The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-08-19 00:00:00, page 4

Ft chanc'd upon a very craggy rock,
And gave, as one may fay, his head a
knock :
A thump indeed it was, that crack'd his
pate,
And made him groan—"my horse won't
go flrait—
A dev'lifn crooked with his
neck was off!
He's' thrown me down—l hope he's done
enough —
I fpofe he's kill'd me Oh ! my
poor old head !
Broken to pieces !—Ah I'm dead, I'm
dead!"
Thus [grunted he while in the road he
lay:
And groaned, mutter'd, grunted, fnor'd
b his life away. COMICUS.
" Errours like flraw upon the furfact
[flow :
''He who would farcb for pearls must d^ve
[below."
RUM if a pest, both foul and great,
it takes off men, like time or fate:
When with it fill'd your brains run"
round.
You go so far, then tumble down,
And lie a lubber or a clown.
grow; p (
His greasy crimson nose conspicuous,
Ihone,}
And all the brightness from his eyes was
gone;|
His breeches torn and tatter'd—crofs
his wife;'
A constant jolly fort of pain, his life.
Refolv'd his breeches and his life to^
mend,{
Nor more his time at inns and taverns
spend—
But these resolves were impotent and
vain,
For soon to drinking fell the wretch a
g>in.
Once puffing by a place where drunkards
meet,
It feem'd, to flop a little while, so sweet,
He thought he'd just dismount his horse
and enter,
But, like the ant, he fettled for the win-
Dragging into the house his shabby legs,/
He hitch'd along, as tho' he went by
pegs:l
Then having reach'd the room, he took
his chair,,
And pull'd it after him up to the fire ;
Then cell'd for halfa mug bfbraady flip,
And, having got it, fait began to lip,
Or rather guggled down his throat the
whole,
As tho' he wish'd to swallow mug & all.
" Come let us have another," cry'd the
fellow,
" For now my stomach grows a little
mellow.
O Rum ! oh Flip ! oh Brandy ! Flip!
plague take me,
O Rum ! beloved Rum, if you forfake
me !
The tavern is the place for joy and case ;
Get drunk, and you may do whate'er
you please ;
Give us a glass of Gin, and I am bleft ;
Give us another glass to crown the rest."
Thus sung glad Dick, and drank till
wholly drunk,
Taking & looting spirits, down he funk.
At length a number got him to his horse,
And fix'd him on with flraddled legs a
cross:
enough;
So good it was—such cheering, flipp'ry
fluff.f
At length he found his cash begin to go—
His face uneven, such great pimples
Then on he jogg'd —'twas dark—the
drinker now
Falls flat as flounder or a dead old sow,
A little story you shall hear :
Come,ncighb'ring tiplers,drop a tear.
Dick always fuck'd the bottle rum or
brandy,
Just as some children such molasses can
dy;
And never feem'd to think he had
SEAT of the MUSES.
A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE.
several persons, who,while they
were very severe in declaiming
against some little instances of
irregularity in their neigh
bours,indulged the lame fault
in a different form, and in a
much higher degree, without
the least suspicion of their
own guilt. Some days ago
Peter Grumble, being in com
pany where I fat incog, ad
dressed them in the follow
ing manner. " Gentlemen,
do any of you know, who he
is, that has undertaken to
teach us economy ?—I ap
prove his design. But there
is a certan evil, which pro
bably has never come to his
knoledge ; else it could not
have elcaped his animadver
sions. I am told, that in
some places, efpcially in po
pulous towns, there are
families, which keep lamps,
or candles, burning through
the night, and often until the
fun is two or three hours
high in the morning, while
they are all asleep in their
beds, as if Momus needed
candle-light for his business.
This is a much greater and
more needless waste, than the
use of a little sugar in our
tea. Their houses too are in
danger from this evil pra^ice^
Besides, how ridiculous it is
to illuminate the chambei s,
when every foul is going to.
sleep ; and to keep a light
blazing, when no mortal has;
his eyes open, to fee it, or is
in a capacity to use it. It is
contrary to the order of na
ture. The night was design
ed for sleep ; darkness favours j
repose. Now you know ex
ample is contagious. If this
practice should become gene
ral, what an expense it would
be to the country ! I wish the
Economist would publish a
censure upon it. There can;
be no want of arguments a
gainst it ; the theme is fruit
ful." •
'Sir,' said agentleman who
fat near him, let the publick
have your thoughts. I do
not think that any man can
offer better. But will you
allow me to ask, how you
spend the night, and at what
hour you rife ?' " Why in
deed," answers Peter," I have
long accustomed myfelf to
take a morning nap, and I
IT is furprizing to fee, how
blind fomemen are to their
own faults, when they are li
beral in their censures on the
fame faults in other people.
