Russel & Davis' Republican gazetteer — Concord, N.H., 1797-02-28 00:00:00, page 4

An Elegiac Dialogue, l
BETWEEN J. H. ESQ AND J. M.,
S LL, ESQ ON THE DEATH $
OF HIS HOR^E.t
g T'M griev'd ! You pity me of
COUife—
H. But what's the cause? [
Sr I've loft my Horse !
H. Horie ! Grieve for that! pooh,
fiddle rather, "§
Flay off his skin and buy another.
S. Indeed I don't deserve to own one. I;
Poor beast ! to gentle, kind,fo k uw- IE
Sure, never Horse, had such great
merit 1
So humble ! yet so full of spirit —
Io saddle, harness, sleigh or chair,l
Nd CQUffer could with him compare.t
When curb'd—how would be fnort|
and pet,
Ard foam—and champ the galling 5
bit:
How graceful was his flowing mane, §
In races, how each nerve he'd (train,
And bear the palm from cff the plain.
His antic tricks I how did they fit,
him—
Ah me! I never shall forget him.
Yet Ihame ! to pass such virtues by, ,
To let him languid, pine and die ; > 4
Faith ! 'iwas downright barbarity, j1
H. How could you help it, honest
friend,£
You did not bring him to his end— £
When fate unpitying ftop'd his breath f
Could you arrest the dalh of death ? I
But his a common thing indeedt
To love our friends best when they're §
dead.
Blind ere that period to their worth, [
Their thousand merits then break:
forth;b
The sos en'd mind records alone I
Their virtues—all their faults are|
g° ne ,
And blames kerfelf for thoufandJ
things—
Pity, not justice, from her wrings.F
'S. That is my case—l feel its force, [
But yet am past excuse—poor horse ! j
Neverihy fellow flhall I find, )
So fine in person, limb & wind, >§
The firft among the bitted kind ; ) ,
And but for me, oh I griefand rage,h
He might have liv'd to good old age. I
This tho't continually attacks me,l
'Ods life, my carelessness diftrafts me.l
H. You're carelefs,ev'ry body knows,!
But Mjor ! now your grief compofe,l
I'll pay you for his hide and Ihoes.
S. Is this the balm that friendship
pours, Iff
On wounds like mine—& is it yours ?+
Inhuman I Thus of old we find§
When the arch en'my of mankind
Licens'd by All-Wife Htav'n to rob, 4
Afflift, and torture honest Job;
Weigh'd down with pestilence and ,
grief,'l
His hypocritic friends and wife; I
Pour'd wormwood in for wine & oil,l
And fharpen'd each tormenting bile;[
Revil'd his woes (to pity callous)
And seconded the Devil's malice.
H. I thank you my good reverend ;
teacher,^
In troth, you make an able preacher; 'j
But since (tho' very fineindeed)
Your preaching will not wake thej
dead: '|
I'd only think refign'd and calm,
How best his mem'ry to embalm; P
His fame and merit to retain,f
Afford him, since 'tis all you can,|
Altho' not equal to his merit, half,l
A handsome burial, tomb & epitaph.,
S. 'Tis cruel thus to mock mywoe,)
Oh ! give it vent and let it flow.i
Poor hapless steed ! the truest, best, I
That e'er by lucklefy wight was preft. II
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Tbe Pimpleiades.
Hew oft in dirtiest, vilest road,r
O'er roots and stomps, through mire
and mud;g
Midftcold, thirft,perils and fatigues, [
No barn within a dozen leagues;
Tho' wearied, hungry, .parch'd and [
fai^t,{
*H^ft thou, defpinog all complaint,
§And studious only to approve
I Thy firength, freed, diligence & love,,
, Bore thy fed Lord with many a pack,
I A pleasing burthen on his back ;
[Oft times when night came rulhmg §
down,
;Audi was thoughtless jogging on,;
^ Some over hanging limb er branch
'Would almost cant meoff my haunch.f
^ True to the int'reft of his renter,
; Calm and unruffled by disaster; • §
f He'd stop—all confeious of my state, ;
Till I'd recover'd well my feai;
Then brisker still his pace would
mend,s
^Ne'er halt till at his journey's end. [
§ Such waft thos poor neglected horse,;
IBut now bast finish'd thy fad course,
{And left thy master all forlorn,:
;Thy fad untimely fate to mourn ;
§ Yet shall thy fame forever live,
IMy friendship after death survive.
iH. Heighho ! I do not mean to huff,§
ißut Major ! come you've said enough. I
;S. Enough ! I could forever rest
:On the dear theme— Poor luckless I
Ibeaft;,J
;For sense, fidelity and grace,
:He almost fham'd the human race.|
,H. Pooh S- 11, now you over do it,[
[Strain e'en the license of a Poet.
iS. Qh had he died fatf oble death,
I In fighting fields, rMfyra his breath;.
In freedom's cause pour'd forth his[
blood,
IA martyr for. his country's good—
How wou'd the tho't his loss confole,t
! And calm the anguish of my foul;|
I But by vile worms, oh fhameful fate, [
Unworthy of the brave and great;f
Worse far than if a thunder bolt
Had struck him dead—alas ! pdor ;
colt!j
H. What e'er the neighing tribe may ;
think you.
The human species will not thank
y° u ; l
He was a clever nag, but still
He was a horse, fay what you will.
S. True—but in transports of this
kind,
The heart to cooler reason blind,|
Will fay too much - I own my fault,i
And redify th' injurious thought ;
But candor will not faults efpy,|
In aaions of humanity ;
ITo her I leave it, and to He.av'n,
And humbly hope to be forgiv'n.
la3Mrc3®.^ngCTßaraßßfremmmrraCTraran MraM^£
MISCELLANY.i
-—ctefr-
I The Lounging House-Wise."
THE lounging house-wise;
rife# in the morning in
,haste ; for lazy folks are ever in |
; a hurry. She hat not time @f
Iput on her clothes properly,■
but she can do it at are, time. l
She draws on her gown, but
leaves it half pinned, her hand-|
kerchief is thrown awry acrofi,
her neck, her fhoei down at the!
heels : she bustles about with
her hair ©ver her eyes ; fhe}
runs from room to room flip-,
(hod, resolved to do up the
work and dress herlelt ; but so
folks who are flip (hod about
the feet, ate ufoally slip-shod
all over the houfe,and all day ;t
they begin ever, thing, and finifo }
nothing. In the midst of thel
poor woman's hurry, fcmebody[
comes in : she is in a flutter/
runs into the next room, pits
up her gown and handkerchief,
[buries back with hee^ thun^
sing the floor : Oh de%^§i:
thave catched us all fflmw
;I intended co have d&tfy
! before any body cagrmf&c
fl bad every thing to do this
^morning : in the men time,
,she catches hold of the broom,
;and begins to sweep; the deft
I riles and flifhs every foul pref
}ent. Thu is ill manner# indeed,
jco brofh the dust in a neigh
bpi's face ; but the woman is
[ver, ferry it happened so.
Many a neighbor has thus
I been entertained with apolo
-Igies and dust, at a friend's
§ house, and whenever this takes
[ place, depend on it, the miftreft
: puts off co any time, that is, to
MQume, what ought to be done
iat tbty^nt time.
I. °'-rt^fi?§^ —
[The following is inferred at the re
iqueft of a particular friend.]
N mrTCTCTWTf
DISSECTION
I Os the Old and New Testament,
;Number of books in the Old Tefta
?ment, gp
:Chapters, 929
Verses, 23,214
.Words, 592,439
; Letters, 2,728,100
I Books in the New Testament, 27
Chapters, 260
;Verfes, ' 7,959
IWords, 181,253
[Letters, • 838,380
I APOCRYPHA.
[ Chapters, 183 Verses, 6081.
fThe miidii chapt. and haff in the bi-
Ible, is Psalms, 117th. The middle
verse is the Bth of the 118th Psalm.
The middle line is the 2d Chron.
4th chapt. 16th verse. The word
;and, occurs in the Old Testament
135*543 times. The fame word in
the New Testament occurs 10,684
times. The word ,ebroab occurs
6,855 times.
§OLD TESTAMENT.
[ The middle book is Proverbs—The
middle chapter is Job 29th, —The
;middle verse is the 2d Chron. 20th
?chapt. between the 17th and 18th
;verfes. The least verse is ift Chron.
,ift chapt. and ift verse.
§ NEW TESTAMENT.
; The middle book is the 2d Theffalo
nians— The middle chapt. is between
the 13th and 14th of Romans—The
middle verse is the 17th chapter of
;A&s, 17th verfe —The least verse is
;the 11th John, 35th verse. The 21st
verse of the 7th chapt. of Ezra, has
; all the letters of the alphabet. The
[l9th chapt. of the 2d of Kings, and
'37th of Isaiah, are alike.
< _ _ - - -.- ... —_ n j _
IANECDOTES.I ANECDOTES.
IA CORDELIER preach
ing on the merits of
St. Francis, exalted him in
his discourse, above all the
other Saints in the calen
dar. After exaggerating
his merits, he exclaimed---
" Where Jhall we place the
ferapbical father, St. Fran
cis ? He is greater in dig
nity than all other Saints.
! Shall we place him among
the prophets ? Ob ! be is
greater than the prophets.
Ob! be is greater than the
qfefriarebs." In like man-
Jiner he exalted him above
!the angels, archangels
cherubim, feraphim, vir
tues, thrones, domi^io^
and powers ; and ftl!| hp
exclaimed- -" Where then
thill we place him? ^ere
[then shall we place, thfe
Iholy faint -A faijor in
/the church, tired with gte
idifcoiirfe, flood up {nd
paid, " If you really don't
know* where to place him,
you ma, place him in m,
yeat; for Idm going."
Bm&t^CT^L^
I APPLE DUMPLINGS.
IAN old woman on a Sun
/day was making dump
flings, when two of her
;grandfons came to fee her,
l and being merrily inclined,
Iwhile her back was turned,
[conveyed some quick silver
linto the dough, and then
took their leave. The old
Iwoman left the cooking to
I the care of her grand
daughter, and went her
;felf to church, charging
;her to be careful, and ikini
the pot, in which was to
be boiled the dumplings
. and the mutton ; the girl
was very careful to watch
I when the pot boiled, when
litakinglitaking off the cover, out
fjumped a dumpling, which
I (he instantly put in again,
I when out flew another^
and another after that,
|which so terrified the girl,
that she ran with all speed
to the church ; the old
woman feeing her come
in, held up her hand, shook
her head, winked at her,
as much as to fay. Begone !
[At last the girl cried out,
Ibefore all the congregation,
I" All your nodding 3 wink
lingling does not Jignify,for the
lleg of mutton has beaten the
\dumplings out of the pot."
§ This caused much laughing ;
and her two graodfoni, being
then on their knees, saw plainly
the pkifing effect of their ex
periment ; but to play tricks
with quick-silver, Ihould be
done with great care, st it if
very dangerous.
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