The New Hampshire Gazette

The following piece is printed exactly according to the copy receiv'd, and no doubt is the natural product of the good gentleman who wrote it, whom I take to be one of my country customers; and its likely, from his promises to me, he is a man of influence. It must indeed be acknowledged an Original: But if any of my readers judge his style to be uncouth, let them see The specimen of the English language as spoken and wrote in the year 1285, given by Dr. Hicks a few lines of which I should here insert, but am not willing to hold my readers in suspense from the entertainment of this honest plain hearted writer, who perhaps never consulted a modern dictionary to enable him to go thro this arduous undertaking for the good of his country.

Mr. Printer. Sir

Dont know whither you know me or no, but no matter for that, I Reeds your News Letter evry Weak, and am pleasd when I ees good Arguments in it. For thoff I ay it that nudent hay it I loves that which is Rite.

I am wun Mr. Printer that minds imy own Bines. yet I am conarnd umthing for the Publick, for if that fuffers, why I and evry other Onet Man de yee mut uffer tu. And o I am pleasd to e things go Rite: Now Mr. Printer you know, how that a little while goe, you Prented umthing about our Paper Mony in thre or fore of your News Letters: Sumtimes you emed to peke against it, and then you tude up for it, and after that you run it doun. I bave bin luking a mot evry Weak ene, in hopes to fe, how that you tude up for it agen. And o as I thot you was arguing the cae; you woud peke last on that Side and cloe the Cae, and o beat all that was faid on tother Side. But I am orry you left of as you did. And therefor I makes bould to truble you with thefe feu lines. wherof I woud let you know, that I, and fo does a good many moore that I knows of, want that you shoud Prent umthing agen, to tand up Bravly for Paper Mony; becaule why, it is artenly a good thing, as I can prove it. There was afore you cume here, um lone Mony made in this Prouence, and a Braue thing it was, wharewithal I took up sum of it both times, wharof I bot Land with it, and now I have got as good a Farm thoff I ay it, as any in our Parih, let tother be whare it will. Why a Man coud not a Dun o, de ye e. Mr. Printer, if thare had been no Paper Mony. I know thare is um fokes, wharof I have heard um ay it, how that thay woud have all paper Mony cryd doun; for thay ay that Silvar is better, and more Oneter, for paper Mony thay ay Preshiates as thay coll it; that is thay mene, you cant by o much with it now, as what you coud a feu Years agoe. But what of that. Why doe you only ax the more for what you ell. and then you will be even with thoe you deel with. And as for Onety if you cume to that, ante Paper Money et up by the higher Pow-ers, and woud thay doe o doe you think. if it want Onet? And dont thay that run out againt it peke agant the Authority in a manner? For my part I dont e but Paper Mony is as onet as Silvar as long as you dont take Counterfets. But if we was to have Silvar Mony, why it woud be jut as it is in the Maf. atufets, a Man woud not be able to by a Peace of Land onse in even Year. But um ay how that his Magety the King, God bles him, dont like Paper Mony. and how that he has rote a Letter to his Ex-fellency our Governer about it. But I wont beliève that, for Reafon why, his Magety is a good and gra-fhious King, and o he woud never doe o much Da-mage to his Subjekts. And furthermoore, his Exlel-lency is a noble Gentleman, and he woud not doe a-ny thing, to diobleege his Magety, and you know, how that thare has bin Paper Mony made enfe that. But whare shoud we get Silvar Mony, without that we houd cut up our Tankards and our Spunes into Dollers, to make Mony of that, and who do you think woud be fuch a Fool. But sum fokes ay, why if we had no Paper Mony. we shoud have Silvar cum in. But dont tell me. I kuow thare woud be no uch a thing ever be. Cam now Mr. Printer that is a prety Maxsim to prent sumthing about, which Way can this Prouence get Silvar Money. Why now if you will take up the Cugels agen, as a Body may ay, youle bang of those Fellows, who are all for Silvar Mony. Blues youle powzel them nashionally about that; for thare is no Foundashion in what thay ay. A Man woud hardly e enuff in a Weak to by a Mug of Drink with, if we had Silvar Mony. And then we coud not keep it nether, fo that I think, it is no-thing but Nonene to tauk about Silvar for a Mediam here. But now when we have Paper Mony de ye e. it is prety comfortable duing. But Mr. Printer doe you take up, and argue the Cae agen. I coud rite umthing, as what woud top thare Mouths, as you may e, but nothing that is riten is o good as that which is prented. Tell um evry Thing you can, and dont let our Paper Mony be cryd doun. For you e how that a Man may get Land by it, and other things tu I warrant ye, if he will. But who can get any thing by Silvar; for good Reaon why, he cant get enuff of it to get any Thing with. But dos you ma-nege the Argument as well as your Honor is ab'e, and Iie be bound youle sune fquaush um all, that make uch a Combluter about Silvar. Why o thay day um of um did in the Maatusets afore they had got it and when thay had got it, then thay wihed them-eives hangd a mort for it. lor then they e how tiat Mony was io skare; thare was non but a feu grare ones that coud get cnuff to by the Neeities of Life with. Ods mes it makes me laff to think how youle work um in this Cae. and Ile promis Ile end you a good fat T'urky: wharot I know a good many moore in our Parib, when thay. e it, will by your News Letter. And I think thoff I rit it myfelf I may coll it fumthing to the Purpoe, and I woud have you prent this forkt, that them Silvar Mony Chaps may expeckt umthing ele a cuming that will how um whats what.

So I am

yours to arve,

D. S.