Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 2, Vincennes, Knox County, 22 June 1833 — Page 1

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THE VINCNNES GAZETTE, IT) fc." I'u'tlished even Saturday, 3r3 vJ&ly&asia'SCysiQ

Terms o'N if paid (hiring the year. $Z Vo. j p.ud in advance, v' (10, it" nnl paid during the year. 'l 2.1, lor in nitli?. Papers discontinued onlj at the option of the publisher while nrrcttraesare due. nrh artic'i s of produce, ns nre used in a family, will be received in payment for enb-Frr'n-tions, at the market price, delivered in Vincennu. in ual i:t 'oso)i ist. From the Fanner's (Ftiglish) Magazine. ON SLITTING V UKAT. This is a method which is reckoned one of the greatest improvements in hubandry that was made during the last centu ry. It CDO nit3 t Vno & (wcf Lfinrni.cfnJ K ! planting grass in a garden from meie cu riositv, by persons who had no npportu-

raty of extendi g the cultivation for prof-1 est county pociety in our country, and it. Tin- w: fust attempted at Norwick, j which still conlinut s its usefulness with iinti a few years after by one of the larg-j unabated vigor. 1 asked an intelligent inest occupiers of land in Norwich, w ho $e j habitant of this county yeslerda hisojinf ft y .seven acres in one year, fits suctjionof the extent of (he benefits which ;e.-s lim the vi-ible superiority of his j Berkshire bad derived from her agriculcmp, both in quality and quantity, was sojtural society, lie replied, thu it had entreat, that in the following autumn hejhanced the value of her Ian!?, arm its profcet three hundred acre, and has contin ducts. thirty per cent, and accelerated

:ed the practice ev er since This noble j i'Xpt r im nt established the practice, and wu- the means of introducing it generally arnong the intelligent farmers in a very large district ; i ! i e i e being lew w 1m now sow any wheat, if they can procure hands to set

11. 11 i as men genera-iy oi.-erveu, matjelaMes, &c. if showered with this liquid nlihormh tl'e set crops appear very thin jom.e or twice a week, would not he inourmg th autumn and winter, the plants ;j(irc,j f)V ,v0rms an(1 ,Uff? and lVl)llI(1

tiller and spread prodigiously during the flourish " surprisxgly. Watering plants, epr.ng.- L'he ears inmsputably laiger,;6urn as potatoes, turnips, and even il ix, : I'll h.WI .tw....iVv - w r . 1 I . . 1. .

..... ..u, i-,11,l, ,u su.a,, iu..,; me g.ctu.Wlth ?ca-water, has heen recommended ! springy, so that the fm-t will injure thei is of a larger ulk. and specifically heav-by Dr Deane; but he says, "salt water wheaVno little. But when the clover i-! ler per uu-diel than when sown. The , ;inr,ijp(! to tender nlanr? n: mmlvlnbnl.Lntn 0..,i , 1

landson which ihi method is particularly proves t00 etron? for lhem if appl.ed ' those had etTects to the wheat crop ariinoprosperous, arc either after a clover stub , When the ground isdiy; but if it be wet, ! from unrotted clover, are not experienced" !

ble, or on which trefoil

,t, u., ..tlu. auo jrnias see(Jjthe glregih of the water is abated by rere sown the spru,g before the last. mis;n M lth the. juices in the soil, before hese ground, aiter the usual manuring, ; jt tilken up by the roots, and thus is it

were T w.c-luniuiiMg.jK

nre once turned over with the plough u, rendered innocent and safe, as 1 have ' before the winter sets in, hm taken deop! extended hag or turt, at ten inches wide;, found hv experience " Do not forget Mi root, and spread in large rreen flourish-' along which a man, caid a dtd jp;ire a handful of plaster, or ashes, or ing branches The. rlover now turned1 cUer, with iwo setting iron-, fmew hat niix,ure of hoth, on vo-.ir hills of corn and dow n. rots very sor..,, in conenupnce of. L.gger than ramrods hut coriderah.y far- ,lla,oP s. just before the first or second ' the rotten clover Mimed uo which as mager at the lower end, and po.ntec. at the hoeinff. -rhePe ,V)b,ts4liCe, are usually ap-jnure, always keep, the grounrl mni-t, how.'l extrem.ty. steps backward, along the turf;pIlPJ after hoeing, but it has been thought : ever dry the fall. You mav eo on now in1 and makes, he boles about tour inches ' bener to cover them with earth, lest the thi way farming ,rPrv "ru ,urn ,in 1 Tna'U.t fV,,7 ami?e tkCp: in and a,r steal away their fert.l.zu.g a coat of clover, turn on. down, and vorr

