The Federal mirror — Concord, N.H., 1796-02-09 00:00:00, page 4

;^' _—-■_■■■■■_■—^ ——- ,
T HE PARNASSIAN FIELD.
—=x=^==x==^^
From the Columbian C^tinil.
^^^^ °°
morality,
The fertnefs of the days aptly portray the
brevity of human existence. Dr. Franklin,
, has said, " #%# fafo 6# what to wt
to ottos net before so ; but @ mufl tub and
fa,."—This short refleaton, I am happy to
fey, aroie in my mind, on reading
THE STAGE OF LIFE.
hUR to,j_ ^ a TOolnti?: day,
^omeonly break their faft, ^dfa away,
Others fla, dinner, and depart failed,
The detyft age bat saps, and goes to bed.
H/smtfia debt who lingers out the dap,
Wb. dies betimes, bas left and tefsto ga,.
— — =_ fr^
SEASON for remembering the POOR.
/ASTERN winter it tome with hit cold chilling
breath,
And tbs verdure has dropt from the trees ;
All nature bents touch'd with thefinger of death,
Add the J!reams are beginning so freeze.
When rteanton,gang lads o'er the river canfide,
A^ Flora attends ns „ more ;
Wbesonfat, youfy by a good firifide,
Sure jou ought to remember the Pour.
When the coldfeather'd sow does in fleeces descend,
And vohia* the profoas aroused ;
When the foe* cutting winds from the mirth do at
tend, _
Hard incrudratiog over the grossed.
Worn tbepoor barrale, bare ma, be trac'd to the
wood,
B, her footfops indented in snow ;
When tbs lips arid the fingers are parting with
Wood,
And the foremen a cock /booting go.
When the „or robin red-breast approaches the cot ;
When the icicles bang a* the door;
When the bowl,mobs witbfe&thiugreviviug^
bot,
IThat's the time to remember the Poor.
When the tbaw shall enjus, IS the waters increase,
And the winds Jhall more violent blow ;
Whin the fifbu from prifen obtain a release;
When in danger the travellers go.
When the meadows are bid b, the proad-fwelling
flood, r
When the bridges are uftful no more ;
When in health,set enjoy every thing that is good.
Can you grumble to think on the Poor ?.
Sine, death is depriv'd of its all billing fling,
And the grave is triumphant no more;
Saints, angels, and men, hallelujahsfall Jing,
And " the Rich fall remember the Poor.%f'/
THE HUMORIST.
ABOUT sixty years ago, many of
the chief Sainti, at Boftoo, met
with a fad mortification : yea, a mor
tification in the flefh.
Captain St. Loe, commander of a
, ffiip of war, then io Boston harbour,
being ashore on a Sunday, was appre
hend#j by the conftablet, for walking
on the Lord's day. / On Monday he
( was carried before a Justice of the
Peace : he was fined ; refuted to pay
it: and for his contumacy and con.
tempt of authority, waa fenrenced to
fit in the stocks, one hour, during the
time of change. The {entente was
put in execution without the lead mte
n^ Captain fit in durance,
grave Magiftrater admoriffied him to
refpea io future the wholesome laws
of the Province $ and reverend Di
:#«efrned him to reverence arid
keep holy the sabbath day. At length
the hour expired, and the Captain's
legs were set at liberty. - 3 ;^
As soon , he was freed, he, with
rm mfr fitfata aom t l- z JI & L L
grew! iccwiogcuucunen# thanked
ft Magomet for their corredion, and
' e Clergy or their spiritual advice
and confutation ; declaring that he
sos%, and to put on the new Man
of Righfr , th, he Ihould ev.
„„ them . M _„the
K™"™^=™™gofyfaving bls finful
a rarefy, rqoiced
Iter clasping the hands,
their eye# to heaven,
their new Convert, and
n for being, made the
humble meant Os Lurching a foul
from perdition. P,oud of their fuc
-1 cefi, they fell to exhorting him a
;ftefh ; and the most zealous invited
, him to dinner, that they might have
'lull time to complete their wo k.
} The Capuiin fucked in the milk of
r exhortation, at a new-born babe does
the miik of the breast. He was as
ready to !&<,„ they were to exhort.
Never wo a Convert more affiduoug.
While hit Ration in Bafton harbour
lasted, he amended every Sabbath day
their most fao&ified Meeting-house;
never miffed a weekly leaore : at ev
ery private Conventicle; was most fer
vent and loudest in prayer. He flat
tered, and made prefects to the wives
and daughters of the GMily.- hi short,
all the time be could (pare from the
dutiet of his Ration, wai (pent io en
tercainiog them oh board hii ship, or
in vifitiog and praying at their 6ouf
ei.
ty. The Saints were delighted with
him beyond measure. They compar
ed their wooden flocks to the voice of
Heaven, and their sea-convert to St.
