The Patowmac guardian, and Berkeley advertiser — Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.], 1795-06-20 00:00:00, page 4

SEAT OF TUB MUSES.
tJn £nglijh^ "Jtrftjicalion of a Sc-Jih Epigram, ampojtd. be
for* the year ifcoo- f:
* .'TACK l quoth his Father, can you tell,
• J What State w'iil give me eafe?
■ 1 tire, when Jlanding—when I kneel
Sharp pains invade my knees.
?Io walk—my feet all Milkers o'er,
My hack aches—it in £- d ;
ijAiid if I fo—my hips are'lore,
To lean afflicts my head.
TYes, Sire ! quoth Jack, on^ way remains.
The I ait within your pew'r,
^Since none of rbefe relieve y our pair.,
Try HANGING—ha/an h:ur.
Notice—by an hi/b cetane.
DIVORCES contrived c.; j executed at the Inort
'rfr novice, by Pliel'mi M'Brawn, of-.he kingdom of
Ireland, who f.v* it h'nnfelf, tint he hat t' e pret
tieft hand in erhn. ton. of any man in England, f-x
cepe th-If wlio live in the province of Coononoht;
and-’he alturrt> i\\e/kveet creaturesm?y be inclined
to run awv.v from their hutbands, that he has the
Bull convenient, long retreat, where they may fly
from ail perluic without fir ring a fiep. His terms
ar very region hie, as he is a gentleman of the
blood royal, and can therefore live without making
ait appearance.
VV A N "i' r. T) IM M F D1A T F T. y,
"A r’>ber, careful, ami indujlriou* Mian,
To take eh • ;*«•• of '*ur Grift-Mills on Mill-Creek,
wn ) w 11 u. !' rl'cn Is hi bo fin;: fa of a Miller, and
C4ii■ cot. : well reco': mended. A man without a fa
mily will be preferred.
ANDERSON Cl WAGGONER,
May 30, 1795T
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
An indufirious, fiber Weaver,
Who will be iuiniihed whn lo.nn and geers, and
confrant employ given. For terms, apply to
JOHN JEFFERSON, near Charlrjlewi.
lvlc.y 30, 9j.
TV ILL JAM JACK,
HAS opened TAVERN at the fign of GENE
RAL WAYNE, and formerly occupied by
]Vur. rind, in Martixsburg. He begs leave to inform
the public in g- n-r; th c lie lias turniUivd himfelf
v, 1 ii a general aft-pi-tment of good liquors, and is
|r . q.uu with good ftabirage, bay. oats and corn,
b ■ the .bethel orxpisrt, with every other accommo
dation fit for travellers or others, chat pleafe to call
00 him.
May 30, ’9J.
AN away from the fbbfcriber, living on Bnll
ikin, in B-rkeley County, about the: 2^th or
29'h April, an apprentice boy named Frocks Bioice,
between i'cvtntccn ant] eighteen veers o!*{. of n dark
contplectiou, knows fome fmall matter of the black
fmirb's trade, and probably wifi endeavour to hire
to fr.rike and blow. 1 m apprehenfi e that lie in
tends making towards the new country. Airy per
fon who will apprehend the laid hoy and bring him
to me, or fVcure him in goal, jhal’i receive tbs re
ward of Four Dollars, paid by th (uderiSer.
•DAVID STviifiDLEY.
Mcj 30, ’95.
is to give notice, to the public in general,
X that I hav e purchased a cerr-in tract of land of
John Wilfon, which \;.ya\ lays on Timber-ridge, and
as I received a title bond from laid Wilton, living
in Sharpdmra, and the limit ted time I was io re
ceive a title to Inicl land having expired on the 29th
day of Way, 1794, and being v. el! atsoied tin t he
cannot make m : a good title for the fame, and as
the faidWilfnn received fi.'e bonds ofin.*, to be paid
in'five annual payments for fa* 1 land, which bonds
1 have been and cm ready t*s pay when i receive roy
title, hot nmil ti n, I hereby caution nil peifcns
fr,nrti tailing any rifslgimient c.f :he fame, as I cm
determiiied not to pay them unlefa compelled by
law. JOHN ROSENB AUGER.
- M.y tb, ’94.
The hi;-heft price in cafli given for
clean Cat:r.n arid Linen RAGo, at the Printing
Office, Mariimbug.
MARTINSBURG, VIRGINIA: printed and published, evert Saturday, by N. V/lLLl3t Burke-S;t&eet.
'HAGS WANTED,
Two Pence half Penny per pound,
will be given for clean LINEN RAGS, delivered at
PATRICK BOYLE’s Store, in im-irtinsburg, or 3d
per pound by the hundred, deliveicd at the Paper
Mill in Chambersburg.
JOHN SCOTT, and Co.
May 16, '95.
COPPER & TIN WARE.
HE fubferibers, in the molt refpectful man
ner, inform the public in general, and the in
habitants of Martinsburg andForc-Cumberland, and
their vicinities in particular, that they carry on bu
linefs in the Copper and Tin line in laid towns,
where they may be furnilhed, on the Ihortcit notice
and njoft reafonatle terms, with Copper and Tin
Ware, of every defeription } and hope, from the
goodnefs of their work, and moderation of their
prices, to merit the patronage of a generous public.
Having juft received a very large quantity of
Copper, they are enabled to comply with the com
mands of thole who n.ay wilh to employ them, and
are their devoted humble fervanis.
CHRISTOPHER & JOHN BRIDENHART.
N. B. The higheft price will be allowed in
calh, or new work given in exchange, for old cop
per, brafs, pewrer or lead, at either ot their lhops.
A Journeyman Copper-Smith end Tin-Maa, and an
Apprentice, wanted immediately.
May 23, 1795.
'John Svjjcrance,
COPPER-SMIT H,
Near the Spread Eagle#Martinlburg,
■jTv EPECTPJLLY informs his friends, and t bv
JiS*. public in general, that he has juft’ rcct-iv'd a
■j lantiiy of CO.PPER, ccnUqusrtly is tnaLl d to
execute all coniu: an Jj they n.ay y-icaiV tj favour 1>?si»
with, on the Ihortcfr notice, and on-moderate terms.
April 24, 1795.
T O SK S C L D,
The PLANTATION belonging to
the fubfenber, lictiated on Opeckon, two miles from
Manilnburg, eonmining about 126 acres, of which
25 acres are good me, one third fit for blow
ing, about 45 • cres of the whole tract cleared, the
remainder well wooded, with federal good fprings,
on which is a good leg-heufe, 20 by 30, id Irry
’nig!’, well covered, a good fquare leg kitchen, 1 o
•v iG, a good barn, two bays raid threading floor,
all in good tenable repair, the who ie order goon
fence, There is olio a young bearing orchard of
upwards-too apple tr
L 1 K E v; I S E,
That elegant and commodious Tavern
fitua'ed in tJae centre of Martinlburg, directly op
posite the Court Hci'fe, and at prefent occupied by
Mr. Robert McKrigkt. Tiie advantages" of this
ft and are numerous, as it will nnfvver either for
a fcor.?or tcvern. There are ten fire rooms, befides
a convenient kitchen, two entries, two It air-cades,
two ceiiars ; a commodious ftable with plenty room
to hold forty horles, a well forr.iihed garden, and
extenfive back yard, with every neccisary out-houie.
Any perfon inclined to purchafe either or both of
the above deferi'oed property, may know the terms
by applying to ALEXANDER RODGERS.
May 9, ’gj. t. f.
LAND FOR SALE.
TO BE SOLD.
That valuable Traci of LAND,
Whereon I now live, (and formerly occupied by
Mr. 'Jshu Baker) conr.ining 273 acres, l'uuate in
Berkeley County, ifeven miles from Shcphern’s
Town, four from Ckarleftown, end eleven from
i/Iartiosburg. On the faid land are erected two
Log Dwellirig-Houfes and a Kite.tan with ftone
chimnles, a negro quarter, milk houie, fmoak houfe,
a good barn, an excellent well of water within
twenty lteps of tic: door, a pool cf water near the
houfe, and arothcr in cne cf the fields ; alfo, an ap
ple orchard of eighty or ninety bearing trees, and a
bout two hundred young trers, which are about to
bear, together with iotne peach and cherry trees.
'1 here are about 100 acres of laid land to clear, and
the plantation under good fence.
A good title will be made the purchafer, and the
terms'knov/a by applying to the fubfcrif»cr.
Leonard Davis.
My 2,1795
CAME to the plantation of the fubferiber, fome
time ago, an old brown mare, with a ftur on
her forehead. The owner is defired to come, prove
his property, pay charges, and take her away.
\ ' LAWRENCE M'KEARNEY.
Sleepy-Greek, May zi, 1795.
At a met ting ttf the Truflees of the u to i of etth, at t;cr
tiHtkurg, on the t Gth of Decern Her. I"qA
PRESENT,
Alexander White, Philip Pendleton
Samuel Reed, John Hunter, *
William Alexander, and George Creamer.
