The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-08-05 00:00:00, page 1

f Newhampfhire
, FRIDAY, August 5, 1791.]
f^E XCHANG
bri^e> between
V'9*' '"' 21 "°
! of July, a dark
brown Horse, about fourteen
hands high. He has a large
head, a roman nose, no white
about him except upon one
of his hind feet —he trots all.
• —Whoever will return said
horse to Benjamin Abbot
of Exeter, fliall receive the
above reward.
N. B. The horse, which was
left, is similar in colour —in
every other repi'est different.
T/KE NOTICE !
YJ 7HEREAS EUNICE
VV the wife of me the
Subscriber, has for some time
pals'd abiented herfelf from
my bed and board, and has in
a clandestine mannerdifpo!ed
of some part of myintereft, &
otherwise behaved herfelf in a
very unbecoming manner—^
This is therefore to caution
and forbid all perlons giving
her credit on my account as
I will not pay one farthing of
her contracting after this date.
Jonathan Moulton.
Moultonboroigh, guly 6, 1791.
(SADDLE,
To be exchanged for CLAP
BOARDS. Enquire of the
Printer. Exeter, June 24.
BLANKS, of various kinds
for hie at this Office.
V^HEREAS Abigail the
wife of me the fubferi
ber, has eloped from my bed
and board, this is to forbid
all persons harbouring or
trufling her on mv account,
as I am determined not to
pay any debt (he may contract
after this date.
✓IL L persons indebted to, or
== that have any demands
against the eflate of WILLIAM
SHUTE, late of Newmarkett,
deceased, Inteflate, are de/ired to
exhibit the fame to William
Shute, Administrator to said
e/late, in order for a speedy set
tlement.
Newmarkett, July 16, 1791.
THOMAS NUDD.
Hamfeton, July I, 1791-
Ten Dollars Reward.
A Genteel, Fullwelted
EXETER, (New-Hamp(hire) Printed and Published by HENRY RANLET, at Nine Shillings per annum.
Extraß from M. Necker's Work, on th
importance of Religious Opinions lately
published.
On the RefpecUthat is due from Phi
losophy to region, and reflexions on
Intolerance.
THE furface cf the earth represents
to us about the two hundred and 1
fortieth part of the fu perficies of the dif-}
ferent opaque bodies which revolve
round the fun.
The fixed stars are so many funs,which,
accordingly to all appearance, serve e-;
qually to enlighten and fertilize planets i
similar to those we are acquainted ।
with.'
A famous aftronomcr [Dr. Herfchil,];
has lately difeovered fifty thousand new}
stars in a zone fifteen degrees in length,
and two in breadth, a fpa&e which cor
responds with the thirteen hundred and
fix y-fourch part of the celestial sphere.
Supposing, then, that we perceive art 1
equal number of stars in every other|
pareliel fe&ion of the firmament the
quantity we Ihould be acquainted with
would rife to near fixtynine millions.
And each of these stars were the cen
tre of a planetary system resembling the
one we inhabit, we should have an idea
of the exigence of a number of habitable
globes, whose extent would be fifteen
or seventeen millions of times more con
siderable than the furface of the earth.
How fufceptable soever the ingenious
invention which assists us td explore the
Vaulted firmament is of new emprove
ment—and even at the period when it
may arrive at the greatest perfedion—
the space which our astronomic know
ledge may have taken possession of, will
only be a point in vast extent which
Bur imagination can conceive.
This imagination itfelf, like all our
intellectual faculties, is perhaps only
dfimple degree of infinite power ; & the
images that it presents, are but an im
perfed sketch of universal existence;
What then becomes of our earth, in
the midst of that immenfry which the
human mind vainly, tries to grasp ?
What is it, even now, compared with
that number of terrestrial worlds we
can calculate or suppose?
Is it then the inhabitants bf this
grain of sand, is it only a few of them,
that have difeovered the trunumode of
worshipping the Creator of so many won
ders ? Their dwelling is a point in infi
nite space ; the life which they enjoy, is
but one of the moments which coppole
eternity : They pass away, like a slash
oflightning, in that course of ages in
which generations after generations are
loft. How then date any of them an
nounce to the prefect age,and to those to
come, that men cannot escape the ven
geance of Heaven, if they alter one tittle
of the ritual ? What an idea they give of
the relation established between the God
of the Universe, A the atoms dispersed
throughout nature ! Let them raise one
of the extremities of that veil which co
vers so many mjfteries—let them con
fider a moment the wonders on every
fide, the ftary firmament, and the incon
ceiveably dreary immensity which their
imagination cannot embrace—^and let
them judge, if it be by the exterior
form of their adoration, the vain pomp
of their ceremonies, that this Omnipo
tent God can distinguish their homage.
Isit then by the pride of bur opinions
that we expe& to reach the fopreme Be
ing ? Is it more comfortable, more rea
sonable to believe that all the inhabi
tants of the earth have access to his
throne—and that we argpermitted to raise
our selves to it by a profound sentiment
of love and gratitude, as the most fore
and intimate relation between man and
his Creator.
THE
“ The heart is on the left ; on the left a
youthful bride places herfeif, when fee
Means to caress her hufoand; al!patriots
bfloe agreed to carry a mufquet, and to
wear a,word on the left, in defence of the
Confitution : a young beaut, places her
n<; J-g a y '" ''" left IT* °f ber boforn ! pa
triotic pnthufajm is felt oh the left; on the
left are placed the infgnia of military ho
nours ; odybe left are placed, in the Na
tional Afe^bly all those brave patriots
who have regenerates the French Em
pire '" .'
THE great Philosopher, The Mar.
quis of Beccaria, has fifd, with
great truth, that good government is
begun in the cradle ; that it is in vain
to make laws to punish vice, unless the
rising generation is trained up in the
love of virtue. The great defied in fa.
mily government generally arises from a
wantof harmony between the governors.
Where the father and mother do not
exhibit before their children a reaped
and esteem for each other, their precepts
will be vain, and their reproofs in
effectual. If their children observe
that they do not reverence and refpe&
each other, they will hold the parental
advice in contempt. If, therefore, pa
rents disapprove of each other's condud,
in any instance, they never ought tc
mention it before their children, or in
the hearing of their servants. I have
heard it said by a very ft rioui man,
that he had rather do that which could
not be approved of, three times before
others, than once before his children.
The family uneasiness which injures
the education of children, might be a
voided by a little prudence and caution-
It is much to be wondered at, that pa
rents do not use more prudence in this
refpea, for the promotion of their own
comfort and happinefs,if they do not feel
a necessity for it, on the principles of
good family government. There cer
tainly is no mode of life in which hap
pinifs can be so well in sured, as in the
nuptial state.
My friend P^i/awfy^oj,lived long in
a Single state : he was no enemy to ma
trimony.—He met while young, a se
ries of misfortunes, which gave him a
|proper sense of himfelf—of the world—
landI and of the enjoyment of life : he knew
Ihow toplace a proper estimate upon every
,thing—but tho't his circumflances would
not admit of the expence of a family
:—Hi, heart was open and generous : he
!never turned aside from diflreft—when
ihe had nothing else to beftow,he gave a
Itear : he was assiduous in bufinefs—ho
-Ineft in his dealings—and conflant in
his fludies. Then why Ihould net the
world esteem him ?
Philanthropes had lived beyond the
l age of forty, when he became acquaint
ed with Serima, who had lived but a few
years fbort of the age of my friend. She
had seen oncer men afflictions in her
day : friends, falfe or unskilful, had
miffed her path of life, and her heart
had been wounded by the arrows which
were thrown for her defence. These
trials naturally tended to foften a
heart too perceptable of woe, and to
turn her attention from the mbft exad
and beautiful form of features, to the
cultivation of her mini#
A PATRIOTICK Club at Peraiei,
in the department of Meafe, have
recommended to the National Assembly
of France, and to all the societies in that
kingdom, to resolve, that, henceforth
the right hand shall be the left, and the
left the right ! ! !
Mark the reasons which they assign
for taking the ancient privileges from
the right bend, and making a present of
them to the left.
REMARKS ON FAMILY
GOVERNMENT.
From a London Paper.
Gazetteer.
Jt is a great roiftake in those who
suppose that the pictures of the married
state depend upon youth. Many years
after Philanthropes and Serina were
married, he re?ed under the ft.de of his
cherry tree, and wrote the foi.oxing $37.
zrez,which fliews his affection and hofti
nefa
SONNET.
The ROSE Late Discovered.
"As Damon troll'd along the mead,
He fpy'd a charming flower ;
The summer's green was in its fade,
And gone the vernal flower.
" Sweet child of nature, lovely rose.
Exclaim'd the ravilh'd swain;
Bleft be the turf cn which it grows.
How bleft its native plain !
" Why did I not in prime of May,
Observe with friendly eye,
Thy charms unfolding to the day;
Thy rising beauties fey ?
" Close by thy # fide this faithful arm,
Had watch'd thy youthful bloom ;
No scorching heat cr bearing storm,
Had on thy beauties come.
" But now alas ! the wesry fun.
His blazing car has driven,,
'Till half his yearly toil is done,
And now defeeuds the Heavens.
" Yet dill thy fragrance fills the vale,
Jt reigns unrivall'd there ; f
From thee, the winds their health exhale.
From thee theif sweetness bear.
" No cloud malignant cn thy head.
Its noisome drops fliall spill ;
Or noxious vapours on thee shed
Their damps; thy bloom to chill.
" As former's heat forfakes the year,
And winter's froft comes on ;
Thy fete I'll watch with anxious care,
And live for thee alone.
The example and precepts of Philan
thropo' s and Serima, ingraft prudence and
diferetion on ever, a&icn of their chil
dren,and domeflicks :As their offspring
rife into life, they are admired and be
loved by their neighbors ; and from
thence arises inexpressible happiness ta
their parents.
AMINTOR.
Upon a short acquaintance, their
hearts, taught by adversity, elevated by
pure sentiment, beat in unifoo, and be
fore they were aware of their fnuaticn:
They were soon married.
TWO fellows meeting, one afted
the other, Why he look'd so fad I
I have very good reason for ir, answered
the other : peer Jack such a one the
greatest chroney and best friend I had
in the world was hanged about t^o days
ago. What had he done ? said the firft,
Alas replied the other, he did no more
than you or I should have done on the
like occafon, he found a bridle on the
road, and took it up.'What, anf^ered
the other, hang a man for taking a bri
dle! that's b^rd indeed. To teil the truth
of the matter, said the other, there was
a horse ty'd to the other end of it
TWO Iriihmen having travelled on
foot from Ch^fter to Barnet, were
confoundedly fired and fatigued with
'their joerne,; and the more so, when
they were told they had still about ten
miles to London. Be my foul and St.
Patrick, cries, ,one of them, it is hutfoft
miles a piece let'/ e'en 'walk %
[Numb. 5 of Volume 6
ANECDOTES)