Paul.
Amidst their mutual bappioefs, the
mournful time of parting arrived. —
The Captain received his call. On
thii he went round among the God
ly, and wept and prayed, affuriog
them he would return, and end hit
days among hit friends in the Lord.
Till the day of his departure, the
time was spent in regrets, profeffions,
entertainmentsand prayer. On that
day, about a dozen of the principal
Magiftratei, including the feled-men,
accompanied the Captain to Naotafc
ket Road, where the ship la, with
every thing ready for failing.
An elegant dinner was provided for
them on board ; after which many
bowls and bottles were drained. As
the blood of the Saints waxed warm
with wine, the cruft of their hypocrisy
melted away.—Their moral fee-laws,
and scripture texts, gave place to dou
ble entendres, and wanton songs.—
The Captain encouraged their gaiety,
and the whole Grip resounded with
the roar of their merriment.
Just at the time, into the cabin
butft a body Qf&ilon, who, to the
inexpressible horror and amazement
of the Saintt, pinioned them faft.—
Heedless of cries and iotreatie^, they
were dragged upon deck, tied up, and
Stripped. The boarfwain and hit as-i
fi ft anti, armed with dreadful cat-o
nine-tails, provided for' the occasion,
admioiftered to them the law of Mo
ti, the most energetic manner.—
Vain were all their prayers, roarings,
dampings, and curies; the Captain
4r the mean time affuriog them, that
it was consonant to their own doc
trine, and to scripture, that the mor
tification of the flefh, tended towards
Giving th^fou^and therefore it would
be- criminal in him to abate them a
fi^gle lash.
&When the, had fuffered the whole
of their discipline, which Stripped
them from the nape of the neck to
, the hams, the Captain took a polite
leave, efaftl, begging them to re
member him in their prayer#. The
ith three
^ made
- ,¥uv „ & „ vnutwan flare, HumU,oU b
Mijcellany. , :w
From the Farmer's Weekly MussuQ;
" B, this craft we have cur wcahh."
Demetrius, the sitefawh,,
and "others of the like octonion,"
of whom Such honourable mention if
made in the A& of the Apbfttes, tfe
not the Only perlons, who, after play-,
iog like Sharpen, the g^me nl inrereft
can turn round and cry, " Ye know,
Sirs, that by this craft we have oar
wealth,'''
All, the world reformed toghfth,'
whep parson Plagiary preached. The
old women Snivelled, and the deacons
groined in unison with the " vocal
nose" of the pvf>n. The Buk
went to heir him, for he was Jburt,
and did not kindle hellfire ia his
pulpit. The ladies pwfed his white
hand, and yawed that he adjusted the
cushion grace'll!,. The patfort re
putation and Salary i: created, fome-'
times a reformed rske would, fend
him a c:fk of wire, eg animate his
divinity ! and fcmetimei the ladies I
would go sfeobping, to " Vanity fab" ]
with Madams & purch^fe bet a dress,
cap. Thus oer P^rfon, enjoying mor
than a difcipte's Share of the " ioives
and fiihes," together with a flock of
ibiue from abroad—and of oil at
home,—went on, from one degree
of ease to another, —eat full dinners,
drank wine literally, for bis flomacb's
fake, and then, with a book in his
hand, went into his study to-—flrep.
He grew lazy/copied pages from Dr.
Blair, sometimes Dole a whole sermon
from Sterne, and by his craft, not
only had wealth bur fame. Verily,
brothers of the pulpit; this was profit
able prieftcraft.
