The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1793-07-16 00:00:00, page 4

OnE important design of youth is to al
leviate the unavoidable miseries of old age,
and mitigate the for rows of declining years ;
by preparing a.fubftitute for those vacancies
neceffartly resulting from death, and misfor
tune—and although we’ cannot fly front our
fate ; yet we can meliorate its feveritjr.—
Nature in all its operations teaches us the <
ittoft ufeful leflbns of prudence and fore-tho’t.
We anticipate winter and provide for its in
clemency. We anticipate danger and avoid
the horrors of death. The great difference
between a wife man and a fool is, the one
calculates the coofequence of events, while
the other lives to the moment.
The parfimonioos hand of Providence has
never invented so good an expedient against
\the infirmities of age as meditation, Study
and knowledge—atafle for these must be ac
quired while young',while the mind is fufeep
tab’e of impreflions our stock of ideas should
belaid in. Then when we must exchange the
bloom; beauty and aftivity of youth for the
infirmities of age will be our,only pleasurable
companions ; with'our Books we can find al
ways the belt of company, can converse with
those who are absent with familiarity—-the
■ sprightliness of youth ; the gravity of age, the
poli icks of past ages are easily unfolded while
we, seated by the dim taper, can frientlv kan
the actions of countless ages, and in fancies
balloon,when weary of viewing the revolution
' this plawet,caninftantaneoufly tranfportqur
felves to the remotest star. With theie we can
conned the present with the paft,and while on
the circuits ofexHlince our thoughts will re
verberate and trace the incidence of ufeful
nefs, friendfhip and happind's,through which
we hav'* passed.
SHINING heaps of mcjf^p ale,
/ill the gem-gams menprejer.
Gilded roof and beds of Ji ate,
Cannot real wealth confer.
The translation of a fragment of Solon, prcfer
ved in Plutarch.
The man that's hone fl, mile and brave,
Jn body found and (perils free.
If he pojjeis mhat nature crave.
Is in truth as rich as he.
Jam a mife and boyt to this,
Whoje infant leaping! bhake the fioor ;
Lord oj Jo much solid blfs.
Kings thcmfelves to him mere poor.
Wh'.le mea/th abroad me fetk to find.
Eager in mijb,in vain intent,
<1 he treasure lies mithin our mind,
dind he s mo ft rich mho's mod content.
^^Bfervir.g in your paper of the ad. inst a
piece of my old friend the Prompter No. V, re
ipetting the^niferies inlalibly attending those
whom nature has liberally endowed with a
plentiful (lock of Under Lip : I beg leave to
differ from him in fentimenc, although I am
lorry to pluck so noble a feather from my good
friend’s cap ; yet can’t confider him any lon
ger as Dldator, but as Didated. He begins
by calumniating a popular opinion, not con
iidering the fundamental maxim of all repub
licks, that the majority of a free people can ne~
ver ait mrong. I am sorry he should think
the only use lips were made for was kissing
and to cover the teeth, forgetting the princi
pal law inMachanifms, that every part Jirength
ens the mbole Machine. lam likcwife sorry
that through the imperfection of feme genius
the whole species (hould be sentenced as vaga
bonds. He lays a large, hanging, drivling
under lip is a fuze indication of a drone, an
enemy of all order, neatness and induffry,
which to the smallest observer is falfe, and if
/ escape, there will be twenty inilances in
thi's neighbourhood, of good husbands, and
good wives, good ceconomifts, sprightly and
active people, who have the aforelaid lips ;
to particularize but one, one of our venera
ble Deacons,whofe probity, ceconomy, indus
try, and activity are well known to all his ac.
quaintance, is a fufficient proof for my pur
pose. I would earneffly, and. as a friend re
commend to Mr. Prompter never" to censure
communities by thedeformitiesofindividuals.
