Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1851-01-24
HOW ATAILoR COLLECTED A DEBT

Near the clos ol the la,, century, a Quaker
knight Of the shear, and ihimblc who eNcr,
cts,j hi, a,oca,ion ia PhIsdeiphia, was in,
roscd upon by an adro., >coundrcl, who cou-
,ri,ci to get ~, of clothes and ancrward,
,lopci viihou, paving iur them.
The Quaker va, 'oo poor tu lu.c the debt,
hu, Ike ton many other, It his cloth, he bad
uD alternative. Tbe accouu, va, placed on
h., J,,uss aui ,oon forgotten. seine YEAR
ahcrvard, hc va, examining M, old record.
ct DEB, and credit, pro6r and los,, when all
tIc circumstance, attending ., c-mc To hs
mind. suddenly an odd though, presented
uselC
III try an experiment. ail be to himself
.Ierliap, may succeed in catching the rogue
and rriling my tsy'
lie Immediately prepared an adyeri'scmcn,
,n Substance as follows, which he Inserted ln
the Philadelphia Gazette
I'D C, Whn vas ia rh,lsd-yh,a
,l,ogt the m.uih 4 ------ IN the year i7s3, v'f
.r.I be, sJi5,,. 10 the eHo, sftb', paper, be ~',I
bar Il .amstb,r. 60 advantage P,inis', ,n the
nr,sL.ausg state. 'Tc rcqOg,,ed to copy
The Latter claus, wa, inserted fron a vague
suspicion that be Lad taken up b., abode iu
New Yors.
Having Instructed the editor no, To disclose
h,, name TO the rogue Il hc should call, but
to rslur,, III, latter 10 leave h.s address. the
.usser pa,icn,ly awaited the Tcsaltof his eS'
pcrimcuL H. a short time he wa. informed
by note from the printer that the individual
allud,d lo IN the advertisement, having arn'
,cd from New York, nigh, h. found !, ccr'
tain place in thc ci,y
Tn. tailor los, no time in preparing airans'
crivt Of his account, nu, forgetting 10 charge
rhc iu,crc,, from the time that the deb, wa'
incurred. Taking . constable with him nh,
borc a legal process suited to the occasion, h.
soon arrived u the lodgings OF the sWindlrr
The constable was instructed to stand oT a, 4
distance ull signal should indicate the tho,
ior him 10 approach.
The Quaker now rang the bell, and whcr
the servant appeared, requested him TO inform
the gentleman or whom he VAS In search
,hs, CneeI wished TO speak with him ut III,
door.
I The man obcycd The summons and sOOi
bU,h debtor aud creditor were looking caci
other IN the face.
+ 'IIow dos, thou dor kindly inquired III,
Quaker. Perhaps thou dUs, no, know me,
i believe have no, had the pleasure e
yor acquaintance politely answered on
hero.
Dos, thou remember purchasing a sui, o
clothes several year. ago Of poor tailor
and forgetting to pay Tor ,hemr asked tn
Quaker.
% no. ,ari the pcutlcmln blushing slight
ly; YOU mus, be mistaken in the person. ]
canno, be mo that you wish to dnd.'
'Ah, John know thee very we'll
Thou has, at this nomcn, the very waiscoa,
t made for thee. Thou has acknowledged
was good stuff and we'll made--or il could no
have lasted thee 50 long.
- yes, said the gentleman, appearing sud
denly To reeolleci himself, DO remrmbe
oow the circumstances 10 which YOU alludc
> Yes. YES, had intended To call and settle
this lille bill before leaving Philadelphia, an
YOU nav depend upon Iny doing 80. ha'
come here to take posses. ,on Of large amOun
of property which has been left me by will
See here is the advertisement which aPprl
sed me OF INV good ioIiuur'
Here he handed the Quaker New ior
PAPER containing copy Of the advertisement
whose history We have given above. III
Quaker looked at him with imPurlurable era
yi,y and continued
Yes. see thou art in luck, but As my de
mand Is a small one, think must insist o
paymen, before thee comes in possession
thy large estate.
t The proper signal here brought the cons'a
, ble into the presence OF the parties. tn