A Pickle for the Knowing Ones
James Aiken, Esq. now a resident of Philadelphia, and could the patron
and the poet be seen in proper person, dressed in the costume of that
day, they would be objects of great curiosity. But they are gone, and
of each it may be truly said,
We ne'er shall look upon his like again.
A PICKLE
FOR THE KNOWING ONES.
To mankind at Large the time is Com at Last the grat day of Regoising
what is that why I will tell you thous three kings is Rased Rased you
meane should know Rased on the first Royal Arch in the world olmost Not
quite but very hiw up upon so thay are good mark to be scene so the
womans Lik to see the frount and all people Loves to see them as the
quakers will Com and peape slyly and feele glad and say houe the doue
frind father Jorge washeton is in the senter king Addoms is at the Rite
hand the present king at the Left hand father gorge with his hat on the
other hats of the middel king with his sword king Addoms with his Cane
in a grand poster Adtetoude turning his fass towards the first king as
if they was on sum politicks king our present king he is stands hearing
being younger and very deafe in short being one grat felosfer Looks well
East & west and North & south deafe & very deafe the god of Natur has dun
very much for our present king and all our former ones they are all good
I want them to Live for Ever and I beleave thay will it is hard work to
be A king--I say it is hardar than tilling the ground I know it is for I
find it is hard work to be A Lord I dont desier the sound but to pleas
the peopel at Large Let it gou to brak the way it dus for Asort ment
to help a good Lafe to Cour the sick spleney goutey dul frames Lik my
selfe with the goute and so on make merry a Chealy Christen is for me
only be onnest No matter what they worshep son moune or stars or there
wife or miss if onnest Live forever money wont gitt thous figers so fast
as I wish I have sent to Leg horn for many mr bourr is one Amonks others
I sent in the grand Crecham thous 3 kings Are plane white colow at present
the Royal Arch & figers cost 39 pound wate silver the hiest Councaton
order in the world so it is sade by the knowing one I have only 4 Lions
& 1 Lam up the spred Eagel has bin up 3 years upon the Coupelay I have 13
billors front in strat Row for 13 states when we begun 3 in the Rear 15
foot hie 4 more on the grass see 2 the same hath at the Rite of the grand
Arch 2 at the left wing 15 foot hie the Arch 17 foot hie the my hous is
3 sorey upwards of 290 feet round the hous Nater has formed the ground
Eaquel to what you would wish for the Art by man Eaquel to a Solomun
the onerabel Jonathan Jackson one of the first in this Country for tast
borne A grat man by Nater then the best Lurning what sot me fored for
my plan having so gran spot the hool of the world Cant Excead this to
thous that dont know would think I was Like halfe the world A Lier I
have traveled good deale but old steady men sayeth it is the first that
it is the first best in this Contry & others Contrey I tell you this the
trouth that None of you grat men wodent be A frunted at my preseadens &
I spare Now Cost in the work I have the tempel of Reason in my garding
3 years past with a toume under it on the Eage of the grass see it cost
98 gineys besides the Coffen panted whit in side and out side tuched with
green Nobel trimings uncommon Lock so I can tak the kee in side and haye
fier works in the toume pipes and tobacker & A speaking trumpet and &
bibel to Read & sum good songs
What is a presedent answer A king bonne partey the grate has as much
power as A king and ort to have & it is a massey he has for the good of
mankind he has as much power as Any king for grat ways back there must be
A head sum whare or the peopel is Lost Lik wild gees when thay Lous the
gander two Leged want A head if fore Leged both & 2 Leged fouls the Name
of presedent is to pleas the peopel at Large the sound souts best Now in
the south give way to the North the North give way to the south or by &
by you will brake what falers be wise on keep the Links to gether and if
you cant A gree Consoalated to A kingly power for you must keep together
at the wost hear it Labers ye les see there is so many men wants be the
all offesers & Now sogers poor king Every day wants A bone sum more then
others the king cant Live without the feald wee have had our turne grat
good father Addoms turne & turne About Rest Easey you all will be pleased
with the present king give time all did I say Now but the magor part
fore fifths at least.
TIMOTHY DEXTER
Frinds hear me 2 granadears goss up in 20 days fourder frinds I will tell
the A tipe of man kind what is that 35 or 36 years gone A town caled
Noubry all won the Younited states Noubry peopel kept to gether quiet
till the Larned groed strong the farmers was 12 out of 20 thay wanted to
have the offesers in the Contry the Eaned in the see port wanted to have
them there geering A Rose groued warme fite thay wood in Law thay went
the Jnrel Cort to be sot of finely thay go there Eands Answered the see
port caled Newbury Port 600 Eakers of Land out of thirty thousand Eakers
of good Land so much for mad peopel of Larning makes them mad if thay
had kept to gether they wood have bin the sekent town in this stat A
bout halfe of boston Now men mad to be in offess it hurts the peopel ot
Large Like Carying the Innegent Lam to the slarter Now it would done to
dewide the North from the south all won what I have Leade down but now
keep to gether it is Like man and wife in troue Love Now guving death
in the grander you will sous the glory I say keep to gether dont brak
the Chane Renoue brotherle Love Never fade Like my box in my garding
be one grat familey give way to one A Nother thous changes is the tide
hie warter & Loue warte hie tids & Loue tids for my part I have Liked
all the kings all three all our broken marchants cant have beaths of
proffett gone and till the ground goue to work is all that has bin to
Coleage goue with slipers and promis to pay and Never pay only with A
Lye I gess 4 fifths is Coleage Lant or devel Lant or pretended to be
onnest free masions but are to the Contrey for give me for gessing I
hope it is Not so the Leaned is for Leovs & Littel fishes moses was but
A man and Aaron thay had sum devel like my selfe man is the same give
him power I say the Cloak Cukement maters the worst of cheats we hant
got ony N Port wee are Noted to be the first in the North sabed Day is
Not halfe A Nuf Night meatens it maks work for the Docters and Nuses
Caaching Could but them Lives breed fast to mak up for them that dies
poor creaters I pittey them so preast Riden it is wickard to leave poor
sols in to the grave all our minesters are imported Very good men foull
of Love of Crist I kep them A mit Amen at present.
