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but at length he proposed, that as he had until then
complied with her desires he, might leave one lega
cy according to his own—which was fire hundred
pounds to Torn the barber ; —and, to prevent a dis
covery of the fraud, the lady was obliged to consent
to the proposal, arid faithfully to pay the money jo
the,proposer, to insure his secrecy.
Nothing is a greater proof of cur progress in re
nnement than the modern 'revolution in our English
ncmenclatufre. In days of yore an empress was con
t#to be called Maud, or a heroine Jean. —ln these
davs our milk-maids are Carolines and Arabellas ;
arc fi^^ags Louisas, Soft Mag. Passing through a
street the other day our ears werß assailed by the
v^%c{& mother exclaiming," Julia, Maria, Matil
&came fa ts the kennel you dirty little sow."
— =-LON, PAP.
POETRY.
£, ' EPISODES,
Selected from t^ Botanic Garden of BAR WIN,
a very luxuriant and fanciful Poet : the
has a reference to the Uftas-Tree the second re
jers to the melancholy event which occurred dur
ing,he grea,Prague in London ; Both are writ
ten in rich (p^pathetic language.
WHERE seas ,of glass with gay reflections smile
Round the green coasts of Java's palmy isle ;
A spacious plain extends its upland scene,
Rocks rise on rocks, and fountains rush between ,
Soft zephyrs blow eternal summers reign,
And show'rs prolific bless the soilin vain !
—No spicy nutmeg scents the vernal gales.
Nor towering plantain shade the mid day vales ,
No grassy mantle hides the sable hill,
No flow'ry chaplet crowns the trickling rill,
Nor tufted moss nor leathery lechen creeps
In russet tapestry o'ei+crumbling steeps.
=, No, step retreating on the sand impress'd,
Invites the visit, of a second guest ;
No refine# fen the unpeopled stream divides,
No revolant pinion cleaves the ary tides ;
Nor handed moles, nor bleaked worms return,
That mining pass the irremeable bourn.
Fierce in dread silence on the blasted heath,
Fell Upas stands, the Hydra-tree of death.
SO when the@agueo'er London's gasping crowds
Shook her dtrfk wihgs, and steer'd her murky clouds:
When o'er the friendless bier no rites were read,
No dirge flow-chanted, and no pall out-spread ;
While death and night piled up the naked throng,
And silence drove her ebon cars, along ;
Six lovely daughters, and their father, Swept
Tethetheeng-d grave, Cleone saw and wept ;
Her tender mind, with meek religion fraught,
Drank all-resigned affliction's bitter draught ;
Aliv&lhddistening to the whisper'd groan
Os others woes, unconscious of Tier own !
One smilling b^yyher last sweet hbrfe, 'she warms,
Hushed on her bosom, circled in her arms, —
Daughter of woe 1 ere morn, in vain caress'd,
Clung the cold babes upon thy milkless breast,
With feeble cries thy last sad aid requir'd,
Stretch'd its stiff limbs, and on thy lap expir'd !—
I—Long with wide eye-lids on her child she gazed,
And long to heav'n their tearless orbs are paired ;
Then with quick foot and throbbing heart she found
Where]Charteuse open'd deep his holy ground ;
Bore her last treasure through the midnight gloom
And kneeling drop'd it in the. mighty tomb ;
<' I follow next !" th'e fraritic mourner said,
And' living plunged amid the festering dead.
AGRICULTURE being the employment of a
'great part of mankind, the grand question is, bow we
may cultivate our lands to best advantage. Having
the last year made an experiment by putting Pias
ter of Faris on Potatoes, I have, thought it might be
of advantage to the interest of agriculture, to com
municate it through the medium of your paper.
The experiment I made by putting about a table
spoonful of Plaster to each hill of Potatoes, which was
put on the latter part of June, on about every fourth
row. Isoon found the vines of those that were
plastered to assume a different colour, and the stalks
to grow much larger and in greater quantities.
