The Mirror — Concord, N.H., 1799-05-13 00:00:00, page 4

THE Rivulet
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MR. DAVIS,
By infirting the following Fragment,
wll iilige
ADDRESS
To th Farmers,
A S yourutmoft withes great,
Be your crops of corn and wheat ;
turnips and potatoes growing
In profusion, all o'ei flowing:
Horses in full vigor neighing, #
Cows and bullocks monftroas weighing.
Shelves with ponderous cheeses bending,
Firkinswith pack'd butter rending.
Blithe Contentment's dulcet note
All around your dwellings fl?at.
% Merchants.
Ye deal in fiiks and satins.
Shoes, galeih^es, fli?a afid patterns;^
L^ce and mullins, cloth and linen.
Gloves and hose, for men and women ;
Ram and fagar, rice and brandy,
Frying pans and gridirons bandy:
Prosper still in all you do ;"
Richer, and yet richer grow,
nd/ Ladies.
Gentle, lov&, lovely sex,
Whom boift'rons passions never vex;
• Take our homage so good part,
Warm and honest from the heart.
Unexperienced as we are,
We can fee that you are fair;
And may often find it duty,
Low to bow and reverence beatify.
THE CONSOLATION.
, AN EP/CRAM.
AS Bob with friend Jack fat over their
glass, "-
They talk'd of their loves and amours,
Says Bob, "Train love wish a beautiful
lass,
" Who's coqueti/h, and well knows her
powers,
" But here lies the devil," adds he with
long face,
" Which makeseny heart often full fore ;
" I've at least twenty rivals, and am in
disgrace,
" And perhaps there may come twenty
more.
"0 !be not difmay'd, tho' there be such
profusion,
" Os Rivals," fays Jack, " you'll be
the firft ;
"For whenever a girl has so many to
choose on,
" Sbe crawl, cbeo/n the Qo-f."
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^heWS^Nl^^, ^
NO employment of life it
4more relpeftable, nor more
beneficial than Hufbindry. # Xi
h# been honored and promoted b,
the writings of many learned men,
in divers ageqand not ^ few tele,
brated poeti have fog iti praifea.
\4t has ever been attended rob,
nltia^of wisdom, and particular
ly by tlihto&|ot Greeks and Ro
man Maoy\f the most digni
fied and virtuous characters among
them esteemed Ite honor to,par
take of the toil#aod pleafufetof
Hufbiodry. It waa i^ffacopr
mon for the Roman Generals io.
be called from the herd tp irmi,
and then to refumeiheir agricul
tural employments.
- ,g torinftagee, tyranoaroa,
who, more than once, W called
to the office of Diaator, m the
296th, year of Rome, preferred
the army commanded by the eon
ful Marcus Minitiui, which was
besieged in their trachea % the'
THE
SENTIMENTAL MEDLEY.
TEqui and Volfei, and very near (0
a total defeat. It thia extremity,
Biao's was sent to Rome to beg
'the affiftaace of Ciocinoatui, who
was then ploughing in his field#
on the other fide of the Tyber.
On receiving the newt, he hasten
rd to the army ; feddued the foe 1
, entered Rome in triumph, and, in
about a fortnight alter, again fol
lowed the plough.
Os the moderns of diftinguithed
characters, there are not wanting
examples of those who pay perfoa
al attention to Hufb;ndry. A
mor.g these, we are happy to find
the illoftrioui Washington, the
, Cincionatus of modern ages.•
Too great encomiums cannot
Ibe bestowed on those eoterprizing
He&ndmen, who firft began the
Icultivation of this couttry. It is
hoped their worth, dependents,
of the prefect period will be excit
ledI ed by a laudable ambition to ex
;cel their predecessors in agriculture
—if possible, in economy—allo,
I Sobriety and temperance ; that, a
-1 mong other considerations, their
j profterity may be bleft by their la
bor. I
Frem th Wimingm Gazette.
NEW INDENTION.
LUMBERTON, FE8.20.
Mr. Hall,
T TSEFUL and new inven
" tions are a fubjedt that
has occupied the attention of d
the government of the Unit
, ed States, and one of an ex
traordinary nature has lately
made its appearance here.—
Mr. Joseph Belton has made
a gun (at least he is the in
vestor) that will receive four
charges at once, and fire them
fepar&ely ; and upon the
fame plan he can make one;
and intends to do so, that will
fire 2 I roundsin two minutes.
He has several times fired the
one be has finished, to the
astonishment of all who saw
it. It fires regularly one load
after another; 1 with the single
motion of the fore finger, just
giving time for the person to
sake fight at the object It is
as much superior to the com
mon gun as that is to the bow
and arrow.
