The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-04-17 00:00:00, page 4

ETERNITY,
TH E gen ; us faring me indulge
myfelf in the melancholy
profc^f, told me I had dwelt long
enough upon it: Take thine eyes
' off the bridge, said he, and well rae
'if thou yet feeft any thing thou dost
' not comorehend. Upon looking up,
' What mean, said (, those great
' flights of birds that are perpetually
' hovering about the bridge, and fet
' tling upon it from time to time? I
' fee vultures, harpies, ravens, corm ?_
• rants, and among many othe feath.
• ered creatures several little winged
' boys, that pearch in great numbers
' upon the middle arches. These,
• said the genius, are Envy, Avarice,
* Superstition, Defpa ; r, Love with the
' like cares and passions that infeft
4 human life.
Up jump'd the bacchanalian crew on this
Taking it ver, much awf —
Swearing and in the attitude to finite 1=
•'Lord !" cried the man with gravely
lifted eyes,
"Though I don't tike to fwallowflies,
Vl did not know but others might."
6 I here fetched a deep sigh, alas,
' said I, man was made in vain ! How
•is he given away to misery & mor
• tality! tortured in life, and fwal
• lowed up in death ! the genius be.
0 ing moved with companion towards
" me, bid me quit so uncomfortable a.
0 profpea. Look no more, said he,
' on man in the firft stage of his ex
• iftence, in his fetring out for eteft
• pity ; but east thine eye on that thick
• mist in which the tide bears the lev.
• era! generations of mortals that fall
• into it. I dire&ed my fightas I was
6 ordered, and (whether or no the
' good genius strengthened it with
' any fu pern atural force, or dissipated.
# part of the mist that was before too
• thick for the eve to penetrate) I saw
•the valley opening at the farther
0 e^d,fpreading forth into an imm A nfe
• ocean, that had a huge rock of adi'
• mant running through the mid ft of
• it, and dividing it into two equal
• parts. The clouds dill rested on
• one half of it, insomuch that I could
• difeover nothing in it : But the
* other appeared to me avast ocean
• planted with innumerable inlands,
« that were covered with fruits and
• flowers, & interwoven with a thou
B little ffiining feaa that ran a
,them. I could fee persons
,d in glorious habits with gar
up% their heads, puffing a^ong
lying down by the sides
Like Pharoab a^d bis daring boft, were
drown'd !
Wanting to drink—one of the me.
Dip'd from the bowl the drunken boft,
And drank —then taking care that none
were loft,
He put in ever, mother's fan tgen.
TheTOPER andtheFLlESs
By Peter Pindar, Esq.
A Group of topers at a table fat,
With punch that much regales tie
tbirft, foul;
Flies soon the part, join'd, & join'd the
cbat.
Humming ,^S pitching round the mantling
bowl.
And sprawling 'midfl the gulf pro.
fit length tbofeflits got drunk & for their
Jln,
Some hundreds loft their legs and tumbled
in ;
„OM THE BEAUTIES OF THE
SEATMUSES.
MiSCBLLANr.
found.
SPECTATOR, %
(Concluded,)
' of fountains, bt resting on beds of
' flowers ; and could hear a confufed
* harmony of singing birds, falling
' waters, human voices, and mafical
' instruments, gladness grew in me
' upon the difeo'ery of so delight
'ful a scene. 1 wished for the
' wings of an eagle, that I might fly
'away to those happy feats ; but the
' genius told me there was no passage
' to them except through the gates of
' death that I saw opening every mo
'ment upon the bridge. The inlands
' (aid he, that lie so fre(h and green
'before thee, and with which the
' whole face of the ocean appears
' spotted as far as thou canst fee, are
' more in number than the sands on
' the sea shore ; there are myriads cf
' islands behind those which thou dif
' covered, reaching farther than thine
' eye, or even thine imagination can
' extend itfelf. These are the man
' fions of good men after death, who,
' according to the degree and kinds
'of virue in which they ex lied,
' are distributed among these fe era!
