The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-08-11 00:00:00, page 4

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SEAT OF THE MUSES.
til Dukerf Richmond's DOG, Thun
'ton, and the Widow's PIGS.
By Fete ß PiNDAR^Efq.,
'The Dame's whole fortune lodged in the
Sow—Her joy on the Sow's lying in—The
Duke's Dog Thunder, much hke Corr
tiers—Thunder killeth the young Pig's,
yet furpafleth courtiers in modefty=The
Sow crieth out—the Damejoineth the Sow
in her exclamations—The old Steward
cometh forth at the cry of the Sow and
Widow, and uttereth a most pathetic ex
clamation.—A sensible dissertation on the
different species of compaffion^ The
Dame's piteous address to his Grace——
His Grace's humane and generous answer.
ADAME, near Goodwood, own'd a Sow, her
Which nat'raU, did into travail fall, [all,
And brought forth many acomely son ^daughter;
On which the widow won'droujl, was glad.
Caper'd and fang, as really Jbe were mad —
But tears oft bang upon the heels of laughter.
At Goodwood dwelt the Dale's great dog, call'd
Thunder,
A dog, like Couriers, much inclin'd to plunder ;
This dog, with Courtier-jealousy ft bitter,
Beheld the /weetl,-fnuffiing jportive litter.
Bounce ! without “ by your leave," of leaf ha
rangue,•
Upon this harmless litter, Thunder sprang,
And murder'd brothers, fferi, quick as tbo't ;
Then faeak'd away, bis tail between bis rear,
Seeming aJbam'd unlike great courtiers here,
Who (Fame reporteth) are ajham'd of nought.
The cbildlefsfow set up a Jbriek /o loud!
Allber sweet babies read, for the Jbroud;
Now chac'd the rogue that jucb jad rajchief
work'd:
Out ran the Dame—join'd miftrejs Jew's Jbrill
cries;,
Burfwas at once tbe bag ibat held ber figbs,
And all tbe bottles of ber tears uncork'd.
" 0 ! tbe Duke's dog has ruin'd me outright ;
" Oh (be hath murder'd all m, pretty pigs."
Forth march'd the Steward grey,with lifted fight,
And lifted bands, good man,& cry'd' Odjnigs!'
Word of fur prize ! which, with a plaintive tone,
And rueful countenance, and hallow groan,
„ Did seem like pit, also, for ber case ;
Yet what's Odfnigs, or moans, ergroans; or figbs,
Unbelp'd b, Famine, if tbe objea dies ?
Or what a yard of Metbodific face ?
Companions differ very much, we find ;
One deals infigbs—now fghs are merely wind;
Another only good, advice affords,
Indead of alms—now this is orl, words ;
Another cannot bear to Jee tbe poor,,
So orders tbe pale beggar from (be door.
Now that companion is tbe heft I think,
' (But, ab ! the human Joul it rarely graces)
Instead of groans, which givetb meat and drink ;
Offering long purjes, too instead es faces.
But, MuJe,we drop Dog, DukejA S«w,& Dame,
To follow an old pitiful remark ; )
Like wanton foaniels'that desert tbe game,
To yelp and cour/e, a butterfly or lark.
Now to bis Grace tbe bowling widow goes,
Wiping ber eyesjo red, and Jawing nose.
, Ob ! phaje your Grace, your Grace's dro'lijh
" Thunder's confounded wicked ch'ps,
" Have murder'd all my beauteous hopes —
' “ I beg your Grace will pa, for ev'ry bog."
What answer gave his Grace f—Witb placid
brow, :
46 Don't cry," quoth be, " and make so much
4 Joul weather—
"Go home,dame,and when Thunder eatstbe Sow,
"I'll pay for all tbe family together."
A PARODY SCRAP.
r- Tbe Frenchmen, fill'd in martial rule,
Have put tbe BritiJb troops to fcbool—
Ltfrußed them in war like trade,
And new manoeuvres of parade—'
Tbe true War-dance of Gallicreeh,
And manual exercfe of heels—
Made them give up, like Saints complete,
Tbe arm ofjbjb, and trust tbe feet—
And work, like Christians, undiffimbling.
Salvation out by fear ^trembling.
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Hilarity. ,
A Country girl, riding aflride to
market, enquired of a gentleman
fy met, if that was tbewayto Sirelchit.
Yes, replied the gentleman, 1 don't
know of a better way, ma'am.
# Sirenthamwastbenameof tbe townfawas
going to, $4 b, wjlakefa ^'/Stretchit.
A LADY, very finely dressed and
mounted, was. riding one morcing,
when the horse @k a&rt & almost
dismounted her backward#, but by her
foot catching io the stirrup, (he re
covered upon the saddle, and when
the got her fright a little over, thus
accused a countryman who had been
a fpedator, '' Did you ever fee any
thing like it ?" La ! yes ma'm, (aid
he, my wife has gotjuft fab a awe.
FOUR Negroes were carrying a
Corpse to the grave at a place where
it wai a custom to give the bearers
gloves ; but those four were not pre
ferited with any—About middle way
from the house to the church yard,
Cuffe turned (lily round, and thus ac
costed his fellow bearer, “ Cesar, youi
got e gruv ?" No, fays he, ask Cato.l
"Cato, you got e gruv ?', No, ask
Toney. “ Toney, you got e gruv ?”
No ! dam a gruv, faya he. " Well
then, fays Cuffe, fring he down, an
let he go befelf !”
OLD EPIGRAM—LATELY NEW pointed.
WHENfaßion grew bud, and parties ran high,
Religion and Liberty join'd in tbe cry :
But, 0 ! grief of griefs, in the midfl of tbe fray,
Religion and Libert,—both run away !
curious "epitaph.
ON a vault in the Church yard of
Leigh, in Essex, is the following in
scription :—“ Here lies the body of
Mary Ellis, daughter of Thomas El
lis and Lydia his wife, of this parish.
She was a virgin of virtuous courage,
and ve<y promising hopes, and died
the 3d of June, 1706, aged 119." —
—remark— Os coarse foe ftent 100
years in purgatory ; which, is is hoped,
will attote for jo great a iranfgrefon,
if the Epitaph tells truth.
Miscellany.
Thefollowing is copied from a band-bill, published
and circulated pretty extrnfivel, in England;
"A new FRENCH PANTOMIME,
Lately performed for tbe benefit of tbe poor,
and concluded w : th
The Rogus's March from Toulon,
the igth December, 1793.
With drums beating, colours flying, cannons roar
'ng>g,l" firing, and music playing to the
tune of CA ira, accompanied with
Songs, Dances, and Jbouts of Vive la Republic,
b, tbe Patriots who bad been hoodwinked.
King Lucifer, Generalissimo of all tbe Combined
Ruffians by sea and land, leading tbe remnant
of bis troops, with manifeftoes and fire-brands,
tome running, feme Dimming, borjesflying,fires
blazing, drums mefled, colours bidden, and all
r crying to tbe tune of;,
" Oh dear what can the matter be."_
And " the general's wife take the hindmost."
John Ass (formerly known by the name of John
Bull,) having previouji, paid the piper,
Tbe supporters of John's arms, are in future to be
changed into a bear and a monkey, and bis
bes bat into a fool's cap, until juch time
as be Jball recover bis senses.
\Principal Characters.
Scrub, By' Lord Manifefto.
Sir Peter Firebrand, Dick Smith. ,
..Peeping Tom, Poor Paddy ih limbo.:
N. B. AJ mail reward well be given to any
one, who can dijetoer tbe prefat hiding place of
tbe above gang ; tbe last account fated tbe, were
in tbe I,on's gulpb, proclaiming Louis XVII.
King of tbe sea, for tbe rajcall, French dogsjwear
be fall have no land. ,
A large quantity of tbe
, f Relics of Idolatry and Superstition,
To be fold cheap,
Well worth tbe attention of those who are curious
, in such diabolical traffic.
A Query's tyr'd b, a Jimple clown,
Who most deforces a halter—don't you frown —
The thief who Jhals a borje,dr be wbofleals a town?
Oppression of tbe French before
• tbe Revolution.
