Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1823-10-11
From the Philadelphia Gazette.

|
births, marriages, and deaths, appear in
the form OF advertiser ents, of which the
following may serve rs specimens
"On the 9th of this month, my never
to be forgotten husband, A. Solmuz, first
| lieutenant in the service of the Duke oil
Brunswick, died of an inflammation of the
brain, deeply lamented by me aud my
three children. | notify my friends and
relatives Of the event, but beg that they
will make no attempt at consolation, as
ii will only increase the proper sorrow
which feel
Braunschweir, jane 9lh, 1928.
Euetina Soimitz, formerly Bchrens.
On Friday evening died, afer long
| sufferings, my never to be forgotten wife,
Eleanor Wilhelmina, by maiden came
Schultz, in the SD year of her age, and
the s5th OF our happy marriage. Cfthis
loss, SO great to me and my children, |
hereby duifully inform my friends and
scqualntances.
Luchow, June 18th, 1928.
John Christian Kfancke.
We dutitully inform our RELATIVES and
friends of our being bctrothed.
Dresden, May 20ih, 1928.
Mary Inn Rassenge.
Henry Beer.
hereby respectfully acquaint my dis
tant friends and relatives, OF the betrothal
OF my daughter Frederick, to the come
dian, Mr., Hoffman.
S.iesswsld, May 10.
j. C. Kramhe.
We hereby have the honor TO inform
absen, relations and friends, that our
marriage took place on the 9th Of May.
Horst, 1923.
H. l.. Von Schiller,
ii. NJ " Von Schiller,
formerly Bachman
We hereby have the honor dutifully
to inform our friends and relatives, that
our marriage took place ON the Esd inst
Branziw, May 27ih.
augustus Von Lafsrt,
Julia Von Le1crt.
This day, my beloved wife, by maiden
name Schultz, was happily delivered Of
a healthy girl.
Hamburg, May 3olh.
C.. S. H. Sinners, Jun.
Early yesterday morning, my wife, by
maiden name Winkleman, was safely
delivered of boy, of which | dutlluliy
notify relations and friends.
Magdeburgh, June 18th.
William Bertoliet"
We must say we like this manner of
recording births, deaths, and marriages,
and we think the imitation of il in Anne
| RIGA would produce general satisfaction
among printers. 1t is as usual in Eng
land, as in Germany, to give notices Of
births, though in a different form; but
as ii is not probable that the practice
| will soon be introduced into the United
States, we shall say nothing more on this
head.
Origin of the quord " Gentleman"
Originally ii WAS written GENTLEMAN,
and given as distinguishing appellalion,
in the first ages of Christianity, to those
persons who conformed to the Christian
faith, but retained their Gentle customs,
fashions and amusements."
Origin Of the suord " Lady."-For-
merry, when the affluent lived all the
Iyear round at their mansions in the coun-
try, the lady Of the manor distributed to
her poor neighbors with her own hands
once week or oflener, certain guam
fifty of bread, and she was called by them
the Le6-day, that is, in Saxon, the dread-
giuer. These two words were, in time,
corrupted, and the meaning is as little
known as the practice which gave rise
to it; yet it is from that hospitable Gus.
tom, that, to this day, the ladies' Of this
country alone serve the meat at their
own table.