Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1809-11-13
Ne. 81, d' goi. XII
a Subject for cositasion.
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From t's Ta3sa, Nezr ro,il Bee.
A DE AID SHOT.


TO The esactions Of ss,g56~iy borrowers and
readrrs. A book may he lent weels or
mont.. and returned, as valuable as when Dor
bowed ba, nesdpsper, the mirrer OF the
times which are paiiiug while the reader Is
pernhag its co'umas, ike the mama OF the
llraei.es, is wasta but little tomorrow, and
swsek hence fir only. for wrapping paper
Tie value Of newlpaper coniifling, therefore,
in its ia.laat and early uls, whoever obtains
thar, Obtain, the value of the paper, as a vehi-
Gle cfuews, froai.thc irnder. Yet how com.
nlon il is 20 lfep into tavern or grocery, and
ak the perufal of The paper of the day But
who would think of daily afking for glaf of
bitters which did not coli half the price of the
paper, without payment Still we iind ma.
ny, little reheetspg on the meanneis of fueh
conduct, depending on their neighbours for
newspapers the whole year round. For my
part, when Zee one of thefe very frugal char
acters with neighbours paper in his hands,
cannot avoid thinking him like pedon ia
the markes too poor or par6monious to pay
for the fruit he wants, taking an apple FROM
the bsiket of every vender, by way ofstalting,
till he has cloyed his appetite at their expence
Il is in this way, however, that whole villages
are fornetimes frrnifhed with newspapers
az the expenfe Of few individuals, or of the
printer, who carries on his buinels with fuch
inadequate fupport. But this evil would be
checked, if the patrons of Newspapers were
more attentive TO their interef as well as the
inserea of their printers. Every purchafer of
newspaper ought to cop6der, that whenever
he lends it to others, he encourages the prac.
tice of borrowing, and perhaps deprives the,
printer of more or leEs cailomers, who would
ouy ioi 'nen''.,ses u 'ney we're no. iu'n'ln.u
s'A.u''euAy' aus i - NJ kiiuns'' 700 p.'"-
yer 20 ei'su'A's nus PApe" " 'eno'ng, ss Una.
'ne oh'y e.reu'n'on y WIN ever oo'A'n' !"
can DC n4n III 'ns' way. enc ever e'''1e"
ougn' 70 AK suo'ner' as wen Ao'e 70 puy =
hew'pspe, - ''''"'s"' "nen nc ~lAs 'ne 'oA'. VI
one wny ne goes nor ge' 'nem rom .ne pr'n,
.es' az" ~aon ~ 'uppo'' une pap. "A Az .sAu
o'''o"ns soos "a'u'.a
"'Ans", 'sneeung -" rue 'enueney .. h' III
s'A"y, py iupP'y'ns nse ., ~ o. ''s ne'sn-
oou's WIN INC rs"s' aso aeP''''ng 'he P',n.
Yer Oh 10 niany .so'elloers' may 'nus Isnae,
inc gam =, ono 'ne 'ois u nan eole"' A"u
anu IN oo"E'ns .ne pi'nse' 20 'A"s ''e p''ee
81 ms PApe'so' give up ~, ona"ei''
Du. - 'uIP''Ans .na' 'n'e VINO are 1aso-
ea's sr iol 'ne P'ono''on u ntea.'u'c' ana 'ne
enAo'','n'e"e !" P,i.''ns p,eas:' eAnnc' per-
.;ou of fupport, 7J., would not dream of
procuring the manufataures or wares of the
baker. the butcher. the lhoemaksr tailor or
b,sckfmith, without eoil-why then of the
nr;oser ! Or what part,cuIar mart of The COM
munity are under the fpecisl obligation To
maintain the pref, for the ule and ADVANTAGE
of ,he whole Or whv. If pf,n,ers are 70 s,e
.,;nta;oed in This wav are NOT o,her mecL,,.
;cks ON the fame soot,t,g md the eublic accom-.
moda,ed with their fesv.css at the cYpencs of
afsw, In ENGLAND. where (; /, cent, are Maid
10 government in a farm dutv. for evsrv
Aswlnaner printed IL il nrefumed they are
not lent quite 70 commonly as in this country
.-hn, then the ouhI;(bcrs a.. ha,,er n.;J .nd
thesr bulinefs il as lucrative as Other trade, or
profe0;ons.
Du, lie, u. for a moment attend 10 forne Of
The reafons or excufes men Of pronertv Owe
,t,r not taking neyspapers: and we Ih.n fee
without ration. the laudal.c motives h.ch
cavern neonle in refufny their mite of NV.
men, and the methods by which they cou,riye
m fa,;sfv their coalc;ence, with resd;nv new,
AT the exneuce of o,hers-yhat a 6ue thing
fa;d DIR. Franklin. il is 20 be rational animal !
=, re.i,v ecsh,es ma ~ c;vs rs,co,, f,r ,.,,
Thing. But Ter n, hear thole reafon..
.,
There Is no oseaion Tor my taxing the
paper am ~ neighbour ---s isofe every
Gay, aho lee II as ICON as II comes.
There's no uie IN ny taking the paper,
Tor e cant nave II minute alter Il comes into
the hore, ono or another catches II up 10
qaiss.
have no nees to take the paper; ale
ways read It az the oarners.