The Federal mirror — Concord, N.H., 1795-12-11 00:00:00, page 4

A Clergyman in Newjerfey owned
a negro by the name of Qoafh,
who was by no means fond of work
ing, and one day told hit master he
conceived it a great hardship, 66 dat
. de poor negar man mas woke so hard,
and maffa do noting." You are mif
takeo, Quash, my labor it more fa
ciguiogthan yours ; I do head-work,
and yours is merely bodily exercise.
This hint was fufficient for Qjath<—
The next day he was ordered into the
woods to procure fuel ; but Quash
flaying longer than tifuat, the parson
' repaired so the woods to f?ewhat de
tained him ; when behold 1 the firft
objea that presented itfelf to hit view,
was Qaafh, astride on a large maple
log, in a pensive attitude; When he
enquired the cause, Qaafh flatted up,
and rubbing his midnight brow, oh I
maffa, me—me have been doing head
worker Well, let me hear what your
^head has done. Soppofe, maffs, dere
be five pigeons on dis tree, and you
take a gun#nd foot two of dem, how
many dere be left ?— — Why, three,
you old (inner.—No, maffa, dem toder
tree fly awg. }
AN oftentatioui Courier of Qtee#
Elizabeth, having dissipated hit reve-
, the HUMORIST.
TIMEI What can we fay of time?
where do we find it? who has
it in possession ? iris given to the font
of men, as the most preciouagift from
their Creator, and is always fleeting
away with rapid fwiftnefs ; it is com
'pared to the fwiftnefs of the eagle,
and nimbleness of the weaver's Shut
tle. We fee by experience that this
comparison is true, and that every
moment that we are favored with,
brings us on one moment nearer to
that fatal occurrence which happens
to all the human race; When we
look back and recoiled past feenes of
adion, we at firft think them near at
hand, but after confederation, we find
that they are separated from us by
the fwift wing of time, at such a dif=
taece that renders to unable ever to
recover them. How loon does the
bloom of childhood and youth fade
to the decripid decline of old age, and
the beauty, activity and vigor, that is
so visible in youth is changed by time,
almost unnoticed by us, to infirmity,
and from infirmity soon to earth itfell.
The divine author of our exifcnee
has so calculated our being, and given
us such wonderful faculties as to make
ui capable of glorifying his name, and
of enjoying ourfelvei in a manner
which will be conducive of our own,
•and our neighbor's happiness— Time
therefore is given us to exercise our
abilities in, but no particular period^)
our knowledge, stated tor it to end
at. One year rolls on after another,
without the least interruption, which
conveys us with great haste towards
THE Count de Lauzuo, passed the
long interval from the year 1672 to
168 t, in the prison of, Pignerol. It
hat-been well observed by Sterne, that
with pen, ink and paper, albeit a man
cannot get out of prison, he may do
very well within, and at lift come out
a wiser man than he entered ; but
these consolations did not fall to the
lot of M. de Lauzun. At a diftaoce
from the voice of friend or relation ;
without any light except the glim
mering through the ruini of the roof ;
without books, means of occupation,
or possibility of exercise ; a prey to
hope deferred, corroding languor, and
uninterrupted horror; he, at last, 11
the only means of avoiding infinity,
had recourse to the means of taming
a spider. " Misery," fays Trunculo,
'' makes a man acquainted wi'h strange
companions." The spider received
his flies every morning with gratitude,
carried on his webs through the day
with alacrity, arid engaged the whole
attention of his benefactor, until the
gaoler, conversant in scenes of wretch
edness, and consequently steeled a
gaioft every tender lenfation, acciden
tally difeovered this amusement of his
prisoner, and in the wantonnets of ty
ranny, officioufly destroyed the fubjeft
of it. M. de Lauzun afterwards de
clared, that he conceived his agony
on this occasion to have been more
painful than that of a food mother on
the loss of a darlingchild.
nuts, wat compelled co retire inio the
country ; 2nd inferibed over the por
talof his hnufe the mono of " omnia
vanitas,"* the firft word of which
the painter delineated in small, and
the last in large letter?. Qjteo Eliz
abeth vifiring this felf-exied noble
man, was sfcd by him how (he liked
the motto 19 his fine house. "My
Lord," the replied, "I am astonish
ed, that after making your omnia so
small, your vanitas should be so con
spicuously large.
