The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-02-19 00:00:00, page 4

the cure and education of our own #%%•
This is a wore of Jo much importance and re
firing so much am, that it contributes #^ #
than an, thing towards perpetuating our u'.
ion. The nectary dutes o, one child &ejd -
ceeded b, the nectfa , duties cf another unit
qie have tra&jerred sis it were, our whoa
jo Is into our offspring, , frnatciy loving
each other again in our saw al images or rep
,fentativrs, and live am, to make ourjeivo
happy through the Lappings oj our children
& is thus we ma, be jaid to be renewed ar
made young aga.n.=We view the progress a,
an -nfant mind the jources and growth of it,
affections, with more pleaj.re than is expert
faced 6, itjelf. We int ref ourfiws in thojt
great pafrns which determine the events o'
live, we forget our infirmities ; we imagine
ourselves in love again, becauje our children
away;
The 'frighted fries fly back in dire amaze.
While angry lightnings set the world on
blaze.
Lo 1 the Ac.bangel from a beaming cloud,
Hisdreadful message tells to all al>ud :
L nd founds the trump, the latest of the
fev'n.
And calls the fcatter'd dust from earth to
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POEf^CORNER. fe(
From the Columbian Gazetteer.
Mr. Buel & Co.
The following lwj were erapefed, when the
Authored was little more than twelve
years old, when finding the fubje& teoju
blimejor her infant geniue, the, were left
zrfn:jhcd—jucb at the, are, the, are at
jour fcivice.
JUDGMENT.
THE bellowing thunder/ in the lab
'ring north.
Proclaim that Geo hath feat hit fammons
forth ;
In load, terrific, awful peals the, roll,
« And rockthe nodding earth from pole to
pole.'
Ah me 1 how hidden comes this awful day,
3te how the heav'ts like parchment roll
heav'n.
" R ; fe keeping dust (the mighty Angel
Cries.
Whose iwift wing'd summons to earths
centre fl rs;)
Rife sleeping dust—an hafle forfake ycu r
tomb,
IN/ OTHING/9 tf&all, charmi th
Wnd into a fettled cjhem as concurrence in
an employment je < entfogt, so delightful. *
J,BUS is Judge, the midnight for i:
come
Hark ! the loud clangor of the tramp o:
God,
Hath made the bowling dee, give up her
deed ;
Buried for ages in the hoary flood,
See the pale nation leave their billow,
bed.
are enamored, and we became j&thers ana .
mothers a second rime, tvhen they assume ibefe ।
b^ppj denc?ninations, Compare tie events oj
what is caled a Ife of pleafare witbjurb as
Q.fe —Kira the man, who, as be expr^fo
bimjeif, " Chjoi sto b* free" — and win
not burthen himfelf with the cares aj afamily
m-view him, L fay, when infirmities an
dijorde s menace dtf&lutirn —anew him jar
rounded^Niot by a tender wife and beloved ,
coffering, anxiously endeavoring to lighten bis
pains, and by every kind attention, to render
bis fixation more e&, —but by those, who, to
fa, no worse care but little about form—view
him finding into th& grave tn ignominy and
frantic wretchedness— while ta,e men and
women who have gone hand in band tn the
pl+afing duties of ly^ will not only have a
f,m fayport in honorable recotiefyons,tut will
he led down its ragged deck vity, b, the ten
derest care of an afra onate offsprings will
rofgntbemfelves to rest like a, fid laborers, a
little weary, but fat.sfed wt.b the work of
the day.
-ThOHiFeR, No. Vil.
TIERE is nothing can add
more to the relpe&ability
ofa Town, and its inhabitants,
than that of their allowing to
their Minuter, a generous fal-
&EWYORK.
....... ANNA
MONITOR.
To fee the Rev. Ministers
of several old fettled, wealthy
Towns, daily driving loaded
sleighs, collecting grain and oth
ler supplies, and constantly obli-
Iged to traffic thro' the winter, to
add a little to their scanty allow
ance, is surely derogatory to
their characters, and in no wife
to the honor oftheir focieties,o
which they refpe&ively belong.
I cannot suppose any gentle
man bred up to grace the Pulpit, ;
and consequently unused to ma- 1
nual labor, will'out of choice,
daily handle the Ax or the Hoe,
or expole himfelf to the inclem
ency of the feafon:-— — There
are very few indeed who consid
er labor as a pleafure,and there
fore, that thole gentlemen Ihauld
be so much negle&ed as to be ne
cessitated to quit their studies in
search of a temporary morfeJ,
and be obliged to hew wood,
and draw water to " make ends
meet," is to me a melancholy
reflection, and in my opinion a
slur on religion, and all its vo
taries. The man who will crop
his minister's stipend, with a
view to enable himfelf to prose
cute a litigious suit at law, can
have but a miserable relpe£ tfor
divinity, in making it only a se
condary object, to his own stur
dy dilpofition. Such a person
will hand out freely to an attor
ney in support of his will, while
he would banish religion and
starve its ministers.
Let me ask thole who have
heretofore been in favor of a
scanty pittance, what kind of a
figure any one of them would
make font up in the Itudy of a
' He wouldfand it a
wretched lituate, to be obli
ged to fulfil the minister's week
ly requirements —he would won
wish to resign fernionizing, and
the other avocations of a Frieit,
and willingly return to his own
profeffion. Think then of thole
gentlemen tutored for our wel
fa[e, in the exercises of the
'mind, unused to bodily hard
ships and exertions, and you will
readily agree they cannot, nor
ought they lofar to be negle&ed,
as to oblige them in such amea
fure to ihake off the refped
whichever has been considered
due to the minivers of God's
word. Ifthen it is wrong th^t
they should be obliged to la
bor, those who have been the
cause, r.nd have remained to
this time idle fpe&ators, ought
to step forward and remedy the
defect.
The expences ofa minister, if'
he is blessed with a generous fpi
rit, are many and not frnaH, his
situation too is very peculiar,he
is often visited by those, wife are
more ready to receive than give•
—and frequently diffembledwith|
by those, who in town meeting
had rather facrifice any real tem-l
porary happiness, than vote him
an extra, penny. Expends of
a family at present are much lar
ger than usual : Let the Farmer
remember his butter this year is'
p rod per pound, that beef and
, grain are high, that those are
>the necessaries of life, and that
■at their present prices it makes a
(difference of twenty per cent,
ta the Divine. The resort to a
minister's house creates, if he
has a common flhare of liberali
ty, (and from any other, good
Lord deliver us) considerable
out goes ; even the expence of
decent apparel, requires a round
sum annually. A man possessed
of ambition, wishes not to ap
pear in the worn out dishabille
ofindigence. Ail those things
have taken place, and have been
seen by those possessed offufeep
- Itibility with regret,but it is to be
hoped for the fake of decency,
and religion, in future, such sti
pends will be allowed as will
place above the common neces
sities and cares ofthe world,gen
tlemen of the Clergy.•
The custom of waiting on the
minister with complaintsof pov
erty, in order to work upon his
feelings, and get an abatement
ofa pettv rate, is in molt cases
verily to be defyifed ; a man en
joying a tolerable Rate of health,
perhaps taxed at a day's labor in
the minister's rate bill, will ap
proach him with a solemn phiz,
and spend with the priest, that
L day in telling over his distresses,
which he might as well have em
ployed at the Parson's wood
pile, and at night have been en
titled to an order on the collect
or. Half an hour's engagement'
with the flip pot, consumes the
amount of many final! taxes,
which is paid without thinking
of paying rates
Ye who set out to present the
Divine with a scanty load of
wood, thereby expecting to be
worthy of being canonized in
his estimation, and who will at
the fame time, take from him in
eating and drinking, its full va
lue, purchase your faintfhips at
an easy rate. But where is the
gift ! Such presents are ama
zingly impoverishing ; they arc
not only paid for, but the priek
^muft confider himfelf under the
greatest obligation ! ! !
Although the modesty ofyom
^minifter may let those things si
lently pass, yet be assured, he is
tenfible of your duplicity, he ei
ther pities your ignorance, or
privately despises your impofi
tions^-Let this be a hint to thole
!who have heretofore pradifec
such customs, and it is a thing
devoutly to be wiihed, whenev
.era man shall call or apply for
such ends as are before recited,
,that the Rev. Divine thus at
: tempted to be " wire drawn,"
, may ask them to retire home and
readthe SHAVER.
If an individual is over rated
there is a different appeal,and it
is to be hoped he will be direct
ed to the proper department.
The SHAVER fays, if you have
a minister worth your notice,
contribute bountifully, with a
firm reliance of receiving his
endeavors to accomplish the pur
poses for which you gave him
a call ; throw off the mifcrable,
mercenary idea of thinking he
and his family should live and
look only like you; people
ought to appear according to
their profeffions and employ
ments. A reverend divide needs
not a Leather Apron, which
perhaps is considered the most
ufeful and becoming part of the^
dress of a mechanic. The phy
lician would find a Crow bar but
a poor fubflitute for a Lancet,
The butchers frock would ill
become the Judge ; yet are they
all ufeful in the different occu
pations of life : We have then
only to cherish the established
good customs of society, and'
root out those of a contrary
tendency. It is our duty to en
courage those who are laboring
for our eternal welfare, by ma
king their Yoke easy and their
Burthen light, as it refpe&s a
temporary competency, and not
think a few pence wafted which
are expended in making com
fortable the Ministers of the'
Gofpek
; A LL Persons indebted to the
estate of Micah Lawrence,
hfq. late of Keene, deceased,
are requeued to make immedi^
nte payment —And those who
have demands against the fame,
! ?re desired to exhibit them to
: EDWARD GODDARD, Ex'r.
!Stanley, Feb. 12, >79+
A LEXANDER RALSTON & Co.
have just received, and are new
felling by Wholesale & Retail,at their new
Store on the weft fide of the Msin&eet
io Keene, anew and general Affortmc,c
of European, Zaft and Weft India Goods,
Crocket, and Hurd Ware, Groceries,
Drugs and Medicines: All which they
fell at low at can be purchased in the
Country. The, pay Cafn for Rye,Barley,
Oats and Beeswax—they have for Sale a
Quantity of excellent lump Butter, &a
few frefh Codfifh.
MACCARTY & DUNBAR
Have dissolved their Partnership and re
moved to the above ftore,where their for
mer Customers and others are invited to
call and fee them—'hey return thanks to
their old Customers,& earnestly request all
Perform indebted tc them, or to either of
Jem separately, to make payment without
further del,
Kee^ %" 24% ''9t
ON ffie road from John'
M'Curdy's Esq. in Surry,
and the town of Keene, on the'
'evening of the 7th inst. a Bag,
containing two new axes a fii
gar box,, pillow case, and some
corn.—Whoever has found said
bag is requested to deliver it at
the Printing-Office in KQQor
which they (hall be reafonabl,
rewarded by
MOSES CUTTER.
:, a frs> '''• lO ' '796
A LL periouideted to the fubfai
ber, either by Berk or Note, arc
r-quefed to make unme/^te. pay men; —.
March Court is cloje by.
W W. BLAKE,
Keene, Feb. 4/A, 1794.
NOTICE is hereby given to
the heirs of the ERate of
Nathan Hale, Esq. late of
Rindge, deceased, represented
insolvent, that the fubferiber
proposes to make a fettfemen^
with the Judge of Probate, ora
Wednesday, the nineteeth da,
of March next, at the Probate
Office in Keene, at which time
and place any person concerned,
will attend and make obje&ion&
rs any they have.
ABIGAIL HALE, Adm'x.
Rindge Feb. &b, 17%. 46.—$
New-Store !
TAKE NOTICE.
TA&L AOIICE.
LOS T,