The American herald of liberty — Exeter, N.H., 1795-12-30 00:00:00, page 4

Poet’s Corner.
h ~ r a ' ■ ———
Epitaph on a hermit.
O R TH E J
HoW) Where, What, Why, & When.
Bp OR vests upon « mountain’* brow,
A Hermit liv’d, the Lord knows bow
A rob-: cffackclo h did he wear.
Aid go: bis food, the Lord knows wh/re ;
HavdQiip and patience wee his lot,
he often pra'pd, the Lord knows what;
At length this holy man,did die,
And left the world the Lord knows why :
He’s buried in his gloomy de®,
And will arise, ’he Lord knows wbgn.
From the Oracle of the Day.
-- r V
MR. PRINTER,
As your last Paper mentioned the
■ Ift of St. Paul’s Cathedral, per
haps the following particulars of
that most beautiful andfupendous
Edifice, may be entertaining to
fame of your readers: If you< are
of the fame opinion, they are at
yourfervicefor insertion.
Yours, Ih. L.
THE di mentions and curiosi
ties of St. Paul’s Cathedral,
London, which was begun to be
rebuilt in the year 1675, and was
finiihed in the year 1715, includ
ing the space of 40 years. It was
begun, & finifhed, by Sir Chris
topher Wren, the chief archi
tect; by one Mr. Strong, the
principal mason; and under Dr.
Compton, the bishop of London.
One Mr. Hiil was chiefly em
ployed in the decorations of this
church, in carving the lively re
.prefentation of St. Paul’s con
wer lion ; the majestic figure of St.
Paul, on the apex of the pedi
ment, with St. Pster ophis right
hand, and St. James op his left;
and the four evangclifts, with their
proper emblems, on the front of
the tower, &c.
St. Mathew is diftinguiflied
by an angel, St. Mark by a lion,
St. Luke by an ox,and St. John
by an eagle.
* The charge of building this
Cathedral, which amounted to fif
teen hundred thousand pounds
sterling, was chiefly supported by
afmall and easy taxon sea-coal.
The dimentions of St. Paul’s
from east to weft, within the walls,
is 5 10 feet —from north to fouth,
within the doors of the porticos,
282 feet—the breadth, at the weft
entrance 100 feet—its circuit,
.2,292 feet—its height within,from
the centre of the floor to the cross,
404 feet—the circumference of
the dome is 420 feet—the diame
ter of the ball, 6 feet—from the
ball, to the top of the cross, 30
feet —the diameter of the columns
of the porticos,4 feet—their height
is 48 feet—to the top of the weft
pediment; under the figure ofS^
Paul, 120 feet—the tower of
the weft front, 287 feet.
ift. From the bottom to thew'hif
pering gallery is 280 steps, includ
ing those to the golden gallery, is
534, and to the ball, in all, is
616 steps. *
The weight of the ball is 5600
pounds.
The weght of die cross is 3360.
The extent of the ground plat
wherein St. Paul's Hands, is. 2
acres, 16 perches. 23 yards and 1
foot. This vast fabrick is sur
rounded at a proper distance with
strong iron pallifades, in number
about’2soo; and in the area of the
grand weft front, on a pedefta. ol
ft?.'*2' ■ . , » > . -•» 1
The Library is remarkable for
its flooring, it being most artfully
iWlaid,without nail or peg, like the
framing of a billiard—table. The
wainfeotting and cades for books
want neither elegance nor conve
nience ; there is a fine painting
of Bi shop Co mp to n , under whom
this Cathedral was built.
The circumference of the dial
is 57 feet.
There is a curious fine whifper
ing-galiery, where founds are “en
larged to an amazing degree; the
(hutting of the door seems w loud
as thunder at a distance, the least
whisper is heard round the whole
circumference; and one speaking
against the wall, appears to be
present to another on the other
fide, though the distance between
them is no less than 140 feet.
Within this gallery you have
a fine view of the curious paint
ings, done by Sir James Thorn
hill; who, in eight compart
ments, has represented the princi
pal paflages in the hiftory of St.
Paul’s life; namely, his conver
sion; his 'punifhing Elymas, the
forcererwith blindnefs,his preach
ing at Athens; his curing the poof
cripple at Lyftra, and the rever
ence there paid him by the priests
of Jupiter, as a god ; his conver
sion of the gaoler ; his preaching
at Ephesus and the burning bf the
magic books in consequence of
the miracles he there wrought:- —
his trial before Agrippa ; fiis
(hip-wreck on the island of Malita
or Malta ; and his miracle of the
viper. ■ 1
AN arch boy at a table, where
there was a piping hot apply-pye,
patting a bit in his mouth r burnt it
lb, that the tears ran down his
cheeks. A g^ntlcmaa that fat bv*
excellent work.manfliip, Hands a'
statute of Queen Anne, with
proper decorations : the figure on
the base represents Britannia, with
her spear; Gallia, with a crown
on her- lap ; Hibernia, with her
harp; America, with her bow : all
of the workmanship of the fame
ingenious statuary that performed
the rest.
