The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1782-11-05 00:00:00, page 1

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WEEKLY iNI.DLLiGEJNCF,K.
At a General Assembly of the Governor and/
Company of the State of Connecticut, holder
at Hartford, on the Second Thursday of O&o4
ber, A. D. 1782.1
RESOLVED by this Assembly, That the fe-\
Veral Lifters be and they are hereby requir
ed, to transmit to the Secretary thereof, the
Whole of the Lift, Affeflmentsjfingle and four
fold Additions, of the several Inhabitants, by the
Fifteenth Day of January next; and the Secreta
ry is desired to cause this Resolve to be forth
with infertedin the several News Papers in this
State.
A true Cop^ of Record,
Examined b,
GEORGE iVrLLrS, Secretary.
The Printers in this State are defired.to insert
the above Resolve in their several News Papers.
jeremiah ^ Ebenezer Platt,
Have just opened a good Assortment ofGOODS,
suitable for the season, which are to be fold
at their Store in Hartford, being the manu
faclure of France and Holland, or British
Prize Goods, captured by the American crui
zers, and legally condemned in the State of
Massachusetts, for which ample Certificates
will be given to enable the purchasers to dis
pose of them agreeable to the Laws of this
State.
Among which are the following Articles; viz.
SCARLET, I W3men'sSilk & Worked Do.
White, i m • 7 8 & yard wide, French &
Blue, I^^.^ Irish Linens.
Black, ;&p^ Brittanies.
Olive, ("'o'' Dowlas.
Brown, fuV" Cotton & Linen Check.
Lead coloured, ft '-I o- Striped Cotton & Linen.
Claret, ; Cg'g Sewing Silks, all ,Colours.
Green, } ^ Broad & Narrow, Plain &
Mixed,ITwill'd Tapes.
Light coloured, J Bobbin.
Blue, Pins and Needles.
Black, I Scotch Thread
Scarlet, I Midling & low Common coloured Thread.
Brown, ( priced Broadci. Belt fine Tin.
Mix'd, 1 Men's Cotton & Worsted
Claret, ' Caps.
7-4 Superfine Scarlet Ratteen Men's Leather Gloves.
7-4 Common Green and Women's Col'd Woffled
Brown, l)o„ Miles.=
Green, , Do. White Cotton Gloves.
Red, I Do. White Silk Gloves &
Blue, ) Narrow Frize. Mitts.
Brown, j Do. Leather Gloves.
White, J A neat Affoitmenc of Rib
&e, RedandG-een,Costing bons.
B ! ue and Mixed Bath, Do. Black Lace.
Bearskin. Black & Col'd G,rip.
White and Spotted Swanskin. Calicoes & Chintzes.
Blue Kerfey. Women's Stays.
Embossed Serge. Muffs & Tippets.
Striped Linfey. Blue, Crimson & Pirk Sartin.
Red Fianel. Blue, White & PinkSarcenet.
Blankets. Quality Binding.
Black Velvet. Ivory Combs.
Bhck and Bue Calamanco. Buckram.
Striped, Do. Writing Paper.
Blue and Brown Shalloon. Looking Glasses from % to ;
Plain andClouled Kerfimire. Feet long.
Black and Scarlet Wortted An AlTortment oflron Mon-
Breeches Pieces. gery & Cutlery.
Men's White and Col'd Silk Nantz Brandy in Tierces &
Hose. Anchors..
Do. Col'd & Black Worsted Bohea Tea, in Chests & half
Do. Chehc.
Do. White 1k Brown Thread Philadelphia Snuff in Blad-
Do. ders, &c. &c. &c.
N. B. Bills of Exchange, the Hon. RJbert Morri's Notes,
Loan Office Certificates, M^ffachufetts State Notes, Flour,
Beef, Pork, Waeat, Rye, Indian Corn, Oats, and Cash will
be received in Payment. •
Hertford, Odofer % 1782.
HARTFORD: Pointed by HUD SO N and GO'O DWI N} NEAR THE GREAT BRIDGE.
T U E S D A Y, November 5, 1782.
HINTS to Mankind rejecting HEALTH ,
V NDOLENCE, intemperance and vexation,
X believe with Dr. Cadogan, are the great four-}
ces, nbt only of cronic but :ccufe diseases.
Whoever will attend to his owq feelings, may
"eufily determine what flirts him best for diet,
what and how much exercise, as likewise how ;
much deep. The best is that which is moll ,
limply, • nourishing, void of acrimony, and eafily|
digested. Alnioft all the aliment in common
use, has been found salutary by the experience
of ages, and a temperate healthy man need not j
fear pertaking of it. Let men observe what a-|
grees with their constitutions, and what doesj
not, and let experience and reason direct themi
in their choice. Good bread (that is) light and ,
well baked, made of geed wheatflour, is a very 1
neceflary p^rt of diet ; andgood water is doubt-(
less the best drink for the undebauched ; to [
quench thirst no drink anfivers but in proportion
to the water it contains. I believe to men in|
health, habit alone makes fermented liquors andl
diftilkd spirits neceflary, arid of all diriilled fpi-1
rits, New-England rum and cider brandy are [
the moil poifonour. To make New-Englandl
rum, Water and mobiles are fermented together, I
and wheai the fermentation is over, a low fpirit,|
as drawn off from the beer, (he lift tuning of|
which is a four water containing very little spi
rit; which four water makes a solution of some I
of the copper, and rendersthe liquor wh^n drank |
a certain though a flow poison ; The fame Ob-|
fervation will equally apply to cider brandy. I)
am certain that did the legislature advert to this !
matter with that attention which the health of;
the community demands from them, they wouldl
either prohibit the distillation of molaflfes and;
cider, or lay a duty tantamount to aprohihiti
on. Habit, I agree; has made fermented and
distilled spirits necessary to the greatest part of
mankind, and if they will v.fe them, 'tis belt
they use the ^rongeft distilled spirits, mellowed
by age and well diluted. As for wine, beer, ci
der, &c. they are most healthy when well work
ed, clear and of a proper age, but not four :
And for the India tens, coffee, &c. they are only
pernicious as they are imprudently tiled. Thole
who have an infirm habit of body, would do
well to omit drinking large quantities of hot
watery liquors twice a day, .as they relax the
flomacb, weaken the whole habit, fubjeet to
colds, &c, &c. Making use ofrire potsor itows,
so frequent' among the most amiable part of
God's creatures, is attended with many.ill com
fequences, not proper to fpecify in a News-Pa
per. Exercise is as necef/ary, if we desire health,
as eating and drinking ; and arn'ong my ac
quaintance I have remarked, that those who use
the itoft exercise (other circumstances being e
qual) enjoy the best health. As t^ fe^p, 'I be
lieve seven .or eizht hours' in twenty-fair fu ffici
ent. In some families I have observed the mo
ther to rife early in the morning, prepare a re
past, then call up her daughters (young women
grown) ro pertake ; a mod absurd practice. It
is an incumbent duty on heads of families in ge
neral, that (extraordinaries excepted) they feel
their families a bed by ten o'clock ; and if they
have any regard for their healths, that they rife !
with the fun. Arimril food for flippers, with
pickles, wine, &c. ought in general to he avoid
ed. Children ought not tp be allowed cheese,
butter, sweet case's, %. if t^y are Hungry fays
Mr. Lock, dry bread will go down, if they are
not hungry, it is not proper they should eat any
thing; Cleanliness conduces mu^h to health,
and dirt and daftinefs is productive of many def^
eases; nay many diseases are not curable with
out attention paid to this article, it is no uncom
mon light, to fee a profufion of finery, cover a
great deal of dirt and nastiness. A person a few
hours before in health,is taken with a flight pain
in the head, a lifleffnefs, anxiety, and want of
appetite ; symptoms of what is commonly called
taking a cold ; the usual treatment of which is
to drink some heating teas, with or without rum,
butter, &c. with a design to force a sweat, a treat
ment which has destroyed thousands. I advise
those who have the complaints before mention
ed, to abstain from all animal food, wine, spi
rits, &c. to drink tamarind waters, baum tea,
toad and water, or almoll any small cooling tea;
to bath their feet and legs in milk-weed water,
at going to bed ; by following the fame directi
ons, I am confident that many who are obliged,
to have recourse to medical assistance, might
avoid the fame. People often wound them
selves with sharp inllruments, a bleeding ensues,
to flop which they apply sugar, ium, cob-webs,
puff-ball, herbs, &c. all which traih fouls the
wound, without tiie lead tendency to ftopthe
bleeding ; instead of which, they might apply to
advantage, after walking the wound with warm,
water; loft lint, with a compress w^t in rum,
over the fame, and a bandage two or three yards
in length, and about two inches wide ; to pre
vent bleeding 'tis necefiary some times to apply
the bandage pretty tight : Lor a number of years
past, I have been called in a great number of in
flances, and have fucceec^dm flopping a bleed
ing, nineteen time's out of twenty, in the above
method ; but where they have foul'd the wound
with cob-webs, &c. it has cost me much trou
ble to clean the wound, and made the cure more
ityhy. MEDICUS.
Exft%Qs from London Papers, brought by the left
Def els arrived at the Ea/hward from Europe.
A private letter from Paris mentions, that the
French Miniftry^have come to a resolution to re
call all the Corsicans who 'keep themselves se
questered in the mountains, and have not yetfub
mitted to France, to grant them a free pardon
for rebellion, with some immunities.
July 22. When the United States of Holland
raise money for public purposes, the following is
the ratio that each conttibutes, fuppofmg the sum.
wanted to be one million of ducats, and in pro
portion for larger fams:
The Province of Holland 420,000
Province of Zealand 130,000
Province of Friefiand 170,000
Province of Utrecht 85,000
Province of Groningen 77,060
Province of Guelderland 70,000
Province of Overy ffel 50,000
Of the . fem of 4.?®,000 ducats raised in the
province of Holland, the city of Amsterdam fur
ni%cs upwards 0f'320,000.
It is an observation of Lord Chefterfield's in
bis letters to his son, that the French excel in the
manoeuvres of theCabinct beyond any other peo
ple of the globe. I f we wanted proofs.of this as
sertion, their conduct during the present war
would furnifh us with abundance, for it now ap
pears, that they have not only confederated Spain,
Holland,and America, against Great Britain,but:
have likewise had the address to prevent anyone:
of these powers from making a separate peace,
without firft consulting the Cabinet ofVerfailles.
(Na. 628.]