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Poughkeepsie Journal from Poughkeepsie, New York • Page 3

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IV v.a 5tw. $yhf A iwPnildW From the 1 I A few coming ij rick fire a. 'perry' aflr'fd Th? Jam 'iNegr? Venilerwerich. 7 II Hit Well, fays the iinA Jihl'm damn iHoSgll. Will yo" ftll her Thmuch do you ai iur ner anfeight fays the iv.Wrf.

I'll eive youjhirty i yjfays the gentleman, only to the fun to ucl lu luY fe. Well, fays the landlord, and afk her if flic will go rt rr vou. ooin nc nvim, tfvnnu utEiiy i come, you muftgo with me. I hi you anothcrtne." What tunc Ifisbar fayrfhe. Tail you to or 3 til fl my horfe, damn you.

Whyr damn you, lays ihe, it you 3wkil4 vmir deferts vou would have I hCfcirCailcd along with your con STllT' htf' the tiers. lmnn vou. tbl tevcr wore knuckle dab and thy were I .1 I ngeiner. vvun mac nc try hir by the wool, and inc by the collar, and both down the fltor.The gentleman The Bfir ntCniVl il'thrn Wrrtk'JftJri'r aih'rl I wi IJVt'W. Vench nn him.

Vf ne on as if We Aid not an ihcr hour ro lMaWkThe Jand yiqy could do ndiKth gaern, butallcH or OThe landlord and Tomcrlure in and parted themV And V'aftcr he came to himfclfArfjwl wen, lam nor going toleave inis r.avt argute too tuch today; but Is fhall iragain andjry. what made "'f Whv, jypudann'd Yankeefon of a the wenchT' I can thrafh fhtce more fuch fellows as yott be," But when the morrow gentleman could not, ic oU'S uca uufuui promucj. ilinlclLrcvcngc. k. IM Kf much infdr inceoT obtainiw;" nation from a gentlema of 'Orang? county vho has for fcveral ytas patt, iifedjiiaoy thbufand pounds.

"He obferved that all rich land as proper for the growth c.f ftemp. That meadow; natural "ly producing bogs, and however wethen once fufficientW drained. todmit the plow, Were qual to any foils whatever for I this purpofe. That the gfound riiad mellow by two or three plowings, and harrow'd, fhould be Town at the ratc Ot a Duinci and a Deck of feed to an acre, and about the fame feafon io which flaxfeed is generally fown; and vervfliehtlv haVrow'd in with a bufh, for the feed fliould ne VCI UC IIIUIC lildll dli itibti Experience had fhown that half an inch vvat quite deep enough. That in the neighbourhood where he redded, they do not practice pulling, but cut the Handing Hemp with a fhort fcyth, and.fpread it out imme diattlv to rot on thejfoil it grew on, timing it when neceffary, as on flax.

After it is fuflicientl j. rotted, they houfc or (rack it; ari towards fpring break it well wnh a crackle, and put it up hatvks for fale Iwineling is unnccriWv. Where a conveniencjrjof JcjLkiagZit with a machine operated upon by water occurs, thelrxpenccof preparation is greatly IcfToned. The gentleman noticed jhaif his" drained meadows generally yielded about four hundred pounds of faleable hemp, an acre. Any quantity of frefh iced can' be had in the vicinity of Gofhcn better, in for eight fliillings a bufhel.

He remarked that he could at much iefs expence offer a ton of hemp for falc at New York, than hc could a hundred buihelsot; Wheat. The former is now worth iixty eight pounds, inclu dihglthe bounty The latter be twec'n thirty and forty pounds. of "thTpreicnt c3fmous andj nrrnnOerous head drefs (efpcci ally.in tho(e whofc ftation it is quite, incopliltent witn; thecentre of th.eir nride, with the addition pf pearly poyvder and carmine, io utuit'n that natural beTuty andfwectnefs which I and every one clfcfbiutt own be the moft engaging To thtfe disadvantages of the fimper, the grin, the flare, 'the pou and other innumerable follies produced by that fafhionable.difguftful mon Her, affeaation, are what make ji(L imagine) the marriage ftatc a ilate of milery in lieu or a i of blifs. WouUl I. could Write with energy, fufficient to warm, but, Countrywomen to avoid thclc faults'; that each wear what bell becime them that each' would fludynhcir temper, and ijaniih ftom themfelvcs thofe difagrcea blc pafllons they pbfervc in ano ther, inftead of cxpofing then) to the next company they meet And when they fix their flation in this tranfitory life, that they would ufe lefs afledtations and coqucttiih airs men would then almoft adore, and always praifc where now fcaicc admire, but.

always pity. Some of your female readers may anfwer, that there, reumany. toen whoare. guflty oTthofe faults I have beeij. decrying.

