The Eagle, or, Dartmouth centinel — Hanover, N.H., 1796-09-26 00:00:00, page 1

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.A rule v ^fo were pf^babiv an I
foifoi ve ^^
;^Tsg&. FW^ Of me fa<s4 ^fo--
firiop to excuse &. Pad from th&
charge of impertinence. Fer nothing'
> cap appear nr^re a woik of fupereFoga
rich, %q to cel! nun, fe!fifh by nature,
to live in peace and to pursue hit mvn
gfomage. ^NArore, and the primary
hws of bring have old hiu so already.
B^t CM eel,,' tyrigertfi Athens, and
lent to Thefofonrea, Qat is from one
ilttliQg; idtecity,^^
able and |pdper b notwithstanding all fine
reasoning to the contrary. For m} felf
lean affirm confidently that I need- not
turn over the archieves of the Theffalo
nicans to difenver a million of tafes,
where men ftudy.to be reftlcf# and to
p„ into other people business.
Impertinent curiofty is, however a
voice tfjhe village rather that of the
city. la<n surprised that Pauldid nut
give theduc^iion in my text, exprefity
to th ;county people. For, though im
perti^ence is not so local at never to be
found, exceptin cottages, ftiri it is a
fa& that the afcts of mb,/ and. mbere
fores are general, villagers and not cits.
In town, ftrangr fights are so common,
and th^ tongups qf fame so numerous,
tyt^h. ifyH^^ diftiafted with
enaiets variety, .thinks it better to
mtyd^ia q&4bafefi man U& iiffpea
bring effectialltyd^^ hence the ;
- manners of.the people aforoe a different
, color, there the incidents are so few, on:
which glutton coriofity can feed,' that
even >%W novelties are " seized upon
with avidity. A farmer’s purchase of
a silk gown for his wife, or the ineg&r
pregnancy of his* daughter, 1 "have.-
known to engross, for weeks, the tho’ts
and chat of thofevacanr, and meddling
neighborhoods; which disobey the pr&>
cept of Pawl. :%
„ A certain elegant fabulifl among t%e
Latins, describes a race of the birfy bod.
ies, rtfonuig wildly about wjth inquir
ing, prying into every nock, , nd, by
their teMcfs indolence, wearying ,hem.
felv<s and tofmen ting others. This is
a-strong pith^e, and feme might Ay
overcharged ; a Darlfs caridatura est
¥ manners, father %n fe natural ft roktf
of an Italian. .Bin ±±i| |_;*W «> fio ^
the originals of this Romaic, in every
villigelvifit. Men ip the counto; no.
less than in town, have various febemes
to exetute; #ud h many duties, which
o „,^4if@ a rged.^ Bqt^igent
ofthefe, and with the team in their
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This we^kj if not CTQOTflfte is
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ties (fat are then ffi^^
.&maj difem that such iOT
ti^, areTikeartows difeha^ed ff^m a
/k loverifate to deeply wo&Q^et^
^^^ toto , the fah
\ntifh
I r 'wh^^
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-^M^ r^^^lfr £tig ^ lctlet ,„ 3 _
Quip v<<vfriuuz^cmqc^ to—fa,unial nth and Ufcf&fi SQ.
' thyti^g^^^g^
apprentices how they so at their mas
ters board, nor how pan,; dollars he
takes fa.& year. Studl to be quiet and
I °^ th Y own bufiiefs, and thou
will'tiod that thou halt little leafure to
take an inventory pfhnother man's
wealth.I ^
THE LAY PREACHER.
From th^ yenKEMPS'' JournQ\
Jfyri#g a^^
WHEAT i % sot rb±el, and ri
sing. Farmer Plolghfhare fays
all the World are ftarving.4Abel Smith
fays he will- carry all we An raise to
Ne^ork, and bring back] the cafb;
wife fays, let's go child QI make a
frolick ofjhjCT our daughi&sted^
and fee what other folks do I you save
now eigbty^bufhels ofclean ^eat; and
forty bulb, sowing. Thil induced
me to hire aman at fortypouh a fear,
to do whatl ofed to do myfeln to take
my wife and daughters to Nwyffl;
where [fold my eighty,bulhel, If whe^
for 801. ~'cafh in hand; Igazld on ir,
^^f 1 M^ [^ 'bat it was right] co&ifr
edit Qvet before my wife, and ,augfc
ters; this fays I would formeri have
been only /^^to&pou^ $1
fafa^Q now, when are we to ? 1 @
not objefti Next morning wifd and
daughters went into William fr&,
each bought a (hurt or no waist aLflin
dress, then the aukward homefputlpet
tieoatmuft be removed! this bring
done.,
§Wife gaz'd on daugter, daughter on lthe
Mother,.l
Each scarcely knew horfelf, or knew ach
, other. .
Well What are we to do with foteh
country bonnets ? Noone wears shein
here, none wear leather flues, or wort
teg flockings in Newyork, thtfe we,
all removed, and packed away in a bg
forfaomg tonfumption; fixate are no|*
wore, cotton stockings, and bounce
called nuns, with a black veil : Nex 1
the Museum and the elephant must bc\
seen. Safurday arrives, and up we come
witheach two large band boxes. ,£
short in caffi, a bag fluffed with what
is now called rubbish, containing home-/
foun clptfa, and worse than all jol. a
year is reckoned upon for visits to New.
yd& ^lchabod waits at the landing to
receive jh^who/e cargo ; Why Icha^
bod, how dirty the waggon is! Sanrear'
when you come down f mother ; well
daughters make the belt pf it; What
hate you brought up mother, lays Icha-'
bod, had you but feed the elephant,& a
gun that fires without powder ; but drive
on, we'll tell you all; and if you an't a
fool,yout go to York neftt trip. Your
father can afford it, Wheat child brings
c ^'4 at 2of. and if your father had not
been a nitin„ he might have got „f.f
Ever, body out of typwyotk they fay
is furring ^ blessed time#child; This
was the language of Deborah, wife of
Ifloughlhare j tince then the tows have
been halt^nilk'd die churn neglected,
and instead of the rural song,
Ah ! Whither has my Johnny Grayed ;
We now hear,^ Dance Carmagnoles,
za,,ive la.z%Y
?^ hat ac pntr,&-4ThisMed glitile
white ; Wheat has fallen J 7'he world #
fa not been inattentive to thrir wants. :
^hefc^re no longei it#eying ; yet wfea^
bea f$ wh^wM®: have been dn&Ttho't
a f> rca ! pric^; it will very probably be'
81. before winter, this ought to content
t% :c would have done so two years ago.
Mfc^^^foMraMlMMMSMaMiMMX»XM«ii ■, M .Ji-.--- .—.__..■_-__.-(^^ -
Ifit fogid so fall out, I must dismiss.
my hired man,and we must content our
witb lhe df efi we formerly wete
pfed to and in which we felt easy and'
Here's the rdbl How (hall I
#lhke mv wife and daughters reafun ?
'he high price of wheat has been to me
a real evfl^ and I know ithas to many
otherfrhlnfead of our farmers growing,
irich, (some few excepted) they bare
, laid the foundation to be poor ; instead
pt our daughters becoming the wives of
induftriou, plain men, they ape thy fafh
ions of Newyork, and look out for a'
battery walk beaux. Itft time to for
get the fecnes that cause such delufioq,
return again to the fofafag wheel, put
°!',°ur homespun, and marry plaini
t°™ men > who will lhew the world you
hawifeally awaift. Thu&fpgke Plough-'
(hare. Now I'll tell you a story, which
properly applied, may make youcon- ]
V^ with your present fixation-—hear
An h<meft countryman drove a load
or turnip into Boston, which wetepa^
chafed by a merchant, who had Jeferal
daughters; after delivering his tgr
btpi he was aiked to eat fome<hing; a
table was fee so; him, and while easing
^. girls frequently pitted so fight:,
1 bisque deranged him, they were el
gantls dressed—their father could afford {
it. A his awakened new ideas in our
k&! m "° Difeotrent took place in his
rami, Back and Br^ffito-tyfefru^
«*, were goaded unmeiciffilQ
goes, turned out his cattle, feuffd round
the room ; fer down while good matur'd
Kazrafrgot ready his supper; die wQfy/
deted what ailed him, he used to
de anil sing, but not so : Well: fays
ibe, Obadiah what ails you {.arc you
tick ?--No, I an'( sick but forty. Iv'c
seen, I ve seen, such ladies: Lord how
they were ^r&fa Kow bedizen'd, how
beautiful ! W<ll Obadiah did yob not'
fta fine gentleman too *0 yes, drift'd
4 ^im as pencocks. Well now Obadi
ah be content and hear me—.thofe fine.,
ladies were made for such fine gentle
men—and you was made for me—he
; f,ufed a Moment ; you are right wife,
saps he, I'm convinced : And if all the
fools who visit Newyork, and expe& to
ll^M^™! 4 °d manners of it, were
^ a l ">°b convinced as Obadiah was. It
Would be happy fo r themselves and for
the country. I read this to my.wife—
-0 fa^fiySjmon, you'lnever; prevail,
ff °m^ will govern, arid: if wtieat gets
, 4'per bothel, fa-menmav go fare
foot, but we must arid will have our
W ^MON SOD.
