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The Hill of Parnajfus.
•• With fweeteß Flowers en'ic'/'J,
U From various Gordons culMd **>Ub Cart.
. ■
ff El G H-HOl f
Th Ladies figh, thy hem not why,
'Til not t_h> o' fia in or woe— >,
for whether glad, or ffhiether fda,
'•htya'rOJ.ys cry Ilc/j^i hoi
andg. am'tsar rule/
Tour mtn efftkools
Oft (|ry 1st info to/lew;
fut none dive could yet derive
% '''tailing of Heigh bo 1
A U» ; if "i , ■* ÿ. ; ' f '
Th- ) >js John, fain would meet hr fwoiit,
Nor foe her po int I no tu :
Wii hin rtis car, thus ht in fi hoar, \
Now whiffitre hm Heigh ho ! '
•
Sometimes di/lbe/b f at many gàeft)
Oce fvsn \kiHl btfloio ;
But oft the Mi/s, in hours of U'fs,
« ■ Will »tier no Heigh ho !
jts iey o'ertnuch is often furh, /
, maies our tears o'erf.ite #
douse with joyful noli ft
* v 133 Heigli-bo L
TTh married finir, devoid of ft
re.
( while mutual tri rffi rt, gl W.) ,
With pit after t Ip'oh, Jar words are wcr.i «
By echoing Hrigh-hoJ
Heigh h? mean's a word of fiiins,
0- jays that ove jt. w t 1 -
When 'aching sight, thc jfertl thought,-
Is hinted by Hei^h-i-.s !
i
. -, ....——i \ .
MifcelUnecus.
A Jhorf and curious Account of the
Tonn and Pi ogre/s of lhe Mus
QUE TOE. .j
Mdfquetocs ^'.joy fncccff.ve
Jy two kinds c. iif' , that appear
very c-^olite, but which are alfo
common to manv other infects.
It may be faid, they ere bom
i, an ! latterly are winged ipha
ant. of the air.—« The male may
be known am the female by the
plumes or. its head. Their time
of love if. geticraiiy when they arc
ifeen playing,in the air. The fe
ïv.aîe lays eggs on the furface of
ÏS.gnute.1 waters, lo «he number
of ÏOO to 35b, which flick to
get her with a kind of piminous
Jubftance, in form of a boat, with
u head and ftefil** the (mail end
. upwards. They appear like lit
tie foots of lampblack, or fmall
coals huddled together. From
the bottom of this egg, hatches
bu, , I«.., which iialong body
Without legs; the large head
hangs downwards, with thé tale
Tefting ön the furface of the wa
n- 1 ir Cl
t<*r, in IvhlCii ÎS a pipe and onian
of refpiration and four finf rm
aL FZr! fi - I ■ a
the *-ppolite ime. in tins ftatc It
Jeeds Oil final! animalculæ and
prals and then is vei-v fnri rlulsr
gra.S : an.l men IS \Ciy Ipnghtly,
-or on t.ie lealt agitation ot the
Wat<i , 'they cart inftantlv to the
l,,,.,,., s«.'. . -f
• ut «tre Obliged to rife
quickly to reCC've irefll air.
T hey remain in this flate two or
' .. , 1
three weeks, and. then change in
to the Chryfoli'ds, in which flate
rli^o ri,v i .iir na I r
they do sot cat. I neir pipes for
breathing are then transferred from
the tail to the head,
which je
piefent horns.
T hé tail is turned
Hinder quite to the head, like a
Jobfler.
They live
in this ft'lfe»
..Il t i*
) S , JlUl vvh< - a • iJt to leave
«lie watry c!e ut they burft
' their lhell on tne top of the head,
then get the two fore legs out and
begin to ifrefs, and liawl out the
hinder legs and wings. The fhell
now reprefent* a boat floating a -
boiit, and if roughly agitated by
'vmd on the lhaking of the water
taey are drowned, but if undif
Wings, ând fake lheir flight ; a
bandon the waters jto feek their
nourilh tient in the blood of ani
mais, and facarine fubftanc«.
The belt way to cure their bite,
is to wet the parts bitten with fal
*{,* r ,, c ,
l.V?a w« UCt*u if poljlblö rrool tne
itch of fcratching. Volatile Al
kali applied, is a remedy m this
as well as in the bite of Vipers.
Lçmon juice rubbed on our tkin,
if is faid, will prevent-mufquctocs
from being troublefome.
/f he following affli&ing anecdote
' is extraéled from a late Paris
• \ paper. •
, J- , - - ...
* f k e 'ß fbfrS . *) fa*™*
m
. bjJr'ori^i^SPl^Ljhe laß
Eiivôfe; injh/%rvetle JjZ&tfeli*
s*. ' I ri • L J I •
Gueule, (hip fwr ecke dat the entrance
if Bref?
Vt^Lyitlho h^d lontr been un mbabid^h
meith him two boys of fàttd a^rnS
J ^
years ff
to France to b€ educated.—;J?ifft
ike danger was riiotl immi/lent, this
tL-ho içere in a boat faflened by a rope
to the 'corvette, tota,s his Jons.'
Save my childrenhe cried out,
and 1floatl die contentedHe
ft / f j • » \
had no Joonerfati it, than the rope
which held the boat.broke. .Allhope
being now done, he prepared to die
. . y J ,1*1 j tl* ! r > 1
With hlS Ch/Lren. fie CiuJpCtl them
.
in hls arm : tbe bo F u ' e P l anJ
clung round their father. The cor
™tie funk, and buried in the deep
one b " nde,ed and f*'y fivtn vie -
tims 1 ,*
.
a'gricultcral. ,
,
t je "ft ff*»**»f p*ptts pub- ,
"ßjfd. by the Bath Agrjeulural Soci
f t'ftfifjsn, ls au reemmn.
dedtobe flamed: ^ndvrfead of cut
i!,! X ar & e ones t0 P^ eces f or f eed * n
l/:e u ! ual U !V' 10 P hmt fffe fmall
potatoes woich arr generally thrown
to tic hogs, face from them as fine
a crop can be obtained, as from eût
tings promt. ,, potatoes.
. ■ - -~= f=~c.
' Kuia b ttsrO, Given.
To the TR tlSTFES wf Ih. Pnou Hrut-'S
f f ' ' °
of the County of Ncwcafllc,
. - ,
. , ^ at * Meeting of the Bos»fl will ue
^ tlie Poor * H ^ l? f t » on thc rfa 7 . 0 ^
° ber Iicsct, at M. o'clock, A. M at which
'r e P lace « ,s hoped «he Truftet*. will
^i! Vf P ullAua * auendviic.. The Cofcdort of •
' ! a * f 0r ^' ewca,lle C T" y ' , are ■ ifo
notified, that the ad payment of the fum be.
came due the yt'u day of this inilart: It ia ho
^ d . ,ha ' thf y without delay, difchar fi «
the line ; and th Te who ar* m arrears for old
balances and 1 the firft quarter of the current
yiar the Brealurcr of the Bnard, need
» n 7 ««herindulgence. Altperfou.
liavmg ary legal demands agamil the Board for
fupplies furmihed either by the orders of the
3 , rn( l ef3 or b f order c f the Oveifeer of the
Hciifr, are requefled to render the fame for
feulement.
JOHN CROW, Sec.
An», sÿ, 1600 .
lawtd
Notice.
€ 3 * AU per funs indebted to the eft/tte of William
Dawfon, l ie of H'hiiedry,Creek Bundled, de -
eea/ed, are requßcd to make imme iate payment ;
thoft who hove any Deman > againf, faut
' dt ^ e ' oree d' e ' 110 fi re futt , m ,picfieilyaticjhd,
>ord ' nlcmcU ' i0
MICHAEL NAGLE.
Chrifliannt-Bridge,
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May 30, tfico
Role D'Equipage
For Sa'e—at the OJice of the Monitor.
Servants * Indentures,
be
Eight Dollars Retvari.
TRAYED or ftolen out of the pafluwof
0
David Higgins, nrar St. George's, on
Saturday night, the 6th inft. ,
A Dark BayJ-forfe,
ty*«* 4 liKand^high, rifiag vwe
Tcan old, with a twitched tail, very much
rat'hammcJ, and hit main cut away for the
collar and bridle ; a natursl pacer ; bad on
, tkei J ^ h / fc> and ffcurc| h;mj fa that
the owner mar get him again, fhail receive tile
above reward and if brought home io tbe
e wrier living on Peach Cr ek, in Back Creek
Hundred, ail reafonableychdjgt. fhali be paid •'
by the fubferiber.
ADAM WALLACE.
Peach CretS, Sef t. 14, 1800.'