Prudence and frugality are
generally approved ; negli
gence and wadefulnefs con
demned. But I have known
The ECONOMIST—No. 8.
From the Hampshire Chronicle,
depart from a-cuftom,which,
for several thousands of years,
he has steadily followed, per
haps it will be the befefor
you to conform to him : to
sleep when he retires, and rile
when he returns. Then
you may, with a better face,
advise your neighbours to or
der out their lights when they
go to bed, and no longer
jor twelve ; con fequently, you
fee, I must make use of an
/hour or two, after the fun
Ihas risen, to complete my
I night's rest. Mv family rife at
the fame time with me ; for
I always hate a bustle and
tumult in the house before
my sleep is fairly out. But
then it is my invariable rule
to put out my candle before
my head is on the pillow;
and I ftrialy enjoin all my
family to do the fame." 'Sir,'
laid trie other, 'what a use
less thing this fun must be
for two hours every day ! Can
you tell me, why the Creator
has ordered it to rife so early ?
Now if every family should
continue in bed as late as
yours (and your practice en
courages such a custom, for
example, you fay, is contagi
ous) what an odd figure
would that mighty luminary
make, glaring from the hea
vens upon this world and
throwing around his beams,
when' there is not a foul a
wake to take notice of him,
or abroad to use and enjoy
his light ? Methinks, he
would much resemble those
vain lamps, of which you
speak, burning until after
day-light, while the family
are snoring in bed. What a
pity it is that the fun had
not been appointed to set and
rife, two or three hours later
every day of the year, that
you might have the benefit
of his light until reasonable
bed-time, and finifh your
morning nap as loon as he ?
Thus there might have been,
not only a saving of oil, but
a saving of fun-beams. If
all conform to your practice,
two hours fun-beams, fuffici
ent to fill the hemisphere,
are wafted every day, because
there is nobody to make use
of them. Why is not this
loss as much to be regretted,
as the consumption of a little
oil or tallow fefficient to give'
a faint glimmering through
a chamber ? Now since it is
not pTobable, that the fun
will, in conformity to you,
find it very sweet. I usual
ly spend my evenings in busi
ness at home, or in company
abroad : Os course I sup late.
I muff fit a while after iup
per, andean seldom compose
myfelf to sleep before eleven
I Two thirds of
;the Eflate of David Ken
;BRICK, late of laid Deerfield,
Ideceafed, for the payment of
Ihis debts,
Savaii Kendrick, Hdm'x.
Deerfold,.Hughfl 11, 1791.
; — —
Agreeable to ar ahi 0/ tie Ge
neral Court, pafid the 17th
jure, 1791, impewering the
Seiefimen 0/ New- Hampton,
tc afefs a Tax cf Ore Penny
on each Here of Land within
laid Town, for the purpoje of
making and repairing high
ways, &C
NOTICE is hereby given,
that the laid aflcflment.
is made agreeable to laid A&,
and the Nonresidents and
Proprietors have the liberty
of working their Tax at three
fillings per Day, provideti
they do the fame by the last
September next,=This pub
lication is under the direction
of the Sele&men, e .
N. B. The Proprietors
Rights are taxed at
i£. of. lod. ,
EBENEZ'R INGALLS, ) SelA
JAMES GLINES, ..J men,
New-Hampton, AUGaft I, 1791.'•
Just Published, \
AT this Office, and for
sale, The Indiament and
Trial of • '
Sir RICHARD RUM^
In a Pamphlet. —Price Jeven,
Pence.— —July 2. .
CASH,
AND the hi°heft price, given
For STATE NOTES—
CERTIFICATES—
FINAL SETTLEMENTS
INDENT S—
Old & New EMISSION
make such a wanton and ri
diculous waste of lamp oil."
—The company smiled.
Peter was filcnt. I doubted
whether he would venture to
give his thoughts to the pub
lick, I therefore determined
within myfelf, that his ccm
plaint, and the gentleman's
an fiver should go abroad to
gether, apprehending that
both might be ufeful.
^^^^^^^
TO be fold at Public Ven-
A due, by virtue of a li
cence from the Hen. Judge
of Probate, for the county
of Rockingham, at the house
of Benjamin Butler, Inn- 9
holder in Deerfield, on Mon
day, the <th of September next,
at two o'clock in the after
noon,
By the Subscriber.
simon Wiggin.
Exeter, Augutt io, 1791.
MONE Y, &