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.