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CELEBRATED MR. MARTIN VAN BUTCHELL. 197
FOR
THE APPAREL
AND FURNITURE
July 6.
OF
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AND
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which remained some years. But his next door neighbour
thinking proper to rebuild pari of his front, he obliterated
half of the notice, which had before run from Mr. Van But-
chell’s house over his own. But for the gratification of our
readers, we have obtained a copy of the whole; and in order
to understand this the better, some years ago he had a
famous dun horse, and having some dispute with the stable
keeper, the horse was detained by the latter to pay for his
keep, and was at length sold by the Ranger of Hyde Park,
at TattersaFs; where, from the character given him by
Mr. Van Butchell, he fetched a considerable price. This
affair was the occasion of a law-suit, and caused Mr. Van
Butchell to interline the curious notice we before men-
tioned, with small gold letters, and nearly at the top of it,
as followsThus, said sneaking Jack, speaking like
himself, I’ll be first; if I get my money, I don’t care
who suffers.”
Probably this notice, which was the cause that attracted
so many people to look at Mr. Van Butchell’s house, occa-
sioned his neighbour to obliterate the part that was upon
his own. His eccentricities are .very numerous, and we
have only selected a few ; from which it will appear, diat
vol.j. D d his