The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1796-12-22 00:00:00, page 4

SEAT Of THE MUSES.
-Y-V-V V N' V • v
FEMALE COURTSHIP.
TWO nr three looks, when your Twain wants
a kifs ;
Twi or three noe s, when he bids yon fay yes ;
Two or three ('miles, when you utter the no;
Two or three frowns, if he offer to go ;
Two or three Ipeeches, like “ ah l go away !
Two or three time* you muft hold him to liay ;
Two or three laughs, when aitray for (mall chat ,*
Two or three tears, rho’ you can’t tell for what ;
T wo or three letters, when vows are begun ;
rJ no or three quarrels before you be done;
'! wo or three meetings to walk here and there ;
Two or three nights to the play-houie repair ;
’J wo or three dances to make you' jocole;
T vo or three hoois in a corner fu dole ;
Two or three ftarts when he bids you elope;
Two nr three glances, to intimate hope.*
Two or three panics, before yrfu be won ;
Two or three Iwoontogs, to let him prtls on ;
Two or three iighs, when you’ve waited your tears ;
Two or three linns, when the chaphjjn appears ;
r\ wo or three Squeezes when the hand’s giv’n away.
rl wo or tliree coughs, when you come to obey ,*
'Two or thr-e court’leys, when marriage is over;
Two or three honeys—difcom fing your lover ;
Two or three ireos rowYds the bed chamber run $
Two or three kilses, when aik’d but for one.
Two or three lafses may have by theie rhymes,
Two or three little ones, two or three times.
LEWIS MOORE,
Formerly of Berkeley Counry, Virginia, now of
Mal'on Counry, Kentuckey,
Refpectfully'informs the Public, that he has opened
A TAVERN,
AT Limeltone, and keeps horfes to hit’s. He
is appointed by the Court of Mafon'County,
to keep the public Ware-houle— gentlemen ftoring
with him, m »y depend on the ftricteft attention be
in.* pod. Travellers going up The riser may be
lupplied with provifious, &c.
Dec. 2, "96.
haltimore Office .f Dijccunt dnd Defiffit, 25th Ncvekiber
096
Three Hundred Dollars Reward.
I“M>R apprrbending and iecuring in jiil PE TER
^ NO I’C. ET, a handfome-faced French Weft
Indian, for Counterfeiting a Check on this Office,
lit is not more than 10 yeprs of age, upwards of fix
feet high, ft nut limbed, round fhonldered, block
hair, dark complexioned, with large black eyes and
eye brows ; he has but little beard, and that chiefly
on bis upper lip; his teeth have been lately Hied,
and partic.nl 1 rly one of his CVe teeth has been
half filed off; he fpeaks Englifh but badly, and with
fotne appearance of ftuttering ; he is fuppofed to
be yet v-mccr.led in this town or its vicinity, but as
he maycfcope, 1 he different Printers in the ’United
Slates arc requeued to poMiih this advertisement.
DAVIDTiARRIS, Calhier.
TEN SHILLINGS REWARD.
STR AYPO rrom the fubfcrlber** plantation, fome
' ini'* in M»y laft, a black and white Bull, three
yr<irs old, both ears crop'd, and a flic in the right.
Whoever returns him to me, lhall have the above
reward AARON PARIS.
Dec 8, '96.
At a Court held for Berkeley County, the 241 h day
of November,1796.
In CHANCERY.
John O'Fcrral cotnpit. a/ Patrick M'Afree, deft.
defendant Patrick IW'Afree, not having
A entered his appearance 3greeable to an act of
AfsemUlv and the mles of this Court, and dt ap
petring to tiut (atisfuct ion of the Court that be is
nor an inhabitant of this commonwealth, on the
motion of the complainant, by his counfe), it is or
dered rh i' the defendant do npp-ar here, on the
firlc Monday after the third Tuefday in March
next, ami answer the hill of the ‘complainant, and
thru a copy of this order be forthwith Inferted in
the Virginia Gazette, Tor two months luccfflively,
ami pnblilhed at the church door in the pariili of
Norhourne, on fomc Sunday immediately after di
vine fervice, and alfo at the door of the Court
Houfe of tlu- find Cobntv.
A copy. l eft. MOSES HUNTER, C. B. C.
MARTINSBURG: VIRGINIA
i hutib aho rummiD, «n*r TnoitDir, st aV. U1LLIS, Bvm Stikt.
TAKE NOTICE,
THAT the bond*, noie», and account* of the
late concern of Patrick M'AJVy aod John
Tabb, are put into my hand* to commence loit on
immediately ; it is therefore expected that all thole
that are indebted to them, niH come and dilcharge
their relpective balance* before the ftrlt day of Janu.
ary next, as no fuViber Indulgence can or will be
iiiveo.
