This is a quiet way of asking a favor; taken from a paper of 1811:--

--> Mr. LANG would thank the person that took a _Camblet

Cloak_ from his entry the last summer to return it, as he

expects to want it the approaching cold weather.

* * * * *

Mr. George W. Felt seems not to have been accustomed to show much

gallantry, judging from his notice in the "Salem Gazette," Sept. 4, 1804.

_WHEREAS two GIRLS were seen taking_ APPLES _from the

Subscriber's Field, on Sunday last, in North Fields, so

called, if they will call and settle for the same, THIS DAY,

they will avoid further trouble!_

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