Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-02-04

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is now used for Drug Store-that of
Bailey & Hayward. At least, was
so informed by an old ''residenter'' of
your city, when there, few days ago.
will say here, this building has not,
during all this time, been used as a
mercantile house, for the writer of this,
when quite a small boy, lived in that
building Relative to this house, 1
find an advertisement, signed Lewis
Newsom. He offered it for sale or
rent.
J. p R. Bureau, as Agent for R.
Alexander, and Jas. Vanuxem, offers
for sale an immense amount of land in
Virginia, in various tracts, ranging from
217 acres to 10000, and in Ohio seve-
raj tracts and town lots.
Bureau d Damarin, advertise -sDis-
solution of firm. Mr.. Charles Dana
rln continuing tne business.
The most amusing advertisement l
see in it is where Walter Newman ad-
vertises for Flax-seed-"Will pay 624
cents for good clean, delivered at the
store of Samuel W. Blagg, to be paid
in salt, whiskey, or any other kind of
store goods, when delivered. Whiskey,
in those days, was classed. with other
kinds Of goods 1t seems to have been
no stigma then, to advertise whiskey
in dry goods and grocery stores
There were then, no ''fast" young men,
no fashionable "doggeries" with strich
nine whiskey to drench the throats of
! card players. Men could use whiskey
then in moderation; they did not drink
it to be fashionable. There were bounds
to fashion then--none now. young
America" runs rampant. Let your
old citizens, for instance Capt. Joseph
w. Devacht, Gen. Lewis Newsom,
Franklin Carel and Charles Creuzet,
Esqs., contrast the days of 1919 and
869,-they will never tell you that in
their early days, Gallipolis, for morali
ty, sobriety and virtue, was the same
as noaO. If your city continues sim
prOving" in morality, sobriety and vir-
tue, for fifty years from this date, in
the same ratio as it has in the past fifty |
years, it ought to share the fate of Sod
am q Gomorah. | am glad to say,
however, of my old home city, that l
see she now has an efficient City MaE-
shall and Police force, who are deter
mined to reform some folks, through |
the arm of the law. Law is sufficient,
it only needs to be enforced. God sec
ond Marshal Langley in his good in
tentions.
l have read of some intentions OF in
vokiifg the aid of some of the venerable
"Guyascutas" to remove "fallen vir-
tue" from your midst. Marshal Lang
ley ought to be "Guyascutas" enough |
for the occasion, and will be, if those
who deprecate the existence of the
evils they complain of, will second his
efforts and not skulk the demands of
morality. There is no necessity of
hiding the works of Christian COM
munity behind disguised mob.
But am doing more than I intended
to when | commenced. will return
to the cold relic:"
David Boggs, Raccoon township,
Oct. 21, advertises several tracts of
land for sale, among them, 800 acres,
half of section 81, range 16, township
6, which contained grist mill and dis
tillery, which were claimed to be not
inferior to any in the country.
",Stop TAiefl-s3O Reward, is an
advertisement in which several citizens
of Gallia county will recognize the
name of relatives, those of Morton and
Palmer. 1t is quite lengthy and 1 con-
dense as follows:
John Armstrong is the person ad-
vertised for 1t is stated he stole from
VIM. ]. Palmer about $40 in gold and
silver, and musket, worth about $40.
Armstrong was supposed to be from
New York. A full description is given
of his personal appearance; of his
clothing the description is somewhat :
amusing, and it will show tailors of
to-day, how tailors of that time did
their cutting, and l will quote it:
Had on plaid gingham coaaee, a l
pair of coarse black or brown panta- |
looms, which had been cut the Urong l
,oay of The cloth, and of course had ,
many seams. /"
After committing the robbery he
went to Capt. Thomas T.. Morton and ,
made certain representations, concern {
ing Mr.. VIM. ]. Palmer, stating him '
to be i'll, and requesting Capt. Morton
to go to his house Immediately -"the
moment Capt. Morton left his house,
the said Armstrong entered it, and !
presented loaded gun to Mrs. Nor
tons head, and demanded her money,
alledging that if she did not instantly
comply he would take her life-but her
presence of mind, aided by her young
sons bravery, was sufficient to scare