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The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17

A machine for removing the sick has been in
vented by Mr.. John c. Jenckes, of this town,
which, where it has been in operation, is pro-
nounced 70 be Of great utility. A person con
fined to his bed, may by this machine be raised
with perfect ease to HIMSELF and with little effort
or labor on the part of attendants, to such a
height and for such time, as to give an oppor-
tunity for making the bed and for changing the
linen: and in warm weather the patient NAV be
much refreshed By being raised & kept at dis
lance from the bed. The motion is 50 regular
and easy that il is stated person asleep may be
raised without being awakened. committee
of the Association ofMechanics and Manufactur-
ers of this town, having examined the machine,
made favorable report respecting it and by
the recommendation of that committee, the As
ISOLATION have ordered one to be procured for
the use of the members.-Prov. Gas.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17
STRONG BEER.
JOHN ID. GARDNER

~ . eea.a1 hoso' fore Street, Portland,
II AS just received and will be constantly en- n
piled with STRONG BEER of a superior
quality which will be delivered as low as can be
purchased al the Mandatory.
April IS, 1929. f.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17
DENTIST.

NATHL p. s. PRENTICE,
ID EsPEC rFULLY inform the inhabitants Of
Ia Portland, and its vicinity, that he has TAX
en room over Mr. Fariey's, IN Middle Street
where he will attend to the various operations
on the teeth.
Portland, April %, 1898. Qs3w. os r)
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17

THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS.
Consists in the right to publish, with impuni.
~ truth, with good motives, and for iustifable
ends' whether it respects government, magisk
tracy, or individuals. HAMILr.S,
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17
Auction and Commission
STORE.

THE Subscriber would Inform the public and
i his friends in general, that be has been duly
euthoized as an Auctioneer, aud has taken Store
NO. 3, az The lower end of Exchange ST eel, where
he will attend 20 any business in this line, from
sunrise to the setting OF the same, every day in
the week, Sabbaths excepted. He fatiers him.
sell he shall receive share of public patronage.
GOODS stored on as reasonable terms as else
where in town.
Strict attention will be paid 10 all Goods con.
signed 10 his care.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17
GFNERaL ASSORTMENT OF
HARD WARE. &c &c

The above goods are of the first quality, and
VIII De sold as cheap IS can be purchased 10 TOW o,
or cash or approved credit.
Ship Stores pm up al The shortest notice.
Portland. April 4, 1928. If
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17
DANDFTJ0NS

medical writer in the National Intelligent
Ger remarks :-Dandelions have always been
considered particularly useful in viscerai OBJ
sructions, particularly those of the liver. when
eaten either as greens, salad, ortakeu in ptisaus
They seem calculated, from their stimulant.
deobstruent powers, to promote bilious dischar-
ges, and, from long experience, have been found
highly effcacious in all hillary affections Of the
liver They are also good to keep the body
open, and are diuretc and attenuant. In the
dropsy, the daadelion has been known for ages
to be of great utility. The ancicnts, saws Will
Itch, were better acquainted with the properties
OF this excellent vegetable, than those modern
practitioners, who appear to be more anxious
to introduce exotics, imported from distant
countries, than to ascertain the qualities of those
numerous medical plants, which grow in our own
climate. | advise all who are troubled with
bile, fatulercies, fulness of blood, and who are
fearful Of dropsy, vertigo, &c. to make free use
OF the precious gift Of nature, the Dandel'On. -
1'renton Emporium.
"A Juiser's rcitt-" give and bequeath to my
| sister-in-law, Sarah Dennis, four old worsted
stockings. which she will find underneath nv
bed TO my nephew, Charles Mccartney, two
pair Of stockings, lying in the box where | keep
my linen to Lieut.. Johnston OF bis maiesty's
9TH regiment OF foot, my only pairof white cot
ton stockings, and my old scarlet great coat !;
and to Hannah Bourke, my house keeper, in
return for her long and faithful services, nv
cracked earthen pitcher. Hannah, in anger,
told the other legatees that she resigned to them
her valuable share of the property, and retired.
In equal rage Charles kicked down the pitcher
and as it broke, multitude of guineas burst out
and rolled along the floor. This fortunate dis
covery induced those present to examine the
stockings, which to their great JOY we're cram
med with money.
An Irishman in America, once wrote to his
father in Ireland, thus:
Dear Father--I wish you would come and
settle in this place, for your business is much
better here than it is where You are and, besides.
dare say you would soon get to be colonel, a
justice OF the peace, member of the legislature,
or constable, for in this country they have
| mighty mean men to ell these Offices"
Easy method Of restoring and rendering saiJle-
damaged Parchment DEEDS, &c
Ihe following mixture, it is asserted viii make
writing which has been obliteTated, faded or sunk Ell
tber on paper or parchment, Immediately legible
bruse Two or three nut gals, infuse them in half
pint OF while wiae, and let the bottle stand for two
days in the any other equally warm situation
then wash that parchment paper which il wanted
10 nave tie writing recovered By means Of sponge
or SOFT brush dipped in the vinous infusion ana The
purpose VIII be Immediately answered If IL be sniff
GENTLY strong. Should that not happen. its powers
must be increased BY an additional quantity al ras
ana perhaps, in some instances stronger heat and
4 ven stronger wine, may also be necessary
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17

