The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1793-08-28 00:00:00, page 4

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On the Crew of a certain Vessel, Seve
ral of whom happened to be of the fame
name with celebrated Clergymen.
IN life's uhfett'ed, odd career.
What changes every day appear
To please or plague the eye ;
A goodly brotherhood of priests
Are here transform'd to (wearing beasts
That Heaven and Hell defy.
HereboNNEr,bruis'd with many a knock,
Has chang'd his farplict for a frock.
Old Erskine swabs the decks :
" Some imagine, if they can dfro, the re
futation oftheir Neighbours, th, tan com
mand the Kingdom cf fame,and call the Em
pire ofrefp<a their own. Unacquainted with
a generous Sympathy, the, exult at human
wretchedness. When the tumultuous billows
tf adversity toss her to and fro on the agita
ted Sea of Left, they laugh at cur calamity.
Jffinder fours about us like an impetuous
careraft, they urge on the headlong torrent,
nor lend a frtendiy hand to guide as hrongh.
Arraigned at their tribunal, the firs, fl vir
tut is fennel to be impeached. Sub. tted to
ibeir infteßiou, fpotkjs fame is cloud: with
innumerable blemiJhes. Their hearts fom ale
^ -CD of the adam^r, ^t all the vert s
of our lives cannot procure ind Venn, for a,-
gle fault. With Juch, a moment's inadv.. -
tency is Efficient to tarnife a thousand ye^rs
of repentance and reformation. Tbe spirit of
cenforioufnefifams to have bad an earl, en
trance into the human mind : A child will
lisp our disgrace and ridicule thefellies of age.
— Education and experience, which fauld re
claim our wandering feet, and bring them to
tread the paths of reßitude, often renders us
more severe, and less forgiving.
“ J would net be thought to licence the
Extravagance, wichduejs and profantnejs of
the world ; but let him who rebuketb, fpeal
(he language of laye, and give gentle council.
66 CT
I O disapprove ard condemn
cabers, to commend and applaud tbcmfelvesjs,
with many, a governing principle. Some im
aginc that the mos iffeflual mean to figure the
elieem of one, is to ridicule and cfcd to de
spise another, They are censorious without
tierg. Ever read, to cafl tb.ir eavenomea
darts, they hurl relentlef, their poisoned ar
rows. The foibles of mankind, which foula
excite oar pity, fwclis their haughty trumps
with a holder note ; when the mere ffwnat.
and forgiving, cry, {pace ! (past ! O till
fe not in Gath ! Inspired b, the .4gel oj
daknefs, the unguarded tongue, iifuncta
by an unfeeling heart, proclaims our reproach
far and wide.
Here Burnet, Tillotson & Blair,
With Jemmy Hervey, curse end fiear,
Here Cudworth mixes grog;
Pearson, the crew to dinner hails,
A graceless Sherlock trims the fails.
And Bunyan heaves the 100.
0
And Watts, thatonce such pleafare took,
In writing hymns, here grown a cook,
Sinners no longer vex.
INfb ms where chads obfeure the sky,
Anc thunders roll, and lightnings fly.
Am dlt of all thole dire alarms,
l think my Polly on thy charms—
The rocks and main,
The winds and rain,
My ardent passions prove;
Lalh'd to th: helm,
Should seas o'erwhelm,
I'd think on thee my love.
But fhnuld the gracious pow'rs be kind,
Dispel the clouds, and hill the wind,
Restore me to thy arms once more,
Safe to my long loft native ffiare,
No mere the main
I'd terapt again,
Bat greater joys improve :
I then with thee
Would happy be,
And think on nought but love,
When rocks appear on ey'ry fide.
And art is vain our fliip to guide ;
When death in various faapes appears.
The thoughts cf thee my bafom cheers.
The rocks, &c.
THE CONSTANT SAILOR.
The M ONITO R.
• Let vast ridicule IS condemn that which is rath
>er a weakness than a fin. Alas ! <we are prone
; to talk of the vices of others, but not of our
£felves as vicious ; and wife to efablijb our.
► fives on their ruin. But such inglorious
laurels never entwined the bead of an bones
'man."
HAVING frequently observed in
your paper inftru^ive leffans, far youth on
various themes, 1 wish to convey a few
hints on the fubjed of what, in my neigh
bourhood is termed Sparking cf it.
1 have of late observed so great a pre
penfity to promote it, that parents and
guardians, even of the firft families,
cheerfully permit their boys and girls, of
twelve or fourteen, to go in&he practice,
pouably with a view to leab them, the
girls particularly, to know how teflon the
arts of the licentious at an early period.
With a view of giving thafe concerned
ft better opportunity to judge, I will en
deavour to point out the general mode of
proceeding, viz. Young matter repairs
to the residence of little mi's,and not view
ing himteif quite a than, being perhaps net
over fourteen, he feels reluctance to pre
lent himfelf openly, and of ccurfe enters
some unfrequented part of the house, such
as the kitchen, back room, or bed room,
wherehe generally finds an opportunity
of fociifeeing his young sweetheart. In
this manner the evening is generally pri
vately spent, by the young lovers, while
the family are not in bed. By and by
Mamma wonders where miss is, Pappa ob
serves he has not seen her this evening;
Mamma's uneasiness by this time occa
fiens a loud call for miss ; to this ihe re
ceives no answer, but young miss prefects
he,fe!f with what does mamma want ?
