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Addrtfs to the Public.
ELIJAH RUSSELL,
TENDERS his gratitude to his Friends
,and the Public, for the encouragement and
support he has hitherto received from them
since he opened his Printing Office —The aid
given the Mirrour, by its numerous, re
fpeftable Patrons, since its firft publication,
demands.the tribute ofhis warmest acknowl
edgements—lb those friends, who have gen
erously granted hifa their assistance in its sup
port, or in any other way, is presented the
thankfulnefs of a grateful heart-whose fa
vors, in future, he will aim to merit.
Having entered into partnership with Mr.
Moses DAVIS, of Concord, the Mirrour
will hereafter be published by them, in Com
pany, and all other business in the line of
their profeffion, will be tranced under the
film of Russell & DaVis.
ELIJAH RUSSELL.,
moTesdavis,
HAVING entered into partnership with
Mr. Elijah Russell, for carrying on tne
Printing Business, in company with him, in
Concord, no pains and attention will be (par
ed on his part, and the part of his Friends,
to render his business serviceable and accept
able to the public ;— He therefore earnestly
solicits the patronage and support of all who
are his friends, and well-withers to the pros
perity arid success of a Fellowcitizen, and
young beginner—whose with is to acquire a
'livelihood, by his industry, and attention to
his business— And while he strives to render
Simfelf serviceable, in his business, he flatters
himfelf, that he fhsll receive the aid of his
friends in particular, and that of a generous
public in general—Whose indulgence he re
q,efts, to fxcufe little inaccuracies, the ef
fed of the want of experience in life.
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Russell ^ Davis,
INFORM their Friends and the Public,
that hatful on the 20th day of October infti
entered ihto partnerlhipjhey intend carry
ing on the Printing Business with neatness,
and expeditiously—They ardently solicit the
support and employment of all their Friends
and well-withers, and the aid of a beneficent,
indulgent community—Whole favours shall
ever be gratefully received, and refpedfully
acknowledged.
They will employ every mean in their pow
er,, to render/T&&MIRROUR as ufeful and
entertaining, both as to Foreign and Domes
tic important Intelligence, and also Miscel
lanies, Anecdotes, roetry, &c. as any paper
published in this State, or elsewhere. They
will ftydy to serve their Guests with as vari
ous aDhh of " Food for the Mind," as the
limits of a newspaper will admit —calculated
to please the uriviciated palate.—And while
their Patrons are reminded," 73a/ the Btf of
Cool cannot always ,/^ all t a ftcs, they hope
that trifling imperfections will meet the gen
eral indulgence and pardon of a kind and
benevolent community —whose favour and
support, it will ever be the height of their
ambition to merit and receive in the prose
cution of that Noblest of Arts—THE ART
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Unitf^Ui, Party, vt^mtih just.
Coricord. Oftober 24, 1794.
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Concord, Odober 24, 1794.
FRIDAY, October 31, i 79 4. \.^X?^
FOR THE MIRROUR.
OBSERVATOR, N°. IV. [
WHEN we fee old men, with theii hoary
locks, who appear to be just on the
brink of the grave,spending the chief of thefr
time at the tavern, reeling to and fro, with;
intoxication,—we are struck with admiration
and aftonifliment, at their stupidity !—-—
Yes, venerable Sirs, (of the above defcrip
tibn) you pursue the most egregious follyi
Jou, who have not wrought one. hour hr
your matter's vineyard, what' account can'
you render, when you roust stand before an
assembled Universe ? When that tingling
sentence will salute your ears, —" He that is
holy, let him be holy still—and he that is
filthy, let him be filthy forever I" —0 .'Tem
poral 0! Moros!
" HE IS GOING to THE LEEWARD."
Mtfj. Printers,'
I HAVE heard this sea phrase applied with
so much propriety' to mismanagement of
affairs, that l'think it proper to give a few
hints to those, to whom the application can
I easily be made. A person (fays the seaman,
and so do I too) who does not pay up his in
terest annually and discharge a small part df
the principal ; but fuffers,on the firft of Jan
uary, a new obligation to be given, with the
interest of the past year added to the princi^
pal ; he cannot be properly saluted with a
batytav year. * But most dearly goes to the
leeward, paying compound interest : When
, you hear ofaman beginning to mortgage Mil
property for half its value, Query, Whether
he will not fall to the leeward. When I hear
a collector paying rates for another man;
that man, you may observe, will fall to the
leeward. When I fee a farmer waiting for
breakfaft, until 8 or 9 in the morning, be
fore be is at his work ; I mark that man for
the leeward. When I fee fences lean almost
to the ground, by means of which the Crop is
vary much exposed, and a little time in erea
ing or flaking it up, would, probably, save it;
and it is neglected ; the owner is, I mistrust,
for the leeward. When 1 fee cows and oxen,!
nightly, standing in the street, when they
might be put into the yard ; I conclude he
is not thorough in his business, andgains ve
ry little to the w'wArwd"— When the gar
, den neglected —they ate not acquainted with
good living. When I lee the litter of the
kitchen scattered abound the door, that fami
ly seldom tastes old pork through the year.
