The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-06-24 00:00:00, page 2

TOBACCO was firff brought into
repute in England by Sir Walter
Raleigh. By the caution he took of fmoak
ing it privately, he did notintend it
should be copied. Bat fitting one day, in
deep meditation, with a pipe in his mouth
he inadvertantly called to his maq to
bring him a tankard of fmall.beer. Ihe
fellow, coming into the room^ threw all
the liquor into his maker's face, and
running down flairs, bawled out, ''Fire !
Help ! Sir Waiter has Studied till his
head is on fire, and the smoke barks out
of his mouth and nose !"
SIR,
J HAVE waited a considerable time,
hoping you or fume of your corres
pondents would take notice of an evil,
verv common; but as none have touched
upon it as yet, I bqg leave to lay the
matter before you, and wifa youropinron
upon it. There are many farmers
within the small circle of my acquain
tance, who raise barely grain fufficient to
bread their families from year to year ;
yet these men will run to the merchant
and retailer, and because they can be
trailed until fall, and then pay in grain,
they will take up twice as much gauze,
camberick, lace, &c. and three times as
ranch rum as they w^nt. When fall
comes (add it will' come once a year) a
great part of their grain mull go to pay
up the merchant's and retailer's bills ;
and by March or April they are rambling
about to buy bread for their families, and
very often go to traders they have dealt
with, and must give twenty-five or thir
ty per cent, higher than what they fold
for, and must pay the money too. Now
Mr. Prompter, 1 want to know whether
these men worx it right; or whether, as
D r . Franklin fays, they do not ,4, dear
for their auhfle ?
Y^ THEN Mademoiselle Heine! drew
thefashionable world to the Opera
some years Since, by the avowed superi
ority of her graceful attractions, the then
Earl Harrington, of amrous notoriety, on
the morning of her benefit, enclosed her
a bank-note,value sopl, which the Hero
ine immediately^^ back with a laconic
billet, of which the following is a literal
u;rjlation, viz.
the woman comes in, dripping with wa
ter —her husband meets her at the door,
exulting, Aye 1 told you jo, but you are al
ways gossiping about.
A young man is going to take a ride,
it is fine weather, and he thinksit useless
to take a great coat —a shower comes up
on him suddenly and he gets wet
—he comes home at evening and is
met at the door with this condoling ad
dress, I told you fo.'
W r HAT a wife man is this 1' He
forefees al! evils and tells them
and how they will happen. He warns
ever, one of every misfortune that ever
falls upon him—after the milchief is all
done, he ftrucs and fays with a boasting
superiority I tola youjo, tho' perhaps he
never said a word about it, until the
thing happened.
It is warm weather—a man buys a
quarter of veal or mutton,he deliberates
whether he had better hang it up in the
buttery or in the cellar—he does not
know whether the heat above flairs, or
the damp air belotv is molt injurious to
frefh meat —finally he pats it in the but
tery —his wife knows nothing of this—
but the next day the meat is fyoiled—tfe
husband fays, "My dear, the meat is
spoiled." " Where was it put r" fays the
good woman, '' In the battery," '' Aye,
1 toldyou io " fays the wife.
'• My dear," fays the wife, one very
pleasant day,not a cloud to be seen ;"1
Ihall visit Mrs. such a one to day ; will
you come and drink tea and wait on me
home ?" The hufoand pouts a little —but
the woman makes her vifit —in the after
noon a ffiower ccmes over, and the earth
is covered with water —in the evening
MR. PRINTER,
Please to infer! the foltewing, if you think
The PROMPTER—No. 20.
To the PROMPTER.
From the Hamp,Are Chronicle.
it merits a place in your paper.
I TOLD YOU SO.
ANECDOTES.
“ Aye, ( cried old Winter
top) I suppose so. Well, Fan
ny you (hall never be in that
predicament ; when you are
pleased to make your choice I
shall be happy to content to
ft. —Poor ghost ! I with some
body would question it. It is
very odd, Sir, (addressing Law
"But Sir, (continued Fan
ny) don't be afraid: It is a
harmless ghost, I assure you —
very harmless—Some poor
girl, I believe, that was disap
pointed in love, and is thus
restless."
After fame little conversati
on, Mr. Lawson was invited
to sleep here, with which pro
polal our weary traveller ve
ry readily agreed. He was firft
asked, if he was afraid of ghosts
or intimidated at unknown
noises ; but our hero, not be
ing at all superstitious, replied
only with a smile of unbelief.
He placed no faith he said,
in spirits : The days were o
ver, he thought, that were
productive of miracles : —
The dead could do us no
harm, but the living might.
However, he was prepared, he
said for the latter, for he had
a pair of most excellent uner
ing pistols, and would bett
fifty to one, that with them
he wou'd lay any ghost that
appeared,
But Miss Wintertop assur
ed her much admired guest,
that the house was indeed
haunted ; she thought it her
duty to forewarn him and in
form him that the spirit, a
bout twelve o'clock every
might, is said to walk all over
the house.
From the Rover's Magazine.
The Agreeable Ghost.
A jlory founded on Fall.
J AWSON, a young gentle
° man, being onhis travels
and very much fatigued, flop
ped at the house of an old ac
quaintance in a village, with
the intention of resting and
spending the night there. The
matter of this cottage was a
good humoured, hospitable
man, and gave a hearty wel
come to all old friends. Mr.
Wintertop (for that was the
gentleman's ,name) had a
daughter, a fine promising
beauty who very much attract
ed the notice of Lawson ; for
this young gentleman had not
seen Miss Fanny Wintertop
since, in his own words, Ihe
was the height of the table.