I will add only the icconfiftency of his asser
tions, that he had rather board eight persons
than one, he fays he (bould rather keep the
whole train of Mary Magdalen, than one
person with a huge under lip ; but, fir, altho’
the affront is great that’s offered to many
honeff people of New-Hamplhire, yet I fan
cy great lips are a sign of a forgiving mind,
and could you fee your error and aik their
forgivenefs I have no doubt you would easily
obtain it.
For the American Herald of Liberty.
For the American Herald of Liberty.
Seat of the Muses.
The Evening Guest, No. I.
MR. R A NLE T ,
July i 79 3k
Contra Prompter.
Cheerfulnefs is the'offspring of knowledge
and virtue, it fmoothes- the farrows of ige, it
actracks the veneration and esteem of the
young, it smooches the ;ough pillow of ione
lineb, and gilds our latelt moments with rays
of future glory.
But a vicious andignorapt old age is the
foil that produces a congregation of miseries,
it adds a shade to the gloomit efs of death, and
clouds even the funlhine of life. It makes
old age to be dreaded ; for except its infirmi
ties are tempered with information, experi
ence and virtue it will bean insupportable
burden. , -
Epping, July 1793;
j/^T a court term in one of our
remote counties, a newly appointed
Judge elegantly clad in his new suit
of clothes, went into a tavern where
•was a promifcuousconcourfe of good,
bad and indifferent; among them he
espied one of his neighbours,' whom,
though rude and unpolilhed, he tho’t
he must condelcend to speak to. —
“How d’ee, father Swinton,”faid he.
The old man looking up, and pre
tending not to know hfm, answered,
why, who are you ?” “ Why dont
you know me,” replied the Judge ? ”
“Know you,” said the other,“it isn’t
the high fheriff, is it?’*“ No,anfwer
ed his honour,it is the high fherifFs
master.” !” replied theold fellow
with Teeming concern,] did not know
the D—l was so near me.
A Solution of the Rebus in our paper of the
2d inf.
In the fir ft place a nyord the contraJi of no.
An in dofur eor garden where fruit trees dogrow;
A weapon for children made out of birch.
If hat's done by all Christians when they go to
The letters above in order being placed,[church.
The initial of each line as rightly traced,
And joined together,if lam not midaken.
Names a notified fheriff or ham’s and good bacon.
HE following masterly definition of tlje
Word EQUALITY, as applied by the
friends of Reform, at this important and in»
terelting period, will, it is hoped, be deemed
not unworthy of notice by those whose atten
tion is directed towards the fubjefts ac prefect
under difeuflion.
The prrverfe sense imposed on the word E
quality, by the folly or fears of some of our
countrymen, is as dangerous as it is absurd ;
and they may fee the day when they may
probably repent of having infufed into the
minds of the people, a notion that the Equal
ity to be contended for, is an Equal
ity of ’wealth and possessions. If by continu
ally repeating this idea, the uninformed, or as
they are now termed the swinish multitude,
should take it into their heads, that they arc
jollified in inforcing such a lyftem, the conse
quence will rest on those, who by perversion of
terms, have wickedly or foolifhly propagated
so dangerous a doctrine. The Equality insis
ted on by the friends of reform {not of Revo
lution) is an Equality of Rights, or in other
words; that every person may be Equally in
titled to the protection and benefits of socie
ty, may equally have a voice in the election
of those who make the laws, by which he is
affeded in his liberty,his life, orhis proper
ty, and may have a fair opportunity of ex
erting to advantage, any talents he may pos
sess. The rule is not,** Let all mankind be
perpetually equ^alf’^—God and natme have
forbidden it.
But, “ Let all MankindJlart fair in the race
of life.” The' inequality! derived from labour
and.fuccefsful enterprize,the result of fupe
rioriridoftry and good fortune,?s an inequality
effenlial to the ‘very existence of Society ; and it
naturally follows that the propertyfo acqui
red, should pass fromfother to Jon. To render
property insecure wduld destroy all motives
to exertion, and tear up public hgppinefs by
the roots. —Such arg the truths acknowledg
ed and avowed by the reformers of the present
day.
