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THE CONTEMPL A i IST.
Zr/ others hocijl their hoards of
s M > , ,
Zte ;/>/£ content ana case,
To wanton round the fold,
And lov'd Matilda plcafi.
lot ill as I tune my Jlendcr reed,
On Chelmer’s hanks Jo gay ,
Thefilent fir earn , with gentle [peed,
Glides on its winding way.
*Tis thus, alas ! life runs unseen,
(While we to blfts are blind)
And like the wanton winding
fire am,
Leaves not a trace behind.
Come then Matilda, learn to
love,
Fur age will'Jo cn appear ;
Give me your heart , your band,
and glove,
And bLfis me thro’ the year.
POLYDORE.
.....
From the Baltimore Evening
Post.
V/e recommend the following to all
whom it may fiu.it —rqeuefting
them to notice, that it was
writtenfiaccording to ail ap
pearance, by one deeply Jkilled
in the qrt of giving cotifiequence
to thefie who are without u wit,
money, or manners.”
A RECEIPT
For making “ Young Bucks.”
There are a great many ways
in ibis world to become ccnjequen
tial, and as there are a number
of men who wijh to acquire ccnfi
vuence—a few hints on that head
Dr ob ably will not be unacceptable.
Thefirfi fiep is, to become acquaint
ed with Mr. Snip, who willJur
r.ifih a good external appearance,
and let him be the firJt man over
whom you ajfume confiquence ; you
probably will net have Jufftcient
eajh to furmjb a full of clothes \ —
that is immaterial -, Ist theJuit he
made, and tell him to call to
morrow, forfettLatent —when he
calls, be Jure to have your fine
clothes on, for then you will be a
b V to evade payment with more
grace, and more like a gentleman
—you can at the fame time tel!
him , you think he has great inso
lence to call for the money Jo fioon ;
that it appears as if be doubted
yarn : or, and with a few “ dam
v . r, ’ ’ kick him out of the room
-you need not be afraid, a taylor
has too much chrifiianity to refient
your ill ujage—after you have got
rid of Air. Snip you ought to fitr
uijh ycurfclf with a large white
pocket handkerchief, and let it
hang two thirds out of your pocket,
and it yen are appreberfive of
losing it, you can pin it in the hi
j:de—ice next thing necejjary are
a pair of gloves, but you mitft not
wear them both—you must keep
cue dangling between the thumb Is?
finger of your right hand—ycur
external appeal ance will then be
complete, and you will be able to
tlrut about the fireets and fare at
every female you fee, with much
feif jatisfaction—there is one tlnner
1 had nearly emitted , afmdlglafs
which you must tie round your
neck with a yellow ribbon, and e
very no v and then quiz the People
with for it is the height A
W ¥
fajhion ‘0 appear near fightej.
When you are fatigued with
walking you may'fip into Bryden's
or Avans, and every genteel per -
Jon you may meet, may accofi with
i( damme fir, the weather's hot,
(Ac.—a gentleman can get no ac
commodation in this town, London
is the place fir” —and if you should
get over a bottle of wine, you can
talk about places which yat never
Jaw, and circumjtances that ne
ver happened-, and if you tell a
few lies, it is not of much confe
rence, it will only tend to con
vince the perfn you have ‘a very
fertile imagination.—lt will be tie
ceffary before you talk about Lon
don, Paris , or other populous ci
ties, to get acquainted with the”
principal ft reels, which you can
eafuy and o by going to any of the
Jiorcs, and pertifing for five mi
nutes the necessary books—but if
your head should be too much con
fided by the last night's debauch ,
which very often happens to confi
quenlial beaux, you may mark
them down on a piece of paper, id
get them by heart at your leisure.
And if you wijh to become very
coijequential, you must j'peak ob-
Jcenely, Jwear, drink, and talk of
fighting—taking care, at the fame
time, that it does not become too
ferious —if it ftmdd there will be
no alternative but fubmiftion, and
there is no fubmiftion but what you
ought to jkew, rather than endan
ger the form of your limbs , and
probably your life.
Os on must learn the meft fajhion
able oaths, and every now and then
whenever you can find an opportu
nity, blend them with your con
verfatien, for nothing adds Jo much
to a man of consequence as a few
of tbefe pronounced with proper
emphafiis. Ton must never go to
church j on the contrary, always
make it a point to abuse the clergy
for a parcel of old fuperflitious
fools, become a Deist, and your
confluence is made for life.
TOMMY CLOD.
P. S. I forgot the flick, about
3 feet long to play with, which has
a mighty look, and is eftential to
buckxfm. T. C.
’ TiQiQug)...—— m
Familv Government.
il Let the child know it Jhall
get tic thing by fibbing II' 7 bin- 1
ing, crying , and bellowing, are
the childrens climax in the pathe
tic, and have a powerful influence
over parents, who have more ten
dernejs than judgment. IVhen
the child finds it can have prompt
pay, they will be coined on all cc
cafions —what is werfe, they will
be often counterfeited. This fib
bing fy ft cm is more pernicious in a
family, than the fundingfyflem
in a nation. It draws beauty, &
ftifles the humor and vivacity of
the mind. The fimtling face of
youth and innocence is the moft
pleafimg fight that nature or art
produces. 1 would give more, to
fie living p ill tires in my parlour
than the busts of all my ancestors
fmee the flood. Nature generally
completes her works ; it is left to
the human [pecks to per fell them
jelves. Parents have it in their
own power to heighten the bloom
°f. youth with their beautiful chcer
fiilnfis, or mark it with the dfi
terted grimaces of ill-nature.
