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Written inla Quaker Burial Ground.
‘Could we conceive death was indeed the close
Of our existence, nature might depend
That, where the relics of our friends repose,
Some record of their memory should stand,
To keep them unforgotten inthe land :-
Then, then, indeed, urn, tomb, or marble bust,
By sculptor’s art elaborately .plann’d [dust,,
VVould seem a debt due to their mouldering
Tho’ time would soon efface _the perishable trust
But hoping and believing! yea, thro' faith,
Knowing, because His word has told us so,
That, Christ, our Captain» tl‘l"mPh’d 0"” dealh
And is the first fruits of the (lead below :
That he has trod for man this path of wo,
Dying, to rise again 1--we would not grace
Death's transitory spell with troph1ed‘;show ;
” Asif that shadowy vale, su_pply’d no trace
’To priove the grave is not our final dwelling place_
Then be our burial grounds as should become
A simple, but a not nnfeeling race ;
Let them appear to outward—~,semblance dumb,
As best befits the quiet dwelling place, ’
Appointed for the prisoners of Grace, __
\Vho wait the promise by the gospel given,
‘When the last trump shall sound the trembling
Oftombs. oftemples, pyramids be rivcn, [l)'dSc:
And all the dead arise before the host of heaven 3
Oh I in that awful hour, of what avail
Upon the ‘ spiritual body will be found
The costliest canopy,. 0_t‘_prou(lest tale
Recorded on it ?——what avail the bound
Of holy or unconsecratcdground .7
As freely will the unincumber’d sod
Be cleft asunder at that trumpet’s sound,
As royalty’s magnificent abode :
As once its inmate rise, and stand before his God.’
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WHITE W ,§SHIJV'G.
Extract of a Letter written by noc'r. rttANxL1N_
SINGULAR CUSTOM AMONG THE. AMERICANS,
1:N'r1'rL1-:1) wun‘z«‘.wAsn1NG.
' The people of these new states have some pe-
culiarities among them—-an account of one of
them will serve to fillout this sheet, and may af-
ford you some amusement.
When a young couple are about to enter into
the matrimonial state, a never-failing article in the
marriage treaty is, that the lady shall ltave and
enjoy the free and unmolested exercise of the
rights of W/rite IzVus/ting, with all its privileges
and appurtenances. A young woman would fore-
go the most advantageous connection, and even
disappoint the warmest wishes of her heart, rattli-
er than resign the ivaluable right. You would
wonder what this privilege of w/lite-was/ting is:
I will endeavor to give you some idea ofthe cere-
' mony, as I have seen it performed.
There is no season ofthe year in which the la-
dy may not claim her privilege, if she pleases;
butthe latter end of May is must generally fixed
upon for the purpose." The attentive husband
may judge by certain prognostics when the storm
is near. VVhen the lady is unusually fretful, is
discontented with the children, finds fault with
the servants, and complains of the filthiness of
every thing about her—-these are signs which
ought not to be neglected, yet they are not deci-
sive, as they sometimes come on and go off again,
without producing any effect. But if when the
husband rises in the morning, he should observe
a wheel-barrow with a‘ quantity of lime in it, or
.should see certain buckets with lime disssolved in
water, there is then no time to belost; he imme-
diately locks up the apartment or closet where his
papers or his private property is kept, and put
ting the key in his pocket, betakes himself to
flight‘; for a husband, however beloved, becomes
a perfect nuisance during this season of female
rage : his authority is superseded, his commis-
sion is suspended, and the very scullion who
cleans the brasses in the kitchen, becomes of
more consideration and importance than him.--
He has nothing for it, but to abdicate, and run
from an evil which he can neither prevent nor
molify.