l r ?se nn.es me oroppers women.ooys j qU;lH,e Soap suds ,s the best of manure and gnl s) ilrop two grains, which arejtl,r cucumbers, mel-ns, &c. j

qune Miiiiciei.i .-mer uns, a gait- oa-u-(i with thorns is drawn by one horse over the lan't and closes up the holes lv this mode three iierjcs oi grain are sumcieni .! 1 , , . &. , .i- . i lor an acr. ::ni ix iritr imn p p v ried, are equally . . " removeu iiuiii veiuiiiiuii the power ol trust. 1 lie i r iiiiiui v -. tis . i ri-iiig trive.-- i he best opportunity of keep ing it clear from weeds, or by hand hoein betun-.d wheat is a method pecu I

in henehcial w hen corn is dear; and if . . . - . .imundnear its lunctmn with the trunk of the season is tavorable, may lie practised! , f, J. . ... ,. . the tree llav ing tilled three sacks with with great heneut to the farmer. I u , , ,l! .....

Sir I h 1 1 ri 1 . 1 9 hppi'nr. n 1 1 1 P 1 n e I Hull. in:. ' - - - - --II. i.'I "lie 'ii'j -ilrlw , -virrl-t y r n t r I hn amount centra! I v r. two hhillm per' y quailer. I his mcMho.t, too, f iive to the I . . . , - , , x i m r ti J - 7 .' . l .1 ti . ir .v i i ir jidonted; tvould of itself allord fu cad for : Liore than halt a million o! people. And . .. , 1 ' i vi.r u nuum uu , B' -n"A given to the poor by this second harvest, us it may tie ca eii . wnicn enanies mem J . .ii i ....

.: "u. . , V . . . . branch which had been balked, and by . V" " ;1 ' .

;,u .,'v.uu .... j.. ,... , r '""Imenns of one or two old water.ntr not. Anotner writer says, the candle s

uushei- per acre more man irom ir.e own : . . , . .... , . , " unreal on a frnt r,;,II1D , ., 1 . . , ,, I. which were kept tilled with water, and- r nn snap, gives a razor a finer wheat; but having much less smaller corn , , t. . . ' edfe than can he h id ir. ,h, . . . . ., .1 placed over the sacks, mm which the ; CdQ De ,iaJ 10 anV other way, intermixed v ith it, the sample is better:1 , , ,, .. ... ' . ... , known

o discraige their rents and maintain their , , . ' , n , , ... being propped secure y. The next sumi.um ics without having recourse to the- 'v., f , . . 3 ' . , . . rp, L . ,mer it tlocrished and bore fruit, and is sti

I I'll -II. 1 UC 11 Ii. i;t VI HI lllll V'V I1U1I1I . 1 . . J ,m la now reou" en to about six shillings per: rxre; which, m good weather, may dm.e bv one diddler, attended by three1

droppers, in two days. This is live shil-ja dozen fair, common sized apples, their Jing per dav ; of which, if the diddler. weight in sugar (or molasses,) with iust

pive to the children six pence each, he water enough to dissolve it , which simmer will have himself G I lor hn day's work,!a short time then put the apples in and "hichi, more than he can earn by any j boil them a few minute, till tender, ff rate other labor so easy to himself. Hut if he a little nutmeg over them. They afford a lias a wife who diddles with him, and tvvo'simplc and nutricous preserve; but must

or three of h's own children to drop to i be prepared every week, as they will not 3 vovUVLIll .UV(. usncid ot seed may be raised him, his gains will then be v ery important, keep long. UrT ac.cort,!ntc' n'0 Vity of the soil. i . . , 3 , ' Alter the seed is hu t-J t ie express on of thoend enough to insure a plenty of candi- oil ,s efT,cted h the sune machinery, and li e dates tor that worii, even in the least pop- I rem the lorch Light. same process is usei' las in linseed oil, and the oilti'ous parte of the country. But the prof- Will VT. c'' t)ri"? ;i "utrilive food for horses, will nearit cf this method, in seasons when seed A man who has one hundred acres of Iy it?' offcsPrt'ssis corn is very cheap, or the autumn partic- cleared land, ofcemm.n n !! L"