The yong man that doth most all my Carving his work is much Liked by
our grat men I felt founney one day I thort I would ask sade young man
whare he was bone he sade Now whare what is all that Now whare was your
mother over shaderd I says my mother was if I was to gess No I tell in
Now town borne o on the water I says you beat me and so wee Lafed and
it shuk of the spleane shoue him A Crows Neast he can carve one A fine
fellow--I shold had all marbel if any bodey could to me the prise so I
have sent for 8 busts for kings and grat men and 1 Lion & 2 gray hounds
I hope to hear in foue Days to all onnest men
TIMOTHY DEXTER.
mister printter I must goue sum fourder I have got one good pen my fortin
has bin hard very hard that is I have hard Noks on my head 4 difrent times
from A boy to this Day twice taken up for dead two beating was a Lawyer
then he was mad be Case the peopel at Large Declared me Lord Dexter
king of Chester this at my Contrey seet 26 mils from N Port my plase
there is the fist from solt water to Canedy----this Lawyer that broused
me was Judg Livermore son Arther the same Creater borid 200 dolors sum
monts be fore this & then Oaded me he beat his bene factter it has bin my
Luck to be yoused ten times wos by them I doue the most for I have Lost
first and Last as much as A tun of silver grose my wife that was had
400 wut of silver Abraham bishup that married my dafter ten years gone
him & shee sence then & my son Samuel L Dexter upwards of seventeene
thousand Dolors the Rest by hamsher Col by Rougs has gokbey sekkent
handed preasts Deakens gruntters whimers Every foue minnets A sith or
Christ wee must be Leave in Crist o o Jeases will save us I thinks sum
times the saving solt & smoak & solt peater will in time be very dear
if it is yous the more smoak or the preasts will be out of work Littel
Like fister france I Lade out A blan to have holerdays one Day in ten 24
years gone I thort it would save the Natision grat Deale of money sir in
one sentrey then the preasts wood have time to studdery then hamer Down
smartly make the sulffer smoak in their Nostils under the Cloak of bread
& wine the hipecricks Cloven foots thay Doue it to get power to Lie and
Not be mistruested all wars mostly by the suf the broken marchents are
fond of war for thay hant Nothing to Lous & the minesters in all wars
the Case o god Leave the Divel out when it is all Divel If you can bare
the trouth I will tell the trouth man is the best Annemel and the worst
all men are more or less the Divel but there is sit of ods sum halfe sum
three qurters the other part beast of Difrent kind of beasts sum one thing
and sum a Nother sum Like a Dog sum Lik horses sum bare sum Cat sum Lion
sum lik ouls sum a monkey sum wild Cat sum Lam sum A Dove sum a hogg sum
a oxe sum a snake I want Desepons to be Dun A way but thay wont Never be
as Long os prist Riden what Doue the preast prech to the Divel for all
there hearaes old & youn more or Less the Divel I Liked to sade so Divel
preaches to Divels Rebouking sin keep it up up up sayeth the hipacrits
mockers of god habits an Costom is the ods ods maks the diffrence I sees
god in all plases the god of Nater in all things wee Live and move in
god he is the god of Nateer all Nater is god take one Ellement from us
one of the fore take the fier or the water or or Eare or Earth wee are
gone so wee Live in god Now Less us all be good children doue all things
Rite the strong must bare the Infremiteys of the wicked shildren keep up
tite Laws Draw the Ranes Littel harder stop theavs as fast as you can bad
trade sheuuing Nine Numbers was Rot in 23 owers when I had hold of the pen
five owers & 35 minnets A sort ment A sort ment is good in A shop--------
The preasts fixes there goods six days then thay open shop on sundays
to sell there goods sum sets them of better than others bolerhed when
a man is so week he wont doue for A Lawyer mak a preast of him for week
thing to goue with week things the blind to Lead the blind so thay may
fall into one Dich and so thay goue throue the world darkiness but foue
peopel have A pinion of there one Not one in twenty as to this world
goods and so it is as to the other world to Inquire the way goue to a
fryer our peopel A bout the same thing only call it sumthing Else in
Rum of a king call it presedent but preasts have money to save sols I
want to know what a sole is I wish to see one Not a gizard I thinks the
sole is the thinking part there is grat minds & Littel minds grat sols &
Littel sols grat minds & littel minds According to the hevdey boddeys
that has the power of our boddeys the same mother and the same father
and six children how thay will differ in Looks complexions and axons sum
for grat thing sum for littel things sumthing Nouw I say I say my figers