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the ncf h-carolina chronicle ; or fayettevsje cm m o n d a y septus 6 1790 13 he fo'lcv inglanghal^rfotmance on an oimf iouscharar%t canterbury in fnrland is ccpi^om the lon don oracll funeral cation by the dean c&sjrjkg tex t he died eivftinketh r tends brethren i&briftians li s3 en o liiffinio the word otm mouth all yen row al ien bled,v beiher ireifworr er,br ys or tiru poor onich tymen or gei.tle n en taylori oi bnk btickmakers or law\trs lil-en i i*ay what 1 fhall un fold.-~'you lee rfcyethren oui gre t fr.pj i ne brutus ignore — tvenife whofe genius fhoofliis kicked city lits now a remnant totality — ama . of what little ccnfcjjpce is ma — t \\) day a prince a pm or a tau'ar—to ir.orrow death tak&:ifur<ftih\m the thread of ite is crand is the apojide faid heft'siketh sfav brethren iliall it be with ail — yeje time will come when jaw this ctljmd my/elf together . * id tlie menders rr sl!-jer'»en and corporation fli dl ff-dve and like the bafelefs fabric k ofvifion leave not a fmei behind f " and r.3 r:|rethren i will tell you wh brutus i — he very brutus whofe poor rtmafreit now before us — he was lir.eall|iefcended from ihe celebrated romafrutus marcus d dins whefe daggejtnetrated the boiom of c.far the cjueror not only of britain bu ofthflrld — it is true he vas an humble rjive for his occupa tion was i hat of ly&r but then not all thegenious arjmusd powers of the roman fla^e n.al he abilities oi the liniverf con bin si on id vie wkh him in the working lbutto^l * . u;a 6 va ■r^^w'dt xt^..i -.'■--'■f'l u i lor in ordinary hat r'\>.hty genual of the empen dormic-.r i'ria , my friei d he had i honour to make the txedeiing breeches he celeb ated tacitus when he manic * daughter of that ac complifhed ro'i i having failed up thf harbour cf utcpiufn.,(now called s mdwich he ' ed canterbury v./heie be jjrjnained ui his dea*.b and having kfi the ariofz he making to his poile utj | , # " our brul whoisit(ow bit a fc«w inherited the irtue of hb.gr eat progenitor — a ereditary hatred to all tyranny and t pation travelled down urn he could thereiore patiently he bold that v.ret d conclave of cry car dinal vulgar called aldermen lord it uncontroule ver your municipal af fairs in tie < fe of the people ht glo riovfly qi.dttedlh goofc his thimble his jbfere and his » homers then arming with a pen heicame tenible to thofe arifl erratic minis who detour all the good things oflnteibury here the dtart /, it arifeh a pajiort do they not gormunoixin tttrtk ? — they do voarcioufiy — iuthey not tzlof vtnifin and of the beftfivcr — have they not inarrcwfucl.trjpr dinner zaxdmuuett kidneyt fur fuppl — they have and you jtr.ow it — kailhey notpyes^uihrds jellies whip arfcacoroniat theirtablcs and do-they relet drunk on the richeft wines with cjpc and irifh ufque taugh until ta can renain no longer en their broacfottoms j i tremble at the very thouf of ihe jldrj.rnanic vo luptuoufnefs t reigns n this city — but who pay si all thejb wicked feaft ings ? — you pf for theri my brethren mid have theyflven vom en afpoonful of turtle cup % yonrvoney •? not a fo litary fmcll tcpatify y>ur poor nofes ; no my brethrt your ddirm n fvallow the wholeand are mdt of them fo far and iazy,jhey can b>dly waddle once in a mcjh to churcl where they fnould go theyu-ant much purging in b*y and foul which they will bej wnre \ yon think ihej wai bclcrtly my briren ?— i'll tell you peg tran'um houfe which is ten miles aeyond hell " but why fhould i talk of amend mem in your members aldermen or corpora ion — they are indeed loft mut kit and i drop a tear when 1 coniider e itate of thfdr poor fouls but ihefe ings are but vanity — even turtle eni fon marrow puddings c c nay wine itielf hop but a few hours in the bell and are difmiited as filthy tenants of a if habitation confider this my ids and remember alfo that a wotd or a blaei jehi are alike v hen they this wetched cat cafe of mortality ch yov/ri.v\ives my friends not to ex ihtgoob things of this world but to e i.u ihem,f.n ihe nex u , fo lbjdl vonr l;e peace,\and your night jc devo t'o tranqniiity and reft let us now confider what the duties chriftianare and upon what grounds nay expert to be returned tor a feat reater durability than thofe of ci mr robinfon or mr gipps you id be in the fird place be charitable vc are tt id that iitue coveis amul le of fins — you ihould nei her be in it^or arrogant but like me humble y penitent and obedient — you id not wiite in the devil s miffcella n commonly called anewfpapei or af filt french