The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-02-20 00:00:00, page 4

Thus, free from restraint, in we rattle,
Enflav'eTh, no precepts or rules ;
Whilst those who in form prittle prattle,
Are nothing but sensible fools-
Qfides fora plague wit is sent ye,
" Itsowners forever are poor ;
While nonfeofeis vested with plenty,
Wbereoj you may fee now therefore, f
kaffir
From the Farmer's Weekly Museum.
Should nonsense from human kind fever,
What numbers must strait away run 1
The belli pick his teeth must forever^
The chatt'ring coquette be undone.
The following is pmfled within the to, ofa
box belonging to a friend of mine, who is
immoderate!, fond of fnuff-— The other d^y
as be hid she box open, 1 ^da <vie^ Q
enough to purloin bis Eulogium, I wifeyou
to place it tn your '' Mofeum." for the
perujal or encouragement of all tbofe^ who
are,st nowces in the praßice of fouff tak
ing. TRIFLE.
gWEET jfo off^,! thy magic pow.
Can foften every dismal hour,
w# # # •. • • * * *
Ifthe world fhou'd use me rough,
I finite, and take a pinch of fnu£
If in love, I meet rebuff.
My solace is a pinch of fauffi-
A saucy child would get a cuff,
Fer laughing at my pinch ot fnuff.
If fortune frowns, I'm never bluff,
But more than ever love toy fauff.
Virginia's weed, I sometimes puff,
But much prefer my pinch of fnuff.
Some folks fay life'ybad is rough.
They never took a pinch of fnuff..
For I'm content—l've joys enough,.
It I can have m, pinch of fnuff.
^Mgm— man »■ riri^^wmuM«- , MMW
MISCELLANY.
EXTRACTED BY JR. FOR
FOR im MIRROR.
IGLUKA & SIBBERSIK ;
AGREE^ CT0 ^ TALE.
IN that diftria of Greenland on the
weftern coast, diflinguifhed by the
name o' Amaralek, lived two remarkable
perfoßage# called Sibberfik and Igluka ;
the former deemed the must aecompliOied
youth that ever worshipped the great
Torngatfuck,* on this fide of the infur
mountahle icy rid^e that runs across the
country, whither in twanging the elastic
bow of Teual, launching the dart, hurl
mg the harpoon, paddlingshe canoe, or
diving under water to (coop the blubber
from the back of the expiring whale ;
and she universally allowed to excel all
the nymphs of Greenland in beauty and
rare qualifications, as much as the moon
excels the aurora borealis in light end
splendor. She war daughter and foie
heiress of thej^fktfHjyo^^
Torngarfa is a ffl^tuvu! aw, wor
^„i±A, th Greenlanders-.
+4frhh dhjfo beads of th clew, the
Qfothe nobles, and the prophets tf j
Greenland.
l „,mLj
The bards would have little ^write on.
The lawyers have little to fay ; #
The critics would nought have te bite on.
The fpowters be dumtytbro' the day.-
.the RIVULET.!
.^^ g -----*^~ r-nr^a^irf
FOR THE FOOL CLUB.
ALL whirefical people com? hither,
Andchoofe a nonfenfita! strain;
Forwho'd be a wit in hot weather,
T' endanger the loss of his brain ?'
'Tit nonsense wefing and we deal in,
And generously deal it about;/
And if common sense chance to steal in,
We kick the precise rascal out. +
Thereof, ferafmitb, notwitbftandirg,
Moreover, 10 wit,furthermore ; —
Sure never were words so commanding.
So sweetly adapted before.
