The Columbian informer, or, Cheshire journal — Keene, N.H., 1793-09-11 00:00:00, page 4

^'o&td Corner. ^
GCERO spoke it as the higher
commendation of Cato's character, that
he embraced phiiofophy, not for the fak^
of diluting like a philosopher, but cf li
ving tike one. The principal end of chrif
tian knowledge is to promote the great
end ofchriftian life. Every woman Should
be able to give a reason of the hope tha.
is in her ; t'Q this knowledge is bell ac
quired, and tl^. duties consequent on i
best performed, by reading books of prac
tical devotion ; and not by entering into
the endless feuds, and engaging in the
unprofitable contentions of partial con
troverfalifts. Nothing is more unamiable
than the narrow spirit of party zeal ; nor
more diftinguilhing than to hear a woman
deal out judgments, and denounce ven
geance againi t any one who happens to dif
fer from her in feme opinion, perhaps
cf no real importance, and which it is
probable, She may be as erroneous in re
jeding, a, the objed of her censure is in
embracing.—A furious and uncharitable
female bigot, wanders as far from the
limits prescribed to her sex, as a Thalef
tris or a Joan d'Arc.
It is a falfe idea that too generally pre
vails, that religion is only calculated for
the old and melancholy ; That it doth not
(pm the attention of those who are capa
ble of relinking the enjoyments of life,
Bat it is proper for none but the clergy &
who arc incapable of worldly bu-
I until it can be proved, that
|^|^tyfl|^ty^n (i
THE Fox and the Cat, ©they trav
eled one day,
With moral difcourfa cut farter the way ;
" Tis great fays the Fox, to make 'Jofice our
guide!'
6 How godlike is Mere,.' Grimalkin replied.
While thus they proceeded, a Wolf from the
wood,
Impatient for hunger, and thrifting for blood,
Rufo'dforth —at he saw the dull Shepherd
rind feiz'd for bis supper an innocent Sheep.
In Tain, wretched vißim, for mercy you
bleat,
When mutton's at hand, fays the Wolf,l mus
eat.
Grimalkin's afonife'd the Fox flood agbaf,
To fee the fill leaf at bis bloody repaf.
' What a wretch, fays the cat —'sis the vil
ef of brutes ;
6 Does he feed upon fefo, when there's her
bage and roots ?
Cries the Fox—' While our oaks give us
acorns so good,
What a tyrant is this to spill innocent blood !'
Well, onward they march'd, and they mor
aliz'd fill.
Till cause where Jome poultry pick'd chaff by
a mill:
Sly Reynard furvey'd them with gluttonous
eyes,
rind made (f,ite of morals) a Pullet bis
prize.
ri Mouje too, that chanc'd from her covert
to fray,
The greedy Grimalkin fear'd as her prey,
ri Spider that fat in her web on the wall,
Perceiv'd the poor viaims, and pity'd their
She cry'd—of such murders bow guiltlef
aml?
So ran to regale on a new taken Fly.
- MORAL.
The faults of our neighbours, with freedom we
blame,
But tax not eurfelves, the' wepra&icethi
fame.
Ttoougbh ,n /A, Importance of Religion to the
THE FOX AND THE CAT.
The MONITOR.
Female Charader.
A FABLE.
IF faults are to be estimated according
to the ill confeqnences which attend them,
we Shall find upon examination, that the
want of punduality is a crime of considera
ble magnitude. A very large Share of the
disappointments and vexations which we
meet with in our iutercourfe withone anoth
er, is derived from their foisree. In almost
ill companies, or accidental meetings of
Neighbours, the ear is pained with com
plaints against those who have not paid an
expected debt, or not performed a neceffa
ry jobb, or not finished a pair of Shoes,
kc. Ac the time prefixed. In the country,
tradesmen and labourers are apt to fail in
punctuality, Sometimes through mere inat
tention and careleffncfiriescimtt -&ough
indolence and lasinels, fomtimes thro'+
grasping disposition, and always from a
criminal disregard to truth, honesty, and
benevolence. Wishing to Secure all th;
cuflom and business, they can, and un
willing that any who apply to them, Should
be necessitated to apply too thers, they en
gage more than they can possibly execute
within the time limited, to the great dis
appointment, vexation, and injury of their
employers.
Every person of the least reflexion must
fee, that the advantages which would refuh
:o individuals, to neighborhoods, and to
larger communities, from punctuality, art
very gietn :—And that equally great are
the disadvantages from the want of it, A
poor man with a house full of children,
procures with difficulty a bushel of corn,
and a horse to carry it five or fix miles to
mill. The miller cannot grind it now, but
promises to have it ready by the evening of
he next day. With still greater difficulty
he again obtains a horse, and goes at the
time prefixed : But is coolly told by the
miller, that he forgot it, and ground for
others until his water was Spent, and that
he must come again the next day,—A man
who is building a house, engages masons
& tenders at a distance to build his chim
nies. They corae at the appointed time.
But the man who had promised to bring
his hands the day preceeding, and com
plete the stone work for the foundation of
the chimnies, fails; and all are disap
pointed, to their very great damage.—A
woman who had very lately loft her hus
band, is pitied by her neighbours; and
tf^^rtly collect on a certain day, and
^£ll her grain. She engages a
. He promifcs to talce it
■^^ratytfedit into the
Ling^ u^
Ana ihc
fir lever
■ for whom
I ^u^ of
do not resolve at some future period to en
gage in a religious life. They however,
confider this as a kind of dernier resort,
and think it prudent to defer this service
until they shall have no taste for worldly
pleafuses. But do they not forget, that
a proper attention to religion requires all
the strength of youth ; and the vigor of
unimpaired capacities ? Doth not the
flighted disposition, even in the raoft ac
tive season of life, disqualify them from
attending to the most ordinary concerns ?
—Should they not, therefore, refled,
how unable they will be to tranfadl that
business, which of all concerns is the molt
important and difficult to be performed,
in the hour of excruciating pain and uni
versal debility ?
When senses are palled with exces
sive gratification, the eye tired with fee
ing, and the ear with hearing; and when
the spirits are so depressed, that even the
the gralhopper becomes a burthen, how
(halt the blunted apprehension be capable
of understanding a new feience, or the
decayed heart be able to reldh a new plea
fare ?
To postpone the practice of religion, un
til we Shall loose the taste for amusements;
to refufe listening to the voice of the
charmer. " until we can no longer attend
to the melody of firming men and Singing
wom,n ;" and not to devote our days to
Heaven, until we Shall have no pleasure in
them ourselves, is but an unworthy offer
ing ! most pitiable indeed, mull be that
facrifice to the Almighty which consist on
ly of the remains of the decayed appetites
and enfeebled passions.
From Thomas's Massachusetts Spy.
The NEIGHBOUR. No. LXII.
The Importance of Pußuality,
A SCOTCH Mechanic, dfoous of be
ing more thorough!, initiated into the dfyrens
Tranche; of bis business, travelled from Ft
native Countrj, to the Metropolis of Eng
land : Where, being, arrived spent feme time
in viewing the city, its commerce, tile.—
Walking one da, in the freets of the city
(peeping into the door of ever, foe, at be feafl
ed) came at length to a Scrivener's office,
where, feeing but only one Man fitting at &
writing deft, without the appearance of any
hind of Merchandise about him, the Scotch
mare's curiofay excited him to address the
Scrivener in the following manner :—
" Friend," fays the Scotchman (in his usual,
tbo' ver, aukward way) " cushat have you
for sale here ?"—" Blockheads (replied the
Scrivener, do you want to ba, one ?"—
' No faith,' answers the Scotchman, " you:
sale has been io rapid, that I fee only a
Refuse one remaining," —" If,ou want to
fourchafe," fays the Scrivener, “ walk ir. and
I'll (how you two," " I thank ,tu,"fa,s
the Scotchman, “ if the Stock be like the
Sample, I would not receive them both in
a gift."
A COUNTRYMAN (owing bis ground,
two smart fellows riding that way, one of
them called to him with an iufolent air : Well,
boneji fellow, said he, it is your bufnefs to
fra, but we reap the fruits of your labdur.
To which the countryman replied, 'Tis very
likely you may, for lam sowing hemp.
A FAMOUS teacher of Arithmetic, who
bad long been married, without being able to
get bis wife with child, one said to her, mad
am, your bufband is an excellent Arithmeti
cian. Yes, replied fee, only be cannot multi
ply.
cer.feqaence. The gay world confider ex
adnels, regularity, the fulfilment of
promises, and the punctual payments of
honest debts, as too vulgar for them ; and
value themselves on no punctuality, but
in their debts of honour, their criminal
assignations, their parties of pleasure, and
their appointed vifics. The commercial
world, in general, regard punftality, be
cause it is the basts of all their credit, and
interest. And certainly it would be for
ths interest and credit of mechanicks, la
bourers, and, in Short, of every class of
men. To be pundual in fulfilling their
promises and engagements, would have a
happy effed upon all the civil and moral
intercourses of focietv. Mutual confi
dence, esteem, and affection would be in
ereafed; neighbours would live on better
terns; and the heart be more fleadily
tranquil and joyous.
Punctuality must, certainly, be an hon
our to any man, because it denotes stabili
ty, fortitude, & superiority to temptation.
If this has not been ranked by name
among the cardinal virtues, it is owing,
perhaps,to the difficulty of defining it with
precision, or of diftinguilhing it from oth
ers, and not from its unimportance in So
ciety. Accurately speaking, punctuality
is not a single virtue, but an assembling
ofmany. It comprehends fidelity, ve
racity, sense of honour, justice, and be
nevolence.
THE Partnership of JOSEPH BRY
ANT and ISAAC ESTY ia this
day dissolved by mutual consent. —All
partnership debts have become the pro
perty of said BRYANT.—AII pedons
who have any accounts with said Partner-
Ship unsettled, are requested to fettle the
fame with said BRYANT.
Punctuality is recommended by almost
every object and every movement in the
natural world, as well as by the exigences
and claims of the moral. It is well known,
though not fufficiently considered, that
all the revolutions of the heavenly bodies
are performed with the exafteft punctual
ity. What would become of all the in
habitants of the earth, as well as of prom
:fe breakers, if the fun and the seasons
were as fallible, and as little to be de
pended on, as themfclves ? —Punctuality,
then, has the fandion of heaven upon it,
and the order and analogy of nature to re
commend it. Its utility and importance
are demonstrated by the interest and repu
tation of the individual, and by the peace
and happiness of society. And the necef
ity of it is inculcated by the dictates
of confcier.ee, and the command of God.
JOSEPH BRYANT,
ISAAC ESTY.
Westmorland, Aug. 20th, 1793'
infdNKbElbSffl^ WRITS,
and EXECUTIONS, BLANK NOTES
•f HAND, ^ RECEIPTS, ftrfa c
&. ^ %%
ANECDOTES.
INFORM ATION is hereby given to all
the Military Invalids of the United
States, that the sums to which they @re
entitled for fix months of their annual pen
sion, from the 4th day of March last, and
which will become due on the „h of Sep
tember next, will be paid on tae said day
by the Commissioners of the Loans, with
in the States refpedively under the usual
regulations.
THE Non-Resident owner# of Lands
in the town of Gilfum, are hereby
informed, that unless their high way pen
ny.tax, which became due in the years
'go, and '9l, is worked out, or fettled, by
the 15th of October next, their lands will
be fold at public vendue, for the payment
of said taxes.
ZADOCK HURD, Coll& r
^'^^L"''' l
By Command of the
PaESlDlnt of/AUxited States.l
H. KNO X, Secretary at 1! ar.
This day published,
—and for sale at this Office—-
THE
PLEASANT HISTORY
OF THS
Fryar & Boy;
OR TUB
YOUNG PIPER's PLEASANT PAS.
TIME.
ConT aim i m c—The witty Adventures be
tween the Fryar and the Bay ; in relation,
to his SI EP-MOTHLR, whom be faify
fitted far her unmerciful cruelty.
WANTED as an Apprentice to the
Blaeafmiths' business, a flout ac
tive Boy, 15 or 16 years old.—For terms
apply to THOMAS FIELD.
Keene, Aug. 6, 1793.
DEEP BLUE "DYE.
THE Subferiber takes this method to
inform the Public, that he has
set up colouring deep blue, and has g±
the dye to work to good perfection—tho'r
who with for this colour, may be accom
modated therewith, within three weeks af
ter the cloth is delivered for dressing.—
All the other branches of cloth dressing,
carried on as usual, by the Public's hum
ble Servant.
RICHARD STRATTON.
Swanzag, Aug. z6tb, 1793.
At an APPRENTICE to the above busi
ness, an active Lad, from twelve to four
teen years of age, who can be well recom
mended.
<Y7 ANTED immediately a Smart ae-
YY tive LAD, to Serve as apprentice
to the Tanning and Carrying bulinefs.-t
For further particulars enquire of
WILLIAM LAMSON.
Kane, Aug. 27th, 1795.
Respectfully informs his fiietda
and the Public, that he has open
ed a Shop eppefite the Goal ir. Keene,
where he carries on the Goldsmith's airci
Jewellers business, in all its various bran
ches.—He makes and repairs Tankards,
Cans, Cream-pots, Table and Tea-
Spoons, Ladies and Gentlemen's fever
and plated Shoe, knee and bridle Buckles
—also, plated with hard folder, ail kinds
of Jewelry^—Engraving done in the neat
est manner. Those Ladies and Gentle
men who wish to favor him with their cus
tom, may depend on having their com
mands executed with fidelity and dispatch,
and the smallest favors greatfully acknow-,
ledged by the Public's very humble rr
vant.4
N. B. CASH, or any of the above
work, given for old Gold, Silver, Brafa
and Copper. —Wool, Flax and Grain will
be received in payment for work.
JOURNEYMEN SHOEMAKER^
WANTED immediately a journey
man Shoemaker, who is really a
good workman—to such an one will be
given conffant employ and good wages, by
DAVID SIMMONS.
Keent, Sept. 41b, 1793.
Keene, Sept, gd, 1793.
John J'. / &W,
GOLDSMITH and JEWELLER,
AN APPRENTICE WANTED.
7/ ar ^e/i-irhnerc
WANTED,
from Europe: