The Indianapolis leader. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1879-1890, 1882-02-25

copy, now before the writer, it is seen that
the first and second pages were devoted to
European news, with few American items.
and that the third and fourth pages were set
apart for the use of advertisers
WHAT THE PAPER PRESENTED.
The first item, dated Hague, March H."
tells of a melancholy inundation" wher by
Utrecht and Leydon suffered severely Fol
lowing is Bit of news from Liege, arou nd
which Imperial troops were marching; inst
below is Parma item about fifty pieces of
cannon to be used in the siege OF G, n "a,
and further down the column appears he
intelligence that France had spent lS9 0cO-
900 of livers in the cruel war with Engla d.
An extract OF a Letter from a YER auth n
tick Perfon at Stockholm dated March -"
gives particulars to the effect that he
Emprefs of Ruffia will before the En of
June, have about 100000 Men on Foot"
Then. as if Roman types were eqnal to he
proper telling of actual battle news. there
comes in italics the following paragraph:
Genoa, March 4 Skirmifhing has within day
or two begun again One of the Auftrian detaeh-
ment has attempted to furprise, in a poft near
S0ltri. the independent company Of Barbarotta; ;
bravery that the enemy were obliged to retire
with the lOfs of several killedand wounded, their
Commander being of the number of the latter.
From London are accounts of many lis
and of pirates as well, and on the second
page are found budgets from Boston and
New York. In the Boston News is the fol-
lowing:
"By Letter from the Coaft of Guinea dated
the 14lh OF January Taft, by the Way of Barha-
dose), we have Advice that Capt Baer. of Rhode.
lfland. being off Cape Coaft Cattle with a Number
of Slaves and a comfortable Quantity of Gold
Duff on board. the Negroes rofe upon the Crew,
and kill'd the Matter and all the Men, except the
two Mates, who jump'd over board, and by fwim-
ming saved their Lives"
Before quitting the news for the advertise
ments Poor Richard tells his readers the
names of the vessels that had Entered In
ward at the "Custom House." and im-
Inediately below is a list of the vessels that
had Entered Outward
BRoeUE ON HIS TONGUE.
The many editors OF this day who so con-
duct their papers that the advertisements
are more interesting than the news and IN S.
cellany may be gratitied to learn that the
pioneer of journalism gave them an illus
triOus precedent In the matter. Whatever
the Philadelphia reader of 1747 may have
thought of it. the Philadelphia reader of 1881
finds the advertisements in the Gazette
much more entertaining than the coTe-
spondence. A fair specimen of the former
10 appended:
PHILADELPHIA, May 81 l747.
IL
IL fnow Bonetta packet, Charles Leon, matter
afailor, named William CrOfs, an Irlfhman and
has a good deal Of the brogue on his tongue,
high, weli.fed fellow, and much pockfretten:
Had on when he went away, an old hat, lInnen
cap. blue jacket, and a white flannel one under
whoever takes up faid crois and @ feeures I him. INFO 10
as he may be had again. fhall have Forty fhillIngs
reward, paid by, SAMUEL POWELL, ianitor,
of faid veffel and is fuppofed to be lurking about
town.
SUThEGs AND RATTLE PICTURES
Smith & Jones must have been among the
leading mercantile houses then, for they re-
quired half-column to tell of Oznabrigs, i
eight gsrlix, hollands, cambrcks. nut.
megs, sets of flowers and butterflies, brass
ink-pots, allom, snuff boxes, representa-
tions OF the battle Of Culloden. frying pans
and other articles "too tedious to mention"
that were 'Just imported from London, in
the ship Bolton. Edward bowers, Com
mander, and to be sold for ready money, at
their store on Ifrael Pembertons Wharf,"
Thomas Cadwallader gives notice that ''all
who have any demands upon the eftate Of
Martha Cadwallader are defired TO bring in
their accounts to Samuel Morris, tanner, at
the lower end of Second street. In those
days the reader learned of robberies from
the advertising columns, as witness the fol-
lowing:
PHILADELPHIA, May 81, IVA
Whereas on the Gift day of April laft, fople
perfon or perfons enter d the houfe of Timothy
Scarth, on the Northern Liberties of the city Of
Philadelphia, broke open his efcrutore. and ftole
the following goods, VIZ: A. gold necklace aid
locket, and gold locket, and a pair of gold but
tons, and fix flver teafoons and two large filvsr
fpoons. bed quilt, and fome bed linnen, a fet Of
fine hugabag napkins. and fuudry other Things.
to the value of ~ Pounds or upwards. II the
perfon in whole poffeffion the above mentioned
goods are, will return the fame to faid Timothy
Scarth in eight days from the date hereof, there
fall be no queftions afed concerning the fame; or
IL any perfon will inform faid Timothy Scarth
where faid goods are, he fhall receive live
Pounds reward, paid by TIMOTHY SGARTH.
When the foreman of the Gazette Office
came to make up the paper for that issue,
he found he had five lines left, and as if to
fill out he bade goodbye as follows:
Very good LAMP P-BLACK made and fold by the
Printer hereof
Hoffenstein and the Women
Herman" said HOfenstein as he noticed