k3 l voi l k t i i i gbton upper canada tuesday december ts isjo 777 jli c7vk v d iv ih 1 i v hr tai i t r v j j ij ttji1 iiii it lii iil s 1 cb and auofhdi he m ft fo f wfovsk bu ictij fci as low a nvl as r be purckai- c1 tit mo ii or o hie moil roe- uiviic iiwu wii are hi the habit of l i i 4 ptirdiafing by wiiolcivle to call a id vii jr i r f tin k fubf briber n n turns his finccre thanks to hi friends and the pnbllc for ph favors and infurn them that he ha on hand a large quantity of mens womens and childrens bciead up tv t boots shoes assppair ct cthon slefle- shoes and a jyrafel uffetnie rf d ry goods a groceries isifchlicwll tb a very reduced price for cani ci pchivv richard smil khjpstm dec ii i 3 i o 12 ti lour j l nc iiignelt price given rorgood 3 the fubferiber ir i t ionrsall thole vdio mti jndeicd to inn that ii vhey make smrrcdite nivmcrc their ktftcs and accounts v ill be put ito tfiv hds ofan attorney ihoms cook sxprtw bee 5 i8io for salf x by the birrel on icafoble tenns taiij at flic sue of kihvstwl s-jm- ii auo l mo boito t i 1 1 4 span of enjrtiih horhsiiinv- uf f j haid huhm ftout buir- i otr u tne i bcantifiv iviii tjifi tcr a iurk kmrstm ijemkr 4 18 10 it vv dc baf rate as may fait pur chafe r sam inn 14 p per bale at ibn ui 4 pi sco 1 t rsii on tlie clvaracler of jpiklvg george the tmt rd asiiltvd to the irlv4iiins of iinini anci- icau- uv the uev johm strachah rec tor of conval j c iwkw i m public notice idland district ty virtue of a wairat ro wit j3 to m ed by two of his mnys ftieei of the peace for fa id diaiia notice is hereby given that a mk- ing of his majettvs juftices of the peace for che di- tifion of frontenac will be holdenat d oourthufe in the town of k at eleven oclock in the forenoon on saturday th- 29th f this prtfsnt month for the purpole of renewing the licenfes for the ycat nesttenfuing likewife for giantifig avm liccfes to thofe who wfhto make application for the fame all inn tavern and public houfe fcerpeis will give their attendance accordingly john darley kingston dec li l8lo hign conitable houfe building and painting the fubltrioersheiebv give notice to the inhab itants of kingfton erncft wn adolphuftown and other adjoining plac- that they intend ro employ the next feafon in this vicinity in pointing houses outfit and inftde parent painting of rooms c and th- hufiaefs of house carpen ters and joiners their work will oe exe cuted with ncatnefs and difoatch application my be made at the dwellinehoufe of mr stoughton innkeeper in kingfton mr john bell in emcrl- town or mrs douglas innkeeper in aiolphuf- town nathaij wheeler nov 20 1810 andrew pickens no 3 lilsct ll an ihfrefq onsofhh mxjrfifs juiku r rftf pcefr the count of lincoln v i c fc profanencfj and immorality in all thar waned titapt mofl frequently fake their me irifn inajij and plmofi impcrceptible he- lin c cler and r bben ornip as w are dy nature mnr- are leldom tne ui ouuvm vn ie unriappy wretch hc conaits thtrhi he has ieirne in iome fchool of vies the ifitons and habits which lead to idler efs and to a defpenite fortvioe j die reflection e lihe coniinued ex- lunprntcndence of a magiftrate and the diilicuky of getting information may for fame time hafrte if not defeat his vigilance and to this let me add that it is far more diitrefllng and painful to a humane man to cut off that fource uf a familys bread to which ihey have long been habituated to trufh than it is to the lame pcrion to with- fold his confent that the head of fuch fami ly filonld firft turn himfelf o of hh accuf- t dc3 line of life into the too probable lot- ish iil nefs of a publican the labor of tiiia ivii r s hands is frequently loft to his ram- and leidom docs the of being in the he was rich but as alexandria when that was bell- now a great town ay il i j l ij- pubhc becomes liifnpportabl i f- esceeds the 1 s for it matntoivance he will proporuon ci r- means to liiaikif and return 10 bis religious duties and to horeil induilry without a rriracle was wron t in his favor in thkrroit d trebftil and sreuerally fatal dilemm v hangs hi- mi id iocliaing to that way which lead- elh to detlructioq and here we may fre quently date te commencement o thofe pta6uce- winch are elofed only by a prema ture and diuraecful death fccdlug hirn back to hi former occupation reftore to htm his wonted will or power for uoieil labor sortie perfons from an offl- f al cooie of thinking and judging plead the kings rerenue l of tva of neither mould i rweci to mention the freqiient riotsand dlfturbaaceain villages as well a- gt eater tcwas or the frequent and frrofs prcfanatioii f tc lords day bdtfa tliefe z their rije generally ipfaking to an unneeefrny and ill timed aifembting at a public horde and unfortunately tile prof its gained by the holt increafe according to the intoxication of the gnells laws are indeed provided for the punfivnent of both thefe offences j but i am lulilliug that the duty of the maglflra extends to tlse pre vention of them 1 the former cafes the laws are oftentinics tluded by the dtknefis of the night and the general cpnctm of the