The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-12-02 00:00:00, page 3

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From the NATIONAL GAZETTE.
The HONEST MAN's PRAYER.
PARENT of nature,juflice, and of right !
Fountain of wisdom, and true source of
light,
Teach me myftto scan ;
Injure my foul with notions just of thee,
Form all my aßions As thefougbt to be,
As relative to man.
0 give mefriends I but make me far above
Their gfts, tbeirfympatbi%ing tears and love,
That fe they may prove kind ;
For I have found by long experience.
That those are people tfthe gredteft fenfr,'
Who no proJeffion mind:-
O give me health, that so no Doaor ma.
Fir# make me worse, then after make me pa, ;
Thou canst me cure or kill —
Make me but good, ng neighbours will bejuft ;
With lario-juits, Lord, O let not me be curft ;
I bate the Lawyer's Bill !
If theu in jkjfiee think I sl I want a wife,
To make my bed, and smooth the cares of life,
And keep my bones from pain •;
0 give me one obedient 'to my call ;
But fooullfa kick, or drink,orfeold, or brawl,
Lord —take her back again !
Difofefair Libert, through ev'ry clime,
May fa expand her wings to endlejs time,
And Frenchmen live jedfre,
From impious craft and clanking chains.
From the Baftle and racking pains,
"Which erst jh, did endure !
These, great frf Cause ! haft made me, and
toy breath
Iknow mufl cease in what we men call death ;
1 In this thou haft done right ;
Whate'er remains (for yet oj Jouls I know
But very little) let them timely go,
' An)join th, offence, light! ^
The Address of a Lady's SculL to its
female Visitants.
BLUSH not yejair to ofwn me! but be wife,
Nor turn from fad mortality your Eyes.
Fame fays,(and fam^alonkcan tell how true)
I—onoe—khas lovely and beloved like fori. ✓
Where are my Votaries ? where ny flatters
now ? r.y.^ :!:,.^ <*UJi no
Fled with the fabjea of each Lover's vro.-
Adieu the rofo wed, and billies white I :
Adieu thole Eyes that triode the darknejs light !
No more alas ! theft coral Lips are fan.
No longer breathes the fragrant gate between.
Turn,from your mirkar, and behold,in me,
At once whattboufahdi can't, or dare not jee.
Survey me w&,ft fair rite's ! arid believe '
The grave may terrify, but can't deceive.
On beauty's brittle State no more th,end ;
Here youth and , leafure, age andforrow end:
Here drops the mafe, bttefhuts the final Scene,
Nor differs graVe threescore from gay fifteen.
All,re, alike to thefame goal—the Trinh,
.Wferewrifledfoau^a(miles at Clse's bloom.
WbM Coxcombs fatter, an# when fools odor,,
,&leurn the. agon W bfoain uomorih
Tet virtue Jhlagainft decay fall arris
And even lend mortality a Charm.
Original Anecdote.
A CERTAIN delirious 'man. went to
meeting on Sunday, ^nd peaceably
seated himfelt in th§ galtefy —in fermori
time, looking round the meeting-house,
observing some of the congregation sleep
ing, and being 'accidentally armed with a
pocket full ofrotten apples, be drew them
forth one. by one, taking aim, let them
drive, flap into the faces of the sleeping
chriftians- This was repeated several
times, to the no small diversion of the
younger part of the audiehrt but the
Parson, observing the movement above—
" desired the people to take care of that
crazy perfon"—who pertly replied, " Zq#
mind your preaching, I'llkeep the Dogs
awake."
^ —
A FARMER having fettled in a coun
try vi^e, in a lirtte farm, gained the
esteem of the whole neighbourhood. The
firft year was hardly expired,when be loft
a very fine cow, which was by much the
belt of all his qattle, ap| he wag extreme
ly mortified at it ; but this was nothing
to the grief which be felt in a (hart time
afterwards, when death alto took away
MswW His neighbours thought the,
were obliged to comfort him : Hnneft
farther, fail one of them, do not affii&
yourfelf, the wife you have loft was a good
one, it is true, but there is as good to be
had# 1 have three daughters for my part ;
take your choice io( them. &Qth%tf.
sered him a filter; another, a niece.frt
Lord, have mercy ppon?§implied fhf
farmer, it is better to We one's wife than
one's cow : My wife is hardly: tffefy&g
dead, and here are half 4 dozen people al
ready offering ta supply her placefor me ;
but when my cow died, the devila one (poke of
giving me anothet.. — <
THE following anecdote is from the Co
lumbian Centiriel :— —" Rumour fays,
that the Rev. Mr. —-—— preaching, by
exchange, at K—#s in the mid ft of a
genuinely prtliQdox sermon, hazdrde&tljc
following conjeaure—" If I were toguef,
Jaid be, i I should guess that more than two
third, of this congregation will be damn'd,.