quacks in robbing the public under pretence of curing the gotr — you fhould not libel yeur neighbours through the medium of a prefs belong ing to z failing fycophant — vou hould not drink punch at he fleecs before din ner or moke your pipes at the shake fpear until morning in a word my biethren you do theie things which you fhould not do and our wives fay you omit doing what you fhould do ; — what then will become of your poor fouls oh frightful fiightful but repent i fay repent — by repentance you will have the benefit of an aft of grace and be nvhite^yajhedl like cur old friend •• nom to conclude and tnzyfianend — u • mhoie poo remain an reme.'ii jer i_w|»us our friend and neighbour was trrfjcherouflv murdered — flail you hould recollect that it is uur dtttj to rray foi the w eked — nape your lives by my example u>r not with landing the ungodly of this ciry have reviled me and have called me parf.n noodle on one day and par/on doodle on another — itiil lave n ; y prayers — farewely aiier this thovirg diicouri the corps will be enclofed in the dims of our mo ther earth and the dean will dine uh mr epps yours arr mr p-ipters tickle the philosophical cobler ttis cottage was fi tu at^fsgrw^i x x margin 1 a lak at thcmyhf^.d^m * quarter of a milefibm the fv?:\t jjtfijt > and at the didance of half / mildffroni any town or village a few fic of ground which he rented the privilege of fifl.ing for eels and other frnall fifties in the lake with the produce of his callings enabled this philofophic tobler to live wd.h eafe and with decent hofpitality j he exercifed by turns the vocations of ] an huibandman of a fidher and of a i cobler we arrived at his humble i manfion in the evening — " you are wel j come ft rangers laid he to my houfe 1 but luxury has made great fliides fince i the fong was firft compofed — 1 a eobler there or and he liv'd in a jiall ■which ferv'd hi?n for par tour j%r kitchen \ and all i step in and you fhallfee the firft ; as to i the iccond pleafe god you hall by i and by be falished of its exigence by ■an appeal to another fenfe befides that \ of feeing i on entering this parlour i was ft ruck 1 with afpecdacle which announced to me m at once that i had the good fortune to fl be received under the roof of a philofo m pher and a humourift as well as an hof m piuble maal a ikclcton of gigantic i dimenfions fixed in a corner of the room fervcd as a cafe for a clock < f which he himielf had been the artificer glafs beads vjaced in the focke's nf the eyes and moved by the moticnofthe peudu lum buck ihefarpriz*d fpectator with horror that lays he is thefkeleton of my grandfather which i made \* ifh the afndbince of a p or fludtnt from ldinbuigh i have fitted vp a clock in the n iddle ofitj which ierves a once as a memento triirl and to n eafure time this ikeleion f call he mimfier becaufc he preache in his tiek tick way and he ieiious eipreflb n ol bis eyes and counte nance mai y an excellent fermon scarcely any oca rrer.ce happens or paf fion idles but one look of ihe mmilter proxccs the happiell ftcct l v^wiad not well recovered ti.e hock which this fight had occafoned whtn a lovely young won an camefrridng into the room wi.h an infant in her arms lit tle n ore than two years f age after a few kind raiutations to m ihe held up her little girl to the fkele on whole rue ful mouth die child kllted with great cordiality and llio k both i's hands fa\b:g dod night dard dada a b<yol hui yearsold f id ci r ircliy at the lame time " good night grat\dfa ther — " theieare ow childeen laid the cobler •' the , in this manner fa lute their grandfather every morning and eveiy evening 1 hat old man whom youfeehufy in the garden is n y father he is to be placed ai'ei his deah by the fide of the mini tier and is to be a fnme for a piece of me hanifn con trived to play r lome fbl'emn church n.uhc fo that he will be in the ilaticn of clerk to the minitter lock how cheerful and brifkhe is under his yeais ; ii i the certainty i altore ycu that l<fj will not be buried in the cold dark and blent grave deprived of all cempap y and off the cheerful bgbt of the fuaejf but every day be a w'wwt fs of v hat is'grdrg on in hi family and beirn braced by l^.rujm grny,uhar iuppnh ! im j jm m od t?i un-j^^^j — . jh , .; m r.ot-u the roller r.aj p-odyjfcn^^p*r . to you a little e:.t avaga:-fflj|^<i|»n eal tir.ee fk let m to alfyrp^hr.cf h;tv r.o ft-nfe tlih'.-r i f zwqa c mbt vs ib ; bur ii it i'er.v :\ ll i ' er v c :■: cable v»v arepdtl^'-y s » indeed wr arc vei y li.de^.ro^m by reaion we fu 1 :' rr jh|s£p *'" luiions of imaginath n chn cheat ourfclvcs into alitjy^hkjivefs by the fame means m,s f;:iri|h|pgbt hat we llic-'.'l ■:.