Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1803-08-16
10 tie Public.

IN lutticc 70 myicltp ana Tue pun ) !,
large, I am induced 10 give true ana
impartial itafcmrnt Of ieveral traniaetions
within few weeks paR between 8. W.
Peyton and myielf: which fatement !
faorit to the perofal Of a candid and I'M
partial pubic. On the 10Th June, I.
w. Peyton purchaf.d Of me one barrel OF
rum, amounting to I7dols. S41 cents'
10 have been paid in cah. Onthe aoth
Of June, or thereabouss, T. W. peyton,
came to my warehouie and offered FOR iaie
one thouland weight Of bacon hams laid
they were Of hyperion quality to any IN
this place; that they were falt Patred'
cured in Alexandra, and clear OF ikippefs
that they were in nice order tor lblpping'
and that he had no doubt but would DC
plea(cd with them. Accordingly | agreed
for them, at AZ cents per pound, paya-
bic in ixty days. on condition that the
hams were as he reprcfented them to me.
He replied, if they were not, itwould De
optional with me, whether | took them or
not. The next day / went toslook at the
bacon, and as loon as the covers were
taken off the tubs ! faw the ikippers hop.
ping in every direction. aiked I. w.
Peyton, if that was the bacon he had con-
ditionally fold me? He faid it was OF the
fame parcel, bur it was not all in the con-
dilion of that whichlaid to view; that
his man Cato had done wrong, by putting
Ihe WORT hams on the top; that II |
would let him know when ! wanted them,
he would have them taken out of the tubs
for my examinations. Accordingly, in
eight or ten days afterwards, told him
I wilhed to fee the hams: he had them
taken out and laid on the floor. But pre-
yious TO my coming, be made his man
Cato rub them well with bran, which, |
fuppoied, was done in order TO hide the
kippers, and made me more fu!picious
than otherwile | ihould have been. But,
unluckilY for friend Psyton, my eye fight
being pretty good, foon difcovered the
ikippers peeping through the bran, and
Others, more Aout and arong, hopping
about the floor. / obferycd TO my wor-
thy friend, that was very fufpicious
of the bacon, and did not believe it was
iuch as he had reprefented to me; thar |
flould be very particular in my examina-
ton, as ! had agreed TO give him an ex-
ira price for it, and reqaeaea his man
Cato TO bring me knife, or fomc fuch
thing, to fcrapc thc bran cut of the places
where ! fufpetted the body of the lkippers
lay, which T. w. Peyton forbid, and
pol,ively refuied my examining any othe'
way, than by taking ham by ham in my
hands Ito which / replied, Ilhould then
confder the bargain void that | did not
believe it was luch bacon as he had repre-
ieaied, otherwife he could not, with pro-
priety, refufe my examining If. He faid
his man Cato had examined it, and re-
ported it to be merchaatable, found bacon,
and that he conGdered it my bacon as it
laid obfelved to him, lhould not
take one ham without examining it. The
next day T. w. Peyton came TO my ware
honie, and aikcd how we lhould fettle
about the hams. ! told him the hams
were NOT fuch as had agreed for, and
therefore confdcrcd the bargain void
He faid he did not with to differ with Inc
about them, and would make fair bargain
with ms--tha. if / would no, warrant him
he would not warrant me. / obierved |
had no with TO warrant him, neither did
] intend it. Then t. w. Peyton ob-
ieryed, thar he had the advantage Of me,
that he owed me for barrel Of rum,
which he would keep as an equivalent for
my rot taking the bacon--to which I re-
piled, ! had forgot that he owed me for
barrel of rum, that | fuppofed hin man
of more honor than to tax that advantage,
If it could be taken. In two or three
days after, T. w. Peyton came again to