The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1830-02-10

MED by some palpable hits, in the following
which we copy from the Boston .Aduertiser.
AMUSING LETTER
From Joshua Grant, in Boston, to his
.Nephew, IN Portland.
DEAR NEPHEW,
l left home just after your letter to your
cousin Ephraim got there. l guess you wont
be little struck up when YOU find out Pm
in Boston-but had best begin at the be-
ginning and then shall get through the
quicker. After seeing your letter to
Ephraim as / said before, concluded it
wouldn't be bad scheme to tackle up and
take load of turkies, and some apple sauce
and other notions that the neighbors wanted
TO get to market, and as your uncle Nat
would be in Boston with the Ak handles, we
all thought best to try our luck there. Moth
ing happened worth mentioning on the
road nor till next morning after got here
and put up in Elm street. then got off my
watch pretty curiously as you shall be in
formed. | was down in the bar room and
thot it well enough to look pretty con-
siderable smart, and now and then COM
pared my watch with the clock in the bar,
and found it as near right as ever it was
when Teller slept up to me and askd how
I'd trade? and says /, for what? and says
he, for your watch-and says any way
that will be fair shake upon that says he
I'll give you my watch and five dollars.
Says its done He gave me the FIVE dol
lars and | gave him my watch. Now says
give me your watch, and says he with a
loud laugh han't got none-and that kind
aturn'd the laugh on me. Thinks | let
them laugh that lose. Soon as the laugh
was well over the Teller thought he'd try
the rafCh 70 bic -hry bo -
go-no says | not without its carried-then
1 began to laugh-he triod to open 1t and |
couldn't start it hair, and broke his thumb
nail into the bargain-Won't she open says
he? Not's know on says /, and then the
laugh seemed to take another turn. Don't
vou think got off old Brittania pretty we'll
considering? And then l thought I'd go
and see about my load of turkies and other
notions. expected to have gone all over
town to sell my load, but Mr.. Doolittle told
me if I'd go down to the new market |
should find folks enough to buy all | had at
once. So down goes, and likely kind of
Teller, with an eye like hawk and quick
as steeltrap for trade they called him
4th staller) came up to the wagon, and
before you could say Jack Robson we
struck bargain for the whole cargo-and
come to weigh and reckon up, found
should get as much as 10s6d more than any
of us calculated before left home, and had
the apple sauce left besides. So thought
I'd jist see how this 4th staller worked his
card to be able to give so good price for
the turkies, and went inside of the market
house, and grander sight never expect
to see But it was the Sd staler instead
of the 18th had my turkies all sorted and
hung up, and looking so much better that
hardly should known'em. Pretty soon a
gentleman asked the Sd staller what he
asked for turkies? Why, says he, if you
want something better than you ever saw
before, there's some twas killed last night
purpose for you. You may take'em at Cd,
being it's you. I'll give you II cents, said
the gentleman, as I've got some of the
General Court to dine with me, and must
treat well. ! shant stand for half cent
with an old customer, says he. And so
they traded and in about the space of half
an hour or more, all my turkies went into
baskets at that rate. The 4th staller gave
me Cd pound, and began to think I'd
been a little too much in a hurry for a trade
butts no use to cry for split milk. Then
went up to- the State House to see what was
going on there bat | thought I'd get off
my apple sauce on my way-and seeing a
sign of old clothes battered, stepped in
and made trade, and got whole suit of
black superfine broad cloth from top to toe,
for firkin of apple sauce (which didn't
cost much | guess at home.) Accordingly
/ rugged myself up in the new suit, and
you'd hardly known me. didn't like the
set of the shoulders, they were so dreadful
puckery; but the man said that was all
right. / guess he'll find the apple sauce
full as puckery when he gets down into it
but that's between ourselves. When
got up to the State House found them at
work on the rail road-busy enough | can
tell you-they got part of it made already.
found most all the folks Kept their hats on
except the man who was talking out loud
and the one he was talking to--all the rest
seemed to be basy about their own consarns.
As didn't see any body to talk to, kept
my hat on and took a seat, and look'd
round to see what was going on. ! hadn't
been comfortably there long before / saw
a slickheaded, sharp-eyed little man, who
seemed to have the principal management
Of the folks, looking at me pretty sharp, as
much as to say who are you? but | said
nothing and looked tother wdy-at last he
touched me on the shoulder thought he
was feeling of the Fuckers. Are you a
member gays he-sartin says I-how long
have you taken your seat {? says he. About
ten minutes, says ]. Are You qualified ?
says he. guess not, says /. And then he
left me. didn't know exactly what this
old gentleman was aieer-but he soon re-
turned and said it was proper for me to be
qualified before | took seat, and must
90 before the Governor BY Jing l never
felt so before in all my born days. As
good luck would have it he was 6eckoned
to come to q man at the desk, and as soon
as his back WIS turned give him the slip.
Just as was going of, the gentleman who
bought my turkies of the 18th staller took
hold of my arm and | was afraid at first
that he was going to carry me to the Gov
ernor but he began to talk to me as sociable