The Mirrour — Concord, N.H., 1794-12-19 00:00:00, page 4

PEfFR PlNDffi E^EGY.
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[On the Death of his Wife.]
T O, to the iron hand offate, m
I j My dear Sintra, meek fa!'# mate,
Rrfgns ber tuneful breath !
Th) lack'd her teeth, her lips, though pair.
And blue tacb barmltisfinger nail, n
She's beautiful in death.
Soon as I beard the last sweet fgb, ;.
And saw her lonely clfog eye,
'flow great was myfurprife !
fit did I not, with impious breath;
Arraign tbe sudden Jhaft of death,^ ^ *,-
Nor blame the righteous skies!
Why do I groan in dee, dejpair? . ~
Sipe, fa's a fi'ft rate 4ngel fair ;
Ah, why my bofem finite?
Canid grief Statira's life re,ore ?
But-— let me give fueb tarings o'er,
Whatever de —is right.
n friends who come to mourn her doom,
Fob God's fake gentle tread the room,
Nor call her from the hit,! ''
In Jofteftfilence drop the tear,
Be wbijpers breathe the fervent prayer, ;:
To bid btr spirit rest..
Repress the fad, the funding /cream,
I cannot bear such grief extreme,
Enough—one little fgh;
Be,des, thepild uproar afgrief,
J, many a mind mightraije belief,
} That all our griefsa lift-
Good people I Jhroud my lamb with care;
Her litabsfeft touching, kindlyf,are ;
Her mouth, ab! gently cloje !
Her mouth, the faeetejl tongue that beld,
Whoje mild, commanding tone compel!'d
To peace, mj loudest wees. "'"
And earpenter form, fad fake.
Os ,cute, oak her coffin make.
I'd not be jneaking fare:
0/ flecl, procure the, ronge, Jcrros, , so
For who would paltry pence refufe,
-To lodge bis wifefecure ? -,
Yemourners who the corps convey, ^^
With caution tread the doleful way,
Nor fbake ber precious bead! ',
Since fame reports, a coffin toft, ~ , fa
With carclcfs faring again, a post, ,
Did once disturb the dead. l
Farewel, my love, forever left,;
Ne'er troubled be th, gentle ghost.
That I again meg woo!
By all our pa, delights, my dear,
No more tlx marriage chain I'll queer, ^'
Plague.take me if I do. ,''
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FQR THE MIRROUR.
OBSERVATOR, No. VIII.
¥ ETus once more take a view of
~ the negle&ed youth—Negleded
in the great and important point of
Education. What can be more
disadvantageous to the body, or de
ftruftive to the fouls of the children
, of men, than to deprive them of one
of the dearest buffing?, viz. Erudi
tion ?—What excuse, (O p^enttl)
fan you form for yourfelvei, for thus
neglecting your duty, when you have
a school within a short fpsce of your
dwellings ? Is it not more for your
credit, and their advantage, to keep
them under the guidance of a tutor,
than to fuffer them to pass their
youthful days in mere idleness and
folly ?—Methinks, if you would look
over a few pager of futurity, and fee
your offspring grow up in ignorance,
such thoughts at these would create
in you, so much (hame and confufion,
that you would speedily put a flop to
this growing evil. ——Consider, what
the portion was of that fervent, who
hid his Lord's talent m the earth.=
Confider (also) that their welfare in
life depends on the precept, that are
fampt into their minds in then ten
^Sin, (you who are parents)lean
rot drop the fubjed before 1 once
more intrCT you to attend to the
most important duty, naw whi'e he
opportunity is in your hards Left
your ears,f^me future day) Should
hear this unwelcome fGund—" r^te
(he unprofitable fervor, bind him
hand and loot, raft him into omrf
d^kneft, there tin# be weepinty^d
g^fhing of teeth I" —O Tempora!
O Mores!
A KIND OQ SERMON.
'FOR THEMIRROUR.
Messrs. Russell & Davis,
By inferring the following, you will oblige
feveralcuftomers and well-wishers to the
press. >.
Albert SPEECH, addrtfdto them who merit it.
By reading which,' ' he who is not guilty,
will riot be diftu&d, and he who is, ought
to be reproved.
James 3d. Bth. ," But the tongue can no
man tame, it is an unruly evil, full of deadly
poifon."——
H OW often do we fee this passage of scrip
ture verified to the disgrace of human nature.
Yes, it is verified in all who wear the char
acters of Busy-bodies, Tatlers, Deceivers,
Defamers, Slanderers, and notorious Liars.
ift. Busybodies, busy in projecting anoth
er man's ruin, in order to promote his own
interest, which brings the cures of the peo
ple upon his own head.
zd. T, tiers, uttering that (which if be
lieved) will add a little to his present sport,
and wound the feelings of his confider,
3d. Deceivers, pretending the most sin
cere friendship, and yet if an opportunity of
gain offers, will dart a poisoned fhaft to the
very heart of this unfufpeding friend.
4th. Defamers, running down a person's
charter behind his back, in the most
fhameful and degrading manner,
gth. Slanderers,, pronouncing the most
black falfhoods against their competitors, on
purpose to get their own evil designs accom
plished.
6th. Whoever is found in the class of the
above description, is a notorious liar indeed :
And what characters are so abandoned, as
those of the above description [ Charaaers
which would make even devils tremble to
wear—and yet there are images in human
shape who wear them in reality ; and if we
look with a nice infpeaion, we may difeern
all those hideous charaaers, Sheltered under
one hat, and a most unwelcome fight it is !
.What, my dear Sirs, (of the above descrip
tion) will give comfort to your guilty breasts,
when you are cited to appear before an as
sembled Universe ! When the fun shall be
darkened with clouds of horror, and the
moon turnedinto blood ! When the heavens
shall flee away, and the earth reels to and
fro like a'drunkard 1 when all universal na
ture seems returning to its former chaos ! In
short, when God, the Supreme Judge, shall
descend to judge both men and devils ! !—
Misery of miseries! too blocking for human
nature to reflea upon ! but how,much more
tremendous to bear though hopeless and
lifting ages !—Who has any bowels of pity !
who has any tender thoughts of compassion !
If there are any, for God's fake, let them
(hew it, by warning every man and beseech
ing every man to expel such base thoughts
from .their breasts ; and to seek the Lord
while he may be found !—I wish they may
obtain mercy at the eleventh, at the lift
hour ! I with they maybe snatched from the
opening, the gaping, the almost closing jaws
of damnation ! But alas ! who can tell
whether affronted Majesty will lend an ear
to their complaint 1 He may, for ought
any mortal knows, laugh at their calamity,
and mock who theft fear.cometh ! !
" Repent, repent, for why will ye die, O!
house of Israel !"
PHILANTHROPY.
^n Italian Story.
A COUNTRY fellow, almost frozen with
cold, demounted frem his horse to walk
on foot. Two Franciscans, going the fame
way, & perceiving him, one said to his com
panion, " If I had a horse, I'll be hatig'd if
I would be such a tool as to lead him by the
bridle—he Should carry me to my tonvent."
, The other, who was of a lively humour, re
plied:, I have a great mind to play a trick
to this fellow, and take his horse from him :
—But you must give me your affiftance."—
The former consenting, they very gently ap
preached the countryman, without his per
ceiving it. One of the Franeijeans dexterous
ly took off the bridle from the horse's head,
and clapping it upon his own, followed the
countryman : Whilst th# ,ot6er,~ :with the
halter, flily carried the horse a6de, Not far
from thence, the countryman finding Mmfelf
dgain' inclined to ride, turned round, but
was almost ftrnk dead with ^ir,«t such a
fetamorphefis,: And, trying oirtWribly
for help, w,s floppy 1%% Friar; who,
falling upon fas knees, most humbly, entreat-
ed bictyto xft ore,his liberty, faying—" that
for the enormity of his fin#, he had beeh
condemned to such a trstsformation as the
body of a horse ; and that the term of his
pensnee being now finished, he was re(tored
to his fora er fhipe." —The countryman re
-covering a li'tk from his fright, not only
granted him his wished for liberty, but with
out at all fn/peding the trick they had put
upon him, thus foolishly replied, " Go, in
holy peace: Now'l am not at all surprised,
that after fucha wicked life as you had led,
you Should have turned out such a villainous
beast." The Francifcau tock leave of him,
profeffing how much he was obliged, and
went in search of his companion ; and having
got a distance from the poor countryman,
they took another road. A few days after,
the Franciscans requested a friend of theirs
to carry the horse to a neighboring fair to
be fold. Whilst he was going along with the
purchaser to require payment* the firft person
who met them happened to be the poor coun
tryman, who immediately recognizing his
horse, addressed the buyer, telling him he
wifh^d to (peak with him a little aside. Hav
ing alked whose horse that was, the other re
plied : " Tjs one! have but this moment
purchased, but he is not yet paid for." On
ybur life, fays the countryman, don't pay for
him; give him back ;—I fav, don't believe
that that piece of carriers which you fee there
is a horse ; [ tell you it is aFrancifeJn, doom
ed for his wicked life to wear that shape.—
Give him back, I fay ; it is the vilest animal
in the whole world, and has made me mad a
hundred ihoufand times.
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EXTRACTED FORTHE MIRROUR.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
OF
Remarkable Events, Inventions,
A NP /
The &a, Country, and Writings of learned
Men.
The whole comprehending, in one view, the
analysis, or outlines, of Universal Hiftory,
from the Creation. (Continued.)
Years after christ.
POTATOES firft brought
'5 £ into England.
1587 Mary Queen of Scotti is be
headed by order of Elizabeth, after
18 years imprisonment.
Duelling with [mail (words intro
duced into England.
1588 The Spanifb armada defrayed
by Drake and other Englijb admirals.
Chatham Chest, the firft charity for
disabled or fuperanuated marineri,
inftitated by Queen Elizabeth.
Fire foips sass used in the Englilb
nfy, at, the engagement with the Span
i/b armada.
Henry the IF. pages the edit! of
Nantz, tolerating the Protetats.
-^589 Coaches firft introduced into
England ^ Hackney a&, 1693 • ,te
creased to 1000 101770.
