The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-09-09 00:00:00, page 4

^ The feuds and antmofyies in families, and
between neighbors, which difurb the in
tercour, of human life, and collefli ^ly
compose half the misery of it, have their
foundation in the Want f a forgiving tem
per, and can never cease, hut 6, the exer
ci, of this virtue, on one fide, or on both,"
PALEX.
THUS The Neighbor, No.
28, introduces his EfTay
—From this number the follow
ing Extracts will formthe Mon
itor for this week.—
" That there fliould be wars
and fightings between kingdoms,
quarrels in neighborhoods, ani
mosities in families, and con
tentions between individuals, is
a melancholy proof ofhuman de
generacy, weakness, and folly.
It is no left a proof of the usur
pation & misrule of the passions,
instead ofthe reign of reason : —
Alt together ftirnKhes us with
the feelingadvice of experience,
that this world is not a place of
uninterrupted happiness, and
that the millennial state is not
yet arrived."
. " All the aforementionedfeuds
and quarrels are the interrupters
of the prosperity as well as the
,'fturbcrs ofthe peace of indi-
But as the prudent tuneful Bee,
Not only °" 'he hills wefee,
Collairg liquid sweet :
, So they from life's serene low vale,
Would borrow %iny a moral tale,
Poftcrity to gregt.
Thus worth could r,je to bsay'ns Bright
throng,
And worth fubiim'd the Bard's boldfang ;
U 4/& those tin,liars,
Which labor at the proud's comma,d,
To spread delusions through a land,
And alienate the bays.
^s^s ,# s%M^|
^ P 0 £7'sC ORN.E R.
wrtue, fifdaining gems andort,
Brass her ewnnever-jqih,, fl pre.
Secure from uji and fpotl :
She fees with Capture, gratitude,
Joyful fa foarej ;ngood men's good,
Oftv'ry age and foil.
"Twas virtue that the heroes old,
4„ong tbefare and gods enroll'd,
Virtue with mtfck join'dt
For posts prais'd where merit front.
Had not b.gb wortbinefs been known,
No laurel e'er bad twin'd.
For what are all ike pompous koafs,
Extended over fed, and coasts.
Os knights with honor farr'd ?
Beyond the Jhocks of fate ,nd t:my,
Virtue hath fix'd her throne Jubiirp,
And wisdom is her guard.
While /eafure fowsfrqm countless rills,
While hope Jits jmiiing on toe bills.
The pedant's mad for wealth ;
2*''f^hi„ °f ! 'rodfl fplendour's fore,
ffoougo he toil'a thought can wfo no mart)
Ee'u monarchs envy health.
She wreaths her brow ,i^ w r /ty deeds.
Gay ccnjcigce, peace, and hope, ar, meeds
She bolds for these whoflrive ;
Who nobly friv, tp win her Jmtlts,
Centemnivg pain a„ jeathfult^iie b
So fault I,ft fume parvrve.
ODE in praise of VIRTUE.
Beyond /blocks of fate e d """•
Virtue batbfx'd berthronejublsrae.
And wisdom is her guard;
How mean are alljubluaar things 1
How insecure the dome oj kings /
though doubly watch'd and bar?d.
Pitying, fee uieus the refleftfrift
Os men, miyunf Landing life,
Who rove in f oll J's maze:
She smiles their envy dull to view,
Who fee not that they're erroi'd too,
' For their ts tfue biup.
MONITOR.
viduals, and es society. But
the most dishonorable, and the
p^oft unaccountable contentions,
and which are productive of the
kceneft wounds, and the most
Ilading anguilh, are thofc which
take place in families. When
a man's foes are thole of his own
house he must be wretched in
deed. The fame may be appli
ed to the case of a woman.-
Home is a place of refuge from
all the aflaults, and all the vexa
tions of an unfriendly world.—?
But if enemies and tormentors
await us there, where, unless in
the grave (hall we find shelter,
or peace, or friends. Much un
,happinefsjs complained of in fa
milies, from unfaithful and fan
cy domefiics. Much is some
times occasioned by undutiful
.and ungoverned children. But
-the greatest infelicity arises
from the disagreement of the
heads. Paflionate or surly huf
ban ^, or cross and scolding
wives, will be unhappy them
selves, and make their partners,
and every body around them
unhappy. But where, as a coun
terpart, there is a temper of for
bearance, and a disposition to
overlook and forgive, the quar
rel will not be high, the rancor
will not be bitter, and the vexa
tion will not,be so thorny. The
threatening storm wjll soon blow,
over, and be followed by fereu
ity and funfnine."
EULOGrON WHISKEY.
By Absolem Aimwill, /%
p. STRONG art thou O WHISKEY
) on the high mountains, and frong
it thy brother Brandy in the vale# be-,
low.
z. From the fifing of the f,n,even on
to the going down thereof, thy votaries
pay homage to thee; day onto day they
worship thee ; and in their nightly orgies
they Shew forth the ffot influence of th,
Spirit.
3. When they rife up they think of
the:, when they meet together the, talk
ofthee ; apd when they lay down th,
dream of thee :—Thou art ungo them
Whiskey, and they are thy servants.
4. Their love to thee is wonderful- —
patting their love of women: Yea, their
wives and little ones are not to be compa
red with thee.
5. By the power of thy burning majesty,
molts rife on the Wefern mountains ; and
being filled with thee, they f,p flat on
their faces—Becoming beasts for thy fake.
6. Compared with thee, Sir Richard
Rum is but a menial, held faft in the strong
clutches of the eagle ; like IlAchar " he
'croucheth down, he boweth his Shoulders
to bear, and hath become a servant under
tribute."
' 7. But thy spirit O Whitkey eniteth the
flight ofthe eagle : When he maketh a
pounce at thee ; thy veterans Shall lop off
his talons.
9. Anarchy is thy councellar, destruc
tion attendeth thee, Poverty and diftreG
follow thy Steps ; —and the tears of the or
phan move thee not.
19. When the voice of wiflom crieth
peace !—thy voice is louder than the voice
of wisdom ; and when shoe cried " havoc,"
thy fubjefl's Shout, amen !
is The hot fire of thy spirit hath fog
ed off the fcnfsbility of their consciences ;
to that the deftrudion of foci>l order, the
abuse of their father, api the murder of
infants giveth them no pain !!
It. Strong art thou, O WhiSkey, upon
the Wyftern mountains, and Strong is thy
brother Brandy in the vales below.
Pbilqd. Gaz.
blanks;
of most kind^, '
For SALK at this OFFICE.
& When thou commanded, they rife a
gainst all law and government, and are
valiant, even unto the Shedding of blood ;
yea, their brothers blood !
Prior Right averted.
AT a village in the count, of Durham,
a young man obtained the confeat
jf a young woman, and the bands of mar
riage were regularly published. Some mis
understanding unfortunately took place at
the time when they should be made one,
and, in a few weeks, his name was again;
proclaimed, in the fame church, with that
of another young woman.—He was not,
however, one of those rash mortals who
enter hatlily upon any matter ; he tock a
few weeks to consider of it, at the cad of
which, he waited upon each of the ladies,
both of whom he feparatel, (without let
ting one party into the secret of the other)
agreed to meet at the church next morn
ing, precisely at eight o'clock: One of
the Ladies came with her friends—he en
tered the church with them, and the cere
mony was just begun, when the other arri
ved with her friends — Both parties were
ready to fall upon him, when he instantly,
and it may be prudently, silenced them,
by observing, that he thought he had aded
ver, fairly, in adhering ftridly to the old
practice— "f r ft come frf Jerv'd."
Keene. Aug, tyb, 1794°
'’l 'HEjubfriber tabes sbis method to call
on all those whom be has accounts
and Notes again,, of a long ,andtug,fatn
medtape fatlement. —
'RICHARD WEEKS.
N. R. The Accounts and Notes will be
left in the bands of ]•,» Weeks of Rich
mra who is rapreerid tofatle Qtbfxb ae
gall in my abfrace.
test, #% 0 1794.
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fame.
kVkinrfcal Anecdote — Samuel Baldwyn,
a gentleman of Hampshire, had, by his
will in the year 1736, ordered, that, after
his decease, his body should be thrown in
the sea beyond the Needles, which was sc
cordingl, complied with, On making
irquir, into his motives for this singular
oifpofal of his remains, it was difeovered,
that he made it for the purpose of disap
pointing a young wife, who had frequent
ty effured him, by was of confutation, that
(lie should— dance upon his grave !
THE PRINTERS want their pay—
„ and they would thnk all those
who are indebted to them for Papers (and
who have never paid one farthing) if the,
would now advance a little.—We are sor
ry to b, under the necessity of dunning
but it is that which compels ut; there
fore we hope our request will be attended
to.—The PAPER-MAKER call# loud ;
and if the call is not noticed, perhaps the
next will be a Cheshire, f Tho'e of
our Patrons who receive their Papers of
Benjamin Ellis, are solicited to pay some
regard :o ihis call, his receipt for us will
be a discharge to them, for whatever they
pay. Wereturn oar thanks to those who
have been pundual, and to the Public for
their encouragement ; but unless punctu
ality is attended to, the Press will re,
heavy. HENRY BLAKE, & Co.
An anecdote somewhat similar happen
ed a short time since in Cheshire: A learn
ed Lingo (who possesses a plurality of sa
cred offices, and prides himfeif not a little
on the profundity of his reading, particu
larly in the dead languages, from his long
acquaintance with tembftono) was afksd
„ a fttanger, what M. S. (the common
lain abbreviation for “ Sacred to the Me
mor,,") meant on a marble monument
which he pointed to. Here the sage trans
later was a little puzzled,till putting on his
Supplemental eyes, and screwing up the
mufelcs of his face with grammatical gra
vity, he fagel, said, that ''M. S. Hood
for Maser Samuel, one of the family, whom
he knew very well."
A gentleman observing the motto, " Sic
tranft gloria Mundi," beneath a fun-dia?
upon a church wall, asked the beadle who
happened to be landing by,what it meant ?
" Upon my word," replied Silverliick,
" I am not certain, but suppose they mult
be two old church wardens."
TAKE NOTICE !
Intertamm&nt,
Respectfully informs the Public,
that he carries on bis bufaefs at the
works formerly owned by Mr. Ephraim
Leach, in Winebefer, —All persons who wii
p.eafe to employ him in bis profeffim, ma, de
pend on basing their work executed in the
l of manner, on reasonable terms, and ever,
J'vor will fa gratefully acknowledged.
aWinchefer, Auguf 30, 1794.
A JOURNEYMAN Boot and Sboemet.
maker, who is a neat workman—to.
such an one confant employ for fix months will
I be given, and good pa, made, asfaft it is
earned-.—Alfa, wanted an Apprentice to the
above kufinefs, with whem great pains wiM
be taken learn to him ; by the fobfoiber
N. B. Leather for Jboes, by thg,uir,ftr
sale, of the frfl rate famrßofon —also a few
pair of Boot kgs, of excelitnt Cal,fain —AH
which will be fold cbta,for Case only.
Keene, Sept, if, 1,94.
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of this prophecy, and keep those thing#
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SHOCKING 'NARRATIVE OF
The murder of Mr. Jofefeb Porter, b,
Capt. William Corray ;on board the
Brig Falmouth, the 27th day of May,
1794. Being on a voyage from Port-
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