The Federal mirror — Concord, N.H., 1796-03-29 00:00:00, page 4

PARNASSIAN FIELD.,
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AN ACROSTIC.
By the Rev. Elhanan Winchester.
Cl REAT maaef merit, influence and might,
E ndu'd by Haru'* ^tb truth ^ wtfdom a tight,
O a tbit return of /by nufoimut day,
R «rive • tribute of m, bumble la, ;
G en'ral, Didster, Ruler, Patriot /Efad,
£ eye, th, country's betters to the end.
W ben Ged Almightyga^e creation birth,
And laid tbefrmJbunddtq, of the earth,
£ titled the laws vuhicb alibis n^erkt obey,
H e few; and bo appointed thee th, fava,;
1 n that choice land where freedom frft arofa
N erfear'd, nor fell, before be, numerousfm;^
'%} ave an example which fball always /bine;
T here war thou bom, fair freedom's land is thine,
On thee bath Heav'n caus'd glory to dejcend,
N or will it fail to crown th, b&,p, end.
P fejsr*ve,O Lord, a life to max fa dear,
R egard that chief, who doth th, laws revere,
E xthron'd witbin our hearts, be rules bj love,
S upremcl, favor'd b, the God above;
Jnbias with,, send wonder we bebold,
D ifaterefhd love, contempt of gold;
E ngag'd bis country's welfare to pursue, ,
N ow are its bigbe# honors alibis due;>
T here let them rest, nor env, dare to view.,
Ofall his toils, America to raise,
°F riends of true greatness, all willgive bimpraife.
Tbe wond'rous man,who wieldedfword&pen,
H ova great a benefdaor be batb been! >
Ento'd bis nasne to all bis countrymen. J
^V bimfelf at once we view,
N icrjudgment, prudence, patience, valor too;
In bisfam'd cbaraaer, at once wefind
T bo, virtues which arefing'lar in mankind ;
£ "gaging mildness, join'd with martialfall,
Determin'd rtfolutim to fulfill ;
$ emus devotion, and benevolence;
• Truth, probity, sincerity, good sense;
A like prepar'd for clojtt, cabinet,field,.
Tbe jame in war or ,ace, bis country's jbield.
E fry, 0 favor'd land 1 this bluffing lent":
Such is George Warrington,, our PreJident.
O land of freedom, plenty, bappinefs,
F orever may the Lord th, dwelling blsfs:
N ertol, dij.ovtr'd land,,bore freedom reigns,
0 ver thy bills and vales, and fertile plains,
R ever# and love the God who made you free,,
% bat rais'd a champion for your Liberty,>
H appy, O land, iufutb a Chief as be.,
A wake my poblefl grains, and bail the day
M, heart if warm, and all my words obey ; ,
E ngbanted, I could dwell upon the song,
R ich with enliv'ning ,cents; a glorious throng !
Inthat delightful country, we may find )
C omel, religion with fair freedom join'd, }
And every 61fog that can bless mankind. )
FAME.,'
T RUE Fam is praifab, ran of merit fiv'tt,
JVhpfe fouls diJplay the Workmanjbipdf Heav'n;
flat by the wooden million, Nature's chips,
Wbofe fouls are in (betwilight of eclipje.
Puppies ! who the' in iaiotym's dark briysk,
Bccaufe they've beads, dare fancy they can think.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^•-frEErEE*^^
the HUMORIST.
LA S the Commissioners were lately
fl running anew, the line between
North and Southcarolina, it chanced
}o carry a certain house into North
carolioa, which according to the old
line, flood a rod over on the other
State. The good ofa woom *ho
lived in the house, upon being afeer
tained of the cranfaaion, exclaimed —>
" Now we have got into the other
State, and I'm dear glad fol for l
biwayr heard that Scuthcarotina wat
a dejperate nobealtb, ^ace!?^;Eft
AT the town-meeting in Plymouth,.
Massachusetts, held the last femme,
to condemn the Treaty, a poor man
who had not attended atown meeting
for many years before, appeared there,
to the great furprize of hii neighbors.
Being afcd the reason of hi: attend
ance, he replied, " that he undeiftood
there was one Me. Treaty that in,
tended to put us under G<ea|bfiuin
Win, and he came to vote against
Betide, he was to have nine
pound DI fog^i for bis attendance."
AN aged paerf, who " wo^d a
little too often get a little too mel
low, on hi# return from a tavern,
' one stormy night encamped betide a
wall. Hit 100 finding him in the
morning, chilled 11moft to death, was
accosted with '' Ah, freob! Little
do you know what it is to live in this
fold !"