When I fee a man at work in the field, and
he ftop^ his team and feats himfelf on hfe cart
or plow, to fee me, or even Governour him
feit ride by : I really think he is locking out
far a tyrifi deputy, or***. When I fee a
healthy person, in the middle of the day, of
in fad, at any time, lounging about taverns
and tradesmen's, /hops—he has no right to
his victuals, more than a thief has with stolen
goods ; and you may depend upon it, he is
deffitute of his heel, of course drives fwiftly
to the leeward. When 1 fee the bottle Land
ing on the mechanic's window board. I hart
reason to think, he is charged, in the mer
chant's book,—Db/iWhen I fee the date
of a man's accounts neglected, audit is filled
up with ditto, and ditto, and dittos ; on that
account the lawyer may ekpe& his Fee.=
When I fee the young attorney frequently
among the Fair ; I note, W%foshmon faq
book, his name, with (abfqe boc., When I
fee two physicians quarrd; aboatthe opera
tion of arafrfc; the parent will very soon
go to the fawarZ— Now, when I fee the
Ihepherd of bar parish, daily rra% rfit, with
the noble ,m,-#I look out on the Sabbath, for
^foporifemrdofe, which greatly dbftrufls the
' carotid 4,7ffto=then we of course fell to th#
leeward. observer
• Oppefite to fbt leeWard_
• i^y: $'^TCT'''#*@ ^ —:
Tbe ba„inejs and Dignity of Masood defaMls
fan tie Condaft of the youtkfdl Age.
LET not the season of youth be barren of
improvements, so essential to your feli
city ahd honour. Your chara&r is now of
your own forming ; your fate is in some
meafore put into your own hands. Your
nature is as yet plaint and foft. ' Habits
have not eftabl shed their dominion. Preju
dices have not preoccupied your understand
ing. The world has not fed time to con
trad and debase your affections. All your
powers are more vigorous, difembarrailed
and free, than they will be at any future pe
riod: Whatever impulse you now give to
your desires and pamons, the direction is
fikely to continue. It will form the channel
in which your life is torun; nay, it mayder
termine an everlasting iffue^ Confider then
the employment of this important period us
the higher trust which shall ever be com
mitted to you ; a% in a great meafare, deci
sive of your happiness, in time and in etefni
ty, /As in the succession of the feafors, each,
&the invariable laws of nature, affeds the
ptoduaiods of what is next in course ; foin
human life, ev/ry period of our age, accord
ing as it is well orill spent, influences the
happiness of that which is to follow. Virtu
ous youth gradually brings forward accom
plifoed and flourishing manhood ; and fuel!
mg^hood passes of itfeif, without uneasiness,
into refpedable and tranquil old age But
when nature is turned out of its regohr
course, disorder takes place in the n'toral, just
asin the vegetable world. If the spring put
forth 11'0 blbffoms, in femmes there will be•
no beauty, and in autum no fruit: So, if
youth be trifled away without improvement,,
manhood •will be contemptible, and old age
miserable.•
mtn Bull ,
The Fair Reformer.
A FRAGMENT.
beiteO LIOW unhappy are the
lair, who, from mis
taken notions of haffimefs, feck the
fitting paths "of pleasure I Deluded
indeed I—Here a sigh burst from her
bosom, at the recol teaion of past fol-,
ly—and a ~ear fell from its orb, and
retted on the cheek of the fair Eu
phrofyne. Cease, said the, the dew
drops of Contrition, What avail they
now ? Are not the years of diffipicion
fleeted like the fun beams of the
morning, without one/reOaing mo
ment? they sported till m, fortune
was exhausted—and friends with for
tune Bed.
"For nubdt it friendship but a name,
acharm that lulls toJleep : j _
Xfoadet bat follows wealth and fame,
Andkaaratbe wretebto iwee,!"
I roust now find some solitude, tod
perhaps close the evening of my life
in the lap of penury : But flop, me
thinks fame kind power bids me not
despair : though I have deviated
from prudence, I nfver have from
Virtue. Notwithstanding this reverse of
fortune, I ma, yet be happy ; the
reditude of my heart Shall be my con
foiation : Here (he paused— Yet! it
mutt be so: To morrow, at Aurora's
dawn, when the feathered forgOeri
are chanting forth hymns of gratitude
to the Supreme Author of the opi
verfe—l will commit myfelf to his
tare ; and quit this town forever, and
endeavour to blot out the remem
brance of the part 1 haveaded in it.
The rudd, fingers of the morn had
foft unbarred the gatei of light, when
"Euphibfyne bade adieu to the place of
her birth.
The melody of the birds, the foft
'vefa of the air, the univerfel ftilloefs,
that reigred around, spread a serenity
over her mind, and cammed all her
forrown She flopped to take a
survey of the lurfounding land(cape.
