The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
KNo1vnA.n. Tenn. April Q.
THE FIRST "SUN" AGAIN.
its Contents Analysed and Compared with
the NeWSpape OF To-day.

From ne hOnf9ddiN CutGeH
That tail oaks from little aoons grow Is well
e1emphned In the history Of THR SUN, copy Of
the INST issue Of which journal lies on the table
before U.S. 10 h dated New York, Tuesday, Sept. ),
1885, and has been preserved by the late John CAL
laway and his family In excellent condition up TO
this writing IL was sold for one penny and small
a. II was, was well worth the money. BENJAMIN II.
Day was announced hs the printer. but the pub
fishers and editors names were not mentioned.
TIE Sun Of seventy two years ago was three
column, four page paper, measuring i2lz by 10
inches: and the object OF its publication, a. stated
at the head Of its columns. was TO lay before the
public a. price within the means OF every one all
the news Of the day, and AZ the same time afford
an advantageous medium for advertising"
The INST page OF No. has column OF advertis-
ing OF Sound and river steamboat lines from which
we learn that frst class passage to Albany cost
81: TO Hartford the same; while all the announce
menis for ocean travel are OF fast sailing" ships
and packets. The balance Of the page Is devoted
70 an entertaining story, an article on the WON
den OF Lttleness,- and . queer Item about . boy
who whisted while asleep.
The second page furnished the news OF the day
mainly OF the clty--includlng an Interesting sum
mary Of police once" proceedings.
On the third page two marriages and two deaths
were chronlclsd; the arrivals and ciearanoes at
the ports OF New York were given: the sixth an
nual fair OF the American Institute advertised
81 90 reward for the capture OF the robber OF the
offered, and four want" three ship and four Auo-
ton sale Advertisements given 4 place. In the
lower right hand corner Of this page Jones WuTts
agents forthe Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.
announce the change the ton weight OF coal from
2.1tO pounds 70 2oOo, making II conform TO the
statute Of the State" and ofer new LAckawannA
coal" for sale at $50 for clean, unbroken Jumps
from the barge. ana 40 Ia broken screened and
delivered.
Tia kuftA page haS coI1:rn poem entitled "A
Noon 6espS": brH dc1-a advertisements OF In .
auranOe VombsG;es AID edo, ationGl Institutions:
the announcement Vi rAs fan opsniaE OF exc Castle
ton House ACADEMY on 9ta.eu lslAad, Wiz, charge
for tuition aud board FOR the auArtsS ~ the modest
figure Of S75, and q column banknote table, giving
the standing In New York cty OF the paper cur
rency Of all the States In the Union, from which we
learn that most Pennsylvania bills were At from
three elghths 70 one-hAn per cent discount, In
Guiding those OF the Northampton and Wyoming
banks then the nearest institutions OF that kind
10 US, the HonesdAle Bank not being Incorporated
tiu three years later, In 1889. An Pennsylvania
bGnknotes not quoted a. above were listed al from
is TO 50 per cent. discount.
The foregoing few nnes absolutely smbody an
idea Of every separate article appearing In the hsi
number OF The SUN. The columns of the Cnistn
would scarcely sufAce 10 index the individual items
In It's voumlnous Sunday editions nowadays.
II IL possible that the copy which our ss-
teemed contemporary has seen IL one OF the
fac-simile reproductions issued on TIE SUNS
ffteth birthday anniversary, Sept. 5, 1888.
Few genuine copies OF the first number have
ever been brought 70 our notice, In the
original there was a mistake In the date line
at the head Of the editorial page. il reads
Tuesday September 8, 1882" In the re-
production the error was corrected, and the
year there appears properly as 1883