v their ignorafice of their duty fuffier the hwi provided again it the profaitation of ih lords day frm having their operation or in v- tie 1iueoi il th v ix mult y00 into 1 he iocictes of drunkards pmcles anil idlers and enter into thofe hades wherein they are harbored and into which the unfufpectiug aad unwarv liangfer is invited and a i have now in view thole oi the low tit order and of the moil fuf- pefted credit and general contagion we mall go into our numerous public houfes the caufe and effect equally correfpond in a hat is vulgarly called the great world the cruet if not unfirquently the commirticn oi oflencesof the full magnitude jiteiices ttets argument can only be fupported oh the dale pretence that private vices are public benefits and they might as well fay that if all the inhabitants had the alagtte the na- ion would be healthy and if they were all besr scars the nation would be rich it is an iu compliment paid to the king to fup- pnfe that he who is the fovereiirn oruardian or the itate mould wife his people to be drunken and idle to fay the lead with a view to the increafe of his revenue it is in ill compliment to the legislature who lave enacted o many valuable laws for the vhde coiphiv m tii mifchirfwluch is done nd the ieghct tif the paiim offices s or jiunifhrnent of vice and to that end con- fidering a certain number of public houles as iceetiry evils have thrown co many caii- lionary impediments in the way of an indif- riminate increafe of thefe fchools and re- r of vice it is an ill compliment f o ourlclves 6cug the intention oi our com- irnillim and the letter and foiiif of tin fe jrws which are to direct and rule our cow- t to fuppoie that we have fa far forgot ten our duty t god to our king and to tour country and all refpect to o own ijaths as tu imagine that we could delibe- cralel frulliate the ihole icheme and life of our oilice and appointment the commif- tuon we bear we derive immediately from on a great ftreet inftead woods where i left him he was glad to fee me quelhon what was you firft knew it old man alexandria haven there was only one houfe what que it ion is your wife alive old man hch my wife has been dead 4 or 5 years she was one year younger than i she was 101 when he ded i was married again in a year i always love the girls i got a bran new wife queftion have you any children t old man my fir ft wife had nine or ten ive more children than i want they plague me my mill is gone i want to build a new one they wont help me i mufr build my mill again qu eft ion kad you no children bvyour ricw wife old man no she was an old girl he was 45 when i married her queftion how have you lived old ivfan i ate and drank any tiling before i came to this country i drank half a gallon oi wine a day but never was drunk with wine sometimes 1 drink la dies drink whiikey and water fweet fweet sometimes i eat a great meal and eat no more for two or three days only drink milk or water qneflion was you never fick old man no only rheumatrfrn or fome fuch once in a while fo that 1 cant put my hand to my head but not much- some times i have a little pain but i pray god heartily and it is gone in a minute qneftion you expect to live thefe twen ty years do you not old man twenty yes a hundred jut as well as not i can mount ahorfe as quick as you walk as far on inquiring of his eye fight hearing c he fatd that his hearing as evidently appeared was but little impaired pie had dot which not within our cognizance ai id s c3t0 be sold that valuable ftandfora merchant or tav ernkeener in the townihip of frederickf- burgh bordering 00 the little creek near eradihaw3 mill the property confifts in a neat dwelling- koufe painted spanifli brown fortyfive feet ifl length nd twentyfix feet wide including a gallery in front which runs the whole length of the houfe the valls and partitions ate all built of found burnt brick j a good brick chimney with two finplaces there ar five rooms on the lower floor and one bed room the fecond likewife a good log ftosc houfe and hftrfe aabio and onwards of two hundred acres of fometimes alas 1 not within the reach oi the lawsundtr the difpenfation of our fupe- riors for the accommodation of travel lers and lirangersj thofe public houfes are ofeful and neceflary they are fornttime very convenient for the aifembling of certain public meetings and the tranfaclion of cer tain public bufinefs beyond thefe few in- ftances the uie of them does not extend and consequently all beyond thefe cafes we muft call the abufe of their original defign and hete the moderate and difpaffionate interpo lation of the maxiiliate become neceflary 1 n order to give a juft and impartial deter mination in an application for the licen- fing of a public houfe wc mould in the firft inllance pay all due attention to the character of the candidate for our favor in this matter the law has exprefsly provided and directed as an indifpenfable requitire that kind of certificate in his behalf which lo us muft be the beft evidence of his well defeivirtg how far thefe certificates may be fnrreptitioufly obtained