It becomes particularly interring at this
period, when artful, designing, and inttrejiing
min, are endeavouring, both from the pulpit
and the press, to put such absurd and 'wicked
conftradions on it,that (if not timely counter*
aded by giving a true explanation) must inev
itably be attended with the moil fatal confe*
quences.
MR. PIERCE,
The inclofed excellent Definition of the
‘word h quality, was lately received
from Brifol- —You are requested to
give it a place in the Oracle.
From the Oracle of the Ddy.
A fu eject of weighty Reflexion.
A N E CD O TE.
E^UALm.
Fnmih GAZETTE./ th t Vivl-TED\STjITES.
MR, F E K NO,
wHAT aft heme of mifehief is
a bank,under the charter ofCongrcfs!
monied men will make ule of the
powers of a corporation not to make
profit bur to propagate certain dan
gerous political opinions. One might
have indeed expected that the
love of money would have swayed
them. But, alas! we know on the
authority of the writers against (he
bank law, that they are, as a body
more cunning and ambitious than
avaricious.* They prove that this is
the very nature of a bank, and eve
ry true republican has been warned
of the wicked designs of a ; body
which could be perluaded to pass,
and of a chief magistrate who could
be hoodwinked to approve luch a
Jaw, giving a monstrous monopoly,
encouraging speculation, overthrow
ing the habits of frugality and induL.
try, railing up nabobs, and poilon^
ing the fountain head of republican
virtue and equality. Alas, this mil
chief is without cure,-J- for the very
patriots promote Hate banks. They
tell us Congreis betrayed the nation,
because they get for us from the na
tional bank only the trifling clear
1um0f.60.000 dollars a year—and the
State banks are set upi now to make
what they can, and to keep all they
make. Congress, take heed to your
ways, for we are blind and deaf to the
doings of the State Legiilatures— —
and we are determined . that if you
should do as we would have you we
will change our mind and find fault
ftilk '
^)ID young people seriously confider the
important change which marriage must ne
ceflarily produce in their fituation,how much
more cautious would it make them in forming
their choice of a companion for life ? Alas!
what avail the graces of the fineft figure, the
molt captivating address, the assemblage
of all that is ensnaring, if the heart is de*
praved, or the conduct imprudent. The gay
est aflociate of the convivial hour may be the
dullest, the most unfit companion for the do
mestic Circle ; and he who is never fatisfied
but ip a crowd,or when engaged in a contin
ued round of pleasure, is very unlikely to
make a tender and prudent husband. Should
sickness or diftrel’s draw near, depend upon
it he will fly from their approach. If beau
ty alone excited his paflion, it will cease to
exifl when you are deprived of these attrac
tions on which it was founded. If fortune,
was his inducement, that will likewise soon
lose its value in his .sordid mind ; and the
very person who brought him the wealth
for which hefighed, will Abe considered as the
grand obstacle to its enjoyment. Too often
is this unpleasant pidtuie to be seen in many
difeonfented families, which a little serious
reflection might have prevented being so un
fortunately realized. Never be prevailed up
on to yield your heart to any one, however
he may fliine in the gay citcles of the world,
if you are convinced that he has no relilh for
the enjoyments of retired life. The man
who likes every house better than his own,
will scarcely take the trouble of making
home agreeable to others,whilft it is disgust
ing to himfelf. It will be the only place
in which he will give way. to his difeontent
and ill humour. Such people are for ever
flrangers to the dear delights of the social
flare,and all the real comforts of a well regu
lated family. He that is indifcrimirately
at home is never at home, and he feels him
a flranger or a visitor amidst his closest con'
nedions.
* Late di/co^eries however Jhew that “.the
nation s bowels" have been devoured, and its
« legs, arms" and^ brains" will go next
\ Unlejs the PreJident takes Sinbat’s advice,
by cutting the throat of this “ greedy monfer;”
^.A truly republican idea this ! See one of Jo
natban—alias SinbaPs Odes, in which the.
Prefldent is addressed as “a truly great man
till he bld fled all his laurels by violating the
Constitution in Signing the ahi for incorporating
the jubjcribers to the bank of the United States !
