The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1793-10-21 00:00:00, page 4

A CLERGYMAN, riding along
the highway which led from a not
ed tavern, overtook a man on
horseback, who had treated him
feif fa kindly with the good fluff
that his body was fubjeded to a
corftant vibration from fide to fide.
For the fake of good company he
made exertions to keep his horse
alongside of the clergyman's, to
the great hazard of doling his feat
in the saddle. " Friend," laid the
clergyman, " whoever you be, you
seem ver, happy." " [hope," said
the man, " I shill be happy in the
next world. I know you very well,
though you are not acquainted with
me. You are the very man who
converted me." " Very possibly,"
said the clergyman, " and it looks
like some of my bungling work,
which I (hall be obliged (p do over
again."
PIERIDES.
ELEGY
On the Death of a Blackfmitb.
WlTHthe nerves of a Sam,fan this son
oftbe sedge,
By the anvil bis livelihood got ;
With the fill of old Falcon could temper an
edge;
Andfrack —while his iron was hot.
By forging^ liv'd, jet never was tried.
Or condemn'd by the laws of the land ;
But fill it is certain, and can't he denied.
He often was burnt in the hand.
With the sons of St. .Criffein no kindred he
claim'd,
With the last b' bad nothing to do ;
He handled no awl,, and jet in his time
Made maty an excellent shoe.
He blew up no coals of /edition, but fill
His bellows was alwaysin blaf;
And 1 will acknowledge (den, it who will)
That one Vice, and but one, he ,offer'd.
No aflor way he, or yoncerfd.wqfa . f 4^s"
'NfdudifyetQtfF^-^^
TeToft in bis sap (like a croud in a rage)
The voice of a biffing was beard.
Tbo' steeling of axes was part of bis cares,
In thieving be never was found ;
And tbo' be was corfanti, beating on bars,
No vessel be e'er ran aground.
Alas and alack ! and what molten Ifay
Os Vulcan's unfortunate fbii ?-
The pries and the sexton have bore him away,
And the found of his hammer is done.
A Gentleman who was going to
fight a duel, asked a friend of
his, who had won a considerable
sum the night before, to be his sec
ond. My dear friend, replied the
gamester, I won 1500 guineas last
night, and ffiall cut but a poor fig
ure at fighting to morrow ; but if
you will apply to the person from
whom I won them, he will fight
like a savage.
A CERTAIN lawyer, of a face
tious vein, and libertine principle,
meeting a gentleman, whose fea
tures greatly resembled his own,
was addreffeo by him with the fol
lowing question, "Can you tell me
fir, whence it comes to pass that to
many people mistake me for you ?"
“ No, fir, replied the lawyer— but
I heartily with the Devil would
make the fame blun^gtypy taking
you for me."
IMPROMTU,
On bearing the " Guilotine" termed the
" French National Razor."
IF this fam'd AXE,by Democratic Ravers,
Be fil'd a " razor," heads not beards
to lop ;
The French Convention, Jurely are the
shavers,
And might, PARIS but—a Barber’s Shop.
°PASQUIN, Junior.
HILARITY.
The only artifice he used in fa
vour of those lineaments of the
be ft, was that of wearing a round
hat, so far pulled down before, as
to hide a great part of his counte
nance.
He was an a&ive Member of
the General Council of the Commune.
He loved carnage like a vulture,
and delighted in human Sacrifices.
But the uplifted arm of Divine
vengeance cut him off in the midfl
of his career, and allowed him onlv
the short time to fay,"lam dying."
It appeals from the debates in
the Convention that Marat's
body was in a state of the most
wretched disease. and covered with
a leprosy. The day after his death,
he was in a state of putrefadion.
The hand of God seemed to have
punished his iniquities, by affi^l
ing him with the most cruel dif
iorders.
MASSACHUSETTS,—rather
out of humour because (he has
been sued for her debts ; she feels
as if the ought not to submit to the
higher powers ; tho' in general her
people are tho't co be a very Scrip
tural kind of folks. *
VERMONT—has been renew
ing her Constitution ; a considera
ble hubbub has been tnade about a
Senate; several men have felt as if!
From London papers.
MARAT, that infamous regi
cide who lately fell beneath
the assassin's dagger and who so
justly merited the fate he has met
with, is thus described ;
He was a little man, of cadaver
ous complexion, and a countenance
exceedingly expressive of the blood
y disposition of his mind. To a
painter of massacre, he would have
afforded a fine portrait for the chief
murderer. His head would be in
estimable for such a fubjeft.
His eyes resembled those of the
tyger cat, and there was a kind of
ferocity in his looks that corres
ponded with the savage fiercenefs
of that animal.
PART OF THE STATES. -
NEWHAMPSHIRE— peace
able, and consequently flour
ifhing.
A MINISTER being pc^frd 6 f
a negro wench to whom a ctrt^i
negro man made his addresses, th<
parson having some objections th^
he made to the poor black, whn, ;
not diking this opposition to h
cdurifh'if), took the liberrv to ask
himWquef^n, viz. " Maffa know
wat&lebentb commanment be
Tire poor parson could not tell.—
" Will, fays the negro, me tell wat
it be: De lebentb commanment is
Ba way ebery one mind he owt
Tbe bei
HIPPOCRATES, the celebrated
GWekphyfician, who!ivedupward
of 2000 years ago, has handed re
poAerity the following aphorilm
rateh iterate recommends as
containing the sum and substance
of all preventative pQyfick, viz.—
“ Keep the head tool, the feet
warm, and the body open; and
you may bid defiance th every spe
cies of disease."
Political Epitome.
against a simple countryman, for
having " damn'd the King." A
warrant was accordingly issued, and
(he poor trembling delinquent
dragged before the bench, when
the following keen and pointed in
terrogatives were put to him :
Juftice —Harkee! you fellow!
