The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-01-02 00:00:00, page 4

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SEAT of the MUSES.
ODE
fron NEW-YEAR.
OH! fee bow foon<he un weary'd
fan
His circling race again has run !
So time is ewer on the flight.
Nor tires by day, nor sleeps by night.
How soon is fummer'sbeauty loft
In hoary winter's snow and froft !
So time our beauty marrs, & (beds
Its froft and snow upon our heads.
Time is a post that runs in haste.
To warn me, ''Life will soon be pad"
A rushing wind, that sweeps the plain
Once pal it ne'er returns again.
How fwift the Ihip, with spreading
-fails,
Drives on before the pressing gales !
So flies my life o'er billows toft,
Ah, soon 'tis fwallow'd up and loft.
Time like an arrow from the firing,
Or like an eagle on the wing.
With awful fwiftnefs cuts its way,
And darts at me,my life's the prey.
The nimble Ihuttle spends the quill
My thread's unwinding fafter Bill,
Soon will be wove the web of life,'
And deftin, thrust in her knife.
Life is a vapour chas'd aWay
By the firft breeze or morning ray,
Or like those nightly .fhooring fires,
- Whole blaze now kindles,now expires.
It is a vain delusive dream,
A rolling flood, a rapid stream ;
We roll along, nor can we find
On earth a place, to rest the mind.
It is a mist hung in the air,
We grasp but feel no substance there;
A gilded, flat'ring, flying cloud,
Which mocks our hope of earthlygood.
* Itis a babble quickly broke,
A tale forgot as soon as spoke,
A fhadoa changing with the fan,
Which spreads itfelf A then is gone.
It is a flow'r scarce seen to rife
Before it drops it's head and dies ;
'Tie fleeting smoke, a puff of breach :
O, then 'tis time tothink of DBATH.
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REMARKABLE EVENT.
flgentleman lately from Marietta,fate
as tbs following account t^f
A BOUT eieght weeks since, two
brothers by the name of John,
son, one iz years old, the other 9,
were playing on the Weftern bank of
Short Creek, about twelve miles from
Wheeling,Dipping stones in the wat
er—At a distance they difeovered two
men, who appeared to be settlers, be
ing dressed with coats & hats: These
men, to amuse and deceive the chil
dren (as the event (hewed) engaged
in the fame sport, advancing towards
the boys, till by degrees they got
so near, that the children difeovered
them to be Indians ; but it was then
too late to make their escape ; The
Indians seized and carried them fix
, miles into the woods,where they made
a fire, and took up their lodging for
the night; their rifles & tomahawks
they rested against a tree, aud then
laid down, each Indian with a boy on
his arm : The children as may be
supposed kept a wake—the oldest be
gan to move, and finding his Indian
found asap, by degrees disengaged
Limfelf, and went to the fire, which
had then got low, and Hired it up;
the Indian net waking, he.whifpered
to hfe brother, who likewise crept
away and bath of them went to the
fire. The oldeff boy theft obferved|
to his brother, ''l think we can kill
these Indiana, and get .away from I
them"—the youngelt agreed in thel
proppfal of attempting it ; The oldest I
then took one of the rifles, & placed I
the muzzle, which he reded on a fmalll
stick, that he found for the purpofe.l
close to the head of one of the Indians I
and commisting the execution of this 1
part of the business to his brother or. I
dered him to plill trigger at the mo-I
ment he few me strike the other In. 1
dian with one of the tomahawks:Thel
oldest gave the signal; the youngest I
pulled trigger —the rifle (hot away thel
lower part of the Indian's face, and I
left him senseless ; he then told his|
brother to lay on, for he had done for I
his ; after which he snatched up the I
gun and ran; the boy with the tema I
hawk gave the stroke with the wrong I
end, the Indian darted on his feat— I
the boy found the mistake, and fro-|
ing the tomahawk in his hand,l
gave him another blow,which brought I
him to the ground: he repeated hi, I
strokes till he had dispatched him,and
then made the belt of his way after |
his brother. 'When, the boys. found I
the path which they recolleded to have
travelled before, the oldest fixed hjs
hat on a bush, as a directory to find
the feene of adion the next day. The
tomahawked Indian was found near
the place where the boys left him ;
The other was not there; but was
found near the place where the boys
left him; he was tracked by his blood,
& altho' so weakened by his wounds,!
that he could not raise his rifle to fire
at his purfuera (two men) they fuffer.
ed him to efeape ? but it is supposed
he must have died of his wounds.
These two Indians were sent out to
reconnoitre the belt place for an at
tack, which was to have been made
by a body of warriors waiting in the
neighbourhood. The gentleman
who gives this account, saw, and con
versed with the two children, about
eight weeks since.
CAS EQ
and the highest price,
GIVEN FOR
New-Emission Money,
' Os an, State:
INDENTS,
Final-Settlements,
STATE-NOTES. |
WANTE D,
FLAX-SEED and
^Shipping FURS.
S. WIGGIN.
Exeter, Dec. Sth, 1789.
— ft £
Debtors ^ Creditors.'
. -— — — —
A LL perlons who are in
'^ debted to, or have any demands
again&the Estate of JOHN KEN
NISON, late of Newmarket, deceas
ed , are desired speedily to fettle with
the fubferiber, Administratrix of said
.Estate. . -
ELIZABETH KENNISON.
