The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-10-14 00:00:00, page 4

j/lfcellaTiy.
From the WESTERN STAR.
TUB CORDWAINER.—N*. 6.
WHO (hall prefum?to ftt bounds to
the excurfionsof the human mindr
Who can tell where the spirit of improve
ment (halt end ? When I confider the im
menfuy of the ocean on which I have em
barked, the pen almost drops from mj
fingers through astonishment.
Not to lose dg^ of that wonderful lu
minary in the region of authors, Mr.
Paine—who that so lately observed him
modestly walking in the plain obvious
road of Common Sense, would have
thought of looking so soon for him in the
rugged bys-pathf, and fruiting corners
of sophistry, infidelity, and Ethan-Allen-
Equally amazing has been the progress
of regeneration (it I may be allowed the
expression) in that modern Delphos, that
great treasury of the " Oracle# .of R^a
fon," tl%: store-house of political and in
telleaud light—France. —Little didst
thou think, ill-fated La Fayette ! when
fir( lthou instituted the caufc of freedom
in thy native country, in the sober, mod
el guise of reform, fondly imagining to
retain the substance of government after it
Should have been dripped and fliorn of the
fungous excrescences of despotism- little
didst thou think that so rapid should have
been the progress of that wonderful spirit,
of improvement, so hard it ffiould press
upon thy heels,that within so short a period
thou Ihouldeft be deemed a traitor, and
driven into exile for thy honest adherence
to a constitution yet " mewling in it's
narfe's arms." Little didst thou think
that in proportion to the increase of Liberty
and Equality in thy country, should the va
lue and security of the lives of it's inhabi
tants decrease, till traps and gins should
be set up, for expedition in destroying
them, as we should for rats in a garret,
or flies in a market—till the loins of a
Lewis Capet should be lighter than the lit
tle finger of a Marat or a Rcberfplerre—
till a man's head should stand with left fe
carity on his Shoulders, than the buttons on
his coat, or the ponder on his hair. 11l ad
vised young man! I pittv thee from the
bottom of my heart. Too sorely thou
haft read the fable of the dog and hit Shad
ow, and the moral in th, mind outlivedl
the doarine in thy country, and this has.
been thy ruin. What pity thy loitering
genius was thus out-soared by the thong
pinioned foes of the Mountain, in their fa
vourite fyitem of Shadowy good and Sub
stantial evil ! Alas! hadst thou saved thy
distance to have reached the pales of a
Committee of safety —but it is in
vain to wish ; we muff leave thee in tby
dungeon.
I beg pardon of the courteous reader,
for this long apostrophe ; and I know he
will grant it, for the fake of the lubjc&,
however it may be found to violate the
laws of composition. I could not well do
left than pay this tribute of fympath, to
that unfortunate martyr to my fubjed.^
This is the age of revolution. Gov
ernments, Religion, Morals, Opinions,
andTaftes seem to have caught the im
pulse, and to partake in the general whirl.
To keep pace with it, a man who was left
year a republican, must this year be a
mad-cap—if he advocated political free
dom lalt year, this year he must Shake his
fift at the King of Kings. Had the man
whose life was last year deemed incompati
ble with the public Safety, Survived, and
his principles could have remained in ffa.u
quo, he ffiould this year have been a fair
candidate for a Legislator, or a general of
an army ; and it is well if the approved
politician of to day be fuffered twelve
tenths hence to rest undikurbed in the
grave.
From the Newhaven Gazette, bo
A BIT OF ADVICE.
NOW, good people, I have a word
ofadvice for you. I will tell you
how to pay your taxes and debts without
feeling them.
F^rtt, FEE NO LAWYERS.
You fay lawyers have too high fees, I
fay they do not. They colt me not one
farthing. Does I have always dener and
lawyers fees will be no trouble at all. It
I want a now coat, or my wife waits a
new gown, we have agreed to wear the
old ones till we have got calh or produce
to pay for them. Then we buy-—we pay
in hand—we get things cheaper, than our
neighbours. Merchants never dun us—
and we have no lawyers fees to pay.
When we fee fherifi and duns knocking
at the doors of our neighbours, we laugh
at their folly. Bafiaes I keep a little
drawer in my desk, with money enough
in it to pay the next tax; and I never
touch a farthing till the collator calls.—
Now, good folks, if,ou will all take the
fame method, you will lave out of lawyers
fees and court charges, on tlfe most moder
ate calculation, zo,oool. a,ear.