When I came to pull them in autumn, I had more
than double the quantity. The potatoes were of a
much better quality, and much larger. As potatoes
are of great use to n farmer in fatting swine and
beef cattle, I would recommend it to those people,
who use the Plaster, to make the experiment for
themselves by plastering their potatoes soon after
die first hoeing. JUSTUS FORWARD, jun.
Belchertown, May, 1804..
THE BITER BIT.
A WIDOW, who had been induced by the de
clarations of her husband to believe that she would
be well provided for by his legacy, found, after his
death, 011 perusing his will that he had acted very
differently, and excluded her from the property she
expected to possess. She made known her disap
pointment to her female servant, who cheered her
spirits by assuring her, that the effect of the will
might be avoided, and a new one easilyframed. The
mistress desired to know by what means. The maid
answered that there was a poor fellow, called Tom
the Barber, in the neighbourhood, who much resem
bled her late master ; and that for a small sum he
would feign himself a dying man. If, therefore, an
attorney was provided, and proper witnesses, a y/ill
of a date srbseq^pt to the true one might be made,
widen would consequently supersede it. Tom was
sent for immediately and agreed to play his party
Th, .parties were summoned —the attorney attend
ed, and the supposed expiring husband dictated his
last testament to be framed according to the wishes
and interest of his imagined wife, for some time ;
From the ^Northampton Gazette.
■~«ra» c2> ez*^*=— —
AGRICULTURAL.
AT A Bargain.
Tuefday the 25th day
CJ of September next, will be
expof^d to public sale to the high
est bidder, at Capt. Hufe's tavern
lin Greenland, (if not previously
disposed of at private sale) about 28 acres of
that well blown FARM, lately improved by
Lieut. Samuel Pickering, deceased, lying imme
diately on the Post Road, near Greenland meet
ing house. The foil of the firft quality, and
equal to any in the State for grass, has a good
well on it, and is otherways well watered.
—ALSO-
Will be fold as above, another trad of Land,
containing about 30 acres, lying aimed conti
guous to the above mentioned 28 acres, com
monly called and known by the name.of Jenk
ins' Illand, is well watered, and with fmail ex
pence may be made to produce great quantities
of grass for hay or pasturage. An indisputable
title will be given, and conditions of payment
made known at time and place of sale.
Joteph Pickering,
Portsmouth, August 31,1804.
- "FOR SALE, 4
A lot of Landin Market
street, fronting Bow-street-—24 feet front, 57 1-2
back. ALSO,
•A Lot directly back of the above, suitable for a
Dwelling-House—sß feet by 50.
ALSO,
A House in Durham, joining
the road to Madbury—
A
share in Piscataqua Bridge,
AND" A
Location of Land in Conway,
of 508 Acres, commonly called Furniss Loca
tion —Tor terms, apply to
MARGARET FURNISS.
Portsmouth, Sept. 1.3 w. p.d.
10 Dollars Reward.
BROKE Goal in Portsmouth on the night of
the 25th inst. James Steamburg, about live
feet fix, in height, thick set, dark (hurt naif and
eyes, and dark complexion', and Jack Robinson,
about five feet four inches in height, short 1 ght
hair, light complexion, Tim built, about sixteen
years'old, whoever will take up said runaways
and return them to the goal, in Portsmouth,
Tail receive the above reward or five dollars for
either of them.
Timothy Gerrifh, Prison Keeper.
.-Portsmouth, August 30 1804.
(HE Proprietors -of the Londonderry
Turnpike Incorporation me hereby noti
fied, That a meeting of said proprietors will be
holden at the dwelling Lioufe of liaac thorn,
Cfq. in Londonderry aforefaid, on tuefday the
second day of October next, at ten of Tie clock
In the forenoon, to aft on the following articles.
lit. To choose a Moderator to govern said
meeting..:.
.2d; To choose a Clerk.
3d To choose a Treasurer, President and Di
:eftors.
ment.
7th. To agree upon a method of calling fu
ture meetings of the proprietors.
Bth. To choose all such officers, and to do
and tranfad all such business as ihall be, by said
proprietors deemed fit and expedient, for the be
nefit of said incorporation.
Green under my hand at Londonderry ajorefaid,
this twenty.eighth day of uguft 1804.
