The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-04-07 00:00:00, page 4

THE celebrated Edward Wortley
Montague, Eq. died some years
foul on hit return from Venice to Eng
hod. As this gentleman was remarka
ble for the uncommon incidents which at
tended hit life, the close of that life was
no lets marked with Angularity. He had
been early married to a woman, who as
pired to acharalter no higher than that of
an industrious walher-woman. As the
marriage was folemuized in a frolic. Wort
ley never deemed her Efficiently the wife
of his bosom to cohabit with her. She was
allowed a maintenance. She lived con
tented, and was too submissive to be iron
blefcme on account of the conjugal rites.
Mr. Montague, on the other hand, was
a perfect patriarch in his manners. He
had wives of almost every nation. When
% was with Aly Bey in Egypt, he had his
houfhold in Egyptian females; each flri
ving who ihouid be the happy ihe; who
/old gain the greater ascendancy over
this Ang ^eastern oa^aw. At Conftan
tnaple> the Grecian women had dutma 'a
rivals this unsettled wander#. In
Spain, a Spanilh brunette, in ri..y the
olive compiexioned females were Elicited
to partake the honors of the bridal bed.—
It may be asked what becametf this grjup
of wives? Mr. Montague was continual
ly shifting the place,and coafcquenUy va
rying the scene.
Did he travel with his wives, as the pa
triarchs did with their locks and herds ?
Nj such thing. Wortley, considering his
wives as bad travelling companions, gene
rally left them behind him. It happened,
however, that news reached his ears of the
death of the original Mrs. Montague, the
walher-womao, Woitley had no issue b;
her, and without issue male, a very large
estate would revert to the second fan ot
lord Bute. Wortley owing the family no
obligations, was determined, if poflible,
to defeat their expeditions. He resolved
to return to England and marry. He ae
quainted a friend wth his intentions, and
commissioned that friend to advertise for
any young, decent woman, who might be
in a pregnant state. The advertisement
was inferred Ihortly after in one of the
morning papers. Several ladies answered
at. One out of the number was fele&ed,
as being the mod eligible objed. She
waited with eagerneft for the arrival of her
expeded bridegroom ; but, behold,whilft
he was on his journey, death very imper
tinently arretted him in his career.
Thus ended the days cf Edward Wort
'ley Montague, E'q. a man who had passed
through such variegated feenes, that a bare
recital of them would favor of the marvel
lous. From Weftminfler School, where he
was placed for education, he ran away 5
federal times. He exchanged clothes with
a ehimney-fweeper, and followed for some
time the sooty occupation. He next join
ad himfelf to a fisherman, and cried foun
ders in Rotherhithe. He then failed as a
cabin boy to Spain, where he was no foo
ter arrived, than he ran away from the
vessel, and hired himfelf to a driver of
mules. After thus vagabondizing it for
some time, he was difeovered by the cen
tal, who returned him to his friends in
England. They received him with a joy
%^&^£^^ r -©o^^%
^POEn CORNER. Qty
ok, tttM —Utttt. ^
A PHILADELPHIA TITLING,
[Has undertaken to abuse by name, every one
©f the Federal Members of Congress, in
rhyme, under the denomination of
« Samuel Sweetb&iar's Chaplet.'
One of the ' Beads' is the following.)
Ofthe late Edward Worthy Montague, Est.
ANSWER.
Eons of Connecticut, th, name.
Is founded by the trump of FAMR,
For worthy trust, th, place is ;
With Trumbull, Hullboufe, Coit 13 Swift,
Thou giv'f the Federal Cause a lift,
And Jaco's awe week Traceys.
00 Qo©ose°<TOsooOQ
ANECDOTES
SONS of Connecticut arise,
Contend, for freedom is the prize.
And glorious the race is ;
In freedom's caufeyou oft mere try'd ;
Be freedom's caustic then apply'd,
Until you make wry faces.
Kick, 'wince and dance, cut capers werfe
Than any gall'd or 'fere back'd borfe,'
dill you kick off, our Trace,!.
.equal to that of the father of the prodigal
Ton in the gospel.
j A private tutor was employed to reeo
ver those rudiments of learning which a'
life of dissipation, of blackguardifm, and
!of vulgarity, might have obliterated.—^
IWortly was sent to the Weft-Indies,where
he remained for some time, then returned
'to England, ailed according to the dig-
Inity of his birth, was chosen a member
and Terved in two successive parliaments.
His expenses, exceeding his income, he
became involved in debt, quitted his na
tive country," and commenced that wan
dering traveller he continued to the time
of his death. Having visited most of
the eastern countries, he centraded a par
tiality for their manners. He drank little
wine, a great deal of coffee, wore a long
beard, fmoaked much, and even while at
Venice, he was habited in the eastern stile.
He fat cross legged in Turkish fafhioa,
through choice. With the Hebrew, the
" Arabic, the Chaldaic and the Persian lan
guages, he was as well acquainted as with
his native tongue. He published Several
pieces. One on the " Rife and fall of
the Roman empire ;" another, an explo
ration of " the causes cf Earthquakes."
He had great natural abilities, avast Share
k of acquired knowledge & fearcely a Single
vice — for be is dead. That he had virtue,
to counterbalance his failings, Omnis
cience will difeover, when weighing them
in the scale of merit. Infinite mercy will
take care that the beam Shall preponderate
1 in favor of his future happiness.
" Whence fr un g *>' accursed love of ,la,,
Which beggars thousands in a day ?—
Speak J ore'refs J,eak (for thou canst tell)
Who call'd the treaeb'rous card from hell-
Is man a thief who flcals m, P e 'f?
How great bit theft who robe bimfelf !
Is man who gulls his friend, a cheat ? —1
How heinous then is ft If deceit !
, Is murder jufily deemed a crime !=
, How great hit guilt who murders time ?"
Cotton.
To combat a dangerous but sash
ionable vice—to incline the wavering to
the path of virtue—to snatch from deftr ac
tion the unhappy garceler, is the object
of the prefect relation.
It vain has rsafa often exr'-d it# voice,
oQradence loudl7 declaimed against this
practice, fraught with so many woes—let
us then try the force of example.
The enly heir of an opulent family,
possessed of a perfen in the highest degree
amiable, to which were united all the vir
tues which can ameliorate the heart or
dignify mankind—Honoriou# flood fupe
rior to the admiring multitude. Who
that was acquainted with him did not ad
mire the Strength of his judgment, the
goodness of his heart and the benevolence
of his temper. He was not similar to the
Boic, who can view with indifference the
misfortunes of mankind, and reader his
, heart unfufceptihle of the ennobling
touches of philanthropy. No ! his foul
was of a fleeter temperament : He went
at the unvarnished tale of misery : He
Sprang forth with transport to the exercise
of charity. The voice of widows bleffcd
him, and the hearts of orphans leaped with
rapture at his name. Such was Ho
nurioui when the aimiable Amelia capti
vated his affections, and reigned to him
her heart and hand. Her foul was in uni
son with hit, and the temple of benevo
lence was erected in her bosom. This
event, therefore, inflead of diminishing
iheir fenibility to the fufferings of the
unfortunate seemed only to augment it.—
Gratitude Spoke their praises with her
thousand tongues, and mercy, fweot mer
cy hovered with expanded wings around
their habitation. The murmuring of in
gratitude, the repining# of difeontent and
the bewailing# of misery were unknown
within their wall#. Age crept impercep
tibly on, and the cup of life wa# quaffed
without the admixture of one bitter in
gredient.
But, ala# ! how soon did the curtain
drop on hit happiness! how soon were his
profpeas of pleasure beclouded! Fre
quently importuned by his friends to
Spend the winter at the capital of ,
he at length complied. Unfortunately,
whilst immersed in the routine of pleasure,
he so far loft the prudence which diftia
guifhed him, as to fuffer a love of play
to gain an afeendency over his mind.
Alas I how altered did ho soon become.