The husband gone, the ceremony begins. In
it few minutes the walls are stripped of their fur-
niture ; paintings, prints, and looking-glasses, lie
in a huddled heap about the floors : the curtains
are torn from the testers, the beds crammed into
the windows; chairs and tables, bedsteads and
cradles, crowd the yard; and the garden fence
bendsbeneath the weight of‘ carpets, blankets,
cloth coaks, old coats and ragged breeches. Here"
may be seen the lumber of the kitchen, forming
a dark and confused mass: for the fore-ground
of the picture, gridirons and frying pans, rusty
shovels and broken tongs, spits and pots, with the
fractured remains of rush-bottomed chairs.-—
Tlzere, a closet has disgorged its bowels, cracked
tumblers, broken wine-glasses, phials of forgotton
physic, papers of unknown powders, seeds, and
dried herbs, hmdfuls of old corks, tops of tea-
pots, and stoppers of departed decanters ;-—from
the rag-hole in the garret to the rat-hole in the
cellar, no place escapes unrumaged. It would
seem as if the day of general doom was come, and
the utensils of the house were dragged forth to
judgment. _
This ceremony completed, and the house tho-
roughly evacuated, the next operation is to smear
the walls and ceilings of every room and closet
with brushes dipped in a solution of lime, called
-wlzite--wash ,- to pour buckets of water over every
floor, and scratch all the partitions and wainscots
with rough brushes wet with soap-suds, and dip-
ped in stone-cutter’s sand. The windows by no
1_vneans- escape the general deluge. A servant
scrambles out upon the pent-house, at the risk of
her neck, and with a mug in her hand, and a buc-
ket within reach, she dashes ‘away innumerable
gallons of water against the glass panes; to the
great annoyance of the passengers in the street.
I? have been told that an action at law was once
‘ , brought against one of these water nymphs, by a
person who had a new suit of clothes spoiled by
this operation ; but, after. long argument, it was
determined by the whole court, that the action
‘would not lie, in as much as the defendant was in
the exercise ofa legal right, and not answerable
for the consequences ; and so thepoor gentleman
was doubly non--suited; for he lost not only his
suit of clothes, but his suit at law.
These smearing-5 and scratchings, washings and
dashings, being duly performed, the next ceremo-
nial is to cleanse and replace the distracte‘ ..-~ni.-
tare. You may have seen a house raisin or a
ship-launch, when all the ltandswithin reach are
collected together: recollect, if you can, the hur-
ry, bustle, confusion, and noise of such a scene,
and you will havesome idea ofthis clearing match.
The misfortune is, that the sole object is to make
tltings clean ; it matters not how many useful, or-
namental, or valuable articles are mutilated, or
suffer death under the operation; a mahogany
chair and carved frame undergo the same disci-
pline; they are to be made clean at all events ;
- but their preservation is not worthy of attention.
For instance, a fine large engraving is laid flat on
the floor; smaller prints are piled upon it, and
i the lower tier ; but this is of no consequence. A
valuable picture is placed leaning against the
sharp corner of a table ; others are madehto lean
against that, until the pressure of the whole for-
ces the corner of the table through the canvass of
the first. The frame ‘aind glass ofa fine print are
to be ctcarzcd; the spirit and oil used on this occa-
sion are suffered to leak through and spoil the en-
grating; no matter, if the glass is clean. and the
future shine, it is sufficient; the rest is not wor-
thy of consideration}-7 An able ar~1'thmeticianhas
made an accurate calculation, founded on long ex-
perience, and has discovered, that the losses and
destruction incident to two white-washings, are e-
qual to one removal, and three removals equal to
one fire.
The cleaning frolic over, matters begin to re-
sume their pristine appearance. The storm a-
bates, and all would be well again, but it is impos-
sible that so great a convulsion, in so small a
community, should not produce some farther ef-
fects. For two or three weeks after the operation,
the family are usually afflicted with sore throats
or sore eyes; occasioned by the caustic quality of
the lime, or with severe colds from the exhalations
of wet floors or damp walls.
I know a gentleman, who was fond of account-
ing for every thing in a philosophical way. He
considers this, which I have called a custom, as
a real periodical disease, peculiar to the climate.
His train of reasoning is ingenious and whimsical;
but I am not at leisure to give you a detail. The
result was, that he found the distemper to bein-
curable ; but after much stucw he conceived he
had discovered a method to divert the evil he
could not subdue. For this purpose be causeda
building, about twelve feet square, to be erected
in his garden, and furnished with some ordinary
chairs and tables ;..and a few prints of the cheap-
est sort were hung against the walls. His hope
was, that when the white-washing frenzy seized
the females of his family, they might repair to
this apartment, and scrub, and smear, and scour,
to their heart’s content; and so spend the violence
of the disease in this out-post, while he enjoyed
himselfin quiet at headquarters. But the exper-
iment did not answer his expectation; it was im-
possible it should, since a principal part of the
gratification consists in the lady’s having an un-
controlled right to torment her husband at least
once a year, and to turn him out of doors, and
take the reins of government into her own hands.
