The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-13
NEW YORK 1884 YEARS AGO.
The City Slave Trade-Queer Advertisements
An Old-Time TheatAr Not1ce

NEW YORK 1884 YEARS AGO. IS
The City Slave Trade-Queer Advertisements
An Old-Tlme Theater Notice.
In the year 1851 New York was a
queer little place, with a slave market
1T the foot of Wall street, and public
uotices OF runaway slaves, or of the
public sale of men and women, were
posted in the streets. Here are some
notices from The NeW York Guzette of
l751:
Run away on Sunday night, the 3rd
instant, from Judah Hays, a Negro
Wench, named Sarah, aged about tRir-
ty years; she is a likely wench, of a
mullatto complexion; was brought up
at Amboy, in Col Hamilton's family:
and has had several masters in the
Jerseys. She dresses very well, and
has a good parcel of cloatl1s, and
speaks good English. Who ever takes
up the said Wench and brings her to
her said Master, or secures her in any
County Gaol, so that he may have her
again. shall receive 40 shillings reward
and all reasonable charges.
The Public Whipper of the city of
New York being lately dead. if any
person inclines to accept that Office,
with Ego a year, he may apply to the
Mayor and be entered.
A very valuable negro fellow, get
ting too much liquor, got into a canoe
in the harbor, and after padding
about a little, tumbled over and was
drowned.
This is to give notice that Elizabeth
Boyd is going to remove next door to
the Widow Hogs, in Broad street,
near the Long Bridge, and
will continue as usual to graft
pieces to knit jackets and breech-
es, not to be discerned; also, to foot
and graft stockings and gentleman's
gloves, mittens, or muffatees made
out OF old stockings, or runs them in
the heels. She likewise makes child
ren's stockings out of the old ones.
Among the articles advertised to be
sold by Ebenezer Grant, in Hanover
square, are; ''Jamacia rum, by the
five gallons, Common Prayer Books,
Weeks Preparation for the Sacra-
ment." Here is an editors appeal:
Kind readers, you have now had
gratis three supplements running: o
that it would excite such of you who
are upward of two, three, four, and
five years in arrears to remember the
printer.
An Irish servant maid, who has two
years of her time; to be sold. Inquire
of the printer hereof.
The Albany Post sets out on Satur-
day next: letters may be left at Mr..
McEvers, near the city hall, or at the
North River, at the house of the said
Post.
Last Monday night several of the
glass lamps put up about this city
were taken down by persons unknown,
and left whole in the meat market.
1t is thought to be done by some daring
rakes in order to convince the owners
how easy those lamps might be de-
molished without discovery.
All d common water carriage be-
ing so long stopped has occasioned a
vast rise in the price of firing in this
city, to the great distrss of the poor, as
well as others.
A likely negro wench and sucking
child to be sold. The wench about 19
years of age; a do all sorts of house
work, and very handy.
An Irish servant man, aged about
% years, to be disposed of for four
years s%ervitude; he will answer either
country work or gardening.
The Posts for Boston and Philadel-
phia will set out on Monday, the 3Oth
inst, at 8 o'clock in the afternoon,
precisely, to perform their stages week
ly during the summer season.
In an obituary OF 1852 of Isabella Nor
ris Widow and Relief of His Excel
lehcy Lewis Morris, ESQ.,, late COVER
nor Of tho province of New Jersey"
she is described as Liberal without
cheerful without levity, exalted with
out pride, in person amiable, in con
versation afable, in friendship faith
full, of envy void"
In an advertisement of a race to be
run at Hampstead Plains in 1852, there
is a notice appended: "If any Foul
play, the judges of the race may give
the money to any horse they please.
as is expressed in the written articles"
A city paragraph run as follows:
"We are desired by several gentle
men, weu-wishers Of the city, to en-
treat the respective inhabitants to use
their utmost e%ndeavors, during the
warm weather to keep the streets
sweet and clean, as it is everybody's
concern, being the most eftectual
means, under God, for our perserva-
ton from sickness"
Itappears that the theater-goers of
1851 had some of the same causes of
complaint that exist now, as may be
seen by the following:
Whereas, Several reports have
been unkindly spread that Mr.. Kean,
for his benefit night on Monday last,
had caused a greater number of tick
cts to be printed than the house would
hold, this is to certify that. according
to the best of my knowledge, there
were but 161 pit tickets, 10 boxes, and
III gallery tickets printed in all, and
it is well known that a larger number
have been in the house at one time.
JAMES PARKER"
N. B.-Tho' it was then determined
not to receive any money at the Door,
it was afterward found to be a meas
ure impracticable to be followed
without Great Offence, and such
whose Business who could not permit
them to come in time have since had
their money returned.
Whereas, it has been reported that
Mrs. Taylor, in playing her part in
my Benefit, endeavored to perform it
in a worse manner than she was capa-
BILE, and that it was done on account of
a falling out between US; This is to
certify that there was no such differ
ence between her and nue., and I be-
lieve her being so much out in her
part was owing to her not getting the
Part in time. THOMAS KEAN.
In an official account of the laying
out of new streets for the city in 1907,
signed by Gouverneur Morris, Simeon
Dewitt, and John Rutherford, COM