Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1828-07-29

TUESDAY EyF
we are much obliged to you, MI. Dnnda.
lor the part you lately took in London -u'
What replied the secretary. 6 Won .re
a politician find sent for BARRIE. !, - :
Oh yes,o returned the knight of the
pewter basin, "Ill shave YOU d;rect,r ).
which he did, until one half Of the heard y.
cieaniy moved, when, coming to his throat
ne drew the back of the razor across # 90 ~
ing, " take that, we traitor /" and out he rap
down stairs, into the street.
Whether Mr.. Dundas had preyiouslv falt
any uneasiness at the BARRIERS manner we
know not, but the latter expression-tbe nc
.lon being so well suited to the word--indpced
MN instantly to apply the apron to his throat
and to make loud juggling noise, which
oelng heard by some of the people of the
mouse, they Immediately ran to his assis-
lance. They soon discovered by the nan
tomimic gestures of Mr.. Dundas, what had
occurred, and it was not long before the room
was full of members of the faculty. of ali
degrees: apothecaries, surgeons. and nbvs;-
clans. 1t was considerable time p.sfnra ';fbe
patient could be prevailed upon to remove the
apron and expose his throat; but at Ienptb.
when he did so, with caution,-it was fo5lnd
to be in perfectly whole state there not
being even scar visible!
Inough Mr.. Dundas had much reason to
be delighted at having escaped unhurt, he
was little mortified at the laugh which this
adventure occasioned: and his chagrin was
greatly increased when he found he had to
pay for the attendance of the medical gentle
men: which having done, and having shaved
the other side of his face himself he de-
camped from Edinburgh, and did not return
for many years.
HISTORY OF A COUNTRY VILLAGE.
! Inc following interesting story from the
Savannah Mercury is recommended to our
readers as an able illustration of the great
principles of the American System We
do not recollect ever meeting with a more
happy and familiar exposition of them.
For the purpose of illustrating the idea.
that it is sometimes cheaper for community
to pay 11omiaally, higher prices for many ar
ticles OF consumption, if manufactured among
themselves, than to bring the same articles
from abrod, at less cash price, we will give
short sketch of the history of country
village, which we have some where seen or
heard of, though we cannot at this moment
tell when or where.
AS the history goes, in the State of--we
whl say Observation-Disclosures existed in
times past, very fourishing village, which
from being situated in remote corner of the
State, had but little foreign trade, and the
villagers were consequently in the habit of
manufacturing almost all articles for domes-
tick use among themselves. Mr.. Koran
supplied his neighbours with hats, Mr.. Snip
the tailor made coats, and Mr., Crspin made
shoes. In short, the blacksmith, the carpen-
ter, the cabinet-maker, silver-smith, all found
employment, and supported their families in
ease and competence. The school master,
the doctor, the lawer, the parson, the prin-
ter, and the barber, found sufficient patron
age among them and all together gave
profitable business to the grocer, and the
dealer in fancy articles. The farmers also,
for twenty miles round, felt the general eff
fects of this village prosperity. They found
a ready market for their corn and pork, and
flour and butter and beef; and even the good
woman derived proportional advantage
from the prosperity of others; she found no
difficulty in exchanging her poultry and her
eggs, and the productions of her loom, for
cash or sugar and tea or tobacco and snuff,
| if she happened to prefer those articles, as
some good women willard was never at
loss for new bonnet.
But time effects changes every where.
The lawyer went to Boston, and found that
he was in the habit of paying Mr.. Snip, the
village tailor, more than was charged for
coats in Boston. 1t was his interest, he tho't,
to buy on the chepeast terms. Sohe bought
his OF RaCfova - 70 oh
BILE, and all the villagers followed his exam
| pie. They were not to be taxed, they said,
for the benift of Mr.. Snip. The tailor lost
his business-mortgaged his house to the
llawyer-became bankrupt, and moved away.
1t was soon found that hats could be pur-
chased in Boston cheaper than Mr. Koran
could manufacture them. So Mr.. Koran
| soon lost his business, and was obliged to fol-
low the tailor. The farmers found that they
could send to Boston for their furniture,
their saddles and brides, instead Of purchas-
ing them as heretofore at the village. Dr..
Pestle said he could buy better and cheaper
shoes in Boston than could be furnished by
Mr.. Crispin. Thus one after another, the
mechanicks lost their business, and left the
place. The shop-keepers soon followed
their customers. At length the barber found
that, saving Me lawyer, the doctor, and the
parson, he had no chins to scrape-so, in
fit of the blue-devils, he drowned himself in
his own suds. What became of the printer,
we could never exactly ascertain. The
doctor finding none left to take his pills,
shifted his quarters. So did the parson.
And in the end, the lawyer, having monopo-
}lized all the real estates of his neighbours,
bv foreclosing the mortgages, found himself