How came you so wickedly and
profanely to damn his most sacred
Majesty George the 3d, of Great
britain, France and lieland, King,
Defender of the Faith, &c.?
lodged a few days ago, before a
Justice of the Peace, and one of
the Quorum in a Northern county,
MARYLAND—Starting at the
Federal City, which is faft rising
to eclipse all the cities of the east
ern world : Heaven grant it may
not eclipse the fun of liberty in this
weftern world.
times ; when there was no day, but
the ancient of days ; no good but
God ; no light, but the father of
lights ; when arts were but ideas ;
the heavens a book in folio ; the
earth one in quarto ; and men and
angels, were but capital letters, in
the margin of Gog's thought !
PENNSYLVANIA—Seriouf-
Iy alarmed. Death has taken pos
session of the capital, and is mow
ing down its sons and daughters b,
winrows ; the inhabitants of the
towns in the vicinity, stand aghast
and pale, and fancy they smell the
approach of the grim tyrant in ev
ery gale.
VIRGINIA—Angry at herfelf
to think the (peculators of the north
have outwitted her in those deep
games, the funding and bank fyi
tems.
GEORGIA —Killing off the In
dians.— Fine fun to kill Indians !
But, Messrs. Georgians—supposing
some powerful nation should take it
into their heads to make Indians of
you —would you not think their
tender mercies were cruel ?
fobhfhed feme sermons and ap
pointed feme psalms to be sung or
laid on the occasion.
NEWYORK—Out of debt ;
money in her coffers. One would
suppose that a state in such a situa
tion would be a happy state ; but
the sons of Newyork feel, or think
they feel, some grievances. The
effects of those feelings will appear
the next ele&ion.
CONNECTICUT—some noise
in this state concerning an animal
plied a Swift ; the reverend cler
gy seem alarmed left this anxious
animal Ihou!d creep into Congress,
hey wanted to be greater men
h?n they could be under the old
Jonftitution, and were gonfequent
y very fond of this new boule of
great folks. But it seems the little
oiks were determined to mortify
h^m, and have voted this ideal
body of would be nobility into an
ihila ion./
RHODEISLAND—minding
lerown business ; a few of her bar
iy sons a iittle v<xt because they
nay not go a privateering, alias
pirating.
nd there do mifehief ; they have
^ curious thought:
STRANGE as it may seem,
there was a time before all
A VERY serious complaint was
—TREASON !!— 0
Near Gerrish's Mills, in the weft part
of Bofcawen,
INFORMS bis friends and the publick
that he has ereded a Mill, and propos
es to carry on the Clothier's Business; at
Gerrith's Mills, in the westerly part of
Bofcawen.
Those who favour him with their work
may depend on its being executed with
dispatch, in the neatest manner. Coun
try Produce will be received in payment. t
Bofcawen, O&obefio, 1793. 51
Countryman — Mean, your Wor-,
ship, why you mun know that we
were noine and noine, at whisk and
fwabbers, Clubs was trumps, 1 had
eace and queen i' my own boxd-=
but as ill luck would ha'it, our
neighbour Tummas clapt his king
smack upon moy queen, and by
godlin they gotten the odd trick —
So being welly throttled with rage,
your Worship, I—l—l—cry, damn
the king !
Jufice —O! well—if that’s all,
thou may go about thy bufinefs—
but fee that thou never does so
again.'
TrO be fold, by Publick Au&ion, on
I the giftof Oftober instant, at ten
of the clock in the forenoon of said day,
on the premises, 4
A F A R M,
Situated in Weare, containing about 180
acres of land, equal in quality to any in
the state—with a good boufe, two large,
barns, a new cyder mill with shed, and o
ther out buildings, all in thorough repair.
A fine well of water, and a beautiful
young orchard, capable of making from .
50 to 60 barrels of cyder in a year—The
whole farm is enclosed with good fences, ^
among which is nearly five hundred rods
of good stonewall—the whole under good
cultivation, and extremely well calculated
for a settlement. tL'^
JAMES HOGG.
Weare, O&ober 2d, 1793. fy
^ N. B. The reason of the above farm
being advertised, a fecorid time, for sale
by Publick Auction, is, that a person at
private file bargained for it, previous to
the time of sale, as stated fn a former ad
vertisement, who has since failed of ful
filling the contrast—The. said farm will,
therefore, positively be fold at time and
place, as abovementioned
JAMES HOGG.
Weare, October 2, 1793. 50—8 f
Countryman God bless your
honour 4 wonna e’en curse a
knave, for fear it may offend your
worship!
Dunbarton.
THIS is to give publick no
tice to all those who own common
or undivided rights in the town of Dun
barton, that the Proprietors' Meeting
stands adjourned to the fiift Tuefday of
November next, at ten of the clock, a.m.
It is desired that those who have not had
their common rights laid out to them,
would apply at or before said meeting, to
the proprietors' committee, Ito set them
off, as it is expected said meeting will be
dissolved.
WILLIAM STINSON, ) Committee
WILLIAM COCHRAN, J Men.
Dunbarton, Sept. 30, 1793. 50
N. B. It is dehrea that ah thofe~wTio
have accounts against the said proprietors
would exhibit them in at said meeting.
I ' Countrymen — Lord ! your Wor
(hip, I did not know that King oi
Clubs was Defender of the Faith,
or by my troth, 1 would no’ darn'd,
it.
Justice— King of Clubs ! Why+
you rebellious ralcal, what, do you
add injult to tre fon ?-—Tell me
what you mean.
Mr. GOOKINS, Clothier,
JEREMIAH PAGE, Proprietors’
Clerk, and one of the Ccmmitte&
Clothier's Bufinejs.
Publick AuHion.