The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-11-18
a RELIC OF THE LAST CENTURY.
An Ancient journal That Is a Curl
osity in It's Way.

An Ancient journal That Is a Curl
osity in It's Way.
The MORNING NEWS has been shown a
copy Of the NetU England Magazine, Of
Monday, April 8, 1928. published at Boston,
which is quite curiosity compared with
the publications of the present day. 1t is q
two-page four-column paper. The columns
are little over 30 inches in width and IL
inches in length.
The copy under review is numbered
w.. and has the following line
after the main heading: Containing the
most remarkable occurrences, foreign and
domestiok," and the following predatory
remarks: There are measures con-
certing for rendriug this Paper yet more
universally esteemed and useful in which
tits hop'd the Publick will be grati6'd,
aud by which those gentlemen who desire
to be improv'd in History, Philosophy,
Poetry, etc., will be greatly advantaged.
We will take the liberty at this time to in
seTt the following passage OF History:
'Tis not the understanding or porting upon
Books that Makes Man wise or serviceable. but
the Knowing the true Nature OF Things. We're
ton, the Good Effects of knowledge would be-
come as visible, as they are excellent. An In
t1uence of the Truth of which, Is illustrated in
the following Relation.
Young Gentleman, of No Fortune, Student
of Orfoid. fell in Love with an Innkesper's
Daughter Of the Town, whose Circumstances
were very narrow; hs had Philosophy enough
to despise superfuous Wealth; and Judgment
TO foresee the necessity of a Competency to
Live; but Love was headstrong, and too hard
for Reason, SO that after q Year or two's inef-
fectual Delay, they bid Defiance to their Stars,
and had Courage enough to marry. The
Scholar gained q Wife, ald left a Fellowship,
the only small Subsistence he before depended
on
The Innkeeper often upbraided the Bride
groom. with the barren Effects of his Learning,
and thought it very strange as he well might,
that while every Body told him his Son-in- .aw
was a great Scholar his whole Stock of Knowl-
edge could not help him to one Penny of his
own Getting.
Six or seven Months after this Marriage, the
Father-iu Law dies, miserably poor, and the
Credit. which bis Industry maintained in his
Lifetime, dying with him. the Goods he left
behind were seized on by his Creditors, and the
Student and his young wife turn'd out of Doors,
TO eat the Bread of Providence, where they
could find it.
The Wife had Relation in Town, unable to
contribute any great assistance; she took them
however into a garnet OF her House, where the
Man could only waste his Hours between
Books and Sighs while the Partner of his Sor-
rows made hard shift to pick up support by
Knitting STOCKINGS. at a certain poor Price for
every Pair.
At last, by approaching maternity, their cares
at once become more weghty, and their
faLonCe less IOrtlIyu d. Inc only SUBJECT OF their
conversation now was their melancholy Dread OF
what would become of the poor infant, who
was to be born BegRar. But sitting con
stantly together from Morning to Night, the
Scholar often fixed his Eyes with Steadfast
Observation on the Motion of his Wife's Fin
gers, in the dextrous Management OF her
Needles He took it into his Imagination, that
it was not impossible to contrlve little Loom,
which might do the Work with much more Elk
petition. This thought he commu-
nicated to his Wife, and join'd his
Head to Her Hands. the endeavour succeeded
| to their wish; and thus the ingenious stoo> ing
Loom, which is so common now, was first In
| vented. by which he did not only make himself
aud his family happy, but has left his Nation
| indebted to him for Benefit which enables
| them 20 export Silk Stockings in great quaint
| ties, and to a vast advantage to those very
countries, from whence before they us'd to
bring them at considerable Loss in the Balance
| Of this Traffck.
Besides the above it contains the address
# His Excellency Robert Hunter, Captain
| General, of date Jan. 81, 1727-'2S, TO the
| Council of Jamaica, So, the Councils
Answer and His ExcellencY's Reply. 1t con-
tains also q synopsis Of the news in London,
Cambridge and Falmouth from Oct 2S
| to Nov. Ii. In smother column it gives the
number Of "Burials in the Town of Boston,
| since our last, Five Whites, one Black. "
| Also the number of Baptisms as follows
Baptized in the several churches nine"
Among the advertisements is one reading
as follows:
iaFs~ A very Likely Negro Girl, about IS or
Il Years OF Age, Speaks Good English, has been
in the Country Some years; to be Sold. Inquire
of the Printer hereof
1t would paralyze the people Of that great
city of Boston IL such an advertisement
were to appear in one of its big journals to-
day.
The Journal was ''printed by S. Kneeland
and T. Green at the Printing House in
Queen street, where Advertisements are
taken i'm
The relic is the property of we'll known
lady Of Savannah, aud has been in the pos
session Of the family for many years.
The lady also has 80 bill of continental
money. 1t is printed in black and red, with
tree in the lower right hand cor
ner printed in a blue circle 1t reads as
follows: