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The peculiar disposition of the Greenland women is
not derived from nature, whose dilates and influence are
nearly the fame in all regons and climates ; it proceeds
from the horror which arises at the slavish and dependent
slate of the wives of that country, and the still more ab.
jest and deferred state of its widows. The,wives, besides
being obliged to do every servile office, are frequently
fubjefted to the merciless corrections of their husbands.
The widows when they have no longer a husband to hunt
snd fifh for them, are deftitutc of every resource, and fre.
quently perift of hunger. Hence matrimony, which in
niolt places make the condition of Women more indepen
dent and comfortable, among the Greenland women ren.
dcrs it truly wretched. No wonder, therefore, that they
enter into it with so much reluctance and regret.
MODE of COURTSHIP in GREENLAND.
IT is generally obferved,that women enter into matri
mony with more willingness and lets anxious care
and solicitude, than men, for which many reasons arise.
Ihe women of Greenland are, however, in many cases,
an exemption to this general rule. A Greenlander, hav
ing fixed his attention, acquaints his parents with it, and
they acquaint the parents of the girl. Upon this, two
female negociators are Tent to her, who, left they should
(hock her delicacy, do not enter direfily on the fubjeft of
their embafly, but launch out in praises of the lover they
mean to recommend, of his house, his furniture, and
wha'everelfe belongs to him ; but they dwell most par
ticularly on his dexterity in catching of seals. She pre
ttndiug to be affronted, runs aw<iy, tearing the ringlets
of her hair as she retires.
ODE to HYMEN; or, the HECTIC.
[From ths Rights of King., &c. By PETER PINDAR ]
GOD of ten million charming things,
Os whom our Milton so divinely Tings,
Once dove-tail’d to a devil of a wife-
Hymen, how comes it that I am so flighted ?
Why with thy mift’ries am I not delighted,
Which I have try’d to peep on half my life ?
God of the down-clad chains, dispel the mist—•
O pat me speedily upon thy lift ?
A civil lift, like that of kings, I’m told,
Bringing in (welling bags of glorious gold 1
What have I done to lose thy good opinion ?
Against thee was I ever known to rail ;
And lay, (abusing thus thy sweet dominion)
“ Curse me 1 if this boy’s trap shall catch my tail ?”
Nt 1 no ’— I praise thy knot with bellowing breath.
Which like Jack Ketch’;, seldom slip’s till death.
Ln! midst the hollow-founding vault of night,
Deep couching by the taper’s lonely ligh ',
, The hopelei's Hedic roils his eye balls, sighing :
“ Sleep on,” he cries, and .drops the tend’reft tear,
Tfien kifles his wire*? cherub cheek so dear :
“ Bleft be thy (lumbers, love ? though I am dving i
“ Ah I wailft thoufleepeft with the fwteteft breath,
“ I pump, for life, the putrid well of death !
“ I feel 6f Fate’s hard hand th’ opprefTive pow’r ;
“ I co nt the iron tongue of ev’ry hour,
“ That Teems in fancy’s ftartlcd ear to fay—
Soon must thou wander from thy wife away.”
Alter this he tvyo females, having obtained a tacit con
sent from her parents,fearch for her, &,on difeovering her
lurking place, drag her by force to rhe house of her lover,
and there leave her. For some days (he fits with dishevel-
Jed hair, silent and deje&ed, refufing every kind of suste
nance ; and at last if kind entreaties cannot prevail upon
her,fhe is compelled by force, and even by bfbws,to com
plete the marriage with her husband. It sometimes hap
pens, that when the female match makers arrive to pro.
pose a lover to a Greenland young woman, she either
faints or escapes to the uninhabited mountains, where
she remains until she be difeovered and carried back by
her relation*, or is forced by hunger and cold to return.
In both these cases, (he previously cuts off her hair,which
is an infallible indication that she is determined never to
“ Dread found ! too solemn for the foul to bear,
“ Murm’r’ng ceep melancholy on my ear :
And fulen— ling’ring, as if loth to part,
“ And eale the terrors of my fainting heart.
“ Yet, though I p nt for life, (L ep thou, my dove,
fi For well thy constancy deserves my love,”
I WONDER why the generality of the female Tex as
ever they are married, and get involved in family
concerns, (hould turn to be Icolds. My neighbour D—=>
tells me there never was a more placid an I even empered
crea ure on trehceof the whole eanh than his dear was
before he was married. “ I enjoyed, said he, three hap.
py years in cour Ihip with her, dur ng which term she
was ad good nature,and you would not think that across
word ever could be emitted from her lips, but now how
revere the feene ; dreadful to tell ! The hymenial knot
had not long been t ed before she commenced a boisterous
scold, and now you may hear her once delightful voice
employed in dealing our threats, and finding fault with
every body and every thing ; and 1, hating contention,
and willing to facrifice my feelings to prelerve peace,have
to let down and bear it. The females are always preach
ing u 0 the deceit of the male (ex ; but I <v.onder they
dont look at home ; for it is my solid opinion tbatthe fe
males practice more deceit in a day, than the males do in
a year. lam determined, if I ever live to get rid of my
present torment, never to trust myfelf again in the power
of any of their sex ; though 1 really think that a good
wife is a good piece of furniture, but Iknow my weak
judgment so well, 1 know I cant find ole ; besides, “ a
b rnt child dreads the fired'
And, lo! all yonng and beauteous by his fide.
His foft, frefn blooming, incenle breathing bride,
Whose cheek the dream of rapt’rous kifles warms,
Anticipates her spouse’s wish so good ;
Feels love’s wild ardours tingling through her blood.
And pants amidst a second husband’s arms ;
Now opes her eyes, and, turning round her head,
“ Wonders the fikhy fellow is not dead !”
rhe WONDEPkER. No. VI.
EROM THE MERCURY.
Jin ACT
For laying out highways.
Patted Feb. 8, 1791.
BE it enabled by the Senate and House
of Reprefentaiives in General Court
convened^ That at any time hereafter,
when there shall be occasion for any new
highways or private roads, to be laid
out in any town or place in this Rate,
the fele&men of such town or place,be,
and hereby are empowered, on appli
cation mad* to them, if they fee cause,
to layout the fame, whether such high
way or road be for the benefit of the
town, or public in general, or for the
benefit of the perlon or persons apply
ing only ; and if such road be for the be
nefit of the town or public,due recom
ptnee shall be made by the town to the
owners of the land through which such
road is laid out, for all damages such
owners sustain thereby, and if such
road be only for the benefit of an indi
vidual or individuals apply ing tor the
fame, then the recompence shall be
made by such individual or individuals;
and no road shall be returned and re
corded for the benefit of individuals
only, unless the damage done to rhe
owners of the land through which the
fame is laid out,be afeerrained and paid,
or tender thereof be made.
And in case there beoccafion for a
ny new highway to be. laid out from
town to town, through several towns,
and such towns cannot agree as to the
place of laying out the fame; or in
case there should be occasion to lay out
an highway through a trad of land un
incorporated,in any courtv in this Rate,
the court of general-sessions of the
peace for such countv, on petition to
them for that purpose, shall in such
manner as they shall think proper, lav
out the fame, and a record thereof fha 1
be made.. And the committee of the
said court who lay our any such high
way, shall also estimate the damage
done to any owner of land, through
which the fame is laid out, and such
damage shall be paid by the town, in
and through which such highway is laid
out. Provided that the ieledmen of
such town shall be duly notified by the
sessions of any such petition for an high
way, before the fame shall be laid out,
and when the way petitioned for, or
any part thereof, shall run through
lands unincorporated, the substance of
the petition** and order of court there
on, shall be pubhfhed in such newspa
per as the said conrt shall order, three
weeks successively, that the owner of
such land, thro’ which the highway is
petitioned to be laid out, may object
thereto.
And be it further enabled, That in
case the feiedlmen of any town refufe
or neglect, when petitioned to lay out
any highway, the court of general-ses
sions of the peace, on petition exhibited
to them, may, if they think it proper,
cause such highway to be laid out : —
Provided always, that the feledmen of
such town shall be duly notified before
any such highway be laid out.
And any person who may think him
felf aggrieved by the feledmen in not
making fufficient allowance, or in not
paving for any highway laid out thro’
his land, may apply, by petition, for
redress, tp the court of general-fefiions
of the peace, which court may enquire
into the fame by a committee, and or
der such redress, as they may on hear
ing the parties, or such of them as may
attend on due notice given think pro
per., And the said court, in all cases
of application to them, may order ei
ther of the parties, as they rhay think
just, to pay costs ; and in alt cases may
iftue execution for damages and cost?,
or costs only, as in other cases.
Provided always. That the costs of
laying out highways from town to town
or through lands not incorporated, on
original application made to the fef-
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