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I often fay to myfclf/as I ride about
the country,, what a pity itfis our farmers
do not work it right. When. I fee a man
(urn his cattie into the ftrcet to run at
large and waste their dung, during a
winter's day, I fay, this man does net work
it right. Ten loads of good manure at
least, is loft in a season by this flovettly
praftice -rand all for what,? For nothing
indeed, but to ruin a farm.
So when I fee cattle late in the fall or
early in the spring, rambling in a mea
dow or mowing field, poaching the toil
and breaking the grass roots, I fay to
myfelf this man does not work it right.
So when Ifee a barn yard with a drain
to it, I fay the owner does not work it
right ; for how easy is it to make a yard
hollow or loreft in the middle, toje
ceive all the wa(h of the sides, which will
be thus kept dry forthe,cattle. The wash
of the yard, mixed with any kind of
earth, or putrid draw,is the best manure in
the world—yet how much do our farmers
lose. In faftthey do not work it right.
When I pass along the road and fee a
house with the clab-boards hanging an
end by one nail, and old hats and, cloths,
fluffed in the. broken windows, and the
fences tumbling down or destroyed, I
conclude the owner loves rum—in truth,
he does not wark it right.
When I fee a man frequently attending
courts, I fufpea he does not ivork it right.
When 1 fee a countryman often go to
the retailers with a bottle, or the labour
ing man carrying home a bottle of rum,
after his work is done on Saturday night,
lam certain the man does not ework.it right.,
, When a farmer divides a farm of too
acres of land among five or fix sons, and
builds a small house for each, and fees
them to work for a living on a little
patch of land, I question whether he loorks
itright. And when those sons are after
wards unable to live on these mutilated
farms, and are compelled by a host of
children, to go to work by the day to
get bread, I believe they are all con
vinced that they have not eworked it right.
, When a man tells me his wife &ill not
consent to go from home into new settle
ments, where he may have land enough
and live like a nabob, and therefore he
is obliged to fit down on a corner of his
father's farm I laugh at him, and some
time or other he will own, be does not
•work it right. # ,
A man in trade who is not punctual
in his payments, certainly does not work it
right; nor does the man, who trusts his
goods to an, body and every body.
Whether in Congress or a kitchen, the
person who talks much is little, regarded.
Some members of Congress then certainly
G ^ not work it right. # A hint to the wife
i s (efficientj but twenty, hints have not
bee 1 fufficienc to silence the clamorous
tongue of some congressional fpou:ers.
Fam 11, government gives complexion
to the manners of a town ; but when we
fee every where, children prophane ; in,
delicate, rude, fancy., we may depend on
it their parents de not work it right. - „
I once knew a young man of excellent
hopes, who was deeply in love with a
He does not worfo it right.
WHAT a vulgar faying the Promp
ter has feleded for his text in this
number ! Yet these vulgar sayings are
often full of good sense.
I knew a young man who left the ar
my with an invincible attachment to
gambling. He followed it clolely until
he had loft most of his wage, —he then
purchased a (hop of goods, mollly on cre
bit—he had his nightly frolicks— be hept
it a^—he was a blood of the firft rate —
his goods were soon, gone and not paid
for—his creditors caled and he began
to cry peccavi —in fad, he did not work it
right. But hi, friend, helped him out.of
fix scrapes, yea out of feyen. At length
necessity broke his spirit—it tamed him—
he married—become a man of bufinefs—
recovered his loft credit, and. now he
works, it right. ,
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From the Connecticut Courant^
~he PROMPTER—No.VIiL
EXETER, (New-Hampfoire) Printed and Publi^ed by HENRY RANLET, at Nine Shillings per annum.
to redeem his own obligations bearing an
intere^pf 6 per cent, at gen killings on
the pound? If it would, lapprellend there
might be found even Judges, whose
gravity would not prevent their, occasion
ally ading a parkin it. So much for the
oecopomy of the measure—let us next
examine its policy—-At the time of the
adoption of this measure, public securities
were considerably under 'ten (hillings on
the pound, and were paling; in large
sums, into the hands of foreigners ; they
are now fold for more than sixteen ; and
if. foreigners continue to purchase they
must give something near their full va
lue. Now will your cqrrefpondent affirm
that, among the circumstances, which
have concurred to efted this rapid ap
preciation, the measure in queftion^has
no: had/ts (hare of influence,? One thing
at least, is certain, that the important
ends, which Congress had in view, are
nearly obtained. Now where is the ap
pearance of farce in all this? That the.
plan was dictated by found ' policy the
event inconteftabliy,demonftrates.
lady—the firft time he had an opportuni
ty to whisper in her ear, and before he
had made any impression on her heart in
his favour, he sighed out his forrowful
tale to her, in full explanation : The la
dy was frightened—the soon rid herfelf
of the didreffed lover ; she said, be did
not work it tight.
evidently iq/ended to throw disgrace on
the policy cf our national legislature. —
Whether the representation therein made
of a certain tranfadion proceed from
profound ignorance or inveterate. ,malice
mutt be left to your readers to determine.