| be an ample stock to trade upon. Now. very
general complaint is heard for the want of capi-
tai to carry on any considerable business. and
hence hundreds who are unfit to work By reason
of their feeble health, or unwilling to, because
they would rather live idle, are prevented from
being gratifed. Let all such resort 20 the hon
est and laudable employment Of superintendinr
grog shop.
2. From the number of these houses every
where supported, it is believed that majority 81
the people are in favour of them, or if not. that
snch Will soon be the case. Compute the num-
bers who live by keeping such houses, aud those
who frequent them, aud those VITO directly or
Indirectly tolerate them, and they will be found
to constitute majority of the male population
And how obvious il is that practices thus popu-
lar should be allowed?
3. by these houses, ardent spirits, ia all their
varieties, are brought TO the door or every fam
lily.
a. Young men BY resorting to these places,
find relaxation from their daily Iabonr, become
hberal-minded on all religious s, moral subjects,
dlVest themselves of all their puritanical notions,
and are furnished with sufficient spirit to sally
forth IN the night season to break gates, roll
casks into the streets, destroy signs and plumber
gardens. Such efforts Of genius are always found
~'here tipping houses abound
III these modern schools, children and appren-
tees ave taught to despise the commands of
their parents and masters
These dram shops always send into the feld
at our elections, the very best of troops. 1t is
no matter what measure is to be carried, who is
to be set up or who put down--voters will sally
forth, ready, and willing, and most violent, 10
favour Of their leader, be be a democrat or fed
erallst, northern freeman or a southern slave
holder, tolerationist or democrat, provided al
ways that he is the friend of these establish
ments.
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17
j. d K. HOOLE
OFFER for sale, at their Store head oftngra-
~ hams Wharf--A good assortment of
W. 4. Goods &c Groceries,

AMONG WHICH ARE
80 chests and boxes Hyson, Y,
Hyson. II. Skin and Souchong TEAS; 10 hhds
WI. RU ~; 2 do. old J. Rum; 10 bids. new
do Spipas BRANDY s do. H. GIN; IS Ibis
A. Gin; 10 hals and quarter casks Malags;t1is.
bon and ;. NJ. WINE; Demijohus old Madeira
Wine; boxes and bags white and brown Havana
SUGAR; Loaf and Lump do; 10 hhds. MO-
LASES; bags COFFEE; eakks Rice bales
cotton; 10 casks Raisins; 10 boxes NJ. do bAgs
Pimento aud Pepper Ginger Cloves; Sutmass;
Cassia; Indigo boxes Starch "A lum CoppeIa as !;
Log He'd Wood; boxes Chocolate; key Mustard;
90 bbis clear and No. Pork 20 bbs mess and
No. Beef; Turks Island Salt bags blown do !;
a. boxes dipped Candies; 8 bbls. Sperm Oil !;
IL cwt. Shot; 10 casks Powder ; fg and half H.
Rolls Tobacco; blalders Snuff; so 600 A. aud
Spanish Cigers; 1000 b. Cottos Yarn; 10 dos
Eng. and A Shoveis; so dor. Hoes cotton and
wool Cards; casks 90, 10 8, 6 and al Nails: d.
By 10 and by Glass; so bushels white Beans /;
No a1d cuIled Maekerel; 600 quinials Cod
Fish, in good shipping order; 1000 10. No aut
Butter in kegs; 500 red Oak Shouks and Heads
80 Nj. good Shingles
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17

