The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1794-07-29 00:00:00, page 4

THIS commoner has worth and parts,
Is prais'd for arms, or lov'd for arts ;
His head aches for a coronet ;
And who is blefs'd who is not great ?
Some lenfe and more eftate,kind heav'n,
To this well lotted peer has given :
What then ? He must have rule and sway ;
And all is wrong, till he's in play.
Larg,oxen in the field were lowing:
Good grain was sown; good fruit was
growing ;
Os last year's corn in barns great dore;
Fat turkies gobbling at the door:
And wealth, in fhort,with peace consented,
That people here should live contented :
But did they in effect do so ;
Have patience,friend,and thou (halt know.
The honest farmer and his wife,
To years declin'd from prime oflife,
Had druggled with the marriage noose,
(As almoil every couple does :)
Sometimes my plague, sometimes my dar
ling!
ruffing to day, to morrow snarling;
Jointly submitting to endure
I hat evil which admits no cure.
Our gods the outward gate unbarr'd ;
Our farmer met them in the yard :
Tho't they were folks that loft their way,
And fail'd them civilly to flay ;
Told them for supper or for bed,
They might go on, and be worse sped.
Sofaid, so done, the gods consent,
All three into the parlor went :
They compliment, they fit, they chat,
Fight o'er the wars, reform the date ;
A thousand knotty points they clear.
Till supper and my wife appear.
Well then. Things handsomely were
fav'd,
My mill rest for the strangers curv'd :
How strong the beer, how good the meat,
How loud they laugh'd,how much they eat,
In epic sumptuous would appear,
Yet shall be pafs'd in silence here :
For I would grieve to have it said,
That by a fine description led,
I made my episode too long ;
Or tir'd my friends to grace my song.
The grace cup ferv'd, the cloth away,
Jove thought it time to (hew his play :
Landlord and landlady he cry'd,
Folly and jelling lay aside,
That ye thus hospitably live,
And Grangers with good cheer receive,
Is mighty grateful to your betters,
and makes e'en gods them felvcs your debt
ors.
To give this Thesis plainer proof,
You have to-night beneath your roof
A, pair of gods; nay, never wonder,
This youth canfly, and I can thunder.
I'r . Jupiter and he Mercurius,
My p a g e ' m yf° n indeed, but spurious.
Form then three wifhes,you and madam.
And fare as yen already had e'm,
The things defir'd in half an hour,
Shall all be here and in your pow?r.
Thank ye great gods, the woman fays;
O ma, your altars ever blaze ;.
A ladle for our silver dish
Is whatl want—is what I wish—
A ladle! cries the man—a ladle !
Odzooks, Corifca, you have pray'd ill ;
What should be great you turn to farce,
I, wish the ladle in your a—e.
With equal grief and shame my muse
Thefequel of the tale pursues:
The ladle fell into the room,
And ftuckin old Corifca's bum ;
Our couple weep two wishes pad.
And kindly join to form the last ;
To case the woman's awkward pain,
And wish the ladle out again.
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TWO gods long since came from &
bove,
One Mercury, the other Jove ;
The humor was, it seems, to know,
If all the favors they bellow,
Could from our own perverseness ease us,
And, if our wish enjoy'd, would please us.
Discoursing larger on this theme,
O'er hills and daleflheir godihips came ;
Till well nigh tir'^at aimed night,
They thought it proper to alight.
Not here, and 'cis as true as odd is,
That in difgtiife a god or goddefe
Exerts no supernatural powers
But ads on maxims just like ours.
They fpy'd at last a country farm,
Where all was snug, and clean, and warm ;
For woods before, and hills behind,
Secur'd it both from rain and wind :
MOR A L,
17. Be not wicked ; love thy neighbour
as thyfelf; render him service and be be
nificent ;,do not unto another-what thou
wouldeft not that he should do unto thee ;
and in the practice of these virtues ; thou
wilt find thy record pence.
18. Be reserved in thy words ; be re
fleded ; detest a lie ; Jove truth ; —fly
from violence and anger ; let thy heart
didate thy oaths, if thou would escape the
evil ccnfequences.
19. Be frank ; disinterested ; avoid dis
simulation, and thy actions will be pure
and without reproach.
zo. Remember that usury, monopoli
zing and felfifnnefs arc capital crimes.
21. Despise riches, they are the portion
of fools ; content with thy lot, envy not
that of another, nor the fortune of thy
neighbor ; do not borrow if thou canst
no; return ; what belongs to another is not
thine ; detest avarice, ufyry apd idleness.
14. Openly protea oppressed innocence,
lend an ear neither to hatred, resentment
nor passions ; pardon eafily,if thou would
eft be pardoned ;. hold scandal in horror,
and remember that a calumniator is the
greatest of criminals.
15. Every republican mortal is thy bro
ther : always extend to him the helping
hand : with candor, explain to him his er
rors ; carefully conceal his failings ; draw
him from.his evil path ; and always fay to
thyfelf, lam a man, nothing which inter, s
humanity is foreign to me.
16. Fly envy, jealousy, ambition and
intrigue, ifthou wouldeft not commit base
ness.
13. As a true Repblican, watch the ene
mies of Liberty, unravel seditious plots,
denounce confpiratois,ciurageoud, seize
parricides, and deliver them to the justice
of the laws.
10, Eternal hate, a war of death to ty
rants and vile clefpots.
11. To traitors, to perjurors, to the e
nemies of the country, give no affylum, if
thou wouldeft not be guilty of their crimes.
12. When thy country is in danger, do
not basely conceal thyfelf; be the firft to
(hew thyfelf openly ; in combating for her
thou combated for 'thyfelf: here is thy
duty.
7. After thy country, thou (halt love and
cherish, as thyfelf, thy father and thy mo
ther ; thou oweft them refped and fubmif
(ion, if they are Republicans ; before thy
felf, thou owed them the necessaries of
life, and comfort in their old age ; honor
them—ard heaven will bless thee.
8. LIBERT Y—This is the device of
the good citizens; She is the recommence
of the civic virtues.
9. EQUALITY —This is thy inherit
ance.
I. A LL nature announces to the a
creator ; adore him. He is e
very where ; every where he will hear
„thee.
z. The wonders which surround thee are
his Ministers ; Know no others ; these
will always (peak truth to thee.
3. To thy confeience only, thou shall
confefs thy faults ; She alone (peaks frank
ly, (he alone can absolve thee.
4. To Miracles, to witchcraft, give no
'faith : mistrust the perfidious carefles of all
falfe prices, of the heretofore great, the e
emies of the Republic ; if they Hill exist,
these are the jugglers who deceive thee,
who lie, and with thy deliruaion.
5. Observe, in every particular, the law
of thy country, and thou wilt never err.
6 After thy creator, love thy country a
bove all things; She alone ought to fix
thy thoughts, and dired thy actions : Thy
life is her's.
Do not to me, what thou would', not that I
,?uld do unto thee.
Printed by order of the Representatives of
1 the People,in their fitting at Bourdeanx.
The miser must take up his plumb,
And dares not touch the hoarded sum.
The sickly dotard wants a wife,
To draw offhis last dregs oflife.
Against our peace we arm our will,
Amidst our plenty Something still
For horses, houses, pictures, planting,
To thee, to me, to him is wanting,
The cruel Something unpoffefs'd,
Corrodes and leavens all the rest.
That Something if we could obtain,
Would soon create a future pain :
And to the coffin, from the cradle,
'Tis all a info, and all a Ladle.
The twenty-five Precepts of Rea
;fon.
Address to all true Sans- Culottes.
GOODS,
which will be fold for CASH or BUT
TER, on as low terms as ever was known
in this town, a few articles excepted.—
All persons whose Notes and Accounts
have been some time due, are requeued
to make payment by the loth of Sept,
next—after which the old coat of patience
will be worn very threadbare indeed.—
Wilhing as much as possible to avoid the
making use of law for the collection of
many small debts, from thole who call
therofeives poor—any kind of PRODUCE
will be received in payment, and a gene,
rous price allowed.
—ALSO FOR SALE—
Anumber of Lots of Excellent
LAND
LYING in the townOup of Peacbam
(Vermont) which will be difpo
edof on reasonable terms. Any perlon,
wishing for a Farm, need look no further,
with refers to the goodness of the foil,
having been several times over said land
myfelf, can with the greatest truth affirm,
that! never saw better. The whole town
in general being likewise good, and hav
ing upwards of zed Families, and many
of them in very thriving circumftances,the
profpea is that it will soon become rich
and populous. The terms of payment
will be very easy, as I&IDS-GRASS
SEED, will be received inpayment, and
time allowed for rearing it on said lands,
by the purchaser.
' MOSES JOHNSON.
Keene, July 7, 1794. _
1 A WANTED by the igb August next
7ourra,man CURRIEL, to one who'
is a good workman, generous wages and 3
months employ will be given. Enquire of
WILLIAM LAMSON.
Keene, July lift !794 9
FOR the encouragement of making
good BUTTER, NINE-PENCE in
; CASH will be paid per lb. to those per
sons who will bring it hard and in good
order. °
CASH PAID FOR BUTTER.
GEORGE, firnamed the Dumpling,
has lately improved adonifhingly in his
, mental faculties ; Dr. Willis cured bis in
sanity by repeated flaggi/g, ; having expe
rienced so much flagellation of late, he
mud be remarkably lucid.
AN Englishman used to brag that
his bravery was occasioned by beef and
beer, and that the French were timid, be
cause they eat frogs and soup meagre.—
Late events, however, demonflrate that
courage is generated in the heart, 2nd
not in the guts; and if the heart be a
>rave one it is very immaterial whether it
loats in br^b cr porter.
MR. FREDERICK of York, has
one consolation left, that though he lojes
every battle, he invariably wins every
race.
POLITICAL CRACKERS
22. Be charitable, comfort fuffering hu
manity ; let the widow and orphan find in
thee a defender : Protest women and chil
dren, and regard with veneration, every a
ged person.
23. Do thou, old men, teach and inftru&
the youth, and thou, matron, remain in thy
family ; watch over thy children—they
belong to the country.
24. Sans Calotte Republicans, to all
fy brethren thou oweft a good example;
what they advance, treat uj:h kindness ,
cherish constantly thy wife, thy children;
and thy family ; with mildness inspire the
social and republican virtues ; be a good
father, a good husband, a good son ; thou
wilt be worthy of being free, and thy coun
try will love thee.
25. Remember, lastly, that the moun
tain, the centre of virtues, is the rallying
point of each good citizen : Thou owe!
it homage, veneration, and fidelity, it a
loDe has wiffied thy happinefs,alone has es
tablished it; to the mountain, and the
brave defenders of the country thou art in
debted for thy liberty.
By J. GRASEST Sv SAVEUR:
The Reprefentativea of the people in their
fitting at ^ourdeaux, order the im
pression of those precepts.
FEYREND D. HER.VAL,
Secretary of the Commiffen.
if thou wouldefl not be despised and live in
shame.
fuft Received,
a FRESH SUPPLY of
r#td
] ujt recurved by
I JONATHAN R. H,ILE,
and for file at his Store in Chefteffield, as
cheap as ever,
4 general assortment of
English & W.L
GOODS, ^
HARDWARE & CROCKERY-
Cheferfeld, 'June 50/^, 1794.
STRAYED 6, folen fron Cap. ~ Al
exander's fufiure, in Winchester, cr
the night of the 14th inf. a Mare, ab^ 14
and a half tail high, nine years eld, and of
a red, roan colour. Whoever will letva
[aid Mare, fall be handfomelv rewarded.
JONATHAN WIRE.
^^^fernu^l^^^
foPRENTICES, WANTED.
TWO Apprentices are wanted at th#
Paper Mid, in Alflead, from 15 to
16,ears of so. They will be ifrufha /,_
a feady, ,reful man, who is a good "y^j),
man, an, the meft generous terms wil, be ,
riven. /For further particulars, enquire a,
b / ELISHA KINGSRER^
^ead, July 19th, 1794+
BROKE into the fubferiber's enclosure
on or about the §tb June, alight
coloured herfe, 3 cr 4 years old, food
before, has one white hind foot, a white
ftripc in his face, grey mane and tail.—.#
Whoever owns said horse may have him "
again by calling and paying charges.
THOMAS MORSE.
Stoddard, July ^th, 1794.
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IX A CONTRAST OF CHARACTERS:
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Human Nature explained : AL
so a KEY to the whole.
" Say we not well, thou art a Sa
meritan and haft a devili"
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CHESTERFIELD ACADEMY.
The Public are hereby in^
formed, that the school opens at
Chesterfield Academy, under the
tuition of Maj. Logan, on Thursday the
fourteenth day cf August next. —The
price cf tuition by the week, as formerly.
] Chatan
Abraham Wood,, cf
J Trujlten &
Chefer,eld,uhsc, 1794. ' ▼
I "HIS is to give notice that I for
bid all periora treating my wife
^g^, as I will net pry any debts of her
contrading from this date.
nathan whittemore.
Dublin, July i, 1794.