Instead of the Sprightly, the vivacious, the
benevolent Henerious, he now wumelan-
CARDS, Ac.
cholic and gloomy, tad the fickleaefs of
fortune at the gaming table, and the con
sequent uncertainty of his estate, arrested
the oat-stretched arm of charity. No lon
ger did the relation of misfortune excite
I the tear of compassion—no longer did his
foul flutter to relieve the distressed. All
the foft emotions of humanity were for
gotten-all the effufiens of a generous
heart ceased. Neither were these the only
attendants of this detefiable vice. Intox
ication, which debases man to a brute—
profanity, which challenges the august
majesty of heaven, and a thousand other
vices, which are the offspring of this one,
crowded upon him.
The tender heart of his wife could not
endure this—the beauteous flower drooped
and died. Her foul was wafted by kin
dred Spirits to the bosom of " her father
and her God," and, as it entered the re
gions of beautitude, it dropped a tear
on her altered Honorious-
AHIBERNI AN fas#/, having been
difordcrly, was, in bis ,affage out of
the beufe, accelerated by the affiance of the
foot of bis maser, a,,lied to bis ,offeriors.=
Tbipfo incensed the lad, that be vowed afe,-
aratten. Sometime after, the mafter want
ing the fellow's affiance, requeued bsm to
return. He answered, that be fauld not,ad
ding, that kicking bis ar.e, o,enl, before bis
face, was treatment not to be jut up with.
As for himfelf, having in one unlucky
night loft all his fortune and feeing no
friendly hand extended to assist him, de
spair with all its horrors seized upon his
foul. Recolleaion preyed like a vulture
on his heart—reflection represented him
the murderer of his wife—each hope of
happiness was toppled down, and all his
Sanguine expectations blafled. Alas I—
Shall I relate the fad catastrophe and tell
how, in the frenzy of his foul, “ he
rushed irreverent, unprepared, uncalled
into his maker's prefence,'' and with his
own guilty hands finished his fad existence.
Reader ! if your foul is moved with pi
ty for the fate of Honorings, fly the fyren
Shores of gaming, and avoid the rock on
which his bark was Shipwrecked.
EUGENIUS.
HAVING, Somewhat above a year
ago# given our readers an account of the
Anaconda, a native of the East Indies;
we are now enabled to entertain them
with the relation of a similar monfter,wbe
is an inhabitant of our own country.
One of these mooters was killed on the
37th of May last, by a company of Gen
)lemen, who were on a hunting party,
;weft of, Fort Recovery, and by them de
nominated the Heterogene Americano. To
,one of these gentlemen we are indebted
;for the following account ; who relates
"•* ?s>fyi _ ^.wratamr iwcay.
fix feet Seven inches and a half, end wa.
thick in proportion. Hi# head wargreen,
with a large black Spot in rhe middle ;
round the jawa which were very flat, but
extremely broad, were great Streaks ; aac
his eyes were monstrously large, very
bright, and terrible. Mis fide# were for
med of Streaks of bright red# green, white,
purple, and pale blue, and more beauti
ful than can be well imagined. Down
hi# back ran a broad Stroke of olive green,
twisted and waved at the edges; beside
which was a narrow one of flefh colour;
and on the outside of that, a very broad
one of bright yellow, waved and curled in
various inflections. Hi# belly was Spotted
all over, at Small distances, with large
long and round blotches of black crimfoe,
and perfea blood. On his back he was
covered, in some places,with great Scales ;
at the edges of which stuck out large ftift
bones, almost as Sharp as a needle, the
Shape of which resembled a filh's fin.—
He had a Break round his neck like that
of a changeable purple ; and direct, un
der his head a large white spot. When
opened, there was found in him 1 panther,
several Squirrels of different Specie#,birds,
infers, and Shakes of an inferior kind ; all
of which had been fallowed whole, and
not a bone broken.
As it is probable there will be many
who may doubt the truth of the above, it
may not be improper to inform them that
the Skin is to be Seen at the Philadelphia
Museum, where they may convince them
Selves of its authenticity. [P^. Paper.]
BLANKS,
For file at thin OFFICE. 7
ANECDOTE.
