The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1875-10-27
Old Newspapers.
Frankfort Ycoman.0

Ed9ie Va weekly OF october, l9th $50,
and printed circular, without date, aI>
dressed to the people of Kentucky by his
grandfather, DR.. Michael Daugherty, OF
Maysville; on the subject of a land decis-
ion by the new Court of Appeals. Also a
fragment OF ar old Philadelphia journal
These documents are all yellow with age,
and filled with interesting reading matter,
including advertisements, characteristic
of those times. In the paper Of Oct, 10
we find that the Eagle was printed and
published by Lewis Collins" which we
presume indicates that be was also the
editor. Mr.. Collins is better known to
the present generation Of Kentuckians as
the author of the History of Kentucky
bearing his name. The size Of the Eagle
at that time was about one>third what it
is now, but its contents show that 1t was
conducted with great spirit and ability
The first page of the number dated Oct
10 contains a three-column story, entitled
THE Straw berry Girl" copied from the
New York Free Press, and "A Letter
from Europe-No. W." sent back from
Limerick, ireland, by the editor of the
New York Statesman. On the second
page we find 1.-THE address of the Presi>
dent of Mexico to the Mexican Congress
(name of the President not given); next
column of extracts from 1.-THE Speech of
NJ. NJ. Noah at Ararat'-one extract be-
ind devoted to the Identification of the
North American Indians with the Lost
Tribes of Israel. and the other to the
eloquent maintenance of the proposition
that agriculture is the natural and no.
blest pursuit Of man," and then, after a
few more miscellaneous excerpts, comes
two columns OF advertisements. OF these
two columns, Mr.. Cox, bookseller, occu-
pies a whole one with a catalogue Of his
goods. headed, New Books" Then
comes j. T. Cigars advertisement of his
seminary of learning, under the caption Of
"A Literary Asylum" which he concludes
with the statement that "a few moral
boarders will be taken" Next, the card
of two citizens of Potosi, No, and one of
Maysvile, KY, headed, stop the muir
derer !! y" and offering 81 900 reward for
the apprehension of William Hill, who
murdered William NJ Perry near Potosi,
on the 18th Sep, 1925. The description of
Hill winds up as follows: He is so years
old, chews tobacco, is found Of gaming
and drinking, and, in fine, is addicted to
every vice. Next comes a reward of
$40 for a runaway negro Slave-a boy
named Aaron-by Alfred Metcalfe, &c.
The third page is devoted to editorial and
general news. First, the editor informs
correspondent that Spectator shall
appear next week. Then comes the inev-
liable weather paragraph, stating that
whereas the forepart of October, up to
the Sunday before, had been unusually
warm, it had since undergone a change
and was now ION the l9th) cold. But
we have not the space to give complete
description Of this fitty-year old paper.
But one Kentucky paper is copied from
or noticed in this old paper, namely, the
Danville Advocate.
In the fragment Of the old Philadelphia
paper, the name and date of which have
been torn off, but which was evidently
printed in September, 1924. we find the
Louisville (Kentucky) Public Adver-
tiser' quoted from as affirming that Lou
isville has been healthy this season, and
that "the inhabitants of the Ohio shores
generally, have abundant cause to feel
grateful to the Most High for the good
health they have enjoyed" This an
cient Philadelphia newspaper is filled
with notices of the tour OF Gen. La
Fayette (then the guest of the United
States) through the Eastern States, the
ovations he everywhere received, &C.,
and with sharp editorials and reprinted
paragraphs advocating the election of J.
Q. Adams, then Secretary Of State, to the
Presidency. 1t also contains notice OIL
the death of Rev. David Coldwell, IN
Guilford county, n. c., on the 10Th Au-
gust, 1924, aged 90 years and 3 months
he having been born in Lancaster, Pa,
in March, lI25. Among the advertise
ments we find the names of Drs. PhysiC
and Chapman, Thos. p. Cope Il Sons,
II. c. Carey & Lea, E. Littell, Thomas
Sully, ]. J. Audubon, Titan r. Peele-
all names well-knOwn to the country, as
those of distinguished Phlladelphians.
Among the advertisers in the Old
Maysville Eagle are the names of A. 81
January, VIM. Huston. jr., DR.. Shsckle-
ford, John Armstrong, G. W. Wilson, j
NJ. morton, j. B. West. James Shaekle-
ford, VIM. Ammo, L. Quick, Val Peer;
and others whose names are still familiar
in that part of Kentucky. Val Peers
advertises a cotton factory for sale, and
John Armstrong says that Marshalr'
History of Kentucky can be bought a
his store.
"JOhn, came very near selling my
shoes the other day." said one man to an