Wanted a quantity of
Green Lamb-Skins.
« Enquire at this office. July >793»
. f if V. >/ _ k , V ' ,■ 'y J I
THOUGHTS on MARRIAGE.
By Mrs. Bon hote.
P. F.for himfelf and Co,
WHEREAS RACHEL, wife of Jpm m
Fellows, of Chichef er, by an agree
ment made by me the subscriber, to fupporc
her during her natural life, on condinons.of
her living and boarding mith me —and said
RACHEL, having eloped and left my house
and board This is therefore to forbid ail
persona from harbouring, or trusting heron
my account from this date, as 1 am deter
mined not to pay any debt foe mav contrail.
JESSE DOW.
Chicheft er, May 27, 2793.
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ON THE DEATH OF THE
Rev. Mr. JOHN MURRAY, a.m.
Late Pajlor of the Prejbyterian Church in Newburyport.
ALSO
A FEW COPPIES OF AN
ANS W E R
TO THE PUBLICATIONS OF t
Messieurs THURSTON, WOODMAN and COE,
RESPECTING THE IR' PRETE ND ED
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School-Bucks—Piduie-Books—
Books for Little Children —and Writing-
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chafedin New-England.
Exeter, June, 1793.
Rockinghamff. 7 V) Y the Hon. SAMUEL
j D TENNEY, Efq.Judge
of the Probate of Wills, &c, for laid County
—Notice is hereby given, that George Frost,
of Northwood, in said County, Trader, hath
petitioned (aid Judge, repieienting that ti e
laid Iroft is tenant in common with ffofiab
Gilman, Esq. and others, of a lot ot Land in
Chichelier, in said Countv, containg about
fifty acres, being Lot N°* 91, in the 6th
Range in the 3d Diviiiofi—-that he owns 20
acres of the fame, piajing said judge to
c< use his said part thereof to be let oft’ to him
according to the law in such case provided—
whereupon the laid Judge has ordered that
he be heard at the Probate Office in Exeter,
iffjf The Members of the Eaiiern
Diftrid of the Mbw-Ha m pshireMedical
Society, are heteby notified chat a Statute
Meeting will be Heiden at the house of Ben
jamin Lam/on, Innholder in Exeter, on the
third IV ednefday of July next
By order of the President,
; Levi Bartlett, Recording Sec'ry.
King ft on, June 25, 1793.
Innholder in Sandbornton—
O' HE Right of LAND in said
town, containing about 450 Ames,
which was granted for the use of Schools,
except 50 Acres thereof.
The conditions of sale may be known by ap
plying to the subscribers fourteen days previous
and at the time and place of sale.
Samuel Lane, 7g
Mojes Tomson, 1f ~.
‘ Jonathan Chace]
Sandbornton. June 11, *793-
ALL persons indebted to, or have
demands on the Eflate of HALE
STEVEN $, late of Lee, deceased, arr
desired to fettle the fame immediately with
the fubferiber. Wm. MORRILL, Adm'r.
Brmtwood, July I, 1793.
on the 19th day of August next, at 10 o’clock
before noon, when the laid Gilman and others
may appear and Ihew cause, if any they have,
why the prater of said petition should nor be
granted. Dated the 29th day of June Anno
Domini 1793. Bv order of the Judge
, W.m: PARKER, Reg.
AL L perlons having demands
against the Eflate of ISAAC WIL
LIAMS! jun’r. deceased, are requeued to
render them in for settlement—and all in
debted to said Eflate are desired to make im
mediate payment to
ISAAC. WILLIAMS, Adm'r.
■ Exeter, July J, 1793.
At Public Vendue, for which a lease will be
given fo r the term of 999^ years, on WedneJ
day the 14^ of Auguji nextftat Ont o'Clock,
P. M. at the houje of Joshua Bangs,
Sermon Oration
a few Copies of The
Rev. Mr. MILTIMORE’s
Public Vendue.
by SAMUEL SHEPARD. »
TO BE SOLD,