tjlarl unfavorable to the practice, must: certainly be lessened. AcrjicrirrR VI. sorirnrs. .Igrirultura! Soei'.tits have in variably i vi" ivti rmnwivvi- n i tu n iivfiiii iii? j iu husbandry. In no department of industry i- there so wide a held tor the appiica-

w. m.ui.iL., .i..i as. in uie.iwnicn ou manage vour farm. A

t-'iiiivaiiou ui uie sou; ana we Know or no method sn well calculated to dilTuse useful information a-by agricultural societies. They bii. g farm- rs together, and they learn from the experience of each other. J hey tc.ac.i scientific knowledge, and the practical a!M.lirtin nfit to ti ,; of buMt.cSs Ti c o- eat oioe it ' 1,1 in iu nits lie deal otoect ut i us- . . . . ' " ,,v ""W

lost expense; find this can only be done by

uing the accumulated wisdom of experienre. It is apparent to every observing man, that agricultural societies have had a benign influence, not only in facilitating the labor?, and increasing the profits of husbandry, but in improving the intellectual and moral condition of the people The progress of improvement, in these particular?, ban probably been greater in JetTeron than in any other county in the state,; .11..! It . i

in the last twelve years, and during the it would take to sow your ground : When successful operation of her agricultural so-clover is ploughed down after harvest, berietv. As one branch of her irnnrnve- i fnrp vrm 1 i r.i 1 1

mont?, I will mention, that in travelling ! the way you have ploughed it, in order through most of the northern and western ; to leave the ground, and" prevent the seed counties I came to the conclusion, after j when sown from rolling between the furcritical observation, that the horses iu Jef (rows, and comma- up j:, rowa Rever ferson were at least twenty per cent, bet j plough vour seed" in with shovels- nor terthan many other county through winch j harrow it iu across the plhjncr vV,Pn I parsed. I will quote another initiation Sou have turned down rlnverVfer haiv-

... wie rt.,imu.ijs uuui a s.;,.-, swue : i , m 1 1 i . I n t r i - rt rr -iti i rnt nnnrrtt r rr irkf irKil. i L has been made in Perkshire countv, through her agricultural society, the oldintellectual improvement thirty years. Rochester Repub Culture. Soap suds i9 one of the best antidotes against injects, as well as very :00( nwni3re. Trees . shrubs, garden veg4 taken up hv the roots, and thus is it Mulberry Trees !Ir. Knight informed liir:. wuii i'U m-rii it' ut if r I v diih hi 0,1 I. .. I , - . .. . 1 - hn cu-tomer- to endeavor to ireer ve a

ravonic mumerry tree, which tor many i A I I . I ( . . .-, . , , - - , i -. . . , t v (I I II tl t 1 "1 1 I 131 If 11 Ull II 1 .1 V 1 1 . I Hi I .'. ii, iv.iii mi- -ai.i'iiuu ui uiit; yr v larcre. branch, was either dead or der.av ,tr,A i.ii Ur o.... 1....1 ; i ... t. . . ,.,.'. o'liiui ii wiiii u niui ue till uaiuea, ana ov 1 1 -1. ...u : .1. L .. .1 1 1 . . 1 1 11 ... GIT L7 B tl; A CIulii I c f 1 t I 11 m . j , 1 4 r. r. 1 . rT, , . , f 1 . . . . . ; examined the sacks, and iomul them with numerous in all finrou roofs, it. uh Ihn c.i.. ........ . . . . I 1 . ii im i. iiiir sii, ii.it nil iui ter i hp narii . , . , 5 ' for its condurtor into the main of the tree , ... , , .... , 1 had thus expended itself in throwing-out '

'i.

