The New-Jersey gazette — Burlington [N.J.], 1784-09-06 00:00:00, page 4

-A Book, necessary for all Families.
Just published, and now felling by JOSEPH CRUK
SHANK, in Market-street, ROBERT BELL, in
Third-street, JAMES MUIR, Bookbinder, Phila
delphia, by ISAAC COLLINS, in Trenton, by
ROBERT HODGE, in New-York, and by all the
Booksellers in America,
Buchan's Family Physician,
OR DOMESTIC MEDICINE,
BEING a treatise on the prevention and cure of dis
eases, by regimen and simple medicines; with a
difpenfatory and complete Index, for the use of fami
lies.
N. B. This new edition contains great additions and
improvements, by its original author, the celebrated
Dr. Buchan, therefore the utility, necessity and ad
vantage of possessing this extraordinary treasure of
health, must be very evident to all who are willing to
be their own or their family physician, at the mode
rate price of Two Dollars.
C^°' er f°" properly qualified for teaching the
English Language, Writing, Arithmetic^,
Surveying and Navigation, and <wbo can come well
recommended, ma, find employment by making ap
plication at Trenton-AcademY.
ALL Persons indebted to the
estate of Dodor David Cowell, late of
Trenton, deceased, either by bond, bill, note, or book
account, are requeued to make immediate payment ;
and those who have any just demands against said
estate, are also requested to bring in their accounts
properly attested for settlement: It is expeded due
attention will be paid to this notice.
Charles Axford, junior,
anting Executor.
June 10, 1784. gm
Sixteen Dollars Reward.
RAN away from the subscribers in Trenton in
the night of the 12th inst. two indented Irish
servants, one named William Graham, a labourer,
about 20 years of age, 5 feet 6 or 7 inches high,
much marked with the small-pox on the nose: Had
on when he went away an old short drab-coloured
coat much patched, one pair old cloth breeches, and
cloth jacket; also took with him a blue coat, cordu
roy jacket, and a red and white striped Holland
jacket. The other named James M'Coy, about 20
years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches high, short light
brown hair, marked with the small-pox a little in the
face, clumfey built: Had on and took with him when
he went away, one old brown coat and jacket, one
pair of green ribbed Bergen breeches; one old black
pair of plush do. one ruffled shirt, two plain shirts, and
one felt hat. It is likely they have changed their
clothes and forged passes—and it is thought they are
gone to the Nine Partners in New-York state, or
New-England. Whoever takes up said servants and
secures them in any gaol, so as their masters may
have them again, shall have the above reward, and
all reasonable charges paid by
BERNARD HANLON,
ROBERT SINGER.
Trenton, April 13, 1784. c. t. f.
Eight Dollars Reward.
RAN away laA night from the subscriber in Tren
ton, an English servant man named Thomas
Ferguson, about 25 or 30 years of age, 5 feet 10 or
It inches high, round shouldered, long visaged, fair
complexion, brown hair, has a wife and child with
him, the child he had by a former wife, and is about
fix years old ; he has been in the American fervice—
is addided to swearing and other ill language, drink
ing strong liquor to excess, &c. Whoever takes up
said servant, and secures him in any gaol in this state,
so that his master may get him again, shall have For
ty Shillings reward; or if taken out of the state
Three Pounds, and all reasonable charges paid by
JOHN WHITMER.
N. B. Said runaway is supposed to be gone with
his wife towards Cohanfey c^k, where she formeily
lived, and was known by the name of Hannah He
ritage.
August 16, 1784. gw
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NOTICE is hereby given to all whom it may
concern, That the Council of East-Jersey Pro
prietors are to meet at Perth-Amboy, the second
Tuesday in September next, on business of importance
to their general interest.
JOHN STEVENS, President.