.:Nra Dec. 3d 1789.
Blanks?
Blanks oftnoft forts may
boWat H. Ranlet's tfrr 6/ rfo,
§ tee at m, ofain tbofato.
PublicAuaion.
By licence from the Judge
of Probate.
To be Sold at Public Auction,
On TUESDAY 'the z6tb 'January,
1790 ; at ten o'clock, A. M. precise-
I, —at the late mansion boofe of Jo
nathan Moulton, late of Ham,ton,Efq.
deceased ; tbe following PERSONAL
and REAL estate effaid deceafed,«vix,
THE HOUSEHOLD
FURNITURE,
CONSISTING or
Tables, Chairs, Beds, an elegant
Chime Clock ; and a variety of other
articles—— also. The Farming Uten
sils—A PAIR of HORSES, CUR
RICLE, &c. &c.
AValuable
F A RM
In Hampstead, confiding of one
I hundred and twenty ACRES; with
HOUSE and BARN— pleasantly si
tuated, and only twelve miles from
IHaverhill.1 Haverhill.
About 16 Acres of Land,
Iwell cultivated, in Rumney ; late in
I possession of Col. Craige.-
About 150 Acres in
I Piermont—partly improved.
A final! FAR Min
I Piermont ; confining of sixty ACRES
with the buildings.
About fourteen Acres
I in said Piermont, under cultivation,
I late belonging to Fenton.
Six common Shares,
,lor undivided rights in said Piermont.
-ALSO—
I All the Buildings at
I Center- Harbour, so called, in New-
Hampton, on land not owned by said
deceafed,■■■ alJo,
Lands in Gilmantowh,
and other towns, lately advertised and
not fold.
Conditions of sale known at time
and place.
1 THOMAS LEAVITT,
One of the Executors of said Moul
ran's laftWill.
Hampton, Dec, 21, 1789.
Debtors & Creditors.
A LL jerfons indebted
to, orthat have any
demands against the es
tate of John Thompson,
late of Exeter, deceased,
are\requefted to exhibit
them for fcttlement, to
Benjamin Boardman,
^^Adminifrator.
Exeter, ißtb Dee. 1789.
—— — I ■"•'■•.? ;■ ■ J
Debtors ^ Creditors,
ALL Persons that have
A 1 any demads against the estate
of ELIZABETH PAGE, late of
Exeter, in the County of Rocking
ham, widow, deceased, are requested
^ ro exhibit them to the fubferiber, At
torney to the JExecutors, that a spee
dy settlement may take place.
F OLIVER PEABODY.
Exeter, Dec. loth, 17^9.
Take Notice,
CREDITORS to the estate of Jo.
nathan Moulton, late of
Hampton, Esq. deceased, are inform
ed, that the commissioners appointed
to receive and examine the claims^
gaioft said estate will attend at his
late dwelling-house in Hampton, on
the last Tuetday and Friday of thia
and the eight following months for
that purpose-
Persons having claims ftifi to exhi
bit are desired to offer them ■and
those who have accounts and demands
open with the said estate, which cah
be fettled with the executors, with,
out ah application to commissioners,
are requeued to apply to them on an,
intermediate days.—Those indebted
to said elta te will prepare to make im
mediate payment, as the speedy fetr
element thereof will oblige the exe*
cutors to exaft it, „
Hampton, O&. L, f l 7*9 s
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A BOOK, ENTITLED,'
A Mathematical Question,
PROPOUNDED BY THE " +
VICEGERENT of the World;
_ ANSWERED BY THE
KING of GLORY;
Enigmatically represented,and
Demonstratively opened
By JOHN JOHNSON, A. M.
Printed by Henry Ranlet, and t&
be Sold at his Office opposite Maj.
M'Clure's in Exeter,
^Tbofe nubo bane fubferiptions for the
above book, are requeued to fend there
in to the printer hereof.
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Notice!
'THE Commissioners apa
1 pointed to receive and examine
the claims of the several creditors of
the estate of JOHN GIDDINGE, .
late of Exeter, Esq. deceased, give
notice, that a further time of fix
months is allowed by the Judge of
Probate, &c. for fad county, for
that purpose—and chit they will at
tend chat service at the late dwelling,
house of said deceased, on the last
Tuefday of this and the five follow. ,
ing months, from two to fix o'clock J
in the afternoon of said dyL^
Exeter, Dec. 9th, 1789./
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WANTED'
,4" 4^* Lad, about
' 13 or 14 ,eare old, to tend afbo,
in the country. One who can be well
recommended for feadinefe and bonify,
wild meet with encouragement-
Enquire of the Printer hereof.
December, 1789. ~
Book-Binding.
qrtHE Book-Binding business in
its various branches, will be ,
carried on at Lamson's Office, if suit,
able encouragement offers; where a.
ny person may be supplied with Led
gers and Day-Books, on the fliorteft
notice, neatly bound, and ruled to
any pattern. Old books &c. will be
re bound at a cheap rate.
A FEW COPIES OF THAT —
Excellent Pattern for Children, the
Oeconomy of Human Lify
m,be bad at B. Ranht'j ofee.