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
c— I
. 0 « TQ RAISE THEGENIUS, AND fro MEND TH ^’H'FART."
one of the weal.hieft of all the Greenland
patriarchs. He peffeffed two kone boats,
five canoes, three huge piles of wood for
rafts, poles, boards and fuel; seven chests
of brass, tin, and Copper utensils, pur
chased from the Kublunets ;* a spacious
winter cabbin, a magnificent fummer'
tent, and a raft magazine well filled with
blubber, whale bone, morfe teeth, uni
corn's horns, the (kins of foxes, seal and
rein deer. His darling Igluka had been
bred up in the utmost tenderness and ele
gance. Her (hist appeared white and
tranfpirent, being formed of the maw
of holy- but; her waistcoat was of the
Tofteft fawn (kin trimmed with white by
her own fair hands, the skin of the rein
debr (applied her with an tippet garment
and hood ; and her breeches and boots
were formed of a dressed teal fbn, foft,
Smooth and pliant. This w s her ordi
nary dress : but on feftivah (he worea
magnificent robe of hire (kins, adorned :
with variegated fathers, and bracelets
set with pearls. Her locks that emulated \
the raven's wing, wre nicely braider :
Her glossy neck was hung round witu
beads of glass and coral. Her eyesghc
ed like the three flars in the belt cf Shk
tot.f Her teeth, in whi ertefi, rivalled
the snow that covers the mountains of
Nepfet. She repof.d upon beds of cd
der downward was every day carefully
anointed with the fat of the whale's
belly. She fed upon the eggs of fea
fowl gathered ambng the chff+upen the
rognfifhj the nil of young whales <eti
cately sauced with train-oil, he fldh >1
sea calves, the rafoihgs cf sea! skin made
info pancakes, the Ingefta and chacdrun
of the rein deer, the entrails of rhe rype,
or partridge dressed with blubber ; and
byway ot dessert, the sea-weed and the
root called tugloronet, &ced and fiied
with train oil.
A young lady of fech expeditions,
nursed with indulgence, anti trci^ed up
in the mitift of fitch delicacies, c^uid not
but be ir Spired with the most refined fen
time,its, and f* animated by the pride of
birth, bs well as by the cons iotUnels of
her own beamy and accompaniments, as
to I'k djwn with contempt upon the ;
generality of those youths who aspired to
her graces. Indeed it w,s univerGUy
believed, the, the would choose to lead a
life of celibacy rather than bestow herfelf
in marriage upon any of the (wains of
Amaralek ; but fare had otkerwifejpr
dained in favor cf the gallant Sibbetuk,
who was not only rich io rhe g> ds of
fortune, but, excelled all his covempora
ries, in beauty, courage and agility, ^
well as in the gifts of the urfyfUoding. ‘
He had fata a mighty bear in fiogle com 1
bat, and in winter wore the skin across
his Shoulders as a trophy of his vi&ory.
He had once ventured, to assault the
dreadful feamonfter H)fgufa,| and was
the firft that ever escaped with life, from
such a rencounter. He had often dived
beneath the ice in pursuit of seals and
morfes ; and in the meft dreadful tem
pests put to sea, in his slender canoe of
bended sticks covered with Ikuis. His
dart and harpoon flaw unerring to the
mark ; and his arrows never miffed the
sea-mew, upon the differ the reindeer
upon the mountain He never failed to
win the prize at foot ball, tych ball,
wrestling or dancing ; and hr cu (hone
all ki. cotemporaries in the poeicalcoo
tefts of alternate f,tire,§ pradifed, at
public feftivah, among 'the (wains cf
Greenland.?g
The fair Iglukj could not be insensi
ble to all these perkaions. Site tock
pleasure in feeing him perform his feats
of ftfengtti and aßivity ; and always re.
warded him for the victory he had ob^
tained, sometimes with a fmil£, and feme
times with a present. After a severe trial
of wrestling, she once refafhed him with
a drat Qt of train oil; at another time,
(he praented him with a spring coat cf
seal ikin, cut and.fe,ed,by her own deli
cate, fingers: but the favor, which of all
he most esteemed, and which brought
upon him the envy es all his companions,
was an invitation (he g^ve him to fop?