Lift cad of paying the child for
j-bs and tears, grant a premium
for j'Hass, i’’ it cry s for z five
rite plaything, quiet its clamour
and never grant its request, till
it can make its Juit in good humor.
A'il this should be done for your
own honor and the happiness cf
your children.
But who has no deftre to oblige
a good neighbor “I If your friend
calls to fie you, the good humored
vivacity of your children is the
fin l ight you can poftibly exhibit.
Tv. Mufium has nothing more de
lightful, and the best band of r.iu-
Jic is not more pleafng than do
meft if harmony. IVhen you can
furnifh your gueftts with the cheap
though exquisite entertainment,
why Jhould you grate their ears
with the uifeord of Bedlam ?
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EXTRACT,
Taken from Dr. Ramfy's address
to the people of the United States
at the clofi of his hiftsry of the
American Revolution.
cc Learn wisdom from the mif
fortuncs of other nations. Cul
tivate justice both public and
private. Cherish and support
a reverence for government, and
cultivate an union between the
east and the south—the Atlantic
and the Mifliflippi. Maintain
your own rights, and let others
remain in quiet poffdlion of
theirs. Avoid difeord, fa&ion,
luxury and other vices, winch
have been the banc of common
wealths. Pradice industry, fru
gality, temperance, moderation
and the whole train of republi
can virtues. Banish from your
borders the liquid fire of the IVeft
Indies s which while it entails
poverty and disease, prevents
industry, and foments private
quarrels.
<c Venerate the plough, the
hoe, and all the implements of
agriculture. Honor the men,
who with their own hands main
tain their families and raise up
children—that are inured to
toil, and capable of defending
their country. Reckon the ne
cefiity of labor, not among the
curses, but thebleflings of life.
“ Diffufe the means of edu
cation and particularly of religi
ous inftrudions, thro* your re
motest settlements. Remem
ber that there can be no politi
cal happiness without liberty.—
That there can be no liberty
without morality, and that there
can be no morality without reli
gion.”
AGRICULTURAL .
A method to prevent Smut dama
ging V/beat, with Joint remarks
cn the culture cf the fame.
I have found that three pecks
of feed is fufheient for one acre,
of ground of all kinds of oil and
ftrengthi if more be Town on
the acre, the flalks of a great
number cf them will not grow
to their full height, nor the ear
to its proper size, nor kernel to
its mil bigness, and the weight
will be from two to five pounds
less in the bushel.
I am sensible many farmers
will oppole this pradice—but
they will fee the ut lity of it if
they will try it, for it is certain
that land will bear about th
fames quantity yearly, and if in
flraw, then the kernels mull be
fewer and fmailer.
‘ihe;c u another particuk:
iha: the farmers Tail in very
much—that is, in cutting their
Wheat before it is perfectly dry,
which is almofl the only reafoa
of the smut troubling them.’ I
commonly let my wheat {land
longer than my neighbours, and
never have been troubled with
smut, except when I bought my
feed ; from which I have con
cluded that it was the time of
harvefling that prevented fmuc
from damaging flour. About
thirty years fincc I bought a crop
on the ground : it proved to be
veryfmutty; nearly one 8 th.
I thought to try what would pre
vent its damaging the flour; ac
cordingly I let it {land till it was
quite dry, so that when cut, iri
binding, the ground was checked
under iheaf. When I thrashed,
it there was no smut to be seen.
Ever fxnce, by the fame method,
have found the fame good effedt.
Wheat that is harveiled after this
fame manner will be as good for
feed as if there had been no
smut among it. Farmers are
of opinion if their wheat (hdis
in binding there is a great iofe i
but they are miflaken ; there is
a greater loss in chrafhing wheat
that is harvested before it is dry
than is wafted in harvefling when
it is over dry (so termed.) If
there is any smut in wheat that
fwcats in the least degree in the
mow, it certainly infects the ker
nel, and by that means smut is
propagated.
Cutting wheat with a cradle
is pernicious, for it collects a
great quantity of green weeds,
See. which before it is dry is,
put into the mow or flack, and
will certainly sweat, and by that
means the smut, which is light,
will be carried with the fleam
throw the whole mow or flack i
besides, the cradle cuts off that,
which isles tilanding, would en
rich the ground.
I have but little expectation
that these remarks will at pre
fenc anlvver my honed intentions;
for we find that education and
tradition have so bound down
people, that there is no moving
them, let their principles or
pradlice be ever so abfurti.-
But as intcred is the great spring
in all our actions, 1 hope fome
will be induced to pay attention
to the experiments made forty
years by a‘ FARMER.
From the Albany Register.
ARSENIC.
The public have repeatedly been
cautioned against the imprudent
use of this corrosive pcifin, in the
deftruElicn cf boufe vermin ; and
families have not unfrequently paid
the forfeiture cf their imprudence
in the premature death of fome cf
their members. A family in this
city, were cn Sunday last pofined
by Arfinic, which had been mixed
withfeme Indian meal, and tut a •
fide to uje as occaf.cn should re
quire, to destroy rats, but which
was taken Ly the maid cf the
house, who was unacquainted with
the arcumfiance, ana ‘incorporated
it \nio a pudding. Nine of the
family ate cf it, and were seized
with the mft viola:} taking, iftc.
Medical aid was immediately re
fir ted to, and we are happy to
learn that they are all recovered
or cut of danger. Sweet oil in
very liberal portions was xdvi
uttered V ■'tint