The following notice of the Bradford Academy from the "Salem Gazette" reminds us of the days of small prices,—"Tuition $3," or "$3.50 to those who paint and embroider"!
Bradford Academy.
The Female Apartment in Bradford Academy, half a mile from Haverhill Bridge, will be opened the firſt Wedneſday in May, under the direction of approved inſtructors. The Male Apartment will be continued as uſual. Young Maſters and Miſſes will be inſtructed by ſuch as are aſſigned to their reſpective Apartments, in all the branches hitherto taught in that or in any other Academy. The preceptor will ſpend leſs time than uſual in the female apartment, and the preceptreſs will have an aſſiſtant. The price of tuition, except thoſe who paint and embroider, will be three dollars a quarter. To thoſe who paint and embroider, three dollars and fifty cents. Very particular attention will be paid to inculcate virtuous ſentiments and preſerve the moral character of the ſcholars.
Bradford, April 9, 1805.
Husbands often advertise wives, but it is seldom that a wife publicly refuses to pay her husband's debts, as according to the following announcement from the "Salem Gazette," Mistress Sarah Brooks did. This was before the days of "women's rights," too.
The Subſcriber being apprehenſive that her Huſband, JOHN BROOKS, will contract debts on her account—this is to forbid any perſon truſting him on her account, as ſhe will not ſatisfy any debt ſo contracted after this date—altho my compaſſion for him is ſuch, that he ſhall not want for any thing I can help him to—knowing him to be a poor, forlorn young man. I cannot but pity his condition, and ſincerely hope he will alter his way of life for the better—tear jealouſy from his heart—bury in oblivion his unhappy temper—and take up a firm reſolution, that he will turn from the error of his ways, to a better courſe of life, become a good citizen, a friend to his wife and children, and not hearken any more to his ſuppoſed friends (tho greateſt enemies)—this is the ſincere wiſh of the Subſcriber.
SARAH BROOKS.