There is a much better contrivance than this
of the philosopher ; which is, to cover the walls
ofthe house with paper; this is generally done,
and though it cannot abolish, it at least shortens
the. reign of female dominion. The paper is due-
orated with flowers of various fancies, and made
so ornamental that the women have admitted the
fashion without perceiving the design.
There is also another alleviation of the bus-
band’s distress; be generally has the privilege of
a small closet for his books and papers, the key
of which he is allowed to keep. This is consid-
ered as a privileged place, and stands, like the
land of Goshen, amid the plagues of Egypt. But
then he must be extremely cautious, and ever on
his guard. For should he inadvertantly go abroad
and leave the key in the door, the housemaid who
is always on the watch for such an opportunity,
immediately enters in triumph, with buckets and
brushes; takes possession of the premises, and
forthwith puts all his papers and books to-rig/its,
to his utter confusion, and sometimes serious det-
riment. Eor instance :
A gentleman was sued by the executors ofa
tradesman, on a charge found against him in the
deceased’s book, to the amount of 30!. The de.
fendant was strongly impressed with an idea that
he had discharged the debt and taken a receipt ; t
but, as the transaction was of long-standing, he ‘
knew not where to find the receipt. The suit
went on in course, and the time approached when
judgment would be obtained against him. He
then sat seriously down, and began to examine
a large bundle of old papers, which he had untied
and displayed on a table for that purpose. In the
midst ofhis search, he was suddenly called away
on business of importance ; he forgot to lock the
door ofhis room. The house maid, who had long
been looking out for such an opportunity, im-
mediately entered with the usual implements, and
with great alacrity fell to cleaning the room, and
putting things to rights. The first object that
struck her eye was the confused situation ofthe
papers on the table; these were without delay
bundled together like so many knives and _forks.;_
but in ii‘? .~..r‘.ion a small piece of paper-_.~fell dono-
ticed or ill: iioor, which happened to be the; re-
ceipt in question : as it had no very respectable
appearance, it was soon after swept ottt with the
common dirt of the room, and carried in a tub-
bish pan into the yard. The tradesman had neg-
lected to enter the credit into the book; the_ de-
fendant could find nothing to obviate the charge,
zutcl so judgment went against him for thezttlebt
and costs. A fortnight after the whole was set-
tled,and the money paid, one ofthe children found
the receipt among the rubbish in the yard. I
There is also another custom peculiarto the
city of Philadelphia, and nearly allied to the form-
er. I mean thatof washing the pavement before
the doors every Saturday evening. I atffirst took
this to be a regulation ofthe police: bujtgon a fur-
ther inquiry found it is a religious rite,':"prepara-
tory to the sabbath ; and is, I befievetfihe only re-
ligious rite in which the numerous;3sectarie,s of
this city perfectly agree. The ceremony begins
about sun-set, and continues till about ten or ele-
ven at night. It is very ditlicult fora stranger to
walk the streets on these evenings, he runs it con-
tinual risk of having a bucket.= of ‘dirty water
thrown against his legs; but a Philadelphian‘ born
is so much accustomed to the danger, that he:a-
voids it with surprising dexterity. It _ is frdirn
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the supercumbent weight cracks the glasses of
[this circumstance that a Ifltiladelphian they be
known any where by his gait. The streets" of
New York are paved with rough stones; these
indeed are not washed, but the dirt is so tltorough-
ly swept from before the doors, that the stones
stand up sharp and prominent, to the great in-
convenience of those who are not accustomed to
i so rough a path. But habit reconciles every thing.
It is divirting enough to see a Philadelphian at
New York; he walks the streets with as much
painful caution, as if his toes were covered with
coins, or his feet lamcd with the gout: while a
ry of Philadelphia, shuffles along the pavement
like a parrot on a mahogany table.
It must be acknowledged that the ablutionsl
have mentioned are attended with no small incon-
venience; but the women would not be induced,
from any consideration, to resign their privilege.