' islands, which abound with pleasures
' of different kinds and degrees, fait
' able to the relilhes & perfections of
' those who are fettled in them ; every
' island is a paraaife accommodated
'to its refpe&ive inhabitants. Are
' not these, O Mirzah, habitations
' worth contending for ? Does life ap
-6 pear miserable, that gives thee op
' portunities of earning such a reward?
' Is death to be feared,that will convey
'thee to so happy an exigence? Thinle
' not man was made in vain, who has
' such an eternity ?ef rved for him.
' 1 gazed with inexpieffible pleasure
'on these happy islands, At length,
' said I, shew me now,! beseech thee,
'the secrets that lie hid under thole
'dark clouds which cover the ocean
'on the other fide of the rock of ada
'manti The genius making me no
'anfwer, I turned about to aadrefs
'myfelf to him a second time, but I
' found that he had left me ; I then
' turned again to the vision which 1
' had long contemplated ; but in*
' stead of the rolling tide, the arched
1 bridge, and the happy Hands, 1 saw
' nothing but the long hollow valley
'of Bagdat, with oxen, iheep, and
' camels grazing upon the lides of
'it.'
Politeness ma, be divided into three
branches, civility, complailance and
refpe&.
Whenever you commend, add your
reasons for so doing, it is this which
distinguishes the man of sense from the
sycophant.
He that boafteth of his ancef.
tors, confeffes he has no merit of his.
own, for what advantage can it be to
a blind man that his parents had good
eyes.
To be proud of knowledge is to be
blind in the light.
If a proud man makes me keep my
distance, the comfort is he keeps his
atxhe fame time.
A great fortune in the hands of a
fool, is a great misfortune.
Virtue to the young is necessary:
To the aged confrtable: To he poor
serviceable : To the rich ornamen
tal: To the fortunate an honor, and
to the unfortunate a support.
No difeontented man can be rich,
for difeontent is want, and want is
poverty.
' It is better to be of the number of
those who want relief, than of those
who want hearts to give it.
Ingratitude is so fhameful a crime,
that no m in was ever found who would
own himfelf guilty of it.
Grave men are most constant in
love, gay men most amorous, but
serious men the most loving.
There is no more than one fort of
love, but there are a thousand copies
of it.
[JE hat follows recreation instead
of business will in a little time
have no business to follow.
CHOICE SENTENCES^
ALL PERSONS
TJAving demands against
the estate of the Rev. Natha
niel Trask, late of Brintwond.de
ceafed, are requested to exhibit them
—and those indebted tc make imme
diate payment, to
Samuel Trask, 7 Executors.
JONATH. I RASK-J
B^nt^ood, 2d April, 1790.
WANTED a Girl, of 14 or 15
years of age, who is cleanly—
good tempered, and of a decent family
Ignorant of all kinds of house work
will be no objection, in case fhe's no;
above learning—Such a one may hea r
of a good place. Apply at this office,
*, Said Gilman wishes
to inform his cuftorcers, that he car
ries on the business cf making a vari
ety of fashionable Buckles, plated
with silver, fodered on with hard or
foft foder, And in the best manner,
which he will fell cheap for Cath,Old
Gold, Silver, Brass, Copper, Pewter,
Lead, or Country Produce,
He flatters hrnfelf, from the encou
ragement he has receiv'd in the busi
ness of re&ifying Clocks and Watches
he has generally given f^isfaftion,—
Thinks hi^ cullomers for past favors,
and engages to take all possible care
that watches left with him are pro.
perl, secured from thieves, rectified
in the bell manner, and at a reasona
ble ra e d Exeter, April z, 1790.
