320 avery's own farrier. 



HINTS TO PURCHASERS. 



Rum, Brandy, Gin and Whiskey, are more or less all 

 adulterated articles at the present day, and the less we 

 have to do with them (as a general thing) the better. 

 Our Teas, Sugars and Tobacco, with many other articles 

 of a like nature, come under the same category; and it 

 is better to buy a pure article when we can, even though 

 the first cost may be more; it will be cheaper for us in 

 end, if, by so doing, we preserve our health. Cotton is 

 fast taking the place of wool and silk, in many of the 

 fabrics intended for our use; consequently it becomes 

 necessary for us to make ourselves acquainted with the 

 different modes of manufacturing those articles, that we 

 may be able to detect the imposition, and see ihat we get 

 what we pay for. We need say nothing about jewelry, 

 and those articles that our pride and extravagance have 

 called into use. The horse, too, notwithstanding the 

 great space he fills among the many wants of man, is a 

 very deceivable kind of property. Even our best judges 

 are sometimes liable to be deceived on some points, when 

 they purchase a horse. They are obliged to content them- 

 selves with guessing at them, or rely on the honor of the 

 salesman; and then there are certain requisites among the 

 excellencies of those useful creatures, that are indispens- 

 able for a good horse to have. My views of which can 

 be found in the chapter of breeding, and when rightly 

 studied will defy all Yankeedom to deceive us. 



Some men are so perfectly ignorant to their true in- 

 terest and happiness, that it would seem as though no 



