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• W*^**^^*' f \^^JJ'' .•v.x.swfoH^tV-,^*. '• i **Vi5f. Mil A!'• * ill 'if ,f\,\ ft If w I s , w p. •:- ..f Si 4-. j ft fVi < It •»• \f , i t,y 1 *'i n. /£ arimeni. SEN JONSON AND TIJE FISH, BY G. S. CAREY IT wzs'mfi'jl King j^cs's days, lor fo ihe. ftoty teller fays, Bm Jonfon* tliatdrajmaiic wight. Was dioing with*jovial knight, Fonjl of a fong, or clafeic wit, Ben io a pig, his ^ancy hu j For 'tis not alwaj s that we fee Rich men pofsef^^i'V' They oft refer to poorer folk To lend their leaden brains a joke. Then (Ifaighi retail it tb rough the town, And fwear the wit was all their own. The board was fpread with -goodly fare, Enough it* make a poet flare ; The bard ftrft made his -choice of fifh, The knight foo* help'J him to his wi(h% But fcarce had feetireceived his plate, Ere he began to; fc Patch his pa re, And, rifing from his chair upright, He bit his lips, as'twere in fpite, Anon, juft like a madd'oing elf, He'd mutter inward to hirnrelf; In convei fe elofe did next appear. Holding the haddock to his ear, And in a parley feemM to be About fomeMdderiniyfiery. The Knight, on Ben, ROW §xt his eyes. And faring; on\ hirn with furprife, He thought him frantic grown, and wild, Afk'd, it Qld Harry had beguiFd Him of his wjts^—Oh, no, urlr—no; There is fir JCntght, if you would know, A fecret 'tween the fifh and toe; \'* I afked him wheVhe left the lea.*' The donor, loudly latighing, cry'd, \ Pray tell us what the fifh reply'd.\ M Three wee;k?, good- iir, hfcsanfwcr goes, Hay only hold it to your nofe, For I have riot the fmalleft doupt But y«u wilt ftnelt the fecict out.\ The Knight adhered to his reciuefr, Aud found deforce ofjohnjonsjeft. TO MISS **** ON HER SAYING SHE WOULD NEVER MARRY AN OFFICER. Loft, fairefl An va, are your vows, The flight pretence is vain ; While wi hfoft hope yotrrbofom glows Y6u flitt affect difdaih. No prormfe now my fear difpels, Incredulous I hear, r l ho' on your lips perfuafion dwells And LoVe inhabits there, For when fond Belles have dar'd deceive, 1 know no ill in (tore ; No honour loft have they to grieve, - No leffened eh^rais deplore* But fiiould that face forne pimple bear For everv fib you tell, Qr frrrow cloud thofe eyes with care, Where (miles are wont ip dwell; Or fhould a tooth then •change its hue. Or, equal fource of woe, Some rival lure away from you The homage of a beau ^ Or (hoUd your heart, or fart be loft, -Or partner at a ball, You ceafe. to be the ruling loaftj Or other il \ ! SOME time ago, at •& yearly, com- tncneement in, one of the cartern ftates, the auditors were Entertained part qfihe forenoon m i th a Hehrew oration. Being quite wearyoHhedifeQurfe,a p<tffan whil pered his companion, who was a New- England fea captain, that he wifhed the young mm, indead of facing the aUdi- ar.ee , wotlltt addrefs him fell to fbofe that underfttiod Hebrew —« 0o you fo•'?\ faid the tar* >* thtD Ay *«w»J, brother jbna- u than, there would t*c>t be a fingle point ** of the compafs that would luit him.\ The wmderful Bey <f luiuk. . Chriilian Ucnry H* ineken was born at Lnbfcck, Feb. 6,' 1721, and died there June 27, 1725, after having difplayedthc moft atmaznig prpots of intellt'Clual ta- l'ent.41. .He hid hot completed his firft.year nf lire>, when he already knew and recit ed the/principal facts Contained in the live books of Mofes with a nunnbef 01 verfes on the creAt'ion,**- In his 141b montli, he knew all the hiflory of KhcBi- hle; in his 3.0th month, the hiftory or the nations o^antiquity, geography, anat orny, the ufe of maps, arid nearly 8000 Laiin words: before the end of his thtrd year, the hiftory of Denmark, and the ge- neal(iji)' of the xrownetl heads of Europe ; in his fourth year, the doctrine of divinity, with their proofs from the Bible ; eclehV ailical hiftory; the inftiutions j ton hymns, with their 1 tints; 80 pfafms; entire chapters of the Old