- ij|:ul o death proceeds from thjlffdl^inatb 5 vve f"m"hov wiihciit^bcctjg or'tne ahfurdiry oi he idea.r.artfcl t^diu'e that b.e^embofomed injie eaoh we thinv hfl fed proloij o'clock a again a roafl pig ws.c laid finokhie *»^ the board befides a larj-e dih cf lev eels my dear laid the coble this is not well done that pig rr.ig have teen fi id forfoui thilling ; s>n at anv rate il you had a kind f dv;vo the fool b affecting a nagr-fiij * above oi ft r'.une it wrulcl ha r bciter o have eieived i for to-r row's dinner being sunday id'he eels i would ba\e excufed as v e live ,.:» tors grace v a vc yet iaivljnc*r flood taik'ng to each other wc '*.;* rr y brother taid tii r csraker two ye ngfnen of modefl n|pc ; inge nuoes appeamnce came into im toorr and r a few words exyftfivd tj,tir a ttifaedtior a|feeipjj u , firf in ir^rca ; nelstolcm^c us 1 he boy diat lonke 4 ! after the cow and pigs.iand a f wvllieep ' that fsd on nn adjoining c mmortc '«?.$ * called nd a lit tie gitl hat her mifbds in the jhoidhold c-nm ns ithe houie d6g,agrnv<e ana cfiec?b nate fea ture wa brought in ; he lat dew by the door and by loot ana mute ge!ru:es ' signified his cr.nfpiacer.cy in ad i ur ftap rineis the cai fat purring bek vr d,«s^i tabl . two cow s it that inftam rarne lowing into ti.e y.\rd the pigs iffuei , cut f ihtir cribs but the fcr tred fi cks 1 ad long gone o red gi ver w as a rrir iiiered ic the cow «, v ho were confidered a a kind oi inuuvid t-od ; and grasrs with rf ots and fomc oi die tffals of the kitchen to the i'wine aril \ rabbits om landlord printed to h " clock as it flrnci nine aii eyes tere fixed upon ibis memento rn'ori i and his ycurgerbrother v.duiee tndcrhei n ai i mais fetmcdtowaitfoi their foodohgod b way of grace read v 1 h a devqut and afiectdi g air the 104 h pfalm the little gvclip of arin;a tlie df m blag <• . of living cteatt res that 1 mdfe die eye " gave infinite effi acy to thefc/afflfi oil er i ex reflions in that divine c e " f r « (" nd h the fpiings i . f o the oh —, . tiich run among thwhills l ! hey gj . ea ink tf>d'e c try beiio oi heh..,j ; ih^m dd aijj qu^;-ktbjix ilv^i.u-y^ij^h h ii tr an viyj : d u fy c v '' : b all iif'jp^l^^fctqfi'os t e they cv at r « i^^l cu'ed^^b tltforth l j 11 m tbefvee ci thl and tk u re jjtt hjh c r p v m earth 1 n m\c fj>'»i and diij fenieie.s ' je :;^ ,. ip>-'ict^j precy^a 1 o o'r ir >}■b,i,i > r v4lsliibea ! ! 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Title | North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette |
Masthead | North-Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette |
Date | 1790-09-06 |
Month | 09 |
Day | 06 |
Year | 1790 |
Volume | 1 |
Sequence | 1 |
Page | 1 |
Technical Metadata | Image was scanned by OCLC at the Preservation Service Center in Bethlehem, PA. Archival image is an 8-bit greyscale tiff that was scanned from microfilm at 400 dpi. The original file size was 2591023 Bytes |
FileName | 18cen01_17900906-img00001.jp2 |
Creator | Sibley and Howard |
Date Digital | 2009-04-07 |
Publisher | John Sibley and Caleb D. Howard |
Place |
United States North Carolina Cumberland County Fayetteville |
Type | Text |
Source | Microfilm |
Digital Format | JP2 |
Project Subject | State Archives of North Carolina Historic Newspaper Archive |
Description | The Monday, September 6, 1790 issue of the North Carolina Chronicle; or Fayetteville Gazette, a continuation without a change of the volume numbering of the Fayetteville Gazette a newspaper from Fayetteville, North Carolina; substantial damage to this copy, many parts of the paper are missing. |
Rights | The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers. |
Language | eng |
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the ncf h-carolina chronicle ; or fayettevsje cm m o n d a y septus 6 1790 13 he fo'lcv inglanghal^rfotmance on an oimf iouscharar%t canterbury in fnrland is ccpi^om the lon don oracll funeral cation by the dean c&sjrjkg tex t he died eivftinketh r tends brethren i&briftians li s3 en o liiffinio the word otm mouth all yen row al ien bled,v beiher ireifworr er,br ys or tiru poor onich tymen or gei.tle n en taylori oi bnk btickmakers or law\trs lil-en i i*ay what 1 fhall un fold.-~'you lee rfcyethren oui gre t fr.pj i ne brutus ignore — tvenife whofe genius fhoofliis kicked city lits now a remnant totality — ama . of what little ccnfcjjpce is ma — t \\) day a prince a pm or a tau'ar—to ir.orrow death tak&:ifur |