Secondly, I allow my family but 3 gal
lons of ram a year. This is enough for a
ny family^ and too much for most of them.
I driat cider and beer of our own manu
facture :—And my wife makes excellent
beer, I assure yoa. I advile you all to do
the fame. lam aftoniihed at you, good
folks. Not a mechanic or a labourer
goes to work for a merchant, but he car
ries home a bottle ofrum. Not a load of
wood comes to town but a gallon bottle is
tied to the cart flake to be filled with rum.
Scarcely a woman cemes to town with tow
cloth, but she has a wooden gallon bottle
in one fide of her saddle bags to fill with
rum. A stranger would think you to bea
nation of Indians by ytur third for this
paltry liquor. Take a bit of advice from
a friend of yours. Get two gallons of rum
in a year--have 2 or q frolicks of innocent
mirth—keep a little spirit for a medicine,
and let year common drink be the pro
duce or manufacture of this country.
This will make a saving of almost 400,000
gallons of rum, or 80,000!. a year.
Thirdly, never buy any ufeleb articles
of clothing.
Keep a good fait for Sundays and other
public days, but let your common wearing
apparel be good fobftantial clothes and lin
ens of your own manufacture. Full all
the plumes from the headset your wives
and daughters. Feathers and fripperies
suit the Cherokees or the wench in your
kitchen ; but they little become the fair
daughters of Independent America*.—-
Out of the dry goods you may make a far
ing °f SO,OOOI. a year.
These savings amount to 150,0001. a
year. This is more than enough to pay
the interest ofall our publie debts.
My countrymen, lam not trifling with
you. lam serious. You feel the fads f
fate. You know you arc poor, and you
ought to know the faultie your own. Are
you not fatisfied with the food and drink
which this country affords ? the beef, the
pork, the wheat, the corn, the butter, the
cheese, the cider, the beer, those luxuries
which are heaped in profusion upon your
tables ? If not, you mult expert to be poor.
In vain do you with for mines of gold and
Silver. A mine would be the greatedcurfe
that could beful this country. There is
gold and Silver enough in the world, and
if you have not enough of it, it is because
you consume all you earn in useless food
and drink. In vain do you with to en
creafe the quantity of cam by a mint or by
paper emissions. Should itrain millions
of Joes into your ehimnies, on your pres
ent System of expences, you would Still
have no money. It would leave the coun
try in Streams. Trifle not with feriuus
fubje^s, nor spend your breath in empty
wishes. REFORM—ECONOMISE.—
This is the whole of your political duty.
You may reafan— (peculate- —com
plain- —raise mobs— —spend life, in
railing at congress and your rulers—but
unless you import left than you export
unless you spend lets than you earn, you
will eternally be poor.
• I wouldjuft mention to my fair friends
whom I love and efteern, that feathers, flow
ers and other frippery of the head, are badges
of profitutes in Europe ; and 1 banefen Eu
ropean's who upon the fight of tbefr gewgaws
upon the beads of the blooming daughters ej
innocence in America, have mifaten them for
women of ill fame.
EXETER, SEPT. 1, 1794°
The General Court of this
State having ptied a Relolve on the 20 h
day of June last, in the following words,
viz. “ Refohed that the Treasurer of frhr;
State issue Extents for all outstanding
Taxes that shall remain unpaid on the
,I sth day 'of November next, and that he
take effectual measures by iffaing Extent
or otherwise for recovering all monies due
on Excise, Impost or Mafoniau Bands,un
lefs one half of the said Bonds refpeaive
ly is paid on or before the said 15th da)
of November, and in case of payment of
one half as aforefaid, that he do not take
:uch measures until the firft day of Aprs
next, unless in particular cates he may
deem it necessary.
The Treasurer requests
persons concerued to tike notice thereof,
and govern themselves accordingly—ana
informs them that unless payment is made
by said day, he fh&jffue Extents, and
take all other measures necessary fcr re
covering the monies duego the State with
out further notice. He a ] fo informs all per
sons possessed of State Notes, Certificates
Bills of the New Emiffi% Copper-patt
Notes, and ever, other feeies of Bi'a
issued by the authority of the Colony or
State of New-Hampshire, that on the firfl
day of Oa.ber next, he shall be ready to
receive and pay Specie for Item at the
several rates tyecified in an A& of the Ge
neral Court, passed June 21st, 1794-;
and hopes to be able by receiving monies
due on Excise, Impost & Mafenian Bonds,
and taxes outstanding, to discharge the
Notes &c. as they are presented-
OLIVER PEABODY, Treasurer.