Hul, near Pougbkeerfe, Aagufl 4, 1„5. -
§ fl: —! 'nfoxi.il'-
4 . THE OLD ra
''f&a«„dte#7#. hr jbfo, // ,m~
J wold bring her to reafa, textoffii
' ,in 4 pleafart STORY. ' ' :
A GE^Tl&h&frt^^
61 had? four d&dgti<er6,' thr^^qf,
which were early mirried veifiappily ;
but the fourth, thb' fy way inferior to
an,^f herTifte&ty^ ferfyn^ty'
;- accomplith ment% h;„^ from ,hfl yffifc!,
cy/difevered fojmperioUs aj te ^^
(ufoady called a fpirrj th,t it QnpßU-z
ally made greayuneafyefs in the fami
ly, became her known character in the
neighborhoods and ite&red a# her lov
ers from declaring themfelves# ^ H<m^
ever, Wftoccb of time, a genttemari ^r
+i^eri|&^^ Wcauaint-:
. anfi&ffifrbfyl^,#^^^
x •of fpiri, -farfteffly ^i%m&ffi'
.addreffa, a&i btyaJmeßref^
dse form.;' The ilw,&&
writing (in which, by the wriiing (in
which, py fhe.wdfithte was no pin*
^fa# a! m. nrTOITOWTO,, IM —
money) and they were married. After
a decent time fpent.in the father's boufe
,rhe bridegroom.went to prepare hisl
feat for her } reception, .During the,
whole course of hispourtffiip, though a
man of the moil equal temper, bea^ifo.
cially lamented ,0 het that he was rhe
most p^tiionate creature breathing. By
ibis one intimation, he At once made
her fapderftand waiinxh of temper to be
what be ought to pardon in her, as well
as that he alarmed her agaioft that con
stitution in hinrf e "- ^he b at the fame
time thought herfclf highly obliged by
the composed behavior which he main
tained in her presence. Thus far h^
toith great ficcefi soothed her from befr '
l°£l u "'y °f 'i^ences, and still refolv.
ed to give her such a terrible apprehen
sion of his fiery fpirir; that the (houhl
never dream of giving way to her own.
He returnedon the day appointed for
carrying her home; but spread of a
coach and fix horses, together^i^h gay
equipages fugable tqthe occatiou, he
appeared without a servant, mounted
on a Skeleton fora horse, which his
Huffman had the day before brought in
to feaft his dogs on the arrival of his
new miftrefe,with a pillion fixed behind;
and a case of piftoia before him, attend
ed only by a favorite hound; Thus e
quipped, he in a very obliging, but
fomewhar poftrive mariner, defred hit,'
lady to feat herfdf upon the cushion;
which done# away they crawled.—The
toad beiog obtlru&ed by A g^te, the
d °g was comtnande^l'td upeh it ; the
poor cur looked up ^nd wagged hi, tail;
but the matter, jo ^ew the impatience
of hte, temper, 4 f e, apiftol and fa", him f
so*^^
ged as man, pardqnsfor. hhs&s4^4 - 1
Befofeorx:for Ayhpm fe had fo„r<>f% ^t.
a refpe& Sponger their hot, Ityri- ,
, tye'd, but with f^me difficrity |ec.^.
ed^-Howcvtfr, (fee, bridfgtypm f?|<
'occafiori to fwe,q if/he frigh^i^d )is
wife foagaia, h# p/cold wn him ^ra„
ahslthe poor, aniraal beingralmG,i
red, made a fecprid trip : Imafatiafy.
on which the cirefal hufoand alights^
and with great ceremony; firft taxis off
.his lady £ then; the accoutrement, ,
draws his sword, andflavet £ the hurr^
men the trouble of killing him—ghen
fore his child, prithee, take up
tie faddie; which ^ e readily ^,'f^^ •
'tagged,it home, whrre they foon&all
.tfeto in the grcateft, Order;rfuitabte to
'their fortune aqd the preterit oecafioo.
Some time after, the father of the laly
t gave an entertainment to 0 his daugh
ters "and thrir huffisnds, wete, »hen
their wives were retired, and the gen- ,
tlemaa pacing a toast about; our last
±„@ man took accafion to bbferve
:to the rest of his brethren, tow puch; /
£tp his teM#mi*>&°^ found ^^^ 5
world miftakcri as to the tetoper of hi,
@y, for tity (he was the ,oft %,
fad humble woman breathing, , h f:
abpla@fe was deceived with .1 r ,,a
,4ughfr§s&,m& which of them
Would.appear ffe ^^ matter ?t home, ^/
I le proposed they fh^lj all J},^
'apo& && ^ #,„^? fr
f 4^fcs@^fc^^3^^N
;>fefoffi@e{^^ < f
whif|tered in tie ear ,>f6uri#,^v£,r j, ft
^*b^Q<%
,niy dear, wQuidjmilpe^k ^
repeated Q^fy^W^^^ e >Btty^ ft
teor, oogfefe hie : ^d nature, and ~ [1
^dares hethat fiace fe c#, ^ \
'faitond^l^^^^Mfof
to;#o@ hit fy. ; .fo*. ..^^lfQ
fo#fr&
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SEPTEMBER 26, !%
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Number ^
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