The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1797-02-16 00:00:00, page 4

SEAT OF THE M USE S.
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C N THE
CHANGE Ot RURAL MANNERS.
1 NJ ,hys nf yorr c'rr ruffle worth was fb'Vn,
VJ (,rn hjr.lv yeomen *fre a race well known ;
Vi mu weaitli (uhl'i-n'HI k pt thRyi-ue of Ihew,
V Iwn I.nils Wtri small, oil -very rent was low ;
V'he.l uit Jo.VJ a'/ L,n. till C.I from the cart,
Lore farmer 4»s.* j’-'-t ' the mighhVme mart ;
Who trial, wrili ehoicr of hoot;, .mi nany whips,
Mourns o.i a Iterrl drirn-led Irom feli/le >
i le then contrmeii w - with homely cheer,
The lavory rellier, an-1 tae Ipai'klin, t.eer .
J-,’jiv lee our termer in histavtrn iat ;
C, .wling—he larks km qoanMim of green fat ;
And, t*. he fniackrhis lips, he his note, ^
And fwe.vrs—-“ 1 i 1 • 5 non it? has not half a coat 1
T»ie old d.anu- then rote at diwu ot day.
And hwixt two panniers, i gg'n i° towr. her way;
J, 'U. cheelie an ! hatter, whir;' her hands had rnadc,
<• ,>r wo»-e kii ^hies, nor fought '! * umbrella sJhai- ;
bhc car’d for winds nor rains, a fmgle tig—
ljv ‘ grac’d the ca-t, hot never law a g’g !
Vhen every dauglurr u-r ikM in barn 01 dairy,
Wh<*n mil) wi« Ji'^n, r’. mft Maria, Wavv ;
F.‘«:r fmrici doth, and home knit faf were fpurn’J,
Or tin- hidJtfe guard to a fpenen t im’d,
la times hlci thtlr, it w?*tne anu‘tom’d plan
i»om : lot of ground to give each lah ring man ,*
And when th** hervt-lt of the 'Squire was oVr,
J.ruh k" d help'd in n s < llow.Uh’rer’sfrore ;
'rh.,r tsilk Ci.ntj lete, they dubb’d th? merry talc,
A .d lijrvcft home relotindcd thro’ the vale.
Ov rh ’ pr'J’-nt fajhimable drf\ of the Ijidiet*
That th - Ladies arc Angel/ 1ft no one deny ;
None, lmlred, c..n deny it but Noddies.
It v'-u atk me to prove it, why thus I reply,
Don’t vou fee them all ' ou} without Boddres t
HEREAS on the 2d inft. rhr fuhfcriber gave
YV
. u a promiHsary note of 25 pounds, Pennfylva
rii currency, to John William ion, as part payment
'1 1 1 r _ .V. t .. — ,1 U iV-f.,w’c Kni t!,p
, pi“ce of land formerly Lord Fairfax s. but the
fr»id Williamfon uof being able to«*.nr,ke me a iuffi
c t-m detd, ami »s I ant likely to lool’e what I have
alirv.'v paid, 1 hereby cauti n all perfons from tak
jiio anv . tfignment on the faid'note, as I am deter
mined not to pay it unleis cnmp'IDd by law,
WILLIAM LAWRENCE.
Jan. 2f.
F OR SAL Ey
A T O f in the town of Martinlbnrg, diftinguilh
\ r,s in th; plan of laid town bv No. 7.5 ; there is
r» j improvement on laid lot except that it is paiied
in. Anv perfnn inclining to purrbafe the fame,
in.iv know the terms by applying to Mr. James
1. a f*»n, in Martiniburg, or to the (ublcriber, ih
W^oditocR.
f ALEXANDER POLLOCK,
I Admr. of James T. Pollock, da.’d.
“jaraary 19, ’97*
V:; HI', RE AS in Novrmher laft, I bought a borfe
V* fi »m i certain Eh CTimfon, for which 1 gave
1-11 my note for eighty dollar,? due the firlt o!
T V^rch. He warranted the borfe to be found, which
lie is not; I therefore forewarn all perfons from
r-kirn? an afljgntnent on laid note, for ? am.deter*
mined not to p;v it, unlefs compelled hv law.
WILLIAM PARK.
Jamary tg, ’97.
RED LION TAVERN.
r pHE fubferiher acquaints his friends and the
1 public in general, that he has opened Tavern
in that large and commodious houle, the corner of
King and Sr. Aiapb ftreet, in this town, at the iign
of the Red Lion, where he has laid in a ltock of
good Liquors, and is plentifully fupplied with every
i.. cefsary for the comfortable accommodation of
t.-wn or country cul'tomers. Travellers will find
ir their intere-t to rail on him, as he is provided
v ith a large fraMe, well flocked, and has an atten
r vc and careful holder.
£3“ H, will t-*ke a few genteel boarders, on mo
derate tri ms, and will furnifh dinners, oyfterfup
pers, ice. on the fh or left notice.
AMOS DERROUGH.
Alexandria, Dec. 10, '96. 3 m.
MART1NSBURG: VIRGINIA; rai sted and poblishid, iviry Thursday, bt A’. HILL1S, Burks-Striet.
THF. Bartnerlhip oi Sbrrrard and Alexander being
this day difsclved,t»il perlons indebted to faid
firm, are requefred to nuke immediate payment, as
the general part of the debts are of long handing,
thoie to whom they are indebted,are defired to fur
nifh tiieir accounts for adjustment. The fublcriber,
who intends continuing the bufinefs in a more eligi
ble and extenfwe manner, will attend for the above
p'rpofe, and he entreats bis former friends, who
have acquitted themfelves with propriety, to accrpt
his grateful thanks, and afsures them that no exerti
on on his part (trail be wanting to promote a laft
tng continuance of their favors. Many of thole
■articles now on hand w-ill-be reduced in price, as
the extreme credits hitherto granted cannot, in fu
-ure be admitted,
ROBERT SHERRARD.
Bith, Jan. .6. _____
A GREAT BARGAIN.
FOR SALE,
I cco acres of prime Miami LAND,
The greater pare cam, and the remainder in good
lecur >ty, will be ieq,l!red in payment. This land,
from the moft «aithei*cic defcriprions, is fituated in
the midii o' the naraoicical ch-.rr, and bids fair to
become not only he garden of America, but ct the
known world. 1 his illaborate account is juft, but
unneeefsary, as the public will be slsured that no
reprefeutation cjn fuftciently give a eompreherfible
idea of its value and'fertility, and is given merely
to fill np the feuare. L'kevvife for lale, two tracts
of Land in Haniplhire, which may be I'een by ap
ply ing to the fublcriber.
GABRIEL NOURSE.
N. B. All perfons indebted to me, are cautioned
agiinft miking anv payment to John Meredith, my
late afsiftant, on my account, but are requeued to
fettle their respective balances without further no
tice, with me. G. N.
>n. H
FOR SALE,
A handfome young forrel STUD, 16
hands and hall high, rifmg4 years old, iiv good or
der. For further particulars, apply to the fublcri #
her,in Martin*burr.
PALL VF.RDIER.
Jan. 18.
ftT I will take one or two apprentices to rbe
TaniiingiBofinefs, from fourteen to feventeen years
of age.
ALL Perfons having any demands by note,bond,
or otherwise, again ft the^eftate of Martin
Srip. late of Berkeley County, deceafed, are defir.
ed to bring in their claims, regularly attelted, for
fettlement ; and all thofe indebted to the faid ef
tare, either by bond, no^e, or hook account, are re
queued to make immediate payment, that a final
adjuftment of the faid eftate ■‘may take place, as
no tort5-.erindulgence will be given.
JOHN and FREDERICK ST1P, Executors.
NOTICE.
PERSONS having book accounts to fettle with
Peter Swingle, late of Berkeley County, de
ccafed, are delired to bring them forward properly
attefred.fo that they can he fettled, as I ihall at
rend at Henry dinger's, Falling-Waters, on the |
201 h and 27th days of this inftant, and 3d of Febru- ;
ary next, to receive them.
ELIJAH HAWKE, Adminiftrator.
Jan. 5.
At a Court held for Berkeley County, the 24th day
of November, 1796.
In CHANCERY.
John O'Ferral complt. ms Patrick M'Afree, deft.
rHE defendant Patrick M’Afree, not having
entered his appearance agreeable to an act ot
Afsembly and the rules of this Court, and it ap
pearing to the fatisfaction of the Court that he is
not an inhabitant of this commonwealth, on the
motion of the complainant, by his counftl, it is or
dered. that the defendant do appear here, on the
fir ft Monday after the thu$ Tuefdav in March
next, and anfwer the bill of the complainant, and
that a copy of this order be forthwith inltried in
the Virginia Gazette, for two months fuccrUively,
and publilhed at rhe church door in the pariih of
Norbourne, on feme Sunday immediately aftrr di
vine fervioe, and alfo at the door of the Court
Houfe of the Paid County.