Wanted immediately, by
- ELIJAH BUTLER,
10 or LZ likely young pacing
Horses;
for which good pay will be made.
He has for jale,
SADDLES, SOAL and UPPER
LEATHER.
^fr-An afforment of Eng
li(h and Wert-India Goods, and
SALT by the hogshead.
He requests all prfens <wbom be bas Notes
and Accounts against, to call and fettle nwitb
him before thefrfl of November
CASH given for HIDES. .
Winchefler, L&Ur6fQ93'___
blanks,
P ofmort kinds,
Fer fate at this OFFICE.
J rebury O^ce^
NEWHAMPSH LRE.
NOTICE is hereby given to
all persons to whom the
fubferiber is indebted, that after
;one month from this date, they
shall have their pay, and that he
will not leave the place before
that time."
DAVID BALCH.
Keene, Od. !„,/?, 179±
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
A JOURNEYMAN Boot and Shoe
maker, who is a neat workman —re
fab an one conflant employ f°rf x months will
he given, and good pay made, asfaft as it ;s
earned.—Aljo, wanted an Apprentice to tse
above bufnejs, with whom great pains void
be taken to learn him ; by thefbf fiber.
DAVID SIMMON'S.
N. B. Leather would be givenfur a few
pounds of good SHOE-1 HREAD.
AT a meeting of the Proprietors of the
township of Keene, holders at the
Court House, on the i,th inst. it was then
and there voted by said Proprietors, that
all persons who are possessed of land yet tw
be laid out in the undivided lands in said
township, by virtue of any division white
is already granted, Should as soon as poffi
blc complete the fame ; and bring al! pla^
not on record to the Proprietor's Clerk,
that the records of the fame may be com
pleted on or before the firft Tuefday if
January next, in order that the common
land in said township may be better known.
By order of the Proprietors,
ICHABOD FISHER, Prop'rs Clerk.
Keene, Sept. 20, 1794.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Heirs
of the Edate of Led Whitney, late
us Marlborough, Blacksmith, deceased,
represented insolvent, that the fubferiber
proposes to make a fettlin 'ent with the
Judge of Probate, on Wednesday, the
zzd day of October next, at the Probate-
Office in Keene, at which time and place
;ny person concerned will attend auc
make objedions, if any they have.
EDW. JEWETT, Adrn'r.
Rindge, Sept. 4, 1794.
TAKE NOTICE, RETAILERS !
YOUR Approbation from the Sales
men must be recorded by the Town
Clerk, and certified on the Approbation
by the Clerk ; and you must apply ["•
finally to this Office.
' SAM. CROSBY.
Gell, of the Revenue
for the •
County of Chefetre.
Office tfitf&n. Ci. Iflo^n Sept. 10,
179+
FOUR PENCE REWARD!
RAN away from the subscriber, or the
night of the 10th inst. an apprentice
boy, named Charles Tootbaker, about 15
years of age, § f feet high, Jighuffi cem
,lexion, large eyes and a faaeakiag voice.
Whoever will take up laid runaway, ^
return him to the fubferiber, shall receivc^^
the above reward, and no charges paid.W
All persons are cautioned against har
boring or trading him on my account, for
I will not pay any debtsof his contrasting
after this date.
AMOS FORTUNE.
Jaffrey, Sept. 11, 179+ „
JkoiTUid 3c. ^reeo ;•
TAKES this method to in
form his friends and the
public, that he has let up; and i&
now carrying on the Clothiers
Business, about half a mile from
Packersfield Meeting-house. -All
perlons who will please to em
ploy him in % the business, ma,
depend on having their work
executed in the belt manner, on
reafbnable terms. All kinds ot
produce received in payment,
and every favor will be grate
fully acknowledged.
Packersfield, Sept^
Just receipted, and for fade at tbu C,<f t
The LIFE of joSEPH, the SON eJ
ISRAEL.
In eight Books.
Chiefly designed to allure young Minds ta
a Love of the Sacred Scripting,
By JOHN MACGOWAN.
TAKE NOTICE I