The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1793-08-14 00:00:00, page 4

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HE fun had funk beneath the wave,
Aflcep all nature lay,
The pa'e moon thro' the tranquil eve,
Diffus'd his silver ray.
Ciofs on the right a grove appear'd,
With age and verdure crown'd,
Beyond, a rock-bound mountain rear'd,
And spread a grandeur round.
Meand'ring on the left a stream,
Its willoW'd banks difplay'd,
In dimples chequer'd Cynthia's beam,
And deck'd the fil-.it glade.
Amid the charms of this retreat,
Palemon careless rov'd,
Ilia foul, where virtue chose her feat.
By gendeft impulse mov'd.
While thus his mind in airy flight,
And Philosophic raege,
Drank the pure plcafares of the night,
Alas ! the painful charge.
Birne on the air a waiting found,
The peaceful Silence broke,
Palemon iifl'ning gaz'd around.
While thus the mourner (poke.
" Ah ! luck'cfs me ! diftrefs'd and ion:'
How long will fate delay ?
How long must Eloisa mourn,
And weep her h.uis away ?
Ah ! fcon these tears fliall cease tc.How,
This bafom cease to heave,
Soon Hull 1 fly each heart felt woe,
And all my furrows leave."
Sweet as the Swan's expiring Strain,
Each accent died in air,
Palemon's heart was touch'd with pain,
He found the weeping fair.
Half leaning on a moss-grown bed,
In pensive thought the lay,
So the pale lilly hangs its head,
And withers all away.
<7TT~^ hence'ne cried, " unhappy maid,
These plaints and ceaseless sighs,
Why mid the beauties here difplay'd.
The dew drops in thy eyes ?
Hulh each alarm-—bid grief depart,
Attend to friendfllips voice,
So peace shall dawn upon thy heart,
And teach it to rejoice."
" Ah ! vain's the will: 1 wretch to save,"
Sad Eltyfa said,
" Each hope is buried in the grave.
Aid ev'ry comfort's dead.
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'^ coDcococtooieeacocoeocw 's,
Philander , :s a virtuous yru:h,
And mild as summer seas,
His bread peffrf/d the turtle's truth,
And taught him how to pkafe.
Each puffing hour increas'd our bliss,
Oh ! 'twas almost divine,
My iumoft foul was wholly his,
And his was wholly mine.
Too foun the Elyfrn field was gone,
The dear deletion fled,
My widow'd heart was left alone.
How could he make it bleed ?
Ijow cop'd my father wound my peace,
How could each vernal joy 1
Command each tender puWc to cease,
And each fond hope dellroy ?
'Twas wealth and pride united flrove.
My father felt their power,
lib haughty foul difdain'd the love,
My dear Philander bore.
No charms hsd partial fortune spread,
To urge Philander's plea,
" Wfiom and north were all he had,
'' &d these were all to me."
But these alas were all in vain,
'Twas gold alone could lure ;
My father saw cur mutual pain.
But pride refus'd the cure.
Forc'd from these arms—the youth most
dear,
Bade one long—lag adieu,
Left the lone Eloisa here,
This wretched hour to view.
And Oh! may heav'n." The mourner
ceas'd
Serene as setting day,
filer woe worn break was hufh'd to peace
She figh'd her foul away.
Mr. Spooner,
The folio-wing Elegiac Line:, taken from the
Herald of Freedom, may pofibly
serve as a caution to Parents.
From the Medley, ^c.
AwE L EG Y.
ITis apure stream that faells she tide of
fympatby— It is an excellent heart that inter
^ ^f in the feelings of others —lt is a
beaven-like dijpffiion that engages the af
feAtors, and extorts the Jjmpaibetic tear for
the misfortunes of a friend. Mankind are
cv r JubjeA to ills, infirmities and disappoint
ment. Every breafi at Jerne particular period,
experiences sorrow and dfrefs. —Pains and
perplexities are the long lived plagues of hu
man exifence : Eat Jympatby is the balm that
beats thoje abounds. If a preJon, who has
'°J'" P'^ctotts friend, can Jixd another who
widjeehugiy participate in bis misfortune, be
i; will nigh compensated for bis loss. And
delightful ts the taj.k, to a feeling mind, oj
/opening the painful pillow of the fak, ama
fag the thoughts of the unhappy, and allevi
ating '' e tortures of the afflicted. —How Ja
t. J:ea is the conferee of him, who can rejha
that be bus added a comfort to the unfortunate,
a,id aJmAeto the cloudedfeatures of the dis
contented. lb bat can aford more refined en
jeyment, thin to walk by the fide of an unbap
ppjAead in the cooling Jbade, and bear him
repeat the hjhy of bis misfortunes, count
over the number of bis troubles, and kindly
d>op a tear cf pity and condolence when b:s
heart bleeds?
Sympathy is a tender passion, the Spring
cf rfimment, fefered in the bojom of friend
pAp, and nurtured by love, companion ana
benevolence. A mind fraught w:ito Jenfkilt
ty is never dejlitute of this friendly fenjation ;
a good heart however dijquieted, willfeel its
coujohng influence with thankfulnefs.
To build an expenfire bridge at Black
friars, it was proposed to solicit donations
from feme of the wealthy citizens of Lon
don. Two gentlemen undertook the soli
citation. As they approached the door of
a rich bachelor, they heard him severely
chiding his housekeeper for throwing away
a match, which the had just used to light a
candle, and which pollibly might have ser
ved to light another.
" We (ball have no facet's here,'? fays
pne of the gentlemen, " for a man who is
;fo vexed at the loss of two grains of brim
ft.nne, will not turn out his guineas to build
a bridge."
" We will try him however," fays the
other. They went in, made the proposal,
and immediately received joo guineas.
;" How is this ?"fay they to the bachelor,
i" you chided the house keeper for throw
ing away a half-burnt match ; and yet we
have found none so liberal on this public
,occasion, as yourfclf."
Ye parents, from her hapless fate,
1 ne parent's duty learn.
Left you, with fruitless tears too late.
An Eloisa mourn.
When two fond hearts in concert beat,
With virtues loose alone,
Bid pride be fill—their bliss complete,
L#Hymen make them one.
ALONZO.
Bridgewater, 1759.
The Wo'n'Tt'o R?
CAYS the vulgar proverb. “ Ye
and better too," fays my Neighbor Fru
;alj " for your penny earned will do you
no good, ciniefs you faze it for a good
purpufe ; and besides. to earn a penn)
costs you labor, but to save a penny coll,
you nothing ; nay, it prevents even the
trouble of squandering it away," A pen
ny ycu think is a trifle, not worth saving.
out save a penny every day, and the
ium will be configurable at the year's
end.
" Come then with me thy Sorrows join.
And ease my woes by telling thine."
A Penny fav<d is as good as a Penny earned ;
A gentleman whom I once knew, en
:ered into trade in his youth, with % small
capital. He was impressed with this idea.
h?t his success depended upon prudence,
-nd frugality; and that with so small a
capital, he must admit no unnecessary ex
pence.— One morning as he fat at break
sass, he thought whether the sugar of his
tea was no: worth fading. For an experi
ment, he at each dlffi laid the usual piece
of sugar on the table, after (br^kfaft he
weighed it, and computed the amount for
a year, He frqm that time used no sugar
with his tea which was agreeable enough
without it. An ounce of sugar is bp:a tri
fle,but an ounce every day will make more
than twenty pounds in a year.—Many a
man might save the value of three or four
crowns in a year, in this or other things,
with as little felf denial.
The ECONOMIS T.
After escaping from the horrors of fire
& sword, from all the fury that a herd of Sa
vages can be supposed capable of,whofe fouls
are inacceflible to the smallest sentiment
of human ty —flying from our country —
abandoning our fortunes, acquired by the
labors cf twenty or thirty years, in a Slate
of absolute want —most of us Separated
from our husbands,our wives, our parents,
our children and fiends—A painful resig
nation to the dispensations of providence
was alone capable of arresting the effeds
of our despair :—But this Providence has
graciously referred us once more to taste of
nappincfr—favering us with a most prof
perous navigation, it has conduced us to
3 hospitable Shore, where all the cozens
h^ve received us with open arm:—where
every heart has expanded with pity for our
oifconfolate situation—where every com
fort and assistance has been most bountiful
ly afforded us—scarcely were cur misfir
tunes known to this generou, people, when
^n asylum was offered us in the bosom of
heir fami'ies~ —a Urge fubfeription open
ed—and all that rcl es, only to be exped
ed in a great and populous city, at once
round in the Single town cf Baltimore.
Receive the assurances cf a gratitude
whefe weight fits lighter cn our hearts,
from your accompanying your benevo
lence with a touching ferfibility, that
marks true generosity with all those Shades
of delicacy that infinitely enhances its va
lue.
Receive the affuranecs of all those senti
ments with which we are so deeply pene
trated,and of our fervent withes for a con
tinuance of that prosperity of which you are
so eminently deferring, from the honora
ble use you make ofit.
Citizens, abase calumny may possibly
strive to pursue us to the friendly asylum
you have opened ; but we beseech you not
to listen to its suggestions—to the kindness
you have already shewn us,add that ofbe
ing on your guard againftit. Qur enemies,
envious of that humane concern with which
you endeavor to make us forget our mis
fortunes, may endeavor to perfccute us,
by attempting to rob us of your esteem.
Alas ! we trust we may with confidence
fav that we deserve it—we deny with that
assurance that innocence alone can give,
the difpefitions most iniurioufly imputed
to us, of making remittance to those laws
dictated for us by our country.
Virtuous Americans ! be not surprised
that we caw; convey to you the sense of
" This," said the bachelor, “ is my
Reedy principle,to save what can be saved,
tho' but a trifle ; and to give what I ought
to give, however considerable, A match
of brimstone is in itfelf a trifle, and if it
was the only thing to be wafted, it would
not deserve notice : A habit of saving is
important—The girl who burns a match,
because it has been lighted once, may by
and by, burn her handkerchief, because it
is dirty ; or throw by her flockings, be
cause there is a stitch or two broken. But
teach her a habit of saving, little things,
and the habit will very cafi!y extend to
greater things. Itis by use that we learn
economy ; and by economy that we ac
quire wealth. I have by prudence, more
than by industry obtained a fortune ; and
am now able to serve the public: The
small troubles which attend a disposi
tion to save, is abundantly compensated in
the sublime pleasure which rcfults from a
power to give."
