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town in the morning and with him took
' a friend. On their arrival at the Villa,
an old miller who had long dunned
Sheridan in vain, informed him it
was his determination to frame him before
his company out of payment of the debt.
—This rather discomposed Mr. Sheri
dan, but be hit on an expedient which
answered the desired purpose. He took
the old miller into the carriage and drove
to St. Albans, about 16 miles, where he
said he mould receive a large sum of
money, and the demand (hould be fatis
fied. They arrived at St. Albans, drove
to an Inn—a bottle of wine and plate of
.Ham was ordered. The miller was de
sired to regale himfelf, whilst Sheridan
went to receive his money. After wait
ing three hours and neither money or
• Let Candour then write on his Urn,
Here lies the renowned inventor,
Whose flame to the fries ought to burn;
But inverted defends to the centre.
[ The following English produaion -was in
tended as a censure on the immortal Philoso
pher of our country : But the Patriot ifrn
censured, has added to his philofopbic fame,
and obtained him the apfelarffiof the world.]
On a chamber Stove, in the fhapeof an
Urn, invented by Dr. FRANKLIN,
and so contrived that the flame instead
of Ascending, Descended.
^IKE a Newton sublimely he foar'd
To a summit before unattain'd ;
p regions of science explor'd
And the palm of Philosophy gain'd.
With a spark that he can't from the (kies,
He display'd an unparallel'd wonder,
And we law with delight and furprize,
That his rod could proved us from
[thunder.
But to covet political fame,
Was in him a degrading ambition ;
A spark which from Lucifer came ;
And kindled the blaze of sedition.
Oh ! had be been wife to pursue,
The path which his talents defign'd,
What a tribute of praise had been due,
To theTeachek and Friend of mankind!
On Beauty, Wit and Good-
" t>EAUTY, Wit & Good nature once
mutually vow'd
To join in a lasting alliance ;
But Wit grew so fancy, & Beauty so proud,
That the one bid the other defiance.
SHERIDAN.
THIS celebrated orator, whose finan
ces have been generally much em
barrassed, had one day invited the most
ilinftrious members of the Opposition to
dine with him at his feat a few miles
from London. Mr. Sheridan went from
Affairs thus adjufted,the friendship to root
And daily grew stronger and stronger;
But where they (hould fix was the point in
dispute,
They refolv'd to be ffrollers no longer.
To the charming Ophelia at length they
repair,,
Each pleas'd <6 the life with the Ration,
Thus Beauty, Good nature and Wit in the
Find aquiet and bleft habitation." [fare,
A challenge,quoth Wit,& away to the field,
The pert little genius soon hid; [yield
But Beauty, anon, made the pratlef soon
And took down his insolent pride.
Good nature came then,with his foft beam,
ing (miles,
At the close of this valorous fight,
They saw him, & quickly forgetting their
broils,
Shook hands, and set things to right.
FASHIONABLE CONVERSATION.
§EAT of the MUSES.
CM3 CM3
brom the Columbian Centinel.
INSCRIPTION,
NATURE.
man returning, the old miller walkedln
to the kitchen, and made some enquires
refpe&ing his debtor, who he learnt had
driven out of tovn, immediately after
leaving the tavern, "Then I will go
after him," said the miller—" When
you've paid for the wine and ham," said
the host.—This caused a dispute—a con
stable was sent for, and the humbugged
miller detained till the evening, when,
according to the directions of Mr. Sheri
dan, he was released, and a post chaise
provided for his return; but he did not
arrive till the visitants had departed.—
The money was shortly afterwards paid,
and the miller was hot diffatisfied with
his excursion.
Bereft of a father in early life,—who
left not an affluent fortune, Miss W. was
educated under the care of a mother,
whose every with centered in the happi
neG of her Helen. An ardency of lite
rary perfuit always diftinguilhed her.
Her juvenile compositions were consider
ed as a presage of future celebrity—and
the meekness of her temper left her open
to correction. An old friend of her de
parted father's, watched and directed her
genius. An accident, which for a time
deprived her of reason, cast the veil of
gloom over her mind —during which her
moil celebrated work was written. The
circumstance was this.—A young Phy
sician, in one of the Northern Countries
of England, where Miss W. then resided,
after having established a victory, over
her heart, had obtained a speedy promise
of her hand. He .was an inmate of a
friend's house where the young Lady was
flaying, and where their nuptials would
have been solemnized in twb days,—
when the Gentleman was called on to
vific a realtion lying at the point of death.
To Morten the distance he had to ride,
in the morning he forded a river—and
without danger. In attempting to re
turn at night, he thoughtlelsly leapt his
horse in, and the rapidity of the current,
occasioned by the ruth of waters from the
adjacent hills, swept him down and he
perished.—His servant whoattended him,
related this melancholy circumstance to
the family with whom Miss W. re
sided. His not coming back that night,
was accounted for on some frivolous pre
tence, but when the intended hour of
marriage approached, instead of an ardent
expecting lover returning, a breathless
and disfigured corfe, was carried to the
house of her friend.
A GENTLEMEN lately returned
fl from Africa relaes the following
extraordinary,flory of a Mandrill, a spe
cies of animals of the Ape kind, which
very much infeft the defarts of that coun
try. An English sailor happened to be
left upon an uninhabited island of the
river Gambia, where he was upon the
point of expiring for want of provisions,
when he was seen by a female Mandrill,
who supplied him with whatever wild,
provisions that defart situation afforded.
With this creature he lived for three
years and had by her two children. At
the expiration of that time, a boat acci
dentally putting on ffiore he prevailed
with the sailors to take him with them.—
At the time he was taken on board the
Mandrill was in quest of provision, and
returning when it was too late, she flew
down to the coast with one of their young,
making the most expre flivd lamentation
at his departure. Finding him, however,
failing from the ffiore, she threw the
young from the rock, into the sea, and
then ran for the other, which she
served in the fame manner, and, while
the boat was yet in view she plunged
herfelf after her offspring and expired
with them!
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MISS WILLIAMS.
THE Rory of this young Lady is but
little known. Her fame as one of
the most favoured female votaries of the
Muses known in Great Britain, has ex
tended far as the justly admired Poem
called " Peru" has been read.
BLANKS, of various kinds,
for sale at this Office.
A total derangement of her mental
faculties focceeded. Time however, re
stored them to her unimpaired, since
Which period, the world has been obliged
by the publication of her Poems, by sub
scription, in 1787.— Many beautiful son
nets, and. legendary tales-—with the
Poem before alluded to, were contained in
these volumes. She has since written with
pre-eminent diftindion on " Slavery"—
and bids fair powerfully to rival, if not
cclipfe a Seward. [Herald.]
THAT Nathaniel Pea
body, Esq. has claimed an Ap
peal from the Decree of the Judge of
Probate for the county of Rockingham ;
ordering the Bond of Administration of
the estate of Josh uaFollensbee, late
of Salisbury, deceased, to be put in suit ;
and that said appeal will be prosecuted
at the next Superior Court of Judicature
to beholden atPortfmouth,in said county,
on the 4th Tuefday of April, (instant,)
NATH. PARKER, Attorney
[ for said N. Peabody.
Exeter. April 13th 1791.
ALL perlons indebted to,
or that have demands a
gainst the estate of Benjamin
Judkins, late of Bfintwood,
joiner, deceased, are requested
to exhibit their accounts for
fettlement —to
Ruth Judkins.
Brintmood. A e rtl 9, 1791. _
PUBLIC Notice is hereby
given, that a petition hath been
preferred to the General Court by the
Proprietors and Inhabitants of Eaton and
Burton, setting forth that the dividing
lines between said Towns and the Town
of Tamworth, remain unsettled, and that
many difficulties have arisen in conse
quence thereof —They therefore prayed
that a Committee might be appointed
to ascertain said lines :—
One Shilling Reward.
RAN away from the
fubferiber, the 2sth March,
an indented apprentice boy,
I\l named JoJepb Eaton, in the
18th year of his age, is a stout,
thickset fellow—had on when he went a
way a grey, homespun jacket & breeches.
Whoever will return said boy to me, free
from charges, thall receive the above re
gard, All persons are forbid harbour
ing, trolling or employing said boy as
thev would avoid the penalty of the law.
y ABRAHAM FRENCH.
Kingflotun, April 4, '79':
Spelling-Books
andWriting-Paper,exchanged
for clean Linen and Cotton
Rags at this Office,
Upon which petition the General
Court ordered an hearing on the Second
Tuefday of the next session and that in
the mean time they cause the substance
of said petition and order of Court there
on to be publilhed in the Exeter News-
Paper three weeks successively, prior to
the fitting of said Court, that any person
or pefons may then appear and ihew
cause, if any they have, why the prayer
thereof should not be granted.
ALL Perlons having ac
counts open with the
fubferiber are desired to em
brace the firft opportunity to
call and fettle the lame. Those
who are indebted to him ei
ther on account or note, are
requested to make immediate
payment. Should any negled
this friendly invitation they
may soon expect one less agree
able to themselves and their
humble fervant —
Secretary's Office, April 8, 1791.
MOSES JEWETT.
Exeter, April 15^ 1791.
ALL perlons having any de
mands against the estate
of Nathaniel Healey,late
of Kensington, Esq. deceased,
are desired to exhibit them for
fettlement —and all indebted,
are requested to make imme
diate payment —to
NATH. HEALEY, ,
NEWEL HEALEY, [ Executors.
Kensington, April 13,1791.
Attefl: JOSEPH PEARSON, Sec'ry.
State of New-Hampshire.
Notice is hereby given;
^WANTED, -.
A N apprentice to the Bar
il for's Business. —An adive, steady
Lad, about 14 years old, who can be
well recommended, will be preferred.—
Enquire at the foot of
Williams & Randel.
Exeter, April 6, 1791-
THIS'DAY
Publifted, and read, for Sale,
at the Printing-Office in Exeter,
Divine Hymns, or Spiritual
Songs, for the u/e of Religious As
semblies and Private Christians.
By Joshua Sm l th,— Baptift Preacher.
g&bferibers are requeued to fend for
their Bobs immediately. April if, — _
A few copies Ross Latin
Grammar, corrected by Burr, ^c. may
be had at the Printing-Office, Exeter.
i^Cajb and the highest price
given for Old BRASS.
BENJA. CLARK GILMAN.
April 8, 17QI.
W'Hereas John Brown, of
Ham pftead, in the county of Rock
ham,has in his pofTeffion a Note of Hand,
signed by me the fubferiber, which he
unfairly obtained, for the sum of Four
Pounds Ten Shillings, dated Nov. iff,
[7BB —This is to caution all persons a
gainst purchasing said Note, for I am
determined never to pav said sum or any
part thereof. CALEB WEBSTER.
Hampftead, Dec. 27th, 1790.
CLOCK S.
T°HE fubferiber begs leave
' to inform the Public, That he car
ries on CLOCK MAKING, at his (hop
in Exeter. As he has done something at
the Business fcr several years past, he
now flatters him feif of having a thorough
knowledge of it—and while he is endea
vouring to promote so ufeful an Art, he
requests the particular encouragement
of his Friends ard Ctflomers.
Those who wish to purchase
either large or Imail light-ray CLOCKS
or TIME-PIECES, cry depend on hav
ing them warranted to be well made and
keep regular Time. The price will be
reasonable, end payment made easy to
purchasers, either in Case, Country Pro
duce or Foreign Arfrlcs.
ON Tuefday the 26th of
April next, at 3 o'clock,
P. M. at the Town-Hcufe in
Exeter, the EXCISE in the
county of Rockingham, from
the ift day of October, 1790,
to the firft day of January,
1791, will be fold at Public
Vendue, agreeable to a Re
solve of the General Court.
About eighty acres of Paf
:ure Land, at the Neck (so called) and
known by the name of Coffin's Pasture.
g^CONDH IONS mill he made known
at the Time and Place of Sale.
For further particulars enquire of—
DUDLEY ATKINS TYNG,
Nemhorx-Port. March ^h. 179'°
△ Dwelling-?oufe, with half
4 an acre of Land adjoining, x.ow in
the occupation of Mr. Jo eph Lowfcnfy.
About site acres of Land on
the northwtfteily fide of the m in read,
between the Meeting-boefes, which, for
the convenience of purchasers, will be
fold in several lots.
Nat. Rogers, 7
_•{Comm.
Eph m Robinson,)
March 291 b, 1791.
On Wednesday the fourth day of
May next, at eleven o'clock tn the jcre=
noon, mill he Sold 10 the highefl hiduer,
ar Lamson's Tavern, in Exeter, A.
Hamfhtre, (if not preatouj) aypoJtd of
at Private Sale) the Jollcmtng Parcels
of Peal Efate, in Ja:d Exeter, late the
Property of Patrick Tracy, E g.
deceafd, viz,—
Public Sendee.
Lands foi Sale at Vendue.