August 18, 1784. 4w
TRENTO Printed by Isaac Collins Subscriptions for this Gazette are taken in by the Printer hereof, at Ten Shillings per Annum • Advert
ie , ts ° fa moderate Length inserted at 3/9 each the firft Week, and 1/3 for every Continuance, and long Ones in Proportion; and by whom Essays and Arti
cles of Intelligence are thankfully received—And ail Manner of printing Work performed with Care, Fidelity and Expedition.
Another cheap Farm to be fold,
AN D payments as above, situate in Somerset
county, near the North-Branch of Raritan, /
now in the tenure of Fulkert Douw, containing two
hundred acres, 50 of which are the very best of tim-[
ber, 20 acres of good meadow, and the remainder§
arable land ; the whole conveniently divided into §
fields, and in very good fence :—There are on the ! r
premises a dwellinghoufe, a barn, a weaver's Shop, t
and a large framed barrack; 70 peach and 250 apple- 1
trees, some of them of the best grafted fruit, which§
will be fold for four pounds ten (hillings per acre.
For particulars enquire as above of Levinus or David
Clarkfon.
A FARM
TO be fold cheap, and the payments made easy
to the purchaser—situate in Middlesex county,
at Mapletown, within three miles of Princeton, con
taining about 400 acres, one hundred of which is
woodland well timbered, the remainder meadow and
arable; the whole conveniently laid out into fields,
and most of them watered :—1 here are on the pre
mises two very comfortable dwellinghoufes, a well
and spring of water at the door, a large garden, aspa
ragus bed, peach, plumb, cherry and quince trees;
between fix and seven hundred appletrees, great part
of them of the best grafted fruit ; two as large barns
as any in the county, one 54 by 38, the other 36 by
31 feet, the whole covered with cedar; a chairhoufe,
cowhoufe, and many other necessary houses ; a large
pond, which is replenished by a biook, from which
may be drawn a thousand loads of manure yearly, and
is far preferable to horse or cow-dung. The farm
was formerly the property of Mr. Thomas Vandyke,
and is so well known for its fertility that makes it
needless to fay any thing of the many advantages it
is capable of: The farm is in good fence, and to be
fold at the low rate of live pounds ten Killings the
acre. For further information enquire of Levinus
Clarkfon, at flat-Buffi, Long-Island, or at the pre
mises of DAVID clarkson.
N. B. If the above farms are not fold by theist
of March next, they are to be rented from theist of
April following. The farm of 400 acres will be di
vided if it should best suit the purchaser.
New-Jersey, July 20, 1784. t. f.
To be Sold, by Adjournment,
At the dwellinghoufes of Jesse Hart and Nathaniel
Hart, in the township of Hopewell, in the county
of Hunterdon, on Monday the 20th of September
next, sundry goods and chattels, to wit,
BEDS and bedding, tables, chairs, horses, cattle,
sheep and hogs, waggon and gears, ploughs and
harrows, wheat and rye in the fheaf: Also between
the hours of twelve and five of said day, will be fold
the plantations whereon the said Jesse Hart and Na
thaniel Hart now lives, containing about 300 acres ;
100 acres in pofTeffion of jeffe, 200 acres in possession
of Nathaniel : There are a good dwellinghoufe, barn
and orchard, on each of said farms, with a great pro
portion of the best of watered meadow and excellent
timber, and is very conveniently situated to meeting,
mill and market; late the property of John Hart,
Esquire, deceased : Seized and taken in execution at
the suit of John Knowles and others, and to be fold
by JOHN ANDERSON, Sheriff.
August 16, 1784. 3W
LATELY PUBLISHED,
And to be fold at the Printing-Office in Tren
ton — The
LADIES FRIEND;
Being a Treatise on the Virtues and Qualifications
which are the brightest Ornaments of the Fair Sex,
and render them most agreeable to the sensible part
of mankind.
