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BG.781.034
31 Dec 1781:41 (1427)
London. The following droll hand-bill was distributed at a
late masqued ball, at the Festino-Rooms, in Hanover-Square,
London, Saac Factotom,
Barber, periwig-maker, surgeon, parish clerk, school-master,
blacksmith & man-midwife.
Shaves for a peony, cuts hair for two pence.
Young ladies genteely educated.
Lamps lighted by the year or quarter. Also psalm singing
and horse-shoeing by the real maker.
Likewise makes and mends all sorts of boots and shoes,
teaches the hoboy and jew's harp, cuts corns, bleeds and
blisters on the lowest terms.
Cowtillons and other dances taught at home or abroad.
Also deals wholesale and retail. Sells all sorts of
stationary ware, together with blacking-balls, red herrings
gingerbread, coals, scrubbing brushes, treacle, mouse-traps,
and other sweet-meets.
N.B. I teach joggraffy, and them outlandish kind of
things. A ball on Wednesdays and Fridays. All performed
(God willing by me )
Isaac Fac Totom.
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