andsNew Tes* lament i 1500 verfes and fenttnees from ancient Latin daffies?; almoft the whple s Orbis Pictus of Comenius, whence he had derived alt his knowledge of the La- tin tongue ; arithmetic; the hiftory of European empires and kingdon^s; could point out in the maps whatever place he was afked tor, or paired by in hi^ j^iiwr- nies, and recite all the ancient and TOP dern hiftoriCal anecdotes rela'iog to it. His (tupendous memory caugm and re rained ev&ry word he was told.; his ever active imagination-ufed, at whatever he faw or heard, inftantly to apply, according to the laws of h;s aflbciatron of ideas fome exacpplcs or fenrences from the Bi- bl«*, geography, profane or eelcfiafjliCal hiftory, the OtbU Pictus, or from an- cien ci .flics. At the court ot D noiark, he delivered 12 fpeeches witnom Once fatrhering ; and underwent public exam- inations on a variety of Tubjec's* efp-tiil Iv the hiftory of Denmark. He fpoke German, Latin, French andL'wDii Ch, an 1 was ejteeedingly good-natured and well-behaved,^ but of a molt tender and delicate bodily confljtution; nevt-rate any folid food, but chiefly fubfitted on nurles milk. THE Mafonie Brethren of MOUNT MORHH LO0G£ will ^Celebrate the the FeftivalofSt, ^hn thetvartielift, at S'ephettTphelps's in Palmyra» on Saturday the vpk of 0ec inft. -At which tism and place all our Neighbouring aod other Brethren are Invited to join us—The ProCefTiqn will lortn halt alter fcie^co o'cUick and proceed to the School- Houfe, where an appropriate dtfcoHrfe will be de- livered by the Rev* Eka*ei Fairbank*. By order ot the C<»mmittee, DAVID COOK. StSry. ttva, DM 1 j, *8o6. ,, Subfcriber has removed to., tioufe lately occupied by r; WLLIAll IvfOORK, at the Sowth end of WiuJ (treet* where he carries on the Bufincfi. He returns thank 1 to hit frjendil and Cuftomers, and requests a coniinu.J aocc ef their favour*. WILtlAM WATKINSOKTi Gttitm, >w- f6 f t$o0 v We notice in a laje Metropolitan paper a ludicrous typographical error. A quan- tity of Cheefe is for fate at auction on aecourvt ot the shipfttu The advertife- ment has it, 'on account of the shippers.\ New Aliothecary Store. Hf^HE Subicriber refpectiislly informs JL the inhabitants of this af<d the adja cen* Towns, that be has juft received and is now opening for file, at the. Store latelv occupied by Capt. Grieve, in GEMEVA, a large and general airortment oi well chofen Then fhould I, Anna, on thy truth With 1 .eager joy rely, And rupturd -hear that charms and youth Could arts and^arms dety.~ >:* W DIVERSITY^ GENERAL Morgan, with eight hun- dred men, of whom oneh«lf were miJitH a, completely beat,, ar the battle of the Cowpens, colonel Tarleton, who attack - ed him with one thoufand regulir troups.-^ Two hundred dragoons of that colonel, were-put 10flit;ht^land briskly mrfned by fixty Americans, under colonel Wafhing- STRAY COW. ton. Some months afterwards, Tarleton'/^AME to the fti-bfetrfc^r fome time in vbeing in.the houferof a farmer, fpoke with V-/ : October, a BROWN COW, with much vanitv of himfelf, and lightly of co !fome white on her belly and tail, a half lonel .Wafhington, faying \he wifhed crop on each ear; five or^ fix years old. much : to know his face.\ *« It is aj>ityJThe owner is reqiieOed to prove property h then,'' replied a girl in the honfe, «* thatjpay charges, and take her away* ? • coi.Taileioti did not take the; pains tttum ------- Ifishead at Cowpens.\ MIUGS& MEDICINES, Points and Dye Woods, Which he is determined to fell as low as can be purchafed in the Genefee Country. Moft ojf the articles are put at th,e Albany prices, 1 \ adding only the common expenfe of tranfportation. * Phyfictans, Clothiers, Painter:, and others, who Hand in* need of fupptying themselves or families with any of the above-mentioned Articles, are defired to call and judge for fhemfelves, REUBEN BARDWELL. Geneva, Isov. 19, 1806. '. ALL thofe indebted to iiEORGi: PNWtCK, will pleafetocalland makt rnmediate payhlfcnt to the fubferiber, (he aving a Power of Attorney authorifing ini to receive fwch monies,) whbin a Month, as then detittguentt will be pro cceded with as the LAW, in fuch cafe made and provided, directs. N..B. He vvill attend at his houfe on Fridavs and Saturdays On the above bpfi- iteft.