Of New York, forty mites west of Albany, on
which there are two BARNS, one so b. - s=es
well finished: one 20 by SO feet and framed
house SO by III feet; other improvements equal to
80 head cattle Summer aud Winter. ri
The Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1818-1824, 1823-06-17
One lot of LAND in West


brock, near the Rev. Caleb Bradlsy's.
A Double HOUSE i'm the
north part Of this town, and one Lot 90 Hancock
Street, with bniding on the same.
A two story BUILDING on
leased land on Maine-S.rret, aud ons Lot on
Fore-Sireet; one new Horse Cart.
Tha shove property will be sold cheap for Cash
or approved Notes.
ALSO,
Forty sides of Wax and Grain
LEATHER. A few Wax SKINS in Store.
A set Of Curriers' TOOLS, in
GLIDING SPLITTING MACHINE, as above.
All persons indebted to the Subscriber, by note
or account, may settle the same at his Store, any
time prior to the 30th of May. After that date,
please to call on Jonathan Morgan, Esq.
April. JEDEDIAH DOW.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-05
LEGAL LYRIC.

OH think not your pleadngs really SO sly,
And so free from flaw as they seem to you now;
For, believe, demurrer will certainly ie,-
The return of tomorrow will quickly show how
No, all is waste of impertinent reading,
Which seldom produces but bubbles and brolls.
And the lawyer who thinks he's the incest in pleading,
Is lkeliesl far to be caught in its tolls
But, brother attorney! how happy are We
Nav we never meet worse i'll our practice OF law,
Than the flaw demurrer can gid with fee,
And the fee that a conscience can earn from afaw'
Yet ourtoors would not often he dark, on my soul,
If equity did not to law lend its aid,
And care not how suon am struck oH the roll,
when for these blessings shall cease to be Paldi
nut they who have fought Tor the weakest strongest,
Too often have wept o'er the credit they gave,
Even lie, who has slumbered in chancery longest
Is happy if always his cost he can save,
But my brother in ia1V, while qaarrellmg germ
Is in man or in wonan this prayer sfall be ours
That actions-atlaw may employ every term,
And equity-sus cheer occasional hours.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-05
CONCERNING THE VEL
LOW FEVER.

John JAMES GIRAUD, (practising physician
in the civ Of Baltimore State Of Maryland, former
Nv Surgeon Of the Royal Marines, and Surgeon Ma
ior of the Admiralty of Cape Francois, Island Of
s.. Domingo did discover in the year 1900 (hs e
noch in which the city Of Baltimore was visited by
the yellow evcr) medicine for The prevention, and
cure Of the said maaty, the certainty of which is
authenticity proved and attested by ninety persons
cured on, Of the number of one hundred and three
and by the affidavit Of the author, before the Mayor
of the said city, the twenty sixth day OF March egh
teen hundred and sis, and afterwards oy new sN'
perimsnts, made at Havana, Island o. euoa' ~ INC
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-05
without which the improvement

crs with leather, without which the improvement
is not complete
In the fall Of 1919, happened in at a book bind
cry In Winchester, while the binder was covering
some hooks with leather; by which noticed the
usual method OF shaving the edges Of the skins to
make them lie smooth and close to the pasteboards
at the sides and ends. The thought instantly &C.
Cured TO me that my cotton factory drawing roll
lers might be covered with leather and Tapped by
shaving similar way, which would be much better
Than the old way of stitching. afterwards broueh.
up roller and desired the binder to cover it for
me in the way then directed. which he did. Mr..
Bakers size was afterwards applied, and the inyen-
lion found of great utility.
]. COLLINCE.
Goshen Factory, June II, s2s.
sl% Editors favoraby disposed towards improve
ments will please insert above.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-05
From the Nea0 York Columbian.
THE SENTRY.

addressed to my brother at Detroit.
The Sentry walks at midnight hour
ne thinks Of home, Of love and Joy,
vi held and stream, of bank and flower,
That charmed hxn when careless boy
10 other scenes-to other shores,
Rejoicing Fancy then repairs,
And every time-worn trace restores
The bliss that many dear one shares!
Then, while the moon rides clear and high, -
Unconsciously his bosom swells
He gazes with lovers eye
Another on its beauty dwells!
Oh thinks he then of secret foe,
Who haply haunts that slumbring scene!
Oh heeds he dangers shadow '-no--
He roams his native village green.
In such scene, his heart will say,
So sweety still so widely fair
Ye blessed companions far away!
The soft ton'd flute gave wings to care
Or meath yon alIers' buried crest,
Bent DER the upland rivulet's fall,
Love bushng beauty's ear ADDRESSED
And worlds to that dear spot were small
The Sentry walks at dead of night
With melting tears his eyes are weti
While soft, the moons unclouded light
Streams on his FURNISHED bayonet
IT'S not dastard's blighting ear,
Or rapid tear that grief demands;
tOn saiilnp moon brings 10 MS car
The short sweet hymns of distant lands
Then calmly, on the lap of earth,
His fathers moss-strown cot appears
The moaning wheel--the crowded hearth
The .tondest breast of early years
The old rush bottcmed chair, whence breathed
Ills grandsire's legendary lore
The vine which thro' the easement wreathed,
AL, all he knew or loved before
Sweet, sweet when homes blue curling smoke
Hath faded on the distant skies,
When by the door, the spreading oak
No more delights our aching eyes
Sweet then, on Fancy's wings to soar
Where chdhood's lovely spirits roam,
To live those days of rapture DER
The Iost--the loved-the only home!
How will that lonely Sentry weep
The while he lists some well known tune,
horne Wild o'er rock and pine clad steep,
Where Hudson sparklcs to the moon
For memory, from the world apart,
Restores The shades of parted joy;
She gives the warm unchanging heart,
Those scenes that charmed the careless boy!
S. OF New JERsEl
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-05
Baltimore, July 18th, 1928.
). J. GIRAUD

In former number we noticed the following act Of
madness. The one now given is more succinct,
and detailing particulars.
William Hood, residing at the head of Severn,
Jagged about As years, and having family of 10 chill
Idren and vile pregnant, on Friday last at Ii
O'Clock, took three of his children from his house.
and made them assist him in erecting three square
pen OF fodder rails, &C. large enough for himselft to
sit in--which when he had completed, he sent his
son Joshua, aged about years. to the house for
lchunck OF fte-the child at first resoutely refused
but on being threatened with death it he did not
lobey, he finally brought hre--the father then set
himself down in the pen and OBLIGED his son to set
IRE 10 the fodder-he then folded his arms and be-
gan with great glee Drink about boys and drown
all sorrow" he continued to sing until the flames
extended Eve or six feet above his head when one
OF his neighbors discovered his situation and hasten
ed to extrcate him--on Selling him by the arm for
that purpose, he found him SO much burnt that the
skin left the hesh-he however dragged him out oil
the hames-the Infatuated maniac in a rage seized
a club and swore by his Maker he would kill him
for interfering. Mr.. Belt was compelled to retreat
for his life, and Hood returned into the fire, and
continued there until the family, alarmed by Mr..
Belt, reached the place and again dragged him from
the flames, too far burnt to make further resistance
his nose and one of his ears were burnt off, the
wind-plpe exposed and in other respects he was
dreadfully mutilated He was taken 10 the house
and medical aid Immediately sent for-at night he
recovered his speech sufficiently 10 ie his wife that
q" his master" had come to him the day before, but
he was not ready for him-that he would be for him
that night but he was not yet prepared, but that next
day at Ii O'Clock when he came again, he should be
ready and would go. He said his object to have
burnt up his soul body, to deprive the devil OF
his expectation To the last he continued Imprecat
ing in the bitteresterms those who had prevented his
purpose. He fingered in dreadful manner until
Saturday at IL O'Clock, and then expired. He is
represented to have been man OF singular manners
and Incorporate habits--What q lesson !--.Nary-
land Republican.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-05
rnoM rnE pA1r1ronr MoRN1Ne cHnoy1c1r.

FROM THE BALTIIoRE MORNING CHRONICLE.
Oh I remember life can be
No charm for him zOko EUes not free.
Tom. Moore.
Can thread restrain the Eagles fight
Can snow Withstand the fire.
Can power t6rever conquer right,
Or reason quell desire1
IF so, the patriots hopes Of joy
Must now no longer beam;
A tyrant's sword must still destroy,
And lifc's dark crimson stream
In vain must how
Ger fields of woe,
Where freedom lives the shadow of dream.
Then sons Of Spain your slumbers break,
Fate smiles upon your destinyi
Sons of Spain, awake! awake
And burst the bonds of slavery.
We see the mornings golden rays
Shine with effulgent glory,
We see the warriors battle days
The favorite themes of story.
But yonder sun more bright will shine
Above frecman's grave,
And fame for him more wreaths viii twlne,
Than if he lived slave;
And DER his tomb
Shall laures bloom,
To tell, "here rests the brave"
Then sons of Spain, awake awake
Fate smiles upon your destiny;
Rush. rush TO arms for freedoms sake,
And fight for death or victory.
WIZARD & co.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-05
From the Winchester Republican.
USEFUL IMPROVEMENT.