* All is VANITY.
MONITOR, No. V.
FOR THE MIRROR.
10 1,000 10,000
20 §OO 10,000
30 200 6,000
152 100 i;,200
200 ~ 50 10,000
300 30 9,000
400 20 8,000
7,300 16 116,800
8422 Prizes, 245,000
16,578 Blanks, Lift drawn No. 5000
25,000 250,000
5000 Dollars
to the last drawn number, in addition to
what may be drawn against it,
BENJ. AUSTIN,jun. ]
GEORGE R. MINOT, |
'SAMUEL COOPER, ^
HENRY WARREN, |
JOHN KNEELAND. J
Boston, oa. z 2, ,795.
TICKETS and BARTERS,
in said Lottery,
may be had a: LUTHER FISK's Stpre in
"Concord.
Capt. fofab Ward's Estate.
A LL persons having demands
1 against the estate of Capt. JOSIAH
WARD, late of Henniker, deceased, are re
quested to exhibit their accounts for settle
ment; and those indebted, are requeued to
make immediate payment to
JOSIAH WARD, Executor
to said Estate.
Hen niker, Nov. 26, 1795. 2
toemttmettb.at_ytQPfrtat—Rmtc 41.11 i tin rn —B —.
Runaway Lad.
JOHN ROBINSON has absent-
J ed himfelf from me, contrary to my or
ders, this is to forbid all persons harboring,
trailing or employing him, on the penalty of
the taw. Said lad can work at the Taylor's
bufmefs. Whoever will return said lad so
me, (hall have half a cent reward, and no
charges paid by mty
ZEBULON ROBINSON.
Pembroke, Nov. 18, 1795. I
- "wood 7~^60d!
|l^w;^ frff&to=_CTWT_ I I.<*;
WANTED immmediately, a few loads of
WOOD, by the Printers hereof. ',5
If we have any important bufineb
to perform, how careful ought we to
be to execute it without delay ; if we
have any religious duty which is to be
performed, let us use our abilities in
the performance thereof—the fwife
tide of time will inevitably overtake
cerns oi to improve each reeling mo
ment as it p^fa by, and catch each
good that comes within our power—
We have no aiTorapce of futurity,—
no, not of one moment.
of the 4th Class of Harvard College Lottery.
Not two blanks to a prize.
25,000 Tickets, at Ten Dollars each, are
250,000 Dollars, to be paid in the following
prizes, fubjed to a deduction of twelve and
an half per cent, for the purposes of the
Lottery.
Prizes. Dollars. Dollars.
I of 20,000 is 20,000
2 10,000 are 20,000
2 5,000 10,000
5 2,000 10,000
The stria punctuality which the Mana
gers have hitherto observed, as to ths time
fixed for drawing, and in the payment of the
prizes—they flatter themfehres has so estab
lished the credit of the Lottery—that the
Tickets will meet with a rapid sale, both in
this and the neighboring states.
THE Managers of Harvard College Lot
tery present the public with a Scheme
of the Fourth Class of said Lottery—which
will commence drawing on or before the firft
Thurfda, in April next, in the Representa
tives Chamber in Boston.
What folly is it for rational beings to
spend their time and active powers in
that which they are sensible is unprof
itable ; and not only fo,'but prejudic
ial to their felicity—and to defer mat
ters of importance to some future pe
riod, when every day's experience
teaches them that is not our abiding
place.
HARVARD COLLEGE LOTTERY
us, and level the ruler with the (lave.
the coni'(hades of the king of terror.
It this be the case, how highly it con-
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And ready for delivery,
Se\ era! Thousand very large
and excellent HIDES,
allowed by good judges to be equal to any
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credit, with approved security, for coarse
Tbiak Leather Men's Shoes, or Country
Produceqf any kind.
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NATHANIEL LADD.
Concord, 6th Nov. 1795.9
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