The Louisville gazette. (Louisville, Ga.) 1799-1800, January 29, 1799, Image 1
THE LOUISVELLI*rGAZETTE. :
ir 77 T U E S D A Y, January 29, 1799. [Mo. 2.
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prjsov TRUTH TMPJRII iL CTHE WAY.—
LOUTS VI LEE : Pablifhed every Tuefday, by AMlTlOiii 13 AY, at three dollars per ann. piyable half yearly in advance,
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ABU-CASEM’s slippers.
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am A n ABIAS -fALE#
FORMERLY liv’d i ’
dad *n opulent .vasirioo* mer
chant, named A'n Cdem. M- ,
though he was tmm n e y rich,
he was always do h d in lagged
and filthv garment ; and his j
roatfe turban was fo duty th t
j,s original color wool ' 'carrdr
he difeovered. ■ B t his flippers
PX r v cd eve-y other part of his j
dn fs ; their Coles were ftrengih
cned wi h btge nails and pkces
of imn, a-d their upp r parts
fo patched that the mod inge
nious mathematician w uld be
puzzled to give a n me to their
(hipe. For ten years hid a 1 !
the ikilful coble-s of B agdad
Jabmed to preferve them from
definition an I now made them
fo he vv that u as c nnl'y as
Abu-CafenTs flippers'* became
a provcih I exon ffion.
As Abu-Cafvm was one day
paHin?throug i th- grand bazar,
fome chryfl.d v ifes of exquifhe
wor imnfh’p were offered to
him lor fa ! e ; thi price being
very low he inftant’y pu»chafed
them. Soon a r erwirds he
he H thrt a did re fled per urn cr I
hd a quantity of »o r e water to
difpofeof; it was die poo- man’s
lab refou ce. Abu-Cafem, ever
ready to take advantage of the
misfortunes of others, bought
it at half its v due Th- fc bar
gains put him in high fpirits;
but, indead «f following the
r) |
example of other merchants,
who ul ia’ly gave a feaft to their
friends on Inch occafions, he
thought it wou’d be much left
expenfive an i much more agree
able to go iiPo the batwhich,
from his avaiicious difpofnion,
he h d njt done for a i ng
time.
Wni ft he Was taking off his
doathes, a friend of hi 5 ', at lead
one who called himfclf fo, (f Q
mders have feldom real friends)
told him that his ugly dippers
inav e him the jeft of the ci ; y,
arid hoped that he would buy a
tie tv pair.
* ou are quite right fa id
Abu-C Tern, for to tell you the
truth, I have thought fo myfelf
for (bine time years: but, how
*Ve”» r hefe will ferve me a little
longer.”
de then went into the bath,
and his friend left him.
. hilft A bu-Cafem was bath
lng, the cadi of Bagdad came;
n * ,^^ u ’^ a!etn was out firft ;
leaving the cadi in the bath,
?nt into the drafting room,
1 ‘vite he was much fm piifed as I
1 r lTl?e^n ? ' v * f h his flippers,
\*' w a P au indeed; but being j
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quite new therefore thoy coiflA
net be his. However, he Jk’
. nor fe.-irch very narrowly alter
them t co c’uCingth it his friend,
who h d juft (o ne corveiTatior
wi h him on the fubjeft, wither
to make him a p’e'ent in a gen
feel wa) T , bad taken this oppor
tunity, by leaving a p ir of new
niepers. The old mi er was
[quite enra tured. He law h :
(elf ator.ee deliver d Com the
inexpreftible torment o! pa.ling
with his money : he had new
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flippers, 2nd they coft bi n no
thing. Abu Cafem eagerly hiz
cd them ; and, puting them on
his feet, left the b th.
