The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1795-02-27 00:00:00, page 4

The Parnassian Field.
FOR THE MIRROUrT
A NEW-SONG.
WHEN Hope endears a Lover's pain,
And soothes bis tortur'd heart ;
When Beauty Jmiles "to hear the flrain,
Hovu pleafag is the /mart !
But if Despair thefling encreafe,
And every hope remove ;
If Beaut, beam no ra, of peace,
How dreadful °tis to love !
Advertisement—a Wife wanted.
IAMI AM an old man, m, case is quite common,
I want me a wife, a libel, young woman.
I late bad an old one, but three months ago.
She ficken'd and died, and left me in woe ;
/ whin'd, bad a sermon preach'd when /be was
buried, [married.
Were m, old wig a fortnight, then long'd to be
If an, one knows where a wife's to be had;
Such as fevent, wishes when reason is dead ;
Agirl that will warm my old bones in the winter,
Let them leave the intelligence with Mr Printer.
The Merry Regifler.
SAYS Kate to Ralph, in Syren lure,
With leg expos'd to view, fir ;
That is th love-sick number Jure,
Where one and one make two, fir.
^uoth Ralph, (a wag in gallantry)
The figure's not uncivil ;
Yet Kate, where one and one make three,
It plays,you know, the devil.
AS Ned and Sam once in a fray,
Each butted with his bead ;
Ned cries, " bold, bold, you Jbewfoul play,
I'mfure you firike with lead."
TWO Attorniei, riding from court,
overtook a carter, and began to jeer
him concerning hit horses—says one
to the carter, Friend, what makes
your fore horse fo.much fatter than
the rest ? —The carter knowing them
to be attorniei, replied, my fore horse
is a Lawyer, and those that follow are
Client.
A CELEBRATED physician wo
sent for to a lady, who imagined her
fetf very ill —when he came, the com
plained difmally,that she eat to much,
dept coo found, and had a very alarm
ing flow of fpiriti. — Mah yourftlf per
fectly cafy, madam, (aid the dodor —
only follow my prescription, and you
fhail soon have no reason to complain
of any such thing.
AN Iriihman on board a vessel unfor
tunately dropt the tea-kettle into the
water, and being fearful the Captain
would punilh him, when enquiry
should be made for it, prepofed the
following question to tfe Captain—
Sir, can a thing be loft when ye know
where it is? Why, no, you fool, an
swered the Captain—Well, fays pad
dy, fath the tea-kettle is overboard.
Mijcellan,
Proved) — As long livetb a merry manat a sad.
THIS proverd affords an antidote
against dejection and despair—
A man, in hit passage through thia
fubluoary date, had touch better tread
the path of life cheerfully ; flipping
lightly over the thorns and brier, that
obftrua his way, than fit down under
every hedge; lamenting hit hard fate,
io being placed in a world so overrun
with them. The thread of a cheer
ful man's life is not sooner fevered by
the faces, than that of one who is con
tinually fad and defponding ; —then,
what does^care avail ? A prudential
conduct in the general concerns of
life, is undoubtedly to be attended to,,
and without it, the cheerfulness here
p^mbialiy recommended % be but
„ bur if thar fhoufo
unfuccrfsful, and distress unavoidably
succeed, dejeaion and despair ,illbe
far from affording relief.
—■.wnoymßr™
Ritbes not productive of Happineft:
\ The Story of Ortogrul, of Basra.
AS Ortogrul of Basia, was one
wandering along the fleets" of
Bagdir, muting on the varieties' of
merchandize which the (hops offered
to his view, and observing the differ
ent occupations which bulled the mul
titude on every fide, he was awaken
ed from the tranquility of meditation,
by acrowd that obftrufted hit passage
—He raised hit eyes, and saw the
chief Vifier, who, having returned
from the Divan, was entering his pa
laces
Ortogrul mingled with the attend
ants, and being supposed to have some
petition for the Vifier, he was permit
ted to enter. He surveyed the fpa
cioufoefs of the apartments, admired
the walls hung with golden tapestry,
and the floors covered with fiiken
carpets, and despised the simple neat
ness of bis own little habitation.
Surely, said he to himfelf, this pa
lace is the feat of happineG, where
pleasure succeeds to plcafure, and dis
content and sorrow can have no ad
mission. Whatever nature has pro
vided for the delight of sense is here
spread forth to be enjoyed. What can
mortals hope or imagine which the
master of this palace has not obtained ?
The dishes of luxury cover his table,
the voice of harmony lulls him in his
bowers; he breathes the fragrance of
the groves of Jav; ; and sleeps upon
the down of the cygnnets of Ganges.