How happy, exclained (he, are the
inhabitants of yon lowly cottage, now
enjoying* the sweets of balmy flum
•bers. This U a felicity the virtuous
)ooly knoWl Sleep on ye children of
innocence, and may your repose be
Uninterrupted I She fiaifhed her e
jaculation with a sigh, and walked
(lowly forward, till (he arrived at a
little village, where (tie enquired her
Way to the next ; and with the small
remains of her fortune purchased a
cottage. The lofty elm overshadow
ed her dwelling, and the lowly ever
green crept around her door. Here
the once gay Euphrof,he, that lately
(hone ia all the circles of the beau-
mode, was obfeure is in the Shadowy
vale;' but in the vale, (he was con
vinced that happiness does not dwell
on the furomit of grandeur.
N° w > good people, I have a word of ad
vice for you. I will tell you how to pay
your taxes and debts without feeling them,—
First, Fee no Lawyers.
You lay lawyers have too high fees, I fay
they do hot. They caftme not one farthing.
Do as I have always done, and lawyers tees
will be no trouble at all. isl want a new
beat, or toy wife whnts a ntelv tecWD, we have
agreed to wear the 01* ones till We have got
cath or produce to pay for them. Then we
b'uy —we pay in hand—we get things cheaper
than our neighbours. Merchants never duj
ps—lnd we have no lawyers fees so pay.
When we fee ffieriff? and duns knocking at
the doors of our neighbours, we laugh at
their folly. Betide I keep a little drawer in
try deft, tyrth trioney enough so it to pay the
next tax ; arid I never touch a farthing till
the collefyr calb.=Now, good folk!, if you
will all take the fame method, you will save
but of lawyers fees and court charges, on the
most moderate calculation, zo,©bol. a year.
Secondly; I allow thy family but two gal
lons of rum a year. This is enough for. any
family, arid too touch for most or them. I
drink cider and beer of our own mannfaaure:
And ray wife makes excellent beer, I assure
you. I advise you all to do the fatoe. I aba
ahonimed at you, good folks, , Not a me
chanic or a labourer goes to wofrk for a mer
chant but be carries home a Bottle of rurti.
Not a load of wood comes to town, but a
gallon bottle is tied to the cart stake to be
filled with rum. Scarcely a woman comes
to town wiib tow doth, but ihe has a Wooden
gallon bottlein one fide of tier fiddle bags to
fill with rum. A Granger would think yott
to be a nation of Indians, by your thirst for
this paltry liquor. lake a bit of advice frbm
a good mend of yoUrs. Get.two gallons of
rum in a year—have two or three trolicks of
innocent mir.h—keep a little fpiri't for a
medicine, and let your common drink be thri
produce or mantfaaure of this country.—
This will make a laving of almost 4.06,006
gallons of rum; of 80,cool, a year.
Thirdly, Never buy any useless afti'cltei bf
clothing. —Keep a good suit for Sundays arid
other public days, but let your cort>mcri wear
ing apparel be good substantial clothes, and
linens of ycur own manufaAure. Pull all
the plumes from the heads of yous wives and
daughters. Feathers and fripperies full the
Cherokees, or the wench in your kitchen ;
but they little become the fair daughters of
Independent America.' Out of the dry
goods imported, you toby make a faring of
§o,oo'ol. a year..
These savings amount to I§,6bo|. a year.
This is more than enough to pay the interest
of all our public debts.
My countrymen,l am hot trifling with you.
lam serious. You feel the fads I state. You
know you are poor, arid you ought to know #
the fault is yourown. Are you not fatisfied
with the Food and drink which this country
affords ? The beef, the pork, the wheat, the
corn, the butter, the cheese, the cider, the
beer, those luxuries which are heaped in pro
fufion upon your tables ? If not, you mug
e*pea to be poor. In vain, do you with for
mines of gold and Silver. A mine would be
' the greatest curse that could befal this coun
try. There is gold |nd lilvet enough in the
world, and if you have not enough of it, it is
because you consume all you earn in useless
food and drink. In vain do you wish to in
crease the quantity of cam by a mint or by
paper emissions -Should it rain millions if
Joes into your chimnies, on your present f,f
tem of expenses, you would still have no mon
ey. It would leave the country in ft reams
Trifle not with serious fubjefy, nor spend
your breath in empty wishes. Reform—
Economife. This is the whole of your po
litical duty. You may reafon—fpeculate—
complain—raife mobs—spend life, in railing
at congress and your raters—but umtefs yon
import teG than you export—unless you
spend less than you earn, you will eternally
tepbor.
* Iwouldjuft mention to ft, fair friends whom
l love aadtfere, tbatfttttofrroh.CTdufr.
Pfri,roof the bead, are badges of ftftitata in
Europe ; and / banxjmt Enrotam, who, u,o£
fLa fifo rihsfe^tf fete
bbofog doubters tfto«,ce, in America, bra
mistaken foefor tymra of illfame.
Lifr [number 106.)
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