Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-07-01

sky Massachuset,s-tler existed IN times past.
very Hoarishing village, which, from being
situated in a remote cornefof The STATE, had
blu. little foreign trade, and the villagers were
consequently in the habit Of manufacturing all
most all articles for domestic use among them
selves. Mr.. Koran supplied bis neighbors
with hats, Mr. Snip the tailor made coats, and
Mr. Crispn made shces. Ia short, the black,
smith, the carpenter, The cabinet. maker, silver
smith, all found employment, and supported
their families in ease aud competence. HE
sc hool master, The doctor, the lawyer, the par
son, the printer and the barber, found sufficient
patronage among them; and all together gave
profitable business 10 the tavern -keeper, the
grocer, and the dealer in fancy articles. The
farmers also, for twenty miles round, felt the
general effects Of this village prosperity. They
found rtady market for their corn aed pork,
and -four and butter and berf; and even the
good woman derived proportional advantage
from the prosperity Of others; she found no dill
fcully in exchanging her puel'ry and her gigs,
and The productions of her loom. for cash or
sugar and tea; or tobacco and snuff, il she hap
pened 10 prefer those articles, as some good
women willard was never at a loss Tor new
bonnet on a holy day.
lawye" went to Boston, and found that he could
obtain coat for less sum !han he was IN the
habit Of paying Mr. Snip, the village tailor
1t was his interest," he thought, to buy on the
cheapest terms. So he bought all his coats at
Boston; il became fashionable, and all the VII
layers followed his example. Tney were not
10 be taxed, they said, for the benefit OF Mr.
Snip. The tailor lost his business-mortgag-
ed his house TO the lawyerA bee anne bankrupt,
and moved away. Ii was soon found that bats
could be purchased in Boston cheaper than Mr.
Ruram could manufacture them SO Mr. No
am soon lost his business, and was Obliged TO
follow the tailor The farmers found that they
could send 10 Boston for their furniture, their
saddles and brides, instead Of purchasing shem
as heretofore at the village. DIR. Peslle said
he could buy better and cheaper shoes IN bos-
ton thin could be furnished by Mr. Crispin.-
Thus one after another, the mechanics lost their
business, and left the place. The shopkeepers
soon followed their customers. Al length the
barber found that, saving The lawyer, The doc
tor, and The parson, he had no chins to scrape-
so, in fit of the blue devils, he drowned him>
self IN his own suds. What became Of the
printer, we could never exactly ascertain
though we ieIt il 10 be our duty to make parti
cular inquiry. From habit, however, which
he had contracted, OF feeding entirely upon
thin air, like cameliou, ii is conjectured by
his friends, that he svaporaied' But The doctor
dnding none lef, TO take his pills, shifted his
quarters. So did the parson. And in the end,
The LAWYER, having monopolized all the real es-
rates OF his neighoors, by foreclosing the mort>
cages, found himself the sole inhahitant OF the
skeleton Of the once flourishing village OF Fair
lown--anG himself totally ruined by the utter
-worthlessness Of the property he bad acquired.
The farmers in the neighborhood no longer
found market for their com and their pork.
Whatever tn, v might raise oser and above their
own consumption, became worthless, because
it could not be sold. The good woman found
no purchaser for her butter, her poultry and
her eggs The people had NJ means Of ras>
ing money for The payment Of their taxes, their
medicines, and those comforts which former
indulgence had rendered necessary. They be-
came poor; run in debt; their lands sunk in va
lue; and, fin lily, those who were able moved
away to some new purchase, perhaps.
Such is the history, as We have heard it. II
il is not authen,ic, it is no fault of ours, but
still il i, just as good for our argument as if i.
wa, true And, furthermore, if it is not now
true, it may become 50, in dozen instances, il
our citizens do not look The better 10 their own
permanent interests.