That there are fomc I well know, who are not wor thy of anv one's notice and were they traateM with, proper fcorn by the fair fex, we mould foon have lefs. 1 am afraid I have trefpaflcd on the patience of the reader and bounds of your. have, iVbcg" "your parviur. in nRiU 3 I if i the'5'ear 1777, not tar trom tnc time the Lofty Oaks, about Fort Tye, bow their heads to 1 a 1. i4tftdl neiai curgoyncs A.uuigiwpj; however this may ymB.

alurc your readers tnatJgyj aTreadv fhbws a rcmarjje tachment tocharacetsbf a cert 'JLASTrE jut wewillnot be fo bold as to affirm tts. equal may not be found, wittun tnc United States." Your humbrc'Servant, im wjm 'rf the Farmers. it is thd duty of every tn thrnw in hi" jr)ite to theuSVic emolument, mninK 1 ao mine, oy iiiuu hmi recommending to yourjr Mntinn rKi riilriv9ttnri of Henib. The Legiflaturc pP thistajtc pave oneieavinc iiocrauuuuMiy 6f EighiShfeVforfi6Yery hun cirea prunas mp Drougnc ia inc'run(ui IjcfwYork, which, with the Jonfcmon price (which is aoout fevdn rlnllar and ahalf the hun phrca weight) ought to make the ot.iniscommoauymai of fcriou Tnrnlation. ibAUMh opportunity not ldfig rora the rJevv xonazettcer.

To the Printer. Mk Ulft hair andj thatch wiih'OOUIVeos ot the ocaa Some thawerefangrd, no' matier Wear themilxirjy witbahem, Paiat till hor(fr may nmc upon face. ShakefpcareiL ON would imagine that women of the prefentagc do now cxadtly copy theftregt) ing quotation, though I think it was that excellent author's in tcntion, aswel as many others who have noticed the failure of the fair fex, to prevent it, by fhewinp it in the word yet notwithftanding thc nwhydgja. difcourfes that have been wr6te in order to (Ion this evil, dill blinded do they invent everytj mefnotKo make their own agrees aU'efe1ves difagreeablc. As the principle of the ladies in.their drefs is to jttraft.the regard of the men, equally as tKe men's is to attract the ladies, I will ac quaint them, through the trumpet of famiyihat men, (at lead an mat 1 jtn acquainted wun, which aVcliptafcw) are not tond 1 amoved.

Mi 1 1 tlnrrlipfa CountVi fsi T. "77 YlrnJeTwrits pt a cm ill rnnfc xa laic on the 19th inftant, the' t. twrirro lf Prttiofl Klfc eepfievH Dutchcfscountfhfc 1 real and pelnakjeftite of hirh 7Ml II1C laiM1 juiiii w.gii"i Odober 10, 1785. LEWIS DUBOYS, 'io. late Sheiff.

I 8 1 sTf I GAME to the farm of the fubferiber, a ftray Heifer about two nbW about or 8 months, old. latter came fome time in jpnend theformcTlrijuT) The owner, on proving proper tv and navine charges, may have them by applying" to PETER DEYO, jun. Poughkeepfie, Pel. 6. to a Eight Collars Regard.

IVUN AWAYj from the SJ Subtoiber on the i8th icbnr, 1 IWK. Jii ri i if dLinfr. T. ha Tj fcrfto'the ililrbther Forth ana .12, shy med, ne' Vmiddle ne' ivJtiU 1119 have h' exttemelv for htm for theftr JC ijt. 1 i i I IM I u.

iBf 7 zqrtr. uJJt which way effected, wjy rmfni' ji berlcX? St" 1 A i V' i 'V.

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