A FELLOE fell into company
where they were drinking brandy and
cyder, till it tripped up most of their
heels—" What do you call this kind
of fluff, said he —" Sampson, re
p'ied one—" You might at well call
it Pharoah, Gid-he, " for it will not
tatbe people go?'
Miscellany.
FOR THE FEDERAL MIRROR.
Messrs. Printers,
„ you think this worthy of public notice,
j, you will oblige a Friend by giving it a
plate in your ufetul Mirror.
" MODESTY.'
WHEN we view the chanter of
I an accomplished and virtuoui
person, we can discover nothing which
appear! more conspicuous in that per
son, than Modesty.——Among all
the beauties and virtuous acquirements
which embellish the mind and endear
usto each other in society, Modesty
is the most attraaive—l>deed with
out this, virtue attends none; what
ever acquisition it conducive to make
us worthy and esteemed, this is requi
fice to gain the approbation of one
another, and complete a good charac
ter. Immodesty, in a moral view, is
equally detestable in both sexes, but
in the fight of mankind, it appears
most odious in the fair. Nothing can
ruin the reputation of a lady more
than indelicate and unreserved con
dua or conversation ; where this is
discovered by the other sex, all sense
of refpeft is immediately loft—But a
firm attachment to virtue and modes
ty will not fail to command refpe&
from the most licentious of the maf
coline sex. While we commend a
regular line of conduft, let us confid
er why it, is commendable ? From
this consideration we fall find, that
it is highly commendable to conduct
conscientiously, because it is condu
cive of our own prefect happiness,
and that of society in general. If cur
conduct is such as will gain the es
teem and refpeft of our fellow men,
we Shall certainly enjoy fatisfaftion in
the contemplation of our past conduct
towards them. On the contrary, if
we look backhand fee nothing but
impurity and irregularity of behavior,
with what poignant remorse most the
mind be filled—and what will add in,
finitely to the Scene of Sorrow, is, that
the heart is confeious that the Supreme
Creator approves,or disapproves of ef
ery saioo.'^''^
MODESTY.
From 'the Village Messenger.
f7< blind guides, who frain at a Goat and
1. swallow a Camel."
THERE are msny of these blind
guides, even in these days of
witdom and refinement—many more,
than will either own or believe them.
Selves of this description.
I know one QfCK INSTABj Llty,
who is ever crying down novels, when
in company with the .ladies, as tho' it
wounded hit conference to have lu|^
vile ptoduaioD# perpfed ; and yet 1
; have Seen this fame Di& at the 100,
tab's as l,e as twelve at bight, with
as much brandy in hit,head, as he
could carry, and more, than height
CTt^^^ #
There is old Motes Money catcher
wou!d loorer have the plague bre'e
into hit house, than a pack of cards,
(veo for his children ^ take a sober
game of whift—Yetit is trot a week,
face Tfoundtiim exulting in his good
luck at a Shooting match, where he
had gained three toikies for a quarter
of a dollar. The man is certainly #
blind guide, who grains lit a gnat and
fw^lltws a camel.
When a young lady hides her face
behind her fan at a double entendra,
even where 'none was meant, and af
terwards fits up all night to read Tarn
Jones or TriJiram Sbandy, She most as
suredly drains at a gnat and /wallows
a camel.
Our good country people, who
most confcientiouflv avoid an oath;
but will /niggers, fwampit, fogs, give
the devil a thaufand nick-names, and
affirm by the living Jingo, by George,
&c. do not confider that- these are
substituted for the most awful oaths,
and that, in addition to the wicked
ness of them, they are most abomina
b!, filly. Perlons of this description
fitdin at a gnat and /wallow a camel.
CHARLES CHATTERBOX, Esq.
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Lands for Sale.
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TO BE LEASED,•
At PUBLIC VENDUE,'
to the highest bidder,'
ON the eighteenth day of April next, at
one o'clock in the afternoon, at the
dwelling house of Jeremiah Emerson, inn
holder in Hopkinton, as long as wood shall
grow and water run, the whole of the
Parsonage Right of LAND
in said town,- Containing three lots of land,
viz, one lot of good land, containing about
seventy acres, unimproved—one of about
forty acres of excellent good land, aboutone
half of it under improvement—nd one in
tervale let, containing about eight acres,
partly under improvement. The articles of
sale may be seen at time and place, &by ap
plying to either of the fubferibers any time
before the sale of the premises.
AARON GREELEY,) Sejeamen
JOSHUA MORSE, ), for
BENJ. B. DARLING,) Hopkinton.
Hopkinton, March 15th, 1796- 8
DARTMOUTH
COLLEGE LOTTERY;
CLASS FIRST.
THE Managers of the Lotte
ry granted by the Legislature of New
bampfhire, for the benefit of Dartmouth
College, December 31, 1795, P re ' ent to the
, public the following IV
S CHEME.
Prizes. Dollars. Dollars,
of,. 3000 , is 3000
2 — 1003 = 2000
3 — 500 = i^od
A 2 loft Or'awn blanks 4.00 — 800
10 of 100 — 1000
20 — §0 — (000
40 - = 20 — 800
J 90 — to — 900
1500 \'#*/ 6 = 9000
1668 Prizes. , 20,000
333 2 Blanks.
§OOO Tickets at 4 dollars, W 20,000
Not two Blanks ,0 a Prize.
Subject to a dedudion of twelve and an half
per cent.
This Class will commence draw
ing at the Assembly Room in Exeter, on the
seventh day of June next, and continue un
til the whole shall be completed. Alift df
the fortunate numbers will be immediately
published in the Newhampfhire Gazette, arid
the prizes paid on demand-
JONATHAN FREEMAN, l M ana °
BENJAMIN CONNER, , "
WILLIAM A.KENT, ' ) ' °
Feb. zsth, 1796. 5
NEW POST.
NATHAN DOW, of Meredith,
PROPOSES to tide pbft fro, the;
Imprinting Office of ^u,seQ^
QaviS in Concord, through Canter^
bury, Northbdd, Sandbornto^^
Ply mouth, Rcmny^Camptdn, Tfror?
ton, Senterharbor, &odwicb, MotF
conborough, Tamworth, Button, Ea
<ton, and back to Meredith—provid
ed he meets with fufficient encourage
ment in Ne~fpaper customt r i— He
will perform his route weekly, except
when travelling it extremely bad—
Antfire fobcict ihofe who wiffi tu
take tew(papers to become bit cof
tomert, and he will fupp:y them with
the MIRROR on realorab'e terms—
The fubferibers to be accountable to
said Dow for the said Mirror from
number 174, Feb. 23, thetar when
he began riding—and those Who pay
the Printers, and take their receipt,
shall be free from the demand# of
said Dow.
These v,ho li^e off. the road which
he rides, may have papers left ar such
most convenient places as they may
cird, on fr road,•
He fyflefya quarterly payments
uniefe he control particularly to the
contrary —=E?ch customer to be at
liberty to difcooti,ue hit paper at any °
time, by paving for thole left for him
— Each mab\ papers to be left at the
place agreed on, and the post not to
be accountable for the lot# of any of
them thereafter.— Papers will be left
for those who engage, till they give
notice to the post to have them flop
ped, arid pay up.
He mriane to start fairly and plain
ly, and deal honestly and as puaaually
as possible with alf—and in return he
will expea punaual payments.
As fiid Dow is debilitated and un
able to perform hard labor, be solicits
the patronage of the public in this
new employment to him—All buft
neb entrusted to him (hall be attend
ed to with fidelity, for a reafonabl e^
com pen fation— P/ea/e, gentlemen, to
afford me only that encouragement, that
by my faitbfulnefs 1 may be found to de
worthy of, and oblige your ver, humble
servant, NATHAN DOW.
HIS RECOMMENDATION,;^
WHEREAS much uneasiness hath hereto
fore arisen from unfaithful posts—We beg
leave to inform the public, that the above
. named Nathan Dew, came recommended to
os by the Rev. Mr. Williams and the
Hon. Ebenezer Smith of Meredith, as
an honest young man, who will answer well
the purpose of a post rider. We believe he
will be faithful—but we have entrusted him
solely upon the recommendation of the above <,
gentlemen. RUSSELL & DAVIS.
Concord, March I§, 1796..,
FARM in Thornton.
TO BE SOLD,
' For loeo Dollars paid in hand,
A good FARM,
containing about three hundred acres
of land, weH watered —eighty acres
under improvement—has an orchard
thereon affording about fix barrels of
cyder, btfides apples for family ufe—
with a good house and barn—Situat
ed in Thornton, about two miles from j
the meeting house, on the main road
leading from Thornton to Sandwich'
and Fryeburgh. Fer further infor-j
mation apply to
PETER GORDEN,
on the premises. ,
Thornton, March 4796.7 i
. DRUGS and MEDICINES.
a FRESH ASSORTMENT of
DRUGS and MEDICINES,
/A/ May be had of the Subscriber,
AS LOW AS USUAL.
g - A general Assortment of'
^PAINTERS COLOURS ,F;s
/ HATTERS WOOL, & c .</
#^Q^/^ FISK. ^^
^Concord, Feb. 29. < ^ te 5 .
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