* Kubtotts, th, name given 10 th Danes
by tb, Greenlanders. ~ ij
f Sichtut is the Q&tien b, vubicb ,be
Greenlander; difanguifo the cenflellatran O
(Hafgufa is a fyirit wbiebtbe Greenland
•wefyfe,to is&bteibe fa.
U§ The youths of Grttlnda^aaH, eontsna
ibis manner, lie th (wains ts e&m. ,
and the fymptomsef her disgrace waxing
so visible, that it would not be in her
power te conceal it much longer. These
confideratiohs filled her breast with hor
ror, and thrice (he revived to bury her
felf and her misfortunes in a watry grave ;
butas often as (he attempted to execute
their dire resolve, (he heard, or seemed
to hear a voice which pronounced these
words,'' Torngcr/ungnut maUo inside ,e
--?tmnagit,\ which in the language cf
Greenland figaifies, " Take heeo left
thou go to the Davil." Thus deterred
from laying viole^t/hancs oh her fwo.
life, (he began to pine away in solitude,
indulging her griet and giving herfelf up
to the most bitter defyair. The luftre
vanished from her eyes, and the fh^uteg
gloss forfook her countenance ; her jetty
locks hung disheveled ; and no more (he
bedewed herfelf with the odoriferous vir
gin flream ; for alas! this was no longer
in her power. Nd more flit indulged her
appetite with the choicest c&es ; bub
fomerimes, to support her drqeptog fpir
is, flie comforted herfcif with a cup of
oil, thick, yellow and perfumed. In a
rierd, while her middle increased in cir
cumtereoce, the rest of her fady wafted
apace ; a»d her relations forefaw, that in
alittle time (hewould, in all probability,
be conveyed to her grave, with her thim
bles and needles and wearing epparel.--
sibta6k was not ignorant of her condi
tion, nor insensible of the injury he hid
done this young hdy : but possession had
palled upon his sense, add his love was
foecceded by a foecies of disgust, which
neither his honor nor his reason could
overcome. Neverthelcfs, they struggled
so hard in behalf of the forfaken Igluka,
as to banish all Tranquility from hit bof.
cm The diversion be purfutd no iorger
yielded him the foft enjoyment : the oc
cupa'@?s in which he engaged were iu
'capable of framing him from the hor
rors of confeience ; and the conversation
ot bis friends a&ed like poifora to his
thoughts.^ He, in bi turn, neglefled his
,apparel, became pensive and melancholy;
and' the only relief whtefrhe felt was in
:IHte*'tr i ¥
^#TOs,rubies is common in Gn^'^P
was pnbabl, horned from the bar's linking
her cubw~
,fog^^iw^^"^^
the chife. Such an intimacy between
thejwo -fezes is often productive of the
m ft f^l consequences, which the pur
est femimente and the most determined
virtue cannot always prevent. The most
perfect nature and the most cautious hon
or have their ungarded moments ; and in
one of these, the amiable, the elegant,
the virtuous, the fentimeßW Igluka was
undone. In Sibberfik, enjoyment was
fonn followed by satiety ; his fondoefs
visibly abated ; be coaxed is his attends
ance and affidei, ; he engaged in sepa
rate parties from his charmer ; he avoid
ed her habitation and society ; and fi ial
y refufed to perform the solemn vow, by
means cf which he had triumphed ever
her vir lie ft may well be imagined
what tfta these iriftances of flight and
perfidy in the man die loved, bad upon a
ycurg hd, of her rank and sensibility.
She found herftif deprived of her honor,
with her on the leg of a frozen seal, and
the found of a hay fifh flawed in blub
ber : nay, to crown his good fortune,
after the genial bar quet, ihelicked him
all over,* that he mght derive double
vigor from the un&ion of maiden spittle ;
and inrefted him with a fhift of seal-guts,
which (he stripped from her own delicate
bedy. In a word, Igluka and Sibberfik
had,by this time captivated the hearts cf
each other. TheTccks resounded with
fangs which he composed in her praise.
