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ment —my children were my
faithful fubje&s —and my ser
vants were messengers, couriers,
and "so forth." —But alas !
Sir, matters have taken a flrange
turn, and at this moment I re
tain but the shadow of royalty.
My wife talks of a natural equa
lity, which subsisted previous to
my contrast ; my children are
infected with the rights of man ;
my servants think proper to de
liberate before they obey. If I
fay, John, do this, arid Tom, do
that, the bufnefs is not done ;
and when I remonstrate, the an
fw^r is, thought you
meant fotyfy," as if the dogs
knew what I meant better
than I did myfelf. —Let me°warn
all gentlemen, who want ser
vants against hiring fellows, who
think ! There is no case of mil
chief happens in my family (and
such cases occur every day) but
what proceeds from their talk
ing ! for I do not know how it is,
but they are, in all their tho'ts,
invariably disposed to think dif
ferently from me.
Now, Sir, as to my secretary
for the home department— It is
true you may fay, I have the
right to refufe the fupplies—
and fol have; but, alas ! Sir,
thin is onlya way of talking; it
A Sa family man, that is, a
man with a large family,
I have fuffered very considera
bly by a fashionable taste for
revolutions. As a father, you
may suppose I preferred the aril
tocrat plan. I considered my
felfas an obfolute monarch—-my
wife was in command, a fort
of secretary for the home depart-
SEE Winter's dreadful form,
Cloath'd with the piercing storm,
With hasty stride;
Comes on in cold array.
Rides o'er his gelid way,
Docs nought but froft display,
December's pride.
Earth feels bis pow'rful sway,
And all its parts obey,
His frigid reign ;
All nature owns his pow'r,
Now storms and tempests lour,
And gales the mountains scour,
— And sweep the plain.
See now the lowing fleer,
Shrinks from the closing year,
And leeks the shed ;
The Ihiv'ring, mantled hind,
Evades the searching wind,
And birds of ev'ry kind,
In-silence fled.
Sleet, hail and flaky snow,
Hurl'd by the winds that blow,
Torment the air,
And overspread the earth,
While to the blazing hearth,
Repair the sons of mirth,
To banish care.
Then let the flowing bowl,
Excite the gen'rous foul,
To ope his store ;
As o'er the fparklingglafs,
Your jovial hours you pass,
And praise the buxom lass,
Think on the poor.
STREPHON.
December 3J, 1794.
eo^^ovo o< ox^ro^o^ >oe < &
The Mij'chiefs of Revolutions.
(Written by the Father of a family.)
^MMs#ffi^
POET^CORNER.
Q «Rtnwn«m.mwn. *fo
For the 'Cheshire Journal.
DECEMBER.
AN ODE.
But whether does all this
tend ? to give a perfect equality
in a family ? No, nothing like
it: it is a revolution merely to
transfer the absolute power from
me to others ; from one to ma
ny ; —and that is the case, I have
found out to my cost. /at frit
thought that my wife was incli
ned to a pure democracy ; but
alas ! her notions of absolute
power, now the has obtained it,
are far more tyrannic than mine
ever were. A nod, a wink, or,
at molt a hint, are fufficient to
colure a speedy obedience to
her orders ; while Iwas obliged
to speak my mind very plainly,
and very often, to no purpose.
/ am now reduced to cypherlike
exigence. The office of the
First Lord of the Treasury is
mine indeed, but itis (he iffucs
the warrants, and / that must
pay the amount. If I complain,
that the expenditure is greater
than the income, it is, " You
know, my dear, Mr. Such-a-one
paid you fifty pounds the other
dav, I'm sure you don't want
it." My sons like colonies de
tached from the parent state,
contrive to carry on business
without me ; but unlike them,
not without any assistance ; and
isl refute a ball dress, a jaunt
to Windsor, a day upon the ri
ver, or a trip to Margate, I am
threatened with a rebellion ; —
Seditious speeches are made in
my hearing, and fametimes toasts
are given that make my hair
stand on end. And what is more
alarming than all, it was but the
other day /overheard one ofmy
sons ask his filter, " if the Old
one was gone out ?" / fear, Sir,
you will be at no loss tafind out
who the Old One is.
The Cabinet Council is at this
moment fitting ; the debate, /
understand, is whether Brighton
or Margate is to be the feat of
government for the remainder
of the summer. Were it left
to me, I fliould fay neither ;
but that question / am aware,
is already decided again# me ;
and at dinner / expect to have
their resolutions laid before me
for my signature, not approba
tion ; for if they are djfpofed to
set off this night, /affiire you /
have not a suspensive veto even
for an hour. They will next
draw upon me for the supplies,
and / must honour their bills.
Such are the effects of a taste
for revolutions in my family ;
and how to bring matters back
means nothing, for what is right;
without power' ? and great must
that power be, which can refifti
the Solicitations of my wife and
children, my own flefh and
blood. Sometimes J am per
emptory and determined to stand
it out ; but what is the conse
quence ? —a stop is put to the
circulation of good humor ; a
battery of four looks is opened
against me ; in the midst of a
numerous family / am in a wil
derness ; —then all the artillery
of coaxing is discharged upon
me ; and / yield. As to dil
cipline that is all gone ; the new
doctrines, have deprived us of
that power.
to the good old way, / know
not. It is true, I have some
friends who would support me
if they could but they are well
known to the new Government,
and are not allowed to pass the
frontiers; and unlels you, or
some of your intelligent corref
pondents,can suggest fame mode
of relief, / have reason to think
that a commission of Bankrupt
cy only can bring about a coun
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Keene,
A GENERAL ASSORTMENT OF
ENGLISH, WEST-INDIA, &
HARD WARE.
GOODS;
which will he fold as cheap, as at an. Store
is: this town.
N. B. Good RYE taken at 5/. per
bushel, and sit other kin's of COUN
TRY PRODUCE at the highest market
price.
ALEXANDER RALSTON.
Twelve Dollars
REWARD!
STOLEN from the subscriber's Mea
dow Fam, in Keere, a likely two
years STEER, of a light red, bearing a
tittle upon a biindle ; his horns turning in
towards each ether, and had no other
mark about him- Whoever will give in
formation concerning the said Steer, and
difeover the Thief or Thieves, so that he
or the, may be brought to justice, fhali
receive the above reward from
ALEXANDER RALSTON.
N. B. Tanners are requested to objerve if
they have received a Hide of the above des
cription.
Dec. ift, 1794.
THE fobfaiher hereby informs the
Public iliac he carries on the bu-
Snefs of
BLACKSMITHING,
more expensively than he ever yet has
done/
All kinds of articles in that line, are
manufactured at his works, and ccnftantly
kept for tale.
He will fhce QXEN, at nine millings
per yoke—KORSES, at five millings
each, and every other kind cf work in
proportion.— Constant attendance given,
early and late, and a year's credit if re
quested.
He likewise continues the bufirefs of
MAKING TINWARE,
in all its various branches.
ALS O,
fojl received a frejh afforiment
of
Engliih & W. I.
GOODS,
which quid be fold as cheap as at an, Start
whatever.
ABIJAH FOSTER,
Keens, Dec. if, 1,94.
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Libraries furnished on the most Reason
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Tho's Shapley,
Respectfully informs
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business of Sleigh, Sign and Clock Face
PAINTING, at the Ihop of Mr. Luther
Smith, oppOTte Mr. Ralflon's Tavern ;
where any commands in that line will be
punctually attended to, faithfully execu
ted, and the smallest favors gratefully
acknowledged.
Keene, Dec. isl, 1794.
ALL persons indebted to the Estate
of ANDREW Hastings, late
of Chefterneld, decerfed, are rrouefted to
make immediate payment. Those who
have'demanas against the fame are desired
to exhibit them to
Widow SARAH HASTINGS.
Cheferfeld 0d1.,29th.
Frelh Goods.