The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1795-01-27 00:00:00, page 1

Dec. 3. 179^
? Mr. jlph Miller, a very polite
Farmer, nt this to#m, railed a Pumpkin
Yipe; which grew from a feed cafoaib
drept in the water trough in the front ero
nfhis house, which ran over the hou^
down tbb back tide, and from thence i<
a right line 763 feet 3 i chef and % by
Gunter. It is probable, as it way a fire
season, i* wohla have ran much further,
if Mr. M#ier had not cropt it to save .
fi± year old orchard from being chocked
by its exuberance, as another branch of the
fame vine had already deftroved a fine
maple sugar flace, from which he vfr
annually to make 400 lbs. of sugar. The
vine never&lefs produced 83 Pumpkins,
(being one for each fotfi in th? town, ac
cording to the late cenlur) —the largcft of
which weighed 4,71b*. got. without the
feeds and guts, and when removed home
by the neighbors, with levers a^d hand
spikes, who made what is called a bee for
that purpefe, half of it being neatly
scooped oat,and the hollow turned down,
it serves as an excellent fl>e for a sow of
Mr. Miller's weighing upwards of 3r
score with a litter of 13 pigs of the Chi
nese breed ;—srd may be fee# any day
by the curious in Pumpkins."
€bt Hide adds, " I am feefib!e that
this account will not be thought worthy of
,ablifhing by my neighbours, as they
have seen nature ok their own farms yield
kill more exuberantly. But I was pqued
for the Agricultural Honour of the State,
when I read in the Greenfield Gazette,
of Nov. 27th, a pompous display of fume
Pumpkinling# sassed in the town of
Reading and data of Mj^chufette?'
SPONDEE.
PU r your milk foam after it Comet
from he cow upon a ke^'e of codla, heat
ing it a little mor, than blood waim.h —
Then take it from the he, and as it cools
the cream will rife, and of an anufed
thick ^ef:. In very cold weather, it will
much entreafe the quantity of ereani, if
you warm the milk gun, after it has be
come enol. After j 6 or 48 hours, you
ma take off the cream, which you will
find is much thicker than is ever railed
at RHy other feifdn cf the year..
The lorg time spent in churning in
the winter, win not be required, if
the cream be railed in the above method ;
at, generally, ths butter will be made in
fifteen or twenty minutes. It is also a
cot federation cf importances that by keep,
irtg fire in your milk room, the mik ray
h prevented from freezing
If you feed your cbws with carrots, onCP
lit the twenty-fem hours, it will keep
them in the bett order ; your butter wit
be yeH^, and have much of the sweet-
Bess of M^y baiter
From the Greenfield Gazettes
e< Whilst puny Nature on brt jea beet fare.
Prides n the Dexarfah Race foeJhivring here,
Mote Genial Sunt sv Inland Upland warms,
Vermont foil rule in Pumpkins as in arms !''
R,La Moils F. L. V.
Sterna of a Letter from Col, Samuel Hde,
dated Smooth plaint, State of Ferment,
Massachusetts Beat-litb a Black
Ejejer CoNwEcraluT,
[No. 44. oJ'VoL. lid
wfri ^n^&vvyfri
RECEIPT, &R FROZEN LIMBS.
Y Ort froz^tcec, hihei, or cars, or
, agora, that come by cold, lake
uh, e oak leaves such as hang on he trees
all winter, and steep them in hot water,
or,gently boil them a Ihorc space and so
ment the *ffe&ed parea few timer, and
bi d on the Wet fetves like a poultice.
Profitable Method of rn^ng Butter in
re inter.
PRIME PUMPKIN!!
Miscellany.
Columbian Infoffiier; ^Q
Or, C HESHIRE JOURNA L. ^^^
PRINTED and PUBLISHED bj HENRY BLAkE. & CQ. IN KEENE, New-Hampshire.
United States, Dec. |O, 1794.
Gentlemen of tie Senate,
and of the beufe of Reprefentaiives.
I LAY,before you a report made to
me by the Secretary 6f war, rCfpe&-
ing the frontiers of the United
States. The disorders and the great
expenses, which iaCdfiantly stilt up
on the frontiers, are of a nature and mag
nitude to excite the most serious eonfidor
ations.
I reel a coafidance that Cbfigrefs will
devifc such conllitutional and efficient
meafurei, as Ihall be adequate to the
great objeas of prHervihg treaties with
the Indian tribes, and cf affording in ad
equate protedion to bur frontiers.
G WASHINGTON.
the SECRETARY err WAR
zcfyafdly fabmits th th*
And be it further ena&d, That any per
son luttaimng any damage in the public
highway or cnmmon,b, any Horie or Horse
K^d going at large, with or without let
ters, shall recover of the owner or owners,
treble the amount of damage, with colls
of prosecution, by action in any Court
competent to try the fame: Provided new
eribeleji, that nothing in this ad ihall be
ro^&ued to tolerate any Horse, Horse
Kind, Mule or Jack, going at large, that
11 known to be unruly, by puArixg down
bats, or any kind cf fence, and the fame
hath been made known to bis owner ;
in every fuck case the owner or owners
hereof, mail be liable to the penalty of
>ne d liar to be recovered as aforesaid ;
laid Horse/ Hoife Kwd, Mule, or Jack,
>eing fettered notwithstanding.
Approved January 14th, 1795'
§Q©©&&&&&&& 900
HOUSE OR REPRESENTATIVES,
kVedefcay, Dec. 31.
The following meltage was received
from the Pielidcht of the United Stated,
and read.
And be it further evaded, That from and
after the lad day of Nov. uttil the lan
diy of March, in each year, any Horie
Horse Kind, Mule or Jack,going at large,
with or without fetters, in any high way
or common, sis aferetaid, the owner or
owners', or perfeas having cars thereof,
thill be liable to the forfeiture cf one dol
iir„otc recovered by ep, perlon &to nil.
BE it enaßtdb, th Senate and Houfi
ofßprjimatiwa in General Court con u.ned,
Ahac Irma, and after (be tieft da, of
Marek, until the last de, of November,
in each year, no Hotfe. Hoste kind,Mere
or Jack, more than fix months old, thill
be tuffcred to go at large on any high way
or common, in any cowain this State, on
lefs fich Horse, H^fe kad, Mule or
Jack, th ill be lettered with good and fuf
ntiect letters, on penalty that the owner or
owners thereof, or person having the
care of such Hoife, Horie Kind, Mule ^r
Jeck, foiftit and pay one dollar far each
offence ; co be recovered ky action ol
debt, before any Jaliice of the P^ce, by.
any ptrfoawh) ffiall iue for the feme, with
coils of pr&'e~ octal ; ualef# it fallap
pear that such Horse or Hrfe Ki.d, was
going at large without the knowledge or
negligence of the owner, or parton having
the care thereof, as aforesaid.
oefor ibe fame in manner aforefaid.
LA W 3.
Puffed by the Legislature of Newhamp-
Ihire, at the Schioa h^ideu at Concords
^ Act to prevent damage being dem b.
of the UNITED STATES.
Printed froa attefad cefeiu.
Haya. M^, and JIU.
Congress
TU-ESD^r, January „,i79fc
The desire of too many frontier white
people to leiae, by force or fraud, upoi
the neighboring Indian lands, has been
and dill continues to be, sp unceasing
cause ofjealoufy and hatred on the part
of the Indians, and it would appear, upon
a earth investigation, that until the In
dians can be quieted upon this pin; and
rely with confidence upon the pro^ftim
of their land 0, the Uaued States, no well
grounded hope of tranquillity cua be en
tern ned 3
Th, encroachment of white people is
incessantly watched,and in unmarried mo
ments, they are murdered by The Indian..
Revenge is fought, and the innocent frun
tier people are tee frequently involved,
as victims in the cruel contest. This ap
pears to be a principle cause of Indian
Wars. That there are exceptions will
not be denied. The pallion of a youn;
savage for war and fame is too mighty .0
be refrained by the feeble advice of the
old men. An adequate police seems to
be wanting, either to prevent or punilh
the depredations of the unruly. It would
afford a confeious pleasure, could the al
fertion be made on our part, that we have
considered the murders of Indians the fame
as the murders of Whites, and have punlh
ed them accordingly. This, however, is
not the case. The irrigated palfoni,on ac
count of savage cruelty, are generally too
keen in the places, where trials are had,
to convia and pauilh for the killing of an
ladian.lt is corifide/d <suuneceff.fr tocite
indances although mlti ode, might be ad.
duced in almol levery part of the country
from its irft settlement to the present time.
If this view of the inabilt, of both par
ties to keep the peace, he corre&, it would
seem to follow as a just conlcqnence that
an adequate remedy ought to be provided
for an evil of such magnitude.
It is certainly an evil to be involved in
hostilities with tribes of savages, amount
ing to two or three thousand, as is the
eale, north weft of the Ohio. But this e
vil would be g^atly encreafed, were a
general Indian war to prevail fouth of the
Ohio; the Indian waftiofs of the four na
trans in that quarter not being much
Aiort of fourteen thousand, not to advert
to the combinations which a general In
dian war mightproduce with the Europe-/
an powers, with whom the tribes boh
north and fouth of the Ohio,are conned
ed.
It seems that out own experience would
demonstrate the propriety of endeavoring
to prefefa a pacific conduct in preference
to i hostile one with the Indian tribes.l
The Uni ed States can get nothing by
Indian war,but they rifque men,moneyl
%_. A, *e Je me power-/
ful and more enlightened than they are, 1
foe is a refenibility of national charge. 1
/RESIDENT.,the UNITED STATES,
# the frllQuirg
OBSERVATIONS,
ref,(ding tbe preservation of the feeace with
JVC Indian trifo, with suborn tbe United
Siam have formed treaties.
TO retrace the condud of the govern
ment of the United States towards the
Indian tribes, timer the adoption cf 'he
coabiiution, cannot tail to afford fatisfac
tior t every Philosophic and hum^h mind.
6 constant foljcitude appears tr have
exited in the executive and congreL
not only to form treaties of peace with the
Indians, upon principles of justice, but
to impart to them all the bleUirgsof ci
vilized life, ot which their condition i>
susceptible. 1,
That a perfeversnee in such principle:
and conduct will reflect permanent honor
upon the national character, cannot be
d,ubted=At the fame .time it mutt be
ack pledged, that the execution of. the
good intention of the public is frequently
embarrailed with perplexing considera
tions.
house.
If to this arrangement the expeace
mould be obje^ed, it is to be remember
ed that the President of the United States
in purfuancs of law, has authorized both
the governor of Georgia and the governor
of the feuth-weftern territory to establish
a defensive protection which amounts to 8
large fam annually. .
Polls therefore requiring garnfons a
monnting to one thoofand five hundred
non-coromiffioned and privates; for the
whole southwestern frontiers from the St.
Mary's to the Ohio, would probably be
adequate to this ohje&.
It the polts belonging to the United
States, and now occupied by the British,
north of the Ohio, be soon delivered up,
they, with a post at the Miami villages,
and pests of communication down the Wa-
last fefficrijntithd, “ An ad for the mere
tffc&ual protection of the fouthweftera
frontiers;" batit was disagreed to b, the
tablifhed for the government of ?he troops
of the United States." This was a fac
tion of a bill Which the female puffed the
3dly, " That ill persons who mail ba
assembled or embodied in arms on any
lands belonging to Indians out of the or
dinary juritdiflion of any Mate, or of the
territory fouth of the Ohio, for the pur
pose of warring agsinft the Indians or of
committing depredations Upon any Indian
town or perfect or property, &FI thereby
become liable and febjed to the rules and
articles of war, which are or Ihall be et-
idly. That if any murder or frith'
committed upon any of the white inhabi
tants by an Indian known to belong to a
n, Indian nation or tribe, such nation or
tribe Bull be bound te deliver him or them
up to the nearest military foft, in order
to be tried and puniffied by a ccurimar
tial,or in failure thereof, the Uci,ed States
will take fati^fadion upon the >eareft In
dian town belonging to foch nation of
tribe..
Upon the most mature refleaion, the
fub.criber has been able to bellow upon
this fubjeft, anting from the experience
of fcveral years observation there ?, he
humbly conceives all attempts to preserve
the pc ce with the Indian tribes will be
found ieadrquae, short of an arrangement
fomewhit like the following, tc wit :
1 That a line cf military polls, at such
dittanies xs ihall be directed, be eftab
hfhed upon the frontiers within the In-
Jian boundary; and out of ih, ordinary
fari^iaiou of ray state, provided confenc
can be obtained for the parpefe from ##,
of the Indian tribes ; that these puffs be
garrisoned with regular troops, under the
direction of the President of the' United
States;
ter, that we Ihould treat them with kind-
। Bels and even liberality ft is a mel'an
cnoly reSeaion, that our modes of popu
lation have been ur're deltruaive to the
Indian natives than the condua of the cd
querors of Mexico and Peru. The evi
dence of this is the utter extirpation of
nearly all the Indians in mod populous
parts of the Union. A future bi&orian
m y mark the causes of this dedrudion of
the human face in fable col ure, Although
the prelent government of the Ucitea States
cannot with propriety be involved in the
cp,robrium,yet it teems necessary however
u order to render their attention upon tars
fu :jea droagly charafteriftic of their just
ice, that some powerful attempts ihoaid
be Made to tranqwize the frontiers, par
ticularly those touch of the Ohio. The
fixation of the feulemeats on the Cumber
land luudl, demand the interference and
proteaion pf goverment.lt is true fame uh
au horized,vffenfive operations have pro
•redec from thence agaiah the lower Chet,
olcee towns, and victims were facrih^ed.
,Whether theft vidin s were all warriors,
or whether women and children were not
involved in the dsUruaioD, feema to mer
it inquiry.
[Whole Ne, 96.]