hoIe h.lvi been nrepar,,(, nea thpiPnrier,ruh.ttiIlofabeatifulbrirhtness

' cr.nr I no rmnri t-ia cm r. k..iAm ,J t)ej v l"k w wi uuL.1. . u? rai.u Ull liricn. , . . , . . A, . , car us. nnd idmfpd wilt, them t ha hr.,n.n .. . a thriving condition, Preserved Pippins for daily use. Take! raise on an annual average, 1000 bushels i i of . i ip.rr ft an tn f.i n I Jt m rri onl 1 , . . . j . - .v. ,,,n, ui;u 1 t", (,UI II. oats anil potatoes s-uflicient tv defray the iiieee-saiy xpenes oi carrying cn the farming The wheat crop ehould always ijg ic'tr vain Don't startle at this farmer-if you do it a sure sign of the improper manner 'in uu nas, a uirrn or one nuudred acres of cleared land, can yearly put forty acres of it in wheat, and if the land be m the order it should be, and as every farmer may 1-4 1 IT A it w n , f i f t I I ... I. I f man ne i, c.ci y .iLic ui Lilt; loiiy will give ..,..,,..... . ..' ' u" IWeiMV-llVe ai-hels. :imnnntmr ... 1 1... 1 "v vueuwuna. i shall now s now hmv tin, mii ,a r.nn, ., llllU IliU. ll. MMIIICU I i 11 ! I i,,,uu WC4Ulc "a"e ana sur it alter, nysl

customary with many farmers. Much plowing empoverishes land and is productive of no good effect?. Your wheat ground must be heavily set in clover, and broken up after harvest with three horses, when the seed in the clover is ripe. liy thus turning clover down after harvest, when the eeed is ripe, it will never miss coming up in the e( ring, which frequently is the case when wwn in the spring, with seed . You also save between forty and

fifty dollars worth of seed annually, which PSr, lesl j mise the rlover, but always by twirp harrowing with ngrit iiarinw?, the way ynU have tunken yuui ground. M.m farmer have ploughed down rlover once and finding that their crop, was not bettered by it, but injured a the believed, have never attempted it again. This i almost invariably the case the first time clover is ploughed down after harvest, especially it ihe fall i dry and the winter frieid and clo-e. In turning clover dnvn. you necessarilv must plough the ground deep, and the firt time you do it vou turn upth chiv, whieh being unmixed with manure of anv sort on top. it is in a bad state to sow wheat in. The wheat af'er enme time will sprout arn come up, tut will look ellnw and very spindlin? It, roots after sometime. will get down among the unrotted bver. and there will ehonk, ;tr)d for want of: die aw ay and die The rotted cl below will keep the mound !., ' H "'uniui1 o i-iuicai nr wnat will :win-! 1 over ton oe and : You then turn up w hich is a manure 'sown on it now sown on it now spring un directlv and .wheat crop will never fail until vmir 'and ; becomes so rirh that vou will have to re-i fiure it witl, corn. A writer in the farmer's Reporter cive 'dip f.ii',i.;n ,,tr..' c . ie lol.mving method for improvinjr candies: i 'kSfeep the wirk in lime in which ha 'hPPn hnk .. '.A ,, I 1 v 'ukim 1 1 1 y j . .s.iupeiit- i ins. ne says, causes the canidle to ffive a purer liht :ind i feet combustion is eecirpd Rnnffii u --'rpni prpil np'irlv aa cnno.fi,,A. , renuere" nearly as superfluous as in spermaceti cand'e? Tim mid. k .1 "',f tu a,1( -'' i .ie wicfk must be thor ou-hly dry before it din.d na. : : .il . . 1 in-1 1 1 1 1 1 n v (I r 1 11 :i T 1 1 ;i I nuff Best preparation of Black Lead for Cleani vtn- ? cm i 'ff t0tf5 c Iix powdprofhlaki iea'i nun a nine common gin. or the dregs of red port wine, and lay it on the t8tore vv,,h il clean, dry and cloe, but not! too hird hm K ,i;nn,i : i ti i i i ' nir" ' 1,11 dipped in dried black lead ith. : - .- i . . rhis will be found to produce a much fin--cnmi riMiopM..ni. . i a .l iKI ,lUil riCIier Dlaefr. varnished nn thf mcr iron (Inn either. w i i i ' u,rin c"her hoihng the black lead .with smill i Ul ma" becr an, soap, or mixing it; with the white of an egg, fee, w hich are the methods commonly practised. Dr. Cnonrr j Sunflower O. Tho oil expressed from the 'seeds of tlio Sunflower, it is said, is v alnahle for j a varif,,y ' ' purposes it as valnahle to thei : !n,,nter as ll,1,.,f,tJ oil bums excellently well" jf'Vi odour-ami; j The American Funner states, that a bushel ' J of set''1 yields one gallon of oil and from tven-! tho m,d no.vin operation iu that vili.is'-. From the Saturday Evening Post. "Where uo tale-bearer is, strife ceuseth " 'First weed thy own garden Anch OI.OMOfT. The (iisease of the tongue stands foremost on the lit of human maladies. It is mischievous, inveterate, and, in most cases, incurable. To prescribe for it effectually, is acknowledged to be beyond the skill of the lay doctor. AH he attempts is, to point l"ul symptoms, aescnue its nature and ..... . -. 1 viruhnre, and administer some alleviating . . ii:. rr ;r . ' I . . . . " becoming epidemic, or contribute to stay