INdebted to the estate of
John Giddinge. late of Exeter,
Esq. deceased;, are informed, that
unefs they make immediate pay
ment, the demands against them will'
be sued to May Court —and those
having accounts open with said estate
are once more requeued to exhibit them
for adjuftmeot, to the fabferiber,
who will attend for that purpose every
Tuefday of this inst. April & in May
following, at the late dwelling house
of said deceaf'd from two to fix ollack
P. M.
V[7E the fubferibers being
appointed Cbmmitfoneis by
trie Hon. Judge of Probate of
Wills, &c. for said county, to receive
and examine the claims of the several
cr ditors to rhe estate of JOHN
EDWARDS, lateof Gilmantown, in
said county, deceased, reprefentea in
solvent, give notice that we will at.
tend upon that business on the last
Taeiday of this and the five following
months, from 2 to 6 o'clock in the
afternoon on said days, at the house
of Capt. Noah Dow, io said Gilman
town. Ebenezer Smith,
J AST Wednesday night
che Ihop of the fubicriber was
broken open and a number of articles
stolen, viz.—Silver and silver. plated,
shoe, knee, and stock-buckles—Gold
rings, broaches, and nubs—Silver fu
gir tongs —Silver hilt for a hanger—
pair of men's Ihoes and several other
articles, to the amount of about iBl.
$ Whoever will apprehend the
thief, chat he may be brought to juf
tice, and the above article recovered,
shall be handsomely rewarded and ail
necessary charges paid by
BENJA. CLARK GILMAN.
Cilmantoivn, lyb March, 1790.
Stop Thief!
April 1, 1790
State of Newhampshirb,
Strafford —ff.
NAT. ROGERS, Administrator.
Joseph Badger, juo.
Noah Dow.
ALL PERSONS
ANY Officer or Private of the
late Continental Army, that ia
entitled to Bounty Lands, and wifheg^
todifpofe of the fame, may hear of a
purchaser by applying within thirty
days to the Printer.
Exeter Mircb 20, 1790;
CaJh given for Arm, Landa
pASH & WRITINGPA
per, Given for clean Linen, and
Cotton and Linen RAGS, at this office.
BLANKS,of various kinds
—printed on good paper,forfait at
tbit office, cheap for case.
TO BE SOLD, A
Likely Store Pig
—Enquire at this office. April 10.
Dilworth's much efteem'd
SPELLING-BOOKS, and the
Newengland PRIMER, may be had
at h. ranlet's office, Exeter.
Men's Saddles.
Apply to the Printer hereof,
ITAVING Demands against thg
I ettateof Nicholas Dollcff,
idle of Brintwood, yeoman, deceased,
are requested to present them for fec
deroert—and those indebted, to make
immediate payment, to
«7E the fubferibers being
apppointed Commilhoners by
the Hon. judge of Probate of
W Ils, &c. lor laid county, to receive
and examine th; claims of the several
creditors to the eflate JOHN NEL
SON, late of Gilmantown, in said
county, Goldsmith, deceased, re pre.
fenced insolvent, give notice that we
will attend upon that business on the
left Tuefday of this and the five fol
lowing mouths, from two to fix of the
clock in the afteernoon of said days,
ar the house of Capt. Noah Dow in
said Gilmantown.
A LL persons having aa
'A counts dancing open with the
Subferiber, are desired to close them
immediately, as bis reasons for the
request are obvious.
JOSEPH TILTON.
Exeter, Jan. 11, 1790.
Ebenezer Smith,
Joseph Badger, jun.
Gilmantciun, 13th March, 1793.
Print wood, 2,th M<rch, 1790.
THAT the Cemmiflicners, ap
pointed to receive and examine
the claims against the estate of Jona
than Moulton, late of Hampton,
Eiq. deceased, will meet on the la&
Tburfda, and Friday cf thia and the
two following months for that purpose
—And as the Commission will then
expire, and Creditors be excluded
from offering their claims, those who
have demands on said estate will govern
themfelv+s accordingly, g? Debtors
to laid estate are called upon for pay
ment, as no further indulgence can
be granted. Ham,ton,April 3d 1790.
To be Sold, cheap for Cafo,
A few (warranted)
Take Notice.
DAVID DOLLOFF ? -
JOHN DOLLOFF, j ^* ee “ lorh
ALL PERSONS
State of Newhampshire,
Notice is terelf given.
Strafford —~ff.