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Farmer Dobbins' Complaint.
THREE daughters I have, and as
prettily made,
As handsome as any you'll fee,
And lovers they count, but still I'm
afraid,
They always will hang upon me.
In writing of letters and talking of love,
They are foolifhly spending their time,
One gives them a ribbon, and one a
new glove ;
And thus they are passing their prime.
These bucks of the town—with their
elegant coats,
I'm sick of their horses and chairs ;
They plunder my hay, and they pilfer
my oats ;
Am I keeping a tavern my dears ?
This courting and counting, and never
concluding,
Is nonsense — (I'm sorry to fay)
Your killing and playing is rather in
truding,
Unlefsyou quill—take them away.
Ode on 17 0 MEN.
NATURE to every creature is a friend;
Horns arm the bull, and hoofs the
horse defend ;
Hares, to escape, havefwift and tender feet ;
Lions bavedsorrid teeth, their foes to meet ;
Fijbes are form'd with fins, through seas to
glide ;
And birds, to fly, have pinions at theirfide ;
Nature to Men bas giv'nfrong sense in store,
But as for women, they havefomething more;
Beauty they have, to which all things m?f
yield ;
Beauty whichferves them both for lance and
field.
Light armed with this, they nothing more
require ;
It serves instead offwords, infiead offire.
THAT great Philofopher,7Ze Mar
quifs of Bacaria, has said, with
great truth, that good government is
begun in the cradle: that it is in vain to
make laws to punish vice, unless the
rising generation, is trained up in the
love of virtue. The great defed in fa
mily government, generally arises from
a want of harmony between the Go
vernours. Where the father and mo
ther do not exhibit before their chil
dren , a refped and esteem for each other,
their precepts will be vain, and their
reproofs ineffectual. If their children
observe that they do not reverence and
refpeCteach other, they will hold the
parental advicein contempt. If, there
fore, parents disapprove of each others
conduit, in any instance they never
ought to mention it before their chil
dren, or inthe hearing of their servants.
I have heard it said by a very serious
man, that he had rather do that which
could not be approved of, three times
before others, than once before his
children. ...
The family uneasiness which injures
the education of children, might be
avoided by a little prudence and cau
tion. It is much to be wondered at,
that parents do not use more prudence
in this refped, for the promotion of
their own comfort and happiness, if
they do not feel a necessity for it, on
the principles of good family govern
ment. There certainly is no mode of
life, in which happiness can be so well
jnfured, as in thenuptial state.
My friend Philanthropus lived long in
a single state ;—He was no enemy to
matrimony ;—He met, while young, a
series of misfortunes, which gave him a
proper sense of himfelf—of the world,
and the enjoyments of life ; —He knew
how to place a proper estimate upon
every thing ; but thought his circum
stances would not admit of the expence
of a family ; —His heart was open and
generous ; he never turned aude from
on FAMILY GOVERNMENT.
REMNRKS
It is a great mistake in those who sup
pose that the pleasures of the marriage
state depends upon youth. Many
years after Philanthropus and Serinia
were married, he rested under the shade
of his cherry-tree, and wrote the fol
lowing. SONNET, which (hews his
affection and happiness.
The ROSE late Discovered.
" A $ Damon ftroll'd along the mead,
He fpy'd awharming flower ;
The summer's green was in its fade,
And gone the vernal (howers.
" Sweet child of nature, lovely rose,
Exclaim'd the ravifh'd swain ;
Bleft be the turf on -which it grows,
How bleft its native plain !
" Why did I not in prime of May,
Observe with friendly eye,
Thy charms unfolding to the day,
Thy rising beauties spy?
" Close by thy fide this faithful arm,
Had watch'd thy youthful bloom ;
No scorching heat or beating storm,
Had on thy beauties come.
" But now alas ! the weary fun,
His blazing car has driven,
'Till half his yearly toil is done,
distress ; and when he had nothing else
to bestow, he gave a tear. He was affi
duous in bufinefs —honest in his deal
ings, and constant in his studies. —
Then why should not the world esteem
him ?
