The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1795-06-04 00:00:00, page 4

THE UNFEELING FATHER..
«< f^OES nature refufe to plead
1/ for me” (said Miranda,
kneeling before her father) "or
does (he plead in vam ! You
broke the sacred bonds of nature,
(said the old man) “ when you
left a father’s fond protedion and
a mother’s tender care, to pursue
the fortune of the only man on
earth whom they detested. An
heavenly father, exlcaimed Miran
da, forgives the fins of his child
ren; and shall an earthly parent
deny the charitable boon a repent
ant child a(ks of him “To that
heavenly father, then,” replied he,
I recommend you ; my doors are
no longer open to receive you, I
have made a vow, which (hall nev
er be broken. Let the friends of
your husband proted his darling—
you are mine no more. “ But
these children, fir,—Alas ! what,
have they done ? Leave me to the
fate that awaits me ; but fuffer
not them to perilh ”
« They are none of mine,” said
the stern parent, “ I will never
press them in my arms —they (hall
never fit upon my knees. I will
fofter no more gratitude. Let
him ‘who begat them, take the
spade and mattock and get them
bread. No office is beneath the
affedion of a parent, when child
ren have been ungrateful—l am
V. ' »
your’s no more.
This was the fatal dialogue be
tween Miranda and her obdurate
father, in the porch of his house,
for (he was admitted no further.
He (hut the door against her; and
retired to his chamber. *
The x wind Mew, and the tain
beat hard, and (he dared not en
counter the tempest > (he remain
ed in the porch—prefled her (hiv
ering babes to her bosom ; &
cd that the morning's dawn would
7to CHARMS of CONTmTMEifT.
CELESTIAL Bal® of human woes,
Come thy blifsful charm* difclofe>
Lovely, tranquil, peaceful, kin^
Calmer of the human mind :
Soothing goddeft of the Ikies
In whom every comfort lies I *
Why need we roam the world around.
And seek where thou cans’t not be foufid;
Can bags of Gold or worlds of gain
The true felicity obtain/?
Can pomp or state procure thy love ?
No, thou was’t born and bred above ;
To sooth the woes of human life,
And free our fouls from care and ftrife :
To (mile around the sickly bed,
And mitigate the tortur’d head $
To (often every mental pain,
And hush misfortune’s plaintive strain;
The sweets of wisdom to inpart,
And confcprate the bleeding heart.
’Twas thus as o’er the vernal plain
I pond’ring rov’d in mufefull Bain,
’Till underneath a (hade I flood,
And sung my wishes to the wood.”
Around my head the Zephyrs play’d
The fountains murmur’d thro’ the glade ;
Whilst warbling birds and waving trees
Confpir’d to lull my foul to ease.
It feem’d as if my peaceful breast,
The presence of my grace confeft,
’Till loft in fleet’s quiefent arms,
No more perceiv’d the varied charms.
When hus she spoke—“ Ah Youth be wife,
** Let not a murmuring sigh arife—
•* jf fortune frowns and taste’s fevete,
«• Suppress the burst of sorrow’s tear.
If health and all its joys are flown.
Be hush surcease to plantive moan ;
a Know him who gave you being nrft
«< Is ail lupremely, wile and just.
• Hence be contented in your ftste,
ts And learn to brave the storms of fete ;
«' Let virtue’s armor shield your breast,
« md lull your pensive feul to rest,
•f While resignation points your way
« To fairer realms of brighter day.’
Poet’s Confer.
A F R AG MENT.
bring mercy along with it. But
when the morning dawn’d (he was
no more! The servants found her a
clay-cold corpse, and the two chil
dren weeping beside it. When
Malvoiia was called to fee the
fpe&acle, he funk down on the
floor ; life indeed returned, but
peace abandoned him forever.
He loves the children ; but lays,
heaven in all its stores of mercies
has not one for him.
