Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-08-16

A TRUE sTOHY.


Near the close Of The last century, a Quaker
knight of the shears and ,himble, who exerci.
sed his avoca,on in Philadelphia, was imposed
upon by an adrot scoundrel. who contrived to
get a suit Of clothes on credit, and afterwards
sloped without paying for them. The Quaker
was too poor to lose the debt but like many o.
Tiers OF his clcih, he had apparently no other al
tentative. The account was placed on his
books and soon forgotten. Some years after.
wards he wne examining his old records of debt
and credit, profit and loss, when his attention
was attracted to this account, and all the circum.
stances attending it came fresh to mind. Sud
denly an old thought suggested itself
am try an experiment" said he 10 himself
"perhaps may succeed in catching the rogue
and getting my pay"
He Immediately prepared an advcr,isemenI
in substance as follow, which he inserted in the
Philadelphia Gazette :-"If - c., WIN
was in Philadelphia about the month of -. in
The year l195, will send his address to the edi.
tor of this paper, he will hear of something 10
advantage. Printers in the ncighhoring States
are requested to copy." The latter clause was
inserted from a vague suspicion TINT the rogue
had taken IN his abode in New York.
Having instructed the Editor not to disclose
his name 10 the rocne ir he shond call. bn, ,o
rcoucs, the latter to leave his address the Oua.
kcr naticn,ly awaited the result of his cyreri.
ment In n sbor, Time be was informed bv 4
note from the Printer tha, the individual alluded
,o in the advertisement. having arrived from
New York. mirli he found ot n riycn pIac, in
the ci,y.
The tailor lost no time in nreparing a,ranscrip,
of his account. no, forgetting TO charge in,ercs,
from the time tb,, ,he d.b, was incurred Ia
kinc constable with him. VIII. bore leoeI
process suited tn the occasion. he soon arrived
n, ,he lod,,incs or the s,v,nLler Tho constable
WINS instructed ,o stand off n, n nt,In di.,onre
t,I a s,ypal should Indicate the time for him ,o
o,,,o,ch
vbo ,,,otor ro,,, ro,o tho h,Il ,,s rrh,n ,ho
eo,r,,, ,,,o,rat ro,ucs,oJ Inn, "a ;n,rm the
re,,l.,D,n or v,hom bo wos IN searcb tina, -
fr;,nd wished T., sneak with him at the d-nr
Tb, man oh.ved tho sum,nons and soon bo,b
dcb,or and crod,,or were ,oo!.iru eocb o,hcr in
tho f,ce
GLOW dns, ,hon do /" kindly inuuired the
Cuaker. "p.rhnns rhou dos, not know me ;"
81 bcliove have no, he'd the Measure of yo,,r
ocouain,ancc." pnli,ely answered onr hero.
uD,s, tho,, rep,cu,h,r ,,,,rhasin,, , suit ~,
4 clothes several years aro Of poor tailor and
furrettn. to pay for them - asked the Qua.
/ ker. ....
ooh no ~ said the ren,lrman. hIr,hinu slight.
"; YOU must be mistaken IN the person. It can.
not he me that you wish to find
"Ah John knox thee verv we'll Thou ar,
the very man wished To see. 'rhun hast on
a, this momcn, The very wais,coa, that | made
tor thee. Thou must acknowedg dge it was o
good stuff and well made, or il could not hay,
lasted thee so long,
80 YES" said the gentleman, anrearing sud
denly lo recu'lect himself; al do r.n.mber now
the circumstance To which you al!uIp.-Yes
yes-I had Intended To call and settle that lit
n. nil l,ptrtc lpayiup phlndp!rhia, and you ma,
depend ON nv doing sn. nave COME here t,
take possession Off large amount OF proport,
which has ,a,lau Ia me BIZ sill. See here i IN,
advertisement, which apprised me Of my goo,
for,une.r
Here be handed to the Quaker New YorI
ooncr con,oiuup copy of the ad,er,ircrnen