Captain Symmes seems pretty positive about getting back, though how he intended to get up again after getting down into one of the lower spheres he doesn’t say. Perhaps a hundred brave companions, standing on each other’s heads, might manage it, and if that was the idea, one of our own learned societies might look into it. Good thick heads would of course be necessary to bear the strain, and that may be, after all, the reason why they are so plentiful. Quien sabe? Far more within the ken of ordinary mortals is the following, which comes from Connecticut, and is well worthy of even that land of “notions:”—
THE SUBSCRIBER
BEING determined not to move from this State, requests all persons indebted to pay particular attention to his
New definition of an Old Grammar, viz.
Present Tense.
I am. Thou art. He is.
| I am[48] | - | In want of money. | |
| Thou art[49] | Indebted to me. | ||
| He is[50] | Shortly to be authorized, for the want thereof to take the body. |
Unless immediate payment is made, you must expect to take a lecture upon my new plural.
The Subscriber offers for sale, at his Store, two rods south of the Fish-market, the following articles, viz.
Solid Arguments.
Hot Oysters, Boiled Lobsters, Ham and Eggs, Butter and Cheese, &c.
Agitations.
Cider, Vinegar, Salt, Pickles, etc.
Grievances.
Pepper-Sauce, Mustard, Cayenne-Pepper.
Punishments.
Rum, Brandy, Gin, Bitters, etc.
Superfluities.
Snuff, Tobacco, Segars, Pomatum, etc.
Extraordinaries.
Sea Serpent’s Bones, Wooden Shoes, Waterwitches, etc.
N.B. The above articles will be exchanged for