The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1893-06-29
ntANcES AT OLD NEWSPAPER
Curious things to Be Found in Journals
Printed q Century Ago

Curious Things to Be Found in Journals
Printed q Century Ago.
/ Among the many curious relics Of
colonial days which have come down
to this generation none is more
; worthy Of careful attention than the
Aearly newspaper, and two excellent
@saampIes Of eseold-fasbioned prints
recently found their way into the Of
Ace Of the Newark, n. j., Daily Ad-
! verti:er. Thesalder one2a copy of
1.-The New EnglaaG Weekly Journal
! is dated Alrir Gl722, 1t is single
3sheet, eight by Twelve inches, printed
.dnstwo colums. It was published In
! Boston. The front page@is taken up
With an address by His ExesHency
Robert Hunter, Esq, eaat9en-
eral," and the reply thereteIDun-
Gil. On the last page is a eelaaep Of
1 foreign news from six to- s&sen
months o.d, and several local items.
Among these latter ia a s'list Of
buriais in the town Of Boston since
our last" which numbers five whites
and one black. Following this comes
4 list of fourteen names Of those who
luye cleared out"
The advertisements are, perhaps
che most curious feature Of the paper.
kemarkab improvements which are
to beG:n with the next issue are thus
announced by the editor:
There are Measures concerted 70;
| rendering this Paper yet more uni
yersaIly esteemed and useful, in which
tits hopd tn Publick will be g"2tif'd:
aa;l by whl:h those Gentlemen who
fdcsirc 10 be improved in History,
! philosophy, Poetry, ETC., will be
greatly adyantaged."
! Nathaniel Pigott announces that
ne ". soon open school for tie in
strnutiDn Of negroes in ":ca1ing.
catechi4ing, and writing, if required. "
and the "p inter" declares himself
ready to give information to any who
\ wish "a very likely negro ven h who
! caa.do household work, is about y
-tyedrs Of age, and is to be sod. "
Daniel Henchman informs the Pub
lie that he is preparing for the press,
'and may upon suitable encourage
ment communicate to the public" "a
miscellany OF poems" and bess TO DC
notified ''if any ingenious gcnt!emen
are disposed to contribute towards
the erecting a Poetical Monument for
the honor of this Country either by
generous subscriptions or compos-
ures." Among, the recent pubIica-
:, tions announced are 1.-THE Nature and
| Necessity Of Repentence," by: Rev.
| John Rogers, and 1.-Two: DiscouFses on
1.-THE Danger of Falling Away After a
I Profession Made" by Rev. Mr.. ;Rreek.
The other Journa! isthe New York
Informing Journal for Nov, I, l793.
| This is a much more pretent;ous
sheet of. four pages, and shows decided
! evidence of the m.dcrn newspaper
spirit. 1t contains Washington's eel
brated farewell orders to the army
which had only been issued live days
before, and other reports of the wal
| Just closing. There is also an edi'
torjai column, occupied with scath'
ing article on the tories and poem
! on the same sub. ect: similar in char
acter and fullyas good as some which
appear on the editorial pages Of the
modern newspaper. Various news
tens appear from the various States.
The Philadelphia pondent
says: "Te are informed by a gentle
man from Princeton that the eastern
mail was stolen Thursday night. The
robbery was committed in the most
daring nar7er ME Martin, who
carries the mail as far as Morr stown,
had no sooner entered the office and
laid hi5 charge on the table than
fellow entered, blew out TIE can
lle and carried off the mail and all it:
contents
Numerous auctions are advertised
20 be held at the coffee house David
| lie BartholdU declares himself willing
TO pay sl4 TO anyone who will bring
back his runaway servant, and vii.
liam Ellis is desirous Of selling &
dwelling house ''ne3r the corner ot
Dey Street and the Broadway. III the
center Of the city" SenSatioua
re.ding is adrerti ed as follows
This unparalle ed trrol (tr;all IS re
S1lete with humorous Incidents anc
cannot fail !of according delectabIe
amusement to all the merry Totacie:
/ 3f the Cyprea3 goddess"
Bottle i5:oxtns:ssss-.s. ..-
At the present time the eyes OF tht
oottle-making world are turned to
! ward Woodbury., n. j., for in taa'
quiet village the destiny Of the bottle
blower may be said to be on trial
The Ashley bottle making machine
has been set in operation to see If il
cannot do the work of human hand
and lungs, and do it better and nor'
economically.
The machine was described before
the British Association in 1880. whef
it was stated that bottles had beer
made by the machine, quite com
plete, which hau successful j.
been subjected to an internal pres
sure of 300 pounds to the square incA.
} The career of the machine III En-
GLAND. it is believed, has been most
unfortunate, buy this does not at al
diminish the interest which its intro
lurti~n INTO America has excited.
The advantages to be gained BY
the use Of such machine are much
too solid to permit small ohstecles tc
hinder it: success The tlial run al
Woodbury. has been very successful
The automatic L:ir iplc has no'
been de- eloped to the full extent ir
these machiues. but it has beer