JOHN DIXON.
Totbe fold, on the firft day of n*xt Court, on a era
die of fix months, at the diftillcry,
TWO Copper Stifls, containing i it and 66 gal
lons, jHmoft new, thirteen tobi, with cveiy
other apparatus necefsary for the bufinefs.
JOHN OFERRAL1.
THE Snbfcriber has at this time, a large and
elegant alsortment of Goods, fuitahir for all
feafons, which he olfers asufnalon very low terms.
He will purebafe Wheat or Flour.
JOHN O’FERR ALL.
December I, *96.
TO B*E SOLD,
A TRACT of land lying on Slrepy-Creek, con
taining 500 acres, ro of which are cleared ;
it is good land, the wood confiftingof oak and wal
nut ; there are three cabbins on it.—For terms ap
ply to ALEXANDER CATLETT.
November 30, '96.
AN injurious report having been circulated,
that 1 was not lawfully married to Phebe Gorrel) ;
thofe who may ditbelieve her to be my lawlnl wife,
are reooefted ro apply to the Rev.”Mr. Wilfon in
Shepherd*s-Town, who4will fully fatisfy them.
A. C.
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FORTY POUNDS REWARD.
RAN affray from the Subfcriber, living in the up
per end of Stafford Counry, Virginia, on the
1 ft of February, 1793, the following Haves, vi*.
One yellow fellow, named Jillfon, aboot 5 feej S or
9 inches high,*'14 or N25 years of age, has a fear on
on? fid* of his face, but on which is'difremembered,
thick lipSjiarge and full eyes inclinable'tq be red,
fmall hands, long feet, and lifps in his fpeech. He;
was taken up and put in goal in .Wlnchrfter, in Oc-’
tober ’95, but broke out and made his efcape.
A vpry black negro woman, named Nan, whoab
fconded on the 27th of October, *95/45 or 50 years
of age, 5 “feer 4 or y inches high, has few or no
teeth.befcVe, flender made, thin vifage, fmal! eyes,
thick lips, and, if rightly recollected, no hair tip
j on her eye lids, has a fmall fear on her forehead a
hove the left eye, is very handy In the houfe, very
I inlinuating and artful.
Will, hulband to Nan.—He abfeonded on the'ift
of March *96,^ is about 40 years of age, 5 feet t or
gih nes high, of a black complexion, flender made,
remarkable fmall legs and hollow' feet, fevera'l fears
in his head and forehead, and is a tolerable pood
rough carpenter, hewer, fawyer and Ihoemaker.
It is fnppofed tficv have certificates of freedom, as
they have been long acquainted with Negroes that
were liberated by Robert Carter, Eiq. Twenty
Pounds reward will be paid for Jillfort, on deliver
ing him to his mafrer, in Stafford County, at’ore
faid ; and Ten Pounds each for the o.ttier's, if deli
vered to their refpective ntafters, or Three Pounds
for each if lodged in any goal, and notice given fo
that they may be had again.
JOSEPH COMBS,
.ROBERT OVER AI L,
Fielding combs.
November 24, *96.
T. rr VVLL.IA'O A t, h JjKU>
TAKEN from the fubfcriber's pocket, at the
houle of .he Violett’*,, on the night of the
•Mh, or (horning of the2(ft November 1 ft, a pock
et book, containing among others, the following
rnjiers, viz. ft bond given by M Fadion to Thomas
Violett, fen. and afiigned to me-—a receipt given by
M Fadion to Violett, for iool. Pennfylvania mo
ney, for parr payment foV his land—a copy of M
Fadion’s will—a bond given to me by George Mor
gan and Andrew Swearingen, of Berkeley County,
j for a choice of T50 acres ofland in Kentucky. The
pocket-book was replaced in my pocket, but the a
bove papers were mifsing. I forewarn all p^rfons
taking any ftfsignmenr on faid papers; and I will
give a reward of TwentvDollars to any perfon who
will deliver tfie the whole of the faid papers, orTen
Dollars for either of the bonds.
ZEDEKIAH SOUTH.
Dec. 8, *96.
RAN away from the foblcriber, a negro wntrian
named Leezey. One Dollar reward ii of
fered to any perfon that will lodge her in goal, fo
that het matter may get her.
RICHARD M'SHERRY.
D'c. 8, ’96.