" I could no: hefrate a moment in re
" turning the bill you did me the honor of
•'enclofing me. If your Lordihip meant
'' it as a reward lor my public perform
'' ance it is innaitAy too much: If it is
" intended as a prelude to any private
" rehrarjiil, it is in my opinion as far
too little.
“ My Lord,
" Your's, &c.
HEINEL."
figure creeping into the room
—a lovely female form ! LaW
ifon was. never frightened at
the fight of a woman —efpeci-
'ally onein an undress : Boun
cing therefore from his bed,
he took the Agreeable Ghost
in his arms,
“ My dear, (cried he) What
is the matter with you ?"
Sir, (cried the ghost) Are
not you a painter?"
“Oh yes ma'am," (cried
Lawson) not choosing to con
tradie her in any thing.
“ It was you that painted
my mother's picture ?"
“ Yes, Ma'am."
“ Alas ! look here, Sir, I
have broken it unknown to
my father ;I do not know
what to do; Pray will you be
so kind as to mend it for me ?
and when I am of age I will
reward you for it."
“ I will indeed, Ma'am."
The lovely ghost thank
ed Mr. Lawson, who abso
lutely took the picture, and
making a courtfy departed.-—
Mr. Lawson returned to his
bed, and slept until morning.'
At breakfaft, Mr. and Miss
Wintertop inquired if he had
seen any thing ; he replied in
the negative, but said that he
had dreamt something.
“ Oh, (cried the lovely Fan
ny) I often dream.''
“ If you, Miss Wintertop,
will honour me with yours,
I sh all tell you mine."
“ I thought, Sir, that I had
broke my mother's picture,
which lay in a deik in my
chamber, and being very un
easy about it, I tock it to the
painter to repair it. This,Sir,
has been my dream constant
ly, but never until last night
did I find out the painter.
I.hope therfore there is an end
to the dream."
“ And is the piastre now
in thedefk, Ma'am ?"
" I have not lookedI—but 1 —but
“ Why (added Fanny) it
does not appear to every bo
dy: I never beheld it, though
long I have been in the doubt.
Indeed papa,did I not hear you
fay, that you law it three or
four times yourfelf, I should
believe it to be an idle story
of the servants."
Thus terminated the even
ing in sprightly conversation ;
at last the young gentleman
was shown to his bed. He was
adviled by Fanny to Diut the
door and lock it, but despising
to aft the coward, he left it
wide open, determining to fee
all that could be seen.
The gentleman with the fa
tigue of travelling slept awhile,
but between twelve and one
awaking, he law a beautiful
ion)that my landlord never
foretold me of this."
Extraa of a letter from a gentleman at
the falls cf the Ohio, to bis relation in
this to^n, dated April 13, I79 [ °
“ wrote to you from Fort Pitt,
£ which place we left the 3d inst,
in company uith two other boats, and
proceeded to Ijcieilone, without meet#
ing or apprehending danger—at that
place we were informed of several dis
asters which had befallen beats going
down the river,.and one to a boat going
up to a French fiction, loaded with but
ter, bacon, fee.—The particulars rela
tive to the latter, are as follow.-—The
boat was attacked by about 60 or 70 In?
dians, and the Hankers that were ora
fbore as a guard were fired upon by
them—immediately after firing, they
gave the Indian whoop, and, ruihing on
the Hankers, scalped them every one
(about 22) —they then fired at the boat,
but did no damage, as it required some
time to make their way into the river.
After the savages had executed this ad of
barbarity, they continued on the river
watching for other Boats. In the ccurfe
of about fix day< five or fix boats
happened to go down the river. The sa
vages attacked the foremoft of them ia
which were two young ladies of the name
of Macdonald, a young gentleman, and
some others, passengers, took it ; ele
vated with this easy capture, they ima
gined themselves capable of taking eve
ry boat they might fall in with—ln a
little time a second boat hove in fight,
which they attacked with great fury
they were in three canoes, each canoe
containing about twenty —they moved
towards the boat as it came down, and
commenced firing; after difeharging
their guns, they retreated, loaded and
came on a second time, fired and retreat
ed as before—this mode of fighting the,
repeated nine different times, as often a#
they came on, there was a brisk firing
kept up from the boat, which contained
nine fighting men ;—during the con
flift two were killed and five wounded;
two only remained to protea the beat,
and prevent the Indians from boarding
it, which every appearance of their con
duct plainly indicated —these two brave
fellows exerted themselves in a peculiar
manner—on a near approach of the ene
my, they threw billets of wood at them,
and one cf them teck up an ax, as a
" And madam, I thought
that that lady might have be n
the Agreeable Ghost, which
so constantly haunted the
house in her flcep."
It was now evident—poor
Fanny fainted, and Mr. Win
tertop began to think what
might be <he interpretation
of this dreain.
" Why, (cried Mr. Law
son) I presume that it is this :
Miss Wintertop never found a
painter until laftnight. 1 im
agine, therefore, that apain
ter is a husband, and that our
daughter will soon be mar
ried ; and Sir, by the dream
which Ihad, I do suppose my
fclf to be destined for the hap
py man.
The old man was resolved
to confirm this by immedi
ate union. Lawson and Fan
ny were loon married, and the
latter never walked cut of her
bed in her fieep again.—
"I dreamt, madam, that a
lovely girl like you came t)
me, and gave me this picture
to repair—"
to be sure it is.—Pray, Sir,
What were your thoughts ?"
" Oh, Heavens !"
American Intelligence.
VIRGINIA.
WINCHESTER, MAY 28.