\ DAVID MltNER. Geneva, Pea 3*/. (2 wj New, Fashioaable & Cheap WINTER GOODS: SAMUEL COLT' SC Co. Have juft received a very Extcnfive and well Chofen afTonnient of Got4s* well adapted to the prefeni and approaching feafon, and felected from the lateft importations, T WENTY pieces mix^lae, Mack, eorbee and fcarlet Cloths, ro do. coarfe do. floOB'', 6 do. Bennetts patent Cord for pan»<«- 10 do. do* tor Vetting, 12 do. Swanfdown, r 5 do. Coatings and Frzes, 30 do. Flannels of various colours, 20 tHo. Fancy Cords and Velvets, 10 do. CambrrerShirtings, 100 do* Chinfies and Calicoes, 300 do. Humhum, 6 dozen (ilk Sufpenders, 3 do. leather do. to do. cotton do. too pair Ladies' morocco Slippers, of a , very fuperior quality, 50 do* feat fkin,, do. 90 doi rommon leather, $$M6. childrens' morocco Shoes: Compriflog, together with the Goods t.'»w on hand, a very Large and General aiWtment of almofi every defcriplion of DRY GOODS. GROCERIES. 5 hhds. Jamaica Spirits, 3 pipes Cogniac and Spanjfh Brandy, 1 hhd. Moiafles, 8 qr. cafe Lifhon, Port, and TenerifFt Wines, 1 hhd. Mufcovado Sugar 100Olbs Lump Sugar, 10 chefts Hvfon, Young Hyfon, Hyfon Skin and Souchong Teas, 6 kegs raifins, 1 tierce Snuff, 2 do. Pigtail Tobacco, •I do. Cut do. 6 kegs Plug do* I feroon belt Spanifh float Indigo, Chocolate, Ginger, Alfpice, Pepper, &c. IJl/rifeREAS default Has been intM V V ih the p^yinerit ojf the inpnierfj cured by a Mqtrgi^e f ivep' by Frederick Boogher, of Geneva, in the coumv of] Ontarid, to Samuel Colt t>( the fartt^lfaxieJ bearing date the ninth day of June, piaj thoufand eight hundred and four,.W.AJC£ thofe cerrairt pieces or parcels of Lind) iiniate lying and being in the village of] Geneva, bei rig part of a traQ of two thou*, iand ?cires granted to Seth Reed, ^ known 'and dilltnguifhtd by lot* number fifty*, two and Fifty-three, to contain each one fourth part of an acre f he the fame more or lefs, together with the buildings there- on-; and whereas the fa id mongage is luly veftedin the fubfcrrbei Cby alien. ment>— wu I *v& « Hereby given, thit by virtue ot a power contained in.the faii mortgage, and by virttie of the faidaffigDh ment, and in purfuance of the ftatue in that cafe made and pruvided, the faid mort- gaged premtfes will be expo fed to Sale at pubJicvAoctronv to the higheft biddw on the fir a Monday of June next, at ele- ven o*clot.k in the forenoon of the fame day, at P..wejj's hotrl, in; GBneva. MICHAEL PFAUTZ* St » H* BOGERI, bh 4*h< G nrvA Nov *6. |8o6 14m) N. AftMSTRONG. Vernon 7 Dtt, 10* ^Jkegs.befi Englifh dbl. battle Powder, 4^0. do* F. F. & F. F. %. 6 do. do* American, 16 boxes 10 by 8 Windovv Glafs, 16 do. 9 by 7 ditto \ 10 calk* Cut Nails, f> 4 dOi Wrought ditto Ruflia and Country Iron; Crawley, German and Englifh bliftered Steel* ., Together with very general afffofr^enf of very general afl3 rdware, Glafs, and »f whielvwill be fold unufually low for READY PAY. V Cam paid for POT and PEARL • . ASHES. Geneva f Die t 3,, 1806. tf N0. ^-] SfiW AU IAS JUST E d) i-l-i-ri! i,*;,*^.J. • till. »• • GENEVA:.. (ONTARIO COUNTY, NEW-,YO&K,) ' PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVE- RY WEDNESDAY, BY JAMES SQGERZ Two poti^Rs .per Annum. MEREAs |«hn rhmptoo, ot V*fno»j in rhecounty of Ontario, °anrf ftate QS N#*» Vorkj on rlie.twentieth-' day ojf pee*mbfX r onp \houfand fevtn hundred arid iijnety-tbwe, did execute unto the fubferiber 11 B«i)d conditioned to pay t»the finbfcriber thefum ot five hundred ami thirty-tight poundi, eight thillmgJ, fawftl matt*? of the ft«e <>f N«w-?ttr|r, 00 the tweo- netb dayof JJ^cmber, one thoufand fevm hiiii*- ired and nine fix, and alfo the 1 archer funr of 6ve hundred and rhirty^ight pounds, eight fliil^. ingt, on tjie twentieth day oi December, one rh<ufand feven hnndrtd and] nioetyhine, of like lawful money, with intefeft at the rateV fit air cent p«r annum, for the fame from tbe laid wentieth day <»f December, one thoufapd feyeni hundred and nin?ty-three—and VVHEiiEA^ tne (\.•id John Plimpton, on the faid twecti«th day oil Dtcember, in rhe fuiJ year o«e tiioufand ferei hundred and oiwtty-three, *$ a collateral Acuri-i y lor the payment of the laid bond, did execute unto the (ubferiber a Moit^age upon ali thofe rerraih trac*ts or~patceli \of Land, lying in the county of Ontario and ftmte ot New York, fitu- ste in the gort of land lyiflg between the old Mi ••teyr pre-emption lines, being loci number fifty- five, fifty fix and fifty two j lot number fifty-fit* beginning at a beech corner ou the old line,' thence eaft one hundred and fixtv perches, to a poft, thence fiuth font hundred perches, to a jJoft, thence weft one hundred and lixty perches to the old line, a poft, thenceafong the old line north, four hundred perches to the pliC* *f be* ginning, contairiiirig tour hundred acres. Lot number fifty fix beginning at the «>r»e iflUe ilafce^ on the old line, thence eaft ^nie hundred and eighty p-rches to a black oak, thence fouth three hundred and fix perchis ttt a poft, the dee weft one hundred aud eighty perches t« the qld line a corner of number eight, thefooth»eaft corner^ rhence trorth three- hondred perches to the place of t>egtnfji«g, containing three hundred and tliirty>feven acres. Lot number fifty two, be* ginning at the old line, a poft, cnrnf r of t^wti lots riumber twelve and fourteen, thence ea.ft three hundted and twenty perches to a hickhry, thence north one hundred and thirty two perches to a baff.wood, thence by the line of a lot num* Her fifty, intended to be conveyed to Benjamin , Barton, weftforty-fourperchestoa poft, thence by the fame, north two hundred perches to a poll, thence weft two hundred and feveflty-fo: perches to the old line, thence nlbhg Vhe lioe fouth three hundred and twenty fix perches to the place of beginning, containing fix hundred and fix a.eres, snaking in the? whotf tbrjS^ t rac1is or parcelsj one thpufand three hundred and forr ry three acres, be the farhe rrjdre or lefs ^n^ VVHEREAS default has been made in the pay- ment of the aforefaid fums ol money—Ho^» therefore, KOflCE is hereby given,' that If the above-mentioned fums of money, with the intereft due thereupon, (hall not be paid on <»' before the fourth day of Jurie next enluimj; the date hereof—Then and in fuch caijt 0« fafd mortgaged piemjfes will be espiofed to Sale.«t public iTendue on the fifth day of /une next eflfuing the date hereof, at the hour of, three o'clock in the afternoon «if the fame day* at Powell's hptel, in the village of 0tmv*iJ n faid county of Ontario,' for the payDient*» ' fatisfaction oi the faid mortgage*' purf^!lflt , to the ftatue in fuch cafe, made'and provid- ed. Dated November \twenty-fixth dne thou< fand eight htindred and fix. (6 m) CHARLES \wi|*LIAMSQN. b 10 dOi ns jedoi f» \ ft iodo.W 10 do. S* i5dp.,W | lo 6 do. re 10 do. tin in 8 do* fo R 30 do. D ar 60 pair 6 -.-..•:...^ 30 do* St 20 pieces 1 do. bl lyoo pieces A large ;hinta<s,.<t ttrchicfi* i rtvi'te Ctnt Sh»w k . ;J Irife (Linen ^y fills Sha\ tnities; vrhi jlueandcol \ape and ] |ilk and cott fh's Cotto Sne lambs ^ Buttons; cs Edging?} ^ rrellas; Sat ftoft ev«ry < |ioe. G 4 hhds. J 4 pipes C 1 do. Hoi a hhds. ^ 10 qr. qafl ar I5che(ls 1 SI 3 hhds. I 3 bairela 3 do. Pej 3 do. AW 1 feroon abbls. A 1 do* Co| 1 ton Dy 1 cauVgn 1 do. Ch I iq barrels Cotton *\ J»eft Sniijf i lie Eagle ¥1 Imported; lulfta and ( nd Plough |ertd and ( ''ut Nails; :ROSSCI And ay All whicl |«e lowcft tt K£ gj:--t:.:.i:>>'0' Get, <*m Uva. ,-i I^~ m»-- — ; *mx **'
