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THE PARNASSIAN FIELD.
From the WEEKLY MUSEUM.
DERMOT and AUNIA.
AN IRISH PASTORAL.
" Let not Ambition mock their ufeful toil,
" Their lowly birth, and destiny obscure ;
" Nor dem'rips mark, with a difdainful finile,
" The short & simple courtJbips of the poor.".
BENEATH a, heatb-tbateb'd roof bright Au
nia dwelt.
Her locks were carrot, and her eyes were blue;
Rebuff her frame, the picture of rude health,
Nor pain, nor ache, the buxom damsel knew.
No vapors, fphen, or fell chimera dire,
E'er fil'd her head, or broke her nightly re,;
He r heart ne'er Jicken'd with a jealous ire,
Tojee or friend, or rival better drefd,
A mufli* cap,, with ribbon deck'd so gay,
A white lawn apron, and a cotton gown;
-Brogue maker's pumps to wear on holy-da,,
Or ring to fair, or majs, or market- town.
These were th' utmoji of her bumble,wijbts,
For foe es deefs the luxury ne'er learn'd, —
Brought up to milk,and churn, and wa/b the difbes.
Her living b, her indu,ry Jbe earn'd.
Now Dermot lov'd the maid, with fab an air,
Did fa the pratoes teem, and feim the pot,
And when jbe clean'd her face,& comb'd her bait,
No village lajs was comber, well I wot.
To fair, and wake, and pattern,* all around,
Dermot repair'd, bis cudgel in bis Ji, ;
And oft at rattic feats the vtaor crown'd,
His comrades envied him the Effie kifs'd.
O'er all, in dancing, he'd acquir'd renown.
And 4/ his starve village was the boafl ;
For be in dancing ceu'd dance others down,
And be danc'd be,, twat said, who danc'd the
Thus all accomplifl?d Dermot made advance
To Aumia, as Jbe trudg'd thro' pratoef trench,
Shrugging bis faulders be looked half aJkaunce,
And wiping wellbis month be kijs'd the wench.
Fie, Dermot, Aunia cries, the bajket's down,
(A bJkst Jbe bad got of pratoes full)
Fekins ! you u& just like a filtby clown,
Zooks! bow you tumble one, & towje, ^pull.
Now ff the bajket came, the pratoes frill'd,
Dermot, abajh'd, deplores what be has done,
And angry Aunia, tbo'.with 'pafs'on fill'd.
Squaring, to pick them up bad just begun.
When Dermot, as be help'd her, to the maid
Hrmfelf web footbtag accents thus addrejs'd.
Your own Dermot don't aftorej upbraid,
For ogb! ray honey, I'm enough dift reft'd.
Troth love has given my ftomacb fueb a kirk,
I 11 die as Jure as eggs if you're unkind,—
Os it I am as full as any tick,
Ogb, bone! I have left myfelf, Ifind.
Then do cuddeen§ look kind, and (peak me plain,
You cou'dn't like one v>boje warm bear! you've
got?
And the' a body's but a simple swain,
I've a choice garden, and a cofy cot !
Now, as be Aunia held by both her bands,
A modefl moment, when be flopp'd Jbe flood ;
Then without hems, or haws, or ifs, or ands,
To bis la, queftioft lbs reply'd-Icou'd—
'Out of me ,:n with joy I now cou'd jump !
The happy youth with txtafyddcry ;
Fee! bow my heart again Ji my ribs docs thump,
For you I'll live—or may I never die.
On Sign'd ay ft!, when wego drejs'd to mass,
IPs'll get it d^nt ; what does my Aunia fay ?
To wbicb, ir. jocund JI rair, the merry lass,
Cry'd be it then to morrow, or, to-day
Thus having fettled their high love affairs,
Dermot help'd Aunia's Fyk/t on her head,
Then whirling to bis fack* and work repairs,
And on the Sunday atty they overt wed.
Rusticus.
* On certain days the native Trish in the
Country parts of th; kingdom, meet together
to celebrate the anniverfiry of force patron
Saint, and thefa meetings they call Patterns,
^ A corrupt pronunciation of the word
'amongft the common Irish;
I A term of affeaion among the Irish.
Q *:§ This is nearly the fame as afore.
* An instrument the, L^ in digging
and turning the fod/but particularly for dig
ging out potatoes,: $\ >
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The Humorist.
IN 1702, Peter the Grear, having
• madetevrja: buff aual attempt go
/ NoreM^, 4 SWedffb fou@
cafei SchtaTeibur^h, lent prince Ga
v;'f ffifo, M&te^W ^ guards, „the'
^^ ofa @^ cere, to tike it by
f^v. Taut officer having, ty
ffi ^:£:
meant of raft#, landed his foidiers
elofe to the fortifications, which ad
vance almost to the edge of the wa
ter, they were received with such cool
intrepidity by the garrison, and expos
ed co fall a dreadful carnage, that
Peter conceiving the affauit to be im
pradicable, sent immediate orders for
r the Ruffians to retire. Prince Galit
zin, however, refufed to obey : Tell
my sovereign, said he, that 1 am no
longer his Subject , having thrown
myfelf under the protection of a pow
er superior to him. Then turning to
his troops, he animated them by his
voice and example, and leading them
to the attack, Scaled the walls, and
took the fortrefs. Peter was so struck
with this exploit, that, upon his next
interview with Galitzio, he said to
him, " Ask what you will, except
Moscow and Catherine. " The prince
with a magnanimity, which reflects
the highest honour upon hit character
instantly requested the pardon of his
ancient rival prince Repnin, who had
been degraded by Peter, from the
rank of marshal, to that of a common
soldier. He obtained his request;
and with it the confidence of his sov
ereign, the esteem of prince Repnin
and the applause of the public. Few
circumstances can give more pleasure
to a generous mind, than the contem
plation of such exalted trait, of a
great and noble spirit, and our plea,
sure is heightened, when we behold
the descendants of such persons, en"
joying all honours, as well as vir
tues of their ancestors,
the MONITOR.
Messrs. Russell & Davis,
Please to give the following a place in the Fede
ral Mirror, and you will oblige a friend to tbs
Printers and the Public.
ON PRIDE.
PRIDE I think may be ranked
with the most detestable vic
es which are praaifed in our
land. It is by Pride that Kings
reign with oppression, and cause
thousands to fall by the sword,
to gratify their avaricious ape
tites for honor and wealth, which
they must leave to lie down in
the place appointed for all men,
whenever Death calls on them.
Pride will not save them from
the approach of the king of ter
rors; nor boasting that they have
won kingdoms, that they have
magnificent palaces; that they
have a throng of attendants, and
that they are kings and bear rule
over many nations : They can
not command disease nor death.
Pride appears in every degree
of people ; rich and poor both
have been taxed with being
proud. It has a tendency to
generate many other vices; a
man, by proud and haughty
condu&, excites the envy of his
neighbors, and is despised by ev
ery man of sense and good man
ners ; notwithstanding he might
have been in good repute, had
not that despicable vice appear
ed in hi- conduct : It causes him
to use his inferiors (if he has
. any) with dild-ain, and treat his
fuperiofs with insolence.
If we enquire into the nature
of the vice, we shall find that
we have nothing to be proud of.
All that we possess came from
and is in the hand of the Great
Governor of the univerfc ; it is
he that supports us in life, and
gave us a being, therefore what
an affront must Pride be to Om
nipotence? How much better
does humility become the hu
man species, than detestable
Pride! The humble man has
few or no enemies; therefore
humility is one of the brightest
virtues that men ever did pos
sess: Let us, then, learn to be
humble, and to detest Pride,
which will, if pra&ifed, inevita
bly cause a fall; but the hum
ble man will be exalted in due
time. HUMILITY.
From a Newyork paper.
A PROPHECY.
THE prophecy I mean to make
known to the Farmers is: That
the ensuing winter of 1795 2nd
6, will, in all probability, be an
uncommonly severe one in this
country, and I reason on expe
rience. What hard winters took
place previous to the year 1740,
i have not been so happy as ev
er to read any account of, and
any farther back into time my
memory cannot serve me, on
account of my age ; but the win
ter of 1739 and 40, in Europe,
was a very severe one indeed ;
the next winter, to wit, 1740 &
41, every living old person well
remembers was very severe in
this country, and was afterwards
known by the name of the hard
winter, until the late war, in
1779 and 80, another very hard
one took place in America, that
was preceded by a severe one
the year before in Europe ; the
winter of 1768 or 64, (I forgot
which) was a cold one, and an
uncommon quantity of snow
fell, and I remember well, that
the winter preceding in Europe,
was from accounts full as severe.
