Morning journal and courier., 1893-07-13
SOME OLD NEWSPAPERS

SOME OLD NEWSPAPERS In the Possession of H. H. Peck l
 Which Date Back to the Time of
 tho Isevolusfon-A New Havener Of
 a Century Ago Convicted of Polyg.
 amy-Other Items of Interest.
 MT. Honor H. Peck of 55 Wooster street has 8 most interesting collection of old newspapers which were published in Con- tury and the early part of the present.
 The very oldest copy which he has is a part of the CONNECTICUT JOURNAL for Feb ruary II, 177S. The leaf which is pre- served is used as the cover to a pamphlet entitled, Narrative of the Life and Dying Speech of John Ryder, who was Executed at White Plains, in the County of Vest chester, and State of New York, October 2d, 1793, for the Murder of Dr. Isaac Smith, Deputy Sheriff of that County" Three crossbones and skulls adorn the title page of this pamphlet, and below it is an- nounced that 1t is "Printed for, and sold 1 by the Flying Stationers." NAL, from which the present morning l JOURNAL AND COURIER has grown, is num- i Der 539, and was "printed by Thomas and l Samuel Green, near the college" It con- tsins letter from Major General James ! Robertson to His Excellency Governor Livingston, dated at New York, January 1, IT'S, and also ths king of. England's speech, which is copied from the London Gazette, also dispatch from Lancaster, in 1 which gentleman from East Jersey tells of sighting some of the British vessels The only New Haven item which is pre- | served is concerning a snowstorm which ragged violently on the sound, and drove
 on shore several of the enemies' vessels. l The next ehsst paper is also copy of
 the CoNNDcTIcUT JOURNAL, and was
 printed January 29, 1796. The first item
 Green, for publishing by subscription an
 entire new work; entitled, Calvinism I'm
 proved; or, the Gospel Illustrated as & ! system of Real Grace, Issuing in the Sal
 vation sf all men. Being 8 posthumous
 work of the late Rev. Joseph Huntington, DID,, Minister of the First Church in
 Coventry" Following this Proposal" is
 quotation from the Apostle Paul and the
 conditions of the work to be done. The
 greater part of the paper is devoted to the
 doings of congress in which is contained
 speech by General George Washington,
 then president of the United States, which
 he addressed to the minister plenipotsnti- ary of she French republic on his pre-
 senting the colors of France to the United
 States. A minute description of the flag l is also added.
 A dispatch from Norwich dated January 8, giving description of the funeral eerv- ices of Samuel Huntington, ex-governor of
 the state. A New Haven item reads as fol- lows:
 : "NEw HAVEN, January 21.-Before the , honorable superior court, which sst in this
 town the lest week, one John Brsndigan
 was convicted of polygamy and sentenced
 to receive twenty stripes, to bs branded on
 the forehead with the letter I, which has been inflicted; the other part of the sen-
 ttnee as the law directs remains to be
 done."
 In copy of this same paper of January, . 1900, we see quite change in the heading,
 "CoNNECT1CUT JOURNAL" The letters ere
 much smaller and less elongated. This
 ! shows that people have always been anx- 2 ous for variety in newspaper headings; il . ] contains an article headed "A Musical a a Prodigy" which Is an item concerning MT s Lonsdale (who has been blind from bis ;. birth) who was at that time singing in Eug fish cities. The article states
 B Phis wonderful man performs on foul different instruments at one time, in inli . u tation of 8 martial band. No one would ', suppose, were he not visible, but 8 band o 70 eight or ten persons were at once perform !, ing Che plays with mouth, elbows, hand 's and feet; his pieces of mu=ic are innumer .e able and which he executes with the great ,e est exactnesa and time, to the astonishmen '- of every beholder; and from the account Y we hear of his abilities he is in reality ths U greatest wonder ever heard of"
 u This copy also contains an art! le headed n Challenge" which is an account of tn ! cin of 1pbr nrIa o, y the charge of an intention to fight due
 with the Earl of St. Vincent. In comment v. ington the incident the CONNECTICUT JOUR 10 NAL remarks: "It is reported that mis 'n understanding which originated in tn 'g Mediterranean produced the challepg ,e from Sir John Orde. Upon subjec ?. of such delicacy az an affair c ,e this nature between two officer 'e of such high rank and reputation, we ar E unwilling to make any derogatory com 'o ment But 1t is difficult to refrain frof TO remarkipg how hard ii is that ct this tim ss of the day an officer like Lord St. Vincent to whom the nation owes SO much grati 5. tude for his conduct, equally gallant an 10 judicioas on every occasion, should b o called out like common milshipman, t o satisfy the point of honor. Nothing ca 10 nore strongly demonstrate the absurdit
 of the -barbarous practise of duelling. l ID the challenge arose from the official CT ol agreements of the noble earl (which are b. "a no means say is the easel there is an en
 of all discipline when 8 commander-ir st chief is to be called to account for what l. y has done in the exercise of his duty, b Is Is any gentleman, however respectable, wh re may conceive himself aggreived." n- An advertisement of more local interes ame m also appeared in this paper ss follows 10 New Haven ale and porter. Order r, IT. ceived for exportation.
 R. Berryhill has opened near the head of Lon as wharf an ale and porter house, where the Ne @ var ara end aah oa,ly ntewpapsTs IT ;a l for the perusal of his customers.
 io New Haven, January 22 1900
 ne Correspondence to the paper from Bri as a tol, dated January 13 give an account of as remarkable incident The diction of th 'g article gives peculiar insight into the ol |, fashioned religious feeling which pervade ut iu the Puritans at that time. It is as follows ssss "Simeon Hart, Esq, of the Second SOC .u 'n ety in this tpwn, WAS the first deacon an lt, 8 prinsipa1killar of the church, and u 'u father of tfe parish. He felt the infrm 'o ties of age, attended with ssthmatic con ,,y plaints, coming upon him, and had just r. lo signed his office in church and state. H IT, l wife was mothpr in Israel. She died la 'n Saturday, after an illness of two month s' aged sixty-two. Her remains were carrie
 to the meeting house on the succeedin 1e Sabbath, when discourse on the rssurre ae tion of the saints was delivered to an 8 1g fected audience, from I. Cor, xv., 9 ae For as in Adam all die, so in Christ 8 .t- shall be made alive.' Her husband, tn 70 much exhausted by infrmity, anxiety an w watching, attended the public exc H. cises, followed the bier fe pc rods, returned to his solitary mal O. sion, entered the vacant room fro, ee whence the wife of his youth had bee es conveyed, stood moment, and sank dow 10 dead without struggle ora groan, in h J. sixty-ff year. The procession with tl ee relatives had not proceeded halfway or the burying ground when the heavy tit cs ings overlook them. The scene is not be described. They returned with u ty corpse to the house, now destitute of If ing inhabitsnt, and both are to be burie a3g in one grave tomorrow. They will F. sincerely lamsnted by their children an U, numerous relatives and acquaintances.
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