Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-09-03
THERiCHEs OfTuE PRESs.-Tho mo


THERiCHES OfriIE PRESS.-Tho most
ot readers pay little regard toall those columns
vt information called the advertisements in
a newspaper, although the proprietor knows
~theifto BE- The richest part ol his publication.
The ordinary wlul lab6rs through. the heavy
leader ~ calculates over the light squir. dr
shuidcrs at The awful accident 81 The editorial
co'a,hhs, but rarely has tile s,S,city to perceive
the literary merits 20 Say nothing OF the pc
cumiary merits IN our eyes Of the advertising
columns. Vet THOSE neglected rngcs. prepared
by pens of various rb,,cr, combine tho most
striking and rtr, peculiari,irs OF cultivated
letters. To prove this we may turn To- any ol
our exchanges at clif d few eStfacts We
first a; ;ht III a bold specimen nj the stB,im~.
Thus The Storm at Sea, will BE- performed
"on horse back, ~ the Young Favoritc Balti.
'morcon-W. kincads,". What can Sirpass
this in gratlccr' II was Byroh's boast to
to love tis ocean, to "wauton with its break
ers'-''to lay his hand upon its manc"-but
this was mere fiction. But to peTfotm, pefpe.
ltatc, and enact a storm at sea with his hand
o. a horses mane-or tail-that beats Byron.
Front another quarter we have new light
thrown upon the character and habits OF Apol-
10. No student bf classic lore will fail TO an
p~reciate his Double Iiears' aud Double sum
mcrscts.' his fame as ~vaulter, athlete and
eio,cn, asa golden leaf. Read-"HIRAM w.
"FRANKLlN, styled the american Apollo
from the symmetrical and imposing beauty
"oi his face and figure, is perhaps the best
general performer living being eminent as a
"Horseman, Naul,cr, A~ntipodal Athlete,
Clown, Pantomimis,, and or the Slack Rope.
He is famous also for his Double Leafs and
Double Summcrsety, iu which last he turns
'his body in the air tpice compiotety round be-.
fore alig'iting" Apollo's self surely inspi-
red that.
But the priests OF blind ''Tortuiic' seem gif
ted with the highest strains and most mystical
spirit of poesy. Sublime in thought, highly
figuratiye in language, u%nboundcd in their en-
world and bear the palm away" Hear how
"Hoyt' introduces The advertisement of a lot
terry.
0S- WHAT a splendid business farming
must be-, In the year j, ApAN was asked
what's the news his answer was nothing. on
~ ''crops short slan'tmahe half an apple this
year. In the yeur 2, SOME one just from the
country was asked how are your crops?' oh.
very bad, never have had a rain yet!-And
from all accounts we never have had but one
rain, and tliut flooded the Woodland all the
crops ruined, except those on the Ararat Farm,
and the low grounds there were washed a lit
tie. Oh, give up digging, and apply to HoYT
at once, and get money easy'
$4,000!
This is one Of the interesting davs which
cause men to be happy some days YOU are
unfortunate, but this day you are to lie lucky,
provided you lave Il transactions with Hoyt.
siO,e0O!-tlat ptetty SUM- you tyt with $40
left IN poison OF sent to Hoyt!
But the noble theme rises to lis acme OF sub
Unity, its pinnacle of c~loqucncc, its highest
agony OF superlatives in the hands Of one
whose fame is identified with our OWN. Hear
how he opens his Introduction TO tile people
of Richmond: