The Pennsylvania Gazette from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 1

.1 5 ir. ,2 t'; 1. rf 7 ji From Odober p. to Oftober 19. 1732.

Arcanum tx til Ron I HER is a Sort of Misbehaviour -which I do not remember, to hare ever leen the" Subject of cuhlick Satyr, I mean the Manner certain People have of asking a Multitude of impertinent Que-ftiens, fgrne cf which ought not to be and ethers to which they do not really want an Atifwer. To a'sli trifling QueHiens meerly for Talk fake, is at leaft to be very troubleibme But to examine minutely into a Man's liyatc AiFairs, or even his Opinions to infill particularly cn that Quezon which feems to fliock or dilrurb him, is Enexcufabie When you demand fbmcthing of ycur Friend which you have, no Right to know, and which pc cught net to discover if vou will have an Anfwcr, you oblige him to wound either his Prudence or jiis Sincerity you compel hirn to difcloie fomething jie ihould conceal, cr Ay femething which is not true and you render, your felf at the fame time extreamly difagreeable. The Curiofity pt a Xij.an, is never too irrong tor His- The QuefUoners, who do not ask any thin? for the ct Information, but only for want ofDilcourfei ere very apt to pecome the Laughter ot their Company, from the mccr natural Incoherence and Nonlcncc cf their Bo-pines. This was the Cafe of the young Lady, yho Jie.bg fot the lirll Time at a Chrulning, and willing to Jjavx icme Share of the Convcrfation, ask'd the good VVo-mai) who fat next her, Pray Madam had your Afcthe ever any Children Ld J'-'yes, fays fie or how Ihould I be here ''Task Pardon Madam reply VI the Lady, full of Confufion, meant your Grandmother, But of all the impertinent Quexifts I have ever known, none are equal to Mr. Fachcttx of City.

He hall ask xyoy ifty Qucilions in flye Minutes of time He does not leave the leaft Vacancy in the Dilcourle: If he is at any fcefs for a new one he repeats an old Queftion twice or thrice, aud fecms as if he had not heard above half your Anfwers. I.was the other Day on a Vifit to an old Acquaintance, and we were converfing very agreeably, when we heard' Fackeus at the Door. My Friend had been tor- mented by hiraieverai umcs oerore nis oiock or rauence' 1 1 f. f' was already expended; ne tremoiea wnen ne neard nun coming, ana rurncv p3ic iiuuuu as cuircu wuiu Icarce -compofe himfelf fo as to receive the ftrft Salutation 'with Tempers Facheux walks round the Room, and picks up and looks into every Book, Paper, or Letter that lay in his Way, and had fomething to ask about every thing. But I cannot defcribc this Converfatiou I muft give you a Specimen of it.

Facleux begins i Neighbour how ilve Va Mv Friend anfvvers, I am well I thank you. What dzet ths Bell They are about to Pala tines. Inhere do all thefe Palatines come from7, rom the Pa- lofJmt IPltYeit that 1 is iiermanv 'lazes to Or JBcsk and turns it ever. IVhat Book is this Look in the Ti-; tie Page. IVhat is it about9 Tis a Dictionary.

I fit a a Dictionary. Is it' about the French Pro-thets No. 'tis tx DiSionary. looks like a lawbook, for here Nunib. 205.

tsi tiild (Or. A romaimnz ire me it sta Dices ro reign anduorrienick are fevsral Perfas named. Takes up a Letter and looks ic over. Did this Letter come to the Yc lirivL. Lm' rom You may fee at the Top.

Who fent it You fee hi tv bat is he? He is a Presbyterian Mimfter. JFhat Religion art thee? Hmm. IPlat Religion art thee? I am a Presbyterian. Does thee believe the Dcilrins cf PudWnation Yes. Tts a.

damnable Doctrine. 'Tis true: the Bell ring for? They arc gobg to fwear fomc Palatines. Vhat Religion is thy Father? He is a Presbyterian. JVhere dues he live He lives in Scotland. Zr thy Afo-ther a Presbyterian? Yes, Does thy Father write to thee fome-times? Yes.

How many Children has he Yes. JFhaidset the Bell ring for I have told you twice already. Is thy Father living? Yes, be d- tyc, how elfe ihould he write to me. Kicks him down Stairs. That is, he ought to have kicked him down Stairs, Mr.

Facheitxis otherways a "very good fort of Man, and if the Publication of this may have any Tendency towards cuncg him of that unhappy Habit which Venders him altnoft detcftable, he, as well as all his Neighbours, will be much oblig'd to you as well as to Tear and his humble Servant 1 I H. Edinburgh June 22. Yefterday was condemned in the Exchccuer, aShips Loading ot Wheat and Flower, im- Sorted lately contrary to Law from Penhfylvania to lirkudbrighr, and feiz'd by the of the Cuftoms at that Port. Duhlin Yunezo. This Day.

the Mate of a Veflel applying "himfelf to his Sweetheart for her Confent, but receiving a cruel and unexpected Reply, itabbed. himfelf in her Prefence, with his Penknife in the left Breaft She imrnc-diatejy put' her Hand to "the Wound, to (top the Efrufioiv of Blood, till a Surgeon came to drefc it: His Recovery; is uncertain, which makes her inconfolable but hopes that all thofe who ate addrcfTed.on a like Occadon, may learn from her Example, to give a more favourable Anfiver. i On Sunday Morning laft a delperate Skirmifh happened in St. Francis Street, between a parcel of rhifchievous Fellows, and the-Watch, in which the latter were entirely routed, many Heads were broken on both Sides. Lendortyjuly u.

They write from Paris that 'tis the general Opinion of People there, that the King of Spain's Views are more Catholick than to terminate in the Con-queft of Oran, tho'-that be the Place for opening the Scene. They likewife tell us of a great Provifion of Crutches and wooden Legs that were put on board the Fleet, among all -other warlike Stores is what we mod rarely he3r of. Indeed they Jiave been little wanted jn feveral late Expeditions in Europe. However, this itmuft be own'd carries the F2CC of Bufinefs. i i From Mufcovy we are advtted, that the Czarina is putting her Military Affairs upon a better Foot than ever.

I Jer Army confifts at prefent of about Men, bverwhich her Majefty has appointed four Infpetor Generals, who have each of them their. iefpclive Diftrifts, and therein the Regulation of all the Forces, Guards, Garrifons, For-:.