The Newhampshire gazetteer — Exeter, N.H., 1792-03-28 00:00:00, page 4

"SEAT of the MUSES.
From the Pennsylvania Gazette.
FrtoJj Hall Selz ßß't;''*
[I XMane of the people c^lledR riends,
and although not accuflomed to warfare
in an, Jhapo whatever , yet ~ben 1 per
ceive a diffofaien prevailing tofndfau.^
with all public measures, particularly
those relating to the defence of ourfron
fars, when I obfeve an alnof general
poffion among the political writers '°'"'
minate Heads of Departments and Mi
nisters, /am conf raised to idake feme
HP 1 ) -.,
'tie true, that in every free country,
fueb as this is, a fair, bone, and open
difeuffion of public men and of public mea
fares is not only deferable, but highly lau
dable; but when one man /hallflep forth
and fay,—an Indian war is totally un
neceffary—another,—that left than 6000
men will not do, to answer the purposes
of defence ;—a third,—that at Prefq'-
isle, Gayahoga, and the mouth ofMia
mi,,rcng po,s mu, be eftablifbed ;—
others roundly assert, that all the, sys
tems are erroneous, and that nothing will
do but a decisive blow again, tbeßriti,
feoffs oh theLakehtbefe being considered at
the very root froth whence tbe huar
originates ;—I fay, this contrariety of
sentiment puzzles me much, and induces
me to believe that the following fable
And moral growing out thereof, will
free,el, suit the present times, and
serve at a tolerable re,l, in behalf of
tb, in the admini, ration.]
A COUNTRY fellow,and his Son,
they tell,
In modern Fables, had in Ass to fell :
For this intent they turn'd it out to play
And fed so well,that by the defin'd day
They bra't the Creature into fleck
repair,
And drove it gently to a rieighb'ririg
Fair.
As they write jogging on,a rural.cUfs
Was hear'dtb fay—Look! look there,at
that A' 3 !
Arid those twoßlockheads,trudging on
each fide,
That have not, either of 'em. sense to
ride—•
Asses all three !—and thus the country
folks
OaMan&Boy,began to cut theirjokes.
Th' old Fellow minded nothing that
they said.
But ei'ry wbrd stuck in the young one's
head;
Arid thus began their comment there
upon-^
Ne'er heed 'm, Lad-Nay Father, do
get on.— —
Not I, indeed—why then; let me, I
pray—
Well do ; & fee wliat pratting tongues
will fay.
The Boy was mounted ; and they had
not get
Much farther on,before another Knot,
Just as the Ass was pacing by, pad pad.
Cried, —O! that lazy looby of a Lad!
How unconcernedly the gapingßrute
Let's the poor aged Fellow walk a foot,
Down camri theSon,on hearing this ac
count,
And begg'd,and pfray'd, and made his
Father mount ;
'Till a third party,on a further stretch,
See! fee! exclaim'd,that old hard heart
ed wretch !
How like ajuftice there he fits,orSquire
While the poor Lad keeps wading thro'
the mire.
Stop,cry'd the Lad still deeper vex'd
in mind,
Stop, Father, fop; let me get on behind,
Thus done, they tho't they certainly
Should pledfe.
[Escape reproaches,and be both at case;
IFor having try'd each practicable way,
What could be left for jokers now to
fay#
Still disappointed,by succeeding tone
Hark ye you Fellows ! Is that Ass your
otfn?
Get off,for Ihame! or one of you at least
You both deserve to carry the poor
Beall, #
Ready to drop down dead upon the road
With such a huge,unconfcionable load.
On this they both dismounted ; and
some fay,
Contriv'd to carry,like a truG of hay,
TheAfs between 'em; Prints,they add
are seen,
With Man and Lad, and flinging Ass
between:
Others omit that Fancy in the Print,
A's over draining an ingenious Hint.
The Copy that we fellow fays thei
Man,
Rubb'd down the Ass, and took to his
Walk'd to the Fair, and fold him,got
vhis price, .
And gave his Son this pertinent Ad
vice: 1
From a London Paper.
A DROLL ACCIDENT.
AS Mr. John Leith, auctioneer at
Chatham,England,was felling
by auction the houfhold goods& furni
ture of Mr. Compton,at the juncture
when Mr. Leith was putting up a
small lot, which he said was going
for three (hillings and three pence —
" Going ladies and gentleman, just
a going !"—at that very instant the
floor of the room and stair-case gave
way, about 50 or 60 people fell into
the cellar, accompanied by Mr.
Leith and his pulpit. The alarm
was very great, and aggravated by the
cries of the fair sex prefect.—Happi
ly no lived were loft, but many were
much bruised, &c.
IT is with our understandings as
with our eyes ; both have their
my fteries, both have objefts beyond
their reach ; some accidentally, some
absolutely. We fee not those objeds
that are placed in an obfeure light,
because there is a defeat in the me
dium ; we fee not those that are ves
ted with too much light, because
there is a weakness in the sensory,
unable to sustain such strong impres
sions. Thus it is with the obje&s of*
our understanding ; some things we
know hot for want of being duly in
formed. Salvation was a mystery to
the Gentiles but ceased so to be,
when revealed by the Gospel. O
ther things we know not, because
they exceed the measure of our com
prehension. Thus foute articles of our
faith are such myfteries,as by no reve
lation can cease to be so. They must
be mysteries while men are men ;
while yet unblessed with powers that
are not indulged to this imperfed
state. As it is bold and vain, so,
perhaps, it has ever been prejudicial
to the truth, to labour at rational
evictions of sacred mysteries ; for
by these means, men attempt to com,
prehend the divine nature, by put
ting it under some injurious disguise ;
as we venture to gaze at the fun, af
ter we have watched it in a cloud.
at firft
From Man, why are they now the
faire, dust ?
ANSWER.
The cause of this it's easy to explore,
They only are the GOLD, and we
,the Ore.
QUESTION.
Since Women's bodies were deriv'd
ON THE FEMALE SEX.
" Let Talkers talk ; flick thou to what
is be,;
"To think of plea,ng all —is all a
' 7^" £
From 4 London Magazine.
MYSTERIES.
From a London Magazine.
GRANDEUR of SOUL.
AN inward grandeur of foul
is the common centre from
whence every ray of sublimity, either
in thought or adion, or difeourfe,
is darted oat: for all minds are no
more of the fame complexion than
all bodies of the fame texture. In
the latter case our eyes would only
meet with the fame uniformity of
colour in every object : in the for
mer, we should be all orators or po
ets, all philosophers, or all block
heads. This would break in upon
the beautiful and ufeful variety, with
which the Author of Nature has a
dorned ihe rational as well as the
material creation. There is in eve
ry mind a tendency,though, perhaps,
differently inclined, to what is
great and excellent. Happy they
who know their own peculiar bent,
who have been bleltwith opportuni
ties of giving it the proper culture
and poliffi, and are not cramped or
retrained in the liberty of Brewing
and declaring it to others ! There
are many fortunate; concurrences
without which we cannot attian to
any quickness of taste or relish for the
sublime.•
~rHE Ecclesiastical Con
% vention of the State of New-
Hampshire, are hereby notified, that
their next annual meeting will be hol
den atDover,in the county ofStrafford,
on the firft Wednesday of June next,
when a sermon will be delivered by
the Rev. Mr. Farrar.
By order,
ISRAEL EVANS, Clerk.
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EccleJiaflicalConvention.
When a writer applies to the more
tender passions of love and pity,
when a fptaker endeavours to engage
our affections or gain our esteem, he
may succeed well, though there be
nothing grand in what he fays.
Nay.grandeur would sometimes be
unseasonable in such cafes,as it strikes
always at the imagination.
There is a deal of this fort of pa
thetic in the words of our Saviour to
the poor Jews, who were imposed
upon and deluded into fatal errors by
the Scribes and Pharisees, who had
long been guilty of the heaviest op
pre fions on the minds of the people.