the progress of thiscsfieice, "that walketh in darkness," the time will not be lost. Symptoms. The patient usually exhibits superior marks of sanctity, and a high regard of morality and virtue. Every aberration from the strict rules of moral rectitude, in others, is noticed with the utmost abhorrence and detestation. To discover and hunt down the foibles of the neighbors, is a favorite employment. He (or she) travels from house to house, and f rom one social circle to another, in search of victims The means are immaterial, o that the object can be obtained. Whether from the gossippmg circle, the wards of the almshouse, or from the greasy servant in the cellar kitchen, the nauseous tale is received; it is de i i ed and swallowed with equal eagerness. The disease now seizes the tongue. Restless and uneasy, the patient sallies out, and takes his (or her) range, with all the fury of canine madness. At every coi ner the tale is told, repeated, enlarged, and embellished. At every recital, the unhappy victim is pitied, censured, and de tested. "What an unfortunate affair! who could have thought it! what n dis tressed family! why do they make such a secret o it! the dirty hussy '. they ought to turn her out of doors 1 warrant vou I will never speak to her again she shall never darken my doors 1 dor.t see how people can have -uch a cieature in 'heir tamilv I'1 and then darts out to repeat the same tale to the next dear friend, with additions and embellishments. In this stage, the disease becomes contagious, i he tongues of the hearers, infected hy the loathsome disease, become restless and uneasy - each one is anxious, by repeatingthe tale, to enlarge the circle of scandal; nor is the circulation stopped, till some new calumny furnishes fresh aliitikt t r the nisorder No matter if the reputation of individuals i? destroyed; and the domestic happiuess of families forever ruined! "the public good requires rhat vice sJinuld be detected and exposed " The poetic table of rumor, with her thousand tongues, was but a personification of this disease, in its epidemic state. Such is the nature ol the disorder. Rtmeily A perfect cure is hopeless, unless, as in cases of inveterate cancers, you resort to the knife. All that can be done is, to prescribe such a regimen as will operate by way of prevention or alleviation. Uu'ier the Jewih law, Lepers were banished without the camp, because the disease was loathsome and contagious. In like manner, I would adopt a course el treatment equally elhcacious. Avoid the company of slanderers and tale bearers. I'ut them in Coventry in other words, say as little to them as possible on any subject; and not a word on one which involves the character or conduct of others. Iu this way by depriving the disorder of its customary nourishment, you may mitigate its most alarming symptoms. Dis countenance every tale of calumny; and, above all, never repeat it yourselves. Trust me, yeu have follies, vices, and disorders enough, to censure, correct, and 'lire, at home, without prying into the concerns of your neighbors and you have reputations equally delicate with theirs. Adopt a iigid scrutiny into your own conduct, and you will find little time to Icok abroad instead of searching for, and plucking weeds from your neighbor's lot, in the language of my motto "Weed thy ova garden " Lav Doctor.

MOURNING. 'Ulack is the sign of mourning," says Rabelais, "because it is the color of darkness, which is melancholy, and the opposite to white, which is the color of light, of joy, of happiness." The early poets asserted, that souls, after death, went into a dark and gloomy empire. Probably, it is in consonance with this idea, that they imagined black was the most congenial color for mourning. The Chinese and the Siamese choose white, conceiving that the dead become ben ticent genii . In Turkey, mourning is composed of blue or violet; in Ethiopia of gray; and at the lime of the invasion of Peru, by the Spaniards, the inhabitants wore it ol mouse color. Amongst the Japanese, white is the sign of mourning and black of rejoicing. In Castile, mourning vestments w ere formerly of white serge. The Persians clothed themselves in brown, ahd they, their whole family, and all their animals, were shaved. In Lycia, the men wore female habiliments during the whole time of their mourning. At Argos, people dressed themselves in white, and prepared large feasts and entertainments. At Delos, they cut olTtheir hair, which was deposited upon the eepul chre of the dead. The Egyptians tore their bosoms, and covered their faces with mud, wearing clothing of the color of yel low, or dead leaves Amongst the Romans, the wives were obliged to weep the death of their husbands, and children that of their father, during a whole year. Husbands did not mourn for their wives, nor lathers for their children unless they weie upwards of three years old. The lull mourning of the Jews continues for a year, and takes place upon the death of parents. The children do not put on black, but are obliged to wear during the whole year, the clothes which they