8JX ns.t *f WA>D
RAN ft am tk* Met ikar on .kt ,4,fc K
>*.- -p*-. wT. uw „ kJk,T;
Birrlml af iki pwi.ki Ik* —r i at H*ar« l
now grMralU known k. tk* hm at Ht*», h-i'
lit. WW.i, krtagt ik* fanl Wt t* ika t«W',tin./
(hall k»« tkc akote rrwird •
DAVID Hr
Nttr ik» Wkita-Hoofr, hilult; Caoatj, Da
c*mv*r ni, I'^S.
Tli« Subftrihtti hi** i»p*M*d H* the La ft
fro» lemdon and
A Hf+gi *f
FALL GOODS.
W'fflCH they will diipof* of, to pstnetosl <«e«|.
era, by tb* p»etr, »r package only, on th#
Baltimore terma—-The abovemeiM toned Goods ba\«
hern cirrf. IIy I* l-cted from the melt ippioted n.4.
riufactortct in Great Britain, by a p*etn»r of the
concern. »hfl w?» on thelp^t lithule them.
By theirfr vrfatU in the fjprirg. they expect *n
extenfive and general afaortinrnf, both of ppp' ih
and German Good*. Th»y will be gl.td to form
cnnnrtioot with the roer. I 4i»is on each fide of the
Poiomak, and in the hi*k country, »nd fl itrer them
felve*. »hat no importing bottle In thia»mmtry. will
have it in then power to furnilh fnppliea on better
terifci.
W B MAGBUDER, JtCo.
Grorgt fnwr, A'rtteW to, 1*96,
WANTED IMVjFDIATFI-Y,
AN todaftrloua Plaik $*«-/A wf <? it a g«f>d
Work Ufa n a (b p a^d «amt lefe (ef of work
ing tool* will he (ut fit tiled. — Apr > to the P* inter,
ij, V6.
NOTICE.
WHEREAS on the i8<h day of November t^fk,
1'psfaed my bond to Mbi.afttlo*. to:d:ri
oned for the payment of too dollars ; ti.ete ; re
therefore toforrwarn all per Ions from 1 .king an nf
flghtr.ent on the laid bond, as I tn determined mt
to pay the fene untf! the conditions for what is * 4|
given are fulfilled.
GEORGE EMPEY.
November 11,96,
TO BE SOLD.
At Public on the prinuir’, or M rbe
Second day of January mat,
AI>eafe of ten year*, to ccn>mrt>ce on that day*
without any relcrvation of tent, c( 'he Saw
and Grii Mills« 11 Opcikon. k'.nwn by Jtbt Do
nieP: Mills, and now in hit occupation, together
with about thirty acres of ((rated Ltd w . Ji :hg
u(e of timber lor rails and S.e wood. The n illi
are in good order fur hufinels. ar.d io an extreme
fit nation for ntri < tanr sod country eofrrm. On*
half the puwh.V itf.net m« '1 be p.id ip hand. 1 be
other half on 01 be fora ihe firlt d»y r l 4pr|| pt*r.
JOHN DAMEI,
PitIL, PfcNDLEloN.
I'm. 16, '96.
CHARLES ARCHER,
Savior and H * Sir V-ker, lrer» ^**<4*.
BFGS leave *f, intopn< ife inl.shi *nts 41 Marttef*.
burg and 'ts vicinity, thit le h 1% . otnt? *»»«
htifinefs in his line, at the l> «.p beb w M . J n,
Starkey's ftore, v. here h» willeaetui* the «<»m*
mands of thofe who nrn ptesfe to r*nj lot h;m, in
the neateft and tnoft fathion^Me tnsnrter, with dif*
patch, and on verv mo.hr.tr remit.
MartinJf'Ufg, An eerier 14, *96
TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD.
STOLEN from Union Mill, in Bo.klefinwn, <>«
thr rn night of thil a furrrl borle,
hour 15 hand* U(-h. i) o- in *eara olrl. c» IboA
before, an uid iho« on ibe o* hind moi. neon
well, ar.it trou very fall, hit near bind fool wh.te,
nmi near fore leg while up lo ihe knee, dift.ult t.i
fhoe behind, remarkably (polled with while fpoia
on lb* bark, Ihonliiera, breafi and hr’!*, a hall lair,
ibe upper end ofibe while form* a dia». nd. Ann
p.riooobo will like op i» d hoi e ard deliver
him Io me, or lo K Iward Rerfnn. rear Mariirl
hnrg, if r.ni . f’he Connie MX OOM ARS. if in
the County FOUR IXlLLA^ i.m for ibe hnrfe am)
ibief ibe above rew.rd, and rrafonahir . barge*, rin
conviction of the ibief,and I rm inV km'e
PATRICK NEKEVIE.
Bi'lr/il Cnali, Air. lij, 'g#>
BLANKS
Fcr/ml* at th Ftmtmg 00*9.