The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-03-03 00:00:00, page 4

WE replied, that distrust was the sole
fafe guard of the weak against the
strong; that with refpeft to th<
demand of affiance from the Swiss, but
confederates, our little republic had never
neglected that measure from simple pre
caution, whenever Savoy became the
theatre of war; that we were even enga
ged to it by treaties guaa teed by France
itfelf, and at which the despotic Louis,
XIV. never took umbrage.
In proof ofthe perfea innocence of the
intentions of our government in relation
. to France, we observed to him,
ift That we were till then the firft and
only independent state which had formally
recognized the French republic, zdly.—
That since its revolution, we had gener^
ouftv opened our corn granaries in favor of
a neighboring diftrid ofFrance,threatened
like onrfelves with a famine. gdly,That
in pursuance of the pressing requifixions of
the fame diftridexpofed toa kind of coun
ter revolution, we had consented to open
our arsenals and to lend it arms, which it
,has not yet restored according to its pro
mifa, and which on the contrary were
then preparing tobe turned against our
selves.
The evident justice of our cause howev
er, would Eave no ways saved us, had it
not been for the influence of the worthy
general before whom we pleaded it, and
who strongly supported it to his conffitu
'ents by urging the extreme, gratuitous
and inevitable danger, such a measure
would incurof hiving all Switzerland in
arms to contend with, before so useless and
dishonourable a quarrel of a giant against
a dwarf could be terminated.
He got his orders of opening the trench
es revoked, and obtained that of negotia
ting pacifically with as. The result was
an honorable and equitable treaty, in
which it was stipulated, that the mifan
derftanding on botk fdes having been hap
pily removed by amicable explanations,
sW&l@Us*#4
% P 0 1 T'e CORNER-
Dear Mr. Crusty.
IRE AD, last week, your fad complaint,
And, law ! it almost made me faint ;
To fee you plunged in gulf defpair,'
And how you kicked and scrabbled there.
O if you'd only let me know,
I'd had you thirty years ago ;
When I was blooming bright as May,
And you were young, and fpry,and gay,
I'm fare it's wicked quite and wrong,
That we should live apart so long ;
That we fhoald thrive! up and die,
And not " encreaje and multiply" -
The wisest sure, and firft command
That we to doShould take in hand.
" 1 cu're hot the fame you used to be"~—
Well, just so, fir, it is with me—
I've scarce a tooth in all my head.
And one flwet only to my bed.
My face has forty wrinkles in't,
My cap-and bonnet out of print.
But, fir, what you rcfolve to do,
I'm sure 1 like as well as you;*
And cannot think what harm 'twould be,
Should you conclude to marry me.
Should you be either deaf or dumb-
I'd cure you up for time to come ;
Jn stocking holes I'd tak^ up flitches.
And wash your shirt & mend your breeches;
Nay, make your bed, and keep out cold,
And tuck you up, when you grow old ;
I'd make you look so fhiart and clever,
You'd want to live with we forever.
But, don't,dear, pray don't,hang yoorfelf,
I'd rather have you twice, by half;
No, fparc the use of rope or garter,
Nor drown —to go to hell, bv water.
But pluck up courage—sure I'll trust ye,
And change my name to Betty Crusty.
I'll then, for fake of rhymy tinkle.
I'll sign myfelf, yours ~—=
BETTY WRINKLE.
RESOLUTION in GENEVA.
BRIEF ACCOUNT of ^ORIGIN
and PROGRESS of the REVOLU
TION in GENEVA—Written in
Letters.
The OLD MAID
To TIM CRUSTY.
FROM THE RILL.
Continued.
he French republic engaged to withdraw
its army from the neighborhood of Gene
va, in consideration that the Genevefe
should dismiss their Swiss garrison. It
promised amongst other things the full ex
ecution of our ancient treaties with the
kings of France. This treaty was recip
rocally signed and concluded, after this
the French plenipotentiary having on this
part exhibited to ushis full powers in due
form. N
* Mr. Genet is the fame per Jon who bat
~nee be nin America, and who, if be,ill re
mains there, will no doubt *',,) the truth oj
the above relation.