A copy, T"eft. MOSES HUNTER, C. 8. C,
” T O B F. SOLD
A Houle and Half Lor, fituated at the
Weft part of Burke-Srreet. Tne Houle is one and
half ftory high. Apply to
DANIEL SNYDER.
Jan. 10.
(ubi.- r*.b r is dfirni/s of I. •
JL Tract ot Lind, containing one hunditd ana
fifty acres, lying between Charles-'] own and Shep
herd’s-Town, and about an equal diltauce troin
each leventy-five acres of the above land is fubject
to the'life olMrfi. Bri/coe, an aged lady, now living
an the premiles. A Houfe and half a Lot in
Charles-Town : the heufe is neatly finitlied, and
the lot in good repair. £lfo, four unimproved
Lots in Laid town, two of which are fituated on
the nrain-ftreet, the other two joins them hack, and
forms a full fqusre. Alfo, one thouiand acres of
Laud in the State of Kentucky ; h is a part of the
luhfcriber’s military claim, and lyeth in the big bind
of Green-River. The land was furveyed by M?jtr
Langham, living in Shepherd’s-Town, of whom a
particular defertption may he had, hy any perlon
wi'.hing to purchafe. One other tract in the faid
State, containing five hundred acres, lying in the
County of Nelfon, and about fourteen miles from
Beard’s-Town. The whole of the above property
v. ul be fold very low for calh, atid with a moderate
advance in proportion to the credit that may be re
quired by any perfon inclined to purchaie.
GEO. HITE
Charhjitrunt Dec. 26. '96, t. f.
SCHEME of a LOTTERY,
For a Dutch Church in MART INSBL'RG.
3000 Tickets, at z Dedhrs each, is
1 Prize of 3on Dollars is
*5°
5°
3°
25
20
12
lit
s
40
5 _
«59
1001 Prizes
Remain 1944
With a deduction of 4 per ct. 76
Total 2oa
On all Prires above two dollars and half, will be
deducted 4 per ct.
Twelve days after the drawing is finilhed, the
fdilunate adventurers can receive their money.
By the managers.
JACOB HOFFMAN,
DAVID BAKER,
GEORuK DOLL,
ZACHAR1AH MILLER
CHRISTIAN SILBER,
NICHOLAS ROU-H.
LAND FOR SALE,
THE Subfcriber withes to fell, a tract of Land
adjoining the town he now lives in, contain
ing 2ti acres, on which there is a good dwelling
houi'e, fmoak-hoole, a large ft one barn, a young or*
chard planted ; there are about 100 acres cleared,
and under good fence, 33 acres of which are excel
lent meadow, and 30 more can be made at a fmall
expence, and watered by a never-failing fpring ;
there is an excellent fpring very convenient to the
dwelling-houfe ; the 4wood land well timbered.—
Alfo, a lmall tract adjoining the above, containing
about 84 acres, 60 acres clear, 10 of which are ex
cellent good meadow ; there are on this tract a good
dwelling-houfe, fpring, fpringhoufe, ftables, fottie
fruit trees, and a garden pailed in ; the whole un
der good fence. An indifputable title will be made
to the purchafer.
The fubferiber will lell on liberal terms, alibis
ftock in trade, con lilting, perhaps, of as general
an assortment of Goods as any in this County. He
will alfo fell or rent, the ftore houfe, ware bnule,
and lot, on which they Itand, which is a good fitu
ation for bufinefs. For terms of fale, reflecting a
ny of the above property, applv to
WILLIAM WILSON.
Middletown, 3d Jan. ’97.
THE Subfcriber earneltly requefts all thole wb®
have any demands againft h;m, or even the lealc
pretention to a claim, to bring them forward as
loon as poflible, for fettlement ; and all thofe in
debted to the fublcriber by bond, note, or open ac
count, are requefted to come forward and pay off
their relpective babnces. Thofe who have op^n
acconnrs, and cannot clofe them by payment, are
requefted to come in and give their obligations,
before the firft day of March next ; thole who do
not choofe to comply with fo necessary and reafor
able a rcqueft as the latcer, muft not expect any in
dulgence. W. W#
CASH given for RAGS
At the Printing-Office,