He speaks, and hit mandate is obey
ed ; he withes, and his with is grati
fied ! all whom he. fees obey him, &
all whom he hears flatter him.
How different, Ortogrul, is thy
condition, who art doomed to the per
petual torments of unsatisfied desire,
and who haft no amusement in thy
power, that can withhold thee from
thy own reflection ! The, tell thee
that thou art wife, but what does wis
dom avail with poverty ? None will
flatter the poor, and the wife have ve
ry little power of flittering themselves
---That man is surely the most wretch
ed of the fool of wretchedness, who
lives with his own faults and follies
always before him, and who has none
to reconcile him to himfelf by praise
and veneration. I have long fought
content and have not found it ; I will
from this moment endeavour to be
rich.
Full of this new resolution, he /hut
himfelf in his chamber for fix months
to deliberate how he should grow
rich ; he sometimes proposed to offer
himfelf as a counfellor to one of the
kings of India, and sometimes resolv
ed to dig for diamonds in the mines
of Golconda. One day, after some
hours (pent in violent fluctuation of
opinion, deep insensibly seized him in
hit chair ; he dreamed that he was
ranging a defart country in search of
some one that might teach him to
grow rich ; and as he flood on the
top of a high hill (haded with cypress,
in doubts whither to direct his steps,
his father appeared on a sudden (land
ing before him.
Ortogrul, laid the old man, Iknow
thy perplexity ; listen to thy father:
turn thirie eye on the opposite moun
tain. Ortogrul looked, and saw a
tonent tumbling down the rocks,
roaring with the noise of thunder, and
Scattering its foam on the impending
woods. Now, said hit father, behold
thevalley that lies between the hills*
Ortogrul looked and espied a little
weil, out of which issued a small riv
uter. Tell me now, bid his father,
J doft thou with for sudden pffiuence,
that ma, pour upon thee lik: the
mountain torrent, or for a flow and
gradual encreafe, resembling the till
gliding from the well? Let me quick
ly be rich, fsid Ortogrul ; let the gol
den stream be quick and violent.
Look round thee, hid bis father,
once ,gain. Ortogrul looked, and
perceived the channel dry and dusty;
but following the rivulet from the
well, he traced it to a wide lake, which
thefupply, flow and constant, kept
always full. He waked and deter
mined to grow rich by silent profit
and perfeveringinduftry.
Having fold his patrimony he en
gaged in merchandise, and in twenty
years purchased lands, on which he
raised a house, equal in fumptnoufnefs
to that of the Vifier, to which he in
vited all the ministers of pleasure, ex
pefting to enjoy all the felicity which
he had imagined riches able to afford.
Leisure soon made him weary 6f him
felf, and he longed to be perfoaded
that he was great and happy. He was
courteous and liberal ; he gave all
that approached him hopes of pleas
ing him, 4 and all who should please
him hopes of being rewarded. Every
art of praise was tried, and every
source of adulatory fidion was ex
hausted.
Ortogrul heard his flatteries with
out delight, because he found himfelf
unable co believe them. His own
heart told him its frailties, his own
understanding reproached him with
his faults. How long, bid he with a
deep (igh, have I been labouring in
vain to amass wealth which at last is
useless. Let no man hereafter with to
be rich, who is already too wife to be
flattered.
—tQgQmt
CARDINAL Richelieu, who cer
tainly did not abound in the mil
kinefa of human nature, had once the
wisdom and the generosity to behave
in the following manner : An cffi
ciout informer waited upon him, to
tell him of some very free expressions
that certain perfonshad made use of
against his eminence.
*' Why, how now, yuu ra'fcal ! (replied the
Cardinal) do you dare to call me all these
names to my face, under pretence that they
were said by some worthy persons, whom I
know to have a due refped for me ?" Then
ringing his belc with great violence, he said
to one of his pages, '%Kick that impertinent
scoundrel down stairs !% — ['Tis pity somebo
dy else hadn't as much wijdom on like occafons.]
^4t^m mrc^mrißTiriiii-^mtfiCTtmraßic
Department of War.
Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 1795.
INFORMATION is hereby given
to all the Military Invalids of the
United States, that the films to which
they are entitled for fix month, of
their annual pension, from the fourth
of September, 1794, and which will
become due on the sth day of March,
! 795, will be paid on that day, by
the Commissioners of • Loans, within
the States refpedively, under the usu
al regulation.