ANECD O T E S.
TWO feeptlemen, a Lawyer
and Physician, were riding one
each fide of a boy that stood in the
road- Well, my lad,” fays the
Lawyer, 54 which are you, a rogue
or a fool The boy looked ear
nestly each fide of him; w I believe,
Jirf fays he, 44 1 am between them
both.”
The next is a very curiou, ge
ometry staircase, being the best
ever made in England ; it hatiFtp
steps, all supported by the bottom
step.
There is a very curious fine
model, which Sir Christopher
Wren firftcaufed to be made, in
order to have buslt this Cathedral
in every refped like it.
The great bell in weight is n,
474 pounds ; the clapper is 180
pounds; the diameter of the bell
is 10 feet, on which the hour of
the clock strikes.; and the quarters
strike on two lesser bells under
neath.
The length of the minute hand
8 feet.
The weight of ditto 75 pounds.
The length of. the hour hand 5
feet 5 inches.
The weight of ditto, 44 pounds.
The length of the hour figures,’
2 feet 2 inches and an half.
Daniel Clark,
INVITES his Customers
" that have acconpia open oF longer
handing than Twelve MonthJ, to call and
fettle the Line ; and thole indebted 10
make immediate payment.
If this call is neglected they
'muft fufftr the confiqumce of the L-.w,
for he i. determined to have his accomp.s
fettled once in twelve months.
Exeter, 16 h Dec. 1793.
alked him why he wept ? Only,
said he, because it is just come
into my remembrance that my
poor grandmother died this day
twelve months. Poh, said the
other, is that all? So whipping a
large piece into his mouth, he
quickly sympathized with the boy;
who feeing his eyes brim full, with
a malicious sneer, alked him why
he wept ? A pox on you, said he,
because you were not hanged you
young dog, the fame day your
grandmother died. .
Straed or Stolen,
From the Field of the Subscriber,
on the night of the 41b inti.
A. Chefnut Coloured horie
COLT, two !aft * ita a
Bacjiu the tor eh ad and a f^ali 4bip on the
note—- about 14 hands high—trots all
had on a foot-icck‘wi:h an iron pin.
Whoever wifi take up laid Colt and re
turn him to the owner, Ihafi be handfome
lv rewarded and ail neceflary charges paid
by JONATHAN STEWART.
Kensington, Bec D9s‘
F O U N D.
Sometime in Nov. Jaft,' in
Exeter, netr Vir. George Odiorne’s,
a Urge timber CHAIN.—The owner miiy
have it again, proving property, and pay
ing for this advertifemenq by applying to
the prirter hereof
Exctr. Dec 2, 1795. t
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CASH, Writing-Paper, or
Books given for clean
cotton and linnen RAGS a*
this office.
CA S H
GIVEN for tanned, and untan
ned SHEEPSKNS, bv
• Wm. Stearns.
Epping, Sept. 1795-
ALL Persons indebted to,
orthst have any demands on the
Eft^te of JOHN JOHNSON late of Ex
eter, marriner, deceased, inteitate, are ig
qutfted to exhibit them for settlement to
BENJAMIN BOARDMAN,
. Adminiftrafor to laid Edete,
Exeter, i6rh Dec. 1795. *
A LL Persons indebted to,
/ or that have anv Demands agaiclt
*eflute of ELISHA fiUAKE la;e of
Ktnfington decea^d.teftate, are it^uettcd to
exhibit ihciame io- ietdement, to the bub
fcriber Ex.cutor to the ialt Will and Tefta
menc of laid dcceafed.
Just Opened and For .SALE by
Samuel Williams,
At his Shop adjoining the String-
Bridge in Exeter,
Good and General
Aflortment of
CROCKERY WARE,
as cheap as at Portsmouth, or else
where.
ELISHA BLAKE.
Kenfing-on December 7, >795.
John j'obnfon^s Est ate.
Elisha Blake’s Estate.
Exeter Dec. 16, 1795*
Bibles, Testaments,
Webller’s Spelling-Book,Youth's
InUru&or,' Mernii's Arithmetic,
by the dozen or iingle, with an
Assortment of Ufeful and Enter
tainig Books, kept conflantly for,
sale, at the Boston price.—Also.
Writing-Paper, Blanks,&
Blank Accompt Books, fold as
low as at any other Hore in the
United States#
Ex'ter, Decern, esd, 1795.
Publijhedy
and to be fold by the quantity or finale, at
H. Ranlet’s Bos-StGre±
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