The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1790-06-04 00:00:00, page 4

,V°OUR observations on the cau-
Y fes of death, and the experi
ments which you propole for recall
ing to life those who appear to be
killed by Lightning, demonstrate
your fegacity and your humanity. It
appears that the doctrines of life and
death, in general, are yet but little
tinderftood.
" A toad buried inland will live, it
is said, until the sand bcomes petrified;
and then, being inclofed in the stone
it may still live, for we know not for
how many ages. The fa&s which
are cited in support of this opinion
are too numerous, and too circum
stantial, not to deserve a certain de
gree of credit. As we are accuftom
cd to fee all the animals with which
we are acquainted, eat and drink, it
appears to us difficult toconceive how
a toad can be supported in such adun
geon : But if we reflea, that the ne
cessity of nourishment which animals
experience in their ordinary ftate,pro
ceeds from the continual waste of their
substance by perspiration, it will ap
pear less incredible, that some animals
in a torpid ftate,perfpiring less because
they use no exercise, should have less
need of aliment ; & that others, which
are covered with scales or (hells,which
stop perspiration, such as land & sea
turtles, serpents, and some species of
fifh, should be able to iubfift a con
siderable time without any nourish
ment whatever. —A plant, with its
flowers, fades and dies immediately,
if exposed to the air without having
its roots immersed in a humid foil,
from which it may draw a fufficient
quantity of moisture to supply that
which exhales from its substance and
is carried off continually by the air.
Perhaps, however, if it were buried
in quicksilver, it might preserve fora
considerable space of time its vegeta
ble life, its smell and colour. If this
On the Death of Persons who are flruck
J\RESS up a man that's tall & fair,
J Like any pretty miss,
hich ofyour sex would firft declare,
She lodg'd that man to kiss.
Just so, when women dress like boys,
The attractive power is gone ;
Their sex forgot and all its joys.
When once our clothes are on.
Those who would take the marriage vow
This lesson fare it tenches,
The girls in coats & waistcoats now
Will one day wear the Breeches.
From nature and from beauty's line,
Your sex have ftraogely err'd;
That dress which is not femenine,
Must always be absurd.
[ln a letter from Dr. B. Franklin, to
M. Dubourg, the French Transla
tor of his works.
SEAT OF THE MUSES.
FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS CENTINEL.
•with LIGHTNING.
TO THELADIES.
be the case, it might prove a commo
dious method of transporting from
diflant countries those delicate plants
which are unable to luftain the incle
mency of the weather at fea,and which
require particular care and attention.
—1 have seen an instance of common
flies preserved in a manner somewhat
similar. They had been drowned in
Madeira wine, apparently about the
time when it was bottled in Virginia,
to be lent hither (to London). At the
opening of one of the bottles, at the
house of a friend where I was, three
drowned flies fell into the firft glass
which was filled. Having heard it
remarked, that drowned flies were ca
pable of being revived by the rays of
the fun, I proposed making the ex
periment upon these: They were
therefore exposed to the fun upon a
sieve, which had been employed to
strain them out of the wine. In less
than three hours two of them began
degrees to recover life. They com
menced by some convulsive motions
in the thighs, and at length,they rail
ed themselves upon their legs, wiped
their eyes with their fore feet^eat and
brushed their wings with their hind
feet, and soon after began to fly,find
ing themselves in Old England with
out knowing how they came hither.
The third continued lifelefs until fun
set, when losing all hopes of him he
was thrown away.
I wish it were possible, from this
instance, to invent a method of em
balming drowned persons in such a
manner that they might be recalled to
life at any period, however distant;
for, having a very ardent desire to fee
and observe the state of America an
hundred years hence, I should prefer
to an ordinary death, the being im
mersed in a calk of Madeira wine,
witli a few friends, until that time,
then to be recalled to life by thefolar
warmth of my dear country ! But
since in all probability we live in an
age too early and too near the infancy
of science, to hope to fee such an aft
brought in our time to its perfection,
I must for the present content myfelf
with the treat which you are so kind
as to promise me, of the refurredion
j ofa fowl or a turkey cock.
