The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-07-22 00:00:00, page 2

plough, whips the boy be
cause he did not think of it,
hastens back after it, the boy
runs home ; it is noon before
he can bring his matters to
gether,and he does but half a
day's work. In the courle of
the funimer he overturns Se
veral loads of hay : There is
the appearance of a shower,
Tie goads on his. cattle ; and
instead oflooking at his cart,
looks at the cloud; his load is
overfet and out in the rain.
He rites in a winter morning,
with a determination to fled
home three loads of wood.
He must firft, get his boots
mended. He runs to the barn
,—throws some hay to his
gattle in the Cables—forgets
those in the yard—never (huts
the door—hastens to the (hoe-'
maker, but he's left his boots
at home—runs back after
them—finds the cattle in the
barn arid his oxen at the corn
crib—drives them out with a
vengeance—goes in to the
house in a foam —strikes the
firft he meets for leaving the
barn door open—concludes
his oxen will die—cooks a
mess to prevent the fatal ef
feds of the corn they, have
eaten —in his hurrv kicks it
over —and then prepares an
other. He gets no wood to
day, keeps himfelf in a fret
and his family in a tumult,
He gives his people no order
how to employ ;themletves=
they loie their timei-and at
night he is in a ragefle
caufe not a foul has Hone
any wors. Fervidus fully
believes the marine of witch
craft. And. His family are
foberl^ of the Opinion, that
there 0 an evil fpitit
Lentulas is a different cha
raaer^ ;He is indnftrious,but
moderate. You never fee hint
idle nor in a hurry. He plans
his business well ; lays out no
more than can be executed in
season ; takes things in their
proper order, without confu
fion or interference. He -fi.
nhhes what he.undertakes,
proceeds with little noise, and
never destroys what he has
done, by an eagerness to do
more than can be done., He
riles early, attends the stated
duties of the- family delibe
rately, iffiaes the orders of the
day calmly, and finds them,
at night, executed faithfully.
When one thing is done, all
know what to do next ; there
is no confufion; and what
cannot be accomplished in
one day, tie is content to
leave for another. /If when
he has hay^ abroad, he lees a
shower arising, he will secure
it if he can., But he never
breaks his rakes by hurry, to
anticipate the shower ; nor
Directions of the Philadelphia
HUMANE SOCIETr.-
To prevent the fatal effects of
drinking cold waterier
cold liquors of any kind in
warm weather. y
/Ift. Avoid drinking while
you are warm, or , u - ~•
2dly. drink only a final!
quantity at once, rind let it
remain a short time in your
mouth before you swallow
it 3 or, , ;
gdly. Grasp the vessel out
of which you are about to
drink (provided it is glass,
eiirtheri ware, or metal) for
ja few minutes, with both
your hands, for each of these
Jubilances convey off a por T
tiori of the heat of the body
into the Cold liquor, & there-
; by lessen the danger which
arises from the excessive heat
of the body,on the one hand,
and coldness of the liquor on
the other ; or,
4thly. Wash your hands
and face, and rince your
mouth with cold water, be
ifore you drink. If these pre
cautions have been neglect
ed,and a disorder, incident to
drinking cold water has been
produced, the firft, and, in
most instances, the only re
medy to be adminiftred is,
sixty drops of liqid laudanum
in spirit and water, or warm
drin k of any kind.,
If this fnould fail of giv
ing relief, the fame quantity
may be given twenty minutes
afterward.
. When laudanum cannot
be obtained, .rum and water
or warm water should be giv
en. Vomits and bleedings
should not be used without
consulting a physician.
breaks his rest, if the shower
anticipates him. When the
day is closed, his cares are dis
missed. He spends the even
ing in ufeful conversation
with his family of a neigh
bour. Whatever happens,you
will fee him serene and tempe
rate. He is thankful for suc
cess—never diicompofed by
cross accident—He . never
blames others for his mif
fakes, nor chides them with
passionate severity for their
own. You never fee him out
of humour for what could not
be prevented, or anxious for
what is not in human power.
He spends theday cheerfully,
closes it devoutly, and gaffes
the night quietly. He is
iuccefsful in his business ; his
domefticks love his service ;
the blessings of the poor
come upon him, and the
smiles of heaven attend him.
Lentulus is never molested by
witchcraft..
• Hampshire Cbron.
EXTRAORDINARY LONGEVITY.
Tuefday died Mrs. Martha Hayward,
bf St, David's Iftand, of the extraordi
nary age of one hundred and fourteen
years. She remained her faculties to the
lafl, had been a regular liver ? and knew
very little of sickness until a few days
previous to her death. She had a mott
extraordinary memory, could remember
every remarkable event during her life,
and relate it with great correttnefs. For
forhe years before (he was 70 the wore
fpe&acles, but after that time her fight
I came perfectly to her, and the could read
the fmalteft print without them ever
firice; flie had a desire to live longer,but
when she understood her dissolution was
;drawing near, ffie resigned her mortal
life without a groan. She platted pal
metta hats for her living, some of which
have been lately sent to England as a
Curiosity. She has left a daughter,
(Mrs, Cockran) who is now of a great
age, a great number of grand children,
and great grand children, many of
which were at her funeral.
? Mr. Granbury, th^ boat-builder, of
Tucker's town, who Was working on a
filing-boat until a month before his
death, was born April 8, 1982, and di
ed June the 29th, 1790, so that he must
have lived 109 years, 2 months and 21
days. A relation of the deceased gave
the above account to the printer.
A most horrid and cruel murder was
committed a few days since, on the body
of a young German, in the neighbour
hood of Lebanon, of the name of Oran
dorff; I saw the inquisition,taken before
Justices 1 horn and Clark,—lt appeared
that, about twelve o'clock at night,
when asleep in bed, aftllow entered his
room, ft+uck him on the head with an
axe and then cut his throat, of which he
inhantly died ; This was on the second
story ; the ruffian then defeended to a
room on the firft floor, where his (the
deceafed's) two fillers lay, entered the
room with a lanthorn and candle burn
ing, intending, no doubt, to murder
them and rob the house ; in this, howe
ver he was disappointed, one of them
made refeftapce, and in the struggle, the
candle went out, the axe fell from his
hand ; the other sister escaped out'of the
window to alarm the neighbours, and in
the mean time the villain fled, leaving
- Origin of the vulgar joke —
" See parity from Cork, with
bis Coat buttoned behind." —
WHEN the famous partizan
O'Lauchlon, was retreating
from Cionakilly, before Lord
Broghill, he suddenly halted,
as the Innifkillingers came in
fight, on a large plain, and
ordered his men to turn their
coats ,round,and button them
behind, to put on their wigs
tyith the hind part before,
and to reverse their hats —
"for then, my lads (fays he)
while we are running away, the
enemy will fond fill and think
we are marching up to them."
= —His stratagem succeeded to
a charm.
A correspondent informs that a {pecu
lating gentleman who made large pur
chases of Federal City lots,.has in con
temptation to import from Europe, four
thousand hands ! viz. Brick-makers,
stone-cutters, masons, carpenters, &c.
to build a number of elegant edifices !
the plans of which for some time past
have engaged his whole arention and
time.—What think you of the Federal
City now ?,
PHILADELPHIA, JULY I.
Extraa of a letter from Lancafler, dated
1 BERMUDA, MARCH 29.
GEOIRGE-TOWN, JUNE 22.
June 28, to a Gentleman in this City,
Foreign Advices.
American Intelligence.
A gentleman from Fairhaven (Vermont)
on whoje veracity ace can rely, adv Ju,
that about three weeks face Capt. sea di
ah Hyde, originally of Norwich, was:
murdered by a certain Hells. 1b?
murder is laid to have originated in con
sequence of a threatened juit,for a small
demand the unfortunate bad againfl Wells ^
for the payment of which the culprit had
been frequently foli tied, and had peremp
torily refufed compliance; declaring vio=
lence, Jhould Hyde presume to arrest him,
Altercation having fakffed between the
parties, and harmony apparently eftablifc
ed, Hyde ventured himfelf upon the lake in
a boat with Wells : When they had pro
ceeded some dijiance in their course, beyond
an accurate reach rs the eye, the people on
fare were firtrifed with the cry of mur
der ; Wells Joon after returned, and report
ed that Hyde bad fallen overboard, and
was drowned. On being queflioned rela
tive to the noise, be affirmed that bim
felf bad repeated the cry, in hope of ral
lying assistance : Sufoicicn, however, be
ing violent against him, be was holden for
more thorough examination ; and in three
days after, the dead be, was taken up,
agd the full was found beaten in, A ju
ry' of infyft reported wilful murder, and
Wells is held in irons for trial.
In Sweden, w hen one of the parties is
killed, is inevitably punished with the
death of the furvivour. If neither of the
parties fall, both fuffer two years impri
sonment, pay a fine of tcoo crowns to
the state, and live during two years ort
bread and water. The National Courts
aft as courts of benor, and when any one
has received an affront, ufuaily order the
offending party to beg pardon pub
lickly.
The way to fatten Horses, praaijed in Jame
capital cities.
KEEP your horses in the stable all
day, in very hot weather ; then let your
servants ride them to water; let
them drink till they are ready to burst;
then let thorn be driven furioufly, Jehu
like, for half a mile.— A word to the
wife. —
Mr. Wesley, when in the 51st year of
his age, was to all appearance, dying of
a consumption ; apprehending that some
vile penegyric might be wrote upon his
tomb-stone, he ordered the following, if
any should be adopted;
" The rren were good fuiroers, but
the women having hold of hem, when
the surge luept them our cf their depth,
and continuing their bold, they were
all drowned tege her. Many attempts
were made to save them, but all in vain.
Imagination can scarcely depi& the
dreadful scene, on reflecting that the
wives of the two men (being young
married people) and the husband of
Mrs. Bacon (who is left with a largo
family of children), were all fpeCtators of
this truly mournful catastrophe.-—Tho
wives of the two men, and a daugher of
Mrs. Bacon, ^ere nearly bereaved of
life on the occafion,and had not assistance
been at hand, they muff also have perish
ed in the water with grief,having faint
ed away several times, and thereby dif
enabied from helping themselves."
dated the 20tb inst.
" On Friday latt a melancholy acci
dent happened near this place. A num
ber of the inhabitants having met on the
beach a little below Cohanfey creek
some of them went into tht water to
bathe, when the four following persons
were drowned :
Mrs. Bacon, wife of Enos Bacon.—
Miss Rachel Hulled,— Mr. Peter Cod
dington— and Mr. V illi.m M' Creaff.
behind him the axe and two final! cords,
with which he at firft attempted to tie
the young girls. The man murdered was
to be mairied next Tuefday to a very
decent farmer's daughter.
Extrea of a letter Jtom Coharfey, Cum
berland County, Scale of Aiw-ftrfey,
The led, of J OHN WESLEY.
A brand flucked out of the burnings.
Who died of a consumption in the 5 if, ear
of bis a ge,
Not leaving, after his debts avert paid,
ten pounds behind him.
Praying
God tele merciful to an unprofitableJerraant^
LITCHFIELD, JUNE 29.
HARTFORD, JULY 11.
DUELLING
NEW- YORK, JUNE 2fr
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