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WHITHER, oh whither (hall I flee
from thee,
Who art the great the omnipresent God ?
Shall I break thro' the clouds and reach
the place,
Where Angels and Archangels dwell in
poser
Os night & day, therefore must each to thee
Appear alike. h
Impress this tho'tupon my heart, O God!
That whensoever I may do amiss,
Thine omnipresence may affect my foul,
And fill mine eyes with penitential tears.
Or if thy providence Ihould frown upon
the just endeavours of my honest hands,
I may receive it with a calm submission,
Because thou feeft what is best and fitteft
To wean me from this vain, this nattering
world,
And fix my thoughts on things fubfiantial.
Iff with hasty steps move far from hence
And dwell upon the billows of the sea,
I mould be near to thee ; thine hand unseen
Would lead me on ; thy providence fuppiy
My ev'ry want; thine own right hand
would hold me.
If Vainly I imagine that midnight,
With all its fable darkness will conceal
This body from the fight of the great
were vain,
I should appear as the lamp of day,
In its meridian, I had its golden beams
Around me. Thou art the great creator
Os this vali globe ; thou art the wife dis-
peace,
Free from the toil, the labour and fatigue
Ofmortals here below,and pleasure reigns
Without allay ? The harmony and order
Ofthefe celestial realms, these blessed pains
Declare, in language quite intelligible,
" The Lord of Lords, the King of Kings
dwells here."
If I pass thro' the solemn gates of death,
And take a profped of the lower regions,
There also thou art found.
judge,
Soon should I find that all my thoughts
The PROMPTER.—No. 14.
From the Connecticut Courrant.
Come, ice'll take the t'other Jip.
THE grog drinker is not the only
man who takes the t'other sip. The
drone, the sluggard opehs his eyes upon
the morning daWh—he stretches- rolls
over--gapes—feels drowsy--says it is time
enough yet—hugs the pillow, and takes
the t'other sip. He naps away a preci
ous hour or two, when he might have
earned his breakfaft.
The gamester takes a hand at Whitt in
the evening—a hand or two can do no
harm—it is an amusement—a quarter of
a dollar a corner is a trifle—his mind is
engaged—if he has loft a game, he must
play another to win —if he has won, he
hopes to win again—he must take t'other
sip—and the t'oher—and the t'other—
the bell rings nine o'clock—but one more
hand can do no harm—who would go to
bed with the chickens ? The clock grikes
twelve —but one more hand and I posi
tively go—the clock strikes Me —he starts
damns his luck— but the next evening
he'll take another sip—he swears he'll
recover what he has loft—he marches
home, when not an animal should be
awake, but owls and rats and thieves.
The poor man, with a score of bare
footed children, breadlefs and naked;
works hard for a little meat to silence the
demands of hunger, and a little wood to
warm their naked limbs. But there is a
Lottery — a prize of a thousand dollars!
Not two blanks to a prize! f yes one prize
that is worth having, among,ine thoufand
tickets ! Glorious chance ! nine thousand
to one against him ! But a ticket he must
have. Four or five days labor, the sub
sistence of several days must be bartered
for a ticket ! Nine thousand to one against
him! Is this all! No, no. Heis anxious
for good fortune —he must stand by and
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SEAT of the MUSES.
CX3OM3
GOD OMNIPRESENT.
From Psalm CXXXIX. 7. 12.
MISCELLANY.
fee the drawing—a week more Toft—time
is money—the price of a ticket is two
dollars,and it costs him four.—The wheel
of fortune rolls and rolls and rolls him
up a BLANK. But like the grog
drinker who takes the t'other fp, he must
try his luck again. Luckless man \ nine
thousand to one is odds ageinft him. One
certainty is better than a thousand Lotte
ries, where fotr.e thousand: of probabilities
are againit a man.
But mult we difeburage Lotteries,when
public utility is their object? No. Let
every one buy tickets, who is able to pay
a tax to the amount of the price.
Suppose a poor man saves enough out
of his usual grog expences to buy a ticket.
This is very well-—but it would be better
to save the money to buy bread and a
pair of shoes for a ihoelefs boy.
When you fee a man quitting a good
farm and a large house half covered to go
into some little cottage in the wilderness,
don't you conclude that at his firft setting
out in the world, I INTEND TO was
his undoing.
Why are so many complaining of their
debts to merchants and others ?—1 IN
TEND TO was their bane. At the time
they contrasted those debts, they had no
thing to spare to make payment ; yet they
had a plan in their minds, which they
imagined would enable them eafilv to pay
their debts—This goddess I INTEND
TO, hath such an alluring visor to spread
over real impossibilities, as to make them
appear easily attainable.
What call Lucifer down from his feat
qf bliss? Was it not this? I INTEND
TO be as high as the.Higheft.