41
To.be Let,
far à term of yfsrs, and to be Entered on. or
Pojfßon given on the gab day bf March neat,
. _v '
tû- That rich and w II hwwn t.aB of land
called, LEWD EN ISLAND, U Niue,file
<mdj.ue of.Dchw tv* J contain ng SCO
• Hpjf* , d/hr'l'irhdoa,*4dJ>a;sh nrir/h and me a*
jßxgg^TMoM^gralo/ilie r-m jd*tr good nraMrtMW*
croft of
%M$Trn, ZullWhid,. JgeZfc'&r
•> « &pfh ifreM
hr ■rrcjmg.M^, ■ufhe reon Ur r- aumitörff
ft M
ceavrnicnt lo n; b s\ 'vis. n'oVtwo mfcfßr
Nvueßle for from Wilnun^on and \ffom
Iheeity or Philadelphia ; ctfti as there is a publie
I a nl /Or f >u f/,,
tb'mjtbf 'faid land and
rni
farm it evoa.V
tvs very emven ent and mirait
eikdtu i;,„ti afjkck A to, W ,ff
faidlflml. G. oa-.c? sualith. Of W'i yearly mad*
'
\ a !>> • F'."'. w -' ,% h r a(i ' ■
ie.niiren'Ptft ;* tràtijù lie ' ac^ofs ! 9 Sewtott end
f
,b f u; r, a ,A:g „ t ,hbo, hJ. m l for which
the 'e is gs et demand. On she prtmifes tisire a
re a
S'i/fff'y hicl.hcufe.anUischm. a good
weft of Unit r at the clj9r t ba r n, /I bits* atsd other
ca. .j ujt fwtabte jo - a form ; the whole of the
pmifes und impf cv. mente being commoi ièctfly fins
aud on the tanks of the lifer Sr c e k Chrtjltaha,
whereon is a I ,n:lipg plaet 'vf a clear, g amt!yjbare,
where hay i-nd fit other fi educe m y let ft y etr.
tied.and trprffio ted ly nv .ter l the city of Phil
ladeiphis, or elf where Any. perfon Inclinable to
. rent the aforefaid lam! id.firemjfes ,. may know the
terms, by applying tu '.he fulfil tier, dinner of faid
lands andtircmif s, now lefiling th
reon.
JOHN LEWDEN.
iff ft, AW.
't'i
,
Sale at Venduei
*-+££*£*
}j.
TjV virtue of an order o. ihcOrphaaV Court,'
-»-5 W the tod c«m ty of Nnvcaftjc, ««-ill be
$ /otVd»^/sVpSbeHnft!."V, at/."dock
w afuTDoioi>, on ti.e prcmifti, a certain
Plantation,
Ör traftof.land fitim-d io the hundred of
from Staunton, to from Wiimingior, a ,d a.
boU ' ° lie fr . 01 " a h'mr.kiln, in the county of
«StSj' tt£f
Phillips, *nd iliomns Michael, an I containing
byci.mpuutisnonchundicdacre», bethefam*
move or dc fa, u itli two » . ITuagcs or lemm-mi
the« 0 „ f r e aed s one of which®. » largiL.
red log.buildijn^ f calculated fur a laver«, with
two rooms on the lo jver 1Î »or, and three on the
f- £0 „ d , , be l,tt c r all priva, c> will, convoient
fire-places and light; alfo a kitchen ndjvini.ig,
• and a good wel nf water at the door ; a frame
n,,,>l e- w '' tl * Iked, fufficim for four teams
of hoi fit* ; like life, a never fai!, V »ream of
water run. near the aforef.id (hed<, and arr all
copyenient to thehoufr, which is at prefer
occupied as a tavern.—I: is pr noted <o di
vide thé faidpren.ifct, and fell the uvern-houfe
and feven or eight ceres of la .d, as will he
moft advaatageous; ihèjren.ainderorYtfidueof
the farm, on which there is a large log houfr,
with three rooms on tbe lower finir, with fire«
places in each, and three on the fécond, riiçrc
11 fpring of water convenient to tbe door,
with a large log.barn, and grod apple.uichard.
The chared land ia of a good quality, with a
pr portion of meadow, ft'd more may be made;
with the commerce of. water.-Being thé
real eftste of Steplif'a Foulk, and to be fold
f»r the payment of his debts.
Attendance wilt be given, and the terms of
fair made known, at the time Bad plaee afore
faid, by
HAnTiaH rOULK, Admr's.
and •
WIILTAM FOULK, Adm'r,
Cf the faid deceafed, or his Attorney.
By order of the Orphan's.Gc
t,
John \ /.h, Cik. ,,,
.
Newcaftle.
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tdq'"
.dfl
43
Sept, i, t8oo
Commissaries bonds (ft Ivorrants.
CÛ* Tbe Commlffaries of Military Stores
throughout «the State of Delaware, may now
be fUtmlhed with Blank So ldi and Warrants.
mç:
Wa LL À. S%KÇ^T
ORE*/
*• % H
Primitive Chnßianity .
■/■
T -, An itttereftir.g-Wmk,
Es p*«'^«. wo,fHip„n*rpi; n e,
and Manner. ; as it appeared in ti e J nreb
at Jcrulaiera, :n the Mm« of the Apoftlc« t
. ! . Alfo, 1 '
On the Epiftle to the Church at Sardii, And
on the Fail hin! in the Day» of I&lachi,
Ini<pfpcrfcd with a ■'
Note., Rrflefti na and AddrefTee, wttj, * View
to awaken a booming Zr»| f or ,h e Coma j.
mon of Saints, in Order, and Love.
•'
By the Li* Reverend Benjamin walls a, of
» s England.
Arid now fhbmitted to the FrieAd» of Piety*
By JOHN BOGGS, Jun. 3
- „. -, r , C°n»itiOns.
/ h * J Vor,i , wiil contai« .nearly Knur Hun
dred Page, l.rge Oaavo—printed en fi»,
tt ® 4 T 7 j # T ' anJ ncw T N' e -
1 ,, be ■®? l ; wre 'l t0 SuhCsiber*, neatly
fe£ c * n n ^ et p' r '' d r, V °"' \
- ^ tl* «Payment retjuned p? Dai t
of the V-, in, ne. / '
IÎI * An r Perfon;. ; ho rubfctibes f< nr pro
C "|' M f wdye s ^errpvie,«., bcin , aitount*
able therefor, flijll receive A Thirteenth Copy
ü 5 ^ kr , J.,L
dr~ * "L **■! rÇA> Pref*, at.foaa ««
F r, gfc^^iWcnbe» are obtained.
' " *f«mea will beprefixed, i-'.pha
*'" 1 ^» «En«».««« .if the
mir
Amerh:an £d,Uon of Wah%M,*«tveei, >
ftj* If a defîre.ta promote the Caufe of Re
I gion, and acNartce ilje declining infereS of
Piety and Vjitne in the world, , may be eftoeai.
ed a laudable'ambiiion, and worthy the patro
nage of a difeerning jsubic-— the Editor fi liter»
himfelf that this W. ik vviit mo't with an ess*
couraging reception. At the pr f it perir.l it
is peculiarly •' .'^sfa.y a* yov * .»41 tit". giant
growth nf lnjileliry —and to awaken even the
profefifcd v taries of the Religion of Jesus,
iiojji.that fla>e of lukewarm .tfs and ind ilencej
which is ft ir.tmi.cai tfl'the honour oPrhe Re
de mer, asd iutoufiftent with- the Chrikiao
charafler.
*.* Subfcriptions for the above Vv .»rk wiK
be thanklu iy received bv thé Pnls'ifhrr, at
yViimington; alfo, at tbe Çfficeof The Monitorl
May *4.
3miaai
■ Twenty Dollars Reward.
W AS STOLEN from the fuferibtr,
or. iru d r; r nighr, the gd inSaot,
A Sorrel Horfe,
With a biais in Ins Lee, eleven or twelve year,
old. and about fi teen hands high : he trots ti
canters altogether, »(id is remarkably dull both
under tlie faddle and '
in gears. Alfa, a coni'.
fstk
Roan Martv,
With a thick mane and tail, fired befo- ?, feven
year« old lift fpring, ard about foutteen and •
half bands high ; file, alfo, trots and canters
ah gethcr, and is both r.'ugh and dull.
It is fuppnfed they weie'Soleu by fome Nei
(trocs who i an away from this neighbourhood
about the fame time, and if fo, it it likely they
have taken thee, to Dtlawsre. I will g ve the
above reward ts any perfon who will fecit e the
tbe faid Horfe, (if taken up out of this ftate)
fo that T get tlem a^tin, and reafonabls charge«
if delivered at my hr-uf —or Tt a Dollars for
eithei : But if taken up in ctris flate, 1 en D. L
lars for both, sr Fi v e Dollars for either, and
reafcnable charges, if delivered at my houle.
JOHN, RUTH.
Hillfhorough, Carofihe County,
f
State of Maryland, Augufl
44
e ')
8 , 1800.
20 Dollars R«ward.
Câk STOLEN, from the pafture <*f the
fnbfciibcr, living in Mill-Creek Hundred, New
cartle County, (Dpi.) Bear the Lançaftcr rond,
oa the night of Wcdnefday laft, the 13th iafl.
A Bright Bay Horfe,
Ah tit tyi hands high, J • ears old laft fpring,
has a fnall white fpot in bis rurebead, and a
lump or fweliing under each jaw, occafijned by
the diflempcr, and a remarkable lump oh hit
face, a little hrlow hi; eye?. Wbofocver will
bring borne the horfe,- or inform me Where I
fhail find him, full receive Ten Dollars; and
for the horfe and thief, the abnvt reward.
SAMUEL LINDiSAY.
Aug. 16
44
■ \
War Department.
Anguß ^th, l8c®.
The commanding Officers of Corps, detach/
ports, ganifons, and recruiting parties,
meute,
belonging to tbe miiitary ettabliftiment of the
United State", are to report t», antf Tcceive
Older- from Brigadier General Wiikinfon, its
the City of Walhid "ton, and all officers ou
furlough are to report themfelves 10 the fame
officer with ail poflible difpatch.
SAMUEL DEXTER.
Seer, my of War.
t£y- All Printers within the United State»
win* have pnfeliflled invitations for contrails of } ,
t!;e 1 ith of March laft are requefled to infect , J 0