Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-29
AN OLD PAPER

Very frequently friends bring to the In
TELLIGENCER, and exhibit as relics, old
newspapers; but it is very seldom they
are able to show us a paper rs old as our
own for we have, in a good state of pres
ervation. bound volumes of the INTELLI-
GENCER from 1894 to 1880. Occasionally,
however, We are shown a paper older than
our own, and these of course are regarded
rs curiosities.
Mr.. Philip Ginder has shown us a copy
OF the initial number of the Maryland
Journnl and Baltimore Adrertissr. 1t is
dated Friday, August 90, 1913, and was
published in Baltimore Town by W. God
dam. The paper is about one fourth the
size of the daily INTELIIGENCEH, and is
fairly printed on heavy paper. The title
page contains u rough wood-cut represent
ing the colonial seal of Maryland, the
shield, surmounted by Il crown and flags,
being upheld by a farmer and fisherman,
underneath which is the motto rrsscjte ct
muliplic0n.ini.
In his salutatory the editor outlines his
purpose in making the venture to establish
the paper. He says:
was aware when it was first proposed
to me to undertake Il newspaper i'll this
town, that although it possessed many
advantages in point of situation yet it
was impracticab!e to print such one rs
would suit this part Ofthe country without
establishing 4 ritter from Baltimore to
Philadelphia, to set out from the last men,
toned place early on Monday morning and
to arrive here on Tuesday evening. where
by | should receive the Massachusetts.
Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania AMI
sometimes the British and Irish papers.
and be enabled to publish the Jo"rnnl with
the freshest adviccs delivered to the Gus
toners in town and forward it tn Annapo
lis and the lower counties on Saturday
morning.
How very slow this enterprise appears
in our day of steam and telegraphy, when
the news from the utmost ends of the
earth is spread before the reader ut least
once a day.
The old paper contains some very inter
estinS reading matter and advertisements.
Among the latter are couple that possess
some local interest. "Francis SandersOn,
coppersmith, from Lancaster, living in Gay
street, Baltimore Town, Il few doors above
Mr.. Andrew Steigers, makes and sells all
sorts of copperwork, viz: Stills of all sizes,
fish and wash kettles, copper and brass
brewing kettles, sauce pans, coffee and
chocolate pots, stew-pans and Dutch ovens.
He sells any of the above articles as cheap
as can he imported from England, and car
ries on his business in Lancaster as usual ~
Mr.. Rathel, teacher of the English
language, in a high-tOwn advertisement
solicits pupils. After stating at consider
able length his qualifications us Il teacher
he says: ''To give still greater weight to
his credit as Il private tutor he cannot
avoid mentioning with very reat respect,
that at Lancaster he has been favored
with an attendance of several ladies emf
nent for literary accomplishments. In
appealing to those great and amiable
authorities, he considers himself pccu-
liarly honorcd, their proiiciency--thoush
genius-being such us would give conse-
quencc to and establish the reputation OF
the most capital teacher at the first court
of Europe"
Another advertisement is dated g Mount
Vernon, in Virginia, July II, 1173," and
is signed by "GEORGE WASHINGTON, y
who offers to sell OH very favorable terms
twenty thousand acres of land on the Ohio
and Great kanhawa.
Other interesting reading in this old
paper is a long letter in dcnunciation OF
dueling, written by the " Bishop of G. to
the Earl of Bellamont, and Il cOmmunica'
tion regarding the divine right of titles by
one who signs himself ''!IononchronontlO-
tontologus."