TO BE SOL D,
By PRIVATE SALE,
A Valuable Plantation, situate in the township of
Dearfield, and county of Cumberland, contain
ing one hundred acres of good upland, besides allow
ance for roads : There are on said premises a good
brick house and kitchen, a good apple-orchard and
peach-orchard, and some upland meadow: There are
cleared of said plantation sixty acres, and the rest
good woodland; is a convenient place of worship for
several societies ; is handy to mills, and excellent
land \for grain. An indisputable title given. The
terms of payment will be easy, with paying some of
the purchase money.
JOHN DILSHAVER.
August 5, 1784. 3W
Just come to Hand,
And now felling at the Printing-Office in Tren
ton—The
CHORISTER'S COMPANION;
O R,
CHURCH MUSICK revised.
Containing,
Besides the necessary Rules of Pfalmody,
A Variety of plain and fuging Psalm Tunes;
Together with
A Colledion of approved Hymns and Anthems,
Many of which were never before published.
By Simeon Jocelin.
These Singing-Books are allowed, by the best
Judges, to be equal to any extant.
TO BE SOL D,
And may be entered upon next spring,
TWO improved plantations, situate in Roxbury
townfllip, Morris county, one whereon John
Rose now lives, containing 200 acres and upwards;
the other whereon Jacob Miller lives, containing near
240 acres ; the two places join each other, the land
of Morris Credar, and the stone tavern. Another
valuable plantation whereon John Stockton and Peter
Geary live, containing about 280 acres, in Hunter
don county, at the place called the Great Swamp, the
great road leading through it ; about 70 acres cleared
land in good fence, the remainder well timbered :—
I here are ere Ced on the premises several good log
houses, and other improvements ; the whole for good
ness of foil not exceeded by any thereabouts. For
particulars enquire of Christopher Wetherill, in Bur
lington; or of Sam. Wetherill. jun. 7 ...
Joseph Wetherill, f Fhllad -
August 11, 1784. 6w|
Notice is hereby given
TO the creditors of James Hagaman, an insol
vent debtor now confined in the gaol at Free
hold, in the county of Monmouth, and Rate of New-
Jersey, that they be and appear before two or more
°l the Judges of the Inferior Court of Common-Pleas
of the said county, on Friday the loth of September
next, at the house of Daniel Randolph, at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon of the fame day, to shew cause, if
any they have, why an assignment of the said infol
vent's estate should not be made, and he be difeharged
from his confinement, pursuant to an aft of General
Assembly in such case made and provided.
Monmouth county, May 10, 1784. qwf
WANTE D,
Journeymen Shoemakers,
GOOD workmen, who are industrious and so
ber; such will meet with encouragement by
applying to OGDEN WOODRUFF.
Trenton, August 27, 1784. t. f.
House of Affemldy, August 20, 1784.
THE House being informed that the petitioners
for appointing commissioners for running and
afeertaining the North fide lines of what is called the
Society's Great Trad, in Hunterdon county, extend
ing from Alamatunck falls to Delaware river, and for
dividing such parts of said trad into allotments, as has
not hitherto been divided, had omitted giving the no
tice direded last fitting, previous to their bringing in
a bill agreeably to the prayer of the petitioners.
Whereupon,
Ordered, That said petitioners have leave to bring
in a bill at the next fitting of Assembly, agreeably to
the prayer of their petition, upon advertising the pur
port of such bill in the publick news-papers of this
state, for at least fix weeks previous to the meeting
of the Legislature.
Extrafl from the Minutes,
MASKELL EWING, jun. Clerk.
NOTICES hereby given to all whom it may
concern, 1 liat in pursuance to the leave given
by the foregoing order of the House of Assembly, a
bill will be prelented to them at their fitting in O&o
---ber next, for appointing commiflioners for running and
afeertaining the North fide lines of what is called the
Society's Great Trad, in Hunterdon courz; extend
ing from Alamatunck falls to Delawaie five d
for dividing such parts of said trad into allotments, as
has not hitherto been divided.
JOHN STEVENS, for himfelf and others.
August 23, 1784. 2 m