JOHN PRENTICE.
Rockingham, ff.
NOTICE is hereby given,, 'that Na-1
than Gove and others, heirs of Nathan
Gove, late of Hampton-Falls deceased, have pe
titioned tire Judge of Probate for said county, to
cause partition to be made,among all the heirs of
said deceased, of that part of his real estate which
was set off to his widow, as her dower, being
about twenty eight acres of upland, with build
ings thereon, and fix acres of Sale Marsh, all fit,
uate in Seabrook, in said count v-rwhereupon it
is,ordered, that said petitioners be heard at the
Probate Court to de holden a{ Exeter in said
county, on the fevenieenth day of September
next, at eleven of the clock before noon, when
any persons concerned may shew cause (if any
they have) why the prayer of said petition Ihould
not be granted.
By order of the Judge,
August 4, 1804. Wm. PARKER, Reg.
State of New-Hampihire. Rockingham, ff.
THE fubferibers being appointed commis
sioners by the honorable Nathaniel Rog
ers, Judge of Probate for said county, to receive,
examine and adjust all the claims of the credi
tors to the estate of DANIEL CLAY, late of
Raymond in said county, yeoman, deceased, re
presented insolvent, hereby give notice that we
will attend that service at the house of Lieut.
Jacob Elliot, innholder in Chester, pn the second
Monday of September next, and'on the second
Monday of the five following n. nths, from two
o'clock to fix P. Mu
Wm. WHITE, ]
SIMON TOWLE, , Commissioners.
ISAAC HILL,J
AgGUFT 17, 1804.
Subscriber ,cautions
all Persons against purchasing a Note, signed
by himself and payable to Samuel Willey of
Concord, for FIVE DOLLARS, dated some time
in February, 1804 — For which Note no value wAs
received. JOSES PHILBRICK.
August 4, iBO4.
4 f h. To choose a committee to survey and
ay outthe Turnpike road.
tth. do chodfe an agent or agents to centrad
/uh the owners of the land, through which the
rid Turnpike road may pass.
6th. To fee how much money the proprie
<uswill raise, on each Ihdre, as the firil assess-
THE fubferiber presents his humble acknow.
Ie gments to bis good customers and the
Public in general on his route, .or the many fa
vors he has received from them —He likewise in
forms them that he expects to bring his business
to a close in the line of a Post-Rider on the thir
tieth of September next, and as it will be indis
pensably necessary for him to fettle his accounts
before he leaves the route, oh account of his liv
ing in a remote part of it, he therefore requests
his good customers who are indebted to him
for newspapers, to make preparations to balance
their accounts previous to the twentieth of Sep
tember next, which will enable him to balance
accounts with his Creditors. He flatters himfelf
that none will neglect this seasonable and friend
ty Notice ! !—if there (honld be any such, they;
cannot think themfeives injured if they are call
ed upon by an Attorney, no excuse can be re
ceived. STEPHEN WORTH.
August 20, 1804.
Preston & Masonry.
THE Lodges in the United States who may
please to patronife the fubferiber's propos
ed Edition of Preston on Masonry, are refped
fully informed that said work is committed to
the press, on a beautiful type, and an excellent
paper ; and will be completed agreeable to the
original propofols, in the month of OBober.
It is earnestly requeued itiat all fubfeription
papers, may be returned through the medium of
the Poft-Office, by the firft of November, (and as
much earlier as possible,) when the right of fub
fcribirg u(| be doled ; and all Volumes then
unfubfciibed for, will be holden at an advanced
pr ce.
Diied to the fubferiber, at Portsmouth, New-
I Hampfoire.
;^ Brother Masons are requefteito insert this
;advertisement in their refpePive papers.
George Richards, p.g.s.g.l.m.
T>Y Virtue of a Licence
from the Judge of Probate, Will be fold
at Public Auction, on the 14th day'of September
next, on the foot, so much of a certain Lot of
Land Tying near Greenland meeting house, be
longing to the estate of MARK JUNKJNS
late of Greenland, deceased, -as Akill amount to
the sum of One Hundred and Twenty DoHats.
