The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1798-01-16 00:00:00, page 4

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IXTRACTID FOR THE RIVULIT.
The Metamorpbojis of a Beau.
In Imitation of Ovid.
CELIA, a rural nymph, but wondrous
fair, ,—
Each fa,bird's wiJh, & Venus' chiefs, cars,
For Jcernful Fe,lingfelt a lover's flaw ;
But wbatfafilt, her, aforb ids to name.
Iffondnefs (much as modefl nymphs may saw)
Could loin to tender love a fcernful beau;
Ifeyes borne language, (& I've beard in love
The fair one'nw have eloquence to move,)
Ten thousand times fair Celia fpeke her fain,
Ten thousand times the far onej,eke in vain.
But ah ! bow hard a jeornful bean to move.
When courted by thefair to tender levs !
Fopling with pride her captive beaut, view'd,
Beauty, which none kutFophug e'er withfad.
Full well be know the ardent maid's intent ;
deed what theft eyes, and what that fadaefs
meant; o
Tot could that facto, and the, eyes beheld,
And be prrverfel, dull, unmov'd and cold;
'Till thus the nymph, with indignation fr'd.
Nor more I, rage tbanfligbtedne, infpir'd ;
In angry tone rebuk'd the beedle, bean,
■bo such contempt for fetch a nymph would
Sow;
" And is it tto you treat a tender maid ?
Is thus myfoudnfo, thus m, love repaid ?
Obdurate man! I was pot wont tofu,,'
Nor ever knelt to a, swain but you.
No—at my feet would „tfrate Damen lie,
dud on bis Celiagaze with wilful e,e;
At Celia's feet has fa, pliant T,r,s bow'd ;
And gay Danutas, 'mid ibe rival crro'd,
Ador'd fair Celia as a ,ow'r divine,
An altar rais'd, and call'd it Celia's ferine.
Ths reign'd ! long the nd,re, of the,lain,
Envfdb, nymphs, IS lov'd by ever,jwain;
'Till, me, ungrateful, but re,file, man !
From feeing thee a, harder fate begat,,
Andean, than fill rfo m, „efer'd-to;
And bus par Celia to, her art to move !"
Thus „ake the nymph ; and ths, with
afoul Pride,
And ufaal fenje, the fcoruful beau refo'd:
" What babbling 's this ! impertinence of
chat !
Os love, forints,/be,herds, ,*,bs and God
knows what !
Ptybee, fond girl, give o'er this odious tale.
Nor think th, ru,ic charms can Per prevail.
Whatfancies to the mind gem pride impart!
Andean, then bop to win Sir Fo,ling's beast!
No ; let th, Strspbons and th, Damons die ;7
Than mayfl be wondrous fair inTbyrfj'eye,>
Buffor a beam to foe!—lnfaith net 1." J
Hefed —& rapt bis ben witbfeornful air.
Turn'd hgbtl, on bis bed, and left thsfair ;
Who thus, in tears, invok'd!be pow'rs above,
But meft kefought the gentle queen of foe.
Penns ! ij e'er yen view'd an injur'd
maid,.
If pit, e'er sb, tender breafafoy'd,
rft length attend to injur'd Delia's payer.
By infant death remove this anxious care,
Orfrfb him who caw'd „sud def,air—,
Defa, that form, „ G%s, whence f,rang
„ grief;
And let revenge fy,b facers relief."
The ardent pray'dthe nymph; nor pray'd
n) in vain; ^ ^ \,. &
Tbe „w'rs of heaven coufent ; the Pa,bion
queen t .^£&f ^
Swift to to aid defended in a closed,
Which might from mortal ken, the goddejs
frond ;'
Apwerful phial in each band jbe bore,
Charg'd with black peijonfromCocytus'fours.
,u, then Sir Fopling at bis mirror feed,
4*4 thus befeki the image that be view'd:
" Sure, ir^sboje frj.no mortal nymph can
Theh&ifair that views them once meft die.
lips, that fbape, that mien ran, furdy
move,^^^^:,}
(If e'er Adonis'did) the queen of love."
Venae o'erbeard bis bead : " And for thy
pride,
This infant Jo, that kfated form, fa try'd;
%/, (la goddefe may aright prefege)
Pratta the narrow confines of 4 cage, ',
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THE RIVULET.
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
UPON the introduaion of brandy in
to the colony of Quebec, (which;
had before ten carefully interdiaed,) a
Spirit of debauchery and licentiousness
immediately pervaded all orders of peo
ple, which the example and reprehensions
of the clergy were unable to restrain.—
The colonies and Indian converts were
equally infeßed with an ungovernable
appetite for this pernicious liquor ; noth
ing was seen but scenes of vice, riot and
brutal intoxication: The clergy were in
tuited, and the chriftian religion was
brought into contempt among all the
Indian nations. At length a flop was
put to these disorders, by means, which
the Romifh luperftition was at great pains
to reprrfent as the immediate interposi
tion of the Deity. The following account
ofthis phenomenon is given by father
Charlevoix, ip his hiftory of Canada.