Want ' .replies mamma, why, where have
you been all this evening ? to this miss re
plies in a whisper, Mr.—is here to night;
aye, fays mamma, well, you must take
a candle into the room, and be a charming
girl, and don't set up late. Father and
mother now go to bed, and leave the chil
dren undisturbed, and unrestricted both
as to time and place. Now Mr. Prints
l with your opinion, or those of your wor
thy correspondents on th: fubjeft, and, ij
you please, an answer to the following
qirries.
Sunday a day of rest.— —A meditation.
S° fay the reverend divines—and
yet many of them grumble aid complain
Firlt, Whether it can be attended with
good consequences for young lads,
from the age of twelve to sixteen, while
they are or ought to be attending to their
education or the inftruflion of their par
ents, guardians, or matters, to become
gallants among the ladies, and obtain an
early knowledge of the arts of a debau
chee ?
3d, Whether it would b? considered, by
gentleman of taste, an advantage to a
cung lady to have it said the was well
acquainted witb far^% of it, having had
numerous addresses from infancy up to the
age of womanhood ?
4th, Whether a man cf taste would not
have this refic&ion upon the fubje&, that
the lady so educated, began parking oj
/'/when too young to place a due eftimatc
on that honour which forms the fairef
trait in the pidure of female delicacy and
excellence : That meft probably her heart
has formed attachments trnrg her mu
mercus Liters, too ftroag for her happi
ness, but at too early a period to secure
reciprocal returns : And if so, her affec
tions become perhaps too volatile to fix
on any single cbjed, ever after.
And finally be kind enough to inform
me whether you are not of opinion that
seven eights of the,young misses who are
educated and permitted to proceed in this
way,will becomeobjeas of pity,rather than
fubjeds of admiration, before they arrive
to the age commonly denominated mar
riageable ?
A candid answer, with ftrißures on the
fabj^a, will much oblige a friend both
to the parents and children of our neigh
bourhood. ELIZA
Bennington, July 2§, 1793.
2d, Whether it can be attended with
beneficial conferences for parents to
iuffer their daughters to womanize
themfehes, at the age of ten, twelve, or
rifteen in order to make them proficients,
feafcnably, in the arts of ogling and co
quetry ?
FROM A LONDON MAGAZINE.
Mr. Hazwell,
From /be Vermont Gazetti
that it is not a day of rest for them. The
meagre country curate, who perhaps per
forms duty at three parish churches for the
small pittance of fifteen pounds, per an
num, rises early, takes his broken-kreed
horse from the consecrated inclcfare, (ad
dles him, mounts him, and takes his week
ly circuit for the propagation of the gos
pel. Having three defies and pulpits to
afeend, at the distance of perhaps ten or a
dozen miles from each other, he is under
the necefficy of keeping his poney in a gal
lop ; and when hs arrives al the refpe&-
ive sacred edifices where he is entrusted
with the cure of fouls, he is a!fa obliged
to gallop over the Service of the day and
the fermans to enable him to complete the
talk before the conclusion cf the day.
Late in the evening, the poor horse con
veys his reverend load to the place from
whence thsy darted in the morning, and
the wearied pair have then completed the
labor of the day of ref. The bead is re
canduded into the church-yard to regale
on the richly manured foil ; and the di
vine, after taking a scanty refreshment,
fecks an asylum on his pillow from the fa
tigues of the day of rejt.
Many of the dignified clergy ^with fat
benefices, lament, that Sunday is not a day
of ref, when decency obliges them fore
times to labour through a sermon ; in
which a quarter of an hour's great exer
tion is required to keep their parishioners
from keeping.
How different are the ideas of mankind
refpe&ing a day of ref! A journeyman
taylor, who fits still on his Shop-board fix
days out of the seven, makes the seventh
aday of ref by walking twenty miles out
of town to dinner, and with great pair, and
difficulty returning in the evening.
To inn-keepers, tavern-keepers, and
publicans, ho;fes highwaymen and pick
pockets, Sunday is net a day of ref. If a
middling cradstman Should refufe, on tha.
d rt y, to take his dearer half with him in a
finale barfe chaifa to Hendon, Horfney or
Enfield, or any ocher place that madamt
cheofes to pitch upon, be affared it would
be no day of ref far the disobliging hus
band.
Jiede of Jf^vßam/id/ure.
GENERAL ORDERS.