or given to per- fons unworthy of them as mere matter of form or from a falfe principle of good neighborhood becomes a confideratiou of a different nature though not entirely unde- ferving of enquiry in general they may merit a favorable conftraaion unlefs indeed a maoiilrate can from his owit pofitiv- knowledge aver the contrary and in that cafe it becomes his duty to contravene fuch formal teitimonial the next confideration is what occafion there maybe for fuch pub lic houfe in the place propoied and this en quiry mould be made without refpecr eij ther to the perfon applying for it or to th fponfors for his charafter it fhould hi well confidered how far the accommodation te from the degree of it water and its pot- iih fo hall we receive additionaj honor from an umiorm integrity and readinefs in the e- qual dill ibution of juftice and from a man ly vigilance in the prevention of all evil practices neither need i be backward to fay that our king and our countiy will be under confiderable obligations to us nor is the voice of the people entirely unwilling to acknowledge the debt but the confeiout- iils of our own ufefulntfs will not fail a- btndantly to rccompenfe us for our time and trouble and the reproaches of thofe who will revile us hecauie they hate virtue and whofe fair words would injure us more efien- 1 lially iw the eftimation of all good men o but nifi g cation his hair is the only evidence of hi extreme age that of his head and whiflters long and white he is about 5 feet 3 inch es in height hs head orect as any perfons his memory he fays rather fails him with in a few years he better remembers tranf- atlions of 90 years ago than thofe of ten years pad he was quite facetious and talkative and after f pending half an hour and drinking feveral glafies of wine he re tired expressing a ftrong wilh that we mould come and fee him alexandria advertiferi ihv longefitt a caledonian courtship there refides in fairfax coiintyjvivtfi- a a perfon by the name of phiib peter scholl now nearly one hundred and feven year s the writer oi this article was converimrr vith a gentleman in the itreet when the gentleman obferved there comes old scholl ho is above 100 years old let us flop lira and afk him his age he will tell it for pint of wine he was then walk jhth a firm quick flep at the rate of about our miles an hour when even with us he as accofted with flow are you old man f old man hon pretty well what do bu call mc old for i fiiall be a anff u old are you old fifty ears to come queftion pray how old man thats none of your bufinefs thats my bufinefs but ill tell you for pint of wine queftion why a pint of wine is too inch for you well give you as much as oa wilh to drink what is your age old man a a son of medicine verging to his cli- maciericj breached out his amorous feha to the daughter of a scotch peer the lady prone to jocularity feemed to liften to his fuit folejy for that entertainment which grey haired folly produces in aitutning the characteriftics of ju venality the doc tor one day was to pay a vifit in form to the goddefs of his idolatry on this occafion he was determined to be as adonislke in hab- i as pofuble it is requisite to be known that the doctor was a man who fcorned to be thought of the fe of peri patetics when he appeared it was in the equefirian ftyle on fuch an important e- vent as the prefent relolving to be fpruce he took an immaculate finrt and put it not oiij but in his pocket prudently confider- ing that in the action of riding its purity might be tarnifhed to prevent this he rt- folved io put it on when he fhould corne within a imall diftance of the fcene of his iff t under prince willies when arrived at the fettled ditlance the doctor proceeded to difrobe himfelf oi give me fome wine firft i his upper garments hill fitting on hi 3 horfe his hat wig coat and waiftcoat were tak en off and laid upon the pummel of the fad- dle in this critical moment his faithful pcafus received a fright from fomewhat on theroad 1 oil fat rofinante with the doc tor in deminudily and ran with him iu- as bom near manheim mentioning the me of the place in 1703 in the holidays the fall of the year my father was a her and i am a milhr and always have tj and always ihall fellow it 1 was a in the reign of corge the i here he related lkirmifhes which he was engaged i was marred an when i was 26 i came to philadelphia pel i y parecfe a tobaccooift came with me k 1 r tin tlioi paitn ulcirs apily to oasph ior- y efij kinb or jthe fnbicriucratththl w preffion of a public houfe eonviaions rmm trecede and their diftant iituariaa from u 1 lived in philadelphia in a little hcufc 011 the outfide of the town about 50 vr afterwards i was in philadelphia and rlincxivciy knowing irom frequency in go- ino- bis mailers deftination to the door of lite very houfe he had hoped to enter with every minutiae of orefa adjuftcd hisqnix- otelike appearance threw the family into fuch paroxylms of laughter as precluded the operation of fpeevh or the means 01 ai- erfl houfe was in the middk of the tow filling the diftreued doctor