His auditors being of a very good fort of
people, made bola to queffipo him .con
cerning the ground work of the guess ;=-
The divine politely apologized, by faying
" that he composed that part of the dis
course to preach at ^rf^^/A"
their fruition, of mirth independent of
/wearing. These were days when people
knew the art of living; when our farms
gave the breadof life, and the ruddy flulh t
of health, acquired by jnduftry, was pre
ferred to thedapfed feature reddened with
&W.^CT ,% ; x-ri^
«These were times, Mr,. BAN DECT,
when our youth preserved the culture of
land to the perils of thefea—good linnen
supplied the place of gauze and silk, and
our maidens were recommended more byl
their ability in hadling the needle and ।
difttf, th an by a,gaudy dfejs, or the graces,
of '^u^ci^g. Our daughters, who had
seen thirty years of celibacy^ then found
companions, arid the cornigerous man,
like the ?hcenix, was only fe^d foif.
These were times, laid he, flicking his
hoary locks, when age was refpefted,
when more experience was found in thru
jure arid ten, then in the airy age of twen
ty five. Cards were laid by for Sunday
devotion, arid all classes ralied round the
standard of religion. The ear, in those
days, was never grated with imprecations
uttered again# an uncharitable world,
and truth had confidence to appear unef
cortedly by a volly of oaths; but alas I
" Tent,ora mwta&ur, tt nos mutamur cum
illh." ^^
When I entered the room, the placid
features of our sage gave a perfe& ex
preffiop of happiness. He was so entirely
, engrossed with his narration of ancient
simplicity, that one might fuppqfe him
. felf viewing a phiz of the Elyfan Fields.
I But when returning to himfelf, and fee
iing on either hand a corrupt , world, " the
; gold become dim, and the most fine gold
I changed ;" a torrent of cares hurried in
: to his face, and overwhelmed every trait
:of complacency.. It was now nigh mid
# way between two days ; and the old geh
rtieman's exclamation again# our fovour
rite specimens of modern refinement, hav
; ing rather deranged my thinking fecal,
ties, like the wife toper, to eete rkfrof evil;
I retired to bed. / Fancy room took the
advantageof torpid judgment, and be
'fo het night wiles. I was immediately
§ translated to the presence of a fopernatur
lal being, who expoftn^to view the capets
tthen performing in the adjacent village
• The knight of La Mancha never suggested
I more extravagant ideas 4han there reah
!ized.— ——From ruddy childhood down
tto hoary age, all classes were until#iked-x
lunconcious df intrufefr. WhifeVh^f^
Fperantiated mind was endeavouring ' to fre
-Ipel the attacks of Time, and with a cats-
I togue of instruments ftrivin^ to smooth
^the furrowed brew ; thrilafs in herteen^
; with <fanpatteM eyes, flood gazing ft,
"September ytb, 1671,
" A great Training in Boston, which last
ed two days, 1200 men in the field, not an
oath uttered, tior any body drunk dur
ing the while time, though there was much
,wine and strong beer in town.”
Winthrop's Journal.
HAPPY old times, fajd the good man
of 75 as he laid by his favourite
author of the above lines. These were
days when pur land flowed with milk and
fog—when our young men copkl join
the feftive feene withoupthe modern aid
of intoxication ———---^Dd could witness
. MISC,ELLANY.
FROM THE EAGLE, &C,
40^^03Mi filling a^aj the topg mo
fWfffi^s^MeWe- H While the ,agonies
of ^cfel^frfpqffi the intrigues
of thfeffifoft^fxfi ted attention .^ the
one hand, the worn-out debauchee giving
the countersign tp the kitchen maid for
entrance disgusted on the, other, The
Re, Parson had taken ft choice moment
tq cull from ^P ancient divine, 7,pages of
iris nrafereo 1 Then might the client
ha v@fee? is te Wiucreafe five fliillings
op & pf@dmd,the patient : pill£ &
cqvffiQffie&df #oy, Ip t^ebar-rodm
@3 %»&tera%^ ^P^
vzteer, in one hand grasping the tobacco
box^nd in fih© other foamed thelufeious
half mug; from their lips, jntermjngled&
rolled the„e4fen§e ^f botfly the oah, the,
lie, and f£ffl#ipgfiforjki ^Bdt w tk
most ludiprmsfepne ivas the^fd room/
Here,; encircling)fe table of,pineyrfat a
deputy @eritf, IWRf^fW&iWhP&:
just been liberated from <0 imprj,fqnm©o,,
for dealing pork, a^raad juryman, an 4
2 students aflaw fo'fl&ha# % ptece, oG
chalk, and difepverqd ^p &|l^ ^fr|
tiop, .At a little diftancefat a fele& ap?n|
and a schoolmaster fe|fl|»g Qierr ioff^'
and quaffing ilie peftarinf jyc^afo&ol
Newland, - While fori&;bed tqllM
the eyes of a venerablejoffice, „ho maH
devoutly swore, that onleg the affair ,f
the LITTLE LOO, was fettled tohis lift
ing, he would take cognizance of their
play,——l had scarce time to exclaim,
" O to„nz?" when lo ! I found tea
DREAM 4
:. TIM PANDECTS
Intelligences :
iiiQ^to&Ut.Ltaßtfate^^ < ^^
NEWYORK,NbV. g.—FROM
:GLQCESTE&
Extras of a letter from London,
Saturday Evening. .
'' The check which the Duke
of York'# army before Dunkirk
received on the Bth instant, has
occasioned the immediate lending
Qver to Nieuport 200Q more troops/,
who were lying on board ships in
|he DOOT,, uncertain whether that
tefliriatibn was for the Weftindig
or elsewhere. It was matter of ap
prehension to many people, when
they saw the Duke of York de
t^b'^g bii'aftiy !rom fy fegeol
fynkirk, that the • French would
make some grand effort to inter
cept, and cut them off ; and the
event (hows their for mi fes were not
ilLJound^&_CThlD Yolk’s
army was retiring irc great haffe ;
but the Aoftrian General, Baton
de'B&blfa,; coming ^l^,:'^f
forcemenc of 25000 toen,@?&;
ed the French near Ypres, has rout
ed them with great (laughter—it
is asserted, 3000 killed, and 2000
pkeo- prisoner,, By this: timely
diversion, and assistance, ° the Dbke
of YorFi! imytyir 04tid,to,e
covered .their @its, and wete-a
bout to refuse their old camprieir
Dunkirk. °We had the newt'ol
this adion yesterday in several
letters from Oftend, Nieuport, &c.
but they are not very dear or con
sistent; and no farther particulars
arrived to day."
A gentleman arrived this morn
ing from Boston, reporothat when
hedeft that town a vessel arrived
&ffiCidiz, after a fhortpaffage,
had brought the following intelli
gence : The inhabitants of Tou
-Iton had refufed to participate in
the cHthe of those who had (utren
!&ff the COW^ had taken
posse ffion of the Fort Lamalle,|
which commands the road, and it
was very probable, the English
1 would not find it so eaty to go out
as to get in. [Dtoy.]
The following intelligence id tranfab
, ed from lit ^Hamburg Gazelle of
'ibiz i, of September ;-handed /*
the Editor of the Federal Gazette
by a Mittal of Philadelphia.
" Letters from the Hugue, dat^
ed 27th September, 1793, inform
us, that, on the i,h loftant the
Dutch posts at V^erwyk and H#^
nin, were attacked by about 60,000
tyench troops, arid alter an 'obfli"-
hite battle, the Dutch were dfr
tested and driven from those
placet; that prince Frederick of
Orange defended the pqft at Wer,
w,k,. and wis wounded rt)he
arm ; he arrived here by the Way
of Fhtifiri Flandere.-^The Dutch
Retreated towards pktiXind Rouf
felear ; jhey. had about 2000 men
kilto&id wounded.'
',Nk,UB^ ^ty the Pubhek,-
that he hasjuft received.
Afrefh assortment of GOODS,
DIRECTLY FROM LONDON,
WHICH be is new fitting at bis flora
V» Concord and Sandbornton; as
CHEAP as can be purchased in Newham,^
fhiri.— —He ha a fuanfit, of
Cotroriand Coffee, CT ;
Ofafoperiour quality, which be is jelling ve
ry lcw.——r Aljo a general effortwent of
I # Wefyndia GOO DS. :
Cenfaat attendance will begrom,, and ever,
favour gratefully ackmpwlhigid.^
- — CT# roM.-DUNCAN.
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