We take much pleasure in publishing the follow
ing. 1t is said to be valuable discovery---one
that deserves patent, which the writer has been
advised to obtain. But he generously prefers
communicating it in this way, for the benefit oil
his fellow citizens: -
TO the editor of the Winchester Republican.
Winchester, June 9, 1928.
DEAR SIR Having desire to give every aid in
my power for the improvement Of cotton factories,
will thank you to insert the following for their bcne
fit:
To attach clcth to iron rollers take the roller and
heat it to about ESQ degrees of Fahrenheit; then
rub it over with gum shellac, which will melt on il
like wax while in this state apply the cloth TO the
roller and when it is cold it will stick perfectly fast
.Anotber acay.--Iake white lead, grouod in flax
seed oil and sufficient quantity of copai varnish
to form stiff paint; then take piece Of muslin
large enough to 20 twice round the roller; this
muslin must be sized over with thin glue or paste,
and laid aside to dry. Then lay thick coat oi
paint on the roller where you intend the cloth to
20, and when il has been on an hour put on the a.
boye described muslin, say once round on the paint
without glue, and the second round TO be pasted OF
glued to the first round Of The muslin; This gives
the FIRST round ar opportunity of fastening to tie
paint, while the second round is held by the glue =
This is the foundation for the CLOTH which is easily
glued to the muslin, and will save the trouble ol
drilling holes through the iron rollers as now prac
Used, and likewise do away the bossing OF rollers
with wood.
a size for the leather on the rollers.
Take 10 grains gum dragon
! 10 do. isinslass
| or ounces water:
when dissolved to be applied 10 the leather on the
rollers this fills the leather. and prevents the cot
ton from tapping. This size is better for muslin
than either glue or paste, ii the muslin be perfectly
saturated with it, and when nearly dry ironed
smooth. AA&
! Yours, sc. WIN. A. BAKER.
| TSince receiving the foregoing, MIR Collnse has
handed US the following method of covering the rol
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-05
from tie Reading ChronicLe.

Messrs Editors--A circumstance occurred on
the 4th ut, that may certainly be called wonder,
and will stagger the scePtcs, and be good food for
the credulous.--Whilat young man Of this place
was sitting where three men were at work at the
Canal, near Mr.. Isaac Levan's house, there sud.
denly appeared Two crows and directly alighted ora
the shoulders Of one Of the workmen and continu-
led for few seconds to maintain their seats, without
any apparent shyness, and dsregarded the man,
although he put up his hand to drive them off nor
did they lily off till one OF the attempted 10 catch
them. The man on whom they alighted, immedia-
Itely became pensive, and, quitting his work, ex.
claimed, SHOW know what have to !" and
left the contract, although he had but that morning
commenced working there. The other men looked
upon the event as omnous that he was guilty Of
some unknown crime, and challenged him accor-
|dingly. He neither owned nor denied the charge,
but went off deeply affected. This event is worth
the minute inquiry Of some impartial person.
American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-08-05
WILMINGTON TUESDAY, AUGUST 1aoa

year 1920, Which were continued until the year
! 1892, in presence of physicians appointed by the
government, and also by the documents relative To-
these experiments, by which an average is made
Of from two to three deaths per hundred cures of
persons attacked with the yellow fever. well charac-
tersedAlter these facts no doubt can exist Of the
eihcacy OF said medicine, and consequently, it is
known 10 be the real specific and antidote of
this terrible malady. This remedy which hereto
lore had the faultof decomposing, has finally after
eighteen years of labor and experience been brought
to Its highest degree of perfecon and at presnt no.
thing can change it. 1t is known particularly at
Hayana) by the name of g Antipestilentia Specific
and preventive Liquors for the yellow Fever, c.'
1t will now be called "Dr. Gireud's two Antipesi-
lentla Curative and preventive Liquors. for the yell
low fever and plague" These liquors have scarce
" any taste or odour-they are neither vomitiye
nor purgative. This discovery being of the great
est importance for humanity all governments arc in
|teresed.
J. J. GIRAUD.
TlnI4s T.