The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-08-21
NEWSPAPER sPONGERS.

NEWSPAPER SPONGERS.
cots y very good isotld, that zoe live IN
To buy, or 10 Tend, or 10 gire IN, =
But to beg, Or TO borro,o, or get d ntd,1s otrn,
IT'S the re,y ,Oosst sorld Mat sssr s0as
kmoacn."
So says some somebody, we chhnot re-
collect whom. But notwithstanding the
general truth ofthe text, Il cannot be de-
MED, that beggars and borrowers, and ev
cn thieves, thrive wonderfully well in the
newspaper line. We are inclined to shy
something onthis subject, from the fire.
quent complaints of our patrons, that they
are continually suffering from the spoh-
ging propensities Of their neighbors.-
We are pleased TO hear that some degree
of fondness is entertained for this young
hng Of ours but we should be still pleas
ed if some mode of obtaining it were re-
sorted to beside the fashionable practice
Of abduction. ~
Whatever you may think of it, gentle
men thieves, borrowers and beggars, it is
fact that those who subsribe for q paper
and pay for it, are apt to take it prodig-
iously ainiss, that they cannot securely
enjoy the fruits of that honesty and fair
dealing which render il q,ad pro quo
They complain, that as soon as they lay
down their papers, and even before they
have had time to take them up, some
snatcher, Or borrower, or beggar, gets
possession Of them; and they are seen no
more. 1a
Now gentlemen spohgers, we beg leave
to say to you, in all sincerity ofheart, that
it is most villainous trick of yours to be
always getting your newspaper reading
without contributing single souS in pay
ment for ihs same. What would you
think, thieves, borrowers and bcggars as
you are, of man who should be in the
habitual practice Of coming into your shop
and snatching Up and pouring down gratis,
your rum, whiskey and gin 7 Of entering
your store and borrowing bandanna or
two of going to house and begging the
milk you have bought for your ~cof1ee, or
the meat you have purchased for your din
ner ? aa
go the infamous scoundrel 7" you
would say--but hush hush do not pro-
nounce heavy judgement, till you have
first pulled that monstrous great beam
out Of your own eye.-- N. Y. Constslla-
tion. m. q -.---;il---sie -;-sie ~ s,tfg eN
A person called this morning, ssys the
Baltimore Gazette Of Tuesday, to show
us bug which he had just taken from
his ear it was dbout three quarters of an
inch in length, brown legs, and back near
ly black, having small pincers IN front of
tks head Immediately on entering the
ear it cndeavored to penetrate as fat as
possible, causing the most excthciating
pain as the insect progressed, and which,
had It not been speedily allevihted, the
gentleman thinks would have Produced
insanity i'll / short time; or something
more fatal. His companion fortunately
thought of Supplying a remedy, which has
recently been mentioned in the newspa-
pers, ind which was luckily at hand. He
poured small quantity Of whiskey into
the ear Of his friend, which had The eff
feet Of paralyzing the efforts of the in
sect to penetrate, and by applying pin it
was extracted with little difficulty, and
the sufferer Immediately released from all
pain and apprehension, from ON assault
SO unexpected and dangerous:
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