Jenks' Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1803-1805, 1803-12-03
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FOR THE PORTLAND GAZETTE
The PHGRlM.-No I.
AS a Granger, give him welcome.

AMID the avocations of buhnefs, the
purfaits of pleafure, or the contentious Of
politics, which uiually engage tie minds
Of individuals of both fexes, can a pilgrim
expe6t to attract the attention Of either
male, or female, to lilten to his $ travels
hilfory," or perufc his oblervationS on
men, manners, and common occurrences.
Confcious Of his feeble powers, and with
ing to prevent the fneer of thoie, more in
innate with the world, who may fay, tho
he has travelled much, he has ieen little,
the pilgrim acknowledges, that his mott
valuable companion has been his book,
and that C. frit and chiefelt" he has
fought
"Him that yon foars on golden wing,
Guiding the fery-wheeled throne,
The cherub, contemplation"
He cannot therefore, as the pupil of ex-
perience, who by his knowledge of the
follies, the vices, and the miCery of the
world, not unfrequently becomes a milf
anthrope, pretend to delcribe with accura-
cy thoie lcenes OF depravity, which, from
the youth Of. this country, and the induf-
try Of its inhabitants, he hopes, are equally
unknown to his readers. 1t certainly
may be as advantageous to difcover how
good man can be, as to fhow how bad
he has been for an ingenious mind will
be more melted to the path of glory by
knowing how few have fucceeded, than
by hearing how many have been difgraced
by nilcarriage.
The advantages, enjoyed by periodi-
cal writer, arife chiefly from his fecrecy
Enveloped in friendly cloud, like that
which his "goddels mother" fpread round
her Eneas, he beholds the actions of 9TH
ers in the lecurity of folitude. Praife
from his Pen is con6dered, as the bleGing
of a fair, and the iecret hand, which has
thas Is 'tqitouily difpenfed it, is prai(ed
even u1ore, than if it were known. Ex-
perience has alto flown that the flighteit
diiapprobation is equally effective. The
Spectator, with whom every fucceeding
efayift has wihed, and often wihed in
vain, TO claim kindred, produced wonder
full changes on the petticoats and patches
of his day, and in the more dignihed
numbers on criticifm and morality, his
lentiments were efeemed, and his iniunc-
tons oDeyed.
The pilgrim defends not to hattery to
procure admirers. He claims not the
countenance of the rich, or the ap-
plauie of the poor; neither the patron
age of the men, nor the fmiles Of the
iofter fex; for when they are deferv-
ed, they will be afforded. IF his deGgn
be approved, he is pledged to continue :;
and if he benegle6ted, he will own that
others have ditcovered what he did not
perceive in himlelf. Yet is he not indif
terent to the fentiments of his readers,
and candidly confefes that the continu.
ance Of the pilgrim depends on his recep-
ton.
A German journalif Hates, that the lat
Book Fair at LEIPZIG was rather dulI--Di-
vlnity went off heavily-Metaphyfics fold
for waite paper, but Novels and Plays,
highly tinttured with madnsG, were all
the rage.-Lond pa.
The Firlt Conful has ordered two beau
titul robes of lace, of the mandatory of
Bruiiefs, one of which is defined for the
t.mpreis of Rufia, the other for the Queen
OF Spain. Works Of hmilar nature are
alto in hand, defined as preients for lome
Of the reigning families of Europe.-ib.
IMPROMTU,