Pig of Knowledge, And flatters himself, after exhibiting before the President of the United States with unbounded applause, and in every principal City in the Union, to have the honour of gratifying such Ladies and Gentlemen in this place, as may favour him with their Company. _This extraordinary Animal will actually perform the following surprising particulars, viz._ He reads print or writing, spells, tells the time of day, both the hours and minutes, by any person's watch in the company, the date of the year, the day of the month, distinguishes colours, how many persons there are present, ladies or gentlemen, and to the astonishment of every spectator, will answer any question in the four first rules of Arithmetick. To conclude, any Lady or Gentleman may draw a card from a pack, and keep it concealed, and the PIG without hesitation will discover the card when drawn. Those who doubt the truth of the above are informed in case it don't answer every expectation the advertisement can excite, and prove a real living Animal, shall have the Money returned, or be at liberty to pay after they have convinced themselves by seeing him perform. To be seen in a convenient room under the western side of Concert-Hall, Market-Street. _Admittance, for grown persons, one Quarter of a Dollar.----Children half price._ N.B. Strict attention paid to keep the place fit for the reception of Ladies. MAY 4, 1798. _Salem Gazette._ * * * * * This is a quiet way of asking a favor; taken from a paper of 1811:-- --> Mr. LANG would thank the person that took a _Camblet Cloak_ from his entry the last summer to return it, as he expects to want it the approaching cold weather. * * * * * Mr. George W. Felt seems not to have been accustomed to show much gallantry, judging from his notice in the "Salem Gazette," Sept. 4, 1804. _WHEREAS two GIRLS were seen taking_ APPLES _from the Subscriber's Field, on Sunday last, in North Fields, so called, if they will call and settle for the same, THIS DAY, they will avoid further trouble!_ GEORGE W. FELT. _Salem, Sept. 4, 1804._ * * * * * Females seem to have been often in difficulty in "old times," as appears from some of the advertisements, of which we give a few specimens. But perhaps this was due in part, at least, to "kleptomania,"--a disease then but little understood.