RESOLVED, that on the fcccnd Monday
gul't next, the Truftees will proceed to felt
all Lots in the town of Bath, which have not hee
improved according to law, and that this refoluii0»
be publilhed in the Martintburg Gazette.
Themat Kc]ly is appointed Bath.Keeper, during
pleafure, and he is hereby directed to receive from
every perlon relorting to Bath for the ufe of the
waters, the lum olone Dollar as heretofore. That
he keep a book and procure the names of all per.
tons paying the fame, to be entered therein,
fubmit the fame to the inflection of any one of the
Truftees, whenever he lhall be required, and nsy
all fitch films received weekly to fuch of the Trul
tee3 as may be appointed to receive the fame.
T har the fait! Thomas Kelly be allowed the fum of
Two Hundred Dollars per annum, for hi3 trouble
in taking care of the Bath, and attending the com
pany retorting to Bath, for the ufe of the waters
and furnilning drinking glafses, to he paid him out
of the money ariiino from his collections aforefajd
'} hat the relidue of the fums which may be railed
by the collections aforefaid, and fuch further fnm,
as may be railed by voluntary contribution, he up.
plied under the directions of the Truftees in keep,
ing the Baths and Springs in repair, and improving
the Bath fquare. 1 6
Thai Wi!l\ant Alexander be appointed Treafurer
and Direcror of the Baths forrhe enfuing year.'
Signed, ALEXANDER WHITE,
PHILIP PENDLETON,
MOSES HUNTER,
SAMUEL REED,
WILLIAM ALEXANDER,
GEORGE CREAMER,
JOHN HUNTER.
NOTICE to DISTILLERS.
1 Jl JHEREAS it is prcbable that fome cf the Dif
; W tillers of Spirits in this Diftrict may rot ne
acquainted with the law respecting entries oi {'till*,
I take this method to inform all concerned, that
the law requires that every ov. ner or of
I any (till or fti 1 *.> Jhall nr ke crrry v/.'h !/.;• coV •<•
tors in writing,from uv. l .r their hands,feme time in
the month of June, deferihing the marks cr.d n:*n
bers, and the capacity thereof ; any own?T or ncissf
for of ftill or stills failing to mr.ka fuch entry, or
workmg fuch a ftill or f:i. s ft - r rhe la ft day of
June, without making tittry thereof, Ihall forfeit &
pay the (nm or two h;...'dr-d and fifty'o liars, and
he liable to pay the yearly duty on fo.:h. f-Hi ftill*
| fo neglected ;o he ».r: vr;J -Ai 3 nrr. ia*
ftructcd by tb? Trip; r 'r to adhere ftrictly to the
letter cf tlie law in this rclnect, it is l .p d that
| all owners or pofsefsors of kills, will ru.ike due
entry, to prevent tie d;L yve-table conlcqum-.c-s
which will arife from l yet. I have to r. tify
diftillers alfo, to prepare for the payment of the
next half yearly duty which wiil become dun on the
firft day of July next, as r.o indulgence c; n be gbea
after the fifteenth of the fame month,at which dime
the law impowers the Collector to er/orce pay
ment by Gift refs and fale of property, which he is
determined to do, without refpect toperions.
I will attend at June Court to receive entries,
NICHOLAS ORR1CK, Collector.
June 3, 1795.
TToung Figure
IS for fale, after the jfi r ft day of July next, (the
end of this prefent fcafon of him as a ftud
Horfe,) a beautiful dapple grey, with a black mane
and tail, of a good carriage, and an excellent hack
nev ; he is 7 years old, hath covered only 68 marcs
this l'ealos yetTard is in excellent order for keep
ing for the fall races, His price may be known at
any time, by applying to the fobfcriber, in Mar
tinsburg. ^ ROBERT WILCOX.
Martinsburg, June 3, ’95.
WANTED,
A NEGRO GIRL,
About 16 years of age. Alfo, a Negro Boy, about
the fame age.
Inquire of the Printer.
A Merchant-Mill for Sale.
to be- SOLD,
The Merchant-Mill,now in good repair
with 42 acres of land, belonging to the fubfcriber,
filuated on Opeckon-Creek, two miles and an half
t: cm Marrirsourg, and in a neighbourhood which
affords a plentiful lupply of wheat. The Mill has
a never-failing and full fupply of water, and can
grind at the rate of five bulhels an hour at merchant
work. For terms, apply on the premifes to
HENRY SEAVER.