Application of Executors and Ad
ministrators, must be accompanied
with legal evidence of their refpeaive
appointments, and of the time of the
decease of the Invalids, whole pen
sions they may claim.
By order of the President of the
United States,;
TIMOTHY PICKERING, Sec'ry of War.
"STOP-THIEF.
ON the night of the 25th instant,
the Store of the fubferiber was broken
open, and the following artides taken, viz.
One piece Caffimere—one piece Velvet—
one dozen worsted Hose—one piece checked
Linen—one dozen Women's kid Gloves :—
with a variety of Handkerchiefs, of the fol^
lowing kinds :—lndia Bandannoes—black
Barcelona ditto—check'd Silk do.—several
pieces Silk and Cotton do. —Cotton do.—
Linnen do.—one piece Chintz Shawls— sun
dry kinds of Twist— several hundred Nee
dies, &c. &c.—There are the strongest marks
of suspicion against a certain person, who
c^lls his name CALEB OAKS.— He is a
well built person ; about five feet ten inches,
or fix feet high—dark hair, and grey eyes
thick set—about twenty fix years of age.—
Had on, whilein this,own, a light coloured
striped elastic coat, considerably worn,anda
light mix'd coloured broadcloth one—velvet
waiftedat and breeches—round hat, wore 4
boots, and looks like a thief.—,He had a red
fliag waistcoat ; and his great coat was a dark
brown, trimed round the cape, coller, cuffs,
&c. with sealskin, furr out.—He rode a dark
bay hot fe, carries his head low, and trots.—
He is a Shoemaker by profeffion, and plays
on the violin, which he keeps with him
Whoever will secure said thief in any of the
jails of this Commonwealth, or recover said
goods so that the fubferiber may have them,
shall have TWENTY DOLLARS reward,
and all lawful charges.
JEREMIAH MAYHEW.
Neiubedford, (Mass.) fan. 28, 1795.
A word of caution.
A LL persons are hereby cautioned
against our chafing the Farm lately ad
vertised in the Courier to be fold by Solomcn
Dow, of Bow, on the last Thursday of March
next, as said farm is in dispute between the
Mid. Solomon and the creditors of his father
Capt. Richard Dow, deceased —unless they
• are desirous of purchasing a lawsuit.
Feb. 20. A CREDITOR.
A partnership dissolved.
THE pgrtnerfbip between Meff?i.
GOOKIN^ SWETT, traders, in Gil
mantown, is by mutual content this day dis
solved — All persons having demans upon said
company, are desired to call upon Daniel
Gookin for payment —and those indebted,
are requested to make payment to him —by
whom the business will in future be carried
on. DANIEL GOOKIN,
BENJAMIN SWETT.
Gilmantown, Feb. 2, 1795. 2
smallpox. —
JOHN BO ND,
Most refpeftfully informs the public, that
,he will open his Hospital,
to inoculate with the Small Pox,
the second Monday of February next.
ANY person or persons, wishing to
put themselves under that ope
ration, may have an opportunity from
the aforesaid day until the 24th of
next March. When it is convenient,
seven days notice is required.
N. B. The Hospitals are now
free from inferior—one of them en
tirely new.
Hampftead, Jan. 31, 1795.
Runaway Apprentice.
WHEREAS, Stephen Scales, an
apprentice indented to me the fub
feriber, has absented himfelf from my service,
contrary to my command. This is to for
bid all persons harbouring or trusting him
on my account, as I will discharge no debt of
his contrasting after the date ; and if he is
brought to me, will give no reward and pay
no charges. Said apprentice is 17 years of
age ; thick-fet,dark complexion, black hair;\
wore and carried off with him, one bottle
green turtoub, London brown coat, two pairs
of cloath-coloured overalls, three waistcoats,
and other small articles.
DANIEL CLARK.
Bofca^en, Feb. 3, 1795..
Apprentice wanted.
0 The Printers want an apprentice^from
12 to 16 years of age—who can read, write
and cypher—who will he inftruded in the art _
of Printing, and found with eloathing, &c.
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Harvard College Lottery.
tickets and Quarters of tickets
in the Second Class of _
HARVARD COLLEGE LOTTERY,
WHICH will positively commence drawing
the 9th of April next, may be had
fat Wait ^ Life's Store,
where the Prizes will be paid on demand.
-, & Concord, Feb. 5.
JLSO FOR SALE,
A quantity of Deer's Leather.
A "° ? .
A few bags of Spinning WOOL.
Case given for Dipping Furs, at
the about fore.
CT THE MIRROUR.
Tile Price is One Dollar and seventeen Ceara
per annum, exclusive of postage.