According to this author, the purchasing
up of public securities, while under par,
with a view to appreciate them in the
hands of their holders, and to prevent
thejr palling into the hands of foreigners,
while we hire the money abroad for the
purpose, is a mere fatce. But letus ex
amine where the farce kl:s. if this gen
tleman will take the trouble to figure a
little, he will find that the average price
of the sum already purchased by the Se
cretary of the Treasury, making a pro-
per allowance.for the three years interest,
is about ten (hillings on the pound. Now
would it : be a farce in a& individual.
whose finances were a little deranged, to
hire money at § per cent, (the premium
,But the writer's elegant comparison of
fading at the f>oil ^ losing at the bung
will riot apply to this traniaftiop ; and I
have, for.argument's fake, allowed what
is no; tree. The purchase, has not been
made with money loaned abroad, as he
insinuates —but with that which was ly
ingulelefs in the Federal Treasury. For
the truth of this assertion I d^re,, appeal
to all ' who were concerned in directing,
it.—lt is well known tothofe, who attend
to the journals of , Cpngrefs, that after
fancying the appropriations of the year
1790, out of the revenue arising from im
poftapd tonnage^ there was calculated^
surplus of about one million dollars, and,
that this sum was appropriated to the pur
pose of which wq are speaking. That
the President was authorized; ,to< make &
large loan in Europe and to employ a part
of it in aid of the million in the Treasu
ry, if it (lioold be found necessary—and
that the loan has a&ually been negotiat
ed, are fads, which! neither wish to de-,
ny nor conceal. But as the ends con- 1
templated in the measure have been near-,|
ly accomplished by left than a sixth part
of the sum on hand, the loan wilt, with
out doubt, be applied to the other purpar-;
fes for whicli it was made, viz. towards^
paying off the arrears of interest due on.
the old loans, fad effecting any altera-,
tion in the, principal,, which may be to?
the advantage of the United States. And
no man has a right td fay that it will
not bejudicioufly employed. &„ ,
For the Newhampshire Gazetteer.
Mr. RANLET,
IN your paper of the tgth ult. f observ
ed, an anonymous address, which was
it which the lace loan was negociated)
There are some men, Mr. Printer,
whose minds are formed on too narrow a
scale to admit of their ever taking a
comprehensive view of any considerable
obje&. Like an infe& on a magnificent
pile of building, they can fee only some
very minute parts, without being able to
trace their relation to the whole. It is
not strange that such persons Should be in
capable es difeovering the fitnefs and pro
priety of some particular parts of the
Federal Conftitgtion ; nor.that the policy
of Congress, in some of their important
measures, fhould.be beyond the limits of
their comprehension. Their discernment
may fuffice for all the ordinary purposes
of life, and to these they ought to con
fine its operations. While they move
round in the circle mark'd out for them
by the hand of nature, however narrow it
is, they may be ufeful and refpedable
members of society ; but when they step
aside from it, and arrogantly undertake
publicly to criticize and censure mea
sures of government, with which they are
quite unacquainted, and whose policy
they can never comprehend, they prove
that that foolijhnefs is hound up in their
hearts, which the rod of correction alone can
drive away.'
Mr, Printer, ,
IN perufmg your New-Hampshire Ga
zetteer, l observed there was a very
smart literary engagement between ''Mr.
Detector" and " The Sailor," in which it
appears the " Sailor" was the aggressor.
But it is my sincere wish, that every per
son who has a desire for the public wel
fare,, will use hir^tmoft endeavour to
prevent, if poffibfe, an a&ual engage
ment: For if " Mr. Deteftor" is aman
of spirit, as it is very evident from his
writing, he will undoubtedly fend" the
Sailor" a challenge, which jf he accepts
muft ; prove fatal to one or both of them —
These literary disputes are attended with
the most pernicious consequences and
may, in the true sense ofthe term, be
(tiled BELLA HORRIDA BELLA.
RRIDAY, JAN. 21.„.
MR. WILLIAMSON reported a Bill
for preventing the invalid Pension
ers from felling their penfiohs before they
(hall become due ;' read a firft and second
time, and made the order of the day on
Thursday next. .