MUCH has been said and written on the
fubjed of the French Revolution.—
Americans appear to be deeply concerned
for the fate of the French ; as the progress
of Liberty in Europe seems to depend much
upon the event of the present struggle. A
great proportion of tbe Americans howev
er lament the fate of Louis, the late King ;
and almost all parties concur in censuring
the outrageous proceedings of the mobs in
various parts of France. Yet few, I believe,
ofihe people of this country, even of the
most learned, know the extent of theabufes of
; the old government, or the wretchedness of
the great body of the people. The severe & mul
tifarious defpotifin exercised over the peasan
try of that immense country under the mon
archy, if it will riot juftify every outrage,
will at least apologize for the most desperate
efforts of the people to rid themselves at once
of the tyrants and tyranny. To enable the
people of America to form some estimate of
the necessity of a reformation of government,
and to judge with candor of the liolences
committed in prosecuting this business, 1 beg
leave to communicate to the public a short
abftria of that system of defpotifin, which
has been overturned by the French, and un
der which the mass of people in that country
have groaned for ages. The fafflance of
what is here offered, is taken from a writer
of unquestionable authority.
I. The baftile, that engine of oppression,
during some reigns has been filled with pris
oners, who, without even knowing the cause
or author of their arrest, have been doomed
,to darkness and chains for life. At some pe
!riods defpotifin has risen so high, that blank
lettres de cachet have been fold, to be filled
up with names at the pleasure of the purcha
.fer.
2. But Lettres de Cachet, though formid
able to individuals,were amongst the least in
struments of tyranny. 4 Some of the hea
viest taxes were levied wholly on the poor
er classes of people ; the rich nobility and
clergy being exempt from paying them.
These taxes were collected with unfeeling
rigour by the intendants of generalities and
their fob-delegates,who were vested with ab
solute authority to enforce the collection.—
In addition to this, the inequality of the du
ties and taxes was such as to mark an afton
ilhing degree of corruption in the whole sys
tem. Some provinces had, during the ex
pensive wars of former Kings, purchased
an exemption from the Gabelle, or duty
on fait—fome paid a Small extife of 8 or 9
livres on the 100 cwt. and perhaps the very
nextprovince paid 5,0 or 60 livres.—Such an
immense difference of duty in provinces Sepa
rated only by a river, or perhaps an imagina
ary line, encouraged Smuggling, and smug
gling was punished with unheard of Severi
ty —fines, condemnation to the galleys, and
death. $ A well informed writer on finance
calculates,the number of men, women and
children annually Sent to the galleys to work
like Slaves for a breach of the revenue laws,
to be between 3 and 4000 ; whose property
was Seized and confifcated. Yet these were
prior people, guilty of no crime but that of
attempting to smuggle a little fait for their
families, to avoid the monstrous tax of 8 or
10 dollars on the bushel.—Yet all perlons
fubjea to the Taille, in some provinces,
were enrolled ^nd obliged to buy ,Ib. a head
annually (cxclufive of fait for barrelling
meat) whether they wanted it or not.
3. There were numerous edicts for pre
ferring the game, which prohibited weeding
and hoeing, left the young partridges ihould
bedifturbed ; steeping feed, left it Should in
jure tbe game; manuring with night foil,
left the flavor of the partridge Should be in
jured by feeding on the corn .so produced ;,
mowing hay before a certain time, which was
so late oftentimes as to spoil the crop, and
raking away the stubble, left the birds Ihould
be robbed of Shelter.— These capitaineries
extended over 400 leagues of country, and
such was the tyranny exercised in them, that
the late Revolution almost all classes of peo
ple concurred in demanding the suppression
of them.'
4. By a barbarpufly inhuman and oppres
sive law,the people were bound to grind their
corn at the lord's mills only, to press their
grapes in his press, and bake their bread in
his oven.—By means of this reftriaion, they
were obliged to wait, till their bread was
spoiled & their grapes damaged. They were
not indulged the privilege of using handmills
for grinding their corn,even in modern times
the barons have ordered the hand-mills of
their peasants to be broken, and have oblige
ed them to purchase the right of bruiting
their buck wheat and barley between two
stones. ^,
<4 The corvees, or police of the roads, by
which the labouring people were called out
to work on the roads at the pleasure of their
mafters,was an engine of extremeoppreffioh.