Notwithstanding this, I can give you the strong-
est assurances, that the women in America make
the most faithful wives and the most attentive mo-
thers in the world; and I am sure you will join
me iniopinion, that ifa married man is made mis-
erable only one week in a whole year, he will
have no great cause to complain of the matrimo-
ti-ialbond. 1 am: &C-
(./in Answer to the above next rweck.)
-—-—-1-m£D€9'3i’.‘%g1"'—‘
Long Yarn.--A’ paper describing a fire near
Bt;igltton,.I£ngland, narrates the following credible
/ac"r.-—..s In the orchard or garden, the apples were
roasted on the boughs, and many were gathered
and eaten in that state.’ ‘No have since heard
that several unfortunate geese were boiled, while
they were swimming in a pond near by, and im-
mediately eaten with the apple sauce.
Rccijze for a lad;/’s dre.v.9.—Lct your ear-rings
be attention, encircled by the pearls ofre;,’uzement,-
let the diamonds ofyour necklace be truth, and
the chain c/tri.x-tianity ; your bosom pin,c/mrity, or-
namentcd with the pearls ofgtzutlmess ,- your fin-
gel‘-l‘ltigs,afii'C!i071’ yurrouudcd with the diamonds
ofintlustry ,- your girdle, sz'nz]tlz'city, with the tas-
sels ofgoucl /rumor ; let your thicker garb be vir-
tut’, and your drapery, /zolitcm.-as ,- let your shoes
be 'wz'st/om, secured by the buckless of/zer.9eve-
rarzcc.- Vermont llfir-ror.
VVhcn I see a man of business, instead of rising-
with the lark, sneak out of his bed at ten o’clock,
t/tin/cs Ito myse{f, trust not that man, for he will
soon be a bankrupt.
When I see a young lady sallying out and pay-
ing morning visits, at nine o’clock, instead of be-
ing at home, attending her domestic duties, thinks
I to myself, woe to the man who shall have thee
for a wife.
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Revfvals of ReZz'gz'0n.--On the first Sabbath of
April 20 persons were added to the C_hurch under
the care of the Rev. Mr.Merwin ; and since then
20 more have been propounded for admission in-
to the Church under the care of Rev. Mr. Tay-
lor. These will make the whole number admit-
ted to these churches and the church in College,
as fruits of the revival, about 270.—Rcl. Int.
In Coxsackie there is a revival—a few Sabbaths
since 85 were admitted into the church there,and
the work is still progressing. On the first Sab-
bath in April, 122 sat down, for the first time,
at the table of the Lord, in the Reformed Dutch
Church at Kinderhook, N. Y.
K!‘
TRIBUTE TO NEw—ENc-LAND, a Sermon
A. delivered before the New-England Society,
in New-York, at the 2d Centennial celebration of
the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, by the
Rev. Gardiner Spring-—-Price 25 cents, for sale
I’. PRICE.
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Anpfli 23.
Dissolution of Partnership.
IIE firm of II. 8: .l. V‘v'Hr'r1NG is dissolved
by mutual agreement. The accounts of said
firm will be in the hands of Jesse VVhiting for
settlement. HERVEY VVm'r1Nc,
J1-zssu \VHt'r1NG.
The Tarming and Currying business will here-
after be carrien on by Jesse IV/tiring, at the stand
formerly occupied by H. SLJ. Whiting.
Jessa XVHITING.
Darien, 4th mo. 4th, 1821. 7*
Alt a Court of Probate holder; at ./Vurrwalk, A/zrit
1], 1821.
7" THIS Court limits and appoints six months
from this date for the creditors to the estate
of Samuel Burrall, late of Norvvalk, deceased, to
xhibit their claims against said estate, and the
:’\dtninistrator is hereby ordered to give public
notice thereof according to law.
Per order VVM. G. l3a.'r'rs, Clerk.
Public notice is hereby given that unless the
creditors to the estate of Samuel -Bur1‘a11al‘s\t€ 01
Norwalk, deceased, exhibit their claims against
said estate, within the time above limited, they
will be dc-barred a legal recovery.
