The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1882-10-04
A Valuable Relic.

Valuable because of its age--one of
the few things that become more valua-
bic as they become older. Ne have o
copy of a newspaper printed by Benja-
min Franklin, at Boston, in the year
1725-nearly one hundred and si9ty ye,zrs
ago-when George the First was King
| of Great Britain-when Sir Robert
Walpole WAS in the height of his glory
as an English statesman and was criti-
cized by such men as Pulteney, Corterel,
Chesterfield, Swift, Pope and Pitt. 1t
is certainly valuable relic. 1t is 8x10
inches, with two pages, and entitled
1.-The New England Courant." OF
course it was published only weekly,
and the first item is as follows:
The late Publisher OF this Paper
finding so many inconvenience would
arise by his carrying the Manuscripts
and public News to be supervised by
the Secretary, as to render his carrying
it on Improbable, has entirely dropt
the Undertaking. The present Pub
Usher having receiv'd the following
Piece, desires the Readers to accept of
it as a Preface to what they may hereaf-
Then comes Latin motto and an ar
ticie explaining why no names of
writer's will be given, and a postscript
which reads as follows:
"P. S.-Gentle Readers, We design
never to let a Paper pass without p
Latin Motto if ne can possibly pick one
up, which carries a Charm in it to the
Vulgar, and the learned admire the
pleasure of Constituting. We should
have obliged the World with a Greek
scrap or two, but the Printer has no
Types, and therefore we intreat the
candid Reader not to impute the defect
say all the Greek Letters by heart"
This alludes to the great Doctor Ben
jamin Franklin, whose own advertise
ment at thea bottom of the page
reads as follows:
" Boston Printed and sold by BEN
JAMIN FRANKLIN in Queen Street,
where Advertisements are taken In.
Just above this notice there is another
which shows that there were 'sdead- |
beats" in those days who read the |
Courant and did not subscribe for it. |
i uo uOtlcC Is GS ICllOWS.
g : This Paper having met with
so general an Acceptance in Town and /
Country, as to require a far greater
Number of them to be printed, than
there is of the other publick Papers
and it being besides more generally read
by vast Number of borrowers, who do
not take it in, the Publisher thinks
proper to give this publick Notice for
the Encouragement OF those who would
have Advertisements inserted in the
publick Prints, which they nave print
I'd in this Paper at a moderate price"
The only advertisements We find in
The Courant are as follows:
s. The best new Philadelphia Town
ooulted Flower, to be sold by Mr. Will
lam Clark in Merchants Row, at
rwenty-Eight Shillings per Hundred"
" Servant Boys Time for Years to
'e disposed CT He is aboat Is Years
# Age, and can keep Accompts. En-
Iuire at the Blue Ball in Union street,
nd know further"
Of course We give the spelling and
just as We find them, batin
hose days the letter was formed Ike
he letter f of to-day.
The leading article in this old paper
} entitled: q His Maiesty's most
araeious SPEECH to both Houses off
Armament, on Thursday October II,
722." 1t is mainly devoted to. the
dangerous conspiracy against his per-
on and Government.
1t is valuable reiici in the newspaper
me, but we have not time to notice it
urther this week.
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