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October 18, 1803
The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Two Jewish old-clothes dealers steal postillions' jackets outside a tailor's shop in London but are caught and punished by being tied face-to-face with beards waxed together and forced to sneeze from snuff, amusing spectators.
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THE TWO JEWS.
(From a late London paper.)
Two old Jews, who go about the streets dealing in old clothes, passing by a gentleman's tailor, were so fascinated by a couple of jackets, belonging to two postillions, that they could not resist the temptation of adding them to their stock in trade. While they were secreting their prize, the two owners returned from a public house, where they had been drinking a pot of porter, and saw the transaction. They rushed out, seized the Israelites, locked them up in the tailor shop, and went in quest of certain things which promised better sport than a prosecution. They then returned, tied the Jews face to face, and matting together their own beards, smeared them with warm shoe-makers wax. As soon as the wax was cooled, and a sufficient number of spectators gathered together to view this fraternal Jewish hug, the postillions, at intervals, applied a few pinches of strong snuff, which caused such a concussion of noses, and such sneezing and sputtering in each others faces that while it inflicted the severest punishment on the thieves, the spectators were highly pleased with this spectacle of distributive justice.
THE TWO JEWS.
(From a late London paper.)
Two old Jews, who go about the streets dealing in old clothes, passing by a gentleman's tailor, were so fascinated by a couple of jackets, belonging to two postillions, that they could not resist the temptation of adding them to their stock in trade. While they were secreting their prize, the two owners returned from a public house, where they had been drinking a pot of porter, and saw the transaction. They rushed out, seized the Israelites, locked them up in the tailor shop, and went in quest of certain things which promised better sport than a prosecution. They then returned, tied the Jews face to face, and matting together their own beards, smeared them with warm shoe-makers wax. As soon as the wax was cooled, and a sufficient number of spectators gathered together to view this fraternal Jewish hug, the postillions, at intervals, applied a few pinches of strong snuff, which caused such a concussion of noses, and such sneezing and sputtering in each others faces that while it inflicted the severest punishment on the thieves, the spectators were highly pleased with this spectacle of distributive justice.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime Story
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Justice
What keywords are associated?
Jewish Thieves
Jacket Theft
Snuff Punishment
Distributive Justice
What entities or persons were involved?
Two Old Jews
Two Postillions
Where did it happen?
Streets Near A Gentleman's Tailor In London
Story Details
Key Persons
Two Old Jews
Two Postillions
Location
Streets Near A Gentleman's Tailor In London
Story Details
Two Jews steal postillions' jackets but are caught, tied face-to-face with beards matted by wax, and given snuff to induce sneezing as punishment, entertaining onlookers.