ANNA JUNKINS, Administratrix
Four hundred Tickets shall be considered as one
complete days work ; and the fortunate Blanks
shall be determined at that rate of drawing, whether
a greater or less number come out of the Wheels in
one, or more days.
To those who are impressed with the important
object for which this Lottery was granted, little need
be said by us, to insure their continuance in well
doing.
To fortunate Adventurers, we are brief to de
clare, that no Lottery whatever, holds out a fairer
chance for gain, than this—presenting so many
capital Prizes, compared with the small number of
Tickets, and determinable on the fairest principles.
THOMAS THOMPSON, )
THOMAS MARTIN, , Managers.
ELIJAH HALL,)
An early day will be a,pointed for drawing.
Portemauth, July 24th, 1304.
STRAYED away from the fubicriber
on the 16th inst. a deep red COW, dock'd
tail, with Hub horns, the was two days before
brought from Nottingham, and may be suppo
sed to have taken that direction ; whoever has
found said Cow and will give information there
of, (hall be hmdfomely rewarded and all necessa
ry charges paid by
Joseph Carter.
The subscriber begs leave
to inform his friends and customers, that he still
continues in his line of bufmefs ; —altho' his
House is a little remote from the centre, yet he
still hopes far a continuance of favprs from his
former cuttomers, and those gentlemen who
travel in the stages can be accommodated with
lodgings, &c. as the drivers of the Stage will
carry passengers where they wilh, as he can en
tertain them in as genteel a manner as at any
other Inn, or Boarding House in Portsmouth,
and at as cheap a rate.
Three or four Gentlemen can be ac
commodated with Boarding at a moderate price
by the week, month, or year, by applying to
the subscriber.
JAMES A. GEDDES.
Pitt-Street, Portsmouth, 23d August, 1804.
- THE" mZNZg ers of 7
Piscatqua Bridge Lottery,
offer the Public the following
SCHEME
For thc^COND CLASS.
Prizes. • Dollars.
1 of 10,000 Dollars is 10,000
1- 2000 do. - 2000
4 - 1000 do. - 4000
7- 500 do; - 3500
50 - 100 do. - 5000
50 - 50 do; - 2500
100 - 30 dm - 3000
100 - 20 do. - 2000
3500 - 8 do. - 28000
3813 60,000
12,000 Tickets, at 5 Dollars,
Subject to a deduction of 121 per Cent, on payment
of Prizes.
Capital Prizes determinable, on the following days :
The first drawn Blank on the first day shall be
entitled to receive 500 Dollars.
First drawn on the sth, 1000
First drawn on. the 10th, 1000
First drawn on the 15th. 1000
First drawn on the 20th, 1000
First drawn on the 25th, 10,000
First drawn on the SOth, 2000
Portsmouth, Aug. 29.
Serious Notice.
^NOTICE.
New Goods.
' Peter Coffin,
Has just received, er the (hi, Kinggonfrom
:- London, an additional supply of
Fancy & other Goods,
which completes his summer assortment ; among which ars
SUPERFINE London BROAD
, CLOTHS of the most faffijonable colours,
Habit Cloths ; -Caflimeres ; silk Florentines.
A great variety of
Fashionable vV aiftcoating ; Fustians;
Jeans'; Cotton Caffimers; plain; twil'd and silk
Nankeenets ; Thicks ts ; Velvets; worded and
silk Piulh ; silk Velvets.
A large assortment of.
Chintzes & Calicoes ; printed Cam
bricks ; chintz & dimity Furniture : Coperplatef
Furniture ; Muflinets; Dimities.