A MONSTER.
11^ gift
!!&]&
good young appletrees on it—situated a
bout one mile from the Meeting-House.—•
For term, and further particulars enquire
of W.W. BLAKE,er JAMES WYMAN.
Marcto 16, 1795. •
nr^' A ^
{K7ANTED a number of hands to
work at the CANAL at Bellow#*
Falls, from the fifteenth of April next; to
the last of November, for which the high
est price will be given, by
WILLIAM PAGE.
Cbarlfowl. March 12, 179;.
NOTICE ihereb, given re a? per
sons who are indebted tc the Estate
: ot Dr. Peter Clark Grotverer, late of
Fitzwilliam, deceased, to fettle the feme
with
'LUCINDA GROSVENOR, Adm'x.
Fitzwilliam, March \qth, 179;
THE Copartnership of Henry Blake
& Co. being differed by the death
of Henry Blake — All persons indebted 10,
or that have any demands againthhe con
cert, are atwed to oreient their acco^T^
'or Settlement ; and all persons indeed
to said Office, are defirad to fettle the fame
immediately, with W. W. BLAKE, fur
giving partner. March, 21.
SPINSTERS,TAKE NOTCE*.
'I 'HE Subscriber has just received a
Quantity of Lienen Wheels, made by Mr.
Robert Morrison of Peterborough (as
good a Workman, perhaps, as any in the
State) laid Wheelswill be fold on iC^^'
able terms if applied for for '^
MOSES JOHNSON
Likewise a few ,olb. Iron Keies,
brought from Boston ; Steel plate Mill
Saws ; a quantity of excellent Dutch Clo
ver seed—Blacksmiths Vices, Tenon and
Crofcut Steel plated Saws—Window glad
—Nails— Great Bibles, &c. &c.
ment, vith a good Hoafe and Barn on the
fame. For farther particulars enquire of
HENRY ELLIS.
Kam, March gib 1,95.
STATE OF NEWHAMPSHIRE.
CbeJbire ft.
By the Hon.JOHN HUBBARD, fore.
Judge of the Probate of Wille, &c. for
fad Count, —To Janet Bancroft of Rock
ingham, Count, of Windham, State of
Ferment ,and • Samuel Crejby, of Charley
town. Count, of Cbtfbire, Gentlemen,
Grizting.
YOU are hereby constituted and ap
pointed Commissioners to receive
and examine the claims of the several cre
ditors to the Estate of Thomas Butterfield,
late of Rockingham aforesaid, deceased,
under the administration of Noah Level,
of Dunftable, in the County cf HillSboro'#.
in said State of NewhampShire, reprefen.
ted Insolvent, and fee how they are made
out; and you are to eaufe the times when,
and place where you will attend that Ser
vice, to be made known, as the law of
said State in such cases provided directs ;
and Six Months time frem the date hereof,
is allowed you for that purpose, at the end
of which term you are to prefect a lift of
all such Claims as you Shall judge to be
well made out, to the Judge of Probate of
Wills, Ac. for said County, for the time
then being, under your Hands upon Oath,
to your Fidelity and Impartiality, herein#
together with this Commission.
Dated at Cbarleftown, the 30th da, of
January, Anno Domini, 1795.
SAMUEL STEVENS,
, Reg'r of Probate.
ALL persons indebted to, or
that have any demands against the Estate,
afcrefaid, ate requeued to attend the fame
at the House of Capt. John Willard, inn
holderin Charleftown ; on the left Tuefdaya
of June and July next, at one o'clock in
the afternoon on each of said days.
JAMES BANCROFT.
SAMUEL CROSBY.
Cbarleflrwn, March 20th, 179;.
TO BEHOLD-
?'.^ctira'
i" !^>
A FARM in Keene.
within ^ a mile
of the Meetings
House, on the road to
Walpole ; containing
labout 75: acres ; well
Iwatered,and the great
est part under improve-
A SMALL place
fttuated in
Keene, containing
three acres, with a
good dwelling House
and other apendagea
—with about eighty