The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-10-26
Printed Notices. Were Meant
Well But Matters GOT
Tangled Up.

N ODD collection Of advertise
II ments has been gathered by an
old printer and newspaper man, :
covering a period OF more than three /
quarters of a century. In this collec- /
tom almost every phase OF advertising /
may be found, and many OF them !
make interesting reading.
Here follows an extract from the ac- 1
vertisement of a cabinet maker of Ca ,
zenovia. y. Y:
"COFFINS-A full assortment OF ,
sizes Of collins already on hand. Par
ticular attention paid to repairing Ole
work. Prices for all TO suit the times.
Instead Of the American expression, I
CASTOR clOthing," the English use
'left-off clothing" In an English
newspaper an advertisement states
that.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown have left off
clothing of every description, and IN
vite your careful inspection"
The proprietor Of a New York barber
shop employing female BARRIERS had this
advertisement on the wall.
In order to avoid MISUNDERSTANDING,
I note TO all my customers that the
lsdy in this barber shop is my Wife
Ens
A hotel keeper in Vermont did not
believe in loafers around his place, and
posted the following sign over the OF
fee clock:
This clock is for the use Of guests
of the hotel only
"Zion's Fishermen's Resterrant. Pigs
Feet, Snow Balls, Ice Cream and Shoes
Half SOuIed." is the sign over the win
dow of a South Washington negro
shack.
Read this patent medicine certificate
and put on it the meaning which IS
most natural:
I continued on using it. and by the
time I had taken five bottles I found
myself completely cured, after having
been brought so near to the gates OF
death by means Of your invaluable
medicine"
This was thoughtful on the part Of
the advertiser:
"WANTED-A respectable gentle
man, widower preferred, to marry the
hOusekeeper Of an aged gentleman,
who has been an invalid for years, and
who respects her as a good and true
| servant whom he would like to see in
the happy state Of matrimony before
Q
but is willing for a fourth"
Massachusetts, the mother OF school
masters and grammars, enacted the
following in 1852:
commissioners. to take the deposit
/ ton of any person without this state
/ engaged in the regular or volunteer
| land service Of the United states, may
I be executed by the colonel, Lieutenant
| colonel or major OF the regiment IN
which such person shall at the time
/ serve, or with which he may be con-
nected," etc.
1 In the same year the common council
( Of Jackson, Mich, passed the follow
/ ing:
RESOLVED. That the poundmaster be
( instructed not to receive into the pub
/ tic pound any cows that any person
may drive TO the same pound under
/ the age Of p years
/ The following was found in the door
Of a small dwelling near Bladensburs'
! the famous dueling ground of Mary
land:
.'Notieste-A House and lote fOr
/ rente or Sale kan b Raugtn or Rnted
loe ife Enney on wishes to Rente or
Buy kali and see me-"
3 The sentencing Of Captain o. NJ. Car
ter, L. S. A., to imprisonment recalls
the fact that in 1892 Lieutenant Camp
bell of the Niiddlesex England mi
I litia was found guilty of forgery and
+ condemned to die for the offense. On
the eve of the execution he sent the
3 following to his brother officers:
Lieutenant CampbelIs compliments
to -- He requests the pleasure
Of his company tomorrow morning 20
take a cup Of chocolate and do him the
. a.. hf N
] be present at his execution
This was a peculiarly marked dog:
"S5 REWARD-Strayed from the
/ premises of the subscriber, in Center
] vile on Il ID of October. q small dog
near the color Of an OpOssUme. with
yellow legs and head and tail cut of.
Any person returning him VIII receive
the above reward.
A coIored couple in Georgia sent out
4 the following invitation.
/ Your presents is required to swell
/ weddin' at the home of the bride. Come
one. come all! Gentlemens, % cents;
ladies, - cents"
The following appears in a North Da-
Bota paper the author being justice
Il am reliably informed that some
Of our local clergy are cutting prices
and thereby demoralizing business. /
will not reduce prices to perform the
marriage ceremony, but viii give time
if necessary. or viii take meat, pOta-
toes. grain-in fact, any kind Of prod
uce-and will agree not to kiss the
bride unless perfectly satisfactory to
her"
Even the government gets tangled up
occasionally in advertisements This
appeared in the Washington RepUblt-
can in 1862:
"A CARD.-The attention Of the pub
lie is invited to the sale which viii take
place on FRIDAY MORNING, the
10th instant, at the United States peni-
Tertiary, commencing precisely at
o'clock. Purchasers will have to settle
as knocked down; If not, they will be
put up and resold. as they viii have TO
! be removed as sold, on account Of the