The Connecticut courant, and the weekly intelligencer — Hartford [Conn.], 1778-05-12 00:00:00, page 4

DateOdOLUM RELESARTO.
AS late I travell'd o'er the plain,
About the close of day
I chanc'd to wander in a lane,
A jane of mire and clay.
'Twas there a dirty drab I saw,
All seated on the ground
With oa':en ftaff and hat of straw,
And Tatters hanging round.
At my approach she heaved a sigh,
And due obeyfance paid;
First wip'd a tear from either eye,
Then her petition made.
" A Wretch forlorn kind Sir you fee,
That begs from door to door —
Oh, 'flop and give, for charity,
A Penny to the Poor !
Tho' now intatters I appear,
Yet know the time has been
When I partook the world's good cheat,
And better days have seen."
Proceed, said I, whilU I attend
The story ofthy woe
Proceed, and charity shall lend
Some help before I go.
<< If blooming honors men delight,
If charms in wealth they fee ;
My Fame once foar'd a glorious height;
And who more rich then me ? .
Of sons and daughter I can boat!
A long illustrious li^e;
Offetvants could command a host, 4
For large domains were mine.
But George, ray youngest faith'lefs boy,
Hath all :„ powers o'er thrown,
And in the very beds of ioy
The feeds of farrow sown.
He thirsting for supreme command.
Contemn'd my wife decrees;
And with a sacrilegious hand
My dearest rights did seize.
A magic wand I once poffefs'd,
A cap aloft it bore ;
Of all the treasures this the best,
And none I valued more.
Ruthless, he broke the sacred rod,
The cap he tumbled down;
Destroying thus what with their blood,
His ancefters had Won.
Ara Orphan Child fell td my care,
Fair as the morn was ihe
To large possessions she was heir,
And friendly still to me.
But George, my son, beheld the maid
With fierce, lascivious eye ;
To ravish her a plan he laid,
And she was forc'd to fly.
She's gone—and will no more depend
On cruel George or me:
No longer now my boafled friend,
Nor of my family. t
Bad measures often end in worse ——
His fell intent to gain
He sent, inrage, a mighty force
To bring her back again,
Butto proteA the ih ur'd Maid
Her faithful Houfhold came;,
In battle strong they flood array d.
And gain'd immortal fame.
'Mongft these a god like Hero rose,
Wife, generous and brave;
He check'd the fury of her foes,,
His arm was strong to save,
So near perfection that he flood
Upon the bound'ry line
Offinite from infinite good.
Of human from divine,
Defeated thus in all his schemes,
My foolifh. wicked son
Await'd from his dulufive dreams,
And found himfelf---undone.
Mean while, I fuffered in disgrace;
No comfort could I find:
I saw distress come on apace,
With ruin close behind.
At length. ' d- nite with grief
I left myr d;
Depending n nice relief,
Abroad so ' oam.
Afhieldandl grac'd these hands—
Perhaps ye rd my fame
Por I was ku liftart lands —
Britann: name.
Britannia ags you fee,
1 beg from door to door;
Oh, give kind Sir, for charity,
A Penny to the Poor !"
T~R ENT 0 N April 23
" The enemy," fays,a correspondent,
'' after the flogging of Burgoyne, have
refum^d their old trick of fliam treaty.
General Tryon (by \vhat authority he best
knows) has introduced into New-Jersey a
ridiculous publication under the title of
“ Draught of a bill for declaring the in
tentions of the Parliament of Great-Britain
concerning the exercise of the right of irn
pofing taxes within his ma efty's colonies,
provinces and plantations in North-Ame
rica," which just amounts to the old nau
seous dish (which no honest American
could eVer swallow) with a little amen
dation in the cookery and faticos, toge
ther with the " Draught of a bill to ena
ble his ma efty to appoint commissioners
with fufficient powers, to treat confiilt and
agree upon the means of quieting the dis- 1
orders now subsisting in certain of the co
lonies plantations and provinces of North-,
America." What renders this nonfenfi.
cal manoeuvre still more ominous is, that
General Tryon (and by the name of Go
vernortoo) certifies them to be true copies.
Surely the ministry. might have found a
more proper person for that purpose then
the most obnoxious of all obnoxious ani
mals by his profeHed declarations in the
plealure he takes in burning, kidnapping,
and every species of desolation Who
wants and will stoop to accept of a par
don for defending his country against the
most villainous tyranny that was ever de
vised by the art of man. Divide and
rule But America has too much ferafe
to be so gulled."
WANTED IMMEDIATELY.
A GOOD Workmanat the POTTER's
business. Such a one may find em
ploy either on shares, or on wages by ap
plying to Israel Seymour.
Hartford. May 12,, 1778.
