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The following was sent by a La
dy to her lover, whole name
was A otl, a few weeks before
their marriage. The nuptial
knot was soon fattened after the
difeevning lover inferred its
import.
Why urge dear fir, a harmless
maid,
To change her humble lot;
1 or well you know Pve often /aid
In truth 1 love you (Nott.)
For all your pain Ido (Nott) care,
And trust me on my life j
Tho’ you had millions I declare,
I would (Nott) be your wife.
SANGFROID.
Myrtle unjheat’d his Joining blade,
Arid fix'd its point against his
breafi \
Then gaz'd upon the wend'ring
maid,
And thus his dire resolve cxpreJJ'd,
<{ Since cruel fair, with cold dis
dain,
ts You fiill return my raging love ;
l( ‘1 bought is but madnejs, life
but pain,
“ And thus—at once—l botß fs
moved*
<c 0 flay one moment"—Chlce
said,
And trembling hastened to the
door ;
II Here Betty, quick—a pail dear
maid,
ic This madman clfe, will stain
the floor.”
A Scotchman and Irifhnian
were fieeping at an inn together.
Ihe weather being rather warm ,
the Scotchman in his Jleep put his
leg out of the bed. A traveller in
puffing the room door, jaw him
in this situation, and having a
miml for a frolic, gently fixed a
spur upon Sawney's heel, who,
drawing his leg into the bed, Jo
difiurbed Pat, that he exclaimed,
“ Arrah, my dear honey,-have a
care of your great toe, for you
have forgot to cut your nails 1 be
lieve.” the Scotchman being
found asleep andfometimes perhaps
not a little difiurbed by ether com
panions, fill kept scratching poor
Teague, till his patience being
quite, spent, he jucceedcd in roujtng
Sawney, who net a littlefurprij
ed at finding the spur on his'heel,
loudly exclaimed, “ De'il damn
the daft chi el of an of Her, he's
taken my huts eff left night, and
left on the fpur.'*
From the National Intelligencer.
The intelligent foreigner,
who visits the United States is
soon preferred with a pheno
menon molt difficult of lolution.
His testers of introduction ge
nerally bring him, in the full
infiancc, to the acquaintance of
the votaries of falhion, who in
habit our large towns. <ln their
circles he hears the language of
discontent and diiliicislachcn ■,
he hears the governmentreviled,
the* principles of democracy de
nounced, and thole who main
tain them held up to contempt
or reprobation. He peruies the
daily vehicles of public opinion,
and finds them a faithful echo to
the fenuments avowed in private
circle a. According to them,
Te public are :a th hands
et unprincipled men, devoid of
every ijpark of patriotism , or
of men so ignorant, as to be en
• tirely unable to difeharge the
duties of their stations. He per
ceives a torrent of obloquy in
cedantly flowing upon them.
Their private lives, equally with
their public conduct, are por
trayed in the darktft colours.
Not a meafureis pursued which
is not represented as originating
in ignorance or fraudj and as
calculated to injure the people,
and disgrace them ip, the eyes
or the world. The nation is re
preiented a3 the moll: degraded
on earth j as being nominally
?*ec, but really enslaved. The
people are ftigmatifed as the
dupes of worthless demagogues,
and the levity with which they
bear their chains, is treated with
contumelious scorn. Their po
litical rights are reprHented as
mere toys, as the ratdes with
which they arc kept Client and in
fubjedlion to their mailers
I Heir afifcmblage for political
purposes ateie&ions, aj€ deno
minated mobs and feenes of ri
ots, drunkenness and quarrelling.
They are said to be unable to le
ledjudicious rulers, and to take
delight in raffing to offices of the
firfl distinction, men the moft
bankrupt in fortune and charac
ter, andthernoft devoid of ta
lent.
The piflure drawn of the (late
of the country is equally black.
I he government is rep r .fented
as dellituce of the refprft of its
own citizens, and as despicable
in the eyes of the world. In
duitry is left to languid), enter
p ize is chilled, wealth is afraid
to embark on an ocean so fraught
with dangers !
The firfl impression of our
stranger, on hearing th s mor.o
tous tale, is astonishment at the
mifreprei'entation he had previ
ously laboured under. On the
ocher fide of the ocean he had
been told that America was free
and happy. He now hears that
Ihe is enslaved and miserable !
Accustomed, however, to d*f
trufl firfl: imprcffions, hehefitates
hastily to confide in wnat he
hears. He looks around him,
and at. the very moment he hears
thi. language of dfficoatent and
ddpondency, he beholds a wan
ton dilplay of wealth in the rich
furniture, the dazzling equipage*
and the lumpeuous repasts of the
moft diflfatisfyed. He enqu.res
to what great family they belong,
and to whom they are indebted
for the splendor of their esta
blishment, and for every exter
nal bldffing that ought to render
man contented with his lot. He
is informed that they owe it to
themftlves , that they are for
the moft part native inhabitants
of other countries, who came to
the United States a few years
iince either totally defiitute, or
poflefled of little property j that
availing thcmfelves of the wide
and open field that lay before
them, they haveamafled prince
ly fortunes,- and aflfumed a rank
in lbcitty that enables them to
look down on the surrounding
world compoled cf thole who
were once their equals.
The aftoniliiment of the tra
veller riles at this information.
That they who riot in enjoyment,
which ages of toil could not have
bmkhed th:ra ft k- old world,
ffiould be the moft clamorous
and difeontented, he can only
account for from a knowledge cf
the unbounded ambition of the
human heart, which, never fa
tisfyed, only makes one attain
ment the fteppirg ftene to ano
ther.
Leaving the circles of faftii
on, and the tumulc of cities, he
pafles into the country. There
lie beholds every man busy,
contemplates marriage reward
ed by a numerous offspring,
and plenty crowning the plain
board of the ploughmen. He
listens to their artleis tale. He
hears no murmurs of difeon
tent at their lot, or acrimonious
accusations against the govern
ment. It is unnecefiary to ask
them, because he fees they are
happy. Every palling day adds
to their 1 tele flock and increas
es their comfort and independ
ence. He enquires of them their
political opinions j and they ai
med to a man declare thcmfelves
friends of peace
and of their‘rulers. fie follows
them to the election ground,
and there he contemplates a
feene of the utmost tranquility,
or an animated and good humor
ed contest between different
men often of the fame politics.
Remembeiing the vivid picture
of theft feenes drawn by the
votary of pkafure, he canfcarce
ly believe the evidence of his
senses.
Faffing through all ranks In
the country, though he occasi
onally meets with an angry or
; diffatisfyed man, he fees iri the
general character of the inhabi
tants no other indications but
those of contentment and hap
pinefs. Talking to them of
their country, he finds them a
live to all its rare and diftmguifh
ed felicities, and grateful to tnoft
who are assiduously engaged in
promoting their inrereits. He
perceives that they love their
country, not so much because
it is free from the vices, and
follies of the ol J world; he finds
them to be friends of the con
ftituuon, because it guarantees
to them the enjoyment of free
dom j he finds them attached
to their representatives, because
every meaiure they have taken
adds to their happiness. bo far
from condemning their mea
sures, but one voice is heard in
| favour of peace, light Sc
the early difeharge of the nati
onal debt.
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From the (IVajhington) Monitor.
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To the Editor of the Monitor,
There has Jcarce a month in
the summer Jeajon payed, since I
have been a Georgian, that 1 have
tiot heard of Jo me one having been
bit by a RATTLE SNAKE, a
proportion of -whom have died in a
few hours ■, themselves and friends
often too much alarmed to recol
lect if they knew of a remedy, or
could not procure ihe materials
until too late. Therefore, pie aye
to give the following choice of
. remedies a place in your paper.
Firfl. Two hands full cf pon
lar root bark boiled, the liquid of
it drank moderately warm,' * as jeon
as pcffble, hair’ a pint firfl, the
quantify after governed by the fy ni
tons, and line wife, the interval
inform cf the boiled hath beaten
’ applied to the wound.- Tried.
Second. Green plaintain beat
en in hajte squeezed , and the juice
drank in as large quantities as can
be procured, repeated, andjemeef
the bruijed leaves bound to the
wound. — Tried.
Third. A live fplit
in hajte , and bound to the wound,,
will draw out the poifen. — Tried .
Fourth. Sweet oil, taken half
a pint at a lime , asfocn as pcfii
ble, repeated, and a little rubbed
on the wound. — Tried. .
Fifth. Water, in a pan or
kettle, made as hot a r can be borne,
with fare under it to keep it Jo,
and the wounded /- ~t laid in as
soon as prjfible, in one hour will
effectually cure. — 'Tried:
Sixth. It is afferied by a gentle
man of New-Jersey, that dirt
mortar, made up in haste with
human urine, and bound to the
wound, cured a man in that auar-
Wk
ter.
Seventh. It is /add that the
part bit laid immediately in the
ground for feme time under frefh
earth, will give ease, perhaps
ciire.
Eighth. It is believed that
good vinegar, taken immediate
ly, freely, and repeated, rubbing
fame on the wound, will be a cer
tain cure.
Ihe !ever al printers in the fiats
are reqaefied to give the above a
place in their papers, and much
oblige a back country
FARMER.
June 15, 1805.
Artificial Coffee.
The potatoe is found to refera
ble coffee in taste, smell and co
lour more than any fubfiitute tha*
has yet been tried, few persons
\ can diftinguifli one from the o
ther j befiies these, it possesses 0-
tber properties and circumstances
which ought to reconupnd it to
general use. It is one of our
cioeapcfi and mofi plentiful vegeta
bles , bejides its cheapness, it may
be obtained in all places and in any
quantity nor are we dependent on
foreign commerce for it. This
fubfiitute for coffee fits light cm he
fismack, is nourijhing and easy of
digefiion, and does not irritate the
nerves of weak persons or cause vi
gilance.
The following is a mode of pre
paring it.
IVajh ra w potatoes dean ; cut
them into small square pieces , of
about the size of a hazle nut, put
them into a broad dijh or pan, Jet
them into a temperate fiove, or in
an oven after the bread is drawn ,
jlir them frequently to prevent
them from flicking together in or
der that they may dry regularly ;
when they are perfectly dry, put
them into a dry bag or box, for
use, and they will keep for any
length of time.
E/ken they are to be used, they
raufi be roafied in the fame manner
as coffee, and ground in a mill, or
reduced to powder in a mortar.
Small potatoes are as good as larpe
ones—the potatoes generally confi
darei the worjl End are better
than the mealy, and the skins and
parings are bejl of all.
Perhaps it might be worth the
ait ent ion of tbe far me r to dry p:> -
tatocs in the above manner for
market.
It is hoped none will prejudge
tnis recommendation—a trial will
con,firm what may appear to for :
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