Mr. Belton intends Shortly
to go to Philadelphia with his
model, or rather the gun ac
tually completed, where there
tend doubt he will meet with
encouragement.n;
,I This may'appear a little
extraordinary gObe public,
but the.Thinm, is done and
speaks for irfflf. 'lt is, upon
thq most fimpfe conftru&ion,
fed will colt not ope dollar
riidfetfari the common gun;,
IffiMr. Belton is amative of Con
nedticut, near New-London,
I||ut has refilled at Lumberton,
tipwards of fixyears. I hope
he will receive the reward
——focectramt^
" TO RAISE THE GENIUS, AMD TO MEND THE HEART."
of his merit. He is an unex
ceptionable good chaaaer.
A CORRESPONDENT.
[lt is to be hoped that Congress will
[arm the troops of the United States with
this formidable gun, which would in
create car military force twenty fold
without adding ! single recruit to the
army !) . &
From ! late Pariq paper.
STILL BORN INFANTS.
Dr. Herbolc. an eminent mao
mid- wife and a surgeon of Division
at Copenhagen, hat made tie fol-1
lowing important difeovery
That the cause of sppareot death
in fti'l boro children, ii < their hav
ingiheir wind pipes filled with wa-
By the firnpie procefa of laying
the infant in inch a pcfiii(x> as to
produce a gradual and total dif
eharge of the water. Dr. H&bolt
hat had the happineli to ryfeue in
the proportion of twelve out of 13
of the innocents fortunately en
trusted co hit care. r t
Frem Waltham, April life
On Saturday last, a negro man named
I Felix, who livedtia a small hoafe on the}
1 Plain, had beep at work two miles from
home. Returning, it is supposed he was-
I taken with the cramp in the stomach, a
!disorder he was fibjtct to, and fouhd in
a field deed the next morning. By the
bruises atyout his head, it appeared he had ,
fruggled a long time, end was drawn to-;
gether crocked. It is a singular fact, that
his deg returned home at a late hour, ap
peared very tineafy^ and would not re
main mere, but run away the road that
led to his matter.
CURIOSITY.
THERE has lately been ex
hibited, at the eastward, r black
mao, boro wu hour arms; but has
piddles or flippers, and a breift
like a turtles he can. write and
cypher, both with his paddles and
Ileer# crack nuts with hirroes, fed
iß^faA number of other curiptit
feats, which will aftenifh the spec
tators. ^ ,^
the ffloraiffi.
THERE are two great means
of promoting virtue, religi-,
ous education, and public worHyp.
Religious education prepares the
miad to love—to attend—and to
profit 6, public worship; and
public wo/lhip fopports and regu.
late? religious education. Without
public worlhip, children would
foeafe to be religioully educated ;
,nd without religious education,,
public worship would cease to be
attended. I ' .
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Banquet or Coniw.
A Gentleman fat by anoth-"
^6p^*^''s 'was very
little acquainted with, in the
pit ofDrury Lane play-lioufe,
when feeing two women
come into a box just opposite
fy them, he turned about to
his neighbor, 8c said, , 'Sdcatb,
can you tell me what ugly
bitch that is." « W^o, fir,"
answered _the gentleman, 'that
lady coming into rhe box ?'
“ Tis m, &."7 & Lord, fa,
(cries tire other, greatly con-1
fufed,) I beg ten thousand!
pardons ; no, I mean that
(hocking monster with her !"
66 Ohl fir, (aniwered he) that's
my wife." 1
/ Popifo Miracle.
IN Naples there happened
, in a great siege it endured,
that the governor made an
order that ever, man jbeuld
be put to death, being ab@ve
fueb an age, that did not wear
a [word. Not long after, as
he was riding through the
streets, to fee how well this
order was put in execution,
he espied a gentleman with
out one, and commanded him
to be brought before him :
the order was read, and he
condemned to die the death
appointed, which was to be
hung at the next sign-post.
The gentleman, after he had
pleaded several things in his
own defence, which availed
nothing, defircs the favour
that he might not die so ig
nominioufiy, but that the next
gentleman that passed might
run him through with his
iword. , The request being
reasonable, was granted, and
the execution delayed upon
these terms. It happened
that a young gallant was com
ing from a gaming house,
who having loft all, even so
much as the blade of his
(word, which was good mer
chandize at that time, did not
Idare, in regard to the severe
order, to go home, until a
iwooden one was fitted to the
handle. This gentleman was
[flopped, and the dying man's
case laid ppen ; but this in
genious person knowing his
own inlufflciency, “ what,"
laid he,, must I be a com
mon executioner ? must I
ftaib mj, hands in blood
without passion, and be a re
proach to all men ? But this
argument would not do, kill
him he must; then putting
off his cloak, he began a pray
er to this effect: « Chou whb
feeft all our transgressions
here below, judge thou, I
pray thee, and vindicate the
cause of those who fuffer
wrong; in an especial man
ner, grant if this man here
ought not to die, this sword
may be turned into wood."
Then drawing it forth, it ap
peared to be Wood ! and the
dying gentleman was imme
diately released with abun
dance of joy. The woodenC
sword was carried with great
solemnity to the Cathedhl'
Church, as a proper link in
the chain of Popish M1&