Evening journal., 1902-03-12

Dentists We're not confined to the
barber class. We find one Paul Revere.
a goldsmith. advertising in the Boston
Gazette in 176S:
ID E0pLE are Informed who have lost
lheir teeth, to the great detriment
not only In looks, but speaking both i'm
pubic ana private, that they may have
them replaced by artificial ones that look
as well as natural and answer the end Of
speaking to all intents.
A henpecked husband advertises
his runaway wife. Old Moll in the fol-
lowing heartless terms:
- TN AWAY.-MASURY "Old Mon"
IL alias Trial OF Vengeance; he that
lost her will / 1t seek her; he that shall
keep her 1 will give two bushels of beans.
forwarn all persons IN town and coun-
try from trusting said Trial of Ven
geance have hove all the old shoes /
could hnd Tor JOY and my neighbors re-
lolce with me-a good riddance to bad
ware.
A wife advertises a worthless hus-
band in the Salem Gazette, 1885:
ID UN AWAY FROM THE SUB
~ SCRIBER.-A tall. trim-built Eel
Low after Girl that he has spent most
of his time with. Whoever will take up
said Runaway and return him to me,
shaIl nave three coppers reward, but
whoever shall take tho trouble to keep
MN away shau have ten dollars.
In the same Gazette, 1898. appears
the following;
~ HE SUBSCRIBER. being approhen-
L slve that her Husband will contract
debts on her account this is TO FORBID
ANY PERSON TRUSTING HIM ON
HER ACCOUNT Although my compass
sion for him is such that he shall never
want for anything / can help him to. hut
knowing him TO be poor, trining. forlorn
young man. l cannot help but pity his
condition and sincerely hope that he will
nltor his way of life for tho better. drive
Jealousy from his heart. bury in oblivion
ms unhappy temper and take a. firm rcso-
luuon that he Will turn from the error OF
his ways to "a better course of hfe be-
come a. good citizen and friend of his
wife.
A negro who did not wait for the
day OF Jubilee is badly wanted in the
colony Of Rhode Island at a cost Of S5
reward:
ID UN AWAY FROM Ills MASTER.
IL AT NORTH KINGSTON. COLONY
OF RHODE ISLAND, a well-sct NEGRO
MAN (SlaVc), named Isaac about 30 TO
80 years old, scar on his forehead plays
on the fiddle and loves strong drink.
Prohlbitionists were not The fashion
in those days OF old. One Thomas
Hepburn, in 1885, furnishes the follow
ing seductive advertisement in Bal
timore paper:
In GOOD WINE THERE Is TRUTH
4 The rosy god, ever attentive to tho
wants and wishes of his patrons here be-
low has for thelr use deposited in tho
hands of the Subscriber one Of the Oldest
.Tapsters, some of his Chodce Gifts, tho
best product OF various Wntagcs-such
eNhnlaraung beverages as of old chccred
the hearts OF gods and men. A strict OBJ
scrvance Of tho Seventh Commandment IS
cnoined In the distribution. The command
shall be Obcycd by tho pubhcs most
Obliged and devoted servant.
The strict regard for business
mixed with the flight OF fancy and
flow of soul. an appeal to the sisters
nine and the choice bit of fattery all
go TO show that Thomas was an adept
in advertising
The servant girl question veXed our
grandmothers. as it does their daugh-
ters. An irate householder publishes
the following:
WAS MIsIAlD OR TAKEN AWAY
w FROM THE SERVANT GIRLS OF
THIS TOWN PROVlDENCE, r. ~
All lnclinatiUn 10 do any kind of work,
and left In heu AN impudent appearance,
q strong and comhnucd thuft for high
wages, "a gOssiplng disposition for all
sorts of amusement. % lecring and hanky
efing after parsons of the other sex, a dc
sire for inery and fashion Now N any
person or persons return 10 the owners
that degree of honesty and industry
which has been for sometime missing, he
on they viii receive a reward OF Five
Hundred Dollars.
The author was not a pipe
smoking, housekeeping concocter
of chahng-dish stews, sour
with disappointment and out Of
Joint with hearts ease No doubt, he
walked tho floor tho prodigy running
up and down the whole gamut, which
nut bitterness in his heart and the nd
vcrtisemont in the papers.
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