When the cjdi had fifnflicd
| bathing, his (laves could not find
jh’s flippeis; uflcid of the new
| and el gant pah which belong d
(to their mailer, they fiw two
old hid ons m 1 chines svhi - h
I ;
they well knew weie Abu-Ca
fem’s j
“ Ah, ah ! (laid one of thenp)
that old miferly rafcal has fto en
our maftu’s flippers, and Jd I
his own here/’
j d hey infi mtly puTued him
■and foun.l the cadi’s flippers on
’ his feet. The robbery w.sm 1-
! nib ft ; and, ii Ip'te of Abu-j
; Cafem - a dcclaratio s his in j
I noc. ncy, they d> aged him to I
pii on. The mindlus ofjuf
tice, well knowing h w rich h
was, were dftcimined ne fliou 1 1
not effape from their clu chc
until ih y had laid a heavy fi ie I
on him. Poor Abu-''i'afern p iid
the money, and went fom the
i prifon, cursing the ca ii d d bus
flippers.
The h ft thing he fhd on his
return home, was 10 throw the
innocent cauleot h s mi foi une
into the Tigris which ran uml 1
his window. The n°xt morning
feme fifliermen th:owing h ir j
net in the river n-a; hi houfe, |
found an unulud resift nee in
drawing the n Up. They re
joiced at ihe r good for unc,
imagining that they had t -ken
a great number of f;fh ; bur,
a’as ! they had caught no hing
but Abu Cafern’s old ft poers.
ThvO rai s which were dtiven
in o their bottom h d torn ihen
nc:s and all the fifh had efeiped
through the h >les. 111h 1 enra
ged filherm n threw the flioners
into the miter’s wind *w. They
fell on h s fine chr> ftai vales, in
which he kept the poor p< rfu
mer's rofe-water; and his 1 »te
excellent bugai s were at once
’dellioyed by nis unfutunate
flippers/
It is impoffiS'e fo defenbe the
despair of Abu-Casern, when
|he difeovered the wreck of his
Vales and ro e-water.
| 44 Iftfcnia* iliopcis! faid
after a long filence) 111 tak l- rare
you (hall do me no more mif
chiefand, immediately run
ning down Hairs, he buried
them in a corner of his guden.
A rc’ghbour cf hs, who
hearti y deteftvd him, went to
the govern©-, and told 1 im that
, Abu-Cafcm bad found a trea
sure in his garden, ft h s was
(quite enough to inflame the cu
pidity of the governor, Abu-
C fern w s orde ed toap eu
before him. It was *n vain he
p otellcd that he had found
n thing, and was only burying
Ins flippers. He was informed
| he iruft eit!aer piy a large fum
of monev, or go to pnfun. He
ptelemd the former, and was
permitted to depart.
- Ab'j-Cafcm row almoft def
■ paired of ever being ah ! e to part
with his flippers 'I he Infs of
his money ih cw h m into
jmoft violent agiitiiion. He
word I wdlin’glv have put an
end o his exiftcnce, could he
; t:»k 0 his ireafures wnh him into
t -e other world, a..d ha e left
ms flippers in this,
4 What can 1 do wish them ?
(Paid he) —if I throw them into
r; e igris, they fifhedup egiin,
j m l ii y v.if s are broken with
I th un, and if I bury them in my
gird n, th y fay I have found a
if< a lure.”
11 - at ’aft r folved on hiding
ihern in the relciv u*r which fun
j plie I the ri y with water. He
now c r nur.-u I ted himself on
having lolt them for ever, and
went home tranquilly. But his
evil gmius ftill purfued him.
rhe flippers were carried into
the can;.l of the refervoir : the
w iter was flopped ; die lource
of it w s fuppofed to be dried
up, and die inhabitants of Bag-
I dag were in danger of peddling
j wuh thirft, — Ihe alarm became
tarn nal.—The re'eivoir was ex
a ninf*d—and in cleaning (he
canal diev met with the flippers
of •he unfortunate Abu-Cafem.
He was (o univeiTaliy detailed, |
ihac the governor was eafily per-1
I’uided h's flippers were the'
aufe of the late diftrefs; and
no >r Abu-Cafem was once more
f nt to pi iion, from which he li
berated himfelf by paying a large,
film of money. At his depar
urc, his flippers were fai.hfuily
returned to him.
He at length thought he had :
fixed on a certain method of de- I
ftroying die caufes of his mifery.
Be determined to burn them :
but eie this cou'd be cffedled, it!
vv s neceftary they Ihould be J
dried : for this purpose he p'ac-1
e-i them in the fun on the cop
f the houfe.
lAc phylofonhy’ of the mifer
i mufl now be cxpofcd toflill *c
■ jverer proof. A rat amufing
■ herfelf wnh the flippers, unfor
, innately threw one of ih in in
the ftrect. It fe ]on a p ecnanc
woman who was paffing under
neath. The phn and the flight
caufcd her to be delivered be
fore her time. Her husband
complained to the cadi, and the
miferahle Abu-Oafcm was con
demned to pay for the dumb
nels of the cat.
Abu-Cafcm, now rendered
quite furious, took a flipp’f in
each hand, and addreli d the
ju ’ge with a vehemence <h t
threw all the auditors into a V o
lent fit of laughter: “ beb"M
(laid he) the curled caufe of a 1
my mistoitunes; thcle diaboli
cal flippeis h. vo reduced me :o
beggary* Promtfe me, alTaus
me, that 1 fhall never again hi
refponfible for the mifchitl theyf
may o cafiun/’
The cadi could not refufc h's
requeft; and Alm-Cafem hit
the court, convinced to hisM)'f fc
of the d.m:er a man expo! *
himfelf to by seating his Hiyi |
pers too long.
"ll|lli »llir I ~ " 1
EBEtfEZAR | EMCK ES'
7teP,e£fu//i) inarms his F'ien t i> fait u
arti tnepublic in general, th.tt he has Lit ay 14 m
ce/ied front Ciar/ejl.n
am li X1 ENSIVJt SUPPLY OP
Dry Goods and Groceiies,
IVbkh renders his p'efrnt dffoitmnt ns eomphH
as offered for sale here und •which hr wdi \t£
loto for C/Jb 0- Produce ;th f. 1 hiving .if
tides form fa t of hn s/fj j/Intent :
Sup; rf.ne Second ami u.iur a oad
Cl ths
£ .*r ft) meres and Swsr
Kiaft.c Clo-hs and C fit cre«
Seg-o Cl th and Flat ncU
Grrcn and O r e Vclvcrct*
0 • do. Ci'idnroys
A hnndfo'.ne AflWrrrent of MnfTrt
dix d z*n f Mnfl.n Hn. k. ich «f* * :
A h iiidl’o'Tic Afl <rfinc .t o Cahci.e#
F in pieces of Curt »f t Calicoes
Twelve pirre: of Linen
Six pieces ot Homhwui*
Sm pieces «l a Toned Durant*
, T .vo ( ice's of Bath Coat.ug
B'l H >1 land
Wor fled and C 1 on Hofe
Clou led a d Striped iNai keen*
Marlnlies, Dimity an • J an Waf9co*t
Pattern)
S’ k, Twift ?.nd Threads aiT ncJ
Tape* and V -nei 'w'.\.
| A general A(T) tiprn’ < f R bbo'‘J
1 Ladies Xi Ukiii Si w Glove*
{ Worded do. do.
I *M>ur doze 1 < f Me s F it Fm
Fourdrz.u o( Fee
Six dozen of Mm S n H rgi
[ Three d z'i of l.ndo*
1 Three doze 1 of La.ire* B nr*t§
Two d< xen of Mem Cravali
S x ;»r r ;ce 1 i lin all B t < 11
j I\v > d Z“n t la ge fine Mens Sl«Ct
Treed zen of L ory C nib*
j Three dozen of blank • 1
Four H's of r lorea Th eai
| Four !hs. of fi..e d >
i Twenty Jh>. of Sh e lb e 1 J
! 1 h ec dozen ol S icTs
{ Two di z:a oi Co iua Card*, of the b tSt
kind
FiT y lbs, of P w>r a - tl SIAOI
I Sad ie To<k* Sat If
1 vej and Fv>rl S
: Mndaii Snuff
( Hair Powder and Pi lf
j M-Jiis Saddle* vrf Bridle*
A p;:‘es a d Oi'.ien*
Coffee and Ch rofa'*.
A *• S O,
An AflTjit.ndiu of Liquors,'
January *2«