Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1855-09-28
MIS- c ELLAN Y
How 4 ornkcr Collected 4 Debt.

How a Quaker Collected 4 Debt.
Nar thc rlr-, of che a,t century, QUA
k.r. knight Of the shear, and thimhlo, who
exercised h.s a,nai.on in Philadelphia.
was imposed upon hy an alrai' .ronndrrl,
who rrnlriyrl tr CT a 'uit0r clnihr. on rrr-
ilt. and aorrvari, rl1rrd without rayin,
ar them. The Quaker was O., poor 90
llr-e thr dsN'. nut Ike tlp many others of
10, aa,l, hr hai apparently no other al'r-.
native. Tho account was ra0l ou Dr.
book. and .11n forgotten.
Some yrlr, an.rvarl, Dc was examining
hi. oli record. Of lc', and credit, prof, anil
lpe. when Do, attention was attracted %
Iisre,nau, anI 80 90, cirrum,arr.s at-
t.rIin. 60 came fresh On t.sminl sudden.
Is nn oll though, suggested i,n'fto lIn.
"I'u ,ry ln experiment" 0il he nh'm.
-rlr d" rrr'ar. may succeed iu catching
Soc rogue and -r'.iu.my Iay'
H. Immediately prepared an aayrr,i.-
mrut In substance as follows, which Do in-
arr'l in ,hc Philadelphia Gr"r.-
"IfJ-- g.. who was in ph.l1.
J.lrhn about ,hr month or--- in th.
yar l7oj. will end h., a'lrr.s ,o 'h, rli.
tar Of thf. rarsr. o., viii hear of .1mr,hinr
60 adarn-r rr.un-.unurhh.r.n, states
are requested % copy
T., ht'r- claus, wls ius.r..l from %
n-uc su.r.rian t'at ,ls rogue lfl ukau
ur Of. ahllr in Nav Yars. ntin: ir.
.,rur,.l Dc rl.'r me '1 ti,c'... h's nam.
t1 thc ra.rr r. Do, .houH r1II. hut D re.
.r.. tN. H'.r H .Nru HIe alIr~, Oh.
Quaker r1,'.n''y awaited ths result orhi.
rrr.--u.u. Ina .hn-, time ho wl. in.
frmrl hy n..r from .lo printer. that 90.
individual s''r1.I p i1 thr advertisement,
n,'r. arrived from Sow York, Nigh, h
rnriaia given place, Zoo 40. city T'n
Tailor '.stu' time in Tr'r1rin: % 'ran"r.p.
orh',aeuunt, u.' forgetting 'o charge In
trrr,t from 'hr t'mr %, Ie't was contract
o. Taxing constable with him, vh, hor
o. l..il process m,t.l 1 ,he occasion, o..
soon arrived at the l.lsrn.. of t'ls svinl.ar
Th, Quaker now rang tha ha!l, and when
t.r a-autarrsrrl, requested him % iu.
nrn t.r erutman or whom Doc vls iu
rrcN, that friend wished to speak vit'
h.m o.. tha door. IN, man o'.yrl thc cmm.
none. aul SOON both d.'.ar and crel,,.,
v.r, n.,'us 1en utN.f .u thr hcr.
How d..tthau l,F" kindly inquired
th, Quaker. "prlars chou llstup, su1w
me-"
"Ihtlirr I has, NOT hal th, pleasure OF
vaur as9nainmnrr. ." politely answered oul
hero.
"D,.t th1n rrnemb.r purrha,.n. suit
ofr'p,hr; several year, a,n or O. poor tailor
anil forgetting 90 ray ns them 90 a.icl ,ll.
Quaker.
90. no." ail ,e gsntl.man hIushin,
.lf-'lv. " YOU must b, mistaken in a.,
person. /, clnna, Dc m, that you wish &.
fnI"
u.Al, J,bpr I know r.,e ,ary we'll
Thou art the yrrv man / wished t. -,s
Thou has, on nj mi, very moment the waist
c5at made for thee. Thou mus, ac.uowl
cI., IL was Of good ,miT and we'll made, aud
+, could not lauc lasted the, ~ long"
60 ys." aid the gentleman. appearing
suddenly to rccollcct Lim-.lf. 1 %, rrmrm.
h.r now the circnm,tancs- % which You all
luds. ". yo.-I bail intended To call and
s,,,lr that I'm before leaving Philadelphia
and YOU may icponl on my doing ~.
have come here 20 take possession OF a lars,
amount Of property which has fallen TO m'
hy will. See, her, is tbc advertisement
which arrrissd me Of my good fortune"
Here he handed to the quaker New
Yorl, p,rsr containing a copy Of the AL
ycr,iscmen,. tho history Of which we hay,
given above. The Quaker looked at .tViti