But of all crafts, a Qjack Dodoa'a
craft is the most crafty. It is one of
the easiest trades in life. It is not like
Jacob's apprenticeship, {foeri year's
labour, but, like fume chapman's
books that I used to read when a
boy, is " familiar to the meaoeft ca
pacity." The receipt to make a
Quack ii Shorter than the Sherteft in
his difpenfatory : Take the firft block
head you can find, get credit for him
at an Apothecary's for a pound of
Cortex, mount him on a pied horse,
and bid him speak guaural words —
Depend on it, my friend the German
Surgeon, who has beeb regularly bred
at a foreign university, and who de
te& by a glance, the morbid and
peccant capje, will be negleftei ; his
lancet, will roft in ihagreep, white the
triumphant pretender has full licence
to kill, to enter boofes, leading cap
tive " fi Iy women," and by this crait
to have his wealth. ;),
The country Attorney, I do not
mean him, who eloquently defends,
sod geoeroufly charges his clients, but
that pettifogging fcriviner, Synony
mous all over the world With fcoun
drel.--Tse country Attorney, who
inflames village disputes, who Sues for
nine pence, who buys notes of hand
cheap, and fells them dear, who after
receiving ten thousand periods as hit
" wages of iniquity," Bill tuns about
haunting Justices doors, inquiring,
'ft will Shew him any good,"
who will serve a precept upon the
poor widow, and compel her to cast
in her left mice foo h, s treasury, it a
near relation to Dmarto, and ill the
f/^fai^ family, , b#4liia anted
to tote„^^L&^
$ home or the Lay rreaerra $ menus
""toete ta^^'t^
vnc men n<w, guv WHUi
" rthnAlr, ruaafr?&" (,'n+r nrAßfllP fl 1
journey to Newfprk, and tak ^WI
r^psure of the fch<rifa of a )„{&- |
tor. This advice hatthe pty f-te, ,
it only terves to confirm prior refo:u
tions. Peening Literal, to Laed
Speculations, and happy otmyfe the
vacant, and/itform the fimp!e; he
Studies with few to ic%# Dr. Frank
)faand the Prorooft and ineWrot at
bp ppfcD>gt,thirks fofo^dlmofo
the tarqmj fegirmore. Ereofr this
humble " crah" is derived the
''wealth" of the
Lir pk^rcta.
c— *wgpmamt ^mno win,_,a nt rmt ^^^'mmiqgaMQHßattqMtynrafflb
Money makes the Mare go!
r -wrct«aifc:**~ —
^RICHdRI) Diet. POST,
Q EMINDS i^s old Customers, that his
frft propofol for fopptying them with
nev/lpafc;, Wrf, to have pa, QMre„l,—He
now 10^11$thofe in arrear, that their ac
coufo,4ieaU re?. Iy for fe'Oement to the firft.
day of January lycS-^Heis obliged to make
immediate piymem to the Printers—or else
be ean't obtain papers from them—he mutt
therefore flop tiding, unless bis Coftomers
wpi btl>obliging, as by psyigg their finall
aeG uhrs tip i .e tire above d.rfe to enable him
to ferff fhebyfiillhrge , which h^ , iftcheer-
I fuhy do with as much pun&lali, as he can
I -,-ba; he bc^^ them to,remember that M^g \
:4&Ji&mirtt—# He cannot fopply there
wbh papers who ngle€ inn immediate com
ptiME# ^i+h the above reqaeft —He sincerely
thanksthefe who bave paid him, and forfeits
the cuftom^od pun&uali:y of all.
^ Slid Dicy also informs the Cuflamer#
in Canterbury, Narthti*!, Gilmanton, Sah
bororea and M^redhb, that next week, or
No. 171, will compete three months firice he
has carried papers for there—at which time
he requests one quarter's pay, tn enable him
to continue— none can be excofel—for it is
as impossible for Posts and Printers to pro
ceed without pay, ^s it is for grass to grow
at this cold season of the year.
Those who live off the road, are desired to
leave pay wherh their papers aretefa'
January, 26, 1796.
EDMUND HILLS^T,
THANKS all hit customers for cheir
encouragement in taking hi; papers—
February 9 :h will end :hree months
fioce he began ridio^-^He now call#
on them to make ready t we will thm
have theft accorinti prepared, which
he expeat they will freely difebarge I
Thi@ will enable him to continue, 001-
erwife he muff cease, as a post.,
Jan. 26, 1796.
" STRAY MARE?
TAKEN up affray by the subscriber,
a BLACK MARE— with a ft# in her
forehead—a natural pacer—supposed
to be about 12 years old —The own
er is desired 10 prove property, pay
charge!, and take her away.
;IS/VAC RICHARDSON.
Pembroke, ho. 6, 1796. .Io
—^J^/. — -—.— ..*
SNUFF a^jrOßA^. Q
SAMUEL W. THOMPSON,
Respectfully informs m
public, that he ^hat opened a
SNUFF and TOBACCO STORE, in
State street, four doors ^ below Da
v £N port's tavern ; where he intend#
meiroiadoring the best of SNUFF
and TOBACCO, by wholefate, which
he will fell cheap for cash.
Nratofa, fa. 5, 17,6. ^ ,
• «'ill IT.. pt - —i —r ..IKI, i hi .J. iihi
-0 HIS so so warm ill perlons agiinft
I porchafog two ttotet of hand
signed by William Shaonao, April
17951 for ^u fix data and tour
mining § and the Qer for thirty
nine dollars, dated June 1,, J 7951
payable to John Berry—which laid
Berry has received in lull, paid and
famfied to him by the laid Shaft,
0d MlTroc be^pata over agsiu „
fifinflfciifhp hptAC trill
WILLIAM SHANNAN.
I -^s^^ r
1 Call at this Office, and we'll pay Cash.