Matt. xi. 28—30. " Comeunto me,
all ye that labour arid are heavy la
den and I will give you rest. Take
my yoke upon you and learn of me,
for iam meek and lowly in heart,
and you ihall find rest unto your
fouls ; for my yoke is easy, arid my
burden is light."
. There is a continued strain of
this fort of pathetic, in St. Paul's
farewell speech to the Ephesian El
ders in afts xx. What effect it had
upon his audience is plain from ver.
36 —38. It is scarcely possible to
read it lerioufly without tears.
Apathetic.
THE pathetic, without grandeur,
ris preferable to that which is
great without passion. Whenever bo;h
meet, the passive will be excellent ;
and there is more of this in the book
of Job, than in any other compositi
on in the,world. ^ \ r .
ALL persons indebted to,
or that have any demands against
the Estate of JOHN JAMESON,Iate
of Windham, deceased, are hereby
desired to exhibit their accounts to the
(übferiber in order for a speedy settle
ment. #
John DiNSMOOR,jr. Exec'r.
Windham, Feb. 28, 1792.
(°ASH,or Writing-Paper,
given for clean Linen,or Cotton,
and Linen RAGS, at this Office.
Enter, 'Jan. 1792.
Publication
THE Commiflioners, ap
pointed by the Hon. Oliver
Peabody, Esq. Judge of the Probate
of Wills (or the County of Rocking
ham, to receive and examine the
claims of the Creditors to the estate of
DUDLEY BECKETT,,of Exeter,
cordwainer deceased, represented in
solvent—Give notice that they will
attend that business at the house of
Col. ElipHalet Giddings, on
the left Monday of the present and
four following Months,from two co fix
o'clock in the afternoon of said days.
Exeter, March 1792. _____
By the JubJeriber, by Public
Auction, at the house of Col. Elipha
let Giddinge, in Exeter, on tVeanef
day the zßtb in,, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
A VALUABLE piece of
Failure & wood Land in Exeter,
containing about 36 Acres, adjoining
to land occupied by Mr. Lakeman, and
to land owned by Mr. Benja- .Lamton.
YX7E the fubferibers being
appointed, by the Honorable
Judge of Probate for the County of
Rockingham, tq feceive and examine
the claims of the federal creditors to
the Estate cf ABIGAIL ODLINJkie
of Exeter, in said county, Widow, de
ceased, represented insolvent—hereby
give notice that we will attend upon
that bu ficefs at the house GfDrJFilli
am Parker, on the la# Monday of this
and the five following months, from
3 to 6 o'clock, P. M.
JOHN HAVEN,
SAMUEL TENNEY,
WILLIAM PARKER,jr.
Exeter, March 20, 1791. -
Aljo, one undivided Right
of Land in the Townihip of Gratton,
in the county of Grafton.
A1f0, 38 Acres of Land in
Canterbury, Lot N°° 6S in the 4^
Division./
OF THE
State of Newhampshire,
agreed to by th E CONVENTI
ON OF SAID STATE, AND SUB
MITTED TO THE PEOPLE
THEREOF FOR THEIR
APPROBATOIN,
Exeter, Mtrcb 21. 1792.
B, the printer hereof, and so be fold at
bis office, a fro copies of
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^ljo,a. well finidied Store,
with a quality of Rocks under the
fame,flanding near the house of fojepb
Pearson, Esq/ in Exeter, being the
property of Mrs. MehitabelGt d.
DINGE..'
0 Conditions of Sale to be known at
time and place of Sale.
;Ephraim Robinson.
Exeter, March 16, 1792.
CONSTITUTION
IN ADDITION TOANDAMENDMENT
By Mess. George &Joh n Osborne,
And for sale at this Office,
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WRITINGS AGAI NST ALTERATIONS
PROPOSED.IN THE
CONVENTION, -
TO BE MADE IN THE
JUDICIARY SYSTEM. r
By a Member of the Convention.
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ITArious kinds of Writing
V Paper, made at the Paper-Mill
in Andover, to be fold at this Office;
by the Ream or Quire. Also, —,
Foelfcap Printing, and a few Reams
of Casing. Enter, 1792.
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