The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-01-14
THE TIMES KODAK.
items of News Gathered About
Town.

Capt. w. w. Brand, of Catawba,
brought to Salem yesterday literary
relic which he found amongst some old
papers. 1t was we'll preserved copy
OF the Now York Morning Post, a l2xI6
folio, dated Friday, November :, 1883.
The headlines stated that tho paper
was printed by Morton and Horncr.
No. Water street, between the Coffee
House and Old Slip," and thst it was
Published every Tuesday and Friday"
The two outside pages are devoted to
quaint advertisements set in antique
type, whilst tho two inside pages con-
tain ono or two long political coumu.
nications, parody on Iiamlet's ITO be.
or not to be-" entitled The Tory's
Soliloqui," few brief local notices
and a little foreign news n month old,
brought by sailing ships But what
makes the paper of special interest is
the matter contained in two and
quar- ter columns on tho inside page,
of which the following literally copied
introduction will enlighten the reader:
The following piece was handed TO
us by gentleman from Newburgh, who
assured US OF its genuineness. The
urbauity and noble sentiments con-
tanned in it bears evident marks OF the
feeling heart OF the amiable author, tho
worthy and much esteemed American
FABIUS:
General Washington's Farewell Or
ders to the Armies OF the United States.
Issued the End of Novemb Der. 1883"
Then follows the well-known faro.
we'll address; but just imagine five
whole days elapsng between tho do
livery of such historical speech in
New York State and it's publication by
New York paper, and then tho editor
having the impudence to write that he
was assured of it's genuineness
Thank God that we live in 1893 instead
of 1883.
A few days ago little son arrived at
the home of M. II. Caldwell on the Mon.
teiro property, and he has been named
Grover Stevenson
DR.. Wells, one of the most popular of
the professors at Roanoke College, is
confined to his home by sickness.
George c. Jordan, president OF the
Mutual Annuity Company of Staunton,
was in town yesterday.
Mrs. E. M. Tilson is i'll with pneu-
monia in the Hickman block.
The Holstein Wooden Mills have
closed down till Monday on account of
the cold weather. Superintendent
Worden saws the very idea of making
light summer cassimeres this weather
gives him a Chill.
The Union Street Whist Club had a
pleasant meeting last night at tho resi-
dence of E. NJ. Worden.
Mrs. Stanard. who has been visiting
her son, the lawyer, returned yesterday
to her homo in Lexington.
Rev. =. II. Whisner left yesterday for
Buena Vista.
M. L. Null, who was long at Hotel
Lucerne, is now in Tacoma, Wash.
Mrs. Patton, of Radford, is now at
Hotel Lucerne with her son, w. w. Pat
ION, whose condition yesterday ~ ade his
doctors more hopeful.
Circuit curt got through with the
evidence in the Hickman damage suit
yesterday morning, and the afternoon
was taken up with arguments by the
counsel upon instruc tons. during which
the Jury got respite.
In recent number of the "Baltimore
baptist Rev. DIR. Hatcher consoles the
fifty or mora applicants for position of
matrons at the Salem orphanage oy
reminding them that if they had been
successful they would have been awak-
ened at about o'clock these cold m orn-
ings by the barking" Of twenty-three
little orphans with the whooping cough
d. c. Shanks chapter meets regularly
upon the first and third Friday nights
in each month.