had on at the death of their father, without being allowed to change them, let them be ever so tattered. They fast on the anniversary of his death every year. Second mourning lasts a month, and take

place on the demise of children, uncles, and aunts. During that period they dare tieithcr wash themselves, shave, nor perfume themselves, nor even cut their riail 1 hey do not eat in common in the family, and the husband and w ife live separately. Slight mourning continues only for a week-, and is worn on the decease of a husband or a wife. On returning from the funeral obsequies,the husband, wearing his mourning habits, washes his hands, uucovers his feet, and seats himself on the ground, re mains in the eume posture, and continues to groan and weep, without paying atten tion to any occupation, uutil the seventh day The Chinese, when they are in mourn ing, wear coarse while cloth, and weep three years for the loss of the departed. The magistrate no longer exercises his Junctions, the counsellor suspends his suits, and husbands and wives, as with the Jews, live apart from each other Young people live in seclusion, and cannot marry till the end of the three years. The mourning of the Caribees, cor.sisft in the cutting off the hair and in lasting rigorously until the body putrifies; after which they indulge in debauches to drive all sadness away from their minds. PAYING DEBTS, It is a fact we believe, that newspaperdebts are held by a large majority of those who contract them, ot inferior ol ligation to almost any other It is not the lessr true, that upon every principle of business, and in the strictest right, thev areas high obligations as debts ui anv description can be. A man pays cash for his daily food and clothing, and for all mechanical works. He pays interest in advance upon his bank debts or his credit is dinonored So far from paying in ad vanre,man) ot ntir friends think they act liberally if they pay tor their newspapers at the end of ihe year and men, who plume themselves up on their punctuality audscrupu- a-ly h -meet dealings in other respects, will let their newspaper accounts run fur one. two, three or more years, if not called upon, until the amount ot the account produces almost an inability to pay it, and not un frequently a doubt of its accuracy. Now, xzby should a man pey his butcher or his baker, his tailor or his shoemaker, or his landlord, more willingly than he pays ihe pubtiehei of a newspapn to which he is a subscriber? The butcher and the baker turn over their money perhaps fifteen times m the year. The monej received to-day is lain out for cattle, or a fresh supply of flour, before the end of the week, which is sold out again the week following. A profit of ten per cent, upon their sales may therefore be a profit of 500 per cen;, per annum upon the first out lay; a profit received day by day Howis it with Ihe publisher? lie pays cash for the paper he prints upon cash for wages for house rent and all the contingencies of his business; he lies out of his money, not for weeks or lor months, but for years, unless he presses for payment. At the low price to which competition has reduced newspapers, how is it possible for any one to conduct a business of this sort, without payments being made in advance, or at least with regularity, and at reasonable intervals. There are those who suppose that news papers yield large profit; we have even known some good people who suppose that the publishers of them can fford to furnish them gratuitously , and tbeiefore they never trouble their heads about paying for them. Some persons are even offended if an account is presen'ed to them, as though it was intended to pick their pockets . jVat Int. JUcn of business, or Business men. There are some whose restless, insinuating, searching humor will never suffer theni to he quiet, unless they dive info the concerns of all about them: thev are always outward, bound, but homeward, never; ! they are perpetually looking about them, : but never within them; they can hardly relish or digest what thev eat at their own table, unless they know what and bow much is served up to another man's; they cannot sleep quietly themselves, unles3 they know when their neighbor rises and goes to bed; they mast know who visits him, and who is visited by him; what company he keeps; what revenues he has, and what he spends; how much he owes, and how much is owed to him. And this, in the judgment of some, is to be a man of business; that i?, in other words, to be a plague and a spy, a treacherous supplanter and underminer of all families and societies. This being a maxim of unfailing truth, that nobody ever pries into another man's concerns but w ith a design to do, op to be able to do him a mischief. A most detestable humor, doubtless, and jet, as bad as it is, since there is nothing so base, barbarous, and dishonorable, but power joined with malice, will sometimes make j use of it.it nu.y, and often does, raise a man a pitch higher in the world, though i (it is to be feared) it may send him a larQ ' step lower in the rejt. South.