A great variety of
Book, jacconet & cambrick Mullins;
elegant India Mullins ; black and color'd Sarfe
riet Cambricks ; black Ginghams ; muslin Hand
kerchiefs ; cambrick Shawls, embroider'd and
fring'd ; chintz and purple Sha.wls ;linen, cotton;
bandanna and black silk Handkerchiefs; silk
Shawls. A great variety of
Luteftrings ; bl;ack double Sarfenets^
elegant plain and check Italian Sarfenets; Ital-
among which are,
THE best London Superfine, black,
blue, mixed & drab BROAD CLOTHS;
Double milled Qffimeres; black and olive Vel
yetts ; twill'd Nankinetts; Dimities & Mufli
netts; Lawn, Cambrick, & Sarfnett Muslins ;
Imbofs'd Cambrick; ; Colonade and Tambored
Muslins ; Bock & Jaconet Mullin, and Muflia
Shawls ; Plain & Figured Chintzes ; Best Lon
don made Hatts of the Jared fashion;
a complete affirtment of
Irish Linens 0c Sheetings,
with a large assortment of other Goods as ufa
al—all which will be fold che p, by wholesale
and retail, for cash, or liberal credit, at his
Brick Store, 'No. 10 Market fireet.
20,000 yds. good Tow-cloth
wanted. Portsmouth, May 5, 1803.
Men's and youth's cotton, hemp, thread
andfilk Hose ; women's cotton and silk Hose
some with lace e)odk§ ; women's plain, picnic
and vandyke silk Gloves ; black and color d silk
Mitts ; cotton Gloves and Mitts ; kid Gloves ;
men's beaver, waffi leather, thread and silk
Gloves ; Stock Stiffeners ; cotton & silk Braces.
fl large fyrtment of
Linens ; Meeting Linens ; Brown Hol
land ; Checks; Threads ; embroidering and o
ther Sewing Silks; Bindings.
Tammies ; Durants ; C^imancoes ;
Shalloons ; Ruffels ; Moreens : Taboreens ; Flo
rentines : Ladings ; Sattinets.
India Cottons; India chintzes; blue
Garrahv ; blue and yellow Nankeens ; Mad ass
Long Cloths.
Carpets and Carpeting
Portsmouth, May 26, 1804.
ian Silks; Modes ; Satins ; color'd Sarfenete $
Tiffanies ; black and color'd Crapes ; black
cypress, netting, crape and plain Gawzes ;
Millinets. A large assortment of
Thread Laces and Edgings ; white and
black silk Laces ; black Lace Cloaks & Shawls ;
wide black Laces for cloaks and Brawls ; black;
Turkey Gauzes ; black & white Lace Veils some
very elegant. A great variety of
Cane, willow,xhip, yeoman and Dun
ftable Bonnets and Hats; fancy Flowers, and
Wreaths ; black and fancy Feathers ; faffiion
able Fans some very elegant ; crape, glaz'd and
common black Fans ; Parasols with and without
walking Canes ; Umbrillas ; kid and morocco
Shoes ; Rofetts. A great variety of
Ribbons ; cottonand silk Gown Trim
ings; Gown Buttons; gold and filyer Lace;
and Fringes ; gold and silver Cords ; color'd silk
Cords ; cotton and silk Girdles; Straw Trimings.
White & chintz Bed Lace, Cords and
Tassels ;— Table Cloths all sizes , Diapers, some
2 yards wide, Napkins ; yellow and green Can
vas—Fashionable gilt, plated & common But
tons ; steel Knee buckles ; Epaulets ; silver Thim
bles : Watch- chains, Seals and keys ; Pins ;
Men's and boys Hats.
Has imported by the latest arrivals, a gen
eral assortment of
Fashionable Goods
JUST ARRIVED, and for sale,
The cargo cf the ship Zephyr, confiding of
Cowrie white file of May,
Salt, Gin, and Linseed Oil,
Apply to EDW'd €UTTS.
THE PORTSMOUTH ORACLE
is published e very Saturday mornihg for thd town
and vicinity, and
THE, ORACLE POST
every Tuesday morning for the County, by,
m ^ William arid Danifi:Treadwell,
at their.Book,^ Stationary shop, corner of Courl
and Buck-streets, Portsmouth, J&whamf^htre—
Terms,. 150 cents per anhuni, 50 cents paid in ^d
vance —Tunctiially # forwarded to all parts of tal;
State, and the District of Maine.
—~ - ~"T-...~-.;--••■—--— mii~~i" «>■< ■<■—»■*
Spring & Summer Goods
Edward Parry
A variety of