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“A
PICKLE FOR THE KNOWING ONES;
or Plain Truths in a Homespun Dress”
by the late Lord Timothy Dexter
This transcription
of Dexter's inimitable literary achievement --- "A Pickle for the
Knowing Ones; or Plain Truths in a Homespun Dress" --- contains
the full appendix from the first edition, as reprinted in Newburyport
in 1847 by Enoch Hale, Jr. The introduction ("Preface")
and the profile ("Life and Genius
of Lord Dexter") --- as well as the annotations, likely
from the same anonymous contributor --- originate from the 1838
reprint of Dexter's opus, which had omitted the addenda printed in the
original. This appendix had been restored to later versions and is included
here, along with Dexter's famous "Deare Oilen" toast to liberty
and progress.
"Pickle"---
as this digest is commonly known --- is a collection of correspondence
and chronicles penned by Dexter and first self-published as an anthology
in May of 1802. There were at least four reprints of this publication
during Dexter’s lifetime, with nearly a dozen now extant. To commemorate
the 200th Anniversary of the first publication, "Pickle"
is now served as "foude fer thort" on what Dexter might call
a "Noue DisCovery of men and things, a Noue systom of knollege
& Lite."
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Mister
Printers --- on N Port --- I thank thee to put thous skraps into your
paper I being one of your customers and I will pa you for it --- A Littel
mousement to mankind at Large --- A Littel sortment to poussel mankind
for gassing A bout Nater & things of Noue DisCoverys of men and
things. I --- I --- me T Dexter of N Port Desires Any man or men on
the gloube to Exseede me as to what I have Rote in my Littel book, and
what I can Rite Consarning Nater and the sole and the frame of man …
I am the old plane Tim to see any felosofer in the world Ime
Lord
Timothy Dexter
"First in the East,
First in the West,
And the Greatest Philosopher
In the Western World"
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The
1847 reprint of Dexter's renowned anthology, including a corollary,
has been transcribed and posted in its entirety (the "holl
Pickle") and presented as four sequential "folios."
When fully digesting Dexter's "foude fer thort" ~
the viewer has the option to view the content verbatim et spellatim
or with the translation aside the original transcription (the
"split Pickle"). The Knowing Ones suggest the viewer
should first sample "Pickle" straight from the barrel,
in its original brine.
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Folio 1 ~
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Lord
Dexter relates how he was created Lord by the People, announces
his intention of forming a Museum of great men, that shall be
the wonder of the world, and shall confound his enemies. |
Lord
Dexter relates how he came to Fortune, by Speculations in
Warming-Pans, Whalebone, Bibles, and Government Securities. |
Lord
Dexter informs the whole World of the improvements made and contemplated
about his Palace: describes his Tomb, etc. |
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Lord
Dexter depicts the evil results of making Two Towns of One;
advises against Office-Seeking and College-Learning. |
Magnanimity
of Lord Dexter. |
Lord
Dexter’s Dissertation on Man. |
Lord
Dexter against Colleges and Priests. |
QUIXOTANA:
Lord Dexter’s Pugilism --- Rencontre with a Lawyer --- the
Peer suffers ignominious defeat. |
Lord
Dexter discourses very learnedly on Bridges; arrives to the
conclusion that Newburyport will double its population in thirty
years, and ends with a splendid donation to the town to be remembered
in his will. |
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PRINTED
ARTICLES AND ADVERTISEMENTS (spelling and punctuation modified
by publisher, The Impartial Herald) |
ADDENDA |
Lord
Dexter’s Domestic Afflictions. |
Forbid
by the Ghost of his Wife to become a Mason; Makes a contract
with the Ghost to quit his estate. |
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Folio 4 ~
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Lord
Dexter announces the Demise of the Infernal Monarch and the Pope;
proposes himself for Emperor. |
Lord
Dexter divulges his anticipations of an Empire, with himself at
its head --- he as a Quaker Monarch, to give Peace to the
World; his views founded on remarkable Prognostics at his Birth. |
Lord
Dexter, like other men of the world, was a constant and enthusiastic
writer for the press. Though some of his letters have been
collected and many have been quoted in this life there are several
gems of composition that seem peculiarly worthy of a modern reader’s
attention. Several of them here follow, which show, as well as
the “Pickle,” his sterling character and unparalleled point of
view. |
Dexter’s
Humor. |
Lord
Dexter --- Again! |
Corollary
--- Prosit! Correspondence chronicling Dexter's 1793 Deer Island
Speech and an exculpatory explanation and self-introduction from
the Man of Letters. |
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