Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1896-12-19
VALUABLE OLD BOOKS.
Rebound at The CITIZEN Bindery and What
they REPRESENT

The Rev, Mr.. lisrwWd has just had n
fss old hook- rebound IN lhE CITIZEN
bindefy, aud expresses himself we'll
pleased with the work. both with respect
a. liz cost aud quality. lie has also
brought In IA tew Others 81 be- liked, some
a. be- rebound aud some 10 be liked over.
W. notice one. u quarto Bible. thought
"a be ahout the first of the 81 James YER.
sion ever brought to New Mexico. II
bears on the back the name Of the Rev.
T.. iieorge Nicholson.
Mr.. Nicholson. says Mr.. ilarwooi, was
the first Methodist Episcopal preacher
sent 10 New Mexico. reaching Santa Fr
In 1850. lie made the acquaintance Of
Samuel Ellison, ut that time the terrific
rial secretary. IA whom he gave the Bible
above named. Secretary Ritch, Hnding
the book some years ago. while Mr Eli
son WAS still living. desired II IA relic,
AMI II WAS presented to him. and Mr..
Ritch donated II Ia the Albuquerque col
lege library where II will he kept ~ u
reminder Of other days.
There IL also another book. bearing the
date Of 1864, which Mr.. llarw@h values
very highly. II bears II post mark: "fhns.
liar w1h. Chaplain 18th Wis. Vols. POGO.
taligo, =. g., Jan. ~. is'ij."
Mr. HARDWOOD says that Just after Sher
mans army hal crossed al arm 81 the
bay west from Fort Beauford. after the
march IA the sea had been made aud the
command. on "a Richmond. via South
and North Carolina. had been given. a
part oi the army were attacked ut PGo-
taligo :. e.. and after the light was over
| he went into what l,Sked to have been n
private library; he says the books had
ba-n torn from the shelves and were
about knee deep on the tiDr." Tie never
knew which army. Union or Confederate
did II. but supposed IL was likely the Con
feisrals IA the former had hardly had
time, and expecting the town would be
burned and the books with II, and know
ing that these. Stackhouse's History Of
the Bible. were rare volumes, printed In
London. and now out VI print, he tool
them, read them much on the march and
brought them home. There IL no nam,
Ia the book ~ indicate who was the own
or or. Mr.. Harwood sayS, he would gladl,
have returned Il, ~ II WAS book Of rar,
merit, and perhaps not half dozen vol
umes II the same kind In the United
States. and therefore doubtless prizet
very highly by the owner.
VALUABLE RELIC.
Prof. SOiring. OF this city. II the fortu
nate preseason OF relic which deserves
10 rank among the hrsi OF the existing
mementoea Of the days when our c0unir,
waa In its infancy. II In copy Of IN,
lister County n. " Gazette, dated Jan
1, isDO, and most Of the space Ia devote,
"a an account Of the funeral cerem0nip,
held over the immortal G-orge Washing
ton. The paper Ia In heavy mourning
throughout and abounds In eloquence OI
the nations fallen chief,
The publishers 0f this quaint specimen
~ journalism were Samuel feer X son
and the price was - cents per copy
some Of the advertisements strike ih'
latter day reader a. decidedly humorous
and there II u generally antique havol
shout all the published matter.
The wife Of u. Robinson, q prominent
iuuiberman 81 tiartwiek, y. T., WAS sicl
with rheumatism for dive months. ID
speaking Of II, Mr.. Robinson says
't'hamherlAin's Pain Balm Ia the 0nl,
thing that gave her any rest from pain
FOR the relief Of pain II cannot be beat
Many very bad csscs Of rheumatism have
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