The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1793-02-13 00:00:00, page 4

• The MONK AND JEW.
'Tis 1 am in de hole, not the."
The church forbids it,freind,and faith,
That all shall die who has no faith.
"Veil ! if I muff pelieve, 1 must,
But help me out van little firft.'
"No, not an inch without Amen, [den,
That seals the whole—" Veil hear me
" I here renounce for coot and all,
De race of Jews both great and small;
'Tis de varft trade peneath de fun,
Or varft religion ; dat's all vun.
Dey cheat, and get deir living pite,
And lye, and swear de lye is right#
I'll co to mass as soon as ever
I get to coder fide de river.
So helpmeout,dow Chrillian friend,
Dat I may do as I intend.
Perhaps you do intend to cheat.
If once you get upon your feet.
" No, no, I do intend to be
A Christian, such a one as dee."
(For thought the Jew he is as much
A Christian man as I am such,)
The bigot Papist joyful hearted,
To hear the heretic converted,
Reply'd to the dejigrang Jew,
This was a happy fall for you:
You’d better die a Christian now,
For if you live you'll break your vow.
Theo said no more, but in a trice,
Popp'd Mordecai beneath the ice.
And help me out van little bit."
By holy mass. 'cis hard I own,
To fee a man both hang and drown,
And can't relieve him from his plight
Because he is an Israelite.
The church refufes all assistance,
Beyond a certain pale and distance;
And all the service I can lend,
Is praying for your foul my friend.
“ Pray for mine foul, ha ! ha ! you
make me laugh,
You petter help me out py half :
Mine foul I farrant vill take care
To pray for her nown felfmy tear.
So tinka little now for me
AN unbelieving Jew one day
Was fcating o'er the icy way,
Which being brittle let him in.
Just deep enough to catch his chin ;
And in that woful plight he hung.
With only power to move his tongue.
A brother fcater rear at hand,
A Papist, born in foreign land,
With hasty strokes diredly flew
To save poor Mordecai the Jew-
But firft, quoth he, I mutt enjoin
That you renounce your faith for mine;
There's do entreaties else will do,
Tis heresy to helpa Jew — [bid !
"Porfwear mine fait! No Cot for-
Dat would be ferry base indeed,
Come,never mind such tings as deze,
Tink, tink, how fary hard it freeze.
More coot you do, more coot you be,
Vat lignifies your fait to me.
Come tink agen, how cold and vet,
Seat of the Muses.
A TALE.
ATLANTICUS 0
If you are an early rifer you
may find time for every thing.
It is amazing how much is
gained by lopping off an hour
or two from indulgence in the
morning. Nor is the mere
saving of time the only advan
tage. Our spirits are more
lively, and our faculties are
more awake. Ido not know
a pradice which I should more
recommend, whether devotion,
health, beauty, or improvement
of the mind, were the objects in
view. How cheerful and how
animated are the medications
of the morning ! What a de
lightful bloom flulhes into the
cheeks from its balmy exhala
tions ! What an unspeakable
cheerfulnefs glides into the foul,
from hearing the devotional
matins of the lark, and from
beholding the new-born scene
ry of Nature! How necessary
is such a regimen to preserve
that sweetness of complexion
and of breath, which are the
very essence and perfume of
beauty ! When people think of
accounting to God for the tal
ents they have received, they
overlook the hours; which are
loft in the morning doth, and
unreasonable indulgence.
If every thing knows its
place, you will escape the loss
of many valuable moments,
and the anxiety of as many un
profitable searches. Ex&efs
is by no means the necessary
appendage of an old maid.
Order is the very parent of
tranquility. A person i^ always
easy, whose affairs are, always,
in a regular arrangement- At
the fame time let the mechanism
of your process be invilible.
The perfection of arc, you
know, is to conceal it.
Be always ready to receive
your friends with an open coun
tenance, and a cheerful heart.
Society and connexions, have
claims upon us, to which, we
should facrifice every felfilh con
sideration.
Without order, a thousand
things will be improperly de
layed, or wholly neglected.
While we are hesitating where
to begin, or what to do, hours
fly away, insensibly ; never to
return.
T AY down a little plan for
L yourfelf, and all your ttud
ics, exercises and employments
will be easy and practicable.
You will have time for every
thing ; and you will never teem
in a hurry or embarrassed.
Order is the firft law of na
ture and of nature's God. The
moon, stars, and tides, vary not
a moment ; and the fun know
eth " the hour of his going
down."
TO A
YOUNG L AD Y,
By the Rev. John Bennet.
LETTER
On ORDER.
His three sons accordingly
departed different ways, and
returned by the limited time.
On presenting themselves be
fore their judge the eldest thus
began. —
Father (said he), during my
absence 1 found a stranger so
circumstanced, that he was un
der a necessity of entrusting me
with the whole of his fortune.
He had no written security
from me, nor could he possibly
bring any proof, any evidence
whatever of the deposit : yet I
faithfully returned to him every
Ihilling. Was there not some
thing commendable in this ac
tion ?
Thou haft done what was
incumbent upon thee to do, my
son, (said the old man): the
man who could have acted o
therways were unworthy to
live ; for honesty is a duty ;
thy action is an action of justice,
not of goodness.
On this the second advanced.
It was well done (interrupted
the old man) you have only
obeyed the dilates of humani-
At length the youngest of the
three came forward.
I happened (said fie), to
meet my mortal enemy, who,
having bewildered himfelf in
the dead of night, had imper
ceptibly fallen a deep upon the
brink of a frightful precipice.
The least motion would infalli
bly have plunged him headlong
into the abyss : and though
his life was in my hands, yet,
Nothing now remains (said
he to them), but a diamond of
great value ; this I have deter
mined to appropriate to which
ever of you shall, within three
months, perform the best ac
tion.
kin the courie of my travels
(said he), 1 came to a lake, in
which I beheld a child strug
gling with death: I plunged
into it, and saved his life, in the
presence of a number of the
neighbouring villagers, all of
whom can attest the truth of
what I assert.
A certain father of a family,
advanced in years, being desi
rous of fettleing his worldly
matters, divided his property
between his three sons.
I have inured .myself for ma
ny years to this habit of early
rising/ —ln the spring months
of April and May, particularly,
I grudge every moment that is
wafted after five.—l confider it
as a rude neglect to all those
sweets which open to salute me ;
And Ealways find Io much
more deduced from the firm
nefs of my health and the vigor
of my understanding.
Real Goodness consists in doing
good to our Enemies
THE following Apologue
may serve for an illuftra-
tion —
AF A R M in New- Hampton,
containing 140 Acres of choice
good Land,in the firft Range, No. 11.
laid out to Solly and March, lying on
the main road' through the Town—
A number of acres of which are clear
ed, and got into grass—About 20
Acres of Intervail—A large brook
running through the fame,wi h a good
Fall for a Saw-Mill, or any other wa
ter works.
N. B. It is well fettled in the m ; dft
of twelve families—all in fight. En
quire of
EDWARD COLCORD.
Exeter, January 28th 1793,
A GRAVE English clergy
man, and a biuttering of
ficer, being hunting together,
the Captain's dog got in fault,
which his owner corrected by a
handsome ladder of oaths —Soon
after the clergyman had occa
sion to correct his dog, which
he did by taking him by his
ears, and imitating the Cap
tain's, blustering accent in an
unintelligible jargon. What
the Devil fays the officer, are
yon faying to the dog? " Sir,
replied the Divine. 46 be does not
know but what lam /wearing
at him."
THE merchant, the profits
of whose business afford
him an easy living, is not en
tirely fatisfied with his situation
and circumstances—he thinks
if he could remove to a place
where business was tranfafted
on a larger scale, he would soon
acquire a fortune equal to some
of his acquaintance—that done,
he would be perfectly content—
his most sanguine withes ex
tend no farther —he pursues his
plan, and tranfads business with
unthought of fuccels —at length
attains what he once had in
view ; —but is not contented—
his profits are too great to be
relinquished at this period—his
vessels must go one more voy
age at lead—this voyage is un
fuccefsful—another mult be
made to repair the lofs —this is
commenced—an unfortunate
gale of mind deprives him of
his property and blasts his hopes
—thus, like an unfortunate
gamester he continues his ven
ture in hopes of gain until he
looses what he had won—in
these circumstances his mind is
tortured with the reflection,
how much he once possessed,
and the consideration how lit
tle he retains —and instead of
grasping that happiness which
he once had in view, he has,
now, well nigh loft fi^ht of it.
with every necessary precaution,
1 awakened him, and removed
him from his danger.
Ah, my son ! (exclaimed the
venerable good man with tran
sport, while he pressed him to
his heart) to thee belongs the
diamond—well haft thou de
served it.
The more we HAVE the more we
SWEARERS REPROVED.
DESIRE.