What cast our firft Parents out of their
happy state in Eden? Was it not this?
We INTEND TO be as Gods.
What hinders the vicious from forfak
ing his way but this—l INTEND TO
amend hereafter and die happy.
From what has been said, we may learn
the folly of neglecting our present fitua
tioh, and the things which more immedi
ately concern us, to grasp after those glit
tering clouds which dance on yonder
fide the gulph of uncertainty.
WHATEVER the Prompter or others
may think about not working it
right, or, it will do for the prefect-—
we muff conclude that 1 INTEND TO
is that bitter root from which springs all
mifeendud in family, church or state.
If you fee a man who thinks heisa
bufed by his neighbour, going to ad At
torney, don't you conclude that I IN
TEND TO havc fatisfa&ion, will be his
ruin.
Public Vendue.
ON Tuefday the 26th of
April next, at 3 o'clock,
~ M. at the Town-House in
Exeter, the EXCISE in the
county of Rockingham, from
the ift day of October, 1790,
to the firft day of January,
1791, will he fold at Public
Vendue, agreeable to a Re
solve of the General Court.
Nat. Rogers, 7Q,
Ephm Robinson, J
March 29th, 1791., „
tyHereas John Brown, of
V V Hampftead, in the county of Rock
ham,has in his possession a Note of Hand,
signed by me the fubferiber, which he
unfairly obtained, for the sum of Four
Pounds Ten Shillings, dated Nov. Ift,
1788 —This is to caution all persons a
gainst purchasing said Note, for I am
determined never to pay said sum or any
part thereof. CALEB WEBSTER.
Hampftead, Dec. 27th, 1790.
^ WANTED,
A N apprentice to the Bar
her's Bufmefs. —An adive, Ready
Lad, about 14 years old, who can be
well recommended, will be preferred.—
Enquire at the fa, of
Williams & Randel.
Exeter, April 6, 1791.
A few copies Rofs' Latin
Grammar, corroded by Burr, ^c. ma,
be had at the Printing-Office, Exeter.
FROM THE WESTERN STAR.
I INTEND TO.
THE fubferiber begs leave
to inform the Public, That he car
ries on CLOCK-MAKING, at his shop
in Exete. As he has done temething at
the Business for several years past, he
now flatters himfelf of having a thorough
knowledge of it—and while he is endea
vouring to promote so ufeful an Art, he
requells the particular encouragement
of his Friends and Cufiomers.
A Dw^lling-hotife, with half
4 ' an acre of Land adjoining, now in
the occupation of Mr. Joseph Lanfn,jr.
About five acres of Land on
the northwcllcrly fide cf the main road,
between the Meeting-houses, which, for
the convenience of purchasers, will be
fold in several lots.
t^Cafc and the highest price
given for Old BRASS.
BENJA. CLARK GILMAN.
Ahrf 8, 1791.
ture Land, at the Neck (so called) and
known by the name of Coffin's Pasture.
tgCONDIF IONS will be made known
at the Time ana Place of Sale.
For further particulars enquire of —
— ATKINS TYNG
Newbury-Port, March 4th, 1791.
TO COVER;
On Wednesday the fourth day of
May next, at eleven o'clock in the fere
noon, will be Sold to the highest bidder,
er Lamson'j Tavern, in Exeter, A.
Flams(hire, (if not previous, atjfcefd of
at Private Sale) the following Parcels
of Real Efate, in said Exeter, late the
Property of Patrick Tract, Efa.
deceased, viz,—
That beautiful and well-approved Young
HORSE, The
AT EIGHTEEN SHILLINGS FOR THE
)} S^RAYEDor
„CTh=fflrffy?l "stolen from me the
'I fubferiber, on Thurf
-1"X " e 2 4'h instant,
{% I% near the house of Mr.
&t^4 Benjamin Nudd,
in Pittsfield, A Grey MARE, about 15
years old, (with a Saddle and Bridle)
having a bunch on one of her sides.
Whoever will take up the thief or thieves
so that he or they may be brought to jus
tice and the Mare recovered (if flolen)
shall receive the above reward—or the
Mare and saddle and bridle, ffiall have
Four Dollars Reward.
JOSEPH SMITH.
Loudon, March 30th, 1791.
Those who with to purchase
either large or (mall Eight-day CLOCKS
or TIME-PIECES, may depend on hav
ing them warranted to be well made and
keep regular Time. The price will be
reasonable, and payment made easy to
purchasers, either in Case, Country Pro
duce or Foreign Articles.
moves gracefully,
and from the excellent quality of his
Colts, he needs no further recommenda
tion. He will be kept constantly at the
little Village, in Deerfield, as ufual—
where, also—
Good Paftuting may be had
for Mares, at four fallings per month.
Deerfield, March 21st, 1791.
CLOCKS.
R AN away from the
1A fubferiber, the 25th March,
tfl an indented apprentice boy,
I f\ named fofeph Eaton, in the
,Llct 18th year of his age, is a stout,
thickiec fellow—h^d on when he went a
way a grey, homespun jacket & breeches.
Whoever will return said boy to me, free
from charges, (ball receive the above re
ward, All persons are forbid harbour
ing, tru Ring or employing said boy as
they would avoid the penalty of the law.
ABRAHAM FRENCH.
Kingflowon, April 4, 1791.
Lands for Sale at Vendue.
About eighty acres of Pas-
One Shilling Reward.
'Jen Dollars Reward.
SEASON,
REIN DEER.
HE will be four
years old next
June, is full blood
ed—of a genteel
size and figure—
Congress finding the trccps in canal ser
vice insufficient for the proie6ion cf the
Weftern Frontiers of the Country, have
ordered another regiment to l e railed for
the purpose, and cffgnfd ore company
to this state, to the ccrmand of which
the fubferiber has the honour to be ap
pointed,,
The term for which the non-cemmiffi
oned officers and ptivacs are to be erlift
ed, is three years, unless feeder diicharg
ed. They mull be healthy, rebuff, and,
in every refped, four? mer—and not
Jess than five feet fix inches in heighth,
without shoes. These who are defrous
of serving their country in this honorable
employment, are requeued to call on the
fupferiber, in Exeter, (the piece of ren
dezvous) where good proiificns % ill bt
issued for their fopport and convenient
barracks provided for 'heir accemmodae
tion. A bounty of fix dollars will be
given every man. As the funds of the
United States are on such a rcfpedable
footing as to insure a punctual, payment
of the wages Ripulated, and a cenftant
Supply of eloathing, previsions, &c, it is
expected a fefficient number of young
men, of refpe&able characters, will im
mediately appear to compleat the com
pany. Such enterprizing persons as
have long had an inclination to explore
the Weftern country, with a view cf be
coming settlers, should they find a place
to their mind, may now have an oppor
tunity of obtaining all the knowledge
concerning it they can desire, without
any expence; and they are particularly
invited to embrace it. For further in
formation on the fubjed, apply to
JONA. CASS, Commanding
[Officer of said company.
Exeter, March 22d, 1791.
- THIS'DAY
Publifted, and read, for Sale;
at the Printing-Office in Exeter,
Divine Hymns, or Spiritual
Songs, for the n/e cf Religious As
semblies and Private Christians.
By Joshua Smith, —Baptist Preacher.
^Sulfcrihers are requeued to fad for
their Books immediately. April IJl,== _
Spelling-Books
am Writing-Paper,exchanged
for clean Linen and Cotton.
Rags at this_Office.
nLANKSTof various kinds,
for sale at this Office.
To the enterprising Young Men
cf Naw-Ham,fl.ire.
A N opportunity is now pre-
I ^ fen ed of becoming acquainted with
that celebrated Western Country.
which the Poet had in view in the fol
lowing lines—^
'Let's rife ^g° where happier climes invite,
'Thro' midland feat ana regions of delight ;
'Where Jair OHIO rolls ho an ler tide,
'Ana NATURE BLOSSOMS in her VIRGIN
WHEREAS the Legislature
of ; said State, by an A& passed
the 16th day of February, 1791, did in
corporate the following Physicians into
a Body Politic and Corpcrate, by the
name of THE NEWH AM PSHIRE ME
DICAL SOCIETY,viz. Jcsiah Bart
lett, Joshua Bracket, Ammi Ru
hami Cutter, Hall Jackson, Na
thaniel Pl abody, William Page,
Moses Carr, James Brackett,
John Rogers, John Jackson, Ezra
Green, Ebenezer Rockwood, Wil
liam Cogswell, Kendal Osgood,
George Sparhawk, William Pa
rker, Samuel Tenney, Benjamin
Page and Isaac Thom ; and that they
and their successors, and such other per
sons as shall be elected in the manner by
said a& dire&ed, shall be and continue a
Body Politic and Corporate by the fame
name forever. And the fubferiber being
autborifed and direßcd to fix the time
and place for holding tie firft Meeting
of said society—This is to gi^ public
notice, that I have appointed Wedref
day the fourth day of May next, a' ten
o'clock, A. M. at the houie of Benja
min Lamfon, innholder in Exeter, in the
county of Rockingham, as the time and
place for holding their firft P/eetirf —
and the fellows are c'cfired to give their
attendance accordingly.
JOSIAH BARTLETT.
March 28, 1701.
State of New- Ham,fl.be.
PRIDE.'