TANNING.*
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FRENCH NEW METHOD OF TAN- I
NING, INVENTED BY CIT
IZEN SEGUIN.
THE new method of tanning
is founded on an Accurate know
ledge of the nature of skins, and
of the materials which tan them.
It consists in letting the skins lie
several days in a solution of bark,
deprived of its tan, and (lightly |
acidulated with fulphurous acid, i
That substance, which causes the I
hair to adhere to the (kin, is thus
burnt up, and the hair thereof
comes off eafdy; the skins ioften
en and fwoln, in this preparation,
ate then taken out, and afterwards
suspended in lolucions, more or
less impregnated with tan. In a
few days, and in a bout 15 days
for the strongest skins, this lub
stance penetrates in layers into the
centre of the skins, combines it
felf with the animal substance and
gives it by saturation, that charac
ter, which resists putrifadion, and,
at the fame time, fufficient solidity
to make it fit to make shoes. This
method of Seguin’s has a treble
advantage; firft, it is the most ex
peditious mode of tanning ; sec
ondly, less expensive 5 and Jaftly,
more complete than any other
method, as it gives the highest de
gree of solidity to the leather,
which the tan can communicate;
^nd, on comparison, hides thus
tanned have been found to exceed
thedreffed skins of any other coun
try whaifoever.
The quickness of this method
is such, that by taking the proper
precautions, calve-skins may be
tanned in two days, and the strong
est ox-hides in ten or fifteen days.
This new method has also the ad
vantage of rendering, in the pro
cels, the use barley wholly unne
cessary, of which all tanneries have
consumed a very great quantity.
A large capital is also unnecessa
ry ; and remote foiefts may be
turned to advantage, by balking
I and separating from the bark that
I matter which is the principle of
tan, upon the very spot; thus re
ducing the necessary part of the
bark to a very small weight, and
confequentlymuch diminifbing the
ex pence of carnage. The sim
plicity of the whole operation is
such, that,any private man may
tan hides for his own consump
tion, with more facility that a
common proteffed tanner;
THE Peach engrafted into •
the Plumb, (ucceeds excellent
ly, and lives longer than it
would have done in a natural
state ; the reason seems to be,
that the Peach is a tender tree,
(hoots with vevacity, and pro
duces more branches than the
root is able to maintain. —
thus the Peach trees arc full
of dead wood, and often their
Grafting Peach Trees,
large branches pcrifli, and
sometimes the whole trunk.
On this occasion, the Plumb,
being a low shooting tree,
communicates its virtue to the
graft; and the Peach conse
quently fends out shoots which
? are more robust and strong,
and are no more in number
than the root is able to lup
ply with nourishment, and
consequently the tree is more
lasting.
A Young girl in Loman
bardy,running after her
aft, which was in haste to get
to her foal, passed a gentleman
on the road. She was too
buxom to be unnoticed—
Whence do you come, Iweet
heart, laid the gentleman ?—
From Villejuff, replied the
girl.—From Villejuff!—And
do you know the daughter of
Nicholas Guillet, who lives
there ? Very well, said the
girl —Be'lo kind then, return
ed the gentleman, as to carry
her a kiss from me,and throw
ing his arms around her neck,
endeavoured to salute her. —
Hold ! hold 1 fir, exclaimed
the girl, disentangling herfelf
from him , since you are in
such a violent hurry, you had
better give your kiss to my
a/s, as she will be there some
time before me.
A TAYLOR, who was
once ill, had a remarkable
dream. He saw fluttering in
the air, a piece of cloth of
prodigious length, composed
of all the cabbage he had
made. The Angel of death
held this peace of patch
work in one of his hands, and
with the other gave the Tay
lor several ftfokes with a piece
of iron. The Taylor awak
ing in a fright, made a vow
that if he recovered he would
cabbage no more. He soon
recovered. As he was diffi
dent of himfelf, he ordered
one of his apprentices to put
him in mind of his dream
whenever he cut-out a suit of
clothes.
The Taylor was for some
time obedient to the intima
tions given him by his appren
tice ; but a gentleman hav
ing .fen t for him
coat out of a very rich
his virtue could ,not resist
this temptation. His appren
tice put him in mind of his
dream to no purpose. "I am
tired with your talk about the
dream (said the Taylor: Ithere
was nothing like this in the
whole piece of patch work I
saw in my dream ; and I ob
served likewise that there was
a piece deficient; that which
I am now going to take will
render U complete.
ANECDOTES.
The TAYLOR’s Dream.
Esq. Judge of Probate of
wills &c. for said county.
NOTICE is hereby given that Wil- m
Liam Gordon of Pitttjitlcl in laid
County, Tan nr, has petitioned, reprefentinf
that he it tennant in common, with others
unknown, in the lot numbered 1, in the
third range in the firft division of lots in
Chichtßer ; in the lot numbered 18, in the
seventh range in said division ; and in the
lot numbered 17, in the eighth range in.
said div-fion ; and in the lot numbered 3 J
in the third range in the third division in
said PitaJieU. -That of the said lot No. I,
he owns 16 acres of the lot No. 18, 26 a
-of the said lot No. 27* 28 acres ;
and of the lot No. 35 4$ acre?.—And
praying that a committee may be appoint
ed to let off to him, infcveralty by metes
and bounds, his said quantity in laid lots
refpe£lively : Whereupon it is ordered that
he be heard at the Probate Office, in Exettr^
in said County, on the last Monday of
June next, at 11 of the clock before noon,
when the several persons interested may
have opportunity 10 make their objedions
to the granting of the prayer of said
petition.
By order, Wm. PARKER,
May 2Otk, 1795-
To be fold by the Subscriber,
AFA R M,
Containing about 70 acres
of Land, lying in Epping, on the
mam road leaning from Nottingham Square
to Chester, with 2 Houses. 2 Barns, and a
good Orchard, well wooded and watered,
with a ftrea®. running .through said Farm,
with a Grist Mill in good repair the eon—
alfo about 16 acres of Land lying on said
road, within about 100 rods of said build
ings, 12 of which is meadow land, the re
mainder up land. For further particu
lars, enquire of JOHN PERKINS.
Effingt May 26, >795 •
Rockingham^ ft.
BY the Hon. Samuel Tenny,
A CTIVE young MEN are
wanted for a term of three years, ^ub
lels iooner discharged) to recruit the army
of the United States, in the Weflern Terri
tory.—As the monthly pay of the noncom
miflioned officers, privates, and musicians
is liberally increafcd, and a bounty of four
teen dollars to be paid on enliftihent; clo
thing and provision amply furnifhed the
troops, the subscriber flatters himfeif that
numbers of the youth of this State will be
induced to try their fortune abroad.—Any
who may be inclined to embrace the pro
feffion of arms for the period above men-’
tioned are invited to enroll their names,
with D. TILTON,
A SMALL, but very con
venient HOUSE,with one acre and
an naif of good Land, having on it a Num
ber of thriving young ^pple and oth<« fruit
trees, Trusted on the h^ain Road leading
from Exeter to Newbury-Bridge, within
a quarter of a mile of the meeting house
in KenfingTon. Any person inclining to
purchase the fame may have it on reason
able terms by applying Toon to the fubicri
ber in Exeter.
JONATHAN C. HILL;
Ext'tr, Mai 8, 1795.
A N Honefl: active Boy in a
/V R-tail Store, 14 or 15 years old,
good Learning. Enquire of
DANIEL CLARK.
Exdtr, May 18th, 1795-.
। T r t ———. ■
RAGS.
/-^ASH,Writing-Paper, or
Books given for clean
cotton and linen RAGS at
this Office.
■ ' -■■•-.'l’ ’ • ■ 'h- -
Captain in the service of the U States.
Exettr, May 2d 1795.
Take Notice!
TO BE SOLD,