The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1791-01-29 00:00:00, page 2

FLATUS is rich and in health, yet
always uneasy, and always search
ing after happiness. Every time you
visit him, you find some new project in
bis head ; he is eager upon it as fomt
thing that is more worth his while, abd
will do more for him than any thing al
ready past. Every new thing so feezes
him that if you was to take him from
it, he would think himfelf quite undone.
His sanguine temper and strong pafiions
promise him so much happiness in every
thing, that he is always cheated, and fa
tisfied with nothing,
At his firft setting out in life, fine
clothes was his delight ; his enquiry was
only after the belt Taylors and Peruke
makers, and he had no thought of excel
ling in any thing but dress. But this
happiness not answering his expectations,
he left off his brocades, put on a plain
coat, railed at fops and beaux, and gave
himfelf to gaming with great eagerness.
This new pleasure fatisfied him for
some time ; he envyed no other way of
life : But being by the fate of play drawn
into a duel, where he narrowly escaped
his death, he left off the sice, and fought
for happiness no longer among the game
flers. The next thing that seized his
wandering imagination, was the diversi
on of the town ; and for more than a
twelvemonth you heard him talk of no
thing but ladies, drawing rooms, birth
nights, plays, balls, and affembhes : But
growing sick of these he had recourse to
hard drinking : Here he had many a
merry night, and met with Wronger joys
than he had met before : Here he had
thoughts of setting up his ftaif, and look
ing out ho further ; but unluckily fall
ing into a fever, he grew angry at all
strong liquors, and took his leave of the
happiness of being drunk. The next at
tempt after happiness carried him into
the fields for two or three years ; nothing
was so h^ppy as hunting ; he entered up
on it with all his foul, and leaped more
hedges and ditches than had ever been
known in so short a time : Yod never
saw him but in a green coat ; he was the
envy of all that blow the ^r/i,and always
spoke to his dogs in great propriety of
language. If you met him at home in
a bad day, you would hear him blow his
lorn ; and be entertained with the for
prifing accidents of the last chace. No
sooner had Flatus outdone all the world
in the breed and education of his dogs,
built new kennels and fables, and bought
a new hunting feat, but he immediately
got fight of another happiness, hated the
senseless noise and hurry of hunting, gave
away his dogs, and was sometime after
deep in the pleasure of building : Now he
invents new kinds of dole coat), and has
such contrivances in his barns and fables,
as were never seen before : He cells his
friends he never was so delighted in his
life ; that he has more happiness in his
brick and mortar than ever he had at court
—and that he is contriving to ha'e some
little matter to do that way as long as
he lives.
After this he was a great fludent for
one whole year ; he was up ealy and late
at his Italian grammar, that he might
have the happiness of understanding the
opera, whenever he should hear one.
Flatus is very ill natured, or otherwise,
just as his affairs happen to be when you
vitit him ; if you find him when a pro
jeft is almost worn out, you will find a
peevish ill-bred man ; but if you had
seen him just as he entered upon his ri
ding gi^en, or begun toexcel in founding
the horn, you had been saluted with' great
civility,,
Flatus is now at a'fall stand, and is
doing what he never did in his life be
fore ; he is reasoning and rfl#i% with
The next yeat he leases his house un
finished, complains to every body of ma-
Jons and carpenters, and devotes himfelf
wholly to the happiness of riding about.
After this you can never fee him but on
horseback, and so highly delighted with
this new way of life, that he would tell
you, give him but his borfe and a clean
country to ride in, and you might take
ail the rest to yourlelf. But however,
Saving after some time, tired himfelf and
his horses, the happielt thing he could
think of next, was to go abroad and visit
portion countries ; arid there indeed hap
piness exceeded his imagination, and he
was only uneasy, that he had begun to
live so fine a life no foriner. The next
month he return's hdme, unable to bear
any longer the impertinence of foreign
ers.
Sentimental Repository.
THE FICKLE EUROPEAN.
IN 1697 there were four wits
graduated at Cambrige, in
Newengland,vik. Collins,Read,
zldams and Southmayd. Adams
being fomewh^t odd,the others
were pleased to divert them
ielves with him—though they
seldom got much by it.
Southmayd provided himfelf a
great chair, that if any body
fat in it, they would immedi
ately fall, to the floor,of which
Adams was ignorant ; but the
other two knew of it—and
meeting with Adams one day
in the yard, they invited him
to go with them to South
mayd's Chamber ; and no soon
er had he arriy^d there,, than,
he was invited to. fit in the
chair, & meeting with an Irish
hoist, there was a broad thout
—but immediately Harting
upon his feet he uttered the
following lines.
Bled is the man, who hath not lent,
To ivicked Real hrs ear;
Nor foent his life as Collins hath,
Nor fat in Southward' s chair.
May this small iketch pro
voke the pens of the learned to
deal in biography. But if any
should make use of any Latin
phrales to display learning, it
is requested, that they would
Englifti the fame for the fake
of the ladies ; for though Mils
Hannah Adams, and some
others, may construe them,
yet, it is not expected that the
fair sex will be able to do it;
neither is it desired that they
should learn the dead langua
ges ; for if they will perfect
themselves in the liting ones,
then may they flline iff th^ir
own country, as Marcia and
Lucia did at Rome, and the
Portieufes and Jubas would be
enamoured with them.
A CLERGYMAN lately
took for his text these
words—" The Flesh, the
World, and the Devil" —and
began his sermon in the fal
lowing mariner :—I shall pass
over the flefh', touch lightly
upon the world, and hasten
on as fall as' lean to the
Devils' b
THIS Read was afterwards
the famous lawver Read, who
(hone with double refplenden
cy at the bar, possessed of much
honour and vied with Tully
for his classical purity, and
manly orations at the bar. His
name ought to be handed down
to pofteiity as an honour to
Connecticut, and to the town
of Fairfield, which may lay
claim to his nativity, & when
they reckon up their worthies,
they may glory in this, that he
was born there—and Harvard
may boast that he was his
alma matter.
Fron.Tboma:' Massach usettsSPY,%.
himfelf. Me loses fevtral days in con
sidering which of his call off ways of h;e
he should try again. [Uni<b. Spec.]
ANECDOTE.
, MONITOR, NO. 336.
THE following brief fory of the Em
peroun au r ELlus, the Monitor,re
fent- this day s—" In bis dying moments,
he adrefrd his friends and the principal:
offices that were gathered round hie bid ;
telling them, That as hit jon was going to
lote afather, be hoped he -would find many
fathers in tbim ; that they would direfl Eis
youth, and give him proper infrudions for
the publc benefit as well as his own. "Make
him more particularly sensible (continued the
dying Emperourj that not all the riches and
honours of this eWorld,hre Efficient to fatisfy
the luxury and ambition .of a tyrant ; nor
are the ftrongefl guards arid arimes able to
defend him from thejuft rewardof hit crime.!,
Pffure him that cruel Frinces never enjoy a
long and peaceful reign ; and that a'l the
real delights of power, are referred only for
tbofe whofc clemency and mildness have gift
ed the heart: of the people. It mus be years
to inform him, that obedience by confraint, is
neverfncere; and that he who would expert fi
delity among mankind, mus gain it from
their affections, not their fears. Lay before
him the difficulty, and yet the nectfty, of
fetiing bounds to bis paffons, as there are
none jit to his power. These are the truths
to which he ought ever to attend ; by
fleadily inculcating these, you will have
the fatisfafiion op forming a good Prince,
and the pleajure of paying my memory the
noblefl of all services, since you will thus ren
der it immortal." ids he was speaking these
last words, he was fenced with a weakness
which flopped bis utterance, and brought
him to his end.
They are not only a valuable manure,
but an excellent antidote to the rapacious
ness of worms and infefts. Therefore
they are a more proper manure for all
those plants which are liable to fuffer by
Worms and infers ; such as cabbages,
turnips, cucumbers, melons, peas, and
other prilfe. They should be spread
evenly, and not in too great quantity.
Wood afoes, is an exellent nourishment
for the roots of trees. They reftcre to
trees what has been taken from trees;
and tend at 'he fame time to drive away
certain infers which are hurtful to trees.
Ashes of all kinds are a good ingredi
ent in composts which are kept under
cover. But when they are laid upon
land unmixt, they Should be spread as
evenly as possible. fry arc thought to
Confidence is the trtieft looking glass.
He who gives up the foot path, enlar
ges the highway.,
He who forgets favors, remembers in
juries.
, While cooks disagree every thing
cools or burns.
She who boys her complexion will fell
it again.
A girl who frequently blushes knows
for why. : •j
ought to be in the poffeffon of every Far
mer in the Eaflern States.]
A SHES are commonly accounted a
/\ manure most suitable for low arid
moill lands. A cold and four spot cer
tainly needs them more than any other.
But I have found them to be good in
all forts of foil.
A rich fool may be compared to an o
vergrown hog. °
He who never intrufts a secret, keeps
it the belt.
Colonies arc not ruined by giving
to the Emperou?, but through Healing
from him.
, Women's tongues are swords which ne
ver rutt.
When we Rumble our foot is not in
fault.
There are more honefl men in prison
than in offices.
PRINCES with whom none dareft to
fight, have become the greatest con
querors.
When great people lament the want
of friends, they ffiould confider how un
deserving they are of having any.
" A woman that is never spoken of is
praised the most. .;
Modesty is female courage. ,
It is only women and fools that never
forgive. , r ...
On ASHES for MANURE..
[Extraded from a valuable Book lately pub
lijhed entitled theNew-EnoLANDFAR
MER; by the Rev. Samuel Deane, of
Portland, in this State—A book v>hich
From the Columbian Centinel.
CHINESE PROPERES.
Agricultural Repository.
From the Massachusetts Centinel.
TUESDAY, JAN. 4,.
This day a bill providing for the ad
miffior , of the diftrift of Kentucky into th:
Union, was read a firft and second time
The House proceeded to the further
consideration of the report of the com
mittee of the whole on the Secretary's
report, relative to the establishing land
offices; The house went through the re
port, and upon motion a committee was
appointed to bring in a bill, in conformity
to the resolutions adopted by the House
so consist of three members, viz. Messrs
White, Scott and Bloodworth.
The committee appointed to bring in
a bill to provide for the public defence,
do better on the top of the furface tha
buried in the foil ; for there is nothing
in them that will evaporate. Their ten
dency is only downwards ; and their salts
#ill soon fink too low, if they be put un
der the furface. If they be spread upon
ground which has tender plants, it Should
be done just before a rain, which will dis.
solve and foften their acrimony : For ten
der plants, when the weather is dry, will
be apt to be injured by them.
A hies in their fdll Strength are certain
ly best for manure ; and they will not be
in full strength, unless they be kept dry ;
nor will it be easy to spread them proper
ly. And they Should not be laid on lands
long before there are roots to be nourish
ed bythem, left the rains rob them of
their salts. A few' bufliels on an acre are
a good drefiing for graft lands, that arc
low, and inclining to be mossy. But
allies from which lie has been drawn have
no small degree of virtue in them. The
earthly particles arebutlittle diminished ;
and Some of the saline particles remain.
A handful of allies, laid about the roots
of Indian corn, is good to quicken its
vegetation : B.ut it Should not much of if
be in cental with the stalks. The belt
time for giving corn this dressing, i§
thought to be just before the second or
third hoeing:——out some do it before
the firft, and even before the plants are
up. Like other topdressings, it is of moil
service when applied at the time when
plants need the greater quantity of
nourishment. This happens in Indian
corn when the plants are just going to
fend cut ears and spindles.
MONDAY, JAN. g.
A MESSAGE was received from the
President of the United States, ac
companed wi ha letter, inclofing an a&of
the legislature of the ftate|of New-Jersey,
veiling in the United States, the lot of
land called Sandy-Hook,
The House proceeded to confider the
report of the committee of the wholeHoufe
upon the bill for eftablilhing Land- Offices,
for the difpcfal of the vacant lands be
fringing to the United States, and mad
ome p r cgrefs therein, but having gone
through thefame, the further confideratie
on was postponed. Adjourned
CT7 HEN this valuable
grain has attained its full
plumpness, and begins to shew
its ripning colour,it should be
reaped ^ and laid a few days
with the ears a little elevated,
to harden, before it is bound
up and afterwards stand at
least a week or ten days in
shock, which will be, the
means of its proving Iweeter/
weighing heavier, and yielding
a much greater proportion of
flour, and less of bran, than
when it is fuffered to stand ort
the ground until the ears be
come inverted, and the corn
parched and fhriveiled; but
this far from being the whole
of the evil, for the straw when
cut in a dry& brittle state; &
when a brisk wind happens^
there is frequently a lols luf
tained of one third of the crop.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
^ HINT TO FARMERS.
WHEAT.
CONGRESS.