The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1795-04-03 00:00:00, page 4

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The Parnassian Field.•
SO N G,
By the Hon. Francis Hopkinson.
MY gen'rous heart disdains
Tbcflave of Love to be,
I /corn bis servile chains, '
And boast m, liberty.
This whining,
} And pining,
And wafting with care, \
Are not my taste, be Jhe ever fa fair.
Shall a girl's capricious frown
Sink m, noblefpirits down ?
Shall a face of white and red
Make me droop toy fill, bead?
Shall I set me down andfgb
For an eyebrow, or an eye ?
For a braided lock of balr
Curse my fortune, and despair ?
My gen'rous heart Aifdains, tfc.
Still uncertain is to morrow,
Nor quite certain is to day —
Shall Iwafte my time in Jorrow—
Shall I langujh life away —
All because a cruel maid
Hath not loose with love repaid ?
M, gen'rous heart disdains, &Sc.
The Merry Regifler.
AT a time when the doariaei of
Ca|vinifm & Armialanifm were
much talked of in a certain village, a
couple of negroet of the different par
ties, meeting oh the road, directly en
tered into the fashionable debate,—
Their topic was, whether a man might
not die before his appointed time:
when, after some argument, our Ar
minian advocate adduced the follow
ing weighty proposition in vindica
tion of his assertion. "Now Jack,
suppose you eat a hearty supper dis
ebening—you go to bed—deep well
ail night—you wake up in the morn
ing, and find yourfclf dead—what you
fay den ?—Dai man live all e days of
he life ?— Debit a bit."
This is a pertinent caution to us,
not to depute about matters we do
not underftarid ; and a lively emblem
of the despicable figure we make in
the.eyes of Superior beings, in our
lengthy.difcuffioni upon the incom
prehensible attributes of the Deity.
— C—fra
IN an Ijfh provincial paper is the
following Singular notice—" Where
as Patrick Daniel O'Connor lately left
his lodgings, this is tq give notice,
that if be does not return immediate
ly, and pay for the fame, he will be
advertised.
A B'ackfmith in a country town,
while Shoeing a horse, was gazed at
by a number of negroes as they were
paffiog by ; being a little piqued at
being the object of the blacks' atten
tion, and attempting to cast a Slur up
on them, he said, " I believe bell's
broke loofe."—" Yes, maffa, fays one,
1 fee de devil got hold de horse's foot.
A Tradesman, whose love of mo
ney made him prescribe, as beneficial
to hi, fervants' health, and own pro
fit, the ,aßice of earl, ri/ing, one
morning gave a poor black man a Se
vere scolding for Suffering the fun to
Shine on him while in bed, concluding
his ledure with a Severe threat, if he
Should ever after find him not up at
sunrise. "At sunrise, maffa ?" ask
ed the hooeft African in the native
i Simplicity of his foul, it was worth a
casket of diamonds to him—" At
? sunrise, maffa ? But suppose, maffa,
the fun rife before day light—what
fall Ido , ft. The %
made no reply, an& Sambo was dis
^^W°LTGrfMr DEFENDED^ fr. :
THE accomplished Mm -, lately
sfked the Turkiffi ambassador, whf
a plurality of wives was permitted in
his country ? " Because, madem,"
said he, " we have only a chance to
find in Several women, those charms,
and those merits, which you possess
alone."
Miscellany.
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A MONSTER.
ON the 27th of May, 1794, a mon
ster, Similar to the Eaftindia Anacon
da, was killed by a company of gen
tlemen, who were hunting weft of
Fort Recovery^ and by them denom
inated the Heterageno Americans, To
one cf these gentlemen we are indebt
ed for the following account, who re
lates, that when killed, he measured
26 feet Seven inches and a half, and
was thick in proportion. His head
was green, with a large black spot in
the middle ; round the jaws, which
were very flat, but extremely broad,
were great streaks; his eyes were
monstrously large, very bright and
terrible. His Tides were formed of
, streaks of bright red, green, white,
purple, and pale blue, and more beau
tiful than can be well imagined.
Down his back ran a broad stoke of
olive green, twisted and waved at the
edges ; beside which was a narrow
one of flefh colour ; andon the out
ride of that, a very broad one of bright
yellow, waved and curled in various
infleaions. His belly was spotted all
over, at small distance, with large,
long & round blotches of black ciim
fon, and perfeft blood. On his back
he was covered in some places, with
great scales, at the edges of which
stuck out large ftiff bones, almost as .
Sharp as a needle, the Shape of which
resembled a fifth's fin. He had a streak
round his neck like that of a change
able purple $ and direaly under hit
head was a large white spot. When
opened, there was found in him a pan
ther, Several Squirrels of different Spe
cies, birds, infeas, and Snakes of an
inferior kind ; all of which had been
Swallowed whole, and not a bone
broken. As it is probable there will
be many who may doubt the truth of
the above, it may not beimproper to
inform them that the ikin is to be
seep at the Philadelphia Mufeurn,
where they may convince themselves
of its authenticity. >
FOR THE MIRROR.
THE monitor.
HALF aloaf is better than NO bread.
MANY people, perhaps, would un
derstand this old proverb to mean,
that it is better to have some bread
to eat with their pot luck, than none
st all— But I (hall explain it to mean,
that it is better for a man that owes
half as much as he is worth, to fell
his farm, pay his debts honefliy, and
move into the new country, (whe^
he can purchase good lands cheap) go
to work: diligently, live frugally, Ind
with the Smiles of Providence, in a
few years, he may have a whole loaf
for himfelf, and perhaps a loaf to give
to each of his children— But if he
ftaysin the old towns, and follows the
fame coutfes, by the famejule that he
has eat up the firft half of s?%**> be
will eat up the last—and then he will
have no bread —Haggard poverty,
with allies ragged trair, will ftite him
in the face —he will then be reduced
to one of these four things, either to
ftarvfi and this will be a lingering
death-=or to steal, and this may bring
him to an untimely end—or to beg,
,^d this will be a dog's life, running ;
about, and picking up the crumbs, ;
for charity grow, very cold to b^k 1
tupts now a days—or else he mofl go
out at days woik, and this is a hard
way of, getting a living from hand to
mouth— Therefore my advice to Such
b, to cot your loaf in two, gpd find
home the half you have borrowed —•
and with the other half make a Second
trial, before it is all Spent, and you re
gret your folly, when it is too late to
retrieve your circumstances—Many a
one, by trying to keep the borrowed
half too long, have loft the whole—
Ned Shift had a very pretty efface —
he was honest and industrious—but
he must need be trading, till it became
his conffant practice co make one
debt to pay another— This he called
making Ihifts —and he kept o^mßk
ing these Shifts; rill he had Shifted
himfelf out of all his estate, and more.
—The creditors came, and took the
whole loaf, and it was not enough to
pay them.—Now if Ned had been
content to have cut the loaf in two,
seasonably, and sent home what he
had borrowed, he might have saved
part to himfelf—but trying to keep ic
whole too long t at last made him to
tally breadlefs — Let this be a warning
to all, timely to jend home borrowed
bread —and make a frugal use of what
is left, by faying every fragment.
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From Thomas's Massachusetts Spy.
HOPE for OLDBACHELORS,
Even when past 50 !
Or, a remarkable infance of an Old Bachelor's
marrying at the age of „, and having and
bringing up children.
Southkingston, Feb. 21, 1795.
Mr. Thomas,
IF you think the following Statement
worth offering to the readers of your
Spy, you may prefect it as a real fed.
I brought an action to the court, now
fitting, againff Perceval Allen, of
Hopkinton, in the county of Wash
ington ; and onthe back of the writ,
beneath the Officer's return, was the
following statement:
“ The defendant was an old bache
lor until he was 52 years old, and then
married, and had eight children by
his wife, with whom he lived sixteen
years, and then buried her, and has
lived a widower 44 years, and isnow
a healthy, Smart, aftive man, 111
years old."
I believe there can be no doubt of
the truth of this statement ; for 1
have been this day talking with one
of his sons, who also confirms the
truth of the above fart. And he
himfelf, viz. Thomas Alien, son of
the said Perceval Alien, is now 58
years old, and begins to talk of court
ing. Three of his brothers are now
living, and none of them have been
married. Yours, &c.
CYRUS FRENCH.
A BONE, for SHAVERS to mumble.
LONDON is of all places the most
convenient and retired for a man of
small fortune : there every fortof ne
cessary is to be had in the smallest
quantities , and provided a man has
a clean Shirt and three pence in his
pocket, he may talk as loud io the
coffee-houfe as the Squire of ten thou
sand pounds a year. No one asks
how he lives, or where he dined. It
is not So in the country § your neigh
bors wanting that coolant Supply of
news or amusement to be had in a
great city, busy themselves in the mi
nutest enquiries, not only Scrutinizing
into the birth, parentage, education,
and fortune of their neighbor,, but
even retailing the articiss of their dai
ly housekeeping, intomuch that at the
little chandler's Shop in every village,
it is exactly known how many eggs
each inhabitant had in hit Idft Sun
qty $ punaing.
BOOKS.
THE number of books which^have teen
printed, nre now printing, and are to bel
printed, in all parts of Europe, will soon de- I
mand fueh another fire as there was at Alex
andria; for all the knowledge that can be
given, by all the bocks that ever were, or
will fee printed,, may be contained in a very
narrow compass. They are written upon
much the fame plan as -wt mix brandy and
water. An old author is laid hold of, and
the great aim of the modern is, to disguise
and lower his'fpirit.
WMM ,Ma»amMMi l w»'.*v»i«>i■■■n , "iI—f—I i ■■ I — —ri.»i*i — Will—' ———
-^EwTANDi'
ty. - ......tfMBM'I- '
TO BE SOLD, N
At PUBLIC AUCTION,
On WEDNESDAY, the §ll of April next,
Ac Gale's Tavern, in Concord,
the following TRACTS ofLAND, belong
ing to the estate of William Stark, late of
Duobarton, an absentee, deceased, viz.
1450 acres in Bartlett, being
the remainder of hid Stack's Location dis
posed of, including 200 acres fold to laid
Stark by Andrew MacMillan, Esq.
300 acres, part of Archibald
Stark's Location.
300 acres, part of Samuel
Stark's Location.
500 acres, part of Joshua
Martin's Location.
: All of which will be fold, purfaanc
to an a& of the General Court, appointing
James Duncan administrator on said estate,
and empowering him to fell said lands for the
payment of debts diefrom fiid estate. -
Concord, March 19.7
Notice! Gentlemen.
THE Gentlemen of Dunbarton,
having agreed to take their papers at
the office—this is to inform those who have
already agreed, and those who may wish to
join in said mode, that after each man's
name, when his turn is to tome for the pa
pers, will be written, " Come Post next,"
thus all may know their refpe&ive turns.
The gentlemen of Weare and Bow,
are informed, that their's wilFbe written up
on as above mentioned, so that each gentle
man may know when his turn is.
—
STAVES.I
WANTED by the Subscriber, %
FIFTY thousand White Oak BARREL
STAVES, thirty two inches in length.
For which half Cash and half Goods will be
given, and a generous price, when delivered.
WILLIAM DUNCAN.i
March 11,179).5
BOOK of KNOWLEDGE.,
JUST PUBLISHED,
BY PETEREDEs,
% Printer and Bookseller,
And to be fold, at bis Store, a few doors eafi of the I
New Bridge, in Haverhill,
the
BOOK of KNOWLEDGE,
TREATING
of the Wisdom of the Ancients.
In Four Parts.
I, Shewing the various and wonderful op
erations of the Signs and Planets, and other
celestial Constellations on the bodies of meh,
&c.
11, Prognostications for ever necessary to
keep the body in health ; with several choice
Receiptsin Phyfick and Surgery.
111. An Abftra& of the Arty of Pbyfiog
nomy and Palmistry, together with the figm
fi cation of Dreams, &c.
IV. The Farmer's Calendar, containing,
ift. Perpetual Prognostications for Weather."
2d. The whole Mystery of Husbandry. 3d.
The complete and experienced Farrier and
Cowleech, &c.
WRITTEN BY ERRA PATER,
A Jew DoAor in Astronomy and Physic, born
in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea,
Made Engli/b
BT WILLIAM LILLY,
Student in PhYsi gk arid Astrology.
To which if added,\ $ -
The True Form of all Sorts of Bills,
j, Bonds, Counter- Bonds, Indentures, Let
ters of Attorney and Licence, Deeds of.
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