~|-'HE Commander in Chief requests
ft. that all the officers of the infantry
within the State as New-Hampshire, uni
form themselves in the following manner,
viz. That all the coats be a dark blue
hat the lappels and cuffs of th: firft divi
sion, shall be scarlet, white buttons, white
wairtcoats and breeches, and white epau
lets.—The lappels, collars and cuffs of
he second divisions, shall be white, white
buttons, white waificoats and breeches,
and white epaulets.—That the lappels,
collars and cuffs of the third division, ihall
be buff, yellow buttons, buff waistcoats &
breeches and yellow epaulets—that the
officers shall on parade days, wear cocked
hats with black cockades—that the epau
lets worn by the Major Generals, shall
have on each of them two stars—that those
worn by the Brigadier Generals, shall
have on each of them one star—that the
Field officers shall wear one epaulet on
each Moulder—that commanding officers
of companies shall wear an epaulet on the
right fhcalder—that the Subaltern officers
ihall wear an epaulet on the left fhoulder—
that the coats of the officers shall be lined
and faced with the fame colour of the lap
pels—that the coats shall be of a length
that shall not extend more than two inch
es below the kneeband of the breeches—
that no buttons be wore on the coats be
low the pocket- flaps—and it is desired that
the non commissioned officers and soldiers,
wear on parade days, round hats, with nar
row brims and high crowns.—And it is
hereby recommended, that all General
and other officers comply with thefc direc
tions as soon as convenient, by order of
His Excellency the Gevenor.
MICHAEL M'CLARY,
Adjutant-General.
BROKE into the Enclosure of the Sub
scriber, a Brindle STAG, about
five or fix years old.—The owner may
have him with paying the cost.
THOMAS SMITH, jag.
^rr,, July #3, 179„
It is, however; a da, of ref to the fleck
citizen, who rises about ten in the morn
ing, eats an enormous breakfaft, goes to
church to take a iap,fwallows three pounds
of beef, pudding and porter, and enjoys
uninterupted repose during the ferraon in
he afternoon.
WHEELWRIGHT;
TAKES this method to inform the
Public, that he has removed from
Swanzey to this town, where he parpofe#
to carry on his business in all its various
branches, in the building next door fouth
of Mr. William W. Blake's Store.
• The highest price given for good ukitty
oak Timber, suitable for said business-^ 4
and the smallest favors gratefully acknow
ledged.
Keer.e, Aug. 6, 1,93.
JOHN MORSE.
Dublin, Aug. 13, 1793.
THE Partnership of JOSEPH BRY
ANT and ISAAC ESTY is this
day dissolved by mutual confcut — All
partnership debts have become the pro
perty of said BRYANT.—AII perfena
who have any accounts wish said Partner
ship unsettled, are requeued to fettle the
fame with said BRYANT.,
JOSEPH BRYANT,;
ISAAC ESTY.
Wef morland, Aug. 20tb, 1793,
BLANK DEEDS, JUSTICE'S WRITS,
and EXECUTIONS, BLANK NOTES
of HAND, and RECEIPTS, for sale
at this Office.
<©Q©PQ©Q®ooQ§g,• I
ALMANACK.
AUGUST. S. r. S. f. |Mr&.
28 Wednesday, §23 637| 11 50^
29 Tburfday, 5 25 6 35 | Morn,
30 Friday, 5 27 6 33 1 0 10
51 Saturday, 5 29 6 3 1 0 59/
SEPTEMBER.I
1 Sunday, 15 3 0 |6 3° ! 4'/
2 Monday, 15 3!16 2 2 2 43,
3 Tu^day, I 5 3>I6 at 336
WANTED as an Apprentice to the
Blackfmiths' business, a ftcut ac
tive Boy, 15 or 16 years old.—For terms
apply to THOMAS FIELD.
Keene, Aug. 6, 1793.
INFORMATION is hereby given to all
the Military Invalids cf the United )
States, that the sums to which they are
entitled far fix months of their annual pen
lion, from the 4th day of March left, and
which will become due on the sth of Sep
tember next, wiil be paid on the said day
by the Commiffionei s of the Loans, with
in the States rcfpedlvely under the ufuai
regulations.
JACKSON JOHONNET,
or Massachusetts.
>7bofried as 4 Soldier in the wefern army,
in the Massachusetts line, in the expedition
under General Harmar, and the
unfortunate General St. Clair,
containing
An account of his capti vity,fuff rings and est
cape from the Kickapoo Indians.
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF,
and published at the earned importunity
of his friends, for the benefit o f
AMERICAN YOUTH.'^
H 23, 1793.
This day pubhjhed,
—and for sale at this Office—^
the
PLEASANT HISTORY
OF THE
Fryar & Boy;
OR THE
YOUNG PIPER'S PLEASANT PAQ
TIME.,
Containing — The witty Adventures le A
tween the Fryar and the 80, ,in • relation
to his STEP-MOTHER, whom befair^
feted for her unmerciful cruelty.
To be fold at Public Vendue, at the
Honfa of the Subferiber in Dublin, on
WEDNESDAY, the zS.h cf A gust,
infl. at one o'clock P. M.
(B, order of the General Court)
A QUANTITY of ammunition, con
-11 filing of two barrels Powder, a
few hundreds of Lead, and about eight
hundred of Flints.—Conditions of i,a
will be made known, at the time and
place.
Just Published, and for sale at this Office.
THE '"btfe
REMARKABLE ADVENTURES t.
OF
By Command of the
President of the United States.
H. KN O X, Secretary at i7ar.
7^ ar £Deft:i7~tme7it.
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