Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1823-09-04
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SHORT ANSWERS.

4 ike 10 "suit the action 10 the worid J"
because brevny is the life of business
as well as the soul of VIII. When 1
am asked question, | endeayor to an
swer it with common perspicuity; that
is, give categorical answer, for j
detest, myself, TO he pot Oft with q
long yawn OF lazy espend that seems
10 say, AYE, what's the ciock:"
T,me is monev-timc is knowledge
therefore time r. Valuable to ali
men, particularly in these hard times,
when money is 50 scarce aud know
ledge is so uncertain. How much
time would be saved f every body's
neighbor would cniy give short an
swers:
If. for instance, when YOU pre- sent a
hill fr payment, the debtor " cu'd say,
yes; very right; II pay TT How
much better that pi,hy sort OF dialogue
IS, than such as IS too common, aud
witial a little iticonvenIent, Tor IN
stance-"A biz? 1 really had forgot
ten YOU had an account aoains, mel
Why had you not brought j, in 5eforeT
I;hve just drawn on the Bank for the
las; ccnt-hope you viii not lei ano
Their bill stand so tong-i altcays ply
all NY bills panctually, 1Ut just at tiio
iincAI-i-have lent all my money !:
| have notes TO pay to morrow-the
rascally E4nlls won't discount the best
paper in market: / expect Il vessel
next wee!; my lawyer tpoor dog he
- either doU't collect or wont Ray o
vei':: am busy uow-pressed with all
sorts of cares-I11t1st be here must be
here oonds and Geathi | must be
every where Call to day-to NOR.
rcv-next day-next week I will
tbsu giFe vou. = GIVE WHAT" Why,
give ye8--ea ct5Ucr-.o he sure"
Now how much aetter direct ans
wer, IL Clc Jifst place, would be, Ell
Their cau't pay you, or | wont pay;
because; III either case the affair rs
ended, and YOU RAY 90 about your
business. But to stand the butt OF ig-
norance, impertinence, poverty, aud
e,erLai loguacity, al at once, Is more
than is given 10 hupan patience to en-
dore.
l wen: the other day to a shoerfsa-
'ker. In the simplicity OF my heart I
wanted pair Of shoes made.
81 van. them made large, with
long quarters :"
Quarters, (said the stwemaker)-
do you think the French army will
make their quarters IL Madrid."
with thin soles and low heels"
said l.
''Will the New Hampshire votes be
givenso Crawford" said ms shoema-
ker.
81 have Germs on my toes, Il con.
tinut d aud canuot walk in straight
shoes.S
"The Pirates" said he
"The Shoes" ! said
The Pirates tsaidhe) at last are
"Zounds! q exclhimedD stick to
youi last; the Shoes, I want the shoes
to wear tomorrow, for l am absolute
ly barefoot"
"If Eunaparte was alive seid my
lncorrigible man of way
"Wnh short straps" / interrupted.
Gle would be at the head"-"the
Foot," said I-"ofa hundred thons"-
l rushed from the shop in paraox
ysm OF modification.
/ went, not long since, lirping with
the rheumatism, to physician. L
gave him an affecting recital of my at.
iiictions. Selling me BY the hand 1,
and giving me such cordial grasp as
made each particular hair 10 stand on
end he exclaimed
"Ah! my dear fiiend, pain is inci'
dent to the human france
oh" said L
"Galen aud Hipprocratcs and learn
ed men
co :" | shuddercd internallyD
-"Abd .carned men Of. all ages
have agreed in one position
"Hohe ejaculatcdI /, lathe cxtrcrsi-
ty of grief
Zone position; Continued he)-
that there is a decaying priaciple iuher-
ent in the nature of man, which sooner
or later, gradually, CT simultaneously,
produces his dissolution"
"Oh Lord!" said /.
81 remember a case, {porsued my
'ormenter, slappIag me on my shout
der with Il violence that sent twinges
over NV framel remember case re