Who had brought into this remote and peaceful town that copy of Garrison's _Liberator_?
He was a half-cracked busybody.

People who had no business of their own made the business of other people their business.

He would put all such drivelers to work upon the roads, and thus make them contribute to the nation's wealth.

He referred to the works of Jefferson, which he had read, to the _Federalist_, which he had read, and to much else, of which at that time I did not know a line.

I studied Reverdy's face to see whether or not Reverdy concurred in what Douglas said.