The A& tri incorporate the fubfei
bers to the bank of the United States,
received from the Senate yesterday, was
read the firft add second time, and refer
red to a committee of the whole House on
Wednesday next.' , # ,
Mr; Sedgwick's motion for a commit
tee to bring in a bill to provide for the
compensation of the infpedors of the
duties on distilled spirits, was taken into
confederation, and a committee ponfifting
of Messrs. Sedwick, Madison. and Law
ranri, was appointed. „ r r '•
The House proceeded in the confide
ratirin of the amendments proposed to the
bill laying duties on distilled spirits;, „,
A motion was made by Mr. Jackson,
in the following wrirds: , ..,
And be, it further ensded,^ if an,
infpeaor or other officer or person concerned
in the colleAion ofthe revenue to be raised b,
this aa, feall by word, message dr writing,
or in any other manner what/oever, persuade
i or endeavour to perfuade,any Eledor to give,
i or dissuade, endeavour to dissuade an, from
'giving hi)vote for the choice of an, ,erfon
to be fl member of the House of Representa
tives, member of the Senate, or Piefident of
the United States —such inffeedor or other
person so offending,.foall beforever disabled
from. holding an, office, under this aa, and
feall be Jubjea to a penalty of dollars.
This mo ion accafioned a lengthy de
^at@:'<'mi&yeas arid nays being required,
by' Mr. Jackson, were yeas 21= hayt 37.
; PHILANTHROPOS.
Exeter, March, 179^ b "
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
CONGRESS.
VINDEX.
The further consideration of the bill was
postponed until to-morrow.
A message was received from the Senate,
by Mr, Otis, their Secretary, informing
that they haveconcerred in the vote of the
Houfe,in appointing a committee on their
part to confider and report a time for the
commencement of the next Congress.
SATURDY, JAN. 22.
Mr. Lawrance from the committee, to
whom was referred, the petition of Capt,
Seth Harding, reported, that the commit
tee considering Capt. Harding's case as a
peculiar one, beg leave to recommend,
that Congress pass an aft, granting to
Capt. Harding the sum of dollars, as a
gratuity for his facrifices and losses, oc
casioned by leaving his estate and employ
ment within the Britilh dominions, and
for the a&ive, beneficial and meritorious
part he has taken, in securing the rights
and independence of America.
The house pursuant to the order of the
day, proceeded to the further considera
tion of the excise bill ; and after sundry
amendments thereto, Adjourned.
^TUESDAY, JAN. 2,
A memorial was read from sundry in
habitants of Lancaster county ,rtmonftrat
ing against that part of the Excise Bill,
which lays a duty on spirits distilled from
American produce, and on (tills employ
ed in making such spirits.
The committee, appointed to confer
with a committee of the Senate, refpted
ing thetime for the commencement ofthe
next session of Congress, reported,
That it was the opinion of the joirft
committee that a revenue bill might be
paired, and such other business as is of
immediate importance accomplished, be
fore the 4th day of March next ; and that
it would therefore not be necessary that a
new session should commence immediate
ly thereafter.
That the joint committee were also of
opinion, that a bill (hould pass, to alter
the nextannual meeting of Congress, to
an earlier day than that expressed in the
Constitution : But the two committed^
could not come to an agreement, with
refpea to the precise time.
The House then pursuant to the order'
of the day, resumed the consideration of
the excise bill, and after sundry amend
ments made thereto, it was proposed by
Mr. Parker that the duties ffionld not ex
tend to any dill of a finaller capacity
than fifty gallons ; but the question being
taken, passed in the negative. :
The House having gone through the
bill, the question of engrossment was ta
ken and passed in the affirmative.
The yeas and nays being called for,
were ~ r
YEAS. —Messrs. her, Benson, Boudi
not, Bourne, Cad^allader, Carroll/Clymer,
Fitzhmonf, Flo,d, Fefer, Gale; Gerry,
Gilman, Goodhue, Grout, Huntington, Lavi
rance, Lee, Leonard, Livermore, Madison,
Patridge, Sebureman, Scott,Sedgwick, Jher
man,E)lvefer, Sinnickfoit, Sturges, Thatch
er, Trumbull, Fining, Wafoortb; White,
W,nkoo^, 35:
: NAYS=-Meffrs. Afee, Baldwin, Blood
worth, -Brown, Burke, Griffin, (Files,Hart
ley, Hathorn, Heister, Jackson;- Matthews,
MuhlenbergParker, ^an Ranfcllear,Seney,
Sevier, Steele, Stone, Tucker, 20.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26.
f A message was # received from the Pre^
fident of the United States, introducing
a letter, he had received from the Presi
dent of, the National /Assembly of France
accompanying a /decree of that # body,
to wear mourning, for,three dayss in con
fequenc of the ^eath of the late Benjamin
Franklin, fyhettet ahd decree was,
read.
The tidrife/was then cleared Qf:,4 ex
cept mWtoW& to take into
business of/a private n^rc thatrttyure
secrecy. / ,
MONDAY; JAN. 24.
Mr. Heister presented a Petition from
a-considerable number of citizens of Phi
ladelphia, Rating their objections against
the excise bill.