Many hundreds of farmers were ruined an
nually by it, and 360 were reduced to beg
gery, in filling up one vale in Lorraine.
6. Nothing could exceed the oppressions
Suffered by illegal and arbitrary exertions of
the judiciary power.—The Judges ignorant
—holding courts in taverns—dependant on
and subservient to the lords of manors—ap
peals endless—augmenting litigations—fa
vouring every species of chicane—running
the parties by expences and loss of time—
the provincial parliaments were unblushing
ly corrupt—interest was openly made with
them, and woe to the man who had not mon
ey or a handsome wife to procure favour.
,7. A heavy fine of an eighth, and some
times of a sixth, was paid at every sale of
property ; besides a fine at every change,
whether in the dire& or collateral line of ae
feent. Feudal redemptions, tyrannical cus
toms/ and arbitrary assessments, would fill
the cattalogue of, oppressions ; but the very
terms cannot be translated.—We have nei
ther the ideas nor words to ex press them. [,
will however just mention one feudal right,
called in French silence des grenouilles by
which when the lady of the manor lay in, the
peasants were obliged to beat the water ih
mar Shy places ! to keep the frogs silent,
that the lady need not be disturbed —This
pppreffive duty was afterwards commuted
for a sum of money.
A man who can cooly reflect on
the wretchedness of 20 millions of
peasantry, fubjea to all the foregoing
and a hundred other cruel and despo
tic laws or cufloms, and yet censure
the outrages of a mob which murders
a fingte tyrant, or burns a chateau,
without apologizing in his own mind
for their licentiousness, must be void
of principle or feeling. To whom
foall be imputed the crime of mur
leri and conflagration ? to the people
who are the infiruments, or oppres
sors who have driven them to despe
ration ? Those who choose to be serv
ed by ill treated (laves, io every part
of the world, hold their lives and pro
prieties by a very precautions tenure.
Witness the late catastrophe in St.
Domingo.
Infu/reaions are always charged
upon the ioforgem as a crime—and
justly.—but rhey are nine rimes in ten,
more imputable to the tyranny of the
master, than to tbe cruelty of the
Slave. The murder of the matter, and
the burning of his house, are recorded
in every newspaper—but who records
the private Sufferings of thepoor (lave?
who hears the tale of his woe? of
thousands and thousands of forlorn
wretches who die beneath the scourge
of despotism, of the thousands that
have died in France within four years,
where is the regiftet! who knows the
fad ? I am no friend to the violence
of a Paris mob—l deleft every viola
tion of property and law—but I am
persuaded that Americans who pro.
nounce positively on the merits or de
merits of parties in France, would be
more sparing of ceofure, if they were
better acquainted with the whole de
tail of fads. CANDOUR.
— I —
ALL persons who have demands
again ft, or who are indebted to.
Deacon William Terrill, of Canterbu
ry, who is no. compos mentis, are here
by requeued to present their demands,
and pay the balances due, to the fub
fcriberi, (appointed by the Hon ; the
Judge of Probate of Wills, &c. for
the County of Rockingham) Guardi
ans to the said William.
And all persons. are Tikewife cau
tioned agaioft trading with the said
William Terrill.
ABIEL FOSTER,
LEAVIT CLOUGH.
Canterbury, 14th July, 179 $. 92
SHOES to MAKE?
WANTED to contraafor the making of
faffal tboafand bain of good thick leather
men's SHOES—to be delivered Joon—The pa,for
making said face, to be wholly in leather—aid a
generous price given, ifabrication be made imme
diately to NATHANIEL LADD.
Concord, ,0107, 1794. Byf
6 N. LADD informs those who have
contrasted to make Shoes for him, that the
leather therefor is ready for delivery—They
are requeued to call for it immediately
He wishes to let out more Shoes to make, the
leather for which is ready for delivery.
Concord, August 1, 1794. ' 93'
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