He formed garlands of seaweed inter
mixed with shells and coral for her hair:
H< flfade her an off ring of the firft fruits
of all his labors ; and seized all oppor
tunities of whispering in her earr the
most delicate and endearing expreffi^ns
of love. In the midst of this tehder
communication, the good old Ajokat for
jpek was gathered -to his father's, and the
lo e'y Igluka remained foie miftiefs cf
his whole estate. Sibberfik continue©
to eijy all the lawful privileges ofa fa
vored Ever, and at length the day was
fixed for uniting this acconrplifhed pair
in the silken bands of Hymen- Mean
,whfe, they ft out together on a fam
m^'s expedition of deer hunting: they
ate from the feme platter, they slept in
he farce tent, end cocftantly accompa-
mid each other in all the evolutions of
JOHN TATSON, an Indian
J native of Lyme, in Con
ne(Hiciit, being found dead,
on a winter's.morning, not far
from a tavern where he had
been drinking freely of fpir
itous liquors the evening be
fore, the Indians immediately
aftmbled a jury of their own
tribe, who, after examining
the corps of the defuna, u
nanimously agreed, that the
said Tatfon's death was occa
sioned by the freezing of the
large quantity cf water in his
body that had been mixed
with the rum he drank.
WHISPERING IN COMPANY
Is an a& of ill breeding ; it
seems to insinuate cither that
the persons whom we would
not wish to hear, are unwor
thy of our confidence, .or it,
may lead them to suppose we j
are fpeaKing imprOperlyfof A
them ; on both ^accounts; ,J
therefore, abflain from if, |
A WARNING
To those who put too much water is
their grog. An Indian Verdia,
The review of the fatal foot conjured
up the idea of his guilt, with all the cir
circumftances cf aggravation. He smote
his breed in defyair ; and that instant a
huge seal, flatting from the interior part
of the cave, passed him grunting, and
plugged into the fe?. He never doubted
but this was the fpir.t Ttregarfok, which
pronounced the funer Iword Picklurruk
puLf as an omen of h ; s fare. He endea
voredto fly this nifthievoos fiend by an
eruption cf wind backwards, the only
charm, which, according to the Green
land mythology, the Devil caorb! resist :j
but, notwithft, lading the prevalent, of
his fear, he feundit impcffible to try the
experiment. His hair bristled up ; his
knees knocked together, and he fell down
in a trance; upon the fated feene of his
dishonor. Hivingli. for some time in
fer figle, he recovered the tfe of his fac
ulties, and found himtelf in the presence
es the prophet or Ang.kuk, who being
made a qininred with his caf^admon
ifhed hi<i: fceff Neilly, that he renewed
bis aderriks to the poor forlorn Igluka.
Such <n unexpected return of happiness
soon raftered her io her former health and
spirits. The two lovers were happily
united by the priest In two months af
ter the wedding, which was c&brared
withgreat magnificence, Igluka bruu,t
forth a pair of lovely beys'; and (he and
her husband passed their lives in a con
tinual round of conjugal felicity.
f This phraje fignifjing " Here's no Moro
to be got," the next of bin proncances at the
dtceaje ofa Greenlander.
* The common Jta spirit of Greenland is
Anew* b, rfrj name.„
I Sneb is reals) tbs notion which the Green
landers entertain of this Deity.
fixmg himfelf in his c*6e, and launch
ing into the deep ; that he might lufe
the sense of hi: own internal tempers,
amid the Inudeft (forms that dashed on
the rocks of Greenland. In these excur
fions,hh imagination was often haunted
by the lea spirit hg-^rjm*, which fame
times rose before him in the flnpe of a
mermaid, and Sometimes made the cav
erns of the shore resound with the meft
difraal (hrieking. He looked upon these
visitations as presages of his death ; and
even seemed to welcome bis approach to
wards the land of (pints. .One day, his
frail crnce was bulged upon an iflandof
ice ; and, with the utmost difficulty, he,
by fwiming, gained the fliore at the very
place where he had deflowered the unfor
tunate Igluka.