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Fifth Month, 1S01.
It fliall live mid the wide waiting fcrms,
That bear all undiftinguifh'd away.
When Time, at the end of his nee,
Shall expire with expiring mankind;
It mall ftand on its permanent bafe;
It fhall laft till the wreck of the mhuf.
THE GHOST.
A T A L E.
WOULD you your tender offspring rc.r
With minds well form'd, devoid of fear,
Ne'er let the nurfe witli idle talc
Of Ghoft their infant ears aflail,
Or Bug-a-boo! or Chimney fweepl
To terrify them into flecp
|g State o/tltL Weather
& Thermometer
at Philadelphia^
May, 1799.
Weather.
Rain, cloudy.
windy, fair.
cloudy, fair.
fair.
fair.
fair, cloudy.
fair, windy.
windy, fair.
fair, hazy.
fair, windy.
fair, windy.
windy, fair.
(air,
hazy, fair.
Hum. bird fien.
rain/ cloudy.
cloudy, raiu.
rain, cloudy.
fair.
fair, cloudy.
hazy, fair.
fair, cloudy.
fair, (bowery
foggy, rain.
fair, cloudy.
cloudy, fair
E&tr.
fair.
fair, cloudy.
fair, cloudy.
rain, fair.
1
DC
7C
78
84
7^
62
70I.5
70)10
;•;■! 11
81 Ua
Sifii
declination
North
D. M.
69120
15 4
15 22
IJ 4<3
15 5
16 ij
16 3
16 48
17 5
17 21
17
17 52
18 8
18 2
18 37
185-
19 6
19 19
19 3
19 46
20 11
20 2
20 33
2C 46
20 j7
21
21 l8
27 28
21 37
21 46
21 J5
• made any body's heart arh, but a
' parifh officer.
" My poor father died in four days,
■" praying for us with his lalt breath;
" a\ i was buried the next morning but
" one by the parifh. JVTy mother had
" been ill ever finer: the fecond day after
" Hie came into the workhoufe, though
" (he tried to hide it; but flic got febad
" after his death, that flic could net go
" to the burying, and Patty and 1 wen:
" alone, crying lb bitterly that wc never
" faw poor Shock following us; for he
" had lain about the workhouie ever
" fincc wc went in. Oh, Sir, I thought
" my heart would have burfl when they
" ltt my father's coffin down in the
" grave; Patty fercamed and called on
" her daddy, the dog howled, the faf
" ton fcclded; till at laft the men that
" had carried the coffin kicktd the dog,
" and drove us both back to Che work-
" houfc.
" When we*returncd the doctor had
" been to fee the poor folks, and faid
" hoiv my mother liad get a fever; fo,
" Sir, fhe got worfe and worfe, for three
" or four day?, and then fhe faid fhe
" fhould die, and talked a great deal
" to Patty and mc, whenever fhe wss
" a moment free from being light-
" headed; a'ul Ihe gave me my father's
" fiageict to'keep fcr his lake, for it
" happened by chance to be in his
" pockety—then lid me be honcft and
" fober, or fhe iho"la not reft in-her
" gfave;—to learn to labour, and to
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Object Description
| Title | 71.35.1 |
| Object ID | 71.35.1 |
| Subject | Almanacs, American; Almanacs -- Pennsylvania |
| Description | [36] p. ; 19 cm. |
| Place of Publication | Philadelphia |
| Date | [1800] |
| Notes | First twelve pages of this copy missing. |
| Format | text |
| Language | en |
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