We were hastening to execute it by be
ginning to fend back the Swiss, when we
learnt that the French minister refufed to
ratify it but on condition of inserting new
clauses for which pnrpofe • Mr. Genet
was feat to Geneva. What was our fur
prize when after having adhered to all
these new clauses, we learnt that the Con
vention refufed to ratify this second treaty
and that in order to colour this violation of
the laws of nations, it launched a decree
of accusation against General Motifquioti
who had negociaud and concluded it.
The Convention imperioafly exa&dof
us that we should forthwith fend back the
Swiss without conditions. In fad there
was no longer time to obtain any : For on
the faith of this treaty our faithful A"ies
had almost all quitted the town. Geneva
was no longer in a state of defence; and
,our obedience to this law from France be
ing forced from the adual Bate of things,
it seemed that we had not at least an, fur
ther dangers to apprehend from that quar
ter.
But General Montefquioo, whom I had
the happiness of faring from the daggers
which awaited him at Paris, difeovered a
danger to us much more formidable ever
than the preceding one. The Conven
tion, said he, is resolved at all hazards to
operate a political revolution amongflyou,
after its own principles. It only remains
for you to moddle yourfe Ives to it bv your
own adt, or to prepare to defend yourfelyes
against it, either by open war, or by in
ternal intrigues, by either of which you
will infallibly be overwhelmed.
Nothing appeared more difficult than
to conceive in what we could democratize
QUrfelves more to please France ; as by
our laws the assembly of the people exer
cised colledively ofitfelf all the fov?reigr
powers which the French by their num
ber had been obliged to introft to their re
presentatives in Convention.
Prisoner. It is a falfc charge —I never
stole a dog in all my born days ; and if any
one should dare to fey I did, I would tell
him he was a gallows liar to his face.
Accuser. I fay you arc one of the most
notedeft dog-healers in Erighind, and I can
prove as bow you stole my bitch.
Prisoner. is to my dealing a few
bitches now and then, 1 do not pretend to
deny. It is better to pick up little "mon
ey. in an honest employment like that,
than to lounge about like an idle vag
abond.—There is no harm at all in stealing
bitches.
Justice. I believe, fellow, I Bull con
vince you to the contrary.
Prisoner. You must not pretend to tell
me law better than 1 knows it. I was bred
to the cjown law, and fervrd a regular
clerkihip to it among my brethren in the
neighborhood of (hick-lane. I think I
ihould have made a figure, if 1 had been
called to the bar.
Justice, Then you will shortly have an
opportunity of shining in your proper
sphere.
Prifonen. I should have been hanged
many sessions ago, if so be as 1 had not
been clever' in turning and twining the
a&s of parliament. I have net studied law
for nothing. Lord bless your dear wor
fhip'seyes, I have made the most learned
judges going, knock under to me.—When
I came to explain arid indenificate what
law was, they hung down their ears,look
ed foolilh, and had not a word to fay for
themselves.
Juftict. Have you not Able the man's
bitch.
Ju,ice. "P^HAT have you to alledge
against the prifener.
Accuser. Please your worfhip's grace,
I am come to prosecute bin on the dog
A SINGULAR EXAMINATION,
Before a certain ju,ice of the peace lately in
England.
Prijoner. I have.
Justice. Then I fltall cenvia yen in!
the penalty of forty pounds.j
Prifener. a have carefully perused the
aft of parliament, and defy you or any
Other dealer in the peace to hurt a hair of
my head. You must net pretend to teach
,those that can teach you. I knows a thing
,or two, and if you do not mind what you
are about, you may, perhaps, catch cold.
Justice. If you threaten me I ffiall com
mit you.
Prisoner. You had better commit forni
cation.
^N ANECDOTE,
HAVING lately appeared in two of
the daily papers in London, of a
barber having lately set up a sign with a
full length picture of Abfalom suspended
on the "branches of a tree, by the hair of
Ibis head, with a motto, purporting, that
if he had worn a wig, he would not have
met this untoward fate; a French gentle
man, on reading this anecdote, afores us,
that if the circumstance did not originate
iin Bourdeaux, it was at least copied there,
and that fhartly after the sign was put up
a hair dre fler efrblifhed himfelf in the
neighborhood, and, hurt at the fouendo
conveyed against his profeffion, erefted a
sign on which were peurtrayed a river, a
ferry boat,& a naked man ; one of the pas
sengers in the boat, balling the man on
board by the hair of the head, who had
just been saved from finking ; witha motto
importing, that " if he had worn a wig
he must infallibly have been drowned."
THREE CENTS REWARD.
RAN away from the sub
scriber, on the 16th inst.
a Servant girl, named Betsey
powers, aged if: Whoever
will take up said Runaway, and
return her to me, shall receive
the above reward, and no char
ges paid by me, .^
JAMES SMITH.
N. B. All Perfops are forbid
harbouring or trusting her on
my account..,
Sullivan; Feb. it, 1795-
Justice. Is not a bitch a dog ?
Prijoner. Is not your wife a justice es
the peace ? Your worship would not pre
tend to fay now, that a cow is a bull !
Justice. I infill upon it that, according
to the true spirit of the statute, a dog and
a bitch are exactly the fame thing.
Prijoner. I dare you to convi& me on
the statute of ioG., The word bitch is
not so much as mentioned in it. I had the
opinion of my brethren upon this gig, and
bl--ft me if I do not steal as many bitebet
as I come near, spite of all the old women
in the commission.
Prijoner. Lord help the poor law-male
ers, they always leave a hole for a man of
geniofity to creep out of !—lf they have a
mind to make their ads binding, they must
consult one of us knowing ones, who are
up to a thing or two, which is more than
you are.
Jufice. Ifyou call me an old woman a
gain I will trounce you.
Prijoner. Read that, and be convinced
[prefenting to the justice the aft of parliament
against deg,callng.J
Ju,ice. [After having read the aA.]
Discharge this fellow—l (hall not ven
ture to commit him.
ift of April last I cut a number of thrifty
(hoots, coated the cat ends with tar, and
then planned them about eight inches deep,
in a very sandy but rich foil ; their foliage
appeared in season, and retained there ver
dure as late as any nursery plant. Late ip
the fall I took up some and found a large
number of fibres formed, fufficient for the
support erf vegetation; and am now per
suaded, that orchards may be formed in
this easy, cheap, and expeditious way.—
Every further experiment of jthis nature,
and the nature of the process mall be com
municated; bv vour very humble servant.
JOHN J. BLAVELT, farmer.
PERMIT me through the medium of
your ufeful paper, to acquaint the
public with a mode of cultivating APPLE
FREES from cuttings, not attempted as
.ft in America with success. About the
From the NEW-YORK Journal.
Mr. Printer,
Excunt severally.
ON the night of the 25th infant, the
STORE ofthe fubicriber was bro
ken open, and the following articles tak
en, mil. One piece Caffimere—one
piece Velvet—one dozen worded Hofe—
one piece Checked Linen—one dozen Wo
men's kid Gloves : with a variety of
Handkerchiefs, of the following kinds ;
India Bandannoes—black Barcelona do.
check'd Silk do.—several piece# Silk and
Cotton do.—Cotton do.—linen do.
one piece Chintz Shawls—sundry kinds of
Twist—several hundred Needles, &c. &c.
There afehe strongest marks offufpkion
against a certain person, who calls bis name
CALEB OAKS.—He is a well built per
son, about five feet ten inches, or fix feet
high—dark hair, & grey eyes—thick set
—about twenty fix years of age.—Had on,
while in this town, a light coloured striped
elastic coat, confiderablv worn, and a
light mix'd coloured broadcloth one vel
vet waistcoat and breeches—round hat,
wore boots, and looks like a thief.—He
had a red ibag waistcoat ; and his great
coat was a dark brown,trimmed round the
cape, collar cuffs, &c. with feal&in, furr
out.—He rode a dark bay herfe, carries
his head low, and trots.—He is a Shoe
maker by profeffion, and plays on the vio
lin, which be keep, with him. Whoever
will secure said thief in any of the jails of
this Commonwealth, or recover said good
fo that the fubferiber may have them,
Ihall have TWENTY DOLLARS re
ward, and all lawful charges.
JEREMIAH MAYHEW. _
Newbedford, 28/6 Jan. 179;.A
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