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ParnaJJian Loom, On being expelled a ladys company. T'hus Adam look’d, when from the garden driv'n, And thus difputed orders frnt from heav’n ; r- Like him I go, ihb’ to depart I’m loth j Like him I go, for Angels drive us both. Hard was his fate, but mine ftill more unkind; His Eve went with him, but mine flays behind. The C H O I C E. S WEETNESS of foul, a feeling heart, Unflain’d with vice, unCiiil’d in art j A gen’rous, fympathetic mind, Capacious, lih’ral, and refin’d ; An underftanding large, and free From the lead trace of pedantry ; A perfen neither grofs nor fpare. Eyes blue, hair brown, complcdlion fair j Cheeks red, teeth white, and breath mofl fweet j In drefs not gay, but limply neat j A hand and foot well form’d and fmall j A figure good, aperfon tall j Induflricus, prudent, and a mind With pure benevolence refin’d. This is the eharafter I’d chufe, Hcte would I centre ill my views { With I;er I'd walk life’s dreary road, Wi.h her I’d feck my father, God ; With liei Improve each talent given. And find a rich reward in Heaven. ANECDOTE S. TN a neighbouring village lived an ^ honed, wealthy farmer, who hav ing a number of hirelings hoeing in a field, one day, about 11 o’clock, going to fee how his work went on, found one of them, while experiencing a fud** den religious change, which, in part, conffitutes a Shaker, fitting ftill, re proved him for his idlenels ; on being anfwered, that he was thirfty after the fpirit—“ Grog you mean, I fuppofe, fays the farmer : but if the good book teaches you to thirft after the fpirit, it fays alfo, hoe all ye that thirJiP" Of Dean SWIFT. T his gentleman, who feldom paid much, if any attention to the elegance of drefs, happened to fail from Holyhead to Dublin in the fame packet which carried over part of the Lord Lieutenant’s fuit, and among the reft his chaplain. As he was a man not ovcr-ftocked with learning or wit himfelf, he was always anxious to dif- cover the abfence of it in others, and of courfe rejoiced at feeing a thin ftiab- by perfon, whom he inftantly con cluded to be his inferior, both in knowledge and refpeftabUlty. He began by queftioning the Dean about the modes of education in Ireland, and the examination that preceded the or dination of a parfon. Swift’s reply to this was couched in a ftyle of extreme fymplicity and ignorance. At length the chaplain aftumed the office of fini- plicity, and propoled for tranflation the following line from Virgil: Romanos rerum dominos gentemque to- gatam. Here the wit thought he had an op portunity of at leaft hinting who he had to deal with, and perceiving the chaplain to have a long Roman iiole, began the tranflation thus:—Dominos roman os—damn all Roman nofes ; gen temque togaiam—and all fiate chap- lains. Highly gratified with this anf- wer, and expeding further entertain ment, the chaplain alked him what he intended to do with the word—rcrum. Oh ! fays the Dean, that is Latin for raw 'rum. This brought peals of laughter from the other, who conceiv ed himfelf in converfation with an ideot, until next day. when he faw the Do6for’s name announced in all the papers, and found himfelf the ridicule of all Dublin. WANTED immediately, Abouf 7000 Dollars In Pierce’s Final Settlements, for which good Indigo w'ill be given. Apply to LEWIS DUPRE, (Brunfwick County, Or CORNELIUS DUPRE, Sept. 15. (Little River. Fayette-Ville Races. O N Wednefday tlie 12th of No vember next will be run for at Fayette-Ville (the three mile heats) a purfe of one hundred and thirty pounds, free for any horfe, mare, or gelding, c;grrying weight as follows : A three years old to carry 981b.—Four years old, ii2lb.—Five years old, 1261b.—Six years old, 1331b—And a feven years old and upwards, 140 lb. Allp, on the fuccceding day will be run for (the two mile heats) a purfe of feventy pounds, each horlc, mare, or gelding carrying weight for rge as above.—And, On the day following, the fweep ftakes will be run for the entrance mo ney of the two firft days, each horfe to carry a catch. Twice round to make a heat. The money will be ready each day to deliver to the winner at the poles. ROBERT ROWAN. G. DUDLEY. Sept. 24. (Managers# John Burgwin, HA S FOR SALE, At bis Store^ in Wilmington^ A few BALES ol Coarfe Cloths, Suitable for the approaching Seafon —Among which are— B lue flrouds, frlze, and fearnoughcs.~^AIfo, a packam or two of printed linens and cottons, white, coloured and cheeked handkerchiefs, tapes. Sec. which he will difpofe of by the bale or package, at alow advance for bills or hard money. He has alfo for fale^ by retail^ A few of White’s patent mill faws, improved—.fait, rum molalTes, coarfe cloths and Unens, men’s, lyomen’s, and boy’# hats, men’s and women’s ihoes, faddles and faddlery, carpen. ter's tools, iron tea kettles, cotton cards, fetts of breakfaft chi' na, and one fet of very neat plates, diflies, tureens, &c. edeed with blue, ftone bottles and juggs, with many other articles. Mr. Burgwin, once more, (andfor the laft tim^) Requells ALL PERSONS indebted to him, or to Charles Jewkes & Co. to make immediate payment to him • or to fettle their arrearages by new obligations ___Other! wife he will be under the difagreabls neceflity of putting their Bonds, Notes, and Accounts in fuit, without further notice. He will fell all his Lands ia BlacivO and Cumberland Counties, at private fale, and receivs Produce in Payment on fuch credit as may be agreed on. Wilmington, Oftober 2t, 17SS. For Cork, The SHIP NORFAL, iDAVID H ARViE,Mafter. Will fail in TWELVE DAYS. For paftage, having good accommodations, apply to theCaptrin on board, or HENRY TOOMER. Wilmington, Nov. 4. W HERExAS the fubl'criber did, on or about the month of Auguft laft, give liis obligation, toge ther wdth Mr. Patrick Brciian, to So lomon Hammer, pilot, for the fum of eighty-five pounds currency, or there abouts, payable in January next—• This is to forewarn all perlons not to purchafe faid obligation, as the pro perty for which faid obligation was given proves not to be valid. JAMES BRANAN. Wilmington, Nov. 4, 1788. Bowen & Howard, Have for Sale at their Office, near the Marker, W RITING Paper, by the Ream or Angle Quire, Blank Account Books, The Chorifter’s Companion, contain ing the necelTary Rules of Pfalmody, * a choice colle6fion of Pfalm Tunes, Hymns, and Anthems. Alfo, The American Singing-Book, contain ing the Rules of Pfalmody, and a large number of excellent Pfalm- Tunes. Wrapping Paper, Pafte Board, for Bonnets, Sealing Wax, Ink-Powder, Ink-Stands, and Blanks of all Kinds. ' Printing-Office, nearly obpkite^he*i£S"“wherrT hf Pnbliffied by BOWEN and HOWARD, at theit Annum) EHay? and Articles of Intelliffen-ewH^h Subfcnptions for this Paper (at FORTY SHILLINGS, per y Articles ot Intelligence will be gratefully receiycd-Advertifcments inferted on reafonable Terms-
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