous refleaions, they frequently wound the char
a&ers of innocent persons.—They fee a beam in
the eye of another, without difeovering the blem
ish in their own, an innocent jokeis sometimes
changed into a vile scandal, and nothing will fa
tisfy the envious persons until they have done
their utmost endeavours to ruin their rival. This
reminds us of the Rory of an antient gentleman,
who married a beautiful young lady, and finding
his nature yielding to old age, proposed to per
mit his coachman to have access to his bed-cham
ber, and gave him an annual pension of one hun
dred pounds sterling, an envious priest named
Hide, living in the neighbourhood, difeovering
freedoms taken by the coachman, officioufly
called on the old gentleman, and with a long
face, and many hems and hahs, began a long can
terbury story, without head or tail, on the infi
delity of married women ; the old gentleman
somewhat peevishly said, pray parson Hide, what
would you be at, is my wife one of these ? why
ah ! why ah ! I am afraid fays the parson, she is
inclined that way, by what I have seen, never
mind it fir, as long as I dont, let people fay what
they will, the depravity of our eyes, will raise
suspicions, but to relieve your anxiety, and re
ward your friendfhip to me, I will tell you a se
cret, this young coachman is my aid de camp,
and hired at an expense of one hundred pounds
sterling yearly, to wait on my wife, and do those
kind offices, which I am not in a capacity to
render. Oh! my good fir! fays the envious
priest, how thankful would I have been to have
difeharged all those duties, together with those
of chaplain to the family ; I would have offici
ated in all those services for half the sum, and
am now ready to engage. Why no, fays the
old man, as my wife makes no complaint, I am
very happy with her, and I would not wish to
interrupt her present devotions, but should she
want a priest I will fend for you. Thus we fee
when an envious man begins an attack upon the
charaaers of people, he often discovers his own
frailty and weakness, and he would readily do
the fame good offices which he thinks others do,
and at a cheaper rate, but the diminitive, dwar
fifh and simple afpe& of one man cannot be
expected will be preferred to the sprightly a&ions
and piercing eyes of another.
CHEARFULNESS Recommended.
TH E honest heart, whole thoughts are clear
From fraud, disguise, and guile.
Need neither fortune's frowning fear.
Nor court the harlot's smile.
The greatness that would make us grave.
Is but an empty thing;
What more than mirth would mortals hare I
The cheerful man's a king.
NEW-HAMPSHIRE GAZETTE,
By JOHN MELCHER,
m. xxxi. ]
GENERAL
PORTSMOUTH:
SATURDAY,
66 WHEN ANGRY NATIONS PART IN LEAGUES OF PEACE, LET PRIVATE FEUDS AND CIVIL DISCORDS CEAS^.
AND
The following is extracted from a late publica
cation of the Humane Society, established in
Philadelphia.
To prevent the fatal effeas of drinking cold
water, or cold liquors of any kind, in warm
weather.
'"' A VOID drinking while you are warm,
cr, 2dly. Drink only a small quantity at
once, and let it remain a fhorttime in your mouth
before you swallow it ; or,
gdly. Grasp the vessel out of which you arc
about to drink (provided it is made of glass, earth
enware or metal) for a few minutes, with both
hands, for each of these substances conveys off a
portion of the heat of the body into th?cold liquor,
and thereby lessens the danger which arises from
the excessive heat of the body, and the coldness
of the liquor ; or,
4thly. Wash your hands and face, and rinse
your mouth with cold water before you drink. If
these precautions have been negle&ed, and the
disorder incident to drinking cold water hath been
produced, the firft, and in most instances, the only
remedy to be administered, is sixty drops of lipuid
laudanum in spirit and water, or warm drink of
any kind.
If this should fail of giving relief, the fame
quantity may be repeated every twenty minutes,
until the pain and spasms abate.
When laudanum cannot be obtained, rum
and water or warm water should be given.
Bleeding should net be used without consulting
a physician.
The dangerous effects of noxious vapours, from
wells, cellars, fermenting liquors, &c. may
be prevented,
By procuring a free circulation of air, either
by ventilators, or opening the doors or windows,
where it is confined, or by changing the air, by
keeping fires in the infe&ed place, or by throw
ing in water in which Hone-lime has been dis
solved.
These precautions should be taken, before
entering into such fufpe&ed places, or a lighted
candle should be firft introduced, which will go
out if the air is bad. When a person is let
down into a well, he should be carefully watched,
and drawn up again on the least change. But
when a person is apparently dead, from the above
mentioned cause, the firft thing to be done is to
remove the body to a cool place in a wholesome
air ; then let the body be stripped, and let cold
water be thrown from buckets over it for some
time. This is particularly ufeful in cases of
apparent death from drunkenefs.—Let the treat
ment now be the fame as that for drowned
perlons. The head should be raised a little ;
and continued fri&ions, with blowing into the
nostrils with a bellows, should be pra&ifed for
several hours.
To prevent the effeas of excessive cold,
Persons are in danger of being destroyed by
cold, when they become very drowsy, or are
effe&ed with general numbness or insensibility
of the body. As the cold which proves fatal
generally effeas the feet firft, great care should
be taken to keep them as warm as possible.
Ift. By profeaing them when you are exposed
to cold with wool or wollen socks within the
Blocs or boots, or with large wollen flockings
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§ 8/: per Annum. $
THE
PRINTED and PUBLIS HE D
ADVERTISER.
By authendek accounts yeflerday received
from Holland, we have it to fay, that such
is the prefer unpopularity of the English
name among the insurgents, that zt Amster
dam n.>Englishman's person is fafe. Almost
all our countrymen have, left, or are leaving;
that capital ; and this dislike has been con
firmed, from what is there understood to be
the tendency of his majeft, fpe<ch cn the
prorogation of parliament.
A lever from a gentlemen at the H?gue,
positively affirms, that a numerous army of
Fruffian troops aieaffembled cn the frontiers
of the United Provinces, with a view of
affixing the prince of Orange, &u!d Lis
enemies attempt any further hofti e meafurea
agaimfl his conHiiafional prerogatives; in
which case adds the latter, the Prussian ge
nerals hav? received peremptory orders to a&
offenfively, in order to bring those deluded,
men to a proper l^nfe of their error.
Every mail from Virginia brings an ac
count of the rapid progrels of General W^fh
ington, in joining rivers, by interfering
canels, and deepening rivers upon regular
fcaions. What are our. British Generals
about ?—Writing plays.
In the Court of Common Fleas lately the
following charge was one article of an attor
ney's bill—2ool. for 2c:o attendances. Mr.
Serjeant Bolton compared this charge to that
of a blacksmith charging for 2000 hob-nails.
in Market-Street.
drawn over them, or when you ride, with ha,
or ftraW wrapped round them.
2dly. By keeping up a brilk circulation in the
blood vessels of the feet, by moving them con
stantly ; or when this is impraaicable, from a
confined situation, and two or more persons are
ex posed together.
gdly By placing the feet, without shoes, against
each other's breads.
If, notwithstanding these precautions, a person
should be rendered sleepy or insensible by cold
he must exert bimfelf and move about quickly,
for if he should deep in the cold he will inevit
ably perish. When a person who is travelling
in company begins to be effeaed in this manner,
his companions should force him to walk briskly
or to run.
When cold has produced apparent death, the
body should be placed in a room without fire,and
rubbed steadily with snow, or cloths wet with
cold water, at the fame time that the bellows is
applied to the nose, and used as in the case of
drowning.
This treatment should be continued a long
time, although no sign of life appear,, for some
persons have recovered, who were to appearance
lifelefs for several hours.
When the limbs only are effected by cold,
they fliould be rubbed gently with snow, or
bathed in cold water, with ice in it, until their
feeling and power of motion return ; after
which the bathing or rubbing with snow is to
be repeated once every hour, and continued a
long or (hotter time, as the pains are more or less
violent.
The person thus effected should be kept from
the fire, for warmth and acrid applications of
every kind are improper.
September 1,1787.
LONDO N, June 9.
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