T O EE~S C )L D,
A Convenient COACH fit for Stage
or family Use. -For terms apply
PETER LATHAM.
Norwich March 30 1778.
DESERTED from Middletown, soon
after he had received h*s bountyand
inlifted into Col. Meig's regiment Captain
Levenfworth's company, one Alexander
Graham a Scotchman, about 45 years of
age § feet 7 inches high, dark hair partly
gray light coloured eyes very fmill and
fonk into his head more than common.
Whoever wifl secure fa,id deserter and give
information at Middletown, shall have ten
dollars reward pud, by
David Starr, Lieut.
R— = UNAWAY from the fubferiber in
New Britain, 'about the beginning
of April a black mare colt, 2 years old,
branded X on the left Shoulder, not dock'd
trim'd under her mouth trots and paces.
Whoever will return said colt to the own
er, shall have two dollars reward and all
charges paid by Stephen. Hollister.
April 25, 1778. _
LOST between Wethersfield and Hart
ford on the night of the 18th inst.
a green ratteen saddle cloth, partly worn,
lately new bound with a narrow green &
white binding. Whoever has found the
fame and will return it to the printers
hereof shall receive a dollar for their trou
ble.
Hartford April 25.
W"ANTLD a couple of ingenious
active hearty LADS 13 or 14
years old who have been carefully taught,
to spell and read and who are willing to
ferv.6 a faithful apprenticeship, to be well
inftru&'d in the art of Printing --An art
Which the rising glory of America will
render necessary and important.
I OST. either between Windsor and
_y Wintoribury. or Wintonbury and
'Wethersfield, the britch of a silver moun
ted pistol any person that will return the
fame to the printer hereof shall be hand
somely rewarded. April 29.
LOST between Newinton and "Hert
ford, Walker's Sermons. Whoe
ver will leave the bock at the Printing.
Office shall be landfcme'y rewarded and
much oblige the owner. Wm. Robinson.
April 2;, 1778.
CONSIDERING the manufacture of
, SILK as a ufeful branch of business
and agreeable employment, advantage,
cufly carried on in various parts of Ame
rica, and lately introduced into this State
with promising success, &c.---The fub
fcrib^r was induced to procure plant and
cultivate the genuine white Itahan mul
bery supposed loie of the best fort, af
fording not only fruit delicious and falu
rtary to mankind but also the most pro
per and excellent food for, rhofe ingenious
artificers, the Silk Worms! which are
now grown to a size fufficient and fuitable'
for tranfplant.irig for that curious and be
neficial purpose and some of them as
Well, as a variety of other young fruit trees
to be fold, by
1 JedEdiah Strong.
, Litchfield April 28.1178.
W r E the subscribers being, appointed
by the hon. court of probate for
tne county or Hampshire, commiffioiyer^,
to examine theclaims of the creditors to
the ettate of Deacon Luke Hitchcock,
late of Granville deed'd, (represented
insolvent) do hereby give notice to said
creditors, that we shall attend on the bu
fiaefs ofour appointment on the feeond,
third Ind fourth monday's of May next,
at the dwelling house of Oliver Phelps,
Esq; in fare Granville at nine of the clock
in the morning on each of said days.
, John Tibbals,)
Josiah Harvey.J
Granville April 20, 1778.1
A Farm to,be fold, in Tolland, con
taining near jooacres of land well
fitnated where four roads meet, well wa
tered a good house, shop and barn arid
a considerable number of good fruit trees
thereon, fsch as apples pares, peaches,
cherries and plumbs.-- For further par
ticulars enquire of Edward Sowl, now
in Tolland or Jonathan ' Walden at
Wilbraham. April 26, 1778.
ALL gentlemen who with to improve
the breed HORSES, may be in
formed that the famous horse JOLLY.wiII 1
be kept this season by Ebenezer Center,
atHartfordWeft-Divifion; fuffice jt to fay
that the JOLLY is a beautiful bay, almost
1 § hands high well bodied, and can boast
of as fine limbs as any horse in New Eng
land he is more than three quarters
blooded ; he will cover at the fubferibers
stable at four dollars the single leap, and
8 dollars the season.---Any who wish to
have colts insured may have it done for a
proportionable advance. Eben. Center.
Iv^y 5' '778.
LOST about 4 weeks ago in Simfhu
ry, between landlord Mathers ta
vern-and F.fq: Owens a black leather
pocket book almost new, upwards of three
pounds' ofcafh in it, several writings which
will be of no value but to the owner. Wh
oever will deliver said bookat Esq; Owen's
tavern, in Simfbury or to me in Snffield,
shall receive five dollars reward by me,
Elias Austin.
Suffield, April ^Otb, 1778.