_The Pennsylvania Gazette_, November 19, 1730
_Replies by "Betty Diligent" and "Mercator"_
_As a Nail sticketh fast between the Joinings of the Stones, so doth
Sin stick close between Buying and Selling._ Apocrypha.
We have received the two following Letters, relating to our
_Gazette_ of the 19th past. The first is from a _Shopkeeper_, and
the other from a _Merchant_.
_To the Author of the_ GAZETTE.
_SIR,_
`I am a Shopkeeper in this City, and I suppose am the Person at
whom some Reflections are aimed in one of your late Papers. It is an
easy Matter for Gentlemen that can write, to say a great deal upon
any Subject, and to censure Faults of which perhaps they are as
guilty as other People. I cannot help thinking that Paper is wrote
with much Partiality, and is a very unfair Representation of Things.
Shopkeepers are therein accus'd of _Lying_, as if they were the only
Persons culpable, without the least Notice being taken of the general
Lying practis'd by _Customers_. _I am sure 'tis very ordinary at
that Price; I have bought much better at such a one's Shop for less
Money;_ are very common Falsities repeated on this Occasion, almost
worn threadbare; but some have even the Confidence to aver, _that
they have bought cheaper of me;_ when I know the Price they mention
is less than the Goods cost me.
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