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;/, cn th * Pcy r/ marriage,
by a D(iughtcr } tiddrejfed to a
■ jend 'Mether.
raßf,w e l r, fry w ; then ! cn
my bridal day,
T’v day tb it hears me far frch
i hoc a'a ay. ,
From thy parental reify whfre 1 •,
/aaree jhar'd
I take this farting /care, this long
adieu.
By far the kngeft that lever knave ;
The me ft ire pc riant and tie mft
fcvcrc
That e'er If curded in thy partial
ear.
Tet may I hope, when Ino longer
fhcre
Thy conftant love—thy never fail
ing care —
Then, may'ft then have no reafen
to deplete.
The day 1 left thy hrfpitalle deer, i
for me, may no imaginary fears ;
'Call fen th thy fighs , cr firm date
thy tears j
fer fare, I leave thy peaceable .
a cede,
Fer cue as demy as peaceable , as ;
rood
o
I quit thy daily, thy increaftrg love, i
T cr him whole tender refs will canal
prove y
fer when: I freely even thee ref pi ;
for whom I quit whatever cnee
a
was mine :
Scenes where I ft}ft' the voice of
fnendjhip knew
7 fhcre taught by thee my young
ideas grew ;
Term'd hy thy judgment, and ma
tur'd to Jet,
1 owe a debt of gratitude to thee.
0 fay, my mother have I e'er re
paid
That fend affeficn I have feeti
peurt ray'd ?
Did e'er my infant innocence beguile
J J o
from thee a mother's pi cafarable
fmi'e ?
Or art thou fully fatisfed to prove.
The certain knowledge of a daugh
ter's love ?
If thus 1 can a recompence heftew,
How free, bow largely, does ibis
tribute flow ;
Nor fhall my future feenes, if e'er
Jo fair,
Cbace from my mem ry thy mater
nal care:
.Revolving years fhall ferve but to
renew,
Thy precepts tender , and a fell ion
true ;
Tbofe precepts, mild, fill dwell
upon my ear.
And leave the pur eft rf impreflions
there.
Be happy, then, my mother ! nor
repine,
/Then tihfent from me, as thy days
decline ■,
Tpen thy comfort will my peace
depend,
Al, hough united to as dear a friend.
P. V.
The Sailer's advice cn Courtflnp.
My little fair one, as loon as
you have entered on board,
Hand prepared for all kinds of
weather, and in every ihifting
part of the feene, guide your
vdTel by the rudder of reafon,
carefully avoid the rocks of im
prudence, run no rifle by a pro
hibited commerce, make no
falle fignals, nor hang out faifr
colours, but mind to a 1 We
w nen to or tack, ro au
vancc and to retreat, and'fhlful
ly liter from the freights of
contention; preferve yourfclf
Heady, though Syrens attempt
to feduce ‘you, and by a Well
ballafled head, ftcure your '
heart agarnfb the top-gallant de- j
lights of the age, which never j
fail to engage the fiefh water |
kJ '■■*} I
fry; and always remember to i
keep your rebellious pafions |
under the hatches that they |
may not make a too frightful i
explofion, and give fuch a fhock !
to the pillars of wedlock, as ,
would quite \lilcourage your
lover, and caufe him, with full |
fpread fails, to Hand away fur
the gulph of deHruXion.
•
From the IVindJcr (Vermont)
Gazettes
Mr. Editor,
In Shutdbury, MaHachufetts,
there is now living a man by the
name of Ephraim Pratt, who was
born in Ealt Sudbary, in that
Hate, on the firHday of Novem
ber, in the year lie is
grandfon of John Pratt who
landed and fettled at Plymouth
in 1620, with the firft emigrants
to New- England. , At the age
of 21 years, Mr. E. Pratt was
married to a young ladv by the
name of Martha Wheelock, by
whom he had fix fons and two
daughters. Four of his fons are |
now living, the ddeft of whom I
is ninety, and the young ;fl eigh
ty-two years of age. Mr.
Pi att’s dteendants arc very nu
merous, but as they have emi
grated into various parts of the
United States, it is impolfible
to a fee r tain their number pre
cifely, yet from a moderate cal
culation they will exceed 1500
now living.
A few years finte, Mr. Pratt
received a vifit from four per
fons, who were.the grandchild
ren of his grandchildren ; fume
of whom are Hnce married, and
have children, who are cf the
6ch generation. Mr. Pratt has
been a very temperate man
through every part of his life.
His diet has been chiefly bread
6c milk, and he has not made a
meal of meat for more than for
ty years paH. His drink is cold
water, fmall beer and cider. He
was never intoxicated, and for
Hxty years paH, he has not
drank a glafs of wine, nor any
kind of diflilled fpirits. He
was never afflifted with an acute
dilbrder, has never taken a puke
nor phyfic; was never bled, nor.
did he ever confult a phyfician.
He is nowalmcft 114 years of
age, and is able to walk out and
vifit his neighbours.—He deeps
well, and enjoys a good appe
tite. His intellects are Hrong
and vigorous, and his memory 1
is uncommonly tenacious—and
with great propriety it may be
Paid of him, as of the good man
of old, “ that his eyes are not !
dim, neither is his natural force i
abated!”
His wife died and left him a
widower at the age of 98 years, 1
Hnce which time he has made
iuit to many young widows and
maidens. At the age of 105,
he formed the moH loving con
nexion with a young lady of 22
years; they were publifhed, and ■
the day of marriage was appoint- :
\
cU i Dtit owii'V to the ficklencf-i «
and inconflancy of youth, the
connection was dilTblved, and
the old gentleman’s love and af
fections have lince been divided
among a multitude of die fair ! J
The public may rely on the j
'authority of the above (ketch, !
as the writer received his infer- j
rnation from words and other in- j
dubitable (affixes as well as from
Mr. Pratt, who is a man of
flriCt veracity, clear intellects,
and the moil retentive memory.
A Traveller
THOMAS PAINE
Was an Engllfhman of an bo
nd! and induitrious family, who
thought proper to feek his for
tune in America, juft before the
revolution commenced. By what
accident he became a republican .
—or what arc his private wtak
neffes and even vices, is now of
little conTequence to the public,
in the judgment to be formed of
the merit and character of his
political difquifitions. It is fuf
ficient to be informed that he
early attracted the notice of the
molt eminent amomy the friends
o t the American caufe ; and was
the intimate and confidant of
Franklin, Jefterfon, Samuel and
John Adams, the Lets of Vir
ginia, and the late prefident
Wammgton, who, it is not pro
bable, would give a bad man their
friendffiip. He was feiected by
this la ft charadel*, to accompa
ny Mr. Laurens to France, to
folicit a fum of money, as an in
difpenfible circumftunce to the
continuance of ihc war. And
it is certain this million per
formed in a matter lb much to
public (atisfaCtion, that the hap
py termination of fo delicate and
important a tranfaCtion, was
ccnfiderCd in the time of it by
every friend to the country, as
one of the moll fortunate events
of the revolution.
The papers written by him
under the fignaturc of Common
Senfe, contributed more to the
independence and emancipation
of America, than any other pub
lication that appeared in the
whole courfe of our ftruggle.
It was among the political vir
tues of Thomas Paine, that he
was an early and decided fede
rahft: and was employed by
congrefs to pafs a few months in
Philadelphia, to perfuade the
inhabitants of that ftatc, who
were then in eppefition to the
federal inrtreft, of the neceffity
of their giving a revenue to the
national government, thatfhould
enable it to do juftice to the ori
ginal creditors, and to the offi
cers and foldiers who had ferved
and fnpported the country with
out even the profpeCt of being
paid, unlefs this expedient was
adopted. He was then warmly
eppofed by Jchn and Nicholas
Brown, by Howell and other
anti-fcderalifts, with luch zeal
and pertinacity, that the plan 1
finally failed.—The certificates
of the money thus earned, foon
depreciated in confequence, in
Inch a manner as to become the
propci ty of (peculators, refugees
and other enemies to the revo
lution—even to two (hillings and
fix pence in the pound. This
was the banc of American caufe,
and die fource of everv difficulty
< j
—t lias iir.cc happened in th?
country. It originated in ti. •
intrigues of the Britilh, and the
Ihort-lighted policy of thole few
among the republican part-.-,
who gave this opoefuion che.r
coumenance.
Mr. Paine faw at a glance that
the federal government wanted
the energy necclfary to five the
country > ami lie had no idea ct
In fieri ng a weak and ridiculous
prejudice to interfere with an aft
of fubftantial julVice. in the
courfc of thefe various political
excitrons, it was impofllble he
Ihould not meet with fame ene
mies; and as the enemies or a
great man always difplay more
adlivity in their attacks, thanfcis
friends ule rn defending his re
putation, there were periods
when his popularity fuffered a
partial eclipfe. But the fervlc
es he had rendered the commu
nity, wfcre of fo cflential a na
ture, and his perfonal and politi
cal integrity were fo well under
wood, that his final triumph was
compleat, and his w orks remain
a monumentofhistalents, know
ledge and genius.—Ages and
ages after the cavils and pitiful
abide of his enemies will have
funk in oblivion, they mull
command the admiration of pof
terlty.
To fay that no man in Ame
rica had written as lie wrote, is
faying but little in his favor.
If we now take the leveral pole
mical writings which have ap
peared againfbhim in this event
ful era, and compare them as to
matter and manner with thole
which he wrote in reply to them;
or with thole to which they were
written in anfwer, the difference
nude appear to be attonilhing. He
frems like Hercules, with his
formidable club, riding the
world of tvranny and opprtfTioa
of every fort; and if in fomc
moments he has been induced to
fay or write what it would have
been in him an a 6l of prudence
to have fupprefled, this is a fpor
on Ids fame, but cannot conceal
its luftre. The works on go
vernment written by him ought
to be read by every man in Ame
rica, and will be admired at eve
ry future period, fince the prin
ciples he has defended have now
fpread, not ovf r America alone,
but over the fined part of Eu
rope, while the partizans of the
Britifh government will continue
to envy his merit, and to at
tempt to fully his reputation.
CO DOLLARS REWARD.
CTOLE from the fubferiber’s
plantation, in Montgomery
county, a fmall BAY MARE,
five years old, and about thir
teen hands and a half high, with
feveral faddle marks on her
back, and a lump on the middle
thereof; the lump was occafion
cd by riding her bare-backed.
She was llolcn by Jamas
Trumfiej.d, a man about five
feet 8 or 9 inches high, dark
complexion, and black h air >
with a dark fkfh mole on his
check. Any perfon tnai wh*
bring me the mare and thief, or
confine him in any jail
Rate, lb he may be brought to
due punifhment, fhall recenc
the above reward.
JOSHUA KEMP.