The fele&men having received from
the Executors of Dr. Franklin's
Will extracts therefrom, communi
cated the fame to the town, at the ad
journed town-meeting, yesterday. -
The extracts are lengthy, and con
tain many of those judicious and ele
gant maxims and observations, for
which the Doctor is fojuftly celebra
ted : They contain legacies to the
Town,the American Academy of Arts
and Sciences, and his relations. To
the Town he has bequeathed I tool,
fterling—O^e hundred pounds of which
to the Grammar-Schools —the interest
of which is to be laid out in Medals,
DR. FRANKLINS WILL.
to be given to such scholars as fhali
excel in certain acquirements.—The
other ten hundred pounds sterling, the
Selectmen of the town of Boston are
to hold in trust, to be let out in lums
not exceeding fxty pounds, nor less
than fifteen pounds sterling, to young
married Art'zans, under the age of
25 years, who can procure fufficient
recommendation for Sobriety, and of
having performed the duties required
by their indentures, of at least two
reputable citizens, who are willing to
be furities for them ; at an interest of
5 per cent, per annum. The interest
and a tenth part of the principal to
be paid annually. This sum being
thus made an accumulating fund, the
Doctor has provided for the appro
priation of its product in 100 years,
(when it will amount to 13 i,ooo.fter
ling)—one hundred thousand pounds for
publick works; and the remaining
3i,0001. to begin a second fund on the
principles of the legacy now left ; un
til another century expires, when it
will accumulate to 4,000,000 pounds
—One million of which the town is to
dispose of ; and the other three millions
the State. The DoCfor not wishing
to extend his views any further. There
are very many other particulars,which
as we relate from memory, we cannot
at present give correct to our rea
ders. Nor can we attempt any part
of it, in the language of the deceased.
As a corredt copy will undoubtedly
be published—the foregoing sketch
may fuffice.
BY licence from the Hon. Phillips
White, Esq. Judge of Probate for the county
of Rockingham,will be Sold, at Public Vendue, on
Monday the 14th day of June next, at two of the
clock in the afternoon, at the late dwelling-house of
James Man, of Epsom, deceased, •
All the Real Estate of the said deceas'd,
including the Widow's Thirds in Reversion.
^Conditions of Sale to be known at time and place.
SARAH MAN, Adminifratrix.
Epsom, 19th May, 1790.
CTRAYED 01: stolen, from the paf^
'^’ture of Capt. Josiah Gilman, in, Exetcr=
A dark brown HORSE—about 14
hands high-trots and paces—white hind feet—a
Rar in his forehead—hog-back'd—and cruked hind
legs. Whoever will bring the above Horse to the
fubferiber, shall be handsomely rewarded, and all
necessary charges paid. JOSEPH OSBORNE.
Exeter, Ma, „, 1790.
TICKETS in Ammonufick Bridge
LOTTERY, to be fold at Lamson's office—
where the scheme may be seen,
^ A Lift of Prizes will be publifeed in this paper
when drawn. Exeter, Ma, 21.
CT-O be fold, A New Milch COW,
I cheap for Case, and fart credit given, if appli
ed for soon. Enquire of the Printer. Ma, 27.
CASH, and a generous price given
for LAMB-SKINS, with the Wool on, at the
Shop of William Kelly, near the Academy.
Exeter, Ma, 27, 1790.
GASH and Writingpaper given for
clean Linen and Cotton and Linen RAGS, at
RanLet'/ Office, Main. Street, Exeter.
^%ifl,ublifoed, and read, for fate .
at this Office, The AMERICAN SONGSTER,
being a colhaion of the mo, celebrated ancient and mo
fon Songs.,•
STATEOF NE&HAMPSMIRE ROCKINGHAM,SS.