Philanthropus had'lived beyond theage
of forty, when he became acquainted
with Sertma, who had lived but a few
years Ihort of the age of my friend. She
had seen uncommon afflictions in her
day: Friends, falfe or unfkillful, haft
mislead her path of life, & her heart had
been wounded by the arrows which were
thrown for her defence. These trials
naturally tended to foften a heart too
perceptible of woe, and to turn her at
tention from the most exad and beau
tiful form of features, to the cultivation
of her mind.
And now descends the Heavens.
" Yet still thy fragrance fills the vale,
It reigns unrivall'd there ;
From thee,the winds their health exhale;
Upon a Ihort acquaintance, their
hearts, taught by adversity, and ele
vated by pure sentiment, to beat in
unison, and became united before they
were aware of their situation: They
were soon married.
From thee their sweetness bear.
" No cloud malignant on thy head,
Its noisome drops fliall spill ;
Or noxious vapours on thee shed
Their damps, thy bloom to chill.
" As summer's heat forfakes the year,
And winter's froft comes on ;
Thy fate I'll watcli with anxious care,
TO be fold by public vendue, at
the North Meeting-House, on
Monday the 30th day of August, inst.
at three o'clock, P. M. the following
Pews in said Meeting-House, for delin
quent taxes.
Number. £. S. d. Number. £. s. d.
|8 0 4 9 443 0 180
11 4 10 0 449 0 180
fiz 0 11 10 479 0 60
18 1 7 0 97 0 12 0
38 1 16 0 99 0 12 0
100 1 40
Joshua Pike, Collector for 1785
(to 1788 inclusive.
Portsmouth, August 3, 1790.
The example and precepts of Philan
thropus and Serinia, ingraft prudence
and discretion on every adion of their
children and domestics : As their off
fpring rife into life, they are admired
and beloved by their neighbours ; and
from thence arises inexpressible happi
ness to their parents.
A MINTER.
BLANKS of all forts printed on good
paper, may be had at J. Melcher's
Printing-Office in Market-Street,
And live for thee alone."
Pews for Sale.
SONNET.
Extrafl from the Preface to the work :
"As it may be expected that some
reasons should be given for the publica
tion of this little treatise on a fubjed
that has been fuccefsfully investigated
by some of our ablest writers, the au
thor will candidly acknowledge, that
from the experience he has already had
of its utility, he flatters himfelf it will
be found better calculated for ground
ing youth in the ;knowledge of English
grammar than the books which are ge
nerally used for that purpose."
fuf Published and ready for file
by the Printer hereof,
The Elements of English
Grammar, methodically arrang
ed for the assistance of young
persons who study the
English Language Grammatically,
to which is added
Nconcife Treatise of Rhetoric.
By G. Neville Uffher.
State of New-Hampshire. Grafton ff.
NOTICE is hereby given, that
whereas a tax of five dollars on
each original right of land in said town
fllip, public rights excepted, was voted
by the proprietors thereof, on the eigh
teenth day of December last, at their
adjourned meeting, and a lift of their
names, together with a warrant by the
assessors of said tax, being committed
to me to colled, —and if laid tax is not
paid to me, on or before Monday, the
thirteenth day of September next, so
much of each delinquent proprietor's
share of land will be told at public ven
due, at my dwelling-house in said Con
cord,at ten o'clock in the forenoon, on
said day, as will pay said tax and inci
dental charges.
The names of the delinquents are as
follows, with the sum of 30/; due on
each right :
Afael Burt Willard Stevens
William Horfkins Gideon Lyman
Gov. B. Wentworthßenj. Shelding, jr,
Josiah Pomeroy Joseph Lyman
JofephWheelwrightElijah Lyman
Elijah Mattoon Samuel Root
Henry Horfkins Stephen Bilding
Samuel Clark Eldad Wright
Medad Pomeroy Hezekiah Elmore
Elilha Hunt Timothy Root-
Arad Hunt John Hubbard
Philip Mattoon Woolft. Brockway
Nathan Harvey Silas Hambleton
Ebenezer Harvey Savage Trufcott
Samuel Wire James Matthews
Hophney King Joseph Mofely
William Symms Christ, Horfkins
Eben. Severance Eleazer Warner
Phineas Wright John Moffatt
Jonathan Hunt Daniel Bull
Shammah Pomeroy Samuel Hunt
Eliphas Wright Selah Wright
Eeben. Walbridge Phineas Lyman
John Smith Jonathan Warner
Jofephßurt Daniel Warner
Aaron Burt William Lang
Benjamin Burt Maj. R. Emory
Jonathan Burt Jonathan Gilman
Enosßurt James Nevens
Eleazer Burt William Temple
Reuben Smith Moses Harvey
JESSE YOUNG, Collector.