1590 The firft fail doth made in
England.
Band of Penfanere inffituted in En
gland^fy
1591 Trinity College, in Dublin,
founded. .&)
'597 (Patches frH brought into
England from German,.
1598 Taffetiesfirft made in England,
1602 Decimal arithmetic invented
at Bruges.
1603 Queen Elizabeth, the last of
the Tudors, dies, having nominated
James VI. of Scotland as her fuccel
for ; which makes both the king,
doms take the name of Grearbrit
, The word Sacred added to the
titles of the Englilh monarchs.
1605 The gun-powder plot dis
covered at Westminster $ being a
project .of the Ron^n Cat holier, to
blbw up the King and both Houfa
of Parliament, ^^^ ^',./'fa,. "
1606 0#& of allegiance „:#
ministered in England. '. ?
1608 Galileo of Florence fir^dif
copers the Satellites, about the planet
@o%h ibeu&fclM, @ iwjii,
ri^^f^^Q^
^?r '"' '"" "'"
rts. br Ravaillac, a trie
~ i6ri baronets firft created in Eng ,
land by fames I.
1614 Napier,' of Merebiefton, in
Gotland invents the logarithms,
The ji'fl Englijb fbip Jeni to Green-.
Zand. ,
1616 The jirff permanent fettlemin:
in Virginia.
1619 W. Harvey, an Englishman,
coolHmi the doctrine of the circu'a
rioo of the b : ood, which had been
firft broached by Servetius, a French •
physician, iry 553.
(To 6c continued.)
The only Retreat of the British.
SOME ingenious friends of administration
contend, that our retreat from Flanders
is an advantage. By leaving the low coun
tries to our enemies, we take up higher
ground, and show how much we are above
them. \ \-
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Momuel Phelps, of Pembroke,
rOSf RIDER,
INFORM S his friends and the public, that
he has contracted with the Printers vt the
Mirrou,.; to ride post, on the route which
James Rubiufon undertook to perform for a
year, and on which he rode fix months, viz.
from No. fol to 106 of the Mirrour— Said A
Phelps began with No. 107, and will perform
laid business for fix months from that time,
on the fame terms which said Robinson pro
posed, viz. Each one, who wishes to pay in
produce, to pay for the whole year, by the
\ firft of February next, otherwise to pay the
Money at the end of the year.—Timely no
tice shall be given, where the produce will be
received in the several towns.
The following will be his route, viz. To
Empfom, Deerfield, Candia and Allenftown,
on Saturdays. To Canterbury, Northfield,
Sanbornton, Meredith, Gilmantown, Lou
don and Chichefter, on Mondays and Tues
days, every week, (weather permitting.)
In bad storms and bad travelling his cus
tomers will excuse him, if he performs his
route faithfully, at least once a fortnight. —
And if he does not prove faithful and punc
tual, as he proposes, he will not take pay of
his customers.
He will leave papers at the usual places for
those who live eff of the road he rides—And
any one who flops taking, it is expeaed will
pay for whgt papers he may have received
heretofore, which are unsettled for. '"
He will faithfully perform all business he
undertakes on said route,and hopeftly attend
to every concern entrusted to his care.
Pembroke, Dec. §, 1794.
Please to take notice.
' AS the fubferiber formerly requeued those
, who wereindebted to him in the above towns,
for last year's papers, to make payment to
James Robinson, whose receipt, he informed
them, ihould be their difeharge, this is there
fore to requeß all whd are still in arrear, not
to pay said Robinson for any papers delivered:
before the 12th of May, 1794, as his recept,
given hereafter, will not be their difeharge.
Said Robinson is entitled to the pay from
No. 81 to 106, making fix months— And .
Samuel Phelps is entitled to thte pay from
No. 106 to the fune be may cease riding.
, All who are indebted to ©eon his route,
;may fettle with said Phelps, as he has their
accounts in his haridi, and he will deliver
them printed receipts therefor. R
^ ONCE MORE-Win you LISTEN.
gentlemen ? — ONCE MORE—the fubfc?iber
EARNESTLY invitu bi: Good Friends and
C,ftft,t Cuftomers ß <wib@ are in ARREAR, /#
be Jo Goed as to lend him affiflance to procure a :
'/„!,:of Paper —%ubicb cannot be done without
making remittances for the last year's fleck—He
tenders bis facers gratitude to those who Fave been'
ptypaal in ,ajring,axd <ufa have ibereb, enabled
him to proceed thus far. But unkfs be receives .
belp from others, be m&fl jetfaii —for want of
STOCK. HELP! gwkmn, HELP f
4to#fr§, 1794. E. RUSSELL.'
James Foster, Baker,
INFORMS his friends and the pub-
I lie, that he carries on his byfmeU,
inanity various branches, at hit bake
hoyfe, a few, rods fouth of the Town
Hov^ iif^l Where he #W
fopply Chap keepers and ate, with
good Bread, 3ifcuit, Gingerbread, &c.i
on rhe fhot^ notice, add most rea
sonable terffi^^^O^fa ^&^^^
'qfy MIRROUR.