W^ HAT a painful andat the fame
time consoling fpettacle, does the to^n of
Baltimore now present ! What feenes of
pain and affecting sympathy ! What a pic
ture of wretchedness and beneficence!
Generous inhabitants of Baltimore ! re
ceive these public expressions of a gratitude
that Shall possess our hearts till our lateli
breath— hit Shall be perpetuated in the
hearts of our children, whom it full be
our duty to bring up in these sentiments
for you : We will inform them ts the be
nevolent reception you have given us ; we
will tell them that it is ycu who have
restored us to life—but how will it ever be
possible for us to describe to them the obli
ging cares, the delicate attentions, the
en g 3 gi r g "^ kind concern you have ma
nifested to us—the marks of fympath.—
the tender companion you have Shewn fui
our Sufferings—the fivect conf&htion you
have procured us—the tears ycu have Shed
with us—and, in fine, the deep sense you
have discovered of the horrors cf our
wretched situation.
The following is an ADDRESS from tbofe
unhappy People who have arrived at
Baltimore from Cape-Francois, to the in
habitants of that place.
The highest price given for good white
oak Timber, suitable for said business
and the smallest favors gratefully acknow
ledged.
Keene, Aug. 6, 1795.
1 A / ANTED as an Aypreauce to uo
YV Blacksmiths' business, a ftcut ac
tive Boy, 15 or 16 years old.—For ter@
applyto THOMAS FIELD,
Keene, Aug. 6, 1793.
BRORE into the Enclosure cf the Sub-
Briber, a Brindle STAG, about
nve or fix years old.— The owner may
have him with paying the cofl.
THOMAS SMITH, jun.
Surry, July 23, 1795.
ifAN PED IMMEDIATELY,
A YOUNG Woman who can recom
mend herfelf by her industry and
attention to business, in a small family
tuch an one may depend cn a very gene
ous price by applying to the fubfcribcr,)
MOSES JOHNSON.*
Keene, July 2gtb, 171,3.
Ju.t Pubmh^d/and for ialfaTthis OIL^,
T F,E
REMARKABLE AD'.T/TrtS^
OF
JACKSON JOHONNET,
of Massachusetts.
Hbofried as a Soldier in the wefern army,
in the Maffachuftts due, in the expedition
u^r General Harmar, and the
unfortunate General St. Clair.-
CONTAININGX
An account of bis captivity,Jifirings and A.
cape from the KickapOj Indians.'
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF,
and published at the earned importunity
of his friends, for the benefit cf
AMERICAN YOUTH.
_JAy 23, 1793.
AO TIFICATION.
-J^HE Members of the New-Hamp,
fnire Medical Society in the west
ern Diftritt, to wit, in the counties of Cfr.
Jbire, Hillfarcugb and Grafton, are requ+fl
ed to meet in Charleftown, in the Codr,
of CheJhire, at Col. George Kimball's,^,
the third Wcdnefday of August next, for
'he purpose cf organizing themselves
agreeably to the rules and regulations o f
laid Society, and for tranfa&ing such other
business as may be thought proper.
WILLIAM PAGE,
By order of the Society.
Cbarlejlown, July 14, 1793.
of all we feel on this occasion ; the great 1
sensations of the mind are far beyend the]
most impassioned powers of language, and•
your hearts are fufficiently aecquainted
with them to judge what must be the ex
tent of our feelings.
A. BRIDEGROOM, the firft al
he was in bed with his bride said ante,
when I solicited your chastity, if you
condefeended, I would never have m_
you my wife, for I did it cnly to m
thee. Faith, said She, I imagined
much, but I bad been cozened so three or fe^
times before, and was refolded to befooled r..
more.
gained MT,EC,
WHEELWRIGHT;
TALES this method to inform tie
Public, that he has removed frJm
Swanzey to this town, where he purpoles
to carry on his business in all its various
branches^ in the building next door fuath
of Mr. William W. Blake's Store.
Advertisement.,
fJC/HEREAS my wife Huldab Brra,
V7 has eloped from my bed and
board, without any just cause or reason.
This therefore, is to forbid all persons
harboring, trailing, or having any concern
with her on my account, for I will not
pay any debts of her contrading.
ADAM BROWN.
Maryborough, Jul, 8, 1793.
ALMANACK. \
AUGUST. S. r. S. f. Mr&|
14 Wednesday, § 7 653 11 5y
15 Thurfdaj, 5 8 6 52 II 4fa
16 Friday, 5 1° 6 50 Morn—
-17 Saturday, 511 649 0 341
18 Sunday,^ 512 648 129 l
19 Monday, 514 646 25]
agTufa, 516 645 344
c/lneoc/oie.