From these fadts have we not a
strong reason to expert, and ev
en to prognosticate, that our next
winter will be uncommonly se
vere. It has been said that em
pire travels westward, perhaps
in like manner hard and severe
winters take the fame road ; the
last has been the most cold, se
vere winter in Europe ever
known, and from the fa&s a
boye stated, it is not an unrea
sonable conjecture, that our next
will be so in this country ; no
doubt the cause which operated
in the foregoing instances of
hard winters in this country, an
nually preceded by such on the
other fide the atlantic ocean,
will not cease to bring about the
fame effects next winter.
The REGISTER of DEEDS,
FOR the county of Hillfborough, hereby
informs the inhabitants of the northern
part of said county, that he shall attend the
fitting of the Courts in Hopkinton, for the
purpose of receiving Deeds to record, and de
iivering out those that are recorded ; his of
fice will be open from Tuefday till Saturday,
at the house of Benjamin Wiggin, Esq. In
said Hopkinton.
JONATHAN SMITHSI
%.Amherft, 14th August, 1795.9
RAGS wanted.
Call at this Office, and we'll pay Cath..;
HERE YOU MAY BUY
A Variety of little Pamphlet!.
—CONCORD-BRIDGE.
Those Proprietors of Concord Bridge,
who have not paid the Several Atteffments on
their refpedive Shares, are hereby notified—
that unless said assessments are paid by the
Xllth day of Sept, instant, faid'Shares, with
their numbers annexed, will then be adver
tised for sale, and proceeded upon according
t® law. By order of the Dire&ors,
Attest, Paul Rolfe, P. Clerk.
Concord, Sept. 5, 1795.
HATS! HATS!
,LADIES and GENTLEMEN.
ISAAC PAGE, of Sali/bury,
HATTER
I HEREBY informs his friends,
« I the Public in general,, ard his old cus
tomers in particular, that he is furnished
with the best of workmen, &c. and is deter
mined to prosecute with vigor the business of
manufacturing the very best of
H A T S,
of all qualities, for Ladies and Gentlemen,
at his Shop, near the North Meeting House
in Salisbury, on the lowest terms which the
times will admit of.
He solicits the custom of his .
friends, and the continuance of the patron
age of old customers, who may depend on
his faithfulnefs and punctuality in promptly
executing their commands in the line of his
business—and every favor shall be gratefully
acknowledged by their and the public's very
obedient humble fervant, z
ISAAC PAGE.
Salisbury, Sept. 3, 1795.°
CASH given for Hatters Furs, of
all kinds, by said PAGE.-
SMALL
INFORMATION is hereby given
' to the Public, that Inoculation with
the SMALL POX will commence,
on the 15th of September next, and
be continued till the firft day of Jan
uary next, both days inclusively, at
the hospital in Hampftead.
JOHN BOND, jaD.
Hampftead, Aug. 20, 1795.,
CLOTH SHOES,
WILLIAM CLEASBY,
, CLOTH SHOEMAKER,
INFORMS his friends, and the public in
general, that he has lately commenced,
and is now carrying on, the
Cloth Sboemaking Business,
at Mr. Bufwell's ihop, a few rods fouth of
the meeting house, where he will answer ev
ery command in the line of his business, and
every favor will be gratefully acknowledged.
Concord, August 20, 1795. 8
NEW LAND Jor Jale. -
TO BE SOLD, CHEAP,
One Hundred and Fifty Acres
r or
Good LAND,
fr WELL WATERED,
SITUATED in Springfield, (for- ■
merly called Protedworth) in the
county of Grafton, within a mile and
a half of the centre of the town, on
a public road, which rune through
said land, and near to inhabitants
There is two acres of said land cleared
and into grass. The land ii timbered
with rock maple, beech, black birtcL
and some very valuable white pine
trees, &c.
U will be fold very cheap for Cash,
and a generous pay day given for part
of (he money.—This will be a good
bargain for a young man. For fur
ther particulars apply to
ELIJAH RUSSELL.,
Concord, July 13, 1795. 5
Blacksmith's Apprentice wanted.
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WANTED,
An aHive BOY, from 14 to 15
years old, as apprentice to learn the Btakfrath |
Bufinefs—.Apply to BEN,. GALE.
Concord, Aug. 14. '7