The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1893-03-10
An Old Newsnaner.


famous reproductions of the Ulster
County Gazette which is deeply bor-
dered with black in memory of Wash
ington and contains in detail the
account of the burial and funeral. tu-
gcther with the resolutions Of congress
and the speech of John Adams, then
president The date of the original
paper WAS January 4. 1900 The re-
production was entered in 1885 The
Gazette must have been monthly,
though II does not take the trouble To
say 80 One concludes this from the
fact ilal w AshingtGn had been dead
nearly nt1ntn when the paper was
issued Though. III those days. OF Il
hundred years ago when there were no
railroads and telegraphs, news 10
mouth old may have considered very
fresh THIS seems ridiculous now.
When A great man scarcely breathes
his last before il is known all over the
civilized world
The paper contsinsia poem of six
stanzas on The death of Washington,
written by ayoung lady" The last
four lines are AS follows:
"Weepl-kindred mortals-weepl-no more
you'll find
A man just, so pure, so firm in mindi
Rejoicing Angels hail the heavenly savei
Age"
The punctuation and capitals are
hers
II is Il matter of pride TO Americans
that TINS after nearly Il century when
ever the anniversary of the birth oe
Washington rolls around we still find
the columns papers and journals re-
plete with articles and editorials
which sing his praises. Yet it is Il
matter Of greater pride to know that
even among foreign nations the name
OF Washington is still held in venera-
ton. We see this in the fact that The
visitor to the tomb Of Washington has
his attention attracted to the group of
willows from the grave of Napoleon
which are now large trees. while To
the left IF the tomb he is pointed TO
small tree placed there by request Of
Queen Victoria in honor of the Young
prince who died last spring. But to
return To the Gazette aside from being
a memento of Washington. the paper
presents even food for thought To the
careful observer 1t has no patent
outside as most of our county paper
now have. | suppose editors had not
vet got To that. Its columns are tesm-
ing with foreign news such rs accounts
of the battle of Zurich, the landing
of Napoleon at Frejus, &c. Seemingly
we had not then become SO thoroughly
American. and took more interest in
foreign affairs than we now do. The
paper has no personals nor locals; from
this we would infer that editors had
not then learned the important lesson
of pleasing each and every subscriber
by putting his name in the paper. The
sheriff of the county bore the famous
name Of Zen Brock. probably IL de-
scendant of The family of the same
name mentioned in Irvings history OF
New York, and since borne by fa-
nous horse. His office was doubtless
quite lucrative, judging by the mum
ber of sales advertised of goods and
chattels" levied upon by virtue OF a
wilt of "tieri facias''- whatever that
may mean. This little paper also dem
onStrateS the fact that people had the
same tendency to mortgages thai they
have now. Notwithstanding the assrr-
tions of old people that lit didn't use
to be so" Some of the advertisements
are curosties The printing Office has for
sale wrapping, writing aud bonnet pa
per. What that the last is, PERHAPS,
some our grandmothers can tell IFS.
One offers TO take all kinds of produce
IN exchange for goods, but gracisusly
assure his customers that cash will not
be refused. One describe heifer that
he had taken up and winds up by saying
The owner by paying charges is de-
sired to take her away. Another. who
might have been Byron. had fortune
favored his talent has the following.
II with my brethren mean to live
But as for credit shall not ri We
Many of our merchants OF today
would do well to take the above for
their motto. Two other lines would
seem TO indicate that he is of rSligi-
Gus turn OF mind as bear witness:
You always may find me by my sign
few rods from the house divine"
But alas. we find that even i'm those
early days the great American people
were not free from some of the fcibles
of today. for here is Second notice
of my wife Hannah" in which lie warns
merchants that he will not be respan-
sible for any accounts contracted by
her Thus the little paper goes on
like I'VE sna' voice. from the dead
past telling us of the manners. customs
aud freaks of onr ancestors. Thus IN
in a hundred years more, will our de-
scsndants looking over the records OF
today, smile at our old fashioned no
lions and critlcise with remorseless
tongue or pen our most cherished ideas
schemes. Thus, the wheels Of progress
move. e.