The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1819-11-03
LEATHER GLOVES.
OR, TWO EYES SEE MORE THAN


A very honest fellow named John
Bland, by trade leather glove maker,
preferring ship.board to the shop-board,
took voyage to China and being what
is called very useful man, was frequent
ly excused the ordinary duties Of the
ship, and permitted to work for himself,
as well as have little trade for barter.
When the vessel arrived at Canton, a
merchant came OF board, as is the GUS
tom, to traffic with the men for their pri-
vate ventures. With this man John ex-
changed his concerns for commodities
Of the country, and found himself in the
end egregiously cheated. Our knight
of the needle one day meeting the mer-
chant on shore, upraided him severely
for the deception. Fan-M, (iriend,) re-
piled the cunning varlet, tnglishman
has but two eyes, Chlnaman has three,
one for his friend and two for himself.
o! very well' returned John; then, if
ever live to come to this place sgain.
I'll try to make Two eyes see more than
three. Time, who never falters in his
progress soon brou,"; the ship again to
moorings i'll the same place, and OH
board came the merchant, Fau-ki; said
he to Bland, what have you got? Only
bale of doe-skin bunting gloves, for
which expect two dollars pair. The
Asiatic infdel much approved the COM
modify, but would only consent to give
half the price. We'll, quoth Bland, give
me the cash, and take the bale, since you
will pay no more. The merchant laid
down the dollars, took the goods, and
exulting went on shore. In a few hours,
ou-sikan, for that was his name, enter.
ed Bands birth, with fire in his three
eyes, and seemed ripe for mischief. Fau-
XII, exclaimed the cunning man, you
have deceived me the gloves are all for
one hand. / know it, replied Band,
and there is a second bale with all the
gloves for the other; give me the other
dollar, my first price, and they are yours.
The Chinaman found no alternative, paid
the remaining dollars, and, at parting,
acknowledged his mistaken opinion Of
our countrymen' declaring that English
man had seen more with two ewes than
Chinaman with three. Lon paper.
1t is somewhat singular to contcm-
plates, the application of terms, or rather
their misapplication. At one time arts
and sciences were classed under their
proper heads, trades were not called pro-
iessions, and arts were not conloundcd
with trades; but now very important
change is discernible in the phraseoIogy
ofthings--a hightoned, inflated, bombas-
tic style, is adopted to announce the
most simple art, trade, or profession, and
the impertinence of private vanity like.
wise intrudcs itself into these pcmpous
advertisements. In "a Philadelphia paper
we have the following from dancing
master
E" "Au,hony Bonaffon, having derived the ad-
vantages, to condaee 20 his competency to teach
the art Of DANCING, that instruction from
one Of the G,st dancers 10 Europe, and several
years devcuon To the business, can produce on
one, whose original requirements, in the ere-
cutive part, his friends and the public may re-
member 10 have oeniariy, and, he d;6f!entiy
hopes, favorsbly tes,ed: respectfully solicits
their patronage Of his efforts to please, dur
ing the ensuing season, in this his hrcfssion;
as he has taken that elegant and clieibly sit
ua,ed room, at the N. w. corner Of Chesnut
and Seventh. streets, and will open his school
there on Monday, the 9Th inst"
like the nodesy Of this professor Of
piruets and pigeon-wings, particularly
when he talks of his "original acquire
ments" and his "diflidence" at the same
time.-What great scale things are now
getting on in this country dancing
master is a professor, and in short time
will have an LII ID. tackled to his name
and vender of common -blacking
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