7 JOHN BURRALL, Adm’r.
7 E subscriber being by O.l‘(lt:I‘ Of the 11011.
Court of Probate for the district ofNot-walk,
appointed Administrator(with the will annnexed)_
on the estate of Deacon Danzet Bouton, late of
New-Canaan, deceased, hereby requests all those
indebted to said estate, to make itnmedtate pay-
ment ; and those who have claims to exhibit the
the same, the- limitation for Which: U)’ °"de1‘ 0‘
New Yorker, as little approving the plain mason-. . ‘L
__ .. ‘-‘ -_ JIIILLIJVJRF.
IMRS. GREEN informs her friends and the
. public in general, that she has commenced
the above business at the house of Mr, John L.
Mott, a few rods west of the bridge, where all
orders ‘will be punctually attended to at the short-
est nottce. t
|o:§° On hand, a constant supply of Fancy
TRIMMINGS, HATS, and CAPS.
Norwalk, April 15th, 1821. ‘ 7'
For Sale, or to Let,
_ HE Farm formerly owned Mr. Asa
_ ~ -c"-V ~ Hoyt, called the Village, lying in
the town of Norwalk, containing about 22 acres
of land, including a good proportion of upland,
salt-meadow, and wood-land. On this Form are
two good Dwelling Houses, a Store, two Barns,
and an extensive Pottery. The works are in good
order, and could be put in operation immediate-
ly. Any person disposed to purchase or hire the
above may be accommodated on very reasonable
terms, by applying soon to Benjamin Isaacs, Esq.
at Norwalk, or of the subscribers.
Joan D. Hrcxs,
SAMUEL HICKS,
VAx.eN1'xN2. H1cKs.-
5 ti‘
New-York, April 2,
LIME.
Tl~IE subscriber would inform the public that
. he continues the business of making Lime
at the kiln lately occupied by Barnum U C/ta]:-
man, and will furnish it on as low terms as can
be had at any kilnwin this part of the country. A
supply of the first quality on hand : all orders
thankfully received and punctually attended to.
PHINEAS CnArMAN.
_N. B. All letters containing orders for Lime
will be post ‘paid.
Ridgelield, Nov. 22.
35tf
ADIES’ MOROCCO SHOES, of the very
13651 quality. for sale by the subscriber, at
his old stand near the bridge. He intends to keep
amuch larger assortment than formerly, which
will be sold at a considerably reduced price--for
Cash.
"“,"“ Paste and Liquid BLACKING, warranted
good, for sale, by the wholesale or retail.
HENRY Sznnncx.
W/’hectton’s Itch Ointment.
That noted Itch Ointment, being a safe, speedy
and sure cure for that tormenting disorder-—Price
t/tz'rty-seven and tz half cents. ALso.._
Wheaton’s well known Jaundice Bitters,
so eminently useful for removing all jaundice and
bilious complaints, which are soprevalent at the
present day—For sale by B. 8:. C. IsAAcs,7Nor..
walk, and S. JARVIS, Stamford. 6
CONE’S SALVE.
./flu infallible remedy for the Salt Rheum.
has remained a secret with the descendefnts”
of Dr. Cone, an eminent Physician, who lived
nearly 100 years ago. . The subscriber, one of
Ills descendants, possessing the knowledge of this
compound, feels it his duty to use it for the benefit
of the sufferers in the human f; mily; and there.
fore,without further introduction, offers this Salve
to the public as a safe and efficacious remedy for
that implacable malady, the Salt Rheum. It has
never been known to fail of a radical cure when
properly applied ; and generally with the use of
one box. .
The method of using this Salve is to apply it to
the part affected two or three times a day. When
the disorder is deeply rooted, and oflong standing,
larger quantities are necessary ; and sometimes a
potion or two of salts may be useful. The pub-
lic are cautioned against spurious boxes. None
are genuine not signed by E. Dewey.
New-York, 1821. 3
hi? The above Sal-ue for sale at this Office.-—
Price $1 per box.
Notice.
HE Stockholders of the Connecticut Turn-
pike Company are hereby notified that a
special meeting of the Company will be held on
Thursday the 5th of May next, at the House of
Mrs. J. Street, Inn-keeper Norwalk, at 10 o’clock,
A.M. to take into considerationt he expediency of
appointing an agent to oppose the Petition of E-
zekiel Lovejoy--pending before the Legislature
at Hartford in May next. .
ABRAHAM DAVENPORT, Clerk.
Stamford, April 21st, 1820.
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10, 1321.
T this court, the Administrator of the estate
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