" In the autumn of 1662, the air was
frequently illuminated with fiery corus
cations ; and a ball of fire of amazing
brightness patted over Quebec, towards
Montreal, where it seemed to be detach
ed from the moon, and vanished behind
the mountain, from which the place de
rives its name, with a noise as loud as the
explosion of a whole battery of cannon.
On the 7th (no month mentioned) three
mock funs, or Parhelia, appeared above
the furface of the river St. Lawrence ;
and on the 14th, the fame phenomena
were renewed. In the beginning of Feb.
a report began to be circulated, that they
would in a little time be visited by such
a dreadful earthquake as hiftory never re.
corded ; a report which derived its orig
in from the prediction of a Certain person
of eminent piety, who was very fervent
in devotion to appease the wrath of hea
ven.
, The air was remarkably feren,,when
the inhabitants of Quebec were alarmed
with a noise like that made by a very
great fire. They forthwith ran into the
streets, where they beheld the hocfes
rocking with the most dreadful agita-
ON THE DEATH OF A
REPUBLICAN PRINTER:
me
LIKE Sybils' leaves, abroad he feread
His Iheets to awe the aspiring crew :
Stockjobbers fainted while they read ;
Each hidden scheme difplay'd to view ;
^Who could such doctrines spread abroad
So long and not be clapper-claw'd I .
Content with flaw uncertain gains.
With heart and hand prepar'd he stood
To fend his works to distant plains.
And hills beyond the Odio- food l —
And since he had no time to lose,
Preach'd whiggifh ledures with his news.
Now death, with cold unsparing hand,
(At whose decree even Capers fall)
From life's poor glass has, (hook bis (and,
And sent him, fainting, to the wall—
Because he gave you force fad wipes,
O Mammon ! seize thou not his types.
What shall be done, in such a case ?—
Shall I, because my partner fails.
Call in his bull-dogs from the chace
To lolltheir tongues & drop their tails?
No faith^-the title hunting crew
No longer fly than we pursue.
MISCELLANY.
Account of a terrible Earth
quake in Canada.
Bore the unthinking Fowling into air.
In talons left, bis feet forjake the ground;
His ovalface, by Judden change, grew round ;
,u, in the mid, a bars, beak seek place,
And flood the crooked gnomon of bis facte
@,ick to a tail bis length if ribbons grew.
But in the tail retain'd their various but.
O'er every fart the metamer, boje ran,
And, in the tawdry parrot, bid the man.
Thus much could Venus to the outwardframe ?
His paffons and his mind are,ill thefams ;
Still be delights in emptiuefs ff fbew, \
And chatters,ill by rate like any beau.
At f,, bow ftartied was the beau, to Jee
In morions colours glow bis /mart toupee !
Fa, to bis bead it grew ; and, as be ,rove,
With eager arms the burden to remove,
To pinions chang'd bis arms (for chang'd they
were)
[Selected for the Mirror.]
[By bis Partner and Succtfir.]
" TO RAISE THS GENIUS, AND TO MEND THE HIART.”
r in the extent of 300 leagues from
est weft, and 150 from north to fouth,
th friace of the earth, the rivers and
^~e in such agitation, as seemed to
thfo^an immediate dissolution of oa
turr The firft (hock lasted an hour
wildcat in/ermiffion, tho' during the left
quarter, it was not so violent as in the
fi ft. About eight in the evening, an
oibr as violet was felt ; and before
n4i morning the number amounted to
230, At Tadouffac, it rained affies for
fix hours. Half w^y be ween this place
and Quebec, two mountains were level
ed, and their contents formed a point or
cape, which advanced half a quarter of a
league into the river. Opposite to Se
guenay, two, people, being in a boat,
found themfeives tossed about as if they
had been evei taken by a tempest, and,
calling their eyes on shore, beheld a
mountain bounding about on the plain.
It whirled round like a top, and then
suddenly difappeared.'
"In the neighborhood of Quebec, a
sheet of fire, seemingly a whole league, in
extent, appeared in the air, coming from'
ihe northward, eroded the river, and van
iffied upon the island of Orleans. A lit
tle above Quebec, the river St. Laurance,
turned into a new course, leaving part of
its ancient channel dry, and the highest
parts of its banks funk, in fame places, to
the level of the water, which continued
three months very muddy, and of the
colour of brimstone. Such was the con
cussion of the earth, that many persons
were fe ; zed with that kind of nausea
known by the name of the fea-fickneG.
This dreadful earthquake extended to
New England and New-Holland, now
called Newyofk; and the Ihocks contin
ued more or left frequent for the space of
fix months ; during which time there
was not one life loft, in conference of
the dreadful agitation ; nor did it pro
duce any kin^ ofepidemical distemper.”
Frra th Farm1 r'jWas kltMussVM.
Common Sinh, to Difabilh.
N°. XXVII.
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"J,ii4 ie to faro so."
A CERTAIN order of men
are ex^rt st fixing new tern
to old fermoM. I will reverie the
tion ; the doors opened and shut @f
themfeltes,; and all the bells rung with
out being touched. The palifadoes quiv.
cred ; the walls were rent ; the planks
gave way ; the floors fell in ; the trees
were entwined together, and pulled one
another up by the roots ; the^urface of
the earth was agitated like the waves of
the tea ; frightful cries were uttered by
Different kinds of beasts, and hideous
rattling of coaches, sometimes like the
CfLthing of rocks. The air was filled
with a thick dust, which was mifaken
for the smoke of force conflagration ; —
and feme, imagining they heard the dis
mal yells of savages, concluded that the
Iroquois poured from all quarters upon
the c<hoy of Quebec. The terror was
not confined to the human fpeeies, but
appeared also to be uoiverfal among the
brute creation. Those who fled from
town beheld the objeas still more terri
ble in the country. They beheld entire
morins uprooted and moved from
their u^ces. Some tofe in the midst of
rivers,^od flopped or turn fr the course
of the f%&m ; others were plunged into
an byfs, from whence they never rose a
gln to view. Trees were whirled aloft
In the air, land in falling earthed them
selves withiheir roots uppermeft. Huge
flo^a of ice were crushed together on the
rivtrs with such violence, that large piec
es were thrown up into the air. Several
(pring, and small rivers were dried up ;
in other, the water was impregnated
with fulphur ; and divers rivulets vanish
ed, f® as to leave no traces of their chan
lelr. The river St. Laurence became
white for the space of go leagues ; and
the manatees, or sea cows, were heard
roaring as far up as Trois Rivieres, where
this animal had never appeared before.
The thunder grumbled all around; and
the sky appeared in flames, which affuro
ed the Shapes of fpedres, (words and
fpear 3 , according to the diseased imagln
anor of the beholders. In a word, noth
ing was seen but images of horror, noth
i^g WAS heard but cries and lamentation.
noises were heard, sometimes like the
A youth, who h running into
bad habits, ffiould be checked in
season. 11l habits are tenacious &
insinuating—" give an inch," and
they “ will take an ell." When
they have made x breach in the
morals of your child, remember
that " a stitch in time fives nine."
A few hours confinement in your
closet, with a little seasonable re
proof, may save your fen a year's
impnfonment, or confinement on
the castle $ and the discipline of
the whip, in private, may prevent
the necessity of using the cat
o'oine tails, in public. I -
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BAN^JETjf COMUS.
A Nlriffi Virtuoso has lately described
to the Royal Society ao iuvifkk
Horse, which had been fan in his neigh
borhood. — —
A BLACKSMITH of a ffl
lege murdered a man, end was
condemned to be hanged. , The
chief peasants of the place joined
together, and begged the Alcade
that the blackfmuh flight not (of
fer, because he teas necessary to
the p'ace, which could not do
without a blackfmitb, to (hoc
hoffes, mend wheels, &c. But
the Alcade laid; , How then
can I fulfill justice ?" A laborer
anfweied, “ Sir, there are two
weavers in the village, and for so
small a place one is enough
bang the other."
rule, and fix afc v fermoo to an
old text. "ARich in time saves
nine," is as true cut of doors, &s
within.[
When a board gets loose on the
fide of your barn ; it, you fuffer
the cattle to run i) their heads, &
widen, the breach, or the rain to
drive in upon you? hay and grain ;
the loft will convince you, that
" a ftiteh in time laves nine."
When I fee a firmer pals by a
gap in his ft one wall, or a broken
rail io hit fence, 1/ conclude he is
only tenant at will, and his cattle
the landlord!. He would do well
to confider, that " a stitch in time
saves nine." A minutes work
may save a bushel of corf
Surveyors of highway# might
profit by my text. One hour's
labour, in the spring, might pre
vent the necefficy of a dozen, in
the fommer. On decoding
ground, dig drains to draw the
water into the adjacent fields ;
make the road highest ra the mid
dle ; let it be so wide, that when
the tides are gullied by a mower,
there may be room for a cartio
past without turning over.! This
is much better chap 'do fpr the
present" way of flinging out the
loose ftonei, and making the cen
tre of the road a channel for the
torrent, and a pit for the benight
ed traveller.
M, text holds true in politics
and morals, as well as in econo
mics. When the rude hands of
rebellion begin to pick the consti
tution to pieces, and (hake the fift
in the face of lawful authority, as
much as to fay,down with his house
—“ a stitch io time fives nine.”
The rod applied to one badman's
back, may sometimes five the
throats of twenty good men from
the knife.