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Three Dolls.per ann.~j
Volume VIII.]
FOR SALE
AT THE
MONITOR-OFFICE.
The following pamphlets.
Os which a great allowance will
be made to those who pur
chase by the doz.n or
hundred.
(viz.)
POPE's ESSAY ox MAN.
BIBLE BAPTIST ,
By the Rev. John Leland.
A BLOW at the ROOT j
a sermon, by the Rev. John
Leland, author of the “ Bible
Baptist.”
RICE's SERMON ,
On the revival of Religion, in
Kentucky.
Q< KELLEY's APOLOGY,
For protesting against the Meth
odist Episcopal Church.
Doct. RUSH'S INQUIRY
Into the effedts of Spirituous Li
quors upon the Human Body.
HISTORY of JACK NIPS ,
—an answer to Lorenzo Dow’s
travel to the House of God.
JACK'S ALMANAC ,
—Being a pack of Cards which
constitute both an Almanac and
a Prayer-book.
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An ORATION
In commemoration of the anm
vAfary of American Indepen
dence, delivered July 4th, 1807,
by E. H. Cummins, Esq.
HULL'S HYMNS-
A few (heets remain of the old
flock.
ALSO,
The following Blanks—’
Subpoenas, ** Juftices’ war-
Executions, ** rants,
Warrants of ap- ** Fi-Fa’s,
praifement, # * Ca-Sa’s,
Administrator’s ** Indentures,
bonds, ** Letters of ad-
Letters tefta- * # ininiftration.
mentary. ** Letters of
Guardian bonds, # * guardianflup
Marriage licen- ** Juftices* exe
ces, with the # * cutions.
certificates an- ** Conftables*
nexed. # * bonds.
Commiflioners’ ** and
interrogatories.** Deeds.
NOTICE
IS HEREBY GIVEN ,
TO the proprietors, their agent , or
trustees of the following trail of
land , situate in Oglethorpe county
—that unless they , their agent , or
trustees do come forward and settle
the taxes due on said land within
six months from this date , it will
be sold by the collcftor of said coun
ty, agreeable to law , —viz:
TWO hundred acres of land,
in the countv of Oglethorpe, on the
waters of Cloud’s creek, adjoining
hnds of Weftan Williams and o
thers.
Alexander, M‘Ewen, r t r.
July 5, 1808. 6tn.
MONITOR.
Washington, (Georgia) Printed weekly for Sarah Hillkouse.
DESULTORY.
From the Lamp.
For the LADIES.
Finery to Crank, and
Crank to Finery.
Mr. Crank,
What fhail Ido ? lam nearly
25 years old, and am not yet mar
ried ! I am shocked at the idea of
becoming an old maid, but how to
prevent that awful catastrophe I do
not know. You have done won
ders they tell me in your fponforial
office, and I implore the assistance
of your fkiil to help me out of my
perplexing situation. I fhail be
plain and open to you, for a doctor
cannot cure a patient that does not
tell him where the paia lies. lain
an amazing pretty woman : I will
not go too far when I fay I am a
right down beauty. My looking
glafs tells me so, and it don’t tell
lies. lam four feet and an half
high, and weigh exactly 120. You
know this is a charming size. My
eyes are hazle brown, bold and
large, and overfhaded with the larg
ed eye tefhes you ever saw. No
man from 18 to 90 can (land my
iueks- fuf- a~fccond ‘without fofoy
put into a terrible flutter. My eye
brows are well arched and charm
ingly saucy. My nose is fine, and
exactly one third of the length of
my face. My mouth is fmal!, my
lips are roly and pouting. My
skin is fair, my hair is brown. My
fmiie bewitches, my frown diftradts.
My arm is that oi a princess, my
hand that of a queen. I dance
like a goddess, and sing like an an
gel—and yet with all these charms,
with ail this raviffiing beauty, with
all these enchanting accomplish
ments, I am—2s years of age-and
-single! 1 What can be the cause
of this? I never said that I did
not w'ant to marry ! I can play the
lady of the house to admiration.
I can whip the negro wenches like
five hundred when they make ine
mad. Rose! hand me the bread
—why. dont you make haste you
lazy slut ?—Fillis! pin my fhawl—
quick, quick! make haste! why
are you so long a fumbling about
it, you aukward huffy?—Sylla! rub
the tables—Jenny! brush the hearth
—Either! give me my watch from
the bureau—Jack! flir the fire
Dont you think that I would make
an excellent house-wise ? But with
all these economical talents, I am—
-25 years of age~and~fingle! Dear
Mr. Crank! cannot you tell me
what is the reason of it? The
young gentlemen need not be afraid
that I fhail meddle with the affairs
of my future husband ; for I fhail
do nothing but eat, dress and visit.
I fhail never prerend to know any
thing better than my future spouse,
for I do not know how to read or
to write—Brother wrote this letter
for me. Mamma never sent me to
fchool, for that studying would
spoil my frefh color.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1808.
Dear, good old man ! I wish you
to take my case into consideration,
and fend me ycur opinion on it,
and your advice about it as soon as
possible.
Yours,
SUSAN FINERY.
Advice
Learn to read, to write & cypher
-—it is not too late. Break your
looking-glass, and never buy your
felf another. Never whip nor scold
your negroes. Overlook the kit.
chen ; knit and few, and flay at
home. if you will follow this
advice, I will give you the choice
among twelve of the llneft, richcft,
smartest suitors in the (late.
ADAM CRANK.
v From the Hudson Bee.
The Steam Boat, is certainly an
interfiling curiosity to strangers.
To fee this large and apparently un
wieldy machine, without oars or
fail, propelled through the element
by inviftble agency, at a rate of four
miles in an hour, would be a nov
elty in any quarter of the globe, as
we understand there is none in Eu
rope that has succeeded on the plan
upon which this is con It rutted.
The length of the boat is 160 feet,
and her width in proportion, so as
—The machine which moves her
wheels, is called, we believe a
twenty horse machine or equal to’
the power of so many herfes, and
is kept in motion by fleam from a
copper boiler, 8 or 10 feet in length.
The wheels are on each fide, fimiiar
to these of water mills, and under
cover they are moved backward or
forward, separately or together, at
pleasure.—Her principal advantage
is in calms or against head winds :
When the wind is fair, light Iquare
fails, See. are employed to increale
her speed. Her accommodations
(52 births besides fofas, &c.) are
laid to be equal or superior to any
vessel that floats on the river, and
are necessarily extensive, as all the
space unoccupied by the machinery
is fitted in the moft convenient man
ner. Her route (between New-
Yoik and Albany) is a distance of
160 miles, which she performs re
gularly twice a week, sometimes in
the short period of 82 hours, ex
clusive oi detention by taking in
and landing passengers. On her
pafiage last week she left New-York
with upwards of 100 passengers,
and Albany with 80 or 90. Indeed
this aquatic stage from Albany, with
the Experiment of this city, bid fair
to attach the greatest part of the tra
vellers which pass the Hudson, and
afford them accommodation not ex
ceeded in any other part of the
world.
IDLENESS.
Biffiop Taylor once toiti a tedy
of his acquaintance, who was neg
lectful of the education of her son,
“ Madam, if you do not choose to
fill your boy’s head with fometbtng,
believe me, the devil will.” The
Spanish preverb has it, “ The devil
tempts every man, but an idle man
positively tempts the devil.”
On the Lombardy poplar , tsfe.
It appears Iroia the manner that
j Lombardy poplars grow within the
vicinity of Philadelphia, that they
would form a very excellent live
fence, by being planted at the dis
tance of 7 or 8 feet from each oth*
? er. If cuttings of about one inch
; in diameter were (tuck down at the
above-mentioned distance, and well
protected from cattle for a few?
j years in ground tolerably rich, they
| would soon be fufficiently strong to
mortise rails into; otherwise it
would be moft proper to plant them
in a nursery and when they were a
bout the thickness of a man’s wrist,
plant them out at the feme distance
above mentioned ; fhould
not be mortiftd in more than is just
! lufficient to keep them in their pla
! ees, for they will loon be secured
fufficiently by the growth ot the
tree, when it’would be advisable to
fill up the vacancies with clay or
fome of Forfyth’s composition, to
! prevent the decay of the tree as
| much as possible. In making this
kind of fence, there should be a
• dhch run along perhaps about four
I feet wide and proportionably deep,
to prevent the communication of
j the roots with the fields intended to
’ vhe cult!cared qln ;^g f
Ivver an excellent purpose, on ac
’ count of the very great quantity cf
j leaves that will collect, which may
be bawled into the barn-yard or
or fprt*d on the fields when they
are wdl rotted.—This kind of fence
would supply the country with vast
quantises ot fuJ at the time they
are cut over, which may be done
at the height of a lour or live rail
I fence or higher if thought proper;
[ when the tops should be clayed o
ver for thcabove-mentioned reason,
they will afterwards fend out very
strong shoots, which in a few years
may be used again dor fuel.
On the Locust tree for fencing.
Ihe Locust tree would answer
on fome accounts for fencing bet
ter than the Lombardy poplar, the
wood is more valuable for many
purposes; it has been said that it
will neither iwell nor shrink; a
good locust poll has been said to
last one hundred years, it produces
great quantities of odoriferous flow
ers, which afford a delicious harvest
|to the honey bee, but as they are
| of a mere spreading growth thaa /
the Lombardy poplar, it would be
better to plant one at every post of
the fence, which is 10 and 1! feet
apart, they would be large enough
by the time anew fence decayed to
succeed it; there should be a ditch
run along fide of them for the fame
reason as the Lombardy poplar;
they enrich the ground by their
spreading roots, so that if any poor *
piece of ground is planted with lo
cult trees in a few years it wjiltje
very much improved, but as the
Lombardy poplar is of a very quick
growth perhaps that may be as
great an objedt, with many, as the
difference in point of durability.
[Payable half yearly.
[Number 392.
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