The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-12-02
The Record Of Daily Life.

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local columns, nor in is editorials, that
the really interesting and enduring tea'
lures Of the "age and body Of the times'
in which it ia published are to be looked
for. When We take up an old copy Of a
Wheeling newspaper, published here fifty
or sixty years ago, We find infinitely
more in It's advertising columns to indi,
cate to US what manner the people were
Of, than in all else contained in the sheet,
The real state Of society comes out in the
advertising columns Of the public press,
And this is much more strikingly true as
respects the newspapers Of to-day than oi
those published in earlier days. People
did not crush into print" in former times
with their announcements on every con-
Ceivable subject as they do nowadays,
The advertising columns Of leading
newspaper published in one of the great
cities Of the country. Is curious study
in this our day, and We often think that
there Is no more interesting reading mat
ter in the New York Herald, Chicago
Tribune and Cincinnati Commercial than
can be found in the fine print that under
various heads tells something Of each
and every class Of society Of which great
city is made up.
When We take up such paper as
the Boston Herald, look over it, "wants"
and "sales,' and see that houses in Dover
street containing sixteen rooms, eau bC
had for S35 per month, We are persuaded,
editorials to tho contrary notwithstand.
Ing, that business isnot brisk in the me.
tropOlis OF New England, and that renters
are either leaving the city all together or
else coming down to hard pan in their
ideas Of living by betaking themselves to
cheap houses. We notice also that brick
houses on Parker street, with oil mod.
ern improvements" are to be had at $3.50
per year, and that well furnished rooms
can be had On fremont street at Sl,50
per week. These prices do not indicate
much imitation in Boston, and would be
considered low enough even here in
Wheeling. A tavern on Baxter street
offers beds for % cents night, and room
at 80 cents, and numbers Of houses offer
lodging in "nice rooms" at 80 cents. A
lady on Eliot street is anxious to board
girls at 50 per week.
In New York the columns Of the papers
run over with boarding house notices. II
seems IA II n vast multitude Of people
want to keep bOarders. A number Of the
hotels offer single rooms at from Sl.jO
per week upward.
In business and money, we notice u
good deal Of money advertised in Boston
at 0, 81, and 7 per cent, and good first
mortgages for amounts as large as $2O,.
900, only bring per cent. The variety Of
businesses for sale is great. A "club.
room, with 20 members, with pool table
and all fixtures, on good street." can be
had, and no end Of billiard halls, cigar
and confectionery stands. The changes
in the ownership Of horses is great, the
horse auctions Of Boston having been
crowded with stock for sale for many
months. Horse board for the winter Ia
offered at 81 per week in the ily,and 50 so
for hay ut South Framingham and SO for
grain. Ono individual attempts 10 make
a grand shift Of luxuries by offering ito
exchange furniture, bedding, liquor,
cigars, tea, coffee, harnesses, sleigh and
pung, for a nice top or open piano.box
buggy or good horse" and another
wants to exchange "building land near
Boston for horses"
In New York, the Herald publishes a
column of Business Opportunities" by
which we learn that an astounding amount
Of money can be made in nm incredibly
short time by most anybody who can
raise q few hundred dollars to begin
with. In one case We are informed that
"any reliable man with $500 can secure
permanent legitimate business that will
yield 200 per cent profit every sixty
days" In another case, IA young lady
with $500 can have good security for her
money and steady employment at $40 per
week in one Of the finest and most re-
spectacle businesses in The city" A half
interest Ia offered in u manufacturing
business "Lhat will soon pay $50 a day
profit" "Positiyc proof" will be fur.
nished Of this II desired. Here is
chance for some Of our wool.growerS 10
make an Investment:
COLORADO SHEEP FARMiNG--A PARTY
I j controlling good water anI extensive pastur1se
Ia the southern part Of Colorado Is lesrOs Of In
CreaSng his Interest In sheep anu WIZ make laVos-
eralG capital In this remunerallTe business; New
York references. Address A. O., box 2,9S9, Post
Office New York.
Here are some advertisements that we
presume will particularly interest the
lady readers Of the lNrELtidENcER
A SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN HAVING A
n handsome winter residence South would be
nleqStVl 10 make tho acquaintance ol refined aud
iprccahO lady with equal means, age from " TO y,
domestic habits, and one WIN would appreciate the
Kindness anil affection Of huSbind the best Of re.
ieFcnccs given. Please address, 10 ncOnadehCe, where
an Interview can be had, WHOEVER, Herald office.
As there are very few unmarried ladies
who ever attain the age prescribed above
as to 45), we presume that the answers
10 "widower" will be few. Still fewer
will be the answers to the following very
mercenary announcement:
A NY YOUNG or ELDERLY LADY OF
N wealth who desires marriage with an American
gentleman Of culture, aged u, tall and light CONF
plcxloned will rrccIvea PromP. reply BY addressing