The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, MassachusettsBrooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 4: Quaint and Curious Advertisements: Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts
Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
Advertising; New England -- Social life and customs
THE Subscriber has frequently given _Hints_ to his _Delinquent
Customers_ and _Postriders_, that he was in want of Cash and
has repeatedly invited all indebted to him to come forward and
make an immediate settlement, without being put to any _extra
cost_--he now, for the last time, informs all that are
indebted to him for _Newspapers_, _Advertisements_, _&c. &c._
that an immediate settlement must be made, and all who
disregard this notice, may depend upon having their Notes and
Accounts put into the hands of an Attorney.
To accommodate those who cannot pay money, the following
articles will be received until the FIRST of JANUARY, 1803,
viz. _Corn_, _Rye_, _Wheat_, _Oats_, and _Wood_--Those who
have not the above articles, and who cannot make it convenient
to pay the money at present, their NOTES will be received,
payable in _Three Months_, provided they are given previous to
the _Second Wednesday_ in _March_ next.
ISAIAH THOMAS, Jun.
_Worcester_, November 17, 1802.
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_To be SOLD_,
_And entered upon next April,_
THE House and Land now occupied by the subscriber, pleasently
situated at a very public corner, in the main street, at the
West part of the town.----After serving the public faithfully,
for several years, as a private soldier in the army, and
suffering most intolerable hardships, I am now, on account of
my country's unfaithfulness, in not paying what they owe me,
obliged to sell the house which belonged to my ancestors, in
order to pay my debts, and to retire to an obscure hut at some
distance from the town.
JOSEPH METCALF.
_Salem Gazette_, 1784.
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An advertisement like the following is not only "quaint or curious," but
it is also rare:--
ONE evening last week, a piece of Gold was passed, through
mistake, at Beverly Ferry, to Asa Leech's Ferryman, with
coppers, for a copper.----The owner may have it again,
applying to said Leech, telling the marks, and paying the
charges.
_Beverly, Sept. 20, 1784._
_Salem Gazette._
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In 1798 a "Learned Pig" was in Salem, and we notice that about the same
time a learned dog was exhibited.
_For ten days only._
Mr. PINCHBECK
RESPECTFULLY informs the Inhabitants of SALEM, that he has
just arrived in this town with that great natural curiosity,
the
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