Concord, June 1790.
HILLSBOROUGH.'
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the
non-resident owner of land in
Hillfborough, who has not paid his tax
for the year 1789, that unless he pay
said tax to.me the fubferiber, on or be
fore Monday, the 6th day of September
next, so much of his land as will pay
the fame together with incidental char
ges, will be fold at public vendue, at
the house of John Dutton, innholder
in said town, at ten o'clock, A. M. on
said d % Z„fo.|^"|c/,
D.N.Ac's. s. d. d. d. q.
W'm Hill 3go ng 1 10 9 1 1
ANDREW WILKINS, Collector.
Hillfborough, June 29, 1790.
(A work well worthy the attention of both
teacher and pupil.)
CONCORD.
Samuel Place
Refpellfully informs his friends
and tbe'public that he still con
tinues carrying on the business
of repairing
Clocks and Watches,
at his house in Chapel-Street,
near Queen's Chapel,
—>o —
ALL who please to favor him with
their custom may depend on hav
ing their work well executed, and
cheaper t^an at Boston or elsewhere.—
He warrants all time pieces repaired by
him to run well twelve months, with
out further expence, unless by accident.
^A number of Watches remain with
him which have been repaired above
twelve months, the owners of which
are desired to call and take them, other
wise he must take steps disagreeable to
him as well as troublesome to them.
Portsmouth, August 12.
STRATFOR D.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the
proprietors of the township of
Stratford, in the county of Grafton,
and State aforefaid, that at a legal
meeting of said proprietors, holden at
said Stratford, on the 18th day of De
cember last, they did agree and voted
to raise the sum of seven hundred and
forty-two pounds L. M. by a tax,which
sum being assessed and proportioned to
each right agree bly to said vote, is ten
pounds, ten shillings, and eight pence,
half penny (except the rights of jofhua
Wentworth, Esq. William Gardner,
and Joseph Seward, which is only eight
pounds, ten (hillings and eight pence,
half penny, on each). —Said rdltffment
is committed to me the fubferiber, with
a warrant to colled the fame, exclu
sive of what was credited on said assess
ment; therefore notice is hereby given
to said proprietors, that unless they pay
the fame to me,at the house of Jeremiah
Eames, Esq. in Northumberland,
within fix weeks from the date hereof,
their land will be advertised for sale as
the law direds.
EBEN W. JUDD, Propri's Colleflor,
Northumberland, August 17, 1790.
PRES T O N.
State of New-Hampshire.
NOTICE is hereby given to the
proprietors of the township of
Preston, in the County of Grafton, in
said State, that at a legal meeting of
the proprietors of said township, held
at said Stratford, in said County, on
the second day of July current, at the
house of the Widow Eunice Holbrook,
by adjournment—A tax of five pounds,
L. M. was voted, granted and laid on
each proprietors' right in said township,
to defray the expences of allotting and
surveying said township in part, repair
ing roads and other incidental charges
of a propriety, &c. given me to colled.
Said Proprietors are requested to make
immediate payment of said tax to me
the fubferiber, at the house of the said
Widow Holbrook And if the pay
ment is not made, the money will be
levied by sale of so much of the interest
and property of the proprietor or own
er who fliall be delinquent therein,
fourteen days after the last week of no
tice.— The said proprietors are also
hereby notified, that the former tix
bill given me to colled, as published,
in the New Hampshire Gazette, laying
a tax of four pounds ten (hillings on
each right has been recalled.
JOSEPH HOLBROOK, jr.
Stratford, July 8, 1790.
ALL persons indebted to the estate
of Capt. John Parrott, late
of Portsmouth, mariner, deceased, are
desired to make immediate payment ;
and those who have any demands, are
requested to present them for settle
ment to
Martha Parrott, ildminifratrix.
Portsmouth, July 26, 1790.