The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-05-27
the LoAS 1xaIsIiIoS.
Some Curious old ROoEs-Rare Auto
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noticeable than the old books.
To see all the old books ct the exhibi.
ion requires q tour Of the whole building,
Tor they are not collected in anyone place.
The greatest treasure Of ALL the Letters
Of St. Ambrose, 10 in the corner Of a case
in the shell department where few seeit.
Some years ago the students Of Bethany
College, where the book Is owned, ChRl.
any u to name an older printed
book in America, and although some
books were found Of great age, The ChRl'
lsnge still stands, II was published OF
Basic in 1892, only ttly years alter the In
Of printing,
There are no manuscript books present,
hut this st. Ambrose contElts illuminated
done ny hand.
Very Rev. Ut. Sullivan ahoWs two very
old booka-LHliu commentaries, one pub
lished in 1889, and one In 1905.
Tnere are several old medical works,
the chief being The Royal PharmaWpGl,
LOh GaleHical and Chymicai, Faithfully
Englished" as the lille page says, from
the practice OF the French school. II was
the property q Thos, II. Genin and is
now owned by Dr., John E. West, Of 81.
Olairsyllle.
One is q collection OF medical persCrip.
lions, dedicated to King William H.,
certainly q 6t subject for the DOCTORS art.
There are more religious books among
the old ones than Of any other Clasa.
There is an old Quaker Discipline and an
exposition Of Quaker principles published
In 1906.
Among those Of this class Is q highly
priced copy Of the first sermon preached
10 New England. 1t was q sermon on
Self Love, by Robert Cushman, 1921.
A curious book OF devotional exercises,
in very large type (German,) Is two hum
bred years old,
Some German religious song books are
In Andrew sChiCk's case,
Bibles and Testaments are In great
numbers, large and small, old and older,
worn and perfect, One OF 164l seems to
have the original binding on II; highly
ornamental In its day, 1t Is q large book,
much worn.
There Is a Treatise on the Nature OF
Bodies, 1916; and O number Of biographies
and travels, a history Of the colony OF
Pennsylvania, printed before the Revolu.
ton, that contains many curious things
and has its dates all given In Quaker style
third month, l743;" etc.
In O. O, Cratty's coin case Is a Breviary
OF Parliament-a sort OF very much
abridged Congressional Globe, OF the time
when Parliament was supreme In Eng.
land.
"a Grammar" bellies lie name In the
present meaning Of the term, for II Is q
geography, history, &c, combined. 1t Is
Of the year l706 and the greatest curiosl.
ties are It's maps. One Of North America
marks the California coast as New Albion.
A very rare and curious book has just
been put on exhibition-a folio desCrip.
ton oil East Florida, by John RartraIn,
BotRnist 10 His Msjesty for the Floridas.
There are q number Of old almanac,
among them "Poor villa AlmanaCk for
the year Of Our Lord, l774, being tho sec.
ond year after leap year, and the four.
tenth year Of the Kings reign, till 0cto.
Der 20. There is also q "Poor Richard
Improved" l772, and Blckerstaf's alma
nae.
A curiosity Is an old music book, with
the notes OF various shapes to distinguish
the name, triangles, squares, &c. This
style used 10 be known as "buckwheat
notes."
There are also q number OF bound files
OF newspapers. We noticed The Mercury,
Of Pittsburgh, vol. l. 1t Ia full OF the war
just commencing then, 1872; the st. Olairs.
vile Gaaeits OF 1926, and several Wheeling
Gaasttes Of 1920 80 81.
But among the most curious and the
most interesting 10 Belmont county PEG.
pie are the first records OF this county.
The Auditors records begin 10 1903 with a
petition numerously sigled for q road out
from the Ohio river, up the Big run, until
inteTseCts the road from Mr.. Fitton's
Ferry to SlnClairs Vile, o., at Mr.. Stew.
Tavern.
The "Orphan's Court" dates lie first
meeting at "St. Clairsville, county OF Bel.
mont, In the Territory Northwest OF the
River Ohio" 1902.
The first marriage certificate was issued
10 "Batnard and Hannah" no other
names given. They were married by
Thomas Wilson, ]. p. Most OF these early
marriages were by justices Of the peace.
SOME NOTABLE AUTOGRAPHS.
A new case was added 10 the curiosity
department yesterday, which contains as
interesting an exhibit aH any in the room.
Is o selection Of interesting autographs
the collection belonging to Marietta
College, and was procured by John A. Gal.
laher, Esq. Among the papers 10 the
discharge Of D corporal from the United
States army, dated 1888, and signed by
Washington, John Trumbull and
sprout; q patent Of lands to Dudley
Woodbridge, Of Marietta, dated 1909, and
by Thomas Jefferson, President,
and James Madison, Secretary Of State;
4 document written and signed by Beverly
Randolph, Governor OF Virginia, In 1855;
autograph letters from Bsyard Taylor 10
Charles A. Daua, and from Dana 10 Taylor;
Of LoDRiellow, Irving, Horace
Mrs. Catherine A. SsdgwiCk,
Edward Everett, Alexander Hamilton,
John Randolph, Il. st. George Tucker
..'the American BlGCtstone") and Others;
! letter from Richard Golden, Of London,
o Horace Greeley; o long and character.
site letter In French by Victor Hugo; a
eCeipt III the handwriting OF Gen. Israel
Putnam, signed by Gen. Henry Knox; a
etler from the unfortunate Bl%annethaSsei
o Paul Fearing, delegate Ii Congress from
he Northwest Territory In 1901, and an
from Thomas Jefferson 10 MI,
featiDgj q letter from Henry A. Wise 10
be northern authorities, asking eaie pas.
age through tho Union lines for d wound.
d soldier; and a letter written BY Bebla.
1tn RuRglts, Of 81. UlarBville, Uhlted
tAtsa Senator from Ohio many years aRo,
he tNTELLtGEEcER man is under oblipa.
IONS 10 Secretary Brown Of the Loan, Tor
be privilege Of making a hasty examInS
on oil the interesting papers,
n INTERESTING FEATURE OF rHR DISPLAY,
Visitors will not fail TO notice among The j
fractions in the art department The .
angel and other specimens Of I.
'hite Bronze